Patents Examined by Min Yu
  • Patent number: 5632496
    Abstract: A convertible golf bag having a club-receiving carry bag detachably securable to a staff bag component with a portion of the exterior of the carry bag forming a part of the exterior of the assembled bag. When secured together, the resulting bag has the appearance and convenience of a large staff bag. The carry bag may be used separately as a light-weight bag. Various accessories including a pull cart, rain cover and personalized panels may be incorporated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1997
    Inventor: Alan F. Nelson
  • Patent number: 5630602
    Abstract: A beach carry-all cart device is provided with a cloth bag extending upwardly from a base member which rides on a cylindrical wheel. The bag is unsupported except for a sleeve around a handle member which extends vertically to a handle grip into which a vertical slot is cut to receive cloth handles extending from the upper edge of the bag. Vertical zippers are provided along opposite side walls to expose the interior contents which typically are one or more beach chairs and other items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1997
    Inventors: Claudia F. Vanderslice, John W. Fox
  • Patent number: 5628522
    Abstract: A cart includes a frame, a leg attached to the frame, and a wheel movable relative to the frame. A handle is operatively associated with the wheel and with the frame, whereby the work surface is in a normally stationary, inoperative position, and positive movement of the handle causes the wheels to engage the floor and place the work surface in an operative, movable mode. The work surface is engineered so that it is automatically returned to its stationary mode when no user is actively placing the work surface in its movable mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 13, 1997
    Inventor: Donald M. Hall
  • Patent number: 5613696
    Abstract: A shopping trolley having a basket (1) mounted on a support structure (4) and a user handle (5). The support structure is mounted on a wheeled carriage (2). The basket is openable at its rear to permit nesting of similar trolleys, and the rear opening is closed by a swinging flap (18) which is made up of a single plastics molding incorporating the basket (1) the support structure (4) and the wheeled carriage (2). Preferably the shopping trolley may have one or more generally flat areas (6) on the front and/or side walls of the basket (1). The areas (6) are surrounded by retaining ribs (7), and (6) are adapted for the insertion of advertising plates (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 25, 1997
    Assignee: Policad Industrial, S.L.
    Inventor: Gerardo S. de Luna
  • Patent number: 5611552
    Abstract: A foldable creeper for supporting a person, the creeper articulated along a line which extends transversely along the approximate longitudinal centerline for movement between an open position and a folded storage position, and comprising articulating joints, a framework comprising longitudinal and transverse frame members, the transverse frame members rigidly connecting left and right longitudinal frame members, said transverse frame members including a central lower segment for supporting a support panel, the central lower segment positioned from one-half to four inches below said longitudinal frame members when said creeper is in the open position, support panels having top sides and bottom sides and connected to said transverse frame members, and casters connected to the frame members for supporting said frame members above the ground when said creeper is in the open position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Assignee: Mechanic Accessories, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph J. Miles, Joseph B. Miles
  • Patent number: 5609347
    Abstract: A snowboard has a pair of bindings for a person's footwear. Each binding includes a laterally spaced apart independently moveable pair of binding straps and latches that can be engaged in latched positions over the vamp of the footwear for binding the footwear to the snowboard. On each binding, a release strap is connected between the two latches, so that by pulling on the release strap in a direction away from the snowboard's upper surface, forces are applied to actuation members of both latches so as to release both binding straps from their latched positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 11, 1997
    Inventor: Donald Dressel
  • Patent number: 5607170
    Abstract: Sulky comprising two wheels individually fastened along the same rotational axis, to a common structure provided with a driver's seat (4) and shafts (3) leading towards the draught animal. The sulky (1) consists of a construction kit comprising a plurality of substantially flat elements (2, 3, 4, 5, 6) adapted to be assembled by the end user by means of ordinary hand tools. Two of these parts are end frames (5) adapted for fastening of a wheel (2), a shaft (3), and the crossbar (6) in the same vertical plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Assignee: Volotech AS
    Inventors: Jan Capjon, Atle Nygaardsvik
  • Patent number: 5607174
    Abstract: A folding wheelbarrow which is durable and also easy to store. The legs fold up against the frame and the wheel is suspended below the frame. This construction allows the topside of the frame to rest flush against a wall for storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1997
    Inventor: Patrick Ambrogio
  • Patent number: 5593167
    Abstract: An over-the-highway truck or tractor vehicle having an elongate rail forming a portion of a vehicle frame and an improved battery box in the form of a unitary molded container defining multiple sides of a battery retention space. One of the sides is a base for supporting at least one battery. The container includes a moveable closure which together with the base defines the battery retention space. The enclosure allows access to a battery supported by the container for battery placement in and removal from the battery retention space. Structure including a lower step fixedly connected to the rail supports the container. Pairs of recesses are integrally molded in the base of the container. Air tanks are partially positioned in the recess in a container reinforcing relationship. Connection structure fixes the air tanks and the container together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1994
    Date of Patent: January 14, 1997
    Assignee: Volvo GM Heavy Truck Corporation
    Inventors: Steve L. Barnhardt, Steven L. Hadley, Jeff M. Terry
  • Patent number: 5588659
    Abstract: A tool cart generally in the form of an upright stand provided with unique tool supports to enable a large number of tools to be supported in an accessible position. The tool supports are pivotally and separably supported to enable the tools to be easily carried to a work site. The stand includes a pair of removable wheels which do not engage a supporting surface when the stand is upright but do engage a supporting surface when the stand is tilted to provide a mobile cart that can be easily moved to a site of use of the tools supported by the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Triple B Trenching, Inc.
