Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316531 | Multi-use trailer with pivotable bunk hardware A trailer (100) is disclosed having a trailer bed (106) that may be a drop center type trailer and a frame structure extending, including a forward frame (120), rearward frame (122) and upper beam (124) therebetween. Pivotable bunk... | 01/08/2008 |
| 6360166 | Apparatus and method for removing logs from a forestry site An apparatus and method for removing logs from a forestry site. The apparatus and method includes a primary mobile machine having means attached to a rearward portion thereof for holding a first end of a first log cluster. The apparatus and method also in... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6145863 | Log trailer A log trailer for carrying logs thereon. The log trailer includes an elongate main pole with a front cradle coupled thereto towards a front end of the main pole. A generally open rectangular rear support frame is coupled to the main pole adjacent a back e... | 11/14/2000 |
| 5993126 | Articulated bunk for logging trucks A log bunk assembly for use on logging truck-trailer units. The bunk comprises a generally horizontal bunk beam having a recess, hub-and-saucer assembly for allowing the bunk beam and trailer/log load to pivot in the horizontal plane, an upper trunnion sa... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5333904 | Header transport support bracket A transport for transporting combine headers and a support bracket therefor, wherein the support bracket includes a first support member to receive thereon and support the lower edge of the header when the lower edge defines a first geometric configuratio... | 08/02/1994 |
| 5040825 | Combine header transport The present invention relates to a combine header transport which may be rapidly and easily adjusted to support a wide variety of kinds and shapes of headers for transport. The transport includes an inclined bracket having a slotted sloped surface. A rail... | 08/20/1991 |
| 4611817 | Heavy transport bolster construction A very heavy transport vehicle for off-road use has a rear axle rigidly connected to the transport frame and a front axle articulated to the transport frame not only for steering swivel motion but also for transverse relative displacement by means of dihe... | 09/16/1986 |
| 4268051 | Log bunk structures The specification discloses a roller insert which can be welded into a crossframe of a log trailer to provide low friction to a pivoted log bunk. Each insert includes a frame welded into a cutout portion in an end portion of the crossframe. Rollers are mo... | 05/19/1981 |
| 4193730 | Device for transport and unloading of stacked logs A device for transport and unloading of e.g. logs stacked on a support such as a timber truck provided with at least two timber bunks, each consisting of a transverse member carrying said logs, said member having a vertical stake at each end. The stakes o... | 03/18/1980 |
| 4155567 | Support arrangements Support arrangement for supporting side frames of a vehicle bounding a loading area thereof. Two L-shaped supports each have a first leg adapted to be upstandingly disposed outside and adjacent one of the side frames. A second leg is for horizontal mounti... | 05/22/1979 |
| 4097058 | Cable operated log bunk A log bunk assembly comprises a bunk and a pair of stakes hinged thereto, one at each end. A flexible link is secured at one of its ends medially to each stake. The link is connected at its other end medially and releasably to the bunk through latch means... | 06/27/1978 |
| 4057286 | Retaining member for vehicle chassis This invention relates to an improved vehicle retaining means comprising a plurality of retaining members, each of said retaining members being rotatably journalled in a bearing, each of said bearings being located proximate a side of a vehicle chassis, e... | 11/08/1977 |
| 4003585 | Logging truck tripping mechanism A device for pulling a trip cable in order to trip a lever with the cable. The device is particularly suited for pulling the trip levers of the bunk stake assemblies of logging trucks. Two of the present devices can be used together to trip both a front a... | 01/18/1977 |
| 3977695 | Log bunk with releasable stakes having a positive, remotely operated latching mechanism A log bunk having releasable stakes, secured in the upright position by a positive latching mechanism enclosed totally within the bunk. The invention provides a latch mechanism wherein the stakes can be released from either end of the bunk.... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3939996 | Tree harvesting apparatus An improved tree harvesting method is performed by a machine which includes a pair of booms mounted on a vehicle. A clamp assembly is mounted on a first boom for gripping a standing tree which is then severed close to the ground by a shear assembly which ... | 02/24/1976 |
