Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 04/06

20060087140 - Slide out awning mechanism: An awning mechanism for a recreational vehicle having a slider includes a box awning having a frame and a roller disposed therein with an awning rolled about the roller and extendable therefrom. The awning includes a leading edge and a bracket is provided for mounting the frame to a stationary...

20060087141 - Storage compartment and step for pick-up trucks: A storage compartment is formed on the lateral side of a pick-up truck to have a door that will open to a generally horizontal position to permit use thereof as a step to facilitate access to the interior of the cargo bed. The storage compartment door is pivotally supported by...

20060087142 - Sedan roof sucked lcd monitor holder: A sedan roof sucked LCD monitor holder mainly comprises a holder and a swing door. The holder is normally sucked on the sedan roof providing accommodation to hold the DVD and VCD monitor. This holder can be mounted at any place inside the sedan without occupying large room. Once the...

20060087144 - Front cowl and vehicle provided with the same: An object of the present invention is to provide a front cowl that exhibits a sufficient stiffness even in use for underbone type motorcycles, etc., and a vehicle provided with the front cowl. The front cowl is formed into a shape, in which it extends obliquely rearward with a center...

20060087143 - Mounting system for accessories: A readily removable accessory for a motorcycle or the like. The cycle has two pairs of docking points for the accessory, which is preferably a windshield and includes a pair of brackets with a pair of latching claws. Each bracket contains partial openings which are closed off partially by the...

20060087145 - Vehicle enclosure: Method of controlling the climate in a recreational vehicle with an accessory door assembly such as for a golf cart, method of mounting a door assembly, and method of golfing. The door assembly includes a doorframe that can be secured to the vehicle, and a preferably rigid door that is...

20060087146 - Windshield system including tower frame: A windshield assembly includes a windshield frame constructed to support a windshield. A plurality of couplers are secured to the windshield frame, and a tower frame for a wakeboard tow rope or cable attachment, radar arch or the like is connected to the windshield frame via the couplers. In one...

20060087147 - Vehicle visor construction and method: A visor for vehicles and the like includes a core made of a meltable material. The core includes first and second halves that are interconnected by a connecting arrangement that includes posts that are frictionally received in openings. The posts may form an interference fit with the openings, such that...

20060087148 - Low-friction sleeve insert for a visor bearing: A sleeve insert (14) has a one-piece construction with a cylindrical portion (26) disposed within a hole (24) of a bearing member (12) for the visor assembly (10). The cylindrical portion (26) has an inner surface (32) with a substantially low coefficient of friction for rotating and sliding an arm...

20060087149 - Vehicle enclosure: Accessory door assembly for the normally open sides of a recreational vehicle such as a golf cart. The door assembly includes a doorframe that can be secured to the vehicle, and a preferably rigid door that is easily mountable and demountable, and is movable between an open position and a...

20060087150 - Vehicle enclosure: Accessory door assembly for the normally open sides of a recreational vehicle such as a golf cart. The door assembly includes a doorframe that can be secured to the vehicle, and a preferably rigid door that is easily mountable and demountable, and is movable between an open and closed position....

20060087151 - Mobile first aid post: A mobile first aid post comprising a road vehicle having a compartment of an openable enclosure for housing medical supplies and equipment, the compartment including a fixed structure and at least one rigid panel pivotally movable relative to the fixed structure between a closing condition where the panel defines at...

20060087152 - Deck assembly for transporter vehicle: A deck assembly for use with a transporter vehicle is provided. The deck assembly comprises a deck portion formed of a first material and a sub-structure formed of a second material. The deck assembly further comprises an interface plate formed disposed between the deck portion and sub-structure to facilitate coupling...

20060087153 - Structural assembly for vehicles and method of making same: A structural assembly for a vehicle and method of making same includes a hydroformed tubular member extending axially, a reinforcement disposed within and generally perpendicular to an axis of the tubular member, and at least one securement to secure the reinforcement to the tubular member....

20060087154 - Cab platform floor adjustment system: An adjustment system adjust the position of a platform of a cab of an agricultural or industrial utility vehicle. The platform includes an operator's seat, at least one pedal, a platform floor and a steering wheel. The adjusment system includes a mechanism which can adjust the position (height) of a...

20060087155 - Cowl top cover: A cowl top cover for an automotive vehicle having a body panel with a support plate and for defining an engine room, a hood covering the engine room, and a cowl portion arranged behind the engine room, wherein the cowl top cover includes a base having a mounting portion, a...

20060087156 - Vehicle body rear structure of automobile: There is provided a vehicle body rear structure of an automobile, which can deal with all of a load from a towing hook, a load from a jack-up point, a load from the rear of vehicle body, and a load from a seat belt anchor, though having a simple construction...

