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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7673887 | Self-loading tow dolly A self-loading tow dolly is described. The inventive tow dolly permits components of the dolly to be easily removed and replaced. The inventive tow dolly also reduces overall weight by using aluminum slotted hubs mated with 8-inch aluminum slotted wheels and by empl... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7328907 | Display rack transport device A display rack transport device includes a wheel assembly and a display mount. The display mount is removably mountable to the wheel assembly and mountable to a display rack. Variously configured display mounts are adapted to mount to various styles of display racks... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7275753 | Towing dolly cradle assembly During recovery of a disabled motor vehicle, a towing dolly cradle assembly can be used to raise and carry an end of the vehicle. The towing dolly cradle assembly comprises two towing dolly assemblies spaced apart parallel to one another and with each dolly assembly... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7100896 | Shipping container handling system A system for loading, off-loading and/or transferring conventional international shipping containers with respect to transport vehicles which system includes a plurality of powered jacks each of which includes upper and lower container attachment members which are s... | 09/05/2006 |
| 6955368 | Quick assembly, minimal effort carriage for moving heavy objects A kit used for mobilizing heavy objects such as items of furniture, boxes, appliances, etc. The apparatus is based on a plurality of rigid support structures, or “shoes”, which are to be inserted under the corners of the item to be moved. Those support structure... | 10/18/2005 |
| 5951234 | Pallet loader The invention concerns an improved device in pallet loaders, comprising an upright frame (1) and a pair of horizontal lifting fork members (2) which may be raised and lowered together with said frame (1) by means of a lifting mechanism. The lifting fork m... | 09/14/1999 |
| 5941675 | Tow dolly A knock-down towing dolly assembly having a wheel supported cradle for engaging a pair of front or rear wheels of a vehicle to be towed; the assembly being capable of elevating the vehicle's cradle engaged wheels in response to operation of improved autom... | 08/24/1999 |
| 5845363 | Adjustable roller assembly An adjustable roller assembly for sliding doors including a housing adapted to be snap-fit into a recess provided in the upper or lower surface of a door frame, the housing defining a cavity which is open at the lower end. A roller carrier is mounted in t... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5778488 | Baggage caster A baggage caster is composed of a wheel frame, a wheel, and a retrieving mechanism. The wheel frame is fastened pivotally with a baggage shell such that the wheel frame is capable of swiveling between a retraction position and an extraction position. The ... | 07/14/1998 |
| 4961680 | Device for lifting and depositing transportable large containers, e.g. compartments or the like A lifting and depositing device for a large container has connecting longerons which are approximately the height of the container and are attached to the corner fittings of the large container to be raised and lowered. The connecting longerons are arrang... | 10/09/1990 |
| 4843972 | Apparatus for vertical adjustment of a traveling service unit for a textile spinning mill machine A traveling service unit for an associated textile spinning mill machine may be elevationally adjusted with respect to a reference rail mounted longitudinally along the machine by a feeler guide element pivotably mounted to the service unit in following e... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4516901 | Movable lifting and depositing device for portable containers, e.g., cabins, containers, shelters or the like A movable lifting and depositing device comprising separate rack and pinion jacks to be connected to the corners of portable containers, e.g., cabins, containers, shelters or the like, by means of brackets, the jacks having racks for the containers provid... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4271919 | Auger assembly moving device Relatively heavy and large auger assemblies often used in present day farming are difficult to move and manoeuver around a farmyard or the like and it is not always convenient to hitch a tractor to such auger assemblies for relatively short distance movin... | 06/09/1981 |