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US 12,558,930 · App. 17/591,238 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Detachable dolly training connector

Inventor: Benjamin J. Thompson (Watertown, WI)
Assignee: ORBIS Corporation
B60D1/025B62B3/02F16B2/02B62B2207/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,558,930
App. No.
17/591,238
Filed
Feb 2, 2022
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3611
USPC
280/491.5
Abstract

The invention is directed to a detachable dolly training connector. The connector includes a first detachable connector for connecting to a first mobile platform or dolly, coupled to a second detachable connector for connecting to a second mobile platform or dolly. The first detachable connector can include an expandable and retractable pin arrangement. The second detachable connector can include a clamp.

Claims (5)

1 . A detachable dolly train connector comprising:

a clamp having a jaw movable from a first non-engaging position to a second engaging position with a first mobile platform, wherein the jaw of the clamp includes a first wall and a second wall parallel to the first wall and wherein the clamp includes a toggle to move the first wall closer to the second wall and wherein the clamp includes a post; and,

an expandable connector coupled to the clamp, the expandable connector including a first arm having a pin extending from the first arm and a second arm having a pin extending from the second arm, the first and second arms movable from a first non-engaging position to a second engaging position with a second mobile platform, wherein the expandable connector includes a first bar connected to the first arm and a second bar connected to the second arm wherein the first bar is rotatably connected to the second bar.

2 . The detachable dolly train connector of claim 1 wherein the expandable connector includes a lever connected to the first bar.

3 . The detachable dolly train connector of claim 1 where the expandable connector includes an aperture configured to engage the post on the clamp.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2022
From: THOMPSON, BENJAMIN J.
To: ORBIS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058864/0391 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63147091 · Feb 8, 2021
Related Publication 20220250422A1 · Aug 11, 2022
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