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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 |
| 7819620 | Apparatus and method for moving or positioning wider or narrower of objects An apparatus is for displacing objects which can be picked up. The apparatus includes a fork-like member provided with teeth for picking up the objects, a transporting device connected to this member, a device for moving the fork-like member vertically, and a contro... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7744335 | Pallet jack with independently elevatable fork arms A pallet jack with a pallet engaging fork having separate and independently movable first and second fork arms connected to independently controlled and operable first and second fork arm elevating means, for lifting a pallet loaded with a stack of items so that whe... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7360628 | Lift truck for tires with mechanical means of gripping and transporting a vertically divided load for better visibility A “forward facing” lift truck (1) for transporting a vertical stack (2) of tires (3) located in front of the lift truck. The lift truck includes grasping means (4) mounted on the frame or “mast” (11) of the lift truck and a... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7326022 | Tow trailer assembly A modular tow trailer assembly tows cargo behind a motor vehicle. A base assembly pivotally connects to a fork assembly. A hydraulic lifting cylinder moves the wheels downward relative to the fork assembly to raise the fork assembly into a towing position with the l... | 02/05/2008 |
| RE39997 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which can be rigid... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7150811 | Ion beam for target recovery A charged particle beam apparatus and method for locally removing material from a predetermined location on a workpiece, such as the removal of a metallization layer covering an alignment mark on a wafer. The invention is particularly suited for high-volume mass pro... | 12/19/2006 |
| 6969225 | Loader attachment A loader attachment including a frame having a left sidewall and a right sidewall. The loader attachment also includes a first track with a tine slidably coupled to the first track, a second track with a tine slidably coupled to the second track, a first actuator mo... | 11/29/2005 |
| 6948764 | Protective equipment cover system A protective cover apparatus system for a lift truck having a platform and mounted integrally thereon, an upper body superstructure having at least one of a rounded portion, a rectangular portion, and a box-shaped portion, the cover apparatus system made of a cushio... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6758649 | Fork lift attachment A fork lift truck attachment having side shiftable forks which can be adjusted for side loading and which can be tilted fore and aft laterally. ... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6517307 | Attachment system for lift trucks A lift truck attachment for handling loads comprises a main frame assembly for attachment to an elevator of a lift truck and a lower slide assembly. The lower slide assembly includes an elongated sliding element for performing a reciprocal motion relative... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6379104 | Single side entry container lifting device A lifting apparatus including a horizontal framework having a connector connected to a bridge crane trolley and a motor mounted on the horizontal framework, a telescoping mast unit coupled to one side of the horizontal framework and having upper, middle, ... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6237931 | Towbar adapter A towbar adapter assembly that attaches to a towbar boom and acts as a link between the towbar boom and a vehicle attachment point. The assembly has a base for attachment to the towbar boom and an anchoring strut that attaches to the vehicle. The base is ... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6186728 | Lift truck A lift truck for use with containers of the type used as a shipping bin and display bin, the lift truck having a lower frame mounted on wheels, an upper frame, a plurality of linking arms extending between the lower frame and upper frame with each of the ... | 02/13/2001 |
| 6112612 | Multi function single lever control for lift trucks A single lever hand control for multiple functions having two distinct axes of movement. In the case of a stand-up, battery powered lift truck having a mast, a carriage with forks raised and lowered on the mast, and the forks side shifted on the carriage,... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6079935 | Forklift truck A forklift truck has a frame, a cab including a roof to protect the driver and a lift support structure connected to the frame. A load-carrying fork is mounted on the lift support structure for vertical movement and the lift support structure, the roof an... | 06/27/2000 |
| 6033177 | Forklift attachment A forklift attachment for attachment to a fifth-wheel hitch assembly of a vehicle for permitting the lifting of loads. The forklift attachment includes a ground engaging support carriage having an towing tongue designed for attachment to a fifth-wheel hit... | 03/07/2000 |
| 5931048 | Manipulator for automatic test equipment test head A manipulator for a test head connected to automatic test equipment through a heavy, inflexible cable. The manipulator includes a telescoping column assembly to which is mounted a vertical member. A cradle holding the test head is mounted to the vertical ... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5915912 | Fork lift apparatus adapted to be coupled to a truck or trailer A fork lift with retractably extendable loading prongs for lifting loads from either side of a vehicle. The fork lift includes a mechanism for displacing the prongs over and across the vehicle, which mechanism has front and rear transverse girders which c... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5813821 | Motorized lift truck adapted to be loaded on the rear of a carrying vehicle A motorized lift truck, with a telescopic arm (9), comprising a chassis (1) mounted on a plurality of wheels of which at least one (7) is power driven. The chassis (1) carries a motor propulsion group (3), a cab (2) and lifting structure (4) disposed betw... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5709523 | Material handling lift A material handling lift having a movable frame, a mast mounted at one end to a shuttle assembly movable on the frame, and a load handling assembly attached to the mast by means of two extending arm members. The frame comprises two longitudinal C-shaped s... | 01/20/1998 |
