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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:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Terry W Peterson, Auburn, CA (US);
James P Dudley, Sacramento, CA (US);
Stuart M Grinstain, Sacramento, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
280 326 ; 280 327 ; 280 7911 ; 188-5 ; 188-7 ;
Abstract
A creeper (10) including a movable main frame (12) and a pad assembly (40) that is longitudinally movable relative to the frame. Pad assembly (40) includes a set of creeper feet (50) that include slots (54), which each receive a cross bar (22, 24) of the main frame (12). Slot (54) includes an arcuate surface (56) that acts as a cam surface while cross bars (22, 24) act as cam followers to raise and lower pad assembly (40).