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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 |
| 4706806 | Destructible cartridge for anchoring rods or the like A multi-chambered cartridge contains a hardenable mass including resin, a hardener and filler members for securing an anchor rod or the like in a borehole. The cartridge is formed with an outer casing and at least one inner casing. The outer casing is axi... | 11/17/1987 |
| 4700839 | Package including disk-form magnetic recording mediums A package comprising a case which comprises a bottom member and a cover member, and a plurality of disk-form magnetic recording mediums, each having a central hole, which are contained in the case in a stacked state one on another while an upright pillar ... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4697707 | Container for fragile food substance An improved packaging blank for contiguously aligned taco shells is provided with at least one holding member that frictionally engages the opposing interior surfaces of one shell. The holding member has serrated edges that include contact points. Perfora... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4697699 | Shipping container A container for shipping and display of items within the container which consists of a rectangular box of sheet material having a sleeve with an open upper and lower end forming four side walls. A bottom having a lip receives the sleeve. Individual contai... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4696401 | Cushioning packaging media A packaging medium comprises: (a) a flexible support wall, and (b) fins integral with that wall to project generally toward a structure to be packaged, to confine same during such packaging, (c) the fins being resiliently and yieldably deflectible to bend relative ... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4694954 | Compact disc dispensing and storage assembly An article of manufacture comprising a compact disc and convertible package therefor is disclosed. The device comprises a blank divided into four panel members by cruciform pairs of parallel intersecting fold lines. A flap portion is formed adjacent a sur... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4694957 | Container for flat recording media A container for storing flat recording media, such as compact discs, has a housing and a plurality of media holders which can be moved between a storage position and an ejected position. The holders each receive a single disc and have a normally closed di... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4694962 | Standard dimension pallet assembly formed of separate abutted segments Aliquot segments of a product transport pallet are maintained assembled to form a pallet assembly of a standard size by rigid members and metallic bands, by mutual interengagement of abutting portions of the segments or by rigid members and clips to enabl... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4694958 | Safety strip for wire hook fasteners A safety strip for shielding and covering the pointed ends of generally triangular shaped hooks of a longitudinal wire hook fastner strip is described, the safety strip including a cover and flexible detent means for detenting engagement with the wire hoo... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4689935 | Antiseptic glove A method and apparatus for providing antiseptically sterile hands for use in hospitals where germ transfer from one patient to another is to be avoided, this being accomplished by encapsulating an antiseptically presoaked glove and later removing the enca... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4688672 | Gaging rack for holding wrench sockets A gaging and storage rack for wrench sockets consisting of a base and a plurality of posts projecting upwardly therefrom. Each post is composed of two sections: a lower section adapted to receive a particular size of socket, and an upper section of unifor... | 08/25/1987 |
| 4687097 | Wafer processing cassette Wafer cassette for processing of silicon wafers which includes a plurality of open supported reinforced wafer dividers for supporting a plurality of wafers in alignment in opposing dividers of the cassette and for automated robotic processing of the wafer... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687099 | Package for cosmetic products Package for sticks having a head made of a cosmetic product, which package comprises a sliding tray with upstanding walls of which two upstanding opposite walls are near the middle, provided with an incision so that one part or member of the sliding tray ... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4687095 | Box provided with a lint remover and dust brush A box is provided with a lint remover and dust brush having many loops of rigid strings formed by entwining them with a cloth adhered to an external surface of the lid of said box, and a brush having many hairs vertically set in the bottom or side surface... | 08/18/1987 |
| 4684024 | Cover for baked goods A package is disclosed to enclose bakery items, particularly cakes. The package has a transparent, light-weight, domed plastic cover and a flat base upon which the cake is received. The cover has catch means provided on its side walls at circumferentially... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4684019 | Diskette storage container The following specification discloses a diskette storage container having a base that has four upstanding walls that receive a plurality of pivotal slotted or fan tabbed individualized containers. The individualized pivotal containers have a plurality of ... | 08/04/1987 |
| 4682691 | Roll-up Velcro tool carrier A roll-up carrier incorporates a rectangular sheet of flexible material with one or more strips of a first adhesive material secured to one surface parallel to a pair of edges, and one or more strips of a second adhesive material secured to the other surf... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4682692 | Carrier with indicia mounting means A carry-all with indicia mounting means is disclosed. At least one wall of the carry-all includes indicia bearing region for personalizing and identifying the carry-all. Indicia mounting structure includes upper and a lower indicia securing regions for se... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4682693 | Packaging tray having flexible zones in a supporting layer A packaging tray capable of individually and separately supporting a layer of fruit for transport and point of sale display has a plurality of flexible hammock-like recesses formed in a supporting layer. This supporting layer is held above the base of a c... | 07/28/1987 |
