Patents Assigned to Mitchell Equipment Corporation
  • Hi-rail vehicle
    Publication number: 20050126424
    Abstract: The invention to a hi-rail vehicle for normal travel along a highway and selective travel along railway tracks provided with a first paid of railway track engageable wheels moveable between a normal position out of engagement with a railway track and a position of railway track contact immediately in front of the front steering wheels of the vehicle for guiding the vehicle; and second pair of railway track engageable wheels movable between a normal position between the forward and rear drive wheels with a railway tracks and a position of guiding contact therewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2004
    Publication date: June 16, 2005
    Applicant: Mitchell Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Estel Lovitt
  • Wheel and adapter
    Patent number: 6238009
    Abstract: A wheel adapter that adapts a conventional vehicle hub to a wheel having a large inward offset, thereby permitting the original wheel track of the vehicle to be changed to match the width of a railroad track so the tires of the vehicle will sit on the railroad track. The adapter locates the wheel to avoid contact with a brake caliper on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Mitchell Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Estel L. Lovitt, Jr.
  • Wheel adapter
    Patent number: D443577
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Mitchell Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Estel L. Lovitt, Jr.
  • Wheel adapter
    Patent number: D443578
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: Mitchell Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Estel L. Lovitt, Jr.
  • Wheel and adapter
    Patent number: RE38779
    Abstract: A wheel adapter that adapts a conventional vehicle hub to a wheel having a large inward offset, thereby permitting the original wheel track of the vehicle to be changed to match the width of a railroad track so the tires of the vehicle will sit on the railroad track. The adapter locates the wheel to avoid contact with a brake caliper on the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Mitchell Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Estel L. Lovitt, Jr.
  • Wheel adapter
    Patent number: D445077
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Mitchell Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Estel L. Lovitt, Jr.