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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2002
Terrance Lane Houseman, Jetmore, KS (US);
Merrill Lee Cauble, Larned, KS (US);
Lonnie Ray Martin, II, Halstead, KS (US);
Michael Lee McCoy, Wichita, KS (US);
Kritter Gitter, Inc., Jetmore, KS (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for controlling articulating motion of an article such as a truck grille guard, the apparatus having a clevis having left and right arms; an article support axle extending laterally through a lower end of the clevis; a second laterally extending axle spanning between the arms of the clevis at the clevis's upper end; an upper guy having an upper end pivotally mounted upon the second axle, a lower guy having an upper end pivotally mounted upon a lower end of the upper guy, and an article supporting hinge sleeve fixedly mounted upon a lower end of the lower guy, the upper and lower guys being alternately flexible and extendable between an upwardly articulated article position and a downwardly articulated article position.