| 5669750 | Loader attachment A loader attachment includes a frame with a pair of arms pivotally connected thereto and depending therefrom. A tine is pivotally mounted at the lower end of each arm, and projects forwardly from each arm. Hydraulic cylinders are mounted between the frame... | 09/23/1997 |
| 5641261 | Fork lift truck A fork lift truck having a "lazy tong" or "scissor-like" horizontal motion control system attached to the mast carriage which allows the load carried by the mast to be retracted from forward of the front wheels to between the front and rear wheels and to ... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5577873 | Method and apparatus for stowing a load In a method for stowing a load 1 in a load stacking position on a rear deck 4A, the load 1 is mounted on a slide plate 63 and is pushed by a pusher 51 to a push-in position until the load 1 and the slide plate 63 reach a load stacking position which is cl... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5573366 | Hydraulic device with synchronously operating jacks A hydraulic device comprising at least two cylinder-piston assemblies. Each of the assemblies are of the double-action type with a front and rear chamber on either side of a piston. The chambers are connected in series in a hydraulic control circuit such ... | 11/12/1996 |
| 5562392 | Tire-stacking device and accessories for use in cooperative arrangement with a lift truck The tire-stacking device includes a platform for placing a plurality of tires side by side when the device is in a horizontal position. The device is thereafter raised by the lifting apparatus of a lift truck to a vertical position. The stack of tires is ... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5555970 | Device for the quick change of tracks Device for the quick change of tracks, which is suitable to cooperate with a traction unit (12) of a type with two facing tracks (11) such as that of EP-A-548723, for instance, and comprises a movable trolley (13), which has in a position substantially at... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5518359 | Material handling attachment for front-end loaders and the like A material handling attachment mountable on a pair of lifting arms of a vehicle comprising a mounting frame mountable on the lift arms of the vehicle and having at least one guide disposed thereon, a tine having a support arm portion cooperating with and ... | 05/21/1996 |
| 5480275 | Fork lift truck An improved fork lift truck having a scissor-actuated horizontal carriage motion system mounted on a horizontal frame. The carriage motion system providing for selectable positioning in a compact space of a lift assembly between a position forward of and ... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5411361 | Truck for handling pallets A truck for handling pallets by means of a fork which vertically and horizontally is movable with respect to a supporting chassis; the chassis has a planar U-shaped configuration forming a central cavity which is closed toward the outside by a movable ele... | 05/02/1995 |
| 5330306 | Pallet handling platten unit A pallet handling platten system of the invention includes an auxiliary platten unit. The auxiliary platten unit comprises a pair of auxiliary plattens 30 normally stowable beneath the level of the load bearing surfaces of primary plattens 5 of the system... | 07/19/1994 |
| 5297919 | Apparatus for transporting and storing sheet material Apparatus for fabricating discrete segments of cushioned web material for use as dunnage. The apparatus includes a mobile supply cart having at least one substantially horizontal support arm for receiving the hollow core of rolled web material. The appara... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5263811 | Vehicle attachment for breaking loose, lifting and loading unwanted pavement An attachment for removing pavement that can be removably mounted on the lift arms of a vehicle such as a tractor loader that includes a main frame having front and rear sides. An elongated penetrating member is mounted to extend cantilever from the front... | 11/23/1993 |
| 5230600 | Attachment for lift trucks A lift truck attachment for handling loads comprises a main frame assembly for attachment to an elevator of a lift truck and a lower slide assembly. A first channel member is associated with a first main frame vertical tube and disposed in an upright posi... | 07/27/1993 |
| 5217342 | Self-loading and unloading forklift truck The chassis of a forklift truck includes a front assembly and a rear assembly movable toward and away from each other between an extended stable normal working condition and a contracted compact condition for storage or transport of the forklift truck. Th... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5215427 | Transporter for potted plants The invention relates to an apparatus for transporting potted plants arranged according to at least one row, in which the apparatus lifts and transports the plant pots and fits them to a fork lift truck. The invention provides elongate cariers, wherein th... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5211527 | Load-handling device A load-handling device is designed as a carriage movable along a floor and having a load-handling assembly whose load-engaging member is vertically movable as well as extendable and retractable relative to the carriage. According to the invention, the dri... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5207555 | Running fork type load transfer apparatus The secondary fork 36 is composed of an aluminum extrusion which is formed integrally with a pair of right and left outward guide rail grooves 40a, 40b to be fitted with the guide rollers 45, 46 provided on the fixed fork 35 side and a pair of right and l... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5087166 | Handling vehicle for printed product reels A handling vehicle is used for the interchanging or replacement of printed product reels and empty reel cores. The vehicle body has a substantially U-shaped frame in plan. On the frame is a structure (1), into which is integrated a working module (35) wit... | 02/11/1992 |
| 5011363 | Extend and retract control for fork lifts A fork extension and retraction system for use with stockpickers automatically extends and retracts hydraulically extendable forks of a stockpicker when the load handler carrying the forks has moved to its extended position on the load side of the vehicle... | 04/30/1991 |
| 4993906 | Green tire feed system between forming and vulcanizing processes A green tire feed system provided between the forming process and the vulcanizing process in a tire manufacturing installation. This green tire feed system comprises pallets, each adapted to be charged with green tires, pallet loading tables disposed resp... | 02/19/1991 |
