Patents Examined by Brian J. Johnson
  • Patent number: 6663123
    Abstract: The panel mover is designed for receiving, holding and moving a panel and comprises: first and second elongate arms each having an upper end and a lower end and each having a length of between approximately 2 feet and approximately 4 feet; panel support structure connected between the arms; a wheel mounted to each arm on a wheel shaft extending from an outer side of each arm at the lower end of each arm; and, inwardly facing engaging structure only at the upper end of each arm for engaging the side surface of a panel positioned between the anns, whereby, when, an elongate edge of a panel is placed on the panel support stricture, the weight of the panel will cause each elongate arm to rotate upwardly around one of the wheel shafts and pivot inwardly toward the panel to a panel engaging position where the engaging structure at the upper end of each arm engages the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Inventor: Stafford T. Kovacs
  • Patent number: 6651995
    Abstract: An axle suspension for air-suspended utility vehicles and the like with which the vehicle chassis is supported by a pneumatic spring. The spring is configured as a plunger piston assembly, is preferably cylindrical, and has a plunger piston (6) that is provided for supporting and guiding a pneumatic spring bellows (5). The pneumatic spring bellows is connected via an upper mounting plate (7) to the vehicle chassis resting thereupon and is connected, e.g. via a lower base plate to the top of the plunger piston which is supported, for example, on a leaf spring assembly (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: Otto Sauer Achsenfabrik Keilberg
    Inventor: Josef Büttner
  • Patent number: 6315326
    Abstract: A rollbar for an open sports car which extends over the width of the vehicle, having a basic shell body which follows the rollbar shape and consists of molded two-dimensional material with longitudinal ribbings which are alternately raised toward the exterior and interior side of the rollbar. The rollbar shell is integrally formed from a pressed molding of fibrous composite plastic or metallic material and can include stiffening inserts which extend over at least part of the longitudinal extrusion of the shell. An anti-abrasion material can be integrally connected or embedded into the surface of the shell. The rollbar is light weight, optimally designed for individual types of loads and can be integrated into the car body in an esthetically appearing manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignees: Blechformwerke Bernsbach GmbH, ISE Innomotive Systems Europe GmbH
    Inventors: Hartwig Müller, Robert Schweier
  • Patent number: 5020821
    Abstract: The body of a ski has a front portion, a middle portion and a rear portion which are normally aligned longitudinally. The middle portion has a fixing device for securing a boot thereto, and the fixing device is releasable to release the boot from the ski when a predetermined vertical force is exerted upwardly on the boot relative to the middle portion. A front coupling connects the front portion to the middle portion, and a rear coupling connects the rear portion to the middle portion. The couplings are releasable in response to lateral forces which exceed a predetermined magnitude on the respective front and rear portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 4, 1991
    Inventor: Dominique Leroy
  • Patent number: 5011219
    Abstract: A raisable sliding roof for motor vehicles, including a slidable rigid cover having front and rear ends, and which slides into a position in which a roof opening is covered, the cover being displaceable into an opening position in which is released from the opening, and raisable into a ventilation position, sliding shoes arranged to support the cover front end, additional sliding shoes and supporting arms arranged to support the cover rear end, a casing having two halves connected to articulate about an axis transverse to a cover sliding direction, the casing halves each having outer ends which are articulated at the vehicle roof by elastic joints, at least one lifting and lowering device supported at the vehicle roof for adjusting the casing halves from a substantially horizontal normal position into a downwardly bent position, guide rails arranged in the casing to receive the sliding and additional sliding shoes, blocks of springy elastic material and compression springs arranged to support at least one of
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 30, 1991
    Assignee: Karosseriewerke Weinsberg GmbH
    Inventor: Karl Bauhof
  • Patent number: 4844491
    Abstract: A wheeled skate vehicle consists of an elongated foot support platform, a front wheel fixedly mounted to and extending above the platform, a pair of side wheels mounted on both sides of the platform to rotate about a side wheel axis and extending above the platform, a brake pad attached to platform rearwardly of the side wheel axis, and bindings for releasably securing a skater's foot to the platform. The bindings include a toe shroud defining an aperture adapted to receive and confine against lateral and forward motion a toe of a skater's shoe, a heel cup defining a recess adapted to receive and confine against lateral and rearward motion a heel of a skater's shoe, a foot strap attached to the skate and a foot strap receptor for releasably engaging an end of the foot strap, and an ankle brace pivotally attached to the skate and supporting thereabove an ankle strap and ankle strap receptor for releasably engaging an end of the ankle strap extending about a skater's ankle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Assignee: J. S. Wheelwright Company, Inc.
    Inventor: Joseph S. Wheelwright
  • Patent number: 4822071
    Abstract: A golf bag unit has extendable and retractable traveling wheels and comprises a tubular body (1) carrying a mounting device (2), to which is pivotally attached a pair of support legs (3), each with a traveling wheel (4), a bag (5) of flexible material coaxially surrounding the tubular body (1) and having a bottom support plate (6) for golf clubs, a pair of link arms (7) pivotally connecting with an actuation sleeve member (8), which is slidably movable on the tubular body (1), a compression spring (11) connected with said sleeve member (8), a control rod (12), which provides for a manual compression of the compression spring (11) during retraction of the wheel-carrying support legs (3) and a subsequent automatic extension of said legs (3) to the traveling position, a support ring (15) and a ground support foot (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Inventor: John C. Widegren