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...that power steering was invented by independent inventor Francis W. Davis? As chief engineer in the 1920s of the truck division of the Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, he saw how hard it was to steer heavy vehicles. So that he would be able to keep the profits from his future invention, Davis left his job, rented a small engineering shop in Waltham, Mass., and developed a hydraulic power steering system that led to power steering.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438282 | Railing A deck and stair railing has top and bottom rails joined to upright posts and upright tubes extended between the rails. Ball knobs mounted on plates or the rails are secured with deck screws to the rails to retain the tubes in assembled relation with the rails. The ... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7341242 | Fence system A fence system which can be erected on site and comprising a set of transverse rails of metallic material, formed as hollow sections, a plurality of vertical balusters, which can be interengaged with the transverse rails; and a plurality interconnecting devices whic... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7168689 | Apparatus for pedestrian railing with snap-in spacer and method of making A sturdy aluminum pedestrian and bicyclist safety railing that reduces the amount of welding required during construction, comprising top and bottom rigid bars, each having a longitudinal, radially extending exterior passage and a plurality of aluminum pickets mount... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7152849 | Fastener An assembly is formed from a fastener and a plurality of elongate members. The fastener includes a wedge. A first elongate member is disposed through an opening in a second elongate member. The fastener engages the first elongate member, and the wedge engages the se... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7090201 | Modular vinyl fencing system A fencing system is provided that is constructed from durable polymer components that are sufficiently rigid and durable while providing an integrated modular assembly that is easy to assembly and well suited to a do-it-yourself marketplace. In particular, the modul... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7021607 | Fence construction system A fence construction system comprises a clip attached securely to a picket of a fence. The picket is inserted in a hole of a rail and the clip secures the picket to the rail, without field welding. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6557832 | Handrail and end member assembly An end member is joined against axial displacement to a handrail by a lock member that is coupled to a mounting flange portion of the end member against axial movement and for rotation relative to the mounting flange portion. A locking cam portion of the ... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6261196 | Releasable/break-away sports goal A sports goal for minimizing injury to a player striking thereupon that includes a frame and a net that extends across the frame. The frame is tubular and includes four posts that extend vertically upwardly from a surface, at four corners of an imaginary ... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6182948 | Modular garden border system A modular garden border system that divides a garden from another landscape area has at least one stackable module with a wall that has a bottom and a top. A support module has a bottom configured and disposed to engage a substrate, and a top configured a... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6036176 | Weldless barrier construction A barrier including a plurality of elongate construction elements extending along a first axis and spaced from each other along a second axis substantially perpendicular to the first axis, the construction elements being telescopically extensible along th... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6015138 | Newel post anchoring device A newel post anchoring device, for connecting a post to a concrete floor, wherein the post has a transverse bottom surface and the concrete floor has a floor surface. The newel post anchoring device includes a base having a top with a periphery, and a bot... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5961100 | Fence for enclosure and demarcation purposes A fence comprises posts and lattice panels which are fixed at their vertical edges to the posts. The post carries, on its front side, hooks, on which the horizontal bars of the lattice panels rest. The lattice panels are clamped between the front side of ... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5820497 | Releasable anchor for a post A system to releasably anchor a post at a predetermined location on a playing surface comprising a hollow, upright post to be releasably anchored at the predetermined location on the playing surface having a bottom on the playing surface and a top remote ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5735310 | Adaptable fencing system According to the preferred embodiment of the present invention an improved fencing system is provided comprising standard steel "T" posts, a "T" post driver and pre drilled wooden or plastic planks, pegs that attached the planks to the posts, and modulari... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5695175 | Banister assembly A joint, particularly for use with banister assemblies, comprises a ball (14) fixed into position within a socket (13). The balls (14) formed at either end of a plurality of balusters (12), and sockets (13), formed in a base rail (10) and hand rail (11) a... | 12/09/1997 |
| 5566926 | Resilient safety barrier A resilient mounting system for safety barriers, including guardrails, hand rails, etc., includes a urethane rubber or other resilient material substantially between the periphery of the barrier and a floor or base. The barrier is biased against the base ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5046705 | Wedge for mounting fence post collars A hollow T-shaped wedge member is used for attaching a rectangular collar to a T-post fence post for utilization in conjunction with a bracing system for fences made from such T-posts. The wedge member is shaped to straddle the rear leg of the T-post to p... | 09/10/1991 |
| 5029820 | Wedge-adjustable base for rail posts and the like An adjustable base for use with a rail post or section provides an upwardly facing socket portion and an adjustable wedge element associated with the socket portion. A screw associated with the wedge element and the base serves to adjust the position of t... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5002260 | Fence A fence construction includes a first transverse rail having a plurality of first mounting locations, each for mounting one of a plurality of pickets. Each mounting location of the rail has vertically and horizontally spaced opposing first and second surf... | 03/26/1991 |
| 4979724 | Double action expansion wedge for mounting collar A double action expansion wedge is disclosed for attaching a collar to a T-post fence for utilization in conjunction with a bracing system for fences made from such T-posts. A hollow collar member has internal dimensions selected to slide over the posts, ... | 12/25/1990 |
| 4889322 | Post brace apparatus and system A bracing system is disclosed which is particularly suitable for providing line and end corner bracing for "T-post" fence construction. The bracing system comprises slidable collars which are positioned over the posts and located vertically between the lu... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4763879 | Metal fence post connector A metal fence connector is provided for removably mounting braces to a metal T-shaped fence post thereby facilitating the use of metal fence posts where lateral strength is needed. Conventional T-shaped posts are formed with a series of longitudinally dis... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4609185 | Fence structure and method for installation A rail and post fence structure (20) includes tubular posts (22) having a plurality of apertures (50) in the side walls thereof for receiving one end of the rails (24, 26, 28, 30). Each rail has a generally channel cross-section with a web (56) and side w... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4160542 | Post and rail interconnection A simple, yet secure connection between a vertical upright, such as a fence post, and a horizontal rail. The rail has secured thereto at either end, a collar of a material having memory and having a pair of spaced, vertically extending ears, with radially... | 07/10/1979 |
| 4146212 | Metal railing A metal railing comprises railing sections. Each railing section has an upper hollow handrail, and a lower hollow girder. A center post joins the handrail and the lower girder, and a plurality of filler posts extend between and into the upper handrail and... | 03/27/1979 |
| 4102529 | Railing system A railing system has a mounting arrangement including mounting brackets selectively located within a longitudinal slot in a rail member or in an upright standard, each slot and each mounting bracket having complementary wedge-shaped cross-sectional config... | 07/25/1978 |
| 3962774 | Method of interlocking a lateral member and the end of a hollow post Disclosed is a method of interlocking the rails of a railing, fence or the like with the ends of the hollow posts thereof. Also disclosed is the joint construction used with said method. The method and the joint construction make possible easy interlockin... | 06/15/1976 |
