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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6926322 | Laterally extendable bumper system An extendable bumper system for a vehicle, the extendable bumper system comprising: a bumper structure; a laterally extending bumper segment slideably located within the bumper structure; and an actuator in operable communication between the bumper structure and the... | 08/09/2005 |
| 5542719 | Stationary standby sand spreading unit for roadways A standby sanding unit for emergency sanding of icy roadways has a plurality of sand hoppers that are connected to a tank holding air under pressure. The hoppers have hopper type bottoms that have nozzles attached to the bottoms so that when air under pre... | 08/06/1996 |
| 4750680 | Vertically controlled track sander A device for increasing the factor of adhesion between the wheel of a railway vehicle and a rail, in which adhesion increasing grains are ejected together with air to a point between the wheel and the rail. The vertical aim of the ejection nozzle is autom... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4036516 | Sand dispensing device for a motor vehicle A sand dispensing device includes a sand storage unit having a pair of holes in each end; wherein the sand storage unit is contained within the trunk of the motor vehicle. A pair of chute and dispensing unit assemblies extend downwardly through the floor ... | 07/19/1977 |