| 4681218 | Moisture-controlled glass microscope slide package A package of moisture-controlled glass articles includes a sealed container. A plurality of glass articles is inside the sealed container in surface-to-surface contact with each other. Moisture is prevented from entering the sealed container and there is ... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4681228 | Package filled with a water-soluble toxic pulverulent or granular product Some chemical products are so toxic that they must not come into contact with parts of the human body. A package of such a construction that during filling and transport thereof and during the release of product therefrom, the risk of anyone coming into c... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4681226 | Recording box A portable recording box constituted of a blank made of cardboard or other analogous material which has cut-outs and folded lines so that the top, bottom, sides and writing surface of the box are assembled by folding and interlocking of the parts.... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4679692 | Containers for cosmetics A cosmetic compact comprises a housing with an aperture. A support is mounted within the housing and rotatable about an axis. Cosmetics are located on the outside of the support. When the support is rotated the cosmetics are brought, in turn, to the apert... | 07/14/1987 |
| 4678079 | Container for hanger-supported garments A paper-board container is disclosed of the type used for shipping airline passengers' garment bags and other articles supported on hangers. The container includes a top wall and integral hanger. The hanger-support structure is formed in the top wall and ... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4678083 | Intrusion indicating shield for consumer products A body fused together enclosing a container in which the body has at least one elongate perforation on the inside of the body extending outwardly from the interior of the body towards but spaced from the exterior of the body. A gripping surface on the ext... | 07/07/1987 |
| 4676372 | Magnetic disc storage container A magnetic disc storage container includes a base member having a bottom panel and four rows of guide rails which are disposed at an acute angle with respect to the bottom panel. All of the guide rails are parallel, and the guide rails within each row are... | 06/30/1987 |
| 4674628 | Card holding device A portable pocket-size card holding device includes a holder capable of holding a plurality of cards. The holder comprises a pair of spaced floor and top members, laterally spaced side members extending between the floor and top members, and an end member... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674631 | Spectator seat and carrying case A spectator seat for optional use either in one mode of assembly as a carrying case for transporting articles to and from a stadium event or the like, such as a parade, or in another mode of assembly as a seat for attachment over a space on a conventional... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674630 | Reed case A portable, self-enclosed reed case that maintains the environment most conducive to woodwind reed maintenance. The reed case comprises a main enclosure that is divided by an aerated partition into a reed chamber and a hygrostat chamber, a reed slide adap... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4674634 | Package of reclosable plastic bags A stack of plastic bags having a reclosable adhesive seal wherein the bags each have a flap and the bags are stacked end to end with the flaps at alternate opposite edges of the stack and each bag is adhered to the adjacent bag by the adhesive for sealing... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4673086 | Moisture impervious means for unit dose packaging Barrier sheets for securement to the cover sheet of a multi-compartment medicinal dispensing device having a multi-chambered base to make the device impervious to moisture. The cover sheet includes plural closures releasably secured to one another along w... | 06/16/1987 |
| 4671410 | Package for sterile and contamination-free storage of artificial implants The invention relates to a package for sterile and contamination-free storage of artificial implants, comprising an inner capsule (1) to hold said implant (4) and being made of the same material as the implant, a hermetically sealed outer casing (6) surro... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4671407 | Tray for card edge connectors A package for carrying card edge connectors and the like and for use with automatic storage and retrieval systems and with robotic-equipped insertion tools. The package includes support means for supporting connectors and spaces between the support means ... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4669612 | Disk processing cassette Processing cassette for processing of hard rigid memory disks including a plurality of open supported opposing disk dividers for supporting a plurality of disks in alignment by the dividers of the cassette. The cassette is intended for use in automated ro... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669613 | Medical reminder device A reminder device comprising a support on which are located at least two different medicinal substances each of said drugs being in single dose form and an instruction bearing portion on said support adjacent each dose to receive instructions for the use ... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4669609 | Tray for wallpaper adhesive and tools This tray is designed to hold wallpaper adhesive or paint, and tools. Primarily, it consists of a body having a sump in it for containing the adhesive and a pair of legs are provided to maintain the tray level when it rests on a surface or ladder. It is f... | 06/02/1987 |
| 4667816 | Ammunition canister restraining latches A canister to facilitate the protection and handling of ammunition having a tubular casing including a cylindrical member with a stopping means including a plurality of fixed stops which project inwardly to engage the ammunition base and thereby restrain ... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667815 | Hydrogen storage A metal hydride storage facility having a cylindrical pressure vessel and a centrally mounted gas conducting tube. Self contained boxes, being annular in shape, are stacked within the vessel. The boxes contain the metal hydride. Each body is capable of ex... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667827 | Package carrier A belt package carrier for blister card packages with a locking strap to prevent accidental disengagement of the blister cards from the belt package carrier during shipment.... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4667826 | Clamping device and display system The holding device of the present invention is an all plastic clamp for holding articles such as toothbrushes, pencils and similar shaped items. The clamp is also usable for holding textile materials such as curtains and towels. The plastic construction o... | 05/26/1987 |
