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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7472485 | Turntable for wheel alignment An improved wheel alignment turntable for supporting a wheel of a vehicle. Embodiments include a turntable having a base, and a top plate for receiving the vehicle wheel, the top plate being mounted to an upper surface of the base for rotational and translational mo... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7143519 | Alignment system with locking turntables and skid plates An alignment measurement system for a vehicle includes an alignment sensing system and a suspension relaxing system. The suspension relaxing system is configured to receive at least one wheel of the vehicle and is operable between a plurality of states. The alignmen... | 12/05/2006 |
| 7065887 | Device for supporting the wheels of motor vehicles in general during their attitude check A device for supporting the wheels of vehicles in general during their attitude check, comprising a horizontal plate (8) which is supported in such a manner as to enable it to undergo rotation and translation within the plane in which it lies, about a positio... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7066439 | Three directional support mechanism for vehicle wheels A device with at least a supporting arrangement is coupled to a movement-system making the upper-plate moving. The device is characterized in that it includes a mechanism by which the supporting arrangement may be moved vertically thanks to the operation of a moveme... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062860 | Method and device for measuring wheel alignment of car An automobile body 2 with a wheel mount 5 vertically movably mounted thereon is supported, and the wheel mount 5 is lifted to an adjusting position which is set so as to be lower than the position that the wheel mount 5 takes when the aut... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7040029 | Method for detection of vehicle movement during wheel alignment measurement A method for use with a vehicle wheel alignment system to detect vehicle roll or elevation change during a vehicle wheel alignment procedure requires the steps of observing individual vehicle wheels, and detecting a substantially simultaneous changes in position or ... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7043396 | Methods for measuring alignment in customized vehicles A method and apparatus for guiding an operator in the alignment of the wheels of an automotive vehicle which has been either modified from a original manufacturer configuration, or for which no previously established alignment settings are known. Initially, the oper... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6473978 | Wheel alignment assembly and method A vehicle wheel support device for use in a wheel alignment assembly including a floating plate assembly movably supported relative to the base upon which a vehicle is positioned. The floating plate assembly includes a pair of rollers disposed in a fixed ... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6460259 | Wheel alignment adjusting device A wheel alignment adjusting device in which adjustment of a toe angle can be effected accurately, precisely, easily, and in a short time. A wire is anchored to a supporting frame at which an endless track is provided. An intermediate portion of the wire i... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6317992 | Angle rotating device for wheel alignment test An angle rotating device for wheel alignment test has a disk seat, a lever bar inserted in the disk seat, a cover plate covering the disk seat, a solid rotating disk disposed on the cover plate, a ring disposed in the solid rotating disk, and a hollow dis... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6195900 | System for measuring a motor vehicle wheel position A vehicle wheel position measurement device is provided. The device includes a frame adapted for mounting on a base body. Mounted on the frame, is a pair of rollers configured for supporting a wheel of the vehicle during a measurement procedure. Also incl... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6163968 | Steering lash and suspension play testing system Steering wheel lash and suspension play are checked by comparing predefined movements of the steering wheel and the road wheels. A steering wheel fixture adapted to be mounted to the steering wheel particularly facilitates the steering wheel lash determin... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6047594 | Digital turn plate apparatus A digital turn plate apparatus for aligning steering systems of wheeled devices. The turn plate apparatus has a rotational degree of motion for determining the angle of wheel alignment. The turn plate apparatus also has lateral and longitudinal degrees of... | 04/11/2000 |
| 5811657 | Device for stationary inspection of vehicles A device for inspecting any looseness and wear in the steering joints and suspension parts of vehicles has a low profile for installation onto a workshop floor, so that a vehicle can be driven onto the unit. The device comprises two generally planar plate... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5522139 | Device for determining the slack in articulated joints and for measuring the steering angles of motor vehicles A device for determining the slack in articulated joints and measuring the steering angles of motor vehicles is provided. The device can be easily and quickly converted to measure the slack or measure the steering angles, and is housed in the traditional ... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5522144 | Tire-wear detector A dynamic wheel alignment condition system for measuring the side movement of both wheels attached to a given axle over a given distance for both steerable and non-steerable wheels. Reference is taken from the footprint of both tires as they rotate over f... | 06/04/1996 |