    Inventors: James A. Boes, Chad W. Boes, Douglas W. Boes
  • Patent number: 5586779
    Abstract: A snowboard boot binding device comprising a binding mount plate for fixedly mounting a snowboard binding thereto, said binding mount plate having a cavity centrally defined therein, a ring fixedly attached to said binding mount plate having a bore centrally defined therethrough, a hub for mounting said boot binding device to a snowboard, said hub being centrally disposed in said cavity and extending through said bore, wherein said binding mount plate is free to rotate about said hub, thereby allowing for adjustment of an angular position of said binding mount plate, and locking means for arresting and releasing rotation of said binding mount plate, thereby allowing the angular position of said binding mount plate to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventors: Paul J. Dawes, Thomas A. Krulevitch, Peter A. Krulevitch
  • Patent number: 5586777
    Abstract: An in-line skate having a plurality of aligned wheels which are secured and supported on the bottom of an in-line skate boot by a pair of axle supports. The axle supports extend longitudinally of the skate boot. One of the axle supports is secured directly to the skate boot. The other axle support is secured to and slides with respect to the other axle support. The wheels, each carried by an axle, are positioned within the inner axle support and are secured to the axle supports by axles that pass through aligned slots in the two supports. The slots in the axle supports are arranged to cause vertical movement of at least one, and preferably two, of the wheels when one axle support is moved relative to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1996
    Inventor: David Wolf
  • Patent number: 5575349
    Abstract: A soundproof type water-cooled engine generator is constructed to guide an exhaust current of air from a cooling fan of a water-cooled engine to an independent hood-like shroud chamber, deaden the current sound through a muffler located under the shroud chamber, for improving the cooling performance. A water-cooled engine 2 and a generator 3 are accommodated in a soundproof bonnet 1. A panel wall 8 is provided close to a fan 7 equipped in the water-cooled engine. The panel wall serves to partition the soundproof bonnet 1 into an engine and generator chamber 11 and an exhaust processing chamber 12. The panel wall has a hole having the substantially same diameter as the fan 7. Around the outside of the hole, a shroud chamber 17 is independently provided in the exhaust processing chamber. The shroud chamber 17 is formed by a hood-like encircling wall 14. On the lateral side of the shroud chamber, a radiator 13 is located to stand upright.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Denyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takatoshi Ikeda, Toshiaki Tanaka, Sanpei Sato
  • Patent number: 5575348
    Abstract: A wheelchair includes a frame having first and second longitudinal sides connected by a bridge and a seat module carried by the frame. A first power drive assembly is disposed on the frame first longitudinal side. The first power drive assembly includes a first swing arm pivotally secured to the frame, a first motor mounted to the first swing arm and a first wheel operably connected to the first motor. A second power drive assembly is disposed on the frame second longitudinal side. The second power drive assembly includes a second swing arm pivotally secured to the frame, a second motor mounted to the second swing arm and a second wheel operably connected to the second motor. A first resiliently biased anti-tip assembly is secured to both the frame first longitudinal side and the first motor. A second resiliently biased anti-tip assembly is secured to both the frame second longitudinal side and the second motor. A power supply is mounted on the frame for powering the first and second motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Invacare Corporation
    Inventors: Gerold G. Goertzen, Neal J. Curran, James H. Molnar
  • Patent number: 5575496
    Abstract: A coupling device (3) between a boot and a piece of sports apparatus such as a ski binding having a toe clamp (1 ) and a heel clamp which are connected to each other by a connecting element at a predeterminable distance and which form a coupling device (3) which is displaceable in the longitudinal direction of the ski (5) in a guiding arrangement (9) arranged on the ski (5) and secured to the latter, and with an arresting device to secure the coupling device (3) with respect to the guiding arrangement (9) or the ski (5). Between the coupling device (3) and the guiding arrangement (9) and/or the piece of sports apparatus, an adjusting device (16) is arranged, which has a catching element (18) that can be engaged or disengaged by the actuating element (17) which is motionally connected to the latter, in or from the locking plate (19) which is provided with latching slots (20) arranged in the longitudinal direction of the ski.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 19, 1996
