Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7837420 | Vehicle storage and transportation rack Apparatus for loading, storing, and/or transporting multiple All-Terrain-Vehicles. In a preferred embodiment, apparatus for loading and carrying two ATV's, one above the other, for storage and/or transportation purposes. In further preferred embodiments, apparatus c... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7824140 | Aluminum vehicle carrier railcar A bi-level aluminum vehicle carrier railcar (10) includes an integrated aluminum roofing structure (30), aluminum side panels (18, 20), and aluminum decking structure (36, 50) attached to a steel underframe. The decking structure (36, ... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7419342 | Vehicle transporter with screw actuators Vehicular cargo of a vehicle transporter is supported by elongate vehicle support members. Elevated vehicle support members are supported above the vehicular frame of the transporter and moved by screw actuators that are self-locking. ... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7402013 | Demountable drive A container (40) has a movable internal load support, such as a deck platform (15), with a demountable motorised drive (10), and a transfer drive, such as a threaded shaft (16), mounted within a deck chassis, with shaft runners or travell... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7387480 | Pro angler equipment trailer Apparatus 10 discloses a multipurpose trailer 12 having a lift system 24 with a plurality of organizer and fasteners uniquely designed for Pro Angler equipment and maintenance. The trailer 12 comprises a frame having a vehicle storage com... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7360979 | Rail road car with reduced slack A rail road car has a rail car body which includes a housing structure. The housing structure has a pair of sidewalls, a roof and at least one deck mounted to the sidewalls. An enclosed lading space is defined by the housing structure and there is at least one door ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7360978 | Combination chain and strap tie down apparatus and system A combination chain and strap tie-down apparatus and system. An elongated shaft is attached to an automobile transport platform. A ratchet gear wheel having engagement teeth and a ratchet wrench socket wheel having a plurality of wrench apertures can be located on o... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7341420 | Equipment storage lift system An equipment storage lift system for efficiently storing a plurality of equipment. The equipment storage lift system includes a base, a platform, a plurality of legs extending between the platform and the base, a front structure extending from the base and a winch a... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7341412 | Parking and shipping vehicle racking system This is a system in which several automobiles can be stowed in a container and secured in place. ... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7318541 | Storage rack for human transporter There is disclosed a storage rack that can onload, secure, and offload a human transporter device such as a SEGWAY HT. The storage rack is attached to a vehicle such as a postal vehicle. The vehicle can thus transport a human transporter while the human transporter ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316158 | Test stand with tipping device for motor vehicles A test stand for motor vehicles, having a tipping device. The tipping device has a lower frame unit (13) and an upper frame unit (6) that can be tipped relative to the lower frame unit. The tipping device is further provided with four lifting units ( | 01/08/2008 |
| 7287807 | Poultry coop trailer and a method of transporting poultry therein A vehicle and method for transporting poultry. The vehicle comprises a coop trailer having a trailer section which can carry a number of tiers of poultry cages on its bed and having a vertically oriented tarpaulin system mounted thereon. The tarpaulin system include... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7275901 | Combination passenger and cargo carrier A transport system having a chassis; a body mounted on the chassis, where the body includes a cabin for transporting at least one passenger; a cabin for the driver; a tandem coupled to the chassis; a drop frame secured to the chassis where the drop frame is below an... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7255526 | Rapid assembly game blind transport trailer A rapid assembly game blind transport trailer that breaks at pivot points in folding fashion and stands upright along with the attached game blind as a driver moves in reverse, and which allows rapid standing and easy separation or attachment of the blind and traile... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7186065 | Vehicle support frame A vehicle support, for a container comprises a frame suspended from one or more of adjustable span, to vary frame disposition, such as elevation and/or tilt, from an (un)loading to a transport mode; the frame is configured for converting or adapting a standard conta... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182569 | Auto rack deck hinge arrangement A multilevel railway auto rack car for transporting automobiles is provided having at least one upper deck with end segments pivotable to accommodate the difference in height of corresponding upper decks of adjacent auto rack cars and facilitate loading of automobil... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7153078 | Loading and unloading station and method for load carrier of vehicle bodies, vehicles and the like Through a loading and unloading station for load carriers of vehicle bodies, vehicles or the like, it is possible to unload vehicle bodies from a railway car in a continuous cycle and supply them to a production facility, wherein in one cycle simultaneously the load... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7147268 | Recreational vehicle A motorized recreational vehicle of unibody construction having at least one expandable living compartment with flush floor and full ceiling and an disposed within the body of the vehicle, a storage area or garage disposed within the vehicle body between the bottom ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7140820 | Truck trailer for vehicle transportation A truck-trailer for easy changeability and wider range of applicability in simplified construction to increase transportation capacity and improve changeability and applicability having the front and the rear sections of the main deck each pivoted with a retractable... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7121613 | Vehicle including multiple items that move vertically A vehicle includes at least two items that move vertically between a lowered position and a raised position. In one embodiment, one of the items is a seating unit having a seat back and a seat base such as a couch or a dinette. The seating unit may convert into a be... