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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7931284 | Caster device with detachable casters for portable dehumidifier A caster device with detachable casters for a portable dehumidifier has a base mounted on a bottom of the portable dehumidifier, multiple positioning assemblies formed on the base and multiple casters respectively and detachably mounted between the positioning assem... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7621543 | Blow-molded wheels having undercut treads, methods for producing the same, and children's ride-on vehicles including the same Improved blow-molded wheels, methods for producing the same, and children's ride-on vehicles including the same are disclosed. The blow-molded wheels may include a blow-molded body that has a tread surface, first and second sidewalls and an axis. The body may be con... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7364173 | Rolling walker A walker device for assisting an individual with mobility which is temporarily convertible to a wheeled transportation chair, includes a frame structure having two front legs and two rear legs supported or rotatable wheels. A seat is attached to the frame structure.... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7270201 | Trailer moving vehicle A vehicle for moving trailers that are not coupled to their usual towing vehicle in which steering is conducted by an operator walking next to the vehicle and moving separate ones of a pair of levers for a pair of hydraulically driven wheels that control speed and d... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255355 | Portable collapsible stand A portable collapsible stand includes first, second, and third support frames, a work surface frame, and a telescoping strut pivotably connected to the first and work surface frames. The second frame projects perpendicularly from a lower portion of the first frame. ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7222866 | Child's wagon A child's wagon is provided with a mobile base portion and a body portion that define a large inner cavity for storing various articles. Head, neck and tail assemblies may be provided so that the wagon resembles a desired animal. A frame assembly provides the head a... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7198280 | Vehicle An electric skateboard is capable of detecting a load applied from a rider accurately without influence from various positions of the rider on the board and without influence from various road conditions. The electric skateboard includes a board arranged to receive ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199709 | Cart fleet management system A hand-operated cart constructed for carrying luggage or packages includes a frame including a cargo area, and cart wheels connected to the frame and connected to a handrail arranged for manually displacing the cart. The cart also includes a distance sensor construc... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7129659 | Stabilizer apparatus for vehicle In a stabilizer apparatus for a vehicle, an electronic control unit calculates a target current of an electric motor from vehicle speed, steering angle, and lateral acceleration, and increases and decreases actual current such that the calculated target current flow... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7124851 | Seat mounting structure for mitigating injury in side impacts A seat mounting structure is disclosed for reducing injury to vehicle occupants in side impact collisions. The seat mounting structure may include an inflation module, a linkage system, a sensor system, and a side airbag. The inflation module may include an inflatab... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7104601 | Vehicle occupant restraint system In a vehicle occupant restraint system for restraining a lower part of a vehicle occupant, an arrangement for moving a restraining member from a retracted position to a deployed position upon detection and/or prediction of a vehicle crash by a crash sensor is adapte... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7093319 | Industrial caster wheel with elastomeric spring/damper member and adjustment member An industrial caster wheel assembly including a base member, a wheel, side plates, a housing, a pivot axle, a suspension assembly and an adjustment assembly. The suspension assembly includes an adjustable axle, a support member, and a plate. The support member allow... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7062805 | Pedal control of brake and auxiliary wheel deployment via side and end articulation A wheeled carriage for supporting a patient includes a patient support with head and foot ends and a wheeled base supported by castered wheels. Auxiliary wheels secured to an auxiliary wheel support structure are suspendedly mounted to the wheeled base. A control ap... | 06/20/2006 |
| 6997466 | Mobile base A mobile base includes a main body having a first side formed with two first foot portions and a second side formed with two second foot portions, two fixing rollers each mounted on a respective first foot portion, an adjusting plate mounted between the second foot ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6923278 | Adjustable anti-tip wheels for power wheelchair A power wheelchair with front anti-tip wheels for substantially eliminating partial tips of the wheelchair is described. The anti-tip wheels are attached to the end of an extension arm which is attached to the frame of the wheelchair. A spring connects the anti-tip ... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6879250 | For a motor vehicle, an outside element providing a capacitive sensor, and a piece of bodywork including such an outside element The invention relates to an outside element for a motor vehicle, the element being designed to be fitted to the vehicle, e.g. on its bodywork, and comprising an essentially non-conductive protective screen (3), the element being characterized in that behind s... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6375199 | Wheel-mounted vehicle and pneumatic tire for said vehicle A wheel-mounted floating vehicle with superlow pressure tires which creates average ground pressure 0.008-0.009 MPa and does not destroy vegetal soil layer. The ratio of the total mass of the vehicle to the product of the overall diameter (D) of the tire,... | 04/23/2002 |
| 4763910 | Resiliently mounted, pivotable steering roll, especially for driverless vehicles This device prevents individual components of a load from being thrown off during halting of a conveying vehicle at a high rate of deceleration. A blocking device for the suspension of the caster which instantly assumes a front position as viewed in the d... | 08/16/1988 |
| 4375840 | Mobile support A base frame is provided defining two pairs of opposite marginal portions with the pairs of marginal portions spaced horizontally apart in vertical planes intersecting each other and the marginal portions of each pair spaced on opposite sides of the point... | 03/08/1983 |
| 4298099 | Merchandise order picking system and work table A merchandise order picking system includes a vertically and horizontally elongated rack having a plurality of vertically-spaced shelves and being supported on a floor surface. The rack has a rear face whereat merchandise is positioned on the shelves and ... | 11/03/1981 |
| 4295779 | Straight arm loader A unique and improved loader design is disclosed incorporating straight lift arms and channeled front wheels. The front wheels define a channel or groove through which the lift arms are allowed to intercept unobstructed. The lift arms pivotally join a buc... | 10/20/1981 |
| 4261589 | Suspension system A self-righting rolling suspension system is disclosed which has two ground contact zones and has self-righting stability in perpendicular planes, one of which includes the contact zones and one of which is perpendicular thereto. The system includes rolli... | 04/14/1981 |
| 4247127 | Vehicular suspension system A wheelchair and rolling suspension system are supported by a pair of inclined, nested circular hoops. The hoops may be manually driven by lever arms accessable to the chair occupant. Moreover, the drive system permits the chair to negotiate straight line... | 01/27/1981 |
| 3944242 | Pre-stressed, pre-fabricated concrete supporting structure for a mobile home A new supporting structure for a mobile home comprising pre-stressed concrete and a method for making same. The supporting structure comprises a rectangular floor, supported by beams on the lower surface of the floor. A pair of large longitudinal beams ar... | 03/16/1976 |