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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 |
| 6243867 | Perspiration absorbent arm band An absorbent wiping band that is specifically adapted to be releasably and conformably fastened around the forearm, elbow and upper arm to expose an absorbent strip of material extending upwardly along the upper arm beginning at the elbow such that when t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243868 | Finger tip protectors A fingertip protector comprises a sleeve adapted to fit over a finger of a wearer, and a flexible strip. The sleeve has an opening for the insertion of a finger, and a portion of strip is attached to the part of the circumference of the opening. An adhesi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243869 | Food supporting apron An apron (10) is provided having a lap panel (11) and a torso panel (12). The lap panel has a foldable, rigid lap plate (17) which may be folded or maintained in a planar, locked position by a locking mechanism (40). The lap panel also has three periphera... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243870 | Personal computer network infrastructure of an article of clothing A garment incorporating power connections, bus structures and attachment points for auxiliary components associated with a wearable computing device. The wiring associated with the power connections and the bus structures have a water resistant insolating... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243871 | Garment closure mechanism A closing mechanism for garments including a torso portion and a bottom portion wherein the bottom portion extends from the posterior of the torso portion through the wearer's legs and removably attaches to the anterior portion. The bottom portion, or tai... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243872 | Collar system for a firefighter's coat An outer collar part is permanently secured to the shell body portion and to an inner collar part. A first moisture barrier is disposed adjacent the inner collar part, and a second moisture barrier is disposed between the first moisture barrier and the ou... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243873 | Rain wrap garment A rain wrap garment including a flat flexible fabric panel having a water repellant side and a water absorbing terrycloth side. A hood is attached to the top edge of the panel and is selectively storable in a hood pocket centrally located at the top edge.... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243874 | Foldable necktie A necktie having a series of interconnecting fasteners at its wide end and along its middle section, proximate to the wide end. The two cooperating fasteners at the wide end allow a wearer to fold this end of the tie up on itself, for a small hanging leng... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243875 | Thermobonded gloves and methods of making same Two types of gloves with thermobonded seams that define fingers and a thumb portion that extends over the palm of the glove thus allowing free thumb rotation are disclosed. Devices for manufacturing the two types of gloves are disclosed. Methods from manu... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243876 | Kool cap A venting head wear containing at least one and, ordinarily, multiple apertures in the material of the cap, which are flanked by a set of differently shaped and sized flaps, which create circulation of air through the wearer's hair and scalp during activi... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243877 | Display hat A baseball cap having multiple bills and placards, with each bill associated with one placard. The bills and placards are spaced apart in an equidistant manner. Each bill is connected to a placard, which is termed herein as its associated placard. Each pl... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243878 | Article of clothing An article of clothing has a crotch portion separating two leg portions (10, 14; 12, 16) of openings, and having in the crotch portion a crotch fly (26) extending along the perineal region, the crotch fly being openable and closable by fastening means (34... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243879 | Anatomical and shock absorbing athletic pants The present invention teaches novel athletic pants that permit the male reproductive organs to be substantially suspended naturally, in particular, when used in combination with the novel athletic shorts taught in a co-pending application. The athletic pa... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243880 | Athletic shorts The present invention teaches novel athletic shorts for male and female wearers that permit relatively unrestricted flexion and extension of the legs, and distention of the abdomen during breathing. The preferred athletic shorts can include an anterior si... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243881 | Helmet cover system A helmet cover system for visually enhancing conventional helmets thereby encouraging children to wear helmets. The inventive device includes an outer shell, a support strap attached to the outer shell, and a securing device for securing the outer shell a... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243882 | Swimming goggles Swimming goggles include an elastic head strap. Free ends of the strap are guided through first guiding holes and then through second guiding holes. A stopper member is inserted into a gap defined between a peripheral wall of the second guiding hole and t... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243883 | Soccer protective gear A protective device adapted particularly for use by a soccer player includes a front and rear panel connected to each other by elastic straps. The front panel includes a protective portion primarily adapted to protect only the stomach area beneath the rib... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243884 | Toilet seat assembly having an upright position lock A toilet seat assembly comprising a seat for permitting a user to sit over a toilet bowl of a toilet apparatus and a hinge pivotally attaching the seat to the toilet apparatus so that the user can manually pivot the seat relative to the toilet bowl betwee... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243885 | Flush valve mounted beverage holder and associated method An apparatus and method for a flush valve mounted holder having a closed bottom and an open top, the closed bottom configured to replace the cover of a flush valve having a flush valve cover in a commercial sanitary fixture such as a urinal or toilet, the... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243886 | Water displacement device A water displacement device for water storage vessels such as toilet tanks, the device comprising a perforated plastics bag including a super-absorbent polymer in granular form which, when wetted, expands to up to two hundred times its pre-absorption volu... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243887 | Sewer system A sewer system includes a disposal system under atmospheric pressure, a sanitary unit provided with a water trap, and a branch sewer pipe connecting the sanitary unit to the disposal system. A vacuum generator is connected to the branch sewer pipe for gen... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243888 | Hair washer A hair washer comprising a cistern into which the head part of a person under hair washing can be inserted, the hair washer including a plurality of washing nozzles for spouting out washing water provided at each side wall surface, rear wall surface, and ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243889 | Thermo-acoustic insulation system for sanitary device The whirlpool tub includes a rigid tub shell inserted into the opening of a surrounding podium. The tub is to be filled with hot water. A first insulation membrane is installed spacedly around the tub inside the podium, defining a first closed air pocket ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243890 | Three-in-one multifunctional baby bathtub A bathtub includes an integrally formed rectangular body with a recess having an appropriate depth. The four corners of the body are formed with four cylindrical holes. The bathtub is provided with positioning indents on the surface of the recess for fast... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243891 | Water handling system and valve A valve includes a housing with an input for unheated water and an output for delivering unheated water to a toilet tank and a supplemental input for cooled and hot water in. The valve has a thermally responsive component to open and close the supplementa... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243892 | Sleeping apparatus A sleeping apparatus includes a sleeping bag and a pad. The sleeping bag has front and back sides and is selectively convertible between an unfolded sleeping configuration and a folded backpack configuration. The pad is operatively attached to the back si... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243893 | Portable water cooled mattress A portable water cooled mattress for use with infants or the like comprising an air bladder lower level constructed of an air proof material and including an inflation and deflation opening valve. A water bladder layer is positioned on a top surface of th... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243894 | Side bolster system for a mattress A side bolster system is provided for use with a mattress having a first side and a second side. The side bolster system of the present invention includes a first side bolster configured to be positioned along the first side of the mattress, a second side... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243895 | Convenient and safer crib sheet In the preferred embodiment, mattress/hook and loop cover (70) has side panels (72) and (74), and end panels (76) and (78) which correspond and removably attach to crib mattress (44) side panels (46) and (48), and end panels (50) and (52). Crib sheet (22)... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243896 | Adjustable warmth duvet cover insert An adjustable-warmth bed covering adopted for use inside a duvet cover, either alone or with a comforter that is also inside the duvet cover, and a method for making such a bed covering. Specifically, the bed covering is formed from a base sheet to which ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243897 | Therapeutic bed for inversely suspending/standing human body An automatic therapeutic bed for inversely suspending/standing a human body includes an intermediate member of the therapeutic bed, a backrest of the therapeutic bed rotatably connected to an end of the intermediate member for accommodating an upper body ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243898 | Mattress having a removable insert The present invention is a mattress having a centrally located cut-out portion that has an insert that fits therein. The combination of the mattress and insert provides a flat surface on which a bed ridden person can lie. The insert is removable from the ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243899 | Mattress device A mattress includes a bag in which an amount of fluid is sealed. A portion of the bag is provided with an adjuster which adjust an inner volume of the bag. Adjusting the inner volume changes a pressure of the fluid in the bag which is regarded as a softne... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243900 | One-sided mattress construction A one-sided mattress assembly includes a core of pocketed coil springs having a layer of resiliently compressible material covering the upper surface thereof and having a bottom surface constructed of a substantially rigid material without a compressible ... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243901 | Multiple function tool A compound, multiple function, foldable tool having first and second handles, a tool head with pivotable jaw members, and a plurality of additional tools. The tool head are stored within first channels on first sides of the handles, and the additional too... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243902 | Tool handle combination A tool handle device includes a handle having a base and a cover pivotally secured to the base for enclosing the interior of the base. The cover includes one or more retainers for securing tool members to the handle. The base includes one or more spaces f... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243903 | Print material removing apparatus A print material removing apparatus for removing a print material from a printed record medium, the apparatus comprising: a treating bath 3 filled with a treating liquid 2, the treating bath 3 removing the print material from the printed record medium 1 i... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243904 | Apparatus for cleaning photo film A method of, and an apparatus for, cleaning a web of photo film during the manufacture is disclosed wherein the web of photo film is transported in its lengthwise direction, and a cleaning tape made of felt is pressed onto an entire area or a side portion... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243905 | Drain cleaning apparatus The inner end of a snake or drain cleaning cable coiled in a rotatable cable storage drum of drain cleaning apparatus is provided with a torque arm which frictionally engages the outer wall of the drum to restrain sliding of the cable relative thereto dur... | 06/12/2001 |
| 6243906 | Ice scraper assembly A combination ice scraper and snow removal assembly which has multiple blades in contact with the working/windshield surface to more efficiently remove ice and snow therefrom and reduce the amount of energy expended by the user to scrape and remove snow f... | 06/12/2001 |