| 5386639 | Multi-axle vehicle sideslip tester A sideslip tester detects sideslip and scrub in a vehicle having a steering axle and one or more pairs of tandem axles. The sideslip tester has a runway having a measurement plate which is moved laterally with respect to its longitudinal axis as a tire of... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5287626 | Apparatus and method for measuring rotation angle An apparatus for measuring the rotation angle of an object includes a floating rotary support for the object. The rotary support is mounted on a frame so as to allow free lateral movement in X and Y coordinate directions. A cooperating two-point cursor an... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5129149 | Stand-alone sideslip meter A sideslip meter includes first and second parallel runways. The first runway has a measurement plate movable laterally with respect to the direction of travel of the vehicle along the runway as a tire of said vehicle passes over the measurement plate. A ... | 07/14/1992 |
| 4945645 | Combined car wash and wheel alignment measuring device A car wash includes a roller-conveyor belt for driving a car through the car wash. A front wheel alignment device measures the alignment of the front wheels of the car after the car has been driven through the car wash. The measuring device is positioned ... | 08/07/1990 |
| 4924591 | Turntable device for measuring angles of lock of a steerable wheel of an automobile In a turntable device for measuring angles of lock of a steerable wheel of an automobile, the spindle of the turntable is coupled to an angular displacement pickup carried by a movable arm or the like which is subjected to the translational displacements ... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4897926 | Vehicle wheel turning angle gauge A vehicle wheel turning angle gauge having a base to support a wheel engaging turnable plate which supports an optical encoder device mounted in non-rotary position so an operating shaft can engage and turn with the turnable plate to generate signals of t... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4880072 | Method of and apparatus for checking four-wheel steering characteristics of four-wheel-steered vehicle In order to check four-wheel steering characteristics of a four-wheeled vehicle provided with a four-wheel steering system in which both the front wheels and the rear wheels are turned in response to operation of the steering wheel according to preset fou... | 11/14/1989 |
| 4631832 | Device for measuring axle geometry of motor vehicles with the wheels turning A device for measuring axle geometry at the wheel axles of motor vehicles with the wheels turning. The device has at least two frames. A driven pair of rotating cylinders is positioned in each frame. A wheel of the vehicle can rest on the cylinders. The f... | 12/30/1986 |
| 4567667 | Method and apparatus for measuring the inclination of the wheels of an automobile A method and apparatus for measuring the inclination of the wheels of an automobile is provided. In accordance with one form of the present invention, there is provided a toe angle detecting device including a pair of detector plates which are normally sp... | 02/04/1986 |
| 4480389 | Wheel alignment system An improved wheel alignment system primarily used with unibody frame straightening fixtures, including a frame bed having a pair of longitudinally extending members and bed plates, upon which rest the drive wheels of the vehicle. The improved system inclu... | 11/06/1984 |
| 4455759 | Apparatus for measuring the alignment of the front and rear wheel systems of automotive vehicles as well as the setback angles between the wheels of the front system and the side-slip angle The alignment of the front and rear wheel systems of automotive vehicles as well as the dynamic setback and static setback are measured by means of an angular displacement pickup supported by a horizontal arm at the level of each front wheel and connected... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4445278 | Wheel alignment measuring apparatus, more specially for dynamic operation In a wheel alignment measuring apparatus, more specially designed for dynamic operation, there is at least one wheel channel which is able to be turned in relation to a base plate and able to be moved parallel to itself and normal to the direction the veh... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4394798 | Wheel alignment measuring apparatus A wheel alignment measuring apparatus of the invention has angle measuring instruments joined up with the input of an electronic signal processing unit. A first and a second angle measuring instrument (1, 2) are placed on a nearside and on an offside fron... | 07/26/1983 |
| 4389793 | Wheel alignment apparatus An improved wheel alignment apparatus for the measurement in four-wheeled automotive vehicles, of caster, camber, toe, steering axis inclination, and track of the front and rear wheels. The apparatus, which is employed with the wheels of the vehicle setti... | 06/28/1983 |
| 4063364 | Turning radius plates and scales for automotive wheel alignment measurements This invention pertains to portable automotive wheel alignment equipment including full floating turning radius plates incorporating T F E -- fluorocarbon anti-friction means as a requisite for minimum height thereof, and coordinated wheel turning scales ... | 12/20/1977 |
