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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2010
David Anthony Norman, Greenville, TX (US);
Robert H. Mimlitch, Iii, Rowlett, TX (US);
Douglas Michael Galletti, Allen, TX (US);
Joel Reagan Carter, Argyle, TX (US);
Paul David Copioli, Greenville, TX (US);
David Anthony Norman, Greenville, TX (US);
Robert H. Mimlitch, III, Rowlett, TX (US);
Douglas Michael Galletti, Allen, TX (US);
Joel Reagan Carter, Argyle, TX (US);
Paul David Copioli, Greenville, TX (US);
Innovation First, Inc., Greenville, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus includes a fixed base, a platform supported by the fixed base, and a mechanism for causing vibration coupled to the platform and adapted to induce vibration of the platform sufficient to cause a vibration-powered vehicle to move across the platform without relying on an internal power supply of the vehicle. In some cases, a substantially planar cover is situated approximately parallel to the platform and spaced apart from the platform at a great enough distance to allow the vibration-powered vehicle to move across the platform and at a low enough distance to deter the vibration-powered vehicle from turning over.