Patents by Inventor Jeffrey S. Janover

Jeffrey S. Janover has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4950126
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a movie equipment dolly with a chassis, a lifting arm coupled to the chassis, a hydraulic system for lifting the arm, a plurality of steerable wheels, a transmission for orienting the wheels into selected steering modes, a steering system, slip idlers for selectively disconnecting the wheels from the steering system and transmission, and a control handle that has steering, hydraulic system actuation and transmission steering mode selection operations on a common handle, so that the operator need not remove his or her hands from the control handle when performing any of the operations. The movie dolly also has a levelling head coupled to the lifting arm which allows simple, simultaneous orientation of the levelling head roll and pitch axes by manipulating a pair of adjusters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1990
    Assignee: Kestrel International, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael J. Fabiano, Wes Gilbert, Jeffrey S. Janover, Robert Ward