Abstract: A carrier adapted for transporting luggage, suitcases, garment bags and such articles. A support with wheel supports swingably attached to the support. Wheels are rotatably mounted on said wheel supports, such that the wheels and wheel supports are adapted to be moved between an inactive position and an active position. The support, the wheel supports and wheels are adapted to be arranged in a substantially coplanar relationship for ease of storage and transportation when not in use.

Abstract: A vehicle mounted parking device for use on a front wheel drive vehicle of the type having motive means and at least two front and two rear wheels. An auxiliary wheel is mounted substantially between and equidistant from the rear wheels and is mounted so as to permit movement relative to the vehicle frame between an out-of-the-way position and a lower operative ground engaging and rear end of the vehicle lifting position such that the rear wheels are raised off the ground. Power means is provided so that the auxiliary wheel may be forced under the rear of the car to raise the rear wheels and to place the rear end weight of the vehicle on the auxiliary wheel. The auxiliary wheel, when in operative position, allows lateral movement of the rear end of the vehicle with a minimum of longitudinal vehicle movement. The auxiliary wheel may be mounted so that its axis of rotation forms an angle between approximately 20.degree. and 60.degree.

Abstract: A carrier for use with a folded garment carry-on bag includes a stiffening frame within the lower half of the bag. The longitudinally extending frame members extend through the bottom wall of the bag and are provided with horizontal terminal portions on which the ground wheels are rotatably supported, thus obviating an external axle and permitting the ground wheels to be placed inwardly of the longitudinal side edges of the bag.

Abstract: A carrier for use with a foldable garment carry-on bag includes a frame within the lower half of the bag. The frame extends through the bottom of the bag and is provided with a wheeled axle. In one embodiment of the invention the upper half of the bag is also provided with a frame to obviate the usual transversely extending stiffeners and to permit securing the folded bag by a single central fastener rather than the two or four fasteners usually used on such bags.

Abstract: A wheeled garment carry-on bag is constructed to permit the bag to be folded along a transverse fold line to a wheeled condition with the folded portions secured together and with the ground wheels outwardly of the bag. The bag is further constructed to permit the bag to be folded in a reverse manner to a carrying condition with the wheels between the folded portions to protect the wheels during transport.

Abstract: A carrier for use with a garment carry-on bag is provided with an inner light weight frame connected at its upper end to an external handle and connected at its lower end to an external wheeled axle.

Abstract: A carrier for use with a garment carry-on bag includes a wheeled support for the bottom end of the bag when the latter is in unfolded condition. An elongated vertically extending member is connected at its lower end to the axle of the wheeled support and formed at its upper end to provide a handle. The member and the axle are positioned substantially entirely within the bag.

Abstract: A wheeled carrier particularly adapted for transporting suitcases and like articles. A support for the article is swingably connected to a wheel mount which in turn carries a pair of ground wheels. The support, the wheel mount and the wheels are adapted to be arranged in coplanar relationship to permit storing the carrier in a relatively small, narrow space when not in use.

Abstract: A wheeled carrier particularly adapted for transporting suitcases and like or other articles. A support for the suitcase is provided with a pair of removable ground wheels which are adapted to be stored within the support when not in use. The support is provided with a pair of links for engaging a side of the suitcase substantially at right angles to the side engaged by the support. The links are swingably connected to the support in such a manner that the links and support cooperate to support the suitcase adequately although the parts may be made of extremely lightweight elements. The suitcase support is adapted to be manually manipulated by means of an elongated member such as a walking cane, umbrella, sectioned handle, or like article.

Abstract: A briefcase or like article having accordian folds or pleats forming its bottom wall is provided with wheels attached to said bottom wall so as not to interfere excessively with the expansion or contraction of the width of the bottom wall through the action of the pleats or folds. A wheel mount is clamped to one side of the briefcase and to an adjacent fold of the accordian-like bottom wall.

Abstract: A wheeled support for carrying articles such as suitcases, trunks, sample cases and the like which may be readily installed on conventional carrying articles without requiring a great deal of skill. An aperture is cut in one corner at which two sidewalls intersect and a wheel housing is secured at such aperture. Adequate stability may be achieved by applying a pair of spaced apart housings along a long corner of the article to be wheeled.

Abstract: A pile sizer for reducing the lateral extent or diameter of the upper end of a submerged pile. A vertically extending elongated anchor rod is threadedly secured to the upper end of the submerged pile along the central axis of the latter and an elongated tube is swingably secured to said anchor rod by arms to permit orbital movement of said tube about the centerline of the pile. An elongated shaft is rotatably supported within the tube and is formed with a milling cutter at its lower end for cutting the pile and is connected at its upper end to a motor mounted on the upper end of the tube. The operation of sizing the pile to a predetermined diameter can thus be performed from above the water line.

Abstract: A wheel mount adapted to be used on the bottom side of a suitcase to permit wheeling the latter. The mount is formed so as to minimize the likelihood of damage to the mount and to the wheel which it supports. The mount is elongated in a longitudinal direction and its sidewalls are slantingly disposed relative to the wheel in order to minimize damage when struck by another object. One form of the invention is made from a block of plastic or the like and other forms are made of formed sheet metal.

Abstract: An elongated structural member adapted to many uses is made in separable, coaxially aligned sections to permit the sections to be stored in a short space. The sections are readily secured together in end to end relationship to form a strong member which may take both tension and compression.

Abstract: A flush valve of the tilting pilot valve type in which stops are provided for the manually or pedal-actuated handle so as to provide a low volume or a normal volume as desired. In one form an attachment having a low volume stop is provided on the conventional handle housing. In another form the conventional housing is replaced by a modified housing provided with the low volume stop. In still another form an attachment in the form of a clamp is provided on the handle to provide the low volume.

Abstract: Wheel structures are made removable from the body which they support. Each wheel structure includes a solid wheel which is normally imperforate between the hub and the rim and an axle on which the wheel is rotatably secured. The web of each wheel between the hub and the rim is provided with apertures complementarily formed relative to the axles for receiving the axle or axles of another wheel or wheels therethrough to permit nesting the wheel structures.

Abstract: A door lock for use with an auxiliary door holding mechanism that is in addition to the conventional door lock. An auxiliary door holding plate is adaptable to be locked and unlocked from outside the door by means of a conventional key-actuated driver bar. The door holding plate may also be locked from inside the door. The door holding plate also permits the door to be held against further opening from a partially open position. In one of the embodiments of the invention a device is employed for swinging the auxiliary locking plate from an unlocked position to a locked position by the closing movement of the door. By another embodiment of the invention the auxiliary locking plate is moved from unlocked position to locked position from outside the door after the latter has been closed.

Abstract: A device for retarding the timing of the spark during the initial phase of acceleration of an internal combustion engine. A bar is connected to the throttle operating linkage and to a valve. Motion of the bar operates the valve to connect carburetor suction to a spark retarding motor. A timing mechanism operates the valve to remove the suction from the retard motor after the initial phase of acceleration.

Abstract: A multisided guard for guarding a space containing, for example, a hazardous operation from which personnel are to be protected. The guard comprises a plurality of vertically extending walls, each comprising a pair of upper and lower panels which are adapted to be swung from a lower position covering the space to an upper position uncovering the space.

Abstract: A wheeled suitcase wherein the wheels are easily removed and attached to the suitcase. The axles of the wheels are received in sleeves which are integrally connected to the hinges of the suitcase in order to facilitate manufacture. A detent is provided for releasably securing the axles in place. In one form of the invention the detent is protected from damage by a housing which is also integral with the hinges.