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...that to encourage use of his new invention, the shopping cart, market owner Sylvan Goldman hired fake shoppers to push the carts around his store in Oklahoma City? Seems his customers were reluctant to give up their hand-carried baskets.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7685919 | Method of configuring weapon A method of configuring a preloaded anti-armour weapon of the disposable type and including a countermass container in transport mode for restraining a shell loaded in a barrel of the weapon. The countermass container is replaced with a locking ring and the loaded b... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7353739 | Arrangement for weapon An arrangement for a weapon including a countermass for reducing the pressure around the weapon. The countermass is enclosed in a countermass container that can be opened at both ends. The invention aims to bring about a symmetrical opening with favorable recoil in ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7350449 | Countermass weaponry The subject invention concerns a method and a device enabling said packed countermass material (11) to open up said countermass packagings (10) in relation to the firing of countermass weaponry. The basic concept for the subject invention is, thus, tha... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7305911 | Method and device for launching free-flying projectiles The present invention relates to a method and a device by means of which it has been made possible, without gas discharge to the surrounding environment, to accelerate the speed of a powder-gas-driven projectile from zero to a speed which gives the projectile free-f... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7254914 | Hydrogen operated recreational launcher A hydrogen operated gun for shooting projectiles such as a paint pellet. Hydrogen gas is supplied to a combustion chamber and is combusted by a trigger controlled piezo igniter. The hydrogen may be supplied by a hydrogen generator or by a hydrogen storage container ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7246613 | Vehicle interdiction device and method A motor vehicle interdiction device with an elastic bladder inserted by hand or fired as an infrared seeking missile into an automobile exhaust pipe and inflated with a compressed gas cartridge. ... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7219590 | Method for positioning a body along continuous-range inclination and rotation angles In a system for controlling the inclination angle and rotation angle of a body, a rotary actuator is coupled to a base. A pivot actuator is coupled to an output shaft of the rotary actuator. The rotary actuator controls the angular position of the pivot actuator. A ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7191693 | Arrangement for weapon An arrangement for a weapon including a countermass for reducing the pressure around the weapon. The countermass is enclosed in a countermass container with an openable cover provided with break indications. The arrangement brings about a symmetrical opening operati... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7131367 | Hydraulic bolt buffer for firearm A hydraulic bolt buffer assembly for an automatic firearm, the firearm including a receiver having a longitudinal chamber, a bolt and carrier assembly mounted in the chamber for reciprocating movement between a recoil position and a battery position, a spring for ur... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7097136 | Immersible unmanned air vehicle and system for launch, recovery, and re-launch at sea A sea-launched and recovered unmanned aircraft is disclosed. The aircraft is jet-powered and has features and systems to maintain watertight integrity such that it may be released from a submerged submarine or dropped into a body of water by a ship or an aircraft. T... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7013788 | Launch tube with adjustable plenum A launch tube assembly including an aft launch tube portion, a forward launch tube portion, and a transfer sleeve having a first end fixed to and adjacent the forward end of said aft launch tube portion and a second end adjustably receiving the forward launch tube p... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6964220 | Floating barrel handgun method of recoil elimination A floating barrel gun design, a design in which a propellant gas discharge is used to counterbalance the recoil force of the gun, has been improved to include a novel automatic mechanical mechanism which allows the floating or inner barrel to be held stationary with... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6568330 | Modular missile and method of assembly A modular missile assembly includes a pair of modules which are separately transported and handled until just prior to firing, when they are coupled together. A forward payload-carrying module includes a forward canister which encloses a missile payload s... | 05/27/2003 |
| 6286408 | Energy-absorbing countermass assembly for recoilless weapons An energy-absorbing countermass assembly for a weapon has a crushable section, a piston at the forward end of the crushable section, and at the rearward end of the crushable section. The countermass can be a rupturable enclosure filled with a dispersible ... | 09/11/2001 |
| 5965836 | Method and devices for propulsion A method provides for shooting a missile-rocket. The missile-rocket has two movable parts and a propellant. The propellant is disposed between the one movable part and the first end of the other movable part. The missile-rocket undergoes three phases of a... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5952601 | Recoilless and gas-free projectile propulsion A recoilless and gas-free projectile propulsion device is provided. A hol pressure vessel is sealed on a first end to an aft end of a projectile in a launch tube. The pressure vessel is further open on a second end. A propellant charge-filled pressure ch... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5396830 | Orthogonal line deployment device A gas-propelled line deployment device is operable for orthogonally deplog two antenna lines to a distance of greater than one hundred feet. The device includes first, second and third tubes, closed at one end and open at one end, the first and second tu... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5322002 | Tube launched weapon system A tube launched rocket system which uses a plurality of small propellant charges located within the tube to propel the rocket. The charges form part of the outer wall of a traveling propulsion chamber. The rest of the chamber is substantially defined by a... | 06/21/1994 |
| 5162604 | Implosive cartridge case for recoilless rifles A cartridge case assembly suitable for use in recoilless weapon systems iuding large caliber weapons is provided which includes an elongated cylindrically shaped inner cartridge case having a plurality of spaced perforations substantially about the perip... | 11/10/1992 |
| 4843946 | Filament-wound venturi A venturi section or cone for a lightweight firearm such as a recoilles gun which is subjected to high transient pressures and temperatures on firing is formed from a resin impregnated multi-filament fiber material. The material in the form of an elongate... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4672881 | Recoilless rocket launcher A recoilless rocket launcher including a rocket launch tube which is resintly coupled to a support member. Points of contact to the gunner who fires the rocket from a rocket launch tube are to the shoulder and the hand which grips a hand grip which is pa... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4554860 | Pressure damper for recoilless weapons Pressure damper for recoilless weapon designed to reduce the pressure in the area around and immediately to the rear of the muzzle of the barrel. A container with liquid is placed in the barrel close to its muzzle or in a forward extended portion of the b... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4527457 | Recoilless electromagnetic projectile launcher A recoilless electromagnetic projectile launcher is provided with a pair of projectile launching conductors, a source of high current, a sliding armature for conducting current between the conductors and propelling a projectile, and a structure which crea... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4508215 | Ammunition locking mechanism Mechanism for locking individual rounds of ammunition in a bank of storage ubes disposed in an ammunition supply vehicle. A gang type lock actuator system can be operated to lock all ammunition rounds in place while the vehicle is in transit. Individual ro... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4344528 | Projectile lock assembly A locking assembly is disclosed for securely holding a projectile within a cylindrical tube. The locking assembly is attached to and associated on an one-to-one basis with a particular cylindrical tube. The locking assembly includes a control rod extendin... | 08/17/1982 |
| 4157054 | Hypervelocity rocket system with velocity amplifier A hypervelocity rocket system with velocity amplifier including a launch e with a projectile mounted therein by sabot means and a rocket motor with an energy absorber at one end and mounted in the launch tube for impacting the projectile and causing velo... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4151780 | Device for recoilless firing of a missile A device providing for the recoilless firing of a missile from a launching tube and comprising a gas generator surrounding a rear portion of the tube, with a plurality of apertures formed in the tube and positioned to allow high pressure gas to pass from ... | 05/01/1979 |
| 4088056 | Gas initiated cartridges Initiation of a cartridge in the chamber of a firearm is achieved by providing a port in the chamber through which high pressure gas from a firearm barrel strikes the primer of the cartridge and activates the primer. In one form, the gas driving a project... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4038903 | Two stage telescoped launcher A two stage telescoped launcher wherein propellant compresses a gas which turn ejects a projectile from a gun launch tube. The two stages are telescoped to shorten the gun and to permit breech loading of the projectile.... | 08/02/1977 |
