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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8033236 | Handbrake load indicator A load indicator for use with a railway car hand brake that is connected to a railway car brake rigging comprising a housing, a plurality of levers pivotally mounted in the housing, each of the plurality of levers having a first end and an opposite second end, a pla... | 10/11/2011 |
| 7192078 | Protective wind shield apparatus The present invention relates to a shield for retractable devices that are part of or attached to vehicles, such as school buses, to protect the retractable device from damage or destruction from air movement. While such retractable devices are bolted or otherwise s... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7059663 | Protective wind shield apparatus The present invention relates to a shield for retractable devices that are part of or attached to vehicles, such as school buses, to protect the retractable device from damage or destruction from air movement. While such retractable devices are bolted or otherwise s... | 06/13/2006 |
| 6969295 | Balloon pedestal A balloon pedestal including a mounting bracket for attachment to a land vehicle. The mounting bracket has a hook portion for grasping the top of a window of a land vehicle and a base portion secured to the hook portion. The base portion is provided with a keyhole. ... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6951184 | Crossing control arm assembly A school bus has a front bumper equipped with a crossing control arm assembly. The assembly includes an actuator that is attached behind the bumper and a control arm that is moved by the actuator from a stored position atop the bumper to a deployed position generall... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6902306 | Mirror assembly security system A mirror assembly security system suitable for use in a vehicle comprises an exterior mirror assembly including a reflective element and a positioning device for adjustably positioning said reflective element. A light module is positioned substantially within the as... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6477978 | Crossing arm assembly A crossing arm assembly that includes either one or two hollow, tapered fishing rod bodies cantilevered at their butt ends to a beam-mounting portion of a combined pivot/bracket. A crosspiece connects the tips of the rods. The combined pivot/bracket pivot... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6310551 | Alpine rescue alert assembly An alpine rescue alert assembly operated by a ski patrol member. The rescue alert assembly adapted for mounting between a pair of toboggan handles pivotally attached to the front of a toboggan. The toboggan used for carrying an injured skier. The alert as... | 10/30/2001 |
| 4565152 | Safety flag A safety flag bus, which includes a spring-loaded recoil pulley carrying a length of cable extending from the pulley around a bushing attached to the hinge mechanism of a conventional stop arm attached to the bus. The cable extends through one end of a fl... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4365581 | Traffic signaling attachment device for bicycles A traffic signaling attachment device for bicycles has a supporting framework securable at one end to the bicycle post clamp, pivotally journaled along which framework is a control rod having a manually actuateable handle at the front end just forward of ... | 12/28/1982 |
| 4318079 | Motorized tire barrier and signal barrier traffic-way controller A motorized traffic-way controller wherein a retractile tire barrier and opening gate barrier are coordinated to operate in unison by a motor drive that is recycled by closing a mode switch through cam controlled "stop" and "go" switches responsive to the... | 03/02/1982 |
| 4116154 | Bicycle distance safety device A bicycle safety device indicates not only the presence of a bicycle but the minimum distance that should be maintained by other vehicles in passing the bicycle. The safety device includes a support member that mounts to the bicycle frame immediately belo... | 09/26/1978 |
| 4038935 | Traffic signaling attachment device for bicycles A traffic signaling attachment device for bicycles has a supporting framework securable at one end to the bicycle post clamp, pivotally journaled along which framework is a control rod having a manually actuable handle at the front end just forward of the... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3961596 | Bicycle directional signal A directional signal attachable to each arm of a bicycle handle bar so to indicate a signal for intending to turn either in a right or left direction; the device consisting of an arrow shaped lever that is pivotable between a vertical non-signalling posit... | 06/08/1976 |
