Transporter oscillating alarm

Patent 6651763 Issued on November 25, 2003. Estimated Expiration Date:

February 18, 2020. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

DEKA Products Limited Partnership

Application

No. 09/507148 filed on 02/18/2000

US Classes:

180/171, Including device to signal to operator existence of unusual or unintended speed180/271, WITH MEANS FOR PROMOTING SAFETY OF VEHICLE, ITS OCCUPANT OR LOAD, OR AN EXTERNAL OBJECT180/282, Responsive to sensing of acceleration, deceleration, or tilt of vehicle180/285, And causing disruption of drive train between motor and wheels340/441Speed of vehicle, engine, or power train

Examiners

Primary: Morris, Lesley D.
Assistant: Luby, Matthew

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Bromberg & Sunstein LLp

International Classes

B62D 37/00 (20060101)
B62D 51/02 (20060101)
B62D 51/00 (20060101)
B62D 61/00 (20060101)
A61G 5/00 (20060101)
A61G 5/04 (20060101)
A63C 17/00 (20060101)
A63C 17/08 (20060101)
A63C 17/01 (20060101)
A63C 17/04 (20060101)
B62K 1/00 (20060101)
A61G 5/06 (20060101)

Abstract

A vehicle capable of an extraordinary mode of motorized motion programmed to draw the attention of an operator. When one or more sensors sense a condition requiring attention of the operator, an oscillatory motion is superposed upon the motion of the ground-contacting members.

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