Land vehicles – Wheeled – Attachment
Reexamination Certificate
2007-04-06
2009-10-27
Ellis, Christopher (Department: 3616)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Attachment
C280S757000, C280S758000, C296S037600, C220S009400, C220S495010, C220S495050, C220S495060
Reexamination Certificate
active
07607692
ABSTRACT:
An automobile ballast device includes a bladder member configured to hold various amounts of matter and having an inlet for selectively allowing the matter to enter the bladder member. The automobile ballast device further includes a plurality of lower panels configured to collectively form a unitary platform below the bladder member, each lower panel having an interlocking member complementary to an interlocking member of another respective lower panel. Similarly, the automobile ballast device includes a plurality of upper panels configured to collectively form a unitary platform atop the bladder member, each upper panel having an interlocking member complementary to an interlocking member of another respective upper panel. The ballast device also includes a plurality of spacers, each spacer being coupled to respective lower upper panels for maintaining a selected distance therebetween. Each spacer includes indicia indicative of a volume or weight of ballast matter.
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Adams Edie A.
Wiersema Caren M.
Ellis Christopher
Gooden, Jr. Barry
Ream Dale J.
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