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A wristwatch including a watch band and a watch body having an octagon shaped perimeter and being red in color and having the word STOP thereon to resemble a stop sign.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7225910 | Free-wheeling hub device A freewheel hub device includes two locking rings with axial grooves formed in the locking rings and being essentially V shaped in cross-section. The groove walls of one locking ring form a first and a second wedge surface, and one groove wall of the other locking r... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7152718 | Damper A damper includes a frame, a main gear mounted to the frame for rotation about an axis of rotation, and a spring operably connecting the main gear and the frame such that rotation of the main gear tensions the spring. The main gear has a circumferential recess forme... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6966573 | Jack dolly with brake A dolly (10) for transporting a jack (50) having front arm members (12a, b) attached to cooperating ends of rear arm members (34a, b) by a rod (30). The front arm members are mounted on wheels (22a, b) o... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6722485 | Force-limiting rotary lock A force-limiting rotary lock (20) for a shaft (21) mounted on a housing (22) for rotational and axial movement relative thereto, broadly includes a lug member (28) provided on the shaft, and a pawl (51) mounted on the housing. The ... | 04/20/2004 |
| 6526702 | Residential program deck A plurality of wheeled cabinets, including single-sided cabinets (20) and double-sided cabinets (21), is movably mounted upon fixed rail assemblies (90) and (90A). Each cabinet is fitted with an extendable privacy partition (80), an automatically deployed... | 03/04/2003 |
| 6386349 | Compact clutch assembly featuring dual selectively-operative one-way clutches A clutch assembly includes a driving member rotatable about a first axis; a pair of driven members, disposed on respective sides of the driving member for rotation about the first axis; and a pinion that simultaneously meshes with gear teeth defined on ea... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6109122 | Starter motor assembly A starter motor assembly is provided. A motor housing encloses an electric motor having a rotatable armature shaft. A planetary gear assembly is provided in a pinion housing, including planetary gears, a planet carrier, and a drive shaft. A pinion is enga... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6089306 | Ratchet type cam lock for a roller A hub provided at an end of a roller rotates with the roller. A stationary cap mounted to an axle of the roller is positioned adjacent the hub. A pawl pivots on the cap and is movable to engage gears on the hub. The pawl has two abutment surfaces mounted.... | 07/18/2000 |
| 5624013 | Automatic locking mechanism for automatically locking the transmission shaft of an electric hand tool A locking mechanism installed in an electric hand tool to automatically lock its lower output shaft including a toothed annular member fixedly mounted inside the shell of the electric hand tool, a holder base mounted inside the annular member, two locking... | 04/29/1997 |
| 5343992 | Switchable freewheel with locking elements The invention concerns a switchable locking element freewheel with two concentric cage rings and locking elements lodged in pockets thereof, the cage rings being movable relative to each other for switching the freewheel. In order to make such a freewheel... | 09/06/1994 |
| 5275261 | Electromagnetic brake/clutch device An electromagnetic brake/clutch device includes a drive shaft supported by at least one bearing for transmitting torque, a housing, affixed to prevent its rotation, surrounding the drive shaft, and an electromagnetically activated device within the housin... | 01/04/1994 |
| 5228661 | Spare tire carrier and winch A spare tire lift-and-carry apparatus for use on a vehicle includes a rotatable input shaft supported by a housing. A transmission mechanism is provided for transferring torque from the rotatable input shaft to a cable storage member driven in rotation ab... | 07/20/1993 |
| 5226342 | Linear or circular rachet-type locking device with automatic unlocking and self-locking The locking device (100) includes a pivoting ratchete (10) and a component (30) that is movable between two extreme stop positions. The pivoting ratchet (10) is symmetrical about a plane including its pivot axis (35), and it includes first and second lock... | 07/13/1993 |
| 5170870 | Switchable freewheeling ratchet unit The invention relates to a switchable freewheeling ratchet unit 1a having a coupling sleeve 2 and a coupling hub 5 as well as radially resilient locking ratchets 13 and 38 per direction of rotation, which engage recesses 11 and 39 of the coupling hub 5 an... | 12/15/1992 |
| 5165509 | Bidirectional retaining clutch A bidirectional retaining clutch capable of stopping rotation of a rotated object such as a revolving shaft of a pivoted cover of a personal computer, a door sheave of a sliding door or the like in one direction at any desired position while keeping it fr... | 11/24/1992 |
| 5160189 | Automatic locking device for movable shelving A movable shelving system comprising a locking system that automatically activates when a rack is moved a short distance and that allows a user to reset or open the lock at any time. A scissors type element is mounted across adjacent racks and is connecte... | 11/03/1992 |
| 5141084 | Brake stop A brake stop for limiting the rotation of a rotating member to a predetermined amount comprises a brake which is actuable for stopping rotation of the rotating member and an actuator mechanism responsive to the rotation of the rotating member for actuatin... | 08/25/1992 |
| 5040643 | Radial torque limiter A radial torque limiter, for example, for a geared rotary actuator (1, 1') including input member (S, 8) coupled to an output member (3 or 3') driving a sun gear (4) and planet gears (5) through axially projecting tabs (3g). Roller elements (2) are arrang... | 08/20/1991 |
| 5029674 | Braking devices A manually operable hand braking device for such as but not necessarily confined to, a wheel (23) of a wheel chair. The device including a mounting member fixed adjacent the wheel periphery (23a), and a body part (5) mounted for partial rotation about an ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 4966336 | Fishing reel assembly A fly fishing reel assembly has a line spool 4 mounted for rotation on a spindle 6 in a cage 2. Provided on the cage is a drag mechanism 11 having a rotor 12 co-axial with the spool and rotatable relative to the carrier. The resistance to rotation of the ... | 10/30/1990 |
