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Decorative Jeweled Wheel Cover
An improved wheel is provided wherein decorative items such as gem stones are embedded in either the wheel surface, a special mounting section attached to the wheel surface, or to a spoke strap that wraps around each spoke and positions embedded gem stones on the outside surface of the spoke.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7101139 | Automated material handling system with motorized transfer vehicles A material handling system for use in storing and moving goods within multi-level storage warehouses, ocean going vessels and the like wherein storage areas are provided on at least one of the levels and wherein goods are automatically transferred to and from the st... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6076288 | Method and apparatus for burying cable in a railway bed A rubber tired railway plow (100) has a plow unit (102) mounted to a plate (111) which extends across the forward end of the rubber tired vehicle (100). The plow unit (102) is attached so as to be movable on the plate (111). Wedges (122, 123) are used to ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 5979567 | Front mounted mechanical row crop guidance system A device for guiding farm equipment is disclosed. This device includes two trench forming chisel type devices attached to the planter or the initial implement used to set up the rows in a row type crop. These trenches are formed generally spaced to match ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5957215 | Apparatus for preparing of a ground surface of an arena The invention relates to a device for reconditioning the ground area of an arena in a riding hall or in an open riding course, which the device comprises a chassis which spans the breath of the ground area and can be moved lengthwise backwards and forward... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5813472 | Guidance system for an agricultural implement A guidance system for an implement drawn by a tractor with the implement being interconnected to the tractor by a conventional hitch. An elongated arm or support is pivotally secured, about a vertical axis, to the implement adjacent one end thereof and ex... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5664632 | Quick hitch guidance device The invention relates to a quick hitch guidance system which allows an operator to maintain proper alignment with a farm implement while towing it behind a tractor. The device includes an exterior inverted U-shaped frame with an external quick hitch coupl... | 09/09/1997 |
| 5603380 | Row following system for a row cultivator A row cultivator (10) includes a row following system (12) coupled to a toolbar (13) employing frame members (17) and (18) constrained to remain parallel by a cross member (21). Coulter wheels (30) and (31) secured to the frame members (17) and (18) are n... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5582255 | Guidance system having adjustable width capability An adjustable row following guidance device for a tractor drawn row crop implement, includes a main support member disposed substantially transverse to the direction of travel of the implement as pulled by the tractor and having a first side and a second ... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5511624 | Guiding system for garden tiller A turn mechanism for a front end rotable tined garden tiller with the capability of tilling closely to plants with minimal effort. It is comprised of a sturdy main frame, a depth regulator, two connectors with bolt holes in them which is used to connect t... | 04/30/1996 |
| 5476147 | Guidance system for an agricultural implement A guidance system for an implement drawn by a tractor with the implement being interconnected to the tractor by a guidance hitch which moves the implement laterally with respect to the tractor to maintain the implement in proper alignment with the rows of... | 12/19/1995 |
| 5392863 | Guidance system for an agricultural implement A guidance system for an implement drawn by a tractor with the implement being interconnected to the tractor by a guidance hitch which moves the implement laterally with respect to the tractor to maintain the implement in proper alignment with the rows of... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5207739 | Collapsible guide rod assembly for a tractor guidance system A guide rod assembly is mounted on the front end of a tractor with the guide rods closely adjacent the front wheels and the crop rows to transmit steering signals to a steering guidance system. The pair of guide rods pivot from a downwardly extending para... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5148873 | Row follower A sensor used to sense a path in a cultivated field is attached to a tractor. The sensor is stabilized to prevent the sensor from bouncing. The stabilizer may take the form of a coulter. In other cases the sensor and the stabilizer may be combined in the ... | 09/22/1992 |
| 5121799 | Guiding agricultural vehicles A guidance system for an agricultural tractor includes a furrow feeler which depends from a horizontal shaft so that the shaft rotates about a horizontal axis aligned with the direction of draft. Misalignment causes rotation of the horizontal shaft, which... | 06/16/1992 |
| 5103924 | Mechanically coupled automatic guidance system for agricultural tractors A simple and inexpensive, mechanically coupled automatic guidance system for tractors comprising a ground line sensor which is directly coupled to a steering system comprising limited, partial, spatial disengagement or play about a narrow steering angle w... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5094300 | Attachment for guidance of pull-type implements An attachment accessory for an angularly adjustable agricultural implement guidance system that allows guidance of a pull-type implement thereby. A plurality of rotatable coulters which engage the ground are attached to a rigid frame which is connected to... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5088561 | Sensing apparatus for a guidance system An agricultural implement guidance system having a sensing apparatus and sensing apparatus brackets. The sensing apparatus brackets have an offset configuration so that the brackets form a V-shape when the brackets are attached to the support rod. The sen... | 02/18/1992 |
| 5044447 | Guide and control device for an agricultural machine A guide and control device for an agricultural machine subjected in operation to a high lateral thrust in relation to its direction of traction, such as a disk-type stubble-plough includes a guide and control system having at the front, a set of freely os... | 09/03/1991 |