20060087157 - Removeable fabric top for vehicle: A top assembly (24) selectively covers an open top motor vehicle. The open top motor vehicle has a front mounting edge (12) and a rear mounting edge (14). The top assembly (24) includes a fabric sheet (26) and retainers (32, 34) fixedly secured along front (28) and rear (30) edges...

20060082174 - Automotive handle with soft feel and method of making the same: The present invention provides for an improved trim part, such as an automotive handle, with a soft feel, for use in a trim assembly, and to a continuous two-shot molding operation that may be continuously performed utilizing a single mold assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, an automotive handle includes a...

20060082173 - Automotive trim part with applique and method of making same: The present invention provides for an improved trim part, e.g. a bolster or trim plate, with integrated appliqué for use in a trim assembly, and to a continuous two-shot molding operation that may be performed utilizing a single mold assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, the trim part, i.e. a bolster,...

20060082175 - Automotive trim part with multi-feel cover and method of making the same: The present invention provides for an improved trim part with a multi-feel cover for use in a trim assembly, e.g. a door panel, and to a continuous two-shot molding operation that may be performed utilizing a single mold assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, a trim assembly includes a substrate having...

20060082176 - Roll-in cot: A roll-in cot (1) having a patient support attached to a wheeled transporter wherein the wheeled transporter comprises leading and trailing collapsible legs (3)....

20060082177 - Motor vehicle with partition: A motor vehicle has a loading compartment and a driver's compartment which is separated from the loading compartment via a partition. In order to permit great variability by making good use of the space, the partition is of two-part design, with the two parts being connected to each other via...

20060082178 - Flush floor slide-out mechanisms and systems: A vehicle includes a main floor and a slide-out portion which includes a slide-out floor. A flush floor slide-out mechanism may be used to move the slide-out portion between a retracted position where the slide-out floor is positioned adjacent to the main floor and an extended position where the slide-out...

20060082179 - Automotive trim assembly having impact countermeasures and method of making the same: An automotive trim assembly including a substrate made from a first material and having a front surface adapted to face the interior of the automobile and a back surface opposite the front surface. A cover member made from a second foamed material is molded onto at least a portion of...

20060082180 - Vehicle tailgate with supplemental tailgate pivot release: A tailgate for a vehicle has a supplemental tailgate that retracts within the tailgate and is extendable therefrom in order to provide bed extender, box extender and step assist functions. The supplemental tailgate includes a pivotable molding, which mounts on a movable frame portion, and a latching assembly. When pivoted,...

20060082181 - Tailgate counterbalancing hinge with bend in torque rod: A tailgate lift assist counterbalancing hinge assembly that can be retrofitted to the exterior of a vehicle's tailgate is disclosed. The hinge assembly includes first and second tailgate brackets for attaching the hinge assembly to the exterior of tailgate. The first tailgate bracket includes a perpendicularly bent flange to facilitate...

20060082182 - Slouch rear seat system: An automotive slouch rear seat with improved adjustability is provided including an upper seat back and a lower seat bottom. The upper seat back includes a fixed rear seat back, a pivotal seat back, and a sliding seat back. The pivotal seat back has an upper end and a lower...

20060082183 - Portable foldaway windshield with dual powered air filtered cooling fans for a child stroller or carriage tray: The present invention relates the child stroller and carriage transportation industry and more specifically to the wind and sun child protection portion of that industry, in which the device of the present invention is installed directly onto stroller or carriage tray the user chooses. The device of the present invention...

20060082184 - Shade curtain assembly for car: Disclosed herein is a sunshield assembly for use in automotive vehicles, and more particularly to a sunshield assembly for an automotive vehicle, which prevents potentially damaging solar radiation from entering the interior of the vehicle through a windshield when in motion or parking of the vehicle, thereby preventing a rising...

20060082185 - Cover assembly for an openable roof with an adjustable linkage for a side flap: A kinematic system is proposed for adjusting a side flap of a cover assembly for a vehicle with an openable roof, the kinematic system being adjustable between a covered position and a stored position, and the kinematic system being designed in such a way that the side flap undergoes at...

20060082186 - Hinge: A hinge for a vehicle flap is provided which includes a first hinge part (2), mounted on one of the door arrangement elements flap and flap frame, a second hinge part (3), mounted on the other door arrangement element, a hinge pin (4) which is linked with the first hinge...

20060082187 - Snap pin for door module positioning: A door module assembly includes a door module panel having a plurality of locating pins. An inner door panel includes a plurality of openings that cooperate with the plurality of locating pins to align the door module panel relative to the inner door panel and to retain the door module...

