Blitz U.s.a., Inc.

Bergan, LLC

Hopkins Manufacturing Corporation

Orval Lee Fick

Larry L Chrisco

Charlie L Forbis

Mark H Bennett

A ramp is provided for lifting and supporting a wheel of a vehicle thereon when the wheel is driven onto the ramp. The ramp includes a body that is shiftable between a ready position and a discrete support position and presents a ground-engaging surface including a first portion that engages the ground in the ready position and a second portion that engages the ground in the support position. The first and second surface portions are substantially planar and define an angle therebetween through which the body rocks about a fixed pivot as a wheel moving along a wheel-engaging surface causes the body to move from the ready position to the support position. A pair of ramps is provided for lifting and supporting a pair of wheels, with the ramps being nestable for compact storage.

Riding mower ramp

Pet water or food storage unit with stowable bowl

A pet sustenance device () provided includes an upright container () which holds a supply of pet sustenance, together with an underlying dish (). The dish () is pivotally coupled to the associated container () via connection structure () permitting the dish () to be selectively moved between a retracted position beneath the container () and a pet-access position wherein the dish () is pivoted away from the container () and presents a sustenance cavity (). When the dish () is in the swung-away pet-access position, the sustenance within the container () flows under the influence of gravity into the dish (). The dish () and container () are configured to prevent communication therebetween when the dish () is in the retracted position thereof.

Large pet food storage container

Small pet food storage container

A collapsible pet carrier () includes a base () with a shiftable frame () movable between a collapsed position and an extended use position; the carrier also has a flexible cover () which, with the base, forms a pet enclosure. The cover () has an animal doorway () as well as optional see-through windows (). The frame () is preferably formed of flexible and resilient shape memory material allowing the frame to self-erect when unrestrained, without any manual manipulation or other intervention. Also, the carrier () preferably includes a top () which mates with the base to form a carrier housing, which restrains the popup frame () to retain it within the carrier housing. The top () may also be inverted and secured to the base () during use.

Pop-up pet carrier

Nestable dog house

A wildlife feeder has a generally tubular, upright housing or base unit that is designed to remain permanently attached to its means of support, such as an upstanding post or an overhead hanger, while refillable feed cartridges are readily removed from the housing as need be for refilling or cleaning. In its preferred form, the housing has a pair of internal, upright retaining sockets at its opposite ends that receive a pair of cylindrical, transparent cartridges. The cartridges are open at the top and closed at the bottom, with dispensing ports in the sidewalls thereof. A pair of tall window openings at opposite ends of the housing provide both unimpeded visual examination of the feed level of the cartridges from remote locations and means for removing the cartridges from and reinserting them into the housing. A simple lift and pivot action of the cartridge permits the user to release the cartridge from its holding socket and to withdraw it from the housing, while reinsertion is a simple reversal of the process.

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Miami, OK, United States of America

Orval Lee Fick