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One pet-friendly inventor patented "a device for watering pets, e.g., a dog or cat." The device, he helpfully noted, "has the general shape of a toilet."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7185920 | Retractable wheel and track covers The invention provides a retractable cover apparatus, which when extended to cover the wheel or track area of a variety of vehicles minimizes the amount of spray and debris flying from the tires or tracks of the vehicle. The cover system is mounted to the frame of a... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7021665 | Mud flap saver apparatus A box for handling materials with a vehicle and a mud flap lifter apparatus positioned in it includes a box, generally indicated at having front and rear corners and front, rear and side walls, and a sleeve extending between the top and bottom of the adjacent side-w... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6799808 | Dump truck automatic mud flap retractor system The disclosure relates to an automatic mud flap retractor system for commercial dump trucks wherein the mud flaps are automatically activated into their raised position when the operator of the vehicle places the transmission gear in reverse during backingup of the ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6623038 | Automatic lifting mud flap assembly An automatic lifting mud flap assembly for a motor vehicle includes at least two identical flap control boxes or housings. Each box is detachably mounted on the motor vehicle in the location of the mud flap after the standard mud flap is removed, and the ... | 09/23/2003 |
| 6139062 | Mud flap lifter A mud flap lifting system for trucks pushes the mud flaps from their inside surface upward and rearward away from the rear tires. Push bars swing about a pivot from the underside of the truck body directly behind the mud flap. The push bars include C-shap... | 10/31/2000 |
| 4264083 | Splash guard A splash guard or mud flap comprising a flexible, splash-intercepting body portion which may be fabricated of a material such as rubber or plastic or metal, and which is supported on and maintained in a preselected position on the fender of a vehicle by m... | 04/28/1981 |
| 4221432 | Retractable wheel flaps for dump trucks A retractable wheel flap-mounting assembly for dump trucks which includes a rigid supporting member fixed to the rear edge of the bottom of the dump truck body and having a pair of flap-mounting slides slidably mounted on said supporting member with means... | 09/09/1980 |
| 4097090 | Flap retraction system A retractable flap system is readily attachable to the dump box of a dump truck which includes a tail gate pivotally coupled to the upper portion of the rear end of the dump box. The retractable flap system includes a flap having first and second ends. An... | 06/27/1978 |