| 5040613 | Counterbalanced sensing wand assembly An agricultural implement guidance control system has a counterbalanced sensing wand assembly. The wand position sensing assembly is designed to compensate for the adverse effects of operations on a field which has a side slope, i.e., slopes to the left o... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4974683 | Ridge tillage attachment for planters A ridge tillage attachment includes springs associated with a linkage which guides a tool and wheel support beam for vertical movement, the springs being mounted within the linkage envelop to provide a compact arrangement and being operative to apply requ... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4970973 | Row crop planting apparatus for mobile pipe span-and-tower irrigation systems A field planting system for use in conjunction with large span and wheel tower irrigation apparatus to place seed in a field across a number of rows simultaneously. Seed is suspended uniformly in a gel solution and injected into a stream of carrier water.... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4966239 | Sod harvesting apparatus Self-propelled sod harvesting apparatus for cutting sod from a field into strips and stacking the sod on pallets. The apparatus includes a magazine storage area for pallets, a pallet loading area, and mechanism for transferring a pallet from the storage a... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4909334 | Machine for filling ruts in agricultural fields An agricultural machine for smoothing ruts, such as are produced in a field by center pivot sprinkler irrigation systems, comprises a pair of rotary tillers arranged in a unique frame for traveling over and along respectively opposite sides of the rut as ... | 03/20/1990 |
| 4883126 | Ridge planter guide unit This invention relates to a planter guide attachment designed to hold and align conventional corn, soybean planters, or other units on the upper area of a ridge of soil formed by previous cultivation-ridging processes as known in Ridge-Till farming. The u... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4883128 | Guidance system for farm implements A guidance system for a tractor drawn farm implement for providing an indication to the operator of the tractor as to variance of the implement from a desired course includes a pair of horizontally extending feeler rods supported by a shaft and having fre... | 11/28/1989 |
| 4871026 | Trench forming device and guidance method A method of guiding farm equipment is provided. The method includes the steps of attaching a trench forming device to a tractor in front of the rear wheels of the tractor, traversing ground with the tractor equipped with the trench forming device set to a... | 10/03/1989 |
| 4860833 | Draft connection Stabilizng arms are applied to an agricultural tractor having a three point hitch with a quick hitch frame. Specifically, a belly plate is added to the frame beams about half way between the front axle and the rear axle. A horizontal frame draw bar extend... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4821807 | Row crop tillage and planting unit guidance system An appaatus is provided for automatically longitudinally shifting a horizontal transverse tool bar and the tillage unit or units supported therefrom relative to the lift hitch of a tractor from which the tool bar is supported responsive to crop row sensin... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4734683 | Electronic row width monitor A vehicle guidance system which monitors the path of a towed farm implement with respect to a track provided by a previously cut furrow and provides visual cues to the towing tractor operator to maintain the path of the towed implement parallel to the tra... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4702323 | Ridge tillage attachment for planters A ridge tillage attachment for conventional row-crop planters for use in minimum tillage planting on row ridges is disclosed. This ridge tillage attachment includes a tool portion and a linkage portion. The linkage portion has a parallelogram linkage supp... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4697405 | Mowing apparatus A mower for mowing under fences or guardrails and the like has trailer mounted multiple rotary mower units including a first multiple blade unit for rotating on a vertical axis around posts and for mowing under and behind the fence or guardrail and a sing... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4659250 | Pavement extractor An improved pavement extractor is disclosed herein which comprises a completely self-contained unit for removal of pavement in a situation where a new pavement is to be created. The device includes a combination of rippers and a hold-down pressure plate w... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4657087 | Vehicle control system including vehicle with steering and elevation control relative to a filament In a particular species of the preferred embodiment, the invention contemplates a land traveller such as a farm tractor pulling a passive load such as a plough, disc or the like. A control device for directing or controlling the path of travel of the vehi... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4655295 | Tractor and implement stabilizer A large coulter is laterally rigidly connected to a tractor. The coulter prevents lateral shifts and jerks of the tractor, thereby eliminating the tractor as a source of lateral shifts of drafted earthworking equipment. When also laterally rigidly connect... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4640365 | Row following guidance device for a tractor-drawn row crop implement A row following guidance device connecting the right and left ends of the forward portion of a row crop implement to a tractor will adjust the length of each left and right connection as the tractor deviates laterally from alignment with the crop rows to ... | 02/03/1987 |
| 4616712 | Row finder An attachment associated with a tractor mounted implement to enable the implement to be accurately located with respect to the ridges in a ridge planting system or the growing crop plants to more accurately plant or cultivate the ridges in a ridge plantin... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4612996 | Robotic agricultural system with tractor supported on tracks A robotic tractor that travels on rails forming a grid over a crop field and automatically performs tasks in the field is described. The tractor is supported on extendable legs that carry dual tandem perpendicular wheel sets. A rotary implement bed suppor... | 09/23/1986 |
| 4607716 | Agricultural apparatus with an automatic positioning mechanism and method Automatic steering mechanism for use on apparatus for forming raised beds or ridges and furrows and lowered beds with uniform spacing with the apparatus being of a type comprising a self-propelled vehicle having a steering apparatus for steering the vehic... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4558760 | Apparatus for automatically guiding the movement of a vehicle, especially an off-road vehicle The apparatus is of the kind comprising detectors (21,23) of deviation of vehicle positional parameters from a path which is fixed in advance providing electrical data which actuates a control device (14) connected to a steering device (7) for steering th... | 12/17/1985 |
| 4520876 | Gauge and guide wheel assembly A guide and gauge wheel assembly for a tool bar row crop planter has an arm mounted on the tool bar and pair of wheels rotatably mounted on non-linear axles. The axles are selectively mounted on lateral sleeves and upwardly and outwardly inclined sleeves ... | 06/04/1985 |
