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8186703 |
Tow cable kit
A tow cable kit is mounted to a pin support member which is attached to a frame of the vehicle. The pin support member includes an upper plate and a lower plate. Each plate has a front bore and a...
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8128115 |
Garbage can cart
A garbage can cart having a rectangular platform base and back, front and side walls in which one or more garbage cans may be placed for storage and transport for disposal. The platform base is...
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7963543 |
Trailer hitch safety assembly
A fully adjustable safety chain assembly comprising at least one trailer mounted safety chain adjusting box, at least one vehicle mounted safety chain adjusting box, and a safety chain having a...
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7942360 |
Retractable tow strap
A retractable tow strap apparatus for towing a vehicle includes a protective casing and a reel including a hub. The tow strap apparatus further include a tow strap webbing for winding about the...
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7883103 |
Protective cover for protecting a pair of tow bar arms
A protective cover for protecting a pair of tow bar arms has a cover element adapted to fit around the pair of tow arms. The protective cover also includes a fastener adapted for fastening elongate...
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7871097 |
Pivoting hitch assembly
A hitch assembly that comprises a coupling tongue with a first end and a second end, a substantially U-shaped clevis that is substantially flat in cross section, pivotally coupled to the second end...
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7845669 |
Safety restraint for vehicle towing assemblies
A safety restraint for use with a towing assembly. The towing assembly is attached at a first end to a towing vehicle and at a second end to a towed vehicle. The restraint includes an elongate,...
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7731218 |
Retracting tow system
A retracting tow system is disclosed which provides a spring loaded tow rope which automatically winds the tow rope around an included spool when not in use. The tow rope is affixed to a supplied...
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7708301 |
Attachment mount for a tow cable on an agricultural tractor
A tow cable mounting structure for an agricultural tractor that includes a pin-connection feature for a tow cable so that an easily accessible tow connection anchored to the tractor frame can be...
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7637525 |
Drawbar hitch accessory
In its simplest form the present invention includes a drawbar hitch accessory having a hitch plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, a front edge, a rear edge, a left side edge and a right...
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7621551 |
Trailer hitch adaptor assembly
An adaptor assembly for attaching a gooseneck assembly to a hitch plate preferably includes a hitch connection tool having a body with a first end and a second end; an adaptor plate connectable to...
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7614637 |
Refuse container hitching device
A refuse container hitching device including a horizontally extending hitch insert, a vertically extending vertical member of adjustable length, a horizontally extending top member, a refuse...
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7527278 |
Method for securing axle to frame for non-self propelled transport
A method for transporting vehicles is disclosed. The method uses relatively light weight, flexible webbing atop the truck frame in place of hardwood timbers presently used. The advantage is that...
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7472919 |
Detachable tow hook assembly and vehicle with one or more detachable tow hooks
In one embodiment a detachable tow hook assembly comprises a housing defining a passageway for detachably receiving a locking end portion of a tow hook for use in towing a vehicle. Desirably, the...
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7306253 |
Automotive coupling device
An automotive coupling device adapted for use with a towing vehicle having a standard towing connector including a tubular insert with a distal and a proximate end, the distal end adapted for...
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7267354 |
Towing device
The present invention relates to a towing device which can be attached to a vehicle, in order to tow a heavy equipment vehicle, such as a tractor. The towing device includes a towbar hitch having...
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7021644 |
Towing strap
A towing strap has two ends, which may be permanently or releasably attached to an item to be towed. Each strap end which is releasably attached, includes a fastening mechanism, which permits a...
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6971661 |
Trailer hitch with safety cable cartridge
A safety cable cartridge 20 is connected between a towing vehicle 12 having a hitch ball and a trailer 10 including a tubular coupler housing 16 mounted to a trailer draw bar. The cartridge is self...
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6752412 |
Biased cable mechanism for trailer hitches
A biased cable mechanism is provided for enabling a secondary connection between a trailer and a vehicle. The biased cable mechanism includes a housing supporting a cable for resilient extensions...
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6712379 |
Lifting and towing device and method of using same
A device and method for lifting and towing has at least three prongs, with two prongs curved in an opposite direction from the other prong. A cable, rope or chain is able to be interlaced between...
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6644679 |
Towing attachment and method
A trailer hitch stinger assembly for a towing vehicle, wherein the tow vehicle has a frame, a stinger and a trailer hitch, comprising: a trailer hitch stinger having a hitch, and a retainer wherein...
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6474676 |
Universal tow bar
An apparatus for towing a vehicle having a bumper and a frame where the frame of the vehicle includes first and second towing features. The apparatus includes a frame having spaced apart first and...
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6467790 |
Restraint harness
A restraint harness. The restraint harness may include a longitudinal load strap. The longitudinal load strap may include a primary anchor, primary lateral restraint, and secondary lateral...
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6270100 |
Device for coupling bicycles in tandem
A tow bar for attaching two bicycles in tandem arrangement consisting of a hollow rod, tube, or pipe having an attaching strap traversing the length of the interior of the rod or pipe, with the...
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6241296 |
Snowmobile extricating apparatus and method
Extricating apparatus and methods are disclosed for aiding movement of a snowmobile after becoming bogged in deep and/or soft snow. The apparatus includes at least a first unit having a stretchable...
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6092826 |
Tow strap apparatus
A safe tow strap apparatus is provided in which a tow strap is attached to the towing vehicle and a hook/loop fastener device is used to secure the tow strap to the towed vehicle.
