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Patent No. 6125480

Vehicle mounted toilet seat

An extension member is attachable to a trailer hitch and extends away from the vehicle and is connected to a seating frame supporting a toilet seat.

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Attorney: Randolph; John N.


Number of patents: 39
Last date: September 23, 1980

NumberTitleIssue Date
4223489Insulation stop
An insulation stop for use in buildings, such as a dwelling, having truss type roof, and which is capable of confining any type of insulating material to the area directly above the ceiling, while providing maximum space between the roof rafters and the u...
09/23/1980
4213730Device for use in counting small items
A trough shaped receptacle for holding a plurality of small items, such as pills, screws, nuts, washers and the like, including a bottom portion having longitudinally spaced depressions in each of which a number of the items can collect, and a side portio...
07/22/1980
4199802Headgear with light
A headgear, such as a hardhat or fireman's helmet, having a light unit applied thereto, including a light source for illuminating selective areas adjacent the headgear and which includes a current source for energizing the light source. Said current sourc...
04/22/1980
4191653Self washing belt strainer
An endless driven belt strainer adapted for use as a porous barrier in a channel containing a flowing liquid, such as a channel supplying raw sewage to a treatment plant. The belt strainer is composed of a number of endless porous wire or plastic screen s...
03/04/1980
4189808Retainer and closure for a garbage can liner bag
A button-like body formed of a thin elastic material is provided with a plurality of slots which intersect with one another adjacent the center of the body to define a plurality of triangular resilient prongs having adjacently disposed pointed inner ends ...
02/26/1980
4184215Toilet flushing apparatus
A toilet flush assembly having an imbalanced weight relationship between the flush handle and the arm of the tank lever, constructed and arranged to allow manual assistance in closing the outlet valve to thereby provide for limiting the amount of water pa...
01/22/1980
4175629Electric drive unit for vehicles
An electric drive unit for vehicles which are normally rider propelled, such as bicycles and tricycles, has a wheel driven by an electric motor for propelling the vehicle by frictional engagement with the front wheel tire. A control lever mounted on the h...
11/27/1979
4161822Skate blade analyzer
An apparatus for use in analyzing an ice skate blade for determining the tangent or high point of the edge of the blade, between the two supports of the blade holder, and to enable a skate sharpener to change the location of the tangent point, if necessar...
07/24/1979
4155000Battery cell connecting device
An apparatus for use in connecting adjacent cells of storage batteries electrically and mechanically by passing an electric current through electrical resistance elements to cause a rapid heating of said elements and of battery terminal parts disposed in ...
05/15/1979
4147411Device for use in threading needles
A device to assist in threading needles includes a holder which is manually supported and which provides a support for a magnifying glass. A needle is detachably mounted in the holder with the eye exposed. The device includes means for varying the spacing...
04/03/1979
4145948Graphite composite neck for stringed musical instruments
A stringed musical instrument having a high stiffness dimensionally stable neck attached to a conventional instrument body made of hard wood. The neck is made of graphite fiber reinforced plastic material which produces a lighter, stiffer and more rigid s...
03/27/1979
4135730Racing type sulky
A racing type sulky having a frame constructed of rigid tubular material and equipped with springs and shock absorbers between the frame and wheels....
01/23/1979
4123184Underground fire hydrant frame and cover
A frame and cover for an underground fire hydrant, especially adapted for use in locating a fire hydrant in a highway, preferably at an intersection, and by means of which the fire hydrant is rendered readily accessible for use....
10/31/1978
4114748Silage door guide
A silage door guide, constituting an attachment for a silo unloader, having an outer end which is detachably connected to a frame member constituting a cross piece above a silo door or opening, and which hingedly supports an outer end of an invertedtrough...
09/19/1978
4113055Tree ladder
A selfsustaining ladder, especially designed for use in harvesting fruit from trees, having an arcuate curvature to generally conform to the horizontal curvature of a segment of a fruit tree. The ladder has more than two uprights and the rungs, each of wh...
09/12/1978
4106484Adjustable solar concentrator
A solar concentrator is provided having means allowing for deformation and precise adjustment of a cylindrical parabolic solar energy reflecting surface of the concentrator. The aforesaid means produces a geometrically correct concentrator surface which c...
08/15/1978
4105233Window and door lock
A lock for closures, having horizontally sliding panels, such as doors or windows, which is so constructed that one or two horizontally slidable closures may be opened partially to provide ventillation but to an extent insufficient to afford ingress to an...
08/08/1978
4104802Apparatus for use in manufacturing and selecting golf clubs
An apparatus for use in rapdily and accurately obtaining correct measurements for golf clubs best suited to a particular golfer, so that clubs can be customed made to those measurements or for selecting clubs which correspond to the measurements obtained ...
08/08/1978
4097013Tripod stand for projection screen
A tripod stand, providing a portable support for a projection screen, having a handle which is slidably movable on the standard of the stand and to which the case, which houses the viewing screen and its spring loaded roller, is swivelly connected. The ha...
