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Safety System For Remove a Rider From a Vehicle by Deploying a Parachute

Methods and apparatus for reducing the velocity of a rider in or on an open cockpit vehicle when the rider is thrown from the vehicle.

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Class 104/303 - By switch responsive to discrete means along guideway


Subclass of Class 104 - Railways
Definition: Apparatus including a polarity-reversing switch activated
No. of patents: 9
Last issue date: 05/30/2006


NumberTitleIssue Date
7051920Mail retrieval system
A mail retrieval system for allowing a user to limit exposure to the elements while retrieving mail. The mail retrieval system includes a support assembly extending between a curb and a house. A mail receiving member is coupled to the support assembly whereby the ma...
05/30/2006
5970882Interactive slot car systems
An interactive slot car game having a multiple lane slot car track for electrically powered slot cars. The trackway has a pit lane which is positioned on the same side of the track for all cars, with a pit position for all cars, with each pit position loc...
10/26/1999
5016542Transit system
A closed loop transit system that transports passengers in vehicles to a destination of their choice where they exit a main line to a shunt line and station. The system has automatic means for bypassing vehicles past stations that are full and moving exce...
05/21/1991
4934279Transportation system of a floated-carrier type
In a transportation system of a floated-carrier type, a carrier is suspended from a guide rail, in a non-contact manner, and is propelled along the guide rail. The transportation system includes a plurality of track units, each having the ferromagnetic gu...
06/19/1990
4732087Transportation system of a floated-carrier type
A transportation system of a floated-carrier type, according to the present invention, comprises a guide rail composed of main lines and branch lines, intersecting one another, a coupling section connecting the main and branch lines, and a carrier for car...
03/22/1988
4669619Device and method for transporting a load by cable
A self-driven transporting unit with a magnetic detector which is propelled along a cable by a drive wheel having spokes arranged in two rows forming a V-shape. The cable is magnetized and mounted in a fixed manner. The spoke arrangement enables the drive...
06/02/1987
4051783Model railroad layout
Model railroad layout with a length of track formed near the ends of the rails with gaps and connected to an electrical source and a control means to reverse polarity on the rails when the engine wheel bridges a gap....
10/04/1977
3993280Drafting stool
A drafting stool having electric motors both for moving it along the floor parallel to the forward edge of a drafting table, and for changing the elevation of the seat. Provision is made for guiding its travel along the floor, for preventing overturning t...
11/23/1976
3964701Model railroad train control system
A system is provided to permit the independent, simultaneous operation of several model railroad train sets along a single track at variable speeds and in the forward and reverse direction, as desired. The system employs apparatus for generating a repetit...
06/22/1976
 
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