Abstract: An inline hay trailer bracing device, system and method for rear-loading procedures. An inline hay trailer bracing system includes a bracing device configured to moveably attach to a chassis of a trailer bed, the bracing device including a pair of elongate legs, each leg including a first end having an opening configured to couple to a pin extending therethrough such that the leg pivots around the pin, a foot opposite the first end, the foot including a beveled edge, and a pad above the beveled edge, wherein each leg is pivotable around its respective pin between: a travel position, wherein the foot is raised substantially parallel to the chassis, and a loading position, wherein the beveled edge is configured to engage into a ground, and wherein in the loading position the bracing device is configured to brace the inline trailer bed during rear-loading procedures.

Abstract: A self-propel accessory provides an easily attachable optional drive function for a platform device. The platform device is supported by a device frame including a wheel at a rear end and a post at a front end. The self-propel accessory includes an accessory frame attachable to the device frame via a bracket, a driving wheel connected to the accessory frame, a motor operatively coupled with the driving wheel, and a handle connected to the accessory frame. The accessory frame is pivotable between a disengaged position and an engaged position, and a weight of the platform device biases the accessory frame toward the disengaged position.

Abstract: An automated system which anchors the moving unit(s) of a self propelled irrigation machine to the ground in order to prevent said unit(s) from tipping over under extreme weather conditions. The automatic anchor for a self-propelled irrigation system includes a tubular body, a driving mechanism, a mounting mechanism, a shaft, a screwpile, and a control unit. The screwpile is sleeved by the tubular body and mounted onto the main frame of the moving unit(s) via the mounting mechanism. The medium shaft is telescopically connected to the screwpile on one end and operatively coupled to the driving mechanism at the other end. The control unit is communicably coupled to the driving mechanism and thus controls the rotation, position, and state of the screwpile. In the extended state, the screwpile anchors the moving unit to the ground and in the withdrawn state the screwpile is retracted thus allowing for standard operations.

Abstract: A stabilizer for material handling equipment, includes a base mount for mounting to the material handling equipment, a main frame pivotally attached to the base mount, and a release lever and magnet housing pivotally mounted to the main frame. A biasing element holds the main frame in a disengaged position away from a metallic floor surface. The release lever can be addressed by a user to overcome the biasing element and rotate the magnet housing to an engaged position, so that magnets in the magnet housing engage the metallic floor surface, holding or anchoring the material handling equipment in place. In order to disengage the magnets from the metallic floor surface, the user forces the release lever in an opposite direction, prying the magnets from the floor surface, upon which the biasing element further rotates the main frame, removing the magnet housing from the proximity of the floor.

Abstract: A stopper for preventing movement of a bag equipped with casters containing a base mounted on the bag bottom; a swingable member having one end portion rotatably connected to the base, and having the other end portion capable of being manipulated so as to swing the swingable member between a housing position where the other end portion is positioned close to the base and an engagement position for engaging the other end portion with the ground; a first link having one end portion rotatably connected to the swingable member, and having the other end portion rotatably and slidably connected to the base and slidable along the base bottom and a second link having one end portion rotatably connected to the other end portion of the first link, and constructed so as to be slidable with the other end portion of the first link along the base bottom.

Abstract: A stabilizer for material handling equipment, includes a base mount for mounting to the material handling equipment, a main frame pivotally attached to the base mount, and a release lever and magnet housing pivotally mounted to the main frame. A biasing element holds the main frame in a disengaged position away from a metallic floor surface. The release lever can be addressed by a user to overcome the biasing element and rotate the magnet housing to an engaged position, so that magnets in the magnet housing engage the metallic floor surface, holding or anchoring the material handling equipment in place. In order to disengage the magnets from the metallic floor surface, the user forces the release lever in an opposite direction, prying the magnets from the floor surface, upon which the biasing element further rotates the main frame, removing the magnet housing from the proximity of the floor.

