Patents Represented by Attorney James J. Emrich & Dithmar Hill
  • Patent number: 6148747
    Abstract: The wheel arms of a planter row unit are mounted to the row unit frame for independent pivotal motion. The ends of a saddle link are received in sockets formed on gauge wheel arms; and a yoke (or ring-shaped link) pivotally mounted to the frame engages a central saddle bearing surface on the saddle link. The wheel arms, saddle link and yoke are constructed and arranged such that when one gauge wheel raises when it encounters an obstruction, the other lowers and the frame raises by about one-half the distance which the first gauge wheel is raised.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Kinze Manufacturing Inc.
    Inventors: Harry C. Deckler, Alan F. Barry, Steven D. Rodgers
  • Patent number: 6139042
    Abstract: A carrier frame for a spring cushion truck hitch includes side mounting brackets and a transverse load-resisting (torsion) bar connected between the mounting brackets. The mounting brackets connect the frame of the hitch to the truck frame, so that the carrier frame can be removed from the hitch and the hitch re-used on a different truck having a different frame configuration. The mounting brackets carry the hitch below the truck bumper which need not be removed or replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: Case Corporation
    Inventor: James L. Tetrick
  • Patent number: 6120163
    Abstract: A portable fluorescent string lamp has a base which includes a threaded nut at each end. An electrical cord extends through each nut. A mounting bracket has a back and two legs spaced to receive the fixture. Each of the legs is releasably secured to the base of the fixture by tightening the coupling nut against it. The back of the bracket is designed to receive a pair of magnetic couplers for removably mounting the fixture to a structure such as a machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2000
    Assignee: Woodhead Industries Inc.
    Inventors: Warren S. Graber, Horacio A. Baggio