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6050587 |
Pulling arrangement having a guide element
A pulling arrangement to be disposed between a traction device and an object to be pulled includes a pulling device and a guide element operatively coupled to the pulling device for guiding...
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6024373 |
Means for attaching a safety chain
A means for attaching a safety chain to a retractable ball or kingpin hitch is described. The means includes a metal face plate with an aperture therein. A first and second ring are coupled...
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5967539 |
Trail safe system
A trail safe system (14) extending between a tow truck (16) and a disabled motor vehicle (18) comprising a pair of safety spool assemblies (20). Each safety spool assembly (20) is spaced apart and...
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5938227 |
Winch driven ball joint hitch guidance system
A winch driven cable guidance system for coupling trailers to tow vehicles. The system comprises of trailer having a trailer hitch coupler, a tow vehicle having a coupling ball joint, and a cable...
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5918896 |
Self locking chain device
A self locking chain device for locking a chain to a vehicle comprises an elongated cross bar having an upwardly extending arm attached to each end thereof. Each arm comprises first and second...
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5846047 |
Motorcycle loading apparatus
An apparatus for loading a motorcycle onto another vehicle. The motorcycle loader comprises a wheel saddle positionable on a bed of the vehicle, a yoke assembly connectable to front forks of the...
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5732967 |
Safety chain for towed vehicles
A safety chain for securing a towed vehicle to a towing vehicle and which has a safety basket for limiting downward movement of a tongue of the towed vehicle relative to a hitch of the towing...
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5597198 |
Front body structure for motor vehicle
An extension member 12 is subassembled to a fender apron 3a, 3b by welding the rear end portion 26 of the extension member 12 to the front end portion 27 of the fender apron 3a, 3b, and the fender...
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5564766 |
J-hook for towing vehicles
A J-hook designed for use in towing vehicles is forged of micro-alloy steel and has a T-shaped cross-section throughout a load bearing portion thereof and an enlarged tip. The disclosed J-hook is...
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5476280 |
Retractable towing system
A retractable towing system which is mounted on the undercarriage of a vehicle, with the towline extending beneath the vehicle, secured at a secondary stress-bearing point near the rear of the...
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5405160 |
Trailer hitch attachment apparatus
An apparatus and method for attaching a trailer to a vehicle. An apparatus is provided having a winch attached to the trailer for pulling the trailer to the vehicle, a substantially flat strap...
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5401070 |
Article for pulling a child's toy
A strap for pulling a child's wheeled toy has a handle for enabling a user to better grip a first end of the strap and a slotted ring attached to a second end of the strap. Middle portions of the...
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5362084 |
Cable carrier for vehicle hitch
A carrier for supporting flexible couplings interconnected between a towing vehicle and a towed vehicle such as safety cables, safety chains and electrical cable. The carrier is mounted on the...
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5350186 |
Towline reel attachable to a trailer hitch receptacle
A towline apparatus adapted to be used with a square tubular receiver mounted to a frame of a towing vehicle consisting of a housing which contains a flat coiled spring surrounding a rotatable...
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5350184 |
Bicycle tow-bar for wheelchairs
Disclosed is a bicycle tow-bar which is adapted to be attached between a bicycle and a wheelchair with the attachment to the wheelchair being versatile enough to capture the front swivel wheels of...
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5308101 |
Elastically retractable automobile towing strap
An elastically retractable towing strap used for towing one vehicle with another vehicle is disclosed. A first strap of elastic material, encased in a sleeve of woven fabric material, is connected...
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5292089 |
Tie down apparatus
The invention comprises a restratining tie down apparatus for tieing down a movable abject, such as an aircraft, in a straight line connection between the stationary object and the aircraft. The...
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5279432 |
Temporary drawbar replacement strap and method
A draw bar replacement strap and method for temporarily coupling and moving a disabled railroad car without actuating the drawbar. The strap comprises an elongated, multi-section, multi-ply body...
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5272986 |
Towing swivel for pipe inspection or other vehicle
A vehicle 10 which inspects pipes 12 using flux-leakage has a flux generating electromagnet 14 and foils 18, 20 to transfer the flux to the pipewall 12. Sensors 22 detect flux forced to leak from...
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5215325 |
Self-storing tow line
A tow line arrangement for a motor vehicle that includes a pair of self-storing tow lines located behind the bumper and characterized in that each of the tow lines has a handle connected through a...
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5118127 |
Hitch device for interconnecting mobile apparatus in tandem
The invention is a hitch device for interconnecting two mobile apparatus, such as a hospital gurney and an IV stand. The hitch device comprises a body having first and second ends, each end having...
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5009445 |
Trailer hitch cable puller
The invention apparatus provides a winching mechanism which is detachably secured to the forward end of the tongue of a trailer. In a first embodiment, a slip nut on a crank operated vertical...
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4975543 |
Energy-absorbing towline with embedded electrical conductors and drogue deployment system including same
An energy-absorbing towline (14) comprises an elastomeric core (16) having a set of internal polymeric strands (18) helically wound around the outer surface (20) of the core in a first direction...
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4932677 |
Mobile cooler
A mobile cooler having a flexible tank track for moving the cooler over sand or irregular ground surfaces. The track members of the flexible tank track are normally made of rubber and are recessed...
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