Abstract: An apparatus is provided for securely positioning a medical device that prevents movement of one end of the device by applying a single force. The apparatus allows a doctor to depress a pedal, which is connected to a pedal housing by way of a single shaft. Connected to the ends of the shaft are two separate linkage members. The first linkage member is attached to a ratcheting mechanism that steers the pedal into the locked position. The second linkage member is connected to a cam within the pedal housing that drives a spring-loaded plunger assembly. When the pedal is in the locked position the plunger assembly is in contact with the floor, thereby preventing movement of the device. To release the braking device, the doctor depresses the pedal slightly, which causes the ratcheting mechanism to allow the pedal, and therefore the plunger assembly, to return to their unlocked positions.

Abstract: A roller system for moving a load a predetermined distance includes a chock frame having a pair of spaced chocks connected between a pair of rigid siderails and a freely moveable roller unit. The roller unit includes a plurality of rollers and is positioned between the siderails and freely moveable between the pair of spaced chocks. The load may then be moved in inchmeal fashion by slowly advancing the roller unit while shuffling the chock frame on the ground at a similar pace.

Abstract: The invention consists of a brake device for snowboards (5) comprising a fitting part (1, 2), which is attached to the board, and a braking part (3). The braking part (3) is attached to the fitting part (1, 2) and can be maneuvered from a non-braking position, in which all parts of the braking part (3) are situated on top of the board (5) and within the boundary edges of the board (5), to a braking position, in which the braking part (3) is situated essentially outside one of the boundary edges of the board (5) and extends below the board (5).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a braking method and apparatus. The method of the present invention comprises securing a first end of a connecting means to a first irrigation line, and securing a second end of said connecting means to a second irrigation line. The apparatus of the present invention comprises a rigid connecting means having a desired length for connecting a first side role irrigation line to a second side role irrigation line. The connecting means is of sufficient strength to secure a first irrigation line to a second irrigation line, where were either irrigation line is being influenced to move by wind blowing against the line. The connecting means the should have a weight such as not to bend or deform the irrigation line to which it is secured. Alternatively, the connecting means may have a support system to take weight off of the line when the connecting means is secured to the line.

Abstract: One object of the present invention is to make available to snowboard riders a brake device which is specially designed for snowboards. Further objects are to make available a brake device which is functional and safe, automatic, small and compact and easy to fit and use.

Abstract: A braking device for a motorized snow vehicle having a front steering assembly with at least one steering column secured to at least one ski, and articulated in rotation around a spindle. The motorized snow vehicle further has a rear support assembly, equipped with at least one driving caterpillar track. The front steering assembly comprises at least one mobile braking element operated, by control means, between a retracted rest position inside a cavity of the ski, and an active braking position protruding out under the general sliding surface of the ski in a middle zone situated appreciably at the level of the articulation spindle between the steering column and the ski.

Abstract: An anchor system for stabilizing a vehicle during a pulling operation, such as with a winch or a come-along, has a wheel or track stop with a tether that attaches to a frame member, such as a bumper, of the pulling vehicle. The wheel or track of the vehicle rides over the stop, past center, and is prevented from further rolling by the tether. The forces on the vehicle are concentrated on a front edge of the stop, effectively anchoring the vehicle, which tends to rotate about the front edge as a fulcrum.

Abstract: A turn wheel locking device for use with shopping carts having at least one turn wheel. The locking device functions to automatically disable the cart when it is removed from a prescribed area by locking the turn wheel in a turned configuration so that the cart can travel only along a generally circular path.

Abstract: A creeper (10) including a movable main frame (12) and a pad assembly (40) that is longitudinally movable relative to the frame. Pad assembly (40) includes a set of creeper feet (50) that include slots (54), which each receive a cross bar (22, 24) of the main frame (12). Slot (54) includes an arcuate surface (56) that acts as a cam surface while cross bars (22, 24) act as cam followers to raise and lower pad assembly (40).

