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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jack B Ottestad, Genoa, NV (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
780458 ; 212196 ; 414719 ;
Abstract
A counterbalance system for a vehicle having an axis of forward movement, a frame, and front and rear wheels spaced by a wheelbase dimension. A counterweight elides axially along a rail mounted to the frame, A power link mounted to the counterweight and connected to a linkage that is pivoted both to the counterweight and to the frame moves the counterweight forwardly or rearwardly to stabilize the vehicle at various load and slope conditions where the vehicle would otherwise be less stable.