...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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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20110017881 | Piece of Furniture Assembled in a Modular Way A modular piece of furniture has a base and a vertical cylindrical support column centrally and fixedly connected to the base. Clamp brackets are connected to the support column by a clamping action. Platforms are connected to the clamp brackets. Cable holding and guidi... | 01/27/2011 |