20060082188 - Electromechanical strut: An electromechanical strut using an inline motor coupled to an inline planetary gear that are both mounted in the lower housing. The motor-gear assembly drives a worm gear and nut screw in the upper housing, extending or retracting an extensible shaft. Additionally, a power spring mounted coaxially around the worm...

20060082189 - Upper auxiliary seal with positive attachment configuration: A seal assembly is provided for sealing a motor vehicle defining an opening having a periphery, and having a flange extending about the periphery. The seal assembly includes a base. The seal assembly also includes spaced apart locking and positioning legs extending out from the base. The positioning and locking...

20060082190 - Automotive armrest with soft feel and method of making the same: The present invention provides for an improved armrest with a soft feel for use in a trim assembly, and to a continuous two-shot molding operation that may be continuously performed utilizing a single mold assembly. In an exemplary embodiment, a trim assembly includes an integrated armrest formed by injecting a...

20060082191 - Integrated roll-formed front and bed panel for vehicle box assembly: An improved vehicle box assembly with an upright front panel part and a horizontal floor panel part defined by a monolithic one-piece roll-formed steel sheet member having a desired three-dimensional configuration. The sheet steel member is roll-formed in the lengthwise direction thereof to define a plurality of parallel stiffening ribs....

20060082192 - Window and sun shade module for vehicle: A window and sun shade module for a vehicle includes a frame portion configured for mounting to a vehicle, a window panel and a sun shade screen. The frame portion includes the window panel and at least one channel that extends at least partially along and generally parallel to the...

20060082193 - Roof arrangement for a vehicle: A roof arrangement for a motor vehicle having a roof frame, a sunroof, two lateral guide paths in which the sunroof is movably guided for closing or at least partially releasing a roof opening. Multiple bearing devices are connected to the sunroof, at one end in an articulated connection and...

20060082194 - Roof arrangement for a vehicle: A roof arrangement for a motor vehicle having a roof frame, a sunroof, two lateral guide paths in which the sunroof is movably guided for closing or at least partially releasing a roof opening. Multiple bearing devices are connected to the sunroof, at one end in an articulated connection and...

20060076791 - Retractable lading support: A lading storage device is provided for more effectively utilizing the interior of the storage device. The storage device comprises a pair of at least generally opposed walls and a retractable lading support on each of the walls. The retractable lading supports are in opposed relation to each other and...

20060076792 - Awning cover for slide-out unit for recreational vehicles: A retractable awning cover for a slide out unit on a recreational vehicle, mobile home, travel trailer or the like includes a scissors arm support system that elevates a support bar running longitudinally of the vehicle to establish a gable shape for the awning cover when extended. The support bar...

20060076794 - Truck bed extension: A truck bed extension that is convertible into a truck bed separator to compartmentalize truck beds. The truck bed separator and extension are releasably attached to the truck bed lip at one end and to either the truck bed extension or the truck bed separator at the other end by...

20060076793 - Truck box with reduced clearance cover and access for electrical cord passthrough: The truck box is provided with a reduced clearance cover and a 90 degree cover opening. The mounting arrangement for the cover is offset from the back wall of the box. Thus, less clearance is required to accommodate the cover of the box in its open 90 degree position. The...

20060076795 - Seating arrangement for a vehicle: A seating arrangement (9) comprises at least seat (11) and a second seat (12) arranged side by side. At least part of a seat member (12a) of the second seat (12) is displaceable in an up-down direction relative to the seat member (11a) of the first seat (11), and at...

20060076796 - Sun visor: A sun visor includes a sun-visor body, an auxiliary visor, a sub-plate and a spring. The auxiliary visor is attached to the sun-visor body slidably. The sub-plate is attached to the auxiliary visor to slide between a first position where the auxiliary visor receives the sub-plate and a second position...

20060076797 - Vehicle fitted with a permeable passenger compartment canopy: A convertible vehicle having a movable roof is fitted with a passenger compartment canopy that has an air permeable structure. This vehicle, whose roof, such as a foldaway rigid roof, hard-top or soft-top, is movable in relation to its structure, comprises releasable connection devices interposed between the structure of the...

20060076798 - Camper slide-out system: A slide-out system for a recreational vehicle has a slide block that is form fit with a sliding connection to a track so as to vertically and laterally support a slide-out room relative to the stationary portion of the vehicle. The room is driven in and out by a rack...

20060076799 - Wire collision sensor system: A wire collision sensor system for a vehicle, which includes a vehicle body, includes a bumper, a wire, a wire deformation sensor and a determination circuit. The bumper is mounted on a longitudinal end portion of the vehicle body. The wire, which senses a collision of the vehicle, is received...

20060076800 - Deformable component carrier: A carrier for use in supporting a component in a vehicle structure in accordance with the