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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7111765 | Carrier rack system A trailer hitch mounted recreational equipment carrier for transporting various recreational equipment. The trailer hitch mounted recreational equipment carrier includes a support frame having at least a horizontal member and a vertical member, a first link arm pivo... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7097407 | Mounting structure for mounting foldable two-wheel vehicle on four-wheel vehicle A two-wheel vehicle foldable to have a width equivalent to the width of a license number plate can be contained in a door, side walls, or a rear wall of a four-wheel vehicle. Handles and steps of the two-wheel vehicle can be folded so that the vehicle width becomes ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7048490 | Side service storage apparatus A roof rack assembly is provided for storage of items above a roof of a motor vehicle. The roof rack assembly includes a frame having front and rear guides extending across the roof. A front rail slidingly engages the front guide, and a rear rail slidingly engages t... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7040847 | Electro mechanical webbed pre-tensioning wheelchair securement system The invention is a device for securing a wheelchair to a vehicle. The invention incorporates a pair of belts disposed near a wheelchair station in a vehicle, the belts being remotely operable between tension and release positions. When not in use, the belts are stow... | 05/09/2006 |
| 6952977 | Weight compensation device A robot is provided with a robot weight compensation device having at least one hose element including an internally pressurized gas-tight inner hose portion cooperating with a high tensile strength outer portion. The high tensile strength outer portion includes non... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6386817 | Apparatus and method for mounting and transporting a wheelchair upon a towing frame of a vehicle A wheelchair carriage in which an upright support post detachably couples to a towing frame of a vehicle. A tubular housing slidably receives an end of the post and is biased against the post. An enclosure for holding a wheelchair includes a base member m... | 05/14/2002 |
| 5285856 | Mechanical suspension device for piler of sugar cane loaders A sugar cane piler having a mechanical spring suspension device connected between the piler and the front end of the loader, the device including a precompressed spring to absorb a major portion of the weight of the piler and reduce the force of the piler... | 02/15/1994 |
| 4809885 | Highly viscous material coating apparatus A highly-viscous material coating apparatus for use, e.g. in an automobile coating process, to coat a joint of a workpiece, may be mounted on a robot. It provides improved operation where the workpiece provides a reference surface parallel to the joint, w... | 03/07/1989 |
| 4772164 | Clamping mechanism A clamping mechanism for clamping an object to a structural member. The clamping mechanism is particularly adapted for clamping a wheelchair wheel to a loading rack of a wheelchair loader. The clamping mechanism comprises a mounting bracket used for attac... | 09/20/1988 |
| 4728247 | Industrial robot The industrial robot comprises a lower arm (13) provided on a robot body (12) pivotably about a first horizontal axis (C1). The lower arm (13) has provided thereon a forearm (14) pivotably about a second horizontal axis (C2). The forearm (14) is rotationa... | 03/01/1988 |
| 4708578 | Robot arm A robot arm consisting of an upper arm link and a lower arm link which are interconnected by a uniaxial joint. The upper arm link is connected with a structure via a universal joint. In order to attain a weight balance, a toggle lever is placed on the upp... | 11/24/1987 |
| 4685860 | Apparatus for loading a wheelchair or similar object An apparatus for loading a wheelchair or similar object into a vehicle. When in a stored position, the apparatus and wheelchair are fully contained within said vehicle. A first embodiment illustrates use of the apparatus in a rear compartment of a station... | 08/11/1987 |
| 4659280 | Robot with balancing mechanism having a variable counterbalance force A robot including a balancing mechanism with a spring assembly which exerts a variable force to compensate for the gravitational moment transferred to the mechanism during relative rotation between an arm assembly of the robot and the rest of the robot ab... | 04/21/1987 |
| 4653975 | Robot with counterbalance mechanism having multiple attachment locations A robot, including an arm assembly and an energy-storing balancing mechanism which is connected to the arm assembly at a pair of attachment points so that the arm assembly is substantially balanced within a quadrant of arm assembly motion on both sides of... | 03/31/1987 |
| 4620829 | Device for counter-balancing the forces due to gravity in a robot arm The counter-balancing device incorporates a rigid auxiliary component hinged about a second horizontal axis parallel to the rotation axis of the robot arm. This auxiliary component incorporates two transverse arms whose distal ends are capable of bearing ... | 11/04/1986 |
| 4573854 | Apparatus for loading a wheelchair or similar object An apparatus for loading a wheelchair or similar object into a vehicle. When in a stored position, the apparatus and wheelchair are fully contained within said vehicle. A first embodiment illustrates use of the apparatus in a rear compartment of a station... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4391379 | Lifting apparatus adapted for mounting in a vehicle trunk A lifting device adapted to be mounted within an automobile trunk is disclosed as having a rigid boom mounted for free pivotal movement about both vertical and horizontal axes. The lifting device includes a motor-driven lift mounted at the distal end of t... | 07/05/1983 |
| 4288191 | Hay bale handling mechanism A vehicle-mounted carrier and dispenser for a cylindrical hay bale of substantial size and weight. An elongated finger-support member is pivotally mounted on the bed of a pick-up truck, a tractor hitch or other vehicle. The finger support member is T-shap... | 09/08/1981 |
| 4280783 | Lost motion linkage assembly for a front loader A hydraulic linkage which is usable as a front loader on an agricultural or other tractor (1) comprises at least one jib, and usually two interconnected jibs (5, 6, 9) which jibs are upwardly and downwardly turnable about an axis (3) relative to frame mea... | 07/28/1981 |
| 4239441 | Support for tool handling boom Apparatus for supporting an extendable, elongated tool-handling boom within a gantry. The back end of the boom is rotatably supported in a carriage that is movably mounted in a gantry while the main body of the boom forward of the carriage is seated upon ... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4239442 | Apparatus for maneuvering a conditioning tool within a furnace Apparatus for manipulating a tool for conditioning material within a high temperature furnace. The tool is secured in one end of an air-cooled boom while the other end of the boom is connected to a carriage that is arranged to move reciprocally within a h... | 12/16/1980 |
| 4154349 | Excavating implement stabilizer A loader bucket is provided with a plurality of leaf springs appended to the bucket for interaction with the bucket support linkage. The leaf springs impose forces on the bucket link pins preventing undesirable movement between the bucket and the support ... | 05/15/1979 |
| 4134500 | Actuator linkage for mobile derricks and the like A mobile derrick, aerial man lift or the like has a boom pivotally mounted at one end on a vehicle, with a hydraulic cylinder also pivotally mounted at one end on the vehicle for raising and lowering the boom. A linkage interconnects the other end of the ... | 01/16/1979 |
