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User-operated amusement apparatus for kicking the user's buttocks
An apparatus including a user-operated and controlled apparatus for self-infliction of repetitive blows to the user's buttocks by a plurality of elongated arms bearing flexible extensions that rotate under the user's control.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7381888 | Grade level enclosures for underground utility connections A grade level box for use with underground utilities connections having vertical walls reinforced with exterior vertical and horizontal ribs integrally molded with the wall structure. ... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7329067 | Retractable road median A retractable road median used to divide a road that may be retracted to allow vehicles to cross it in the event of an emergency, comprising a median assembly, a frame assembly, a winch assembly, and a longitudinal base assembly. The retractable road median has mean... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7178290 | Manhole cover having a locking crossbar A pit cover includes a casing, a cross bar and cover plate. The casing has a peripheral wall in the general shape of a rectangle, with open opposite ends and. The cross bar is coupled to and extends across the wall on an inside of the casing. The cover plate is conf... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7160055 | Road mat A road mat having a mat body with a first coupling end and a second coupling end. A first locking mechanism is provided at the first coupling end that includes a male coupling member and a female coupling member. A second locking mechanism is provided at the second ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7114873 | Adaptive security and protective barriers and traffic control speed bumps A method for at least slowing a vehicle moving along a surface is provided. The method including; providing one or more panels capable of extending above the surface; and deploying the one or more panels from the surface into a position extended from the surface. | 10/03/2006 |
| 7025530 | Road mats A road mat having a mat body with a first coupling end and a second coupling end. A first locking mechanism is provided at the first coupling end that includes a male coupling member and a female coupling member. A second locking mechanism is provided at the second ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6539678 | Vehicle service bay A pre-fabricated service bay used for providing service access to the underside of vehicles. The service bay is fabricated as a single monolithic unit and then positioned in an excavated hole within a service building. The service bay has multiple safety ... | 04/01/2003 |
| 6446307 | Manway lid lifter A lid lifter mount is installed on the hinge pin of a conventional manway lid, and has a compression spring assembly engaging a lever which is also installed on the hinge pin. The lever has a bar engaging a lid hinge arm. A spring force adjustment screw c... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6088963 | Automotive bay pit cover with panels having tapered ends for vertical stacking A retractable cover for an opening of an automotive bay pit wherein the retractable cover is formed by movable and stackable panels. The panels are normally positioned adjacent one another. Each panel includes supporting and spanning edges. Positioned on ... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6050032 | Safety fence for a hatch formed in a slab A safety fence for a square hatched formed in a slab of a building is provided. The fence has lids pivotable about opposed sides of the hatch, and has such a size that about half of the opening of the hatch is closed by each of the lids. Side frames havin... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5975791 | Vehicle security gate apparatus and method of operating same A vehicle security gate apparatus and methods are provided for inhibiting undesired access to a protected area. The vehicle security gate apparatus preferably has a barricade adapted to be positioned adjacent a roadway to thereby block vehicle passage alo... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5941024 | Floor hatch with integrated security fence A floor hatch with a built-in security fence is described, where access to the understructure can only be provided wherein a pair of doors are pivoted outwardly to an open position and secured, forming two opposite sides of the security fence; a first gat... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5829912 | Non-lethal, rapidly deployed, vehicle immobilizer system There is disclosed a transportable device for non-destructively impeding the motion of a land vehicle travelling along a pathway. First and second telescoping devices located on either side of the pathway support a barrier. When the telescoping supports a... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5549410 | Portable vehicle barrier A vehicle barrier for preventing unauthorized entry of a vehicle to a designated area comprises a frame, penetrating means mounted on the frame and engageable into a ground so as to prevent movement of the barrier upon impact by an unauthorized vehicle; m... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5395075 | Stair and stairwell construction for connecting two decks in an aircraft A stair and stairwell construction for interconnecting two different decks, especially in an aircraft, includes stair treads, stringers, and a stairwell enclosure or housing. At least one of the just enumerated components is constructed to be positionable... | 03/07/1995 |
| 5362174 | Manhole cover A manhole cover comprises a base and a cover. The base has a first inner rim provided with a first bevel while the cover has a second outer rim provided with a second bevel. When the base is joined with the cover, the first bevel of the base and the secon... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5248215 | Road barricade A road barricade can be swiveled upward from its open position parallel to the road surface, in which its U-shaped cross-section overarches the drive mechanism, about a shaft secured to the ground, into barricade position. To this end it has, on the side ... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5197240 | Transfer pad cover A transfer pad cover includes a frame structure covered by a water-proof sheet material. The frame structure is supported by bar joists that are mounted for movement along tracks. The entire structure is moved by hand or motor or by a truck from which a l... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5189836 | Automated inspection pit cover system A system for automatically opening and closing horizontal covers over standard inspection pit. The system comprises two grates mounted on wheels, the wheels engaging two parallel tracks attached to opposite sides of the pit. An electric motor powers the g... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5167341 | Lid assembly for roll-off sludge containers An immproved lid assembly for roll-off sludge containers is provided wher the lid assembly is supported by oppositely disposed lip portions which extend longitudinally along each side of an opening formed in an upper side of the sludge container. The lid... | 12/01/1992 |