Abstract: A disk brake includes a carrier secured to a fixed part of a vehicle, a rotor fixed to a vehicle wheel, a caliper slidably mounted to the carrier, a pair of inboard and outboard pad assemblies for operative braking coaction with the rotor, and a pair of pad springs adapted to slidably support the inboard and outboard pad assemblies. The carrier includes an inboard member, an outboard member, and a pair of opposite side members each having a pair of opposite guide grooves. The pad springs each include a bridge portion, and a pair of legs depending from opposite ends of the bridge portion. The legs each include a pair of pad guides fit into the guide grooves.

Abstract: A brake for a portable stand includes a bracket for attaching the brake to the stand, a sleeve attached to one edge of the bracket, and a plunger movable within the sleeve. A toggle joint, connected between the bracket and one end of the plunger, has a pivot plate as one arm of the toggle joint and a handle attached to the pivot plate for extending and retracting the plunger. A foot attached to the free end of the plunger is either a friction pad or a caster and is attached to the plunger by a leveling screw. The edge of the bracket includes a recess for receiving the toggle joint in an over-center position.

Abstract: A disc brake assembly includes a disc rotor rotated with a wheel in a body, a mounting member fixed to a stational member of vehicles and having an arm portion in which a pair of grooves extending toward to the axial direction of the disc rotor are provided therein. A brake pad disposed to at least one side of the disc rotor and having a pair of ear portions which are outwardly projected at the center portion or the outer side of both ends in the rotational direction of the disc rotor of its backing plate, respectively and which are fitted into a pair of groove portion formed in the arm portion of the mounting member and slidably supported on the arm portion of the mounting member toward to the axial direction of the disc rotor.

Abstract: An air cushion vehicle including a body, a flexible outer skirt depending downwardly therefrom, a rigid inner skirt within the outer skirt, air moving structure for creating pressure underneath the vehicle for normal driving and for creating a suction within the rigid skirt for holding the vehicle against the ground to withstand ground motion, spikes mounted on the vehicle in a normally retracted position, and structure for driving the spikes into the ground to stabilize the vehicle against lateral forces resulting from overpressure pulses and high winds.

Abstract: Apparatus for resisting rearward movement of a tow truck or wrecker while winching a vehicle up to towing position in back of the wrecker comprises a stiff leg attachment which is raised and lowered by toggle linkages that move overcenter and engage against a stop to support the stiff leg attachment in lowered position during winching.

Abstract: This relates to a device for pulling together sewer pipes and other large diameter pipes. The device includes a mobile pulling unit which is preferably mounted on wheels and may be driven through the large diameter pipes. The mobile pulling unit has a pulling cable which extends from a lower portion thereof. A support system is pivotally mounted on the pulling unit and is preferably in the form of an elongated lever including a lower lever arm and an upper lever arm with the two lever arms being disposed in angular relation with respect to each other and carrying shoes for engaging lower and upper surfaces of a pipe in which the pulling unit is mounted. A pressure applying device extends between the pulling unit and the upper lever arm so as to tilt the support means and effect the anchorage thereof in the pipe.

Abstract: An irrigation system includes an irrigation line and a wind brace assembly which can be automatically disengaged from the irrigation line preparatory to moving the irrigation line across a field to a new position. The assembly is automatically engaged with the irrigation line in the new position to prevent wind from moving the irrigation line.

Abstract: An elongated brace member is attached adjacent its inner end pivotally to a base member clamped to the outer circumference of a wheel, a plurality of which support through their hubs an elongated assembly of interconnected irrigation pipes. The inner end of the brace member is connected to the base member through an extensible and retractable damper cylinder which functions to delay the pivotal movement of the brace member from a retracted, inoperative position in which it extends substantially parallel to the irrigation pipe line, to an extended, operative position in which it projects angularly outward and downward from the wheel into engagement of its outer end with the ground. In an alternate construction the base member is secured to the outer end of an elongated post which extends radially outward from the irrigation pipe.