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Northstar Manufacturing Co., Inc.

Phoenix Systems & Components, Inc.

Cosmos Enterprises, Inc.

Robert D Grove

Clinton E Grove

Kelly G Chandler

Jay D Williamson

James R Ryshavy

Thomas G Spears

Gleo S Swenson

Thomas E Whitmore

David Henney

A form tie for joining a pair of form sidewalls includes first and second vertical struts presenting planar nailing surfaces for embedding in the first and second sidewalls. A web obliquely extends between the struts and across the cavity between the laterally spaced-apart sidewalls. The web includes a top strut which slopes between the vertical struts and across the cavity. The form ties are alternately placed in alternate 180&deg; orientations along the sidewalls such that the web extends in alternate directions across the cavity which enhances the form rigidity. Concurrently, the top web strut slopes in opposed direction to form a V-type seat for placement of a horizontal rebar within the cavity.

Concrete forming system with brace ties

A towing shield is provided for mounting to a tow bar. The shield apparatus has a first and a second frame section. Each frame section is substantially planar and has an inner edge and an outer edge, with the inner edge of the first section is hingedly connected to the inner edge of the second section. The shield apparatus also has a first and a second shield panel. The first panel is fastened in parallel planar relation to the first frame section, while the second panel is fastened in parallel planar relation to the second frame section. The panels form a shielding surface extending vertically from the tow bar when the frame sections are mounted in an open position. The first and second panels have a flexible peripheral portion extending beyond the outer edge of their frame sections. Either peripheral portion is adapted to flex when engaged by the rear portion of the towing vehicle when the vehicle's rear portion is caused to turn into either of the peripheral portions.

Tow bar mounted shield

Camber adjustment assembly for adjustably and securely positioning a wheel within a vehicular suspension system utilizing a generally vertically arranged support strut with the lower end of the strut being provided with a generally 'U'-shaped bracket secured fast thereupon. The bracket is typically provided with two vertically spaced apart bore pairs for receiving through-bolts therethrough, and for retaining the knuckle assembly therewithin. The camber adjustment assembly includes an eccentric bolt having an eccentric segment between the head portion and the distal portion, with the eccentric segment being designed to be retained within either the upper or lower series of bores formed in the knuckle assembly. An eccentric (offset) tough and durable sleeve is provided to be received over the eccentric segment of the bolt, with the sleeve having an inner diameter substantially equal to the outer diameter of the eccentric shank segment, and with the eccentric profile of the sleeve matching the eccentric profile of the eccentric bolt segment. The combination of the eccentric bolt and sleeve is arranged to be received within either the upper or lower vertically spaced apart series of bores in order to achieve secure and properly adjusted positioning of the knuckle assembly relative to the support strut.

Alignment device for double eccentric CAM arrangement

A shim is used to adjust camber in a wheel mounted on a suspension assembly that has a mounting plate with an opening for a drive axle for mounting both a brake caliper and a hub and wheel bearing assembly associated with the wheel. The shim has a central shim body tapered to define a shim angle. The shim body has a drive axle opening therethrough and a plurality of openings for fasteners connecting the hub and wheel bearing assembly to the mounting plate. At least one brake caliper lobe extends from the central shim body and provides an extension of the central shim body defining the same shim angle as the shim body. The lobe further has an opening therethrough for a fastener connecting the brake caliper to the mounting plate. The shim is interposed between the mounting plate, on the one hand, and the disk brake caliper and hub and wheel bearing assembly, on the other hand, to adjust the angle of both by the defined shim angle.

Wheel camber and brake caliper adjustment shim

A hinge and connection assembly kit is used in combination with an open vehicle box covered by a cap or topper and having a pair of opposed parallel sidewalls, each with a channel rail along the interior of the upper edge of the sidewall. The vehicle cap for covering the open vehicle box also has a pair of opposed parallel sidewalls, each of which has a base rail along its lower margin for resting on the channel rails of the vehicle box. The kit comprises a plurality of hinge connection assemblies connected between the channel rails of the box sidewalls and the adjacent base rails of the cap sidewalls. Each hinge/connection assembly grasps the channel rail of a box sidewall. A lower hinge plate is connected to the channel grasping structure and has a first, downwardly concave hinge channel at its outer edge. A corresponding upper hinge plate is connected to a cap base rail above the lower hinge plate. The upper hinge plate has a releasable capture latch for releasably capturing the first hinge channel to form a hinge axis within the first hinge channel, whereby the upper hinge plate and the cap base rail to which it is connected can rotate in an abbreviated arc about the hinge axis when the capture means is not released and the upper hinge plate can be vertically separated from the lower hinge plate when the capture means is released.

Hinge and connection assembly for removable truck topper

A unique shim and method for installing the shim to adjust camber and/or toe in a land vehicle wheel assembly is disclosed. The shim comprises an annular, tapered shim having a shim hub and a plurality of shim tabs extending radially outwardly from the shim hub. A camber and toe adjustment chart is used to determine the angular orientation of the shim required to achieve a desired camber and toe correction, and a template is provided to determine which shim tabs require detachment from the shim hub to provide bolt clearing gaps in the shim.

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Elbow Lake, MN, United States of America

Robert D Grove