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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2006
Applicants:
Raymond Keith Foster, Madras, OR (US);
Kenneth A. Stout, Madras, OR (US);
Scott Michael Delamarter, Tacoma, WA (US);
Inventors:
Raymond Keith Foster, Madras, OR (US);
Kenneth A. Stout, Madras, OR (US);
Scott Michael Delamarter, Tacoma, WA (US);
Assignee:
Keith Investments, LLC, Madras, OR (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 25/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An inflatable bladder () is positioned between the top () of a lower slat () and the top () of an upper slat (). An air supply/exhaust conduit () extends upwardly from a transverse manifold () to the inflatable bladders (). Flanges () on the lower slat () contact flanges () on the upper slat () to stop upward movement of the upper slat ().