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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 |
| 7069864 | Railway freight car end sill transition member A transition member for use in a railway freight car is provided. The transition member provides connection between the dissimilar cross sections of the underbody and draft sill of the railway freight car and the center sill of the railway freight car. The transitio... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6910428 | Undercar assembly for a railcar An undercar assembly for a railroad car. The undercar assembly has a structural member extending longitudinally between the longitudinal sides of the railroad car, where this structural member includes a pair of longitudinally extending beam elements transversely sp... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6484644 | Railcar structure for accommodating a brake valve An articulated railcar has several well car units for carrying shipping containers, highways trailers, or a combination of the two. The well car units permit the nose of a highway trailer to overhang the articulated connection between two adjacent cars. A... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6305298 | Light weight draft sill The present invention provides a lightweight draft sill end casting for use with railroad cars. The cast draft sill has side walls, front and rear stops, front and rear rib sets and a center plate that are cast as a unit. The draft sill has an open area b... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6263805 | Box type structural body and vehicle end sill There is provided a vehicle end sill or the like, in which lap joints formed by one side lap welding are not simply deformed or broken off. An end sill 1 is formed as a box type structural body which includes lap joints W1 which are formed by one side lap... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6240853 | Method of making depressed center railcars A method for producing depressed center railcars involves a combination of casting and fabrication. Transition members of the railcar can be casted, preferably with interlocking ledges on the ends of the transition members. The center section can be fabri... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6216604 | Railcar brake structure An articulated railcar has several well car units for carrying shipping containers, highways trailers, or a combination of the two. The well car units permit the nose of a highway trailer to overhang the articulated connection between two adjacent cars. A... | 04/17/2001 |
| 5465670 | Railroad freight car having an improved structural support A railroad freight car including a longitudinal well for carrying intermodal cargo containers comprises a car body having longitudinally opposing end structures with body bolsters supported by railroad trucks adapted for movement along a railroad. The opp... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5259322 | Five unit articulated covered hopper car An articulated multi-unit railway hopper car including a pair of end units having couplers mounted on their outboard ends. A plurality of intermediate units are interconnected between said end units. A plurality of articulated connector assemblies interco... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5181474 | Wood chip railway car constructed by converting a standard box car and method of conversion A gondola rail car for hauling wood chips and the like having a pair of side walls, an end wall, a floor, an open end and an open top. A door assembly is pivotally mounted for swinging movement adjacent the open end. A ledge is provided to enhance access ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 4966081 | Articulated multi-unit hopper railway car An articulated multi-unit railway hopper car including a pair of end units having couplers mounted on their outboard ends. A plurality of intermediate units are interconnected between said end units. A plurality of articulated connector assemblies interco... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4941411 | Steel end structure for aluminum railcar A covered hopper railcar having an aluminum body portion comprising aluminum side, top and end sheets. A side sill is secured to the lower marginal portion of each of the side sheets. The end structure assembly includes a steel center stub sill assembly, ... | 07/17/1990 |
| 4917019 | Railway freight car A railway car comprises a center sill with a crossbearer, webs and end bolsters extending across thereof. A light side stiffener interconnects the projecting ends of said webs and spans between the bolster and the crossbearer. A shear plate covers a trape... | 04/17/1990 |
| 4864938 | Railway freight car A railway car comprises a center sill with a crossbearer, webs and end bolsters extending across thereof. A light side stiffener interconnects the projecting ends of said webs and spans between the bolster and the crossbearer. A shear plate covers a trape... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4841876 | Railroad container transporting car of increased weight carrying capacity A railroad car for transporting horizontal shipping containers, the car having a novel stub center sill extending from a coupler to the end wall of a well portion capable of receiving one or more shipping containers, (2) a reinforcement assembly from the ... | 06/27/1989 |
| 4817537 | Container carrying convertible rail-highway vehicle A container carrying rail-highway vehicle in the form of a semitrailer chassis including an elongated center sill box extending longitudinally of the vehicle, a front box-type transverse sill attached to a forward portion of the center sill and a rear box... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4751882 | Articulated lightweight piggyback railcar An articulated railcar for transportation of highway trailers is lightweight and has a deck height which permits heavy highway trailers to be carried without exceeding the maximum allowable center of gravity height above the top of the rail. The railcar c... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4750431 | Offset side bearing structure for well car A railway car train includes five railway car units comprising two end units and three intermediate units. Each end unit is configured for coupler connection to conventional railway cars. The car units are connected to each other by articulated connection... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4493266 | Railway hopper car and center sill construction therefor A railway hopper car has a through center sill including an elongated central section substantially A-shaped in transverse cross section, two end sections substantially hat-shaped in transverse cross section and two transition sections respectively connec... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4348962 | Railway hopper car bolster assembly A railway hopper car is disclosed which includes a car body defined by opposite arcuate side sheets having a side sill extending longitudinally along the lower margin of each side sheet and at least a first end slope sheet partially defining an end hopper... | 09/14/1982 |
| 4331083 | Drop center gondola car A drop center railway car is provided with a continuous center sill having a depressed portion between the wheel assemblies. The continuous center sill is disposed between a pair of light weight side walls which include side sills that are connected to tr... | 05/25/1982 |
| 4235170 | Railway car underframe end sill An end underframe structure having an open box structure forming a rigid unit capable of receiving high torsional or other forces developed in a railway car and includes primary and secondary end sills connected by side buffer members. Additional buffer m... | 11/25/1980 |
| 4211173 | End construction for a railway car A pair of collision posts are connected at the end of a railway car between the roof structure and buffer sill. Each of the posts includes a tubular structure formed by welding two elongated "S" shaped strips to an elongated flat strip. Each of the tubula... | 07/08/1980 |
| 4168665 | Covered hopper car corrugated bolster web construction In accordance with the present structure, in a railway hopper car a corrugated bolster web extends vertically between a bolster cover plate and the end hopper slope sheet. The vertically extending corrugations act as reinforcements in the web which web ha... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4003319 | Tubular through sill railway hopper car In accordance with the present invention a railway hopper car is provided having an enclosed quadrilateral tube as a through sill. The enclosed tube through sill has end portions which are welded to the car end sills at opposite ends of the car. The end s... | 01/18/1977 |
