Patents Represented by Law Firm Niles, Kurz, Bergert & Tamburro
  • Patent number: 5125678
    Abstract: A foldable bicycle having a main frame that supports front and rear wheels that are each connected with the main frame by quick release hub fasteners to enable quick disconnection from the frame of each of the front and rear wheels. The main frame includes a pedal drive bearing housing that rotatably carries a toothed pedal drive wheel that includes drive pedals to enable the rear wheel to be driven through a drive chain that passes over the toothed drive wheel and over a toothed crank wheel coupled with the rear wheel. The rear wheel is supported by a rear wheel support that extends from the main frame and that includes a rear wheel strut and a rear wheel pivot arm that are each pivotally connected with the main frame and that are each separably connected with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1992
    Inventor: Ulrich Bogen
  • Patent number: 4967672
    Abstract: A portable foldable stand for supporting and transporting a heavy article. The stand includes a horizontal platform supported on a foldable scissor leg mechanism and a gas spring cylinder assembly connected to the leg mechanism for assisting an operator in folding and unfolding the stand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 6, 1990
    Assignee: Teledyne Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas E. Leather