Land vehicles – Wheeled – Articulated vehicle
Reexamination Certificate
2006-06-06
2010-12-28
Morris, Lesley (Department: 3611)
Land vehicles
Wheeled
Articulated vehicle
C280S415100, C280S416300, C280S490100, C280S504000, C280S515000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07857342
ABSTRACT:
The present invention is a hitch assembly for coupling a powered cart mover to a cart, wherein the cart has one of three different types of hitching elements. The hitch assembly comprises a mount and a foot. The mount secures the assembly to the mover and includes a vertically adjustable portion biased in an upward position via a biasing element. The foot is pivotally coupled to the vertically adjustable portion and includes first, second and third attachment features. Each attachment feature is configured to receive one of the three different types of hitching elements.
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Declaration of William A. Grimes, Senior Vice President of Dane Industries, Inc., attaching photos showing a motorized shopping cart mover and hitch, labeled “Exhibit E” and “Exhibit F”, and showing a motorized shopping cart mover employing a second type of hitch for attaching to a shopping cart, labeled “Exhibit G”, “Exhibit H” and “Exhibit I”, 6 pages, at least as early as Autumn 2004.
Declaration of James W. Wiff, Vice President, Engineering and Product Development of Dane Industries, Inc., attaching photos showing various hitches observed at the United States Postal Service facility, labeled “Exhibit J”, “Exhibit K”, “Exhibit L”, “Exhibit M” and “Exhibit N”, 6 pages, at least as early as the period between Oct. 6, 2004 and Oct.
Holtan Paul D.
Wiff James W.
Dane Technologies, Inc.
Dorsey & Whitney LLP
Morris Lesley
Scharich Marc A
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