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Graber Products, Inc.

Ritchie Engineering Company, Inc.

Joseph J Schachtner

Neil T Amundsen

Brian P Feeney

Louis F Polk, Iii

Kenneth V Schomburg

Joseph E Stahl

George D Stickler

Daniel P Touhey

Andrew Cecil Harvey

Eric Karl Litscher

Malcolm E Taylor

Richard Terrazzano

Robert C Sykes

Charles Keane

Peter M De Bakker

Terence Melvin

Todd W Lassanske

Ajit Ramachandran

Matthew K Lacroix

Peter M deBakker

Robert Borre

Inflatable articles with self-contained mechanisms, such as sporting equipment, medical equipment, recreational devices and toys, preferably any inflatable article with at least one mechanism for inflating or adding pressure to the article, or for deflating or removing pressure from the piece of equipment, such that the mechanism is located inside the article are disclosed.

Inflatable articles with self-contained inflation mechanism

An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a pump which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to pump ambient air into the ball.

Self-contained sport ball inflation mechanism

A support assembly for supporting an article on a vehicle-mounted equipment carrier having an axially-extending mounting member generally includes a first support member, a second support member and a locking member, all of which define openings or passages within which the carrier mounting member is received. The first support member includes a hub section from which a pair of arms extend, and the arms include first and second support areas for engaging the article at a pair of spaced locations. The second support member includes a hub section which is engageable with the hub section of the first support member, and an arm extending therefrom and including a third support area. The locking member extends through the hub section of the second support member and is engageable with the hub section of the first support member, for selectively fixing the position of the second support member arm relative to the first support member arms, and for simultaneously securing the support assembly to the carrier-mounting member. The first support member includes a series of outwardly biased locking fingers which are engaged by the locking member as the locking member is moved into engagement with the hub section of the first support member, for urging the locking fingers into engagement with the carrier mounting member so as to secure the support assembly in position on the carrier mounting member. The first and second support members can be positioned in various configurations so as to enable the support assembly to support differently configured articles, such as bicycles having a variety of different frame styles.

Support system for a vehicle-mounted equipment carrier

An inflatable sport ball, such as a basketball, a football, a soccer ball, a volley ball or a playground ball, is provided with a self-contained inflation mechanism for inflating or more likely adding pressure to the ball. The mechanism is a self-contained, manually operable pumping chamber which is inside of the ball and which is operable from outside of the ball to compress the chamber and. pump ambient air into the ball.

Self contained sport ball inflation mechanism

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Joseph J Schachtner