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7114897 | Vehicle support and retention system for a vehicle transporter A vehicle support and restraint system for a vehicle transporter permits the operator to consistently and securely install either soft tie-down or hard tie-down cargo vehicle restraint while standing at ground level. ... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7097054 | All-terrain vehicle shipping package A shipping container for a motorized vehicle comprises a base frame and a top frame, each constructed of rigid tubing. The base frame has a plurality of tire rests on which respective wheels of the motorized vehicle will be placed. In addition, the base frame has a ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094013 | Aluminum vehicle carrier railcar A bi-level aluminum vehicle carrier railcar (10) includes an integrated aluminum roofing structure (30), aluminum side panels (18, 20), and aluminum decking structure (36, 50) attached to a steel underframe. The decking structure (36, ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7055278 | Portable tube cleaning system A portable cannon tube cleaning system that includes a trailer designed to be pulled to the field site of a cannon tube to be cleaned; a mechanism securely mounted to the floor of the trailer for providing vertical height adjustment; a main cleaner chassis assembly ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7055441 | Counterbalanced deck for railroad freight car A railroad car includes a body having a pair of side walls and at least a pair of parallel horizontal support beams extending along the side walls at substantially the same height. A movable end portion of a deck built as a lightweight composite structure may pivot ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7036863 | Recreation vehicle ramp door spring arrangement An assembly comprising at least two structural members moveably coupled to each other, each structural member being coupled to opposite ends of a bias member biasing the at least two structural members to move towards or away from each other, wherein one or more of ... | 05/02/2006 |
| 7025546 | Vehicle support frame A vehicle support, for a container (10), comprises a frame (21, 22), suspended from one or more elements (19, 25), of adjustabel span, to vary frame disposition, [such as elevation and/or tilt], from an (un)loading to a transport mode; the frame... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7025547 | Vehicle transporter with screw actuators Vehicular cargo of a vehicle transporter is supported by elongate vehicle support members. Elevated vehicle support members are supported above the vehicular frame of the transporter and moved by screw actuators that are self-locking. ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6983979 | System for moving beds A structure is described which may include a bed, a cargo area which is used to receive an off-road vehicle, and superposed beds which move vertically between a first configuration where the beds are spaced apart in the cargo area and a second configuration where th... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6983980 | System for moving a bed using an endless drive A structure is described which includes a bed and an apparatus having a flexible drive member which moves along an endless path. The apparatus is coupled to the structure and to the bed, and the apparatus is used to vertically move the bed along the endless path. | 01/10/2006 |
| 6964548 | Flank part as body component for an automobile transporter, whether motor-driven or not A flank part (1) for an automobile transporter consisting of a finished structural single-piece part, ready to be mounted by being assembled to a frame base or another component to form a complete automobile transporter body linked to other elements in a limi... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6960053 | Winch system A manually operated winch system secures cargo to a transport vehicle. The winch system has a shaft rotationally mounted relative a frame. A ratchet drive mechanism controls rotation of the shaft. A handle received in the drive mechanism can be used both to control ... | 11/01/2005 |
| 6929438 | Cargo restraint apparatus The present invention includes an improved cargo restraint apparatus (10). The cargo restraint apparatus (10) comprises a pallet (20), a reel (30) having a locking mechanism, and a lock release (43, 143, 243) having a pressure plat... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6893205 | Vehicle transportation module A method for transporting vehicles including the steps of providing a module shaped and sized to receive vehicles therein and providing a trailer chassis coupled to a tractor. The tractor and the trailer chassis are located on or adjacent to an external surface. The... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890136 | Vehicle transportation module A module for receiving motorized vehicles for transportation. The module includes a driver-side side wall, a passenger-side side wall parallel to and laterally spaced from the driver-side side wall, and a bottom support structure extending between the side walls for... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6860685 | Door edge protection system for conventional autorack railcars The present invention provides a cushioning system to be applied to the inside surface of the walls of conventional autorack railcars. More particularly, the present invention is directed toward the easy application of a foam protector of single or double tube confi... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6857833 | Enclosed cargo containers for high mount vehicle trailers Enclosed cargo containers for high mount automotive vehicle carriers and trailers which are designed to transport special vehicles and other cargo so as to be protected from ambient environment and road conditions. The containers may be fixed or removable mounted wi... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6821065 | Autorack rail road car with reduced slack A rail road car has a rail car body which includes a housing structure. The housing structure has a pair of sidewalls, a roof and at least one deck mounted to the sidewalls. An enclosed lading space is defined by the housing structure and there is at least one door ... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6805523 | Auto rack railroad car panel bumper guard The present invention reveals an auto rack sidewall panel bumper guard for auto rack railroad cars which eliminates contact between the vehicle door and the sidewall panel even in extreme heat. The bumper guard includes a pair of opposed mounting bases, a pair of ex... | 10/19/2004 |
| 6749380 | Mechanism to facilitate raising and lowering hinged end section of deck A mechanism to assist in raising and lowering a hinged deck end section wherein a lifting force is applied to the deck end section by a counterweight mechanism. In the preferred embodiment, the counterweight mechanism operates in conjunction with a conventional, pro... | 06/15/2004 |
