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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7237979 | Security barrier A barrier for stopping the progress of vehicles, comprising a pivoted barrier adapted to pivot about a non-vertical axis from a first position generally alongside a carriageway to a position where it at least partially blocks the carriageway, and adapted to move bet... | 07/03/2007 |
| 6777701 | Thermal radiation marker Emitter controller including a controller, and a power amplifier, the controller being connected to a power source, the power amplifier being connected to the controller, the power source and to an emitter, the controller providing a pulse sequence to the power ampl... | 08/17/2004 |
| 6260506 | Bicycle warning device capable of providing a turning or braking signal A bicycle warning device is capable of providing a turning or braking signal and is mounted on the bicycle such that the main body of the warning device faces the front and the rear of the bicycle. The main body is provided with at least two groups of ref... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6172598 | Vehicle motion indicator A vehicle motion indicator having a base; a shaft rotatably attached to the base; at least one winder having a hub attached to the shaft; a motor for rotating the shaft to rotate the winder; and switch means responsive to the brake system in the vehicle, ... | 01/09/2001 |
| 5992342 | Navigation aid The instant invention is a navigation aid for use in depicting the buoyage system for navigable waters. The device has a support base that is secured to the helm of the vessel having a rotatable faceplate with daymark indicia placed thereon. The device pr... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5589814 | Anti-theft vehicle security system Considering the latest vehicle anti-theft systems and anti-theft warning systems that abound today, the theft of vehicles has not been slowed down to any appreciable amount. In fact, the car theft industry lids virtually kept pace with the car manufacturi... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5349470 | Spoked wheel reflective vest for bicycles and the like A spoked wheel mountable safety device in the form of a highly light reflective fabric type material which is semicircular in shape in its flat form and has velcro type fasteners so that when the device is folded upon itself and secured together about the... | 09/20/1994 |
| 4645299 | Rotary indicating device The disclosure relates to a rotary indicating device preferably in use, for example, for wheel covers for motor vehicles. The device includes a base member having an indication region and adapted to be rotated about a rotary axis. The indication region in... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4426951 | Turn signal cancellation apparatus for use with steering wheel and shaft assembly An automotive turn indicator has a turn signal cancellation apparatus mounted on a steering column and wheel assembly. The apparatus comprises a boss cover of a plastic material extending around a steering wheel boss and secured thereto and a turn signal ... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4209230 | Reflector device for bicycles A scanning disc having one or more scan-apertures is affixed to a bicycle opposite a wheel thereof and one or more reflectors is affixed to the wheel in position to be scanned by a scan-aperture so that, when the wheel is turning, the reflector is repeate... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4143615 | Acceleration indicator An acceleration indicator including an anti-tampering arrangement adapted to be secured to a railway freight car for detecting pre-selected destructive impacts on the the car. The indicator includes a generally hat-shaped casing having a normally obscured... | 03/13/1979 |
| 3951517 | Wide angled reflector unit for spoked wheel A wide angled reflector unit for securement to the spokes of a bicycle wheel, the reflector unit comprising a pair of reflector elements, each of the reflector elements having a central planar section and an angled planar side section or wing extending ou... | 04/20/1976 |