| 4960150 | Movable safety cover for vehicle service pit A movable safety cover for covering an elongated opening in a floor. Has a plurality of deck carriers positioned adjacently and supported on each elongated side of the opening by a respective carrier track. Has track roller members mounted at each end of ... | 10/02/1990 |
| 4861185 | Collapsible road barrier A collapsible road barrier comprises a foundation pit, a frame located in the foundation pit, an expandable barrier element mounted in the frame, at least one energy absorption element extending from a rear wall of the foundation pit to a rear side of the... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4850737 | Hydraulic spring vehicle barricade and hydraulic circuit therefor A vehicle barricade comprises a frame to which a barrier plate is pivotally mounted for being moved between a passage and a blocking position. First and second hydraulic motors operably interconnect the plate and the frame. An hydraulic power supply is op... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4828424 | Vehicle security barrier A vehicle security barrier (10) for selectively prohibiting a vehicle from accessing a preselected area and for otherwise controlling vehicular traffic. The security barrier (10) comprises a base (12) defining a travelway (14) over which a vehicle can be ... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4826349 | Underground vehicle barricade A vehicle barricade comprises a frame having an open top and bottom, side, front and rear portions. A barrier plate is pivotally associated with the frame for being pivoted between a first and a second position. A cylinder and piston assembly pivots the b... | 05/02/1989 |
| 4824282 | Methods and apparatus for quickly erecting a vehicle barrier across a roadway A barrier system is provided for blocking a roadway to prevent passage of a vehicle. The barrier system comprises a series of inflatable bags connected to a flexible net, and energy dissipating units connected to ends of the net. The system is normally lo... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4822207 | Anti-terrorist vehicle crash impact energy absorbing barrier An anti-terrorist vehicle crash barrier includes side support structures, crushable energy absorbing aluminum honeycomb modules, and an elongated impact-resistant beam extending between, and at its opposite ends through vertical guideways defined by, the ... | 04/18/1989 |
| 4818136 | Hydraulic vehicle barricade and method A hydraulic barricade comprising a support to which a barricade plate is pivotally attached. At least a first hydraulic cylinder and piston assembly is operably connected with the barricade plate for pivoting the barricade plate between an up and a down p... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4775261 | Barrier device for the temporary blocking of a roadway A vehicle barrier device 10 for the temporary blocking of a roadway 12 comprises blocking elements 20, 22, 24, 25 with joined conter-elements 26, 28, 30, 31. The blocking elements 20, 22, 24, 25 are pivotable around axles extending parallel to the main di... | 10/04/1988 |
| 4762439 | Security barrier device A security barrier device comprises a rectangular container defined by sides, ends and a base. A post is mounted in the container for pivotal movement about a transverse pin with a slot in the post allowing linear movement of the post relative to the cont... | 08/09/1988 |
| 4752152 | Vehicle security barrier A vehicle security barrier (10) for selectively prohibiting a vehicle from accessing a preselected area and for otherwise controlling vehicular traffic. The security barrier (10) comprises a base (12) defining a travelway (14) over which a vehicle can be ... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4705426 | Security and defense barrier A security and defense barrier which comprises a vault buried within and transverse to the roadway. The vault has within a latched plurality of barrier arms that may be raised by any powered means, or manually, and the raised barrier arms being positioned... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4655435 | Cattle guard A cattle guard has a grid with a plurality of spaced bars lying transverse to the direction of travel across the guard. The bars are supported by a plurality of spaced beams lying beneath the bars. The grid, in turn, is supported by a base in the ground. ... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4647246 | Vehicle trap A pit disposed between an unsecured area and a secured area is normally bridged by a generally flat platform which normally forms a continuation of a roadway. The plate is pivoted at the unsecured side of the pit and is normally supported at the protected... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4627763 | Vehicle barrier construction A vehicle barrier including a housing located in a pit, a barrier pivotally mounted on the housing and having a roadway surface and a barrier surface, hydraulic motors for moving the barrier from a retracted position where said roadway surface lies substa... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4624600 | Anti-terrorist vehicle impaler A vehicle barrier device is installed in a trench in a roadway. An impaler housing sits in a slot of a liner and supports a pivoting member in a slot in its top surface. The pivoting member has an impaling arm on its forward end, a massive counterweight a... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4554695 | Vehicular road block A road block for preventing unauthorized vehicles from entering a secured area comprises a pit, a span covering the pit, collapsible support members supporting the span at the trailing end of the plate with respect to the direction of vehicle access, devi... | 11/26/1985 |
| 4428152 | Swinging doors for shelters and to shelters equipped with such doors An underground shelter (1, 2, 3) for aircraft is equipped with a vertical door (5) mounted for swinging about a lower horizontal axis (X), the swinging movements of this door being controlled by means of external jacks (13), with axes inclined with respec... | 01/31/1984 |
| 4355594 | Loading device and loading method for horse trailers and the like An arm member rotatably mounted to the back of a horse trailer is positioned in a vertically extending orientation to permit a person to lead a horse into the desired stall space on the trailer, and an elongate actuating member, which is adapted to retain... | 10/26/1982 |
| 4308697 | Floor plate assembly A floor plate assembly, particularly suitable for use in and around rolling mills, comprises a closure floor plate which is arranged to close an opening adjacent another floor plate. The closure floor plate can move as required between a first position cl... | 01/05/1982 |
