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Comic actor Danny Kaye received patent D166,807 for the co-design of "Blowout Toy or the Like". It's similar to one of those toys that unravels when you blow into at a birthday party except Kaye's has three blowouts going in different directions, not just one.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7614636 | Lock assembly for the tongue of a steerable trailer A lock assembly for selectively latching the pivoting tongue of a steerable trailed vehicle includes an actuator assembly on the vehicle connected by a cable to latch bolt for spring biasing in discrete positions into aligned apertures for enabling and preventing to... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7394354 | Trailer presence detection system and method A system and method of detecting a vehicle trailer. The method includes sensing a first vehicle condition that indicates a movement of the vehicle, and sensing a second vehicle condition that indicates an angle of the vehicle. The method also includes determining a ... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7331419 | Dual-circuit steer-by-wire steering system comprising a common cradle The invention relates to a steer-by-wire steering system comprising a hydraulic control unit that acts on the steerable wheels (1, 20), the control unit having at least one cradle (4, 23), which is displaceably mounted on at least one guide rod (5, ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7147241 | Steering device for towed implements The present invention relates to a steering device for facilitating the steering of an implement towed by a work vehicle. The towed implement, for example, a farm implement such as a seeding device, comprises a main frame having front and rear ends and at least one ... | 12/12/2006 |
| 6450524 | Apparatus for positioning steerable wheels An agricultural implement, such as a baler comprises a main frame and a hitch for attachment of the implement to a towing vehicle. The frame is supported on a bogie comprising a pair of steerable wheels. A pair of hydraulic rams can block these wheels in ... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6431564 | Add-on self tracking axle for a vehicle The present invention is a self steering "add on" axle system for use with a vehicle such a dump truck in order to increase the legal weight capacity of the vehicle and provide effective steering in both the forward and reverse directions. The system comp... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6398239 | Steerable suspension system A steerable suspension system which includes a steering lockout feature is provided. In a described embodiment, an engagement member is displaced through an axle of the suspension system to prevent steering of the suspension system. The engagement member ... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6273446 | Steering control system for trailers A steerable trailer is provided with a trailer hitch which extends forward to attach to a corresponding hitch on the towing vehicle. The towing vehicle hitch further includes an extending arm, referred to as the position arm, to which the end of the pisto... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6135484 | Tow bar construction for transport vehicles and transport vehicle combinations, and a transport vehicle combination The invention relates to transport vehicles and combinations thereof and their tow bar constructions comprising a tow bar journalled to the front of the chassis rotatably relative to a vertical and a horizontal axle, and structure for turning the axle. Th... | 10/24/2000 |
| 6131691 | System for guided steering of at least one set of wheels of a semi-trailer or a trailer The system for guided steering of a set of rear wheels of a semi-trailer comprises a pulling vehicle and a semi-trailer having rear wheels which are turnable with respect to a chassis of the trailer to turn from a neutral position to one or the other side... | 10/17/2000 |
| 5899482 | Steering mode switching carriage A novel steering mode switching carriage is disclosed. A plurality of such carriages, if coupled to each other, can follow a single path without developing any discrepancy in turning radius between front and rear inner wheels when traveling on a curve. Th... | 05/04/1999 |
| 5295703 | Lockable articulated trailer A selectively lockable, articulated boat trailer comprising a carriage having a selectively pivoted front axle controlled by a jack column assembly. The carriage comprises a wheeled trailer and a separate front axle assembly adapted to be coupled to a con... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5277265 | Tow valve and interlock for a vehicle A bypass and switch arrangement is connected to the conventional steering system on a towable vehicle. A rotary bypass valve includes two ports connected between the two hydraulic lines leading from the steering control valve to the steering cylinder or m... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5090719 | Four wheel steering trailer A trailer having front and rear pairs of wheels, each wheel being rotatably supported on a knuckle arm having a pivotal shaft tilted inwardly for biasing the wheel to a straight line position, a front tow bar pivotally mounted on a front steering member p... | 02/25/1992 |
| 4219208 | Steerable wheeled assembly A steerable wheeled assembly for a vehicle such as a harvesting or windrowing machine of the type adapted to be drawn over crop rows in the ground is disclosed. The assembly includes rotatable vertical members and a horizontal axle member which are arrang... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4208063 | Trailer steerable when in reverse A mechanism is disclosed for steering in the reverse direction a towed or pulled wheeled vehicle, such as a trailer with one or more axles, each axle having one or more pairs of steerable wheels. A steering rod is connected to at least one of the steerabl... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4147373 | Vehicle tow trailer A vehicle tow trailer particularly useful for farm vehicles such as tractors or combines having an underslung frame with cradles for receiving the front wheels of the vehicle. The trailer is arranged with steerable wheels which track the angular relations... | 04/03/1979 |
| 4042255 | Steerable trailer for a small vehicle A trailer that is closely coupled to the rear of a passenger vehicle and includes a steering mechanism for automatically positioning the trailer wheels in a locked, straight-ahead position when the vehicle is traveling forwardly and in a steerable mode wh... | 08/16/1977 |
| 4034997 | Wheel and axle arrangement for agricultural vehicle In a vehicle comprising on each side one substantially horizontal jointed cross-shaft axle, a cradle frame pivotally journalled on said cross-shaft axle and consisting of one central section and two arms and two wheels supporting the cross-shaft axle and ... | 07/12/1977 |