06/27/1978
4092704Headgear light
A light unit for attachment to an item of headwear such as a fireman's helmet or a hard hat, and which includes a light source, and a current source for energizing the light source and for actuating electrically driven mechanical means for changing the di...
05/30/1978
4090700Spring assister
A device supported by a vehicle frame for engagement with a leaf spring, attached to the rear axle of the vehicle, to increase the resistance afforded by the spring in supporting the rear part of the vehicle frame and the load carried thereby....
05/23/1978
4087921Microwave drying apparatus
An apparatus for use in drying various kinds of finely divided materials utilizing microwave heating means for heating a rotating drum through which the material to be dried is drawn by suction. The apparatus includes means for separating the dried materi...
05/09/1978
4068635Pressure vent
A valve is interposed between spaced valve seats of a conduit having end portions communicating with the ends of an internal combustion engine valve cover. The conduit has a vent port located between the valve seats. The valve, which is responsible to ine...
01/17/1978
4063416Steam generator
An apparatus and method of burning fossile fuels, such as coal, in their places of natural deposit, for producing energy which may be utilized for various purposes, such as, for driving an electric generator....
12/20/1977
4062776Sludge concentrator and conditioner
A rotary driven conical drum into a large end of which sludge and a flocculating polymer are discharged, constitutes a contact chamber, and is equipped with baffles and weirs. The polymer is supplied to a large end of the drum and mixing is accomplished i...
12/13/1977
4057757Power pack and carrier for CB radio
A carrier in which CB radios of different sizes can be detachably secured for convenience in carrying. The power pack, consisting of a plurality of dry cell batteries connected together in series and a battery holder forming a part of the carrier, provide...
11/08/1977
4050125Inflated casket
An inflated casket which may remain deflated for storage prior to use and for transportation prior to storage. The casket body is provided with one or a plurality of chambers into which a fluid substance is injected for distending the chambers to cause th...
09/27/1977
4020523Paint brush dip gauge
A plate of porous or open work construction detachably mounted in a paint receptacle and buoyantly supported at a predetermined depth beneath the surface of the paint to be engaged by the tips of the bristles of a paint brush, to prevent the paint brush f...
05/03/1977
4009528Sneaker with insole
A sneaker or canvas shoe having an insole comprising a soft pad which is encased in a sealed film envelope to prevent the pad from absorbing moisture, odors and contamination. The envelope includes a chamber disposed beyond an end of the pad into which ai...
03/01/1977
4002357Articulated hose support
A mechanical support for a short flexible hose section including a rigid L-shaped bracket having an upright leg to an upper end of which is rigidly secured a short rigid conduit section, which is disposed crosswise of said leg and to an inner end of which...
01/11/1977
3983886Frame and hood for a wig form
A frame which is detachably secured to a wig form supports a fabric hood or cover of a lightweight flexible material over a wig, which is applied to the form, to protect the wig from dust. The hood or cover is supported by the frame so as not to mash or o...
10/05/1976
3983602Implement holder for a safety helmet
A one piece holder preferably formed of a molded plastic having a first clamp for releasably engaging an edge portion of a safety helmet to detachably mount the holder thereon, and a second clamp projecting outwardly from one jaw of said first clamp for d...
10/05/1976
3972700Air cleaner for tractor engine
A self cleaning air cleaner for a tractor engine which is capable of functioning either alone for cleaning air being supplied by suction to a carburetor of a gasoline engine or to the turbocharger of a diesel engine, or which can function as a pre-cleaner...
08/03/1976
3964179Telephone system teaching apparatus
An apparatus utilizing a functioning telephone system for teaching children of elementary school age number discrimination, mathematic concepts, letter discrimination and coding, spelling, improved reading comprehension, and a variety of other verbal conc...
06/22/1976
3963471Apparatus and process for producing an organic product from sewage sludge
A completely integrated and automated apparatus by which liquid sewage sludge from any sewage or waste treatment plant may be processed into a completely dry, pelletized and sterilized product of an organic nature containing nutrients valuable for the sup...
06/15/1976
3957164Wheelchair hoist and carrier
An apparatus for quick attachment to and detachment from a wheelchair and which is capable of raising, lowering and conveying the wheelchair and an occupant thereof, whereby such a person may be conveyed into or out of an enclosure without leaving the whe...
05/18/1976
3953001Mixing and dispensing apparatus for poison spray
An apparatus including a mixing tank connected to a source of water supply under pressure, by which the tank can be partially filled with water to be mixed with a poison in powder form, which is admitted to the tank through an access opening, normally clo...
04/27/1976
3939699Tensiometer with remote sensing unit
A tensiometer having a vacuum gauge which is connected to a sensing unit including a ceramic cup, which is located remote from said gauge, by a conductor in the form of a capillary tube. A second capillary bleeder tube communicates with and leads from the...
02/24/1976
3931035Soap bar
A soap bar composed of a hollow shell of bar soap material defining a cavity filled by a core composed of small remaining pieces of soap bars and a congealed mass of a soap solution. The shell has an access opening through which the soap pieces and soluti...
01/06/1976
 
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