Patents Represented by Attorney Emerson, Thompson & Bennett
  • Patent number: 7591087
    Abstract: A snowplow assembly may include a snowplow mechanism having a frame and a pair of wings that are adapted to move independently. The snowplow assembly may also include a hydraulic system that has a first cylinder for use in moving the first wing, a second cylinder for use in moving the second wing, a pump system for use in providing hydraulic fluid to the first and second cylinders, and a flow divider that causes the first wing and the second wing to move at substantially the same time and substantially the same speed regardless of the disparity of loads on the first and second wings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Louis Berkman Winter Products Company
    Inventors: James A. Kost, Robert L. Potak
  • Patent number: 7573221
    Abstract: A wireless control system can be used to selectively adjust the position of a liftgate platform with respect to a vehicle cargo hold. The wireless control system includes a transmitter for use in transmitting a wireless control signal, a receiver that receives the wireless control signal transmitted by the transmitter and communicates a corresponding control signal to an actuation device to adjust the platform and, a transmitter detection system that prevents the actuation device from operating unless the transmitter is positioned in a predetermined location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: Waltco Truck Equipment Company
    Inventor: Kenneth Rock