Successive Engaging Means Patents (Class 414/447)
  • Patent number: 9346503
    Abstract: A trailer for use primarily for transporting a portable structure in which a frame is mounted on an undercarriage with the wheels of the undercarriage near the longitudinal center and the portable structure is positioned at an angle to reduce wind resistance while the structure is being transported on the trailer. The portable structure is secured to the trailer by placing the skid plates of the portable structure under frame elements affixed to the trailer frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Inventor: Jeffrey O. Moore
  • Patent number: 6530737
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a transporter. More particularly this invention relates to an apparatus that can be used to transport a large and heavy cylinder on a frame with easy maneuverability. The apparatus is designed mainly for use with propane cylinders that have legs, whereby the article is not lifted to be place on the transporter, instead the apparatus is slid or placed underneath the article without disturbing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Inventor: Benjamin G. Casper
  • Patent number: 6413032
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising a transporter. More particularly this invention relates to an apparatus that can be used to transport a large and heavy cylinder on a frame with easy maneuverability. The apparatus is designed mainly for use with propane cylinders that have legs, whereby the article is not lifted to be place on the transporter, instead the apparatus is slid or placed underneath the article without disturbing it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Inventor: Benjamin G. Casper
  • Patent number: 6206386
    Abstract: A snowmobile support dolly has a frame with forward swivel casters and rear swivel casters. The frame includes a pair of channels for supporting the snowmobile skis, and a rear post for supporting the snowmobile track above the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Inventor: Thomas V. Briggs
  • Patent number: 6015254
    Abstract: A snowmobile dolly comprising a first elongated member; a plurality of wheels disposed along the first elongated member; a second elongated member; a mount for securing the second elongated member relative to the first elongated member so that a longitudinal axis of the first elongated member and the second elongated member are substantially parallel to each other, the second elongated member being sized so as to support a front end of the snowmobile; a third elongated member having a first end portion which is attached to an end of the first elongated member; and a hook for securing a back end of the snowmobile to the third elongated member so as to substantially balance the snowmobile on the second elongated member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2000
    Inventor: Michael E. Keeler
  • Patent number: 5513939
    Abstract: This invention discloses a two-wheeled device that can roll over and straddle three sizes of tanks, extend the adjustable feet to a lift position, raise the back end of the tank, connect a chain and hook to the front end of the tank, lift both front and back tank legs off the ground, and roll the tank over the ground or floor. The handle length is adjustable to accommodate three different tank lengths and the chain and hook can also adjust horizontally to accommodate these three lengths. The feet are also retractable to permit rolling the device past the two front legs on the tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: L.P. Tank Troll, Inc.
    Inventors: Wesley D. Martin, Lynn A. Adams
  • Patent number: 5176917
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transdermal system with graduated drug release and to its use for the local or systemic dermal drug administration in human and veterinary medicine, or in cosmetics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1993
    Assignee: LTS Lohmann
    Inventor: Walter Muller
  • Patent number: 4900555
    Abstract: A method for enhancing the transdermal flux of a transdermally deliverable drug through intact skin is described in which the drug is delivered simultaneously with sucrose monolaurate or a mixture of sucrose esters of coconut fatty acids, which is predominatly sucrose monolaurate. Preferred embodiments of therapeutic systems for delivering the drug and the sucrose ester employ a matrix containing drug at a concentration above saturation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 13, 1990
    Assignee: Alza Corporation
    Inventors: Yu-Ling Cheng, Robert M. Gale, Edna Sugihara, Harold F. Sanders
  • Patent number: 4588204
    Abstract: A caddy for pulling a trailer. A wheel is rotatably mounted to an axle which in turn is fixedly secured to an upright post into which a downwardly extending member on the trailer hitch is positionable. A handle is pivotally mounted to the axle and may be pulled to pull the trailer forwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 1984
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1986
    Inventor: James R. Reed
  • Patent number: 4439085
    Abstract: A handcart for banquet tables and the like. The handcart has a main support shaft supported on wheels with a handle portion at one end and a transverse cradle like member at the opposite end engageable with a cross leg brace of the table. The handcart may be operated to lift one end of the table with the handcart cradle and then support the table by a collapsible rigid table brace supported by the shaft between the handle portion and the handcart wheels. The table completely supported and balanced upon the handcart may then be moved with all legs off the ground by grasping the end of the table near the handle portion and moving it like a wheelbarrow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1981
    Date of Patent: March 27, 1984
    Inventors: Thomas A. Rodriguez, Angelo J. Zavaglia
  • Patent number: 4213728
    Abstract: This invention describes a container lifter which is economical where only occasional deliveries occur and the use of machines such as heavy fork lift or a straddle truck is unwarranted.The container lifter has an open U-shape chassis which is provided with two sliding rams at each end, each ram having a chain preferably of alloy steel construction, the chains being attached to twist locks which are adapted to fit into the bottom corners of a container.In a modification, the container lifter is provided with a second set of rams, the second set being mounted on arches above the frames so as to enable the container to be lifted to such a height that it can be placed on a truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1978
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1980
    Inventor: Geoffrey F. McKenzie
  • Patent number: 4188164
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a trailer for carrying a machine having a frame supported by a wheel, the trailer including a trailer frame having a forward frame end and a rearward frame end, and a ground engaging trailer wheel attached to the frame adjacent the rearward frame end for supporting the trailer frame for movement on the ground and supporting the trailer frame for movement between a generally vertical position wherein the machine can be attached to the trailer frame and a generally horizontal position wherein the machine can be supported on the trailer frame. The trailer also includes means for supporting the machine wheel connected to the trailer frame adjacent the trailer wheel, and a pivotable locking arm supported by the frame for releasably restraining the machine wheel on the wheel supporting means, the pivotable locking arm being movable between a first position wherein the machine wheel is restrained against the wheel supporting means and a second position spaced from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 1978
    Date of Patent: February 12, 1980
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventor: Loren F. Hansen