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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8172238 | Lightweight plastic sleds for emergency transport and hauling of loads Lightweight inexpensive sleds, made of tough plastic or similar material, are disclosed for transporting injured people or inert loads. For rescue sleds, a strong strap is passed through slots around the periphery. This distributes forces in ways that avoid tearing,... | 05/08/2012 |
| 7832743 | Device for manually transporting a carcass A device for manually transporting a carcass 8 or similar sized object includes a transport member 12, at least one hauling member 18 for manually pulling the transport member 12 with a carcass 8 therein, the hauling member 18 | 11/16/2010 |
| 7810820 | Lightweight plastic sleds for emergency transport and hauling of loads Lightweight inexpensive sleds, made of tough plastic or similar material, are disclosed for transporting injured people or inert loads. For rescue sleds, a strong strap is passed through slots around the periphery. This distributes forces in ways that avoid tearing,... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7472916 | Log hauler A log hauling device is provided which includes a frame member; a connection means at one end of the frame member for connection of the frame member to a tow vehicle; a log carriage slidably mounted on the frame member; and a retaining member for retaining a log in ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7422220 | Evacuation sled and temporary surge capacity bed A lightweight, strong, sturdy, and versatile evacuation sled is disclosed. The body of the sled may be manufactured from a single piece of material, stored flat, and folded into its functioning configuration. When folded, the sled has one or more straps that help ho... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416192 | Sled that dispenses colored fluid A sled having an aerosol container containing a coloring fluid so as to allow the user to leave behind one or two colored trails showing where the sled has gone. The aerosol container is in a jacket attached to a movable mounting plate. The tilt actuator of the cont... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417437 | Vehicle battery testing assembly A portable assembly includes a multi-level housing having a vertically oriented back wall and an elongated rectilinear axle conjoined thereto. The housing further includes an elongated handle having a lower end portion monolithically formed with the back wall. A plu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7266932 | Furniture framing assembly and method of use The present invention provides a furniture assembly that includes rods and connection members, and that can be fully assembled without using tools or additional hardware. In one embodiment, the rods include a threaded end and an unthreaded end, and the connection me... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7213798 | Method and apparatus for retrieving submerged vehicles A submerged vehicle extraction method employing a specifically designed apparatus known as the submerged vehicle extractor. The primary purpose of the submerged vehicle extractor is to facilitate the transferring of a vehicle that has broken through the frozen surfa... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7125060 | Handle and handle set for collecting and transporting a load in a tarpaulin Four identical handles for manipulating a tarpaulin with grommets in the four corners to collect and transport a load. Each handle has a handgrip with a hook on each end, a staking member, and an attachment system to hold a grommeted corner of the tarpaulin. The hoo... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7032906 | Towing apparatus for rescue toboggan The invention is directed to an improved towing apparatus for a rescue toboggan of a type which may be used to transport injured or incapacitated persons over snow and ice. ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7021644 | Towing strap A towing strap has two ends, which may be permanently or releasably attached to an item to be towed. Each strap end which is releasably attached, includes a fastening mechanism, which permits a person to attach towing strap to the item to be towed. The permanent str... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6938321 | Pallet scuffing apparatus A scuffing device (30) arranged to impart texture to a plastic pallet surface (12) having a plurality of cutting members (34) axially aligned and mounted adjacent each other, the cutting members (34) having radial toothed edges for cuttin... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6926293 | Load transport assembly A load transport assembly for transporting loads across a sand surface includes a panel that has a peripheral edge that includes a front end, a first side, a second side and a back end. A peripheral wall is attached to and extends upwardly from the peripheral edge. ... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6641446 | Rescue sled A rescue sled for picking up victims of water or ice accidents and transporting them to safety, which sled can be carried in the back of an ambulance or other vehicle.... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6623018 | Low profile snow sled having thin walls and high structural stability A snow sled comprising a unitary body comprising a top portion having a seat portion, a bottom portion engageable with the snow, a rear portion, a front portion, and first and second side portions. The bottom portion and the top portion extend along a lon... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6565101 | Hauling tarpaulin for single-handed operation This hauling tarpaulin can be deployed, loaded with refuse, moved and unloaded by a single person. A stored tarpaulin rolled about a mandrel is easily unrolled and filled with lawn refuse. The mandrel holds the tarpaulin flat on the ground despite wind. W... | 05/20/2003 |
| 6310551 | Alpine rescue alert assembly An alpine rescue alert assembly operated by a ski patrol member. The rescue alert assembly adapted for mounting between a pair of toboggan handles pivotally attached to the front of a toboggan. The toboggan used for carrying an injured skier. The alert as... | 10/30/2001 |
| 6276698 | Collapsible game tote A collapsible game tote includes a disassembleable rigid peripheral frame with a flexible sheet removably secured thereover for the support and carriage of killed large game or other articles thereon. The longitudinal members of the frame may be formed of... | 08/21/2001 |
| 5984360 | Furniture slide and method of use A furniture slide for placement between an object to be moved and the flooring over which it is to be moved. The slide is formed of an elongate sheet of flexible material having opposing ends and side walls joining said opposing ends when viewed in plan. ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5967532 | Towable auger carrier for snow machines An auger carrier designed to hold augers and to be towed behind a snow machine. The device has a curved bottom plate that holds the auger cutting head. Two extension arms are attached to the curved plate. The extension arms are used to extend the length o... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5941540 | Safe knee board for snow, water or sand A knee board that comprises an elongate board, which is used in combination with a tow rope that defines a grasping loop, having top and bottom surfaces spaced by a thickness of the board, having a pair of slots formed through the thickness thereof proxim... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5836593 | Equipment mover pad A device for pulling heavy equipment across a supporting surface such as a floor. It includes a composite pad of generally rectangular shape having lengthwise and crosswise edges. The composite pad includes a lower, flexible sheet of plastic and an upper ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5709477 | Device for the gathering and/or transport of garden refuse or products of similar characteristics A device for the collection and transport of garden refuse, consisting of a lower piece (2), made for preference of a sliding material, in such a way that its two faces which are capable of sliding present a low coefficient of friction, the device thus re... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5704624 | Scuba gear cart having multi-transport surfaces An improved cart is provided to transport objects, particularly scuba diving equipment, over different surfaces such as asphalt and sand. The cart includes a two portion housing, one portion of which is constructed as a hull-like member which is removably... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5660402 | Lawn tarp A tarp which may be pulled along the surface of the ground by hand, or while being attached behind a motorized vehicle, and used for expeditiously carrying a variety of objects which collectively would be too heavy or too awkward to carry in one's arms. T... | 08/26/1997 |
| 5653455 | Skiing sled and harness A sled to be pulled over snow by a skier, a snow shoer, or the like, with a waist attached, rigid towing member harness and a duffel container carried upon the sled. The sled has a plastic shell body with bottom runners designed to cause the sled to accur... | 08/05/1997 |
| 5645289 | Cylinder sled A sled-like container designed to be dragged over a variety of terrain. The sled-like container includes a cylindrically-shaped sled body, a tapered front portion forming one end of the sled body, and an access port for inserting or removing materiel in a... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5529321 | Tarp harness draft and equalizer assembly A portable ground engaging, draft and equalizer assembly and kit for loading and subsequent hauling of discrete items of large bulk such as mulch, leaves, and grass cuttings. The kit is characterized by a singletree draft bar to which a hauling harness is... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5390942 | Brake assembly for shopping carts A brake assembly for a shopping cart having a free, a basket mounted on the frame, front and rear wheels supporting the frame and basket for movement across a surface, and a handle for gripping to move the shopping cart across the surface, the brake assem... | 02/21/1995 |
| 5341588 | Portable ice fishing hut An ice fish house readily transportable comprising, in combination a housing base having a horizontal central platform, a pair of similarly shaped side platforms, parallel hinges coupling the central platform and the side platforms with the side platforms... | 08/30/1994 |
| 5306026 | Rescue toboggan A flexible toboggan is modified for use as a rescue toboggan. A backboard is located within said rescue toboggan and a CPR Bracket located above said backboard so that a rescuer can perform CPR or otherwise monitor an injured person who is strapped to the... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5253885 | Stairway descending patient carriage A carriage for rescuing patients is formed by a flat bottom rectangular frame having upstanding side walls, a rear wall, and a forwardly and upwardly inclined front wall. The frame is transversely divided by a partition to form a rearward seat area and a ... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5246401 | Flexible sled and slide construction A flexible sled and slide construction (10) wherein both the sled unit (12) and the slide unit (11) are fabricated from hinged cardboard panels (30) and (20) which are provided with hard wax coatings (31) and (21) to allow the bottom (38) of the sled unit... | 09/21/1993 |
| 5211434 | Slidable utility carrier A slidable utility carrier which has a rectangular bottom panel and four rectangular side panels which form a rectangular box-like structure having an open top. Each side panel is hinged to the bottom panel and is secured to the adjacent side panel by rem... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5104133 | Hauling device for leaves and other materials A hauling device for leaves, litter, and other materials such as stone, earth, mulch, manure and tree stumps comprises a tarpaulin with flexible support members and a rope including a unique assembly whereby the operator may secure and haul the collected ... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5092615 | Collapsible beach table dolly and sled A combined collapsible beach table, dolly and sled structure having a flat smooth table-top surface slidable over a sandy beach when the table is inverted and having recessed wheels with rolling surfaces projecting only slightly from the sliding surface t... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5090714 | Cross-country sled kit and assembly A recreational cross-country sled assembly includes a standard sled and a kit adapting the sled for transporting children and equipment over snow-covered terrain while nordic skiing. The kit includes a towing harness system for interconnecting the sled an... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4968046 | Lightweight amphibious water-onto-ice rescue sled Foam is sandwiched between baffles and two sheets of low friction enameled aluminum. The aluminum is bent to form waterproof seams between the sheets along the top edge and small runners along the bottom sheet. The body of the sled is shoulder width and n... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4887823 | Drag reducing apparatus An apparatus for reducing drag when sliding an animal headfirst along the ground is provided. The drag reducing apparatus comprises a wrapping mechanism for conforming to the shape of the animal. The wrapping mechanism includes a forward edge, a rearward ... | 12/19/1989 |
