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...that in the early 1940s GE engineer James Wright was charged with a task of utmost importance to the war effort: develop a cheap substitute for rubber that could be used to produce tires, gas masks and a whole host of military gear. Wright tackled the task diligently -- and wound up inventing Silly Putty.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7270508 | Apparatus and method for transporting chassis A method and apparatus for the hauling of chassis. The chassis hauler presents a front support system which supports multiple chassis. The chassis are stacked on top of one another in such a manner that their wheels face the same direction. ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7018150 | Container for ship capable of height adjustment In a container for a ship capable of adjusting height thereof, a mobile post capable of adjusting its height is more firmly supported with a simple structure. A container for a ship capable of adjusting height thereof includes a bottom plate on which goods are place... | 03/28/2006 |
| 6979005 | Stackable dollies and dolly systems Stackable dollies that each include a platform component having a plurality of indentations that is structured to receive wheel components of other dollies are provided. Stackable dolly systems and related methods are also provided. ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6835035 | Method and device for securing horizontally loaded cargo units to a vessel The invention relates to a method for securing horizontally loaded cargo units on a vessel, in which method the cargo units (13) are handled and secured for transporting the cargo units (13) on the vessel. The cargo unit (13) is secured to the v... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6386807 | Stackable trailers A method and apparatus for stacking two or more trailers (10) that are used for transporting containers. Each of the trailers (10) has recesses (48, 50) positioned directly over the rear wheels for receiving the rear wheels (34) of a trailer (10) stacked ... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5934695 | Stackable trailers A method and apparatus for stacking two or more trailers that are used for transporting containers. Each of the trailers has recesses positioned directly over the rear wheels for receiving the rear wheels of a trailer stacked thereon. Smaller recesses are... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5857831 | Trailer and method A trailer and a method for loading a trailer onto a transport vehicle. The trailer is elevated, causing a rear axle assembly of the trailer to pivot from a forward position to a position that is generally normal to the trailer frame. A front wheel axle as... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5842821 | Container support pedestal This invention relates to a container support pedestal for use in an all purpose intermodal flat rail car. More particularly, the invention relates to a container support pedestal which, between operative and stored positions, rotates approximately 45° o... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5601030 | Railraod bogie, for connecting vehicles in an articulated train A railroad bogie is disclosed. Such railroad bogie has a bogie body with a horizonal frame with front and rear ends and elongated sides therebetween. The bogie body also has an upstanding front plate and rear plate and side plates therebetween with lower ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5173018 | Security system for wheeled vehicles residing on a moving deck An improved wheel clamp 1 including a first wheel chock (25) and a second wheel chock (29), interconnected by a first threaded rod (44) and a second threaded rod (46), the threaded rods being driven by a motor (43) driving chains (45, 47) such that rotati... | 12/22/1992 |
| 5107772 | Rail bogie for transporting semi-trailers with vertically movable king pin assemblies on common frame A rail bogie for hooking with semi-trailers and the like road vehicles comprises a truck having a wheel-mounted chassis and a fifth-wheel frame above the chassis. Power jacks or inflatable balloons are mounted between this chassis and the frame for moving... | 04/28/1992 |
| 4986705 | Stackable freight container for holding stacked chassis The present invention is directed towards a special container for handling truck-trailer chassis and/or frames of truck-trailer chassis in overland transportation by rail, highway and marine transportation on board container ships. The container is capabl... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4929132 | Articulated platform car for three or four trailers An articulated railroad flat car for transporting four short or three long semi-trailers comprises two units connected by a drawbar. A plurality of semi-trailer hitches are mounted on the units. The hitches are suitably spaced for securing either three lo... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4671714 | System for transporting semi-trailers on two interconnected vehicles A system for transporting a semi-trailer with a king pin and a wheel assembly on first and second drawn vehicles includes a stanchion on the first vehicle for releasably securing the trailer king pin. Ramp assemblies are provided on the vehicles and are e... | 06/09/1987 |
| 4653966 | Drop-deck intermodal bogie A system for moving receptacles such as highway semi-trailers on railway trains. The system includes a plurality of rail bogies as the sole support of adjacent rear and front ends of the trailers and as the sole connection means between the trailers, to f... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4611962 | Container chassis bundling system A container chassis bundling system uses permanently affixed clamps 14, 14a, 40, 42, 42a, or 42b, for example, placed on a container chassis 10 to interconnect container chassis into an integral stack of chassis. Usually, chassis are interconnected with c... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4516506 | Articulated intermodal flatcar The flatcar is made up of multiple articulated units fabricated from severed portions of conventional 85 foot or 89 foot flatcars. These units may be supported by double axle trucks salvaged from the original 85 foot or 89 foot flatcars, or by new single ... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4339996 | Articulated railway car Disclosed is an articulated rail car for transporting two large wheeled vehicular truck trailers in "piggyback" fashion. The articulated rail car comprises two separate car bodies each supported by single axle railroad wheel truck assemblies mounted at ea... | 07/20/1982 |
| 4274776 | Depressed center spine piggyback/container railcar The railcar includes a low profile skeletal frame having a depressed midsection with supporting surfaces extending therefrom and a four point truck suspension. Vertical loads are applied to the frame so that opposed bending moments are established with re... | 06/23/1981 |
| 4179997 | Rail-highway intermodal freight carrier transport system A system for moving freight carriers including highway semi-trailers and receptacles such as demountable containers and merchandise racks in trains on railway tracks includes railway trucks, each slidably mounting a transversely centered fifth wheel suppo... | 12/25/1979 |
| 4141300 | Railway car for highway trailers A railway car for carrying highway trailers includes an intermediate frame section having a platform for supporting trailer hitches adapted for crane loading operations. The outer ends of the frame are connected to stub sills which include wheel supportin... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4129079 | Railroad car for highway trailers A railroad car has supported on its frame a trailer-handling rack construction including a pair of runners adapted to receive the tandem or highway wheels of a semitrailer. The runners are turnable laterally and shiftable longitudinally of the car. A trai... | 12/12/1978 |
