A rough terrain mobile crane in which the operator's control cab is mounted on a rotatable superstructure has all the controls grouped in the cab including a mechanical, preferably power assisted, steering system mechanically engagable when the cab is in a road travel position, an hydraulic steering system is alternatively engageable for on-site use and includes a separate directional control valve for steering road wheels on one of the axles, and utilizing the power assisted part of the mechani...

A mobile comprising a frame supporting an arrangement of rotatable display objects displaying selected visual contrasts and a reflective object for reflecting images from the display objects. Each display object is of a three-dimensional form and has a plurality of display surfaces with different contrasting colors and contrasting patterns. The display objects are supported for rotation about individual axes mounted to a support frame. The display objects are also mounted on the support frame fo...

A mobile carriage comprises wheels which are respectively rotatably provided through one-way clutches at each end of wheel shafts disposed at the front and rear of the carriage, the wheels at the front of the carriage in the moving direction thereof serving as driving wheels so that the carriage can be driven backwardly and forwardly using a prime mover.

A mobile receiver of the present invention which comprises memory means for storing therein receive frequency data and broadcasting station name data associated therewith with respect to respecitve areas, receivable/non-receivable decision means for determining broadcasting frequencies receivable at the current position, and means for comparing ones of the receive frequency data corresponding to one of the areas designated at operating means or ones of the receive frequency data corresponding to...

A mobile cooler having a flexible tank track for moving the cooler over sand or irregular ground surfaces. The track members of the flexible tank track are normally made of rubber and are recessed into the outermost surfaces of the side walls of the insulated container to improve appearance of the cooler and to provide minimum obstruction to other articles when the cooler is stored in trunks or other compartments of automobiles. A retractable cord, attached to a spring loaded pulley recessed int...

A mobile lounge is provided consisting of a base frame having foldable legs attached thereto and a seat section and back section pivotally attached with respect to the base frame. The foldable legs, seat section and back section are all foldable against the base frame to form a compact unit for storage or transport.

An animated toy which consist of a fixed supporting structure and a figure which moves relative to the fixed structure. The fixed structure includes an inclined ramp which has a downwardly extending zig-zag slot. The figure includes a body, a pair of spaced legs which are attached to the body, a tail which is fixed to the body and which extends downwardly and rearwardly from the body into the zig-zag slot, an appendage which is fixed to the body and which extends down to the zig-zag slot, and el...

This invention is directed at a mobile ladder which has a two pairs of rollers. One pair of rollers moves in a first metal trough and the other pair moves in another metal trough. The metal trough are positioned close to a building wall, for example, and are in parallel relation to each other. The ladder can be moved in the troughs when a workman in on the ladder through use of a pulley system. This invention is also directed at a mobile scaffold which has a two pairs of rollers. One pair of rol...

A mobile hoist for loading and unloading heavy objects onto and from shelves in space limited quarters includes a hydraulic cylinder piston combination for elevating and lowering the objects utilizing a platform or a boom which may be attached to the piston. The piston moves up and down in response to a flow of hydraulic fluid to and from the hydraulic cylinder. The flow of the hydraulic fluid is controlled by a metering valve which is opened and closed by a cam driven arrangement designed to en...

A planter for placement of plants in spaced parallel rows in the soil has a plant dispenser fed manually or automatically from a plant supply and delivering to a furrow-opening coulter assembly and press wheels. The plant dispenser comprises a drum having an internal impeller defining plant-receiving chutes through which the plants pass, and thence downwards and outwards through an opening in the drum. The coulter assembly has reciprocated coulter side plates which receive and support each plant...