| 4938454 | Chain hoist with automatic brake and double chain hooks A pair of axially aligned input and output shafts are jornalled from a frame supporting a brake drum about the output shaft and the output shaft mounts two pairs of diametrically opposite brake shoes therefrom spring biased into friction braking relation ... | 07/03/1990 |
| 4881624 | Angular anti-return devices associated with turnstiles The invention relates to a dual-action angular anti-return device for a turnstile, comprising a drum fast to the turnstile, a fixed vee open facing the drum, a roller positioned between the vee and the drum and alternately wedgeable between the two faces ... | 11/21/1989 |
| 4860606 | Ratchet apparatus with hand truck assembly This invention relates to a ratchet apparatus adapted to be connected to a hand truck assembly in order to control movement of an article connector assembly about an article to be conveyed. The ratchet apparatus includes a ratchet housing assembly; a ratc... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4850240 | Detented slide control assembly A slide control assembly includes a detent mechanism for providing a series of spaced set positions for the controlled device. The control setting can be changed only by first cocking the control lever in the direction of intended control movement to rele... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4832278 | Fishline winding direction changeover mechanism for a fishing reel with a spool shaft supported at one end The present invention pertains to a fishing reel fishline winding direction changeover mechanism which allows for winding in the left-handed and right-handed positions. The mechanism allows switching of the reel, and changing over the transmission of the ... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4799697 | Apparatus for manually moving loads Apparatus to reduce the force required to move a load along a flat or inclined surface utilizing an assembly of two traction wheels on a common axis whereby one wheel is free to rotate and the other is prevented from rotation and vice versa by the use of ... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4796951 | Automotive seat In an automotive seat having a main slide mechanism by which the entire of the seat is movable to a desired position relative to a vehicle floor, there is provided an auxiliary slide mechanism which is arranged between the main slide mechanism and a seat ... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4751986 | Rotor rotating angle limiter A rotor rotating angle limiter in this invention which can set the rotating angle of a rotor to more than one revolution but to less than two revolutions, and is simple in construction and highly reliable, a feature of which is that it consists of rotor (... | 06/21/1988 |
| 4747320 | Screw and nut drive with rotation lock In a device for producing self-locking properties of a screw and nut device the nut co-operates with a torque-transmitting part which is rotatable in relation to the nut. Torque is transmitted via a portion on the torque-transmitting part, which portion i... | 05/31/1988 |
| 4715655 | Reclining angle adjustment device A reclining angle adjustment device includes a brake mechanism mounted on a control handle shaft for transmitting angular movement of a control handle to an angularly movable shaft, a stopper arm rotatably mounted on the angularly movable shaft and angula... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4705148 | Clutch brake assembly A clutch brake assembly which may be used for roll up awnings and the like which will allow the roller on which the awning is rolled to freely rotate in one direction and be locked against rotation in the other direction, the directions of freewheeling ro... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4658940 | Angular non return devices An angular non return device is provided associated with a turnstile (1) having an axis X and capable of acting at will in one or the other direction. This device comprises a drum of revolution (2) integral with the turnstile and coaxial therewith, a fixe... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4658408 | Computed tomography brake method and apparatus A computed tomography scanner having a brake which is automatically engaged in the event dynamic motor braking fails to stop scanner motion. Within a predetermined range of motion two brake mechanisms are employed. One has a brake shoe to contact a brakin... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4648656 | Car seat The invention concerned relates to a car seat having one side frame each mounted on the upper rails of a pair of left and right seat slide adjusters for the entire seat and backrest, with a seat cushion frame installed so as to allow free sliding in eithe... | 03/10/1987 |
| 4566353 | Rotary shaft control apparatus Apparatus for controlling a rotary shaft relative to a reference includes a strain wave drive having a specially shaped deformable ring gear for minimum stress. The wave generator part of the drive is normally caused to rotate with the input and output sh... | 01/28/1986 |
| 4524791 | Brake for awning assembly Apparatus is provided for controlling the positioning of an awning relative to a recreational vehicle. The apparatus includes a rotary shaft and a roller mounted on the shaft in concentric relationship with the shaft for rotation with the shaft. An annula... | 06/25/1985 |
| 4481864 | Hydraulic jack with mechanical safety lock A double-acting hydraulic jack, comprising a hollow piston reciprocable in a surrounding cylinder, includes a tubular shaft extending axially inside and carrying a nut of the circulating-ball type which coacts with a screw coaxially disposed in that shaft... | 11/13/1984 |
| 4256355 | Locking and unlocking device for manually movable wheeled storage rack or the like A locking and unlocking device for a manually movable wheeled storage rack or the like is disclosed wherein a toothed locking wheel is operatively connected to wheels of a storage rack, and a pair of locking and unlocking leverages each including a catch ... | 03/17/1981 |
| 4190138 | Automatic clutch A toothed drive gear is provided with a concentric resilient element having corrugations engaged by the teeth of the gear. Rotation of the gear wedges the resilient element into graduated traction with the bore of a concentric annular driven member. The d... | 02/26/1980 |
| 4045047 | One-way brake for wheel chairs A wheel chair having small front wheels and large rear wheels supported on axles is disclosed. A ratchet connects each rear wheel to the axle so that each wheel can rotate in a single direction thereby enabling a patient to move his wheel chair up an incl... | 08/30/1977 |