    Assignee: Atomic Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Max Luitz, Hans Frick
  • Patent number: 5573274
    Abstract: In an automobile sub-frame structure which is disposed on the lower surface of an engine room and has a pair of suspension lower arm support portions at each side, the automobile sub-frame structure includes arm brackets 14 which are joined between an upper member 11 and a lower member 12 to support a front arm of the suspension lower arm 10, and reinforcements 13 which are provided between the tip ends at sides of the upper member 11 and the lower member 12 to support the arm bracket 14 by overlapping with the arm bracket 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Toshiaki Koketsu
  • Patent number: 5573257
    Abstract: A coaster having a pair of longitudinally-extending and laterally-spaced flexible sled runners which support and define a path for the coaster along a ground surface. The coaster includes forward, intermediate, and rearward lateral struts extending between the flexible runners. The flexible sled runners extend forward from the forward lateral strut to leading rail ends. A longitudinally-extending body support board is mounted above the runners in such a manner as to-allow it to pivot or tilt, relative to the flexible sled runners, about a longitudinal axis. A steering handle is operably connected to the leading rail ends to laterally displace the leading rail ends and to thereby arc the flexible sled runners. Interlinkage between the steering handle and the body support board pivots the body support board in response to turning the steering handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Benson H. Olivieri
  • Patent number: 5573256
    Abstract: A sled worn on the body during sledding. The sled comprises a seat component and a leg component, both of which are ergonomically configured to correspond to the shape of the human body. The leg component is pivotally attached to the seat component to enable it to reciprocate from an upward walking position to a downward sledding position. The leg component includes an upturned distal portion to allow the device to ride over small obstacles and bumps in the sledding path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 12, 1996
    Inventor: Brent L. Farley
  • Patent number: 5570894
    Abstract: A novel square washer for use in a linear skate that utilizes an elongate, channel-shaped structural member for supporting a plurality of longitudinally aligned wheels. Such a channel member is adapted to be mechanically affixed to a spaced pair of threaded fastening means extending from the underside of a boot, and the channel member has a pair of orthogonally disposed mounting slots therein, whose position corresponds to the position of the threaded fastening means of the boot. This square washer has first and second sides placed in an opposed relationship, as well as opposed third and fourth sides disposed in an orthogonal relationship to the first and second sides. A centerline extends between the mid points of the first and second sides, and a hole is located on the centerline in an equidistant relationship to the third and fourth sides, with the hole being located closer to the first side than to the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1996
    Assignee: Jeannette L. Brandner
    Inventor: Ernest E. Brandner
  • Patent number: 5566957
    Abstract: An in-line roller skate includes: a mounting plate having a footwear or boot secured on an upper surface of the mounting plate, and having a plurality of arcuate guiding rails respectively juxtapositionally transversely formed on a bottom of the mounting plate, with a longitudinal axis defining at a center of the mounting plate and projectively developing a vertical plane from the longitudinal axis towards a skating surface under the mounting plate; a plurality of cantilever members each slidably engageable with and movably adjustable on each arcuate guiding rail on the mounting plate; and a plurality of wheels each rotatably mounted on each cantilever member, whereby upon an angular adjustment of each cantilever member on each guiding rail, each wheel as rotatably mounted on each cantilever member will be angularly biased from the vertical plane for obtaining a preferred angle for the skater for ergonomically enhancing a skating maneuverability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 1995
    Date of Patent: October 22, 1996
    Assignee: Monotype Supply Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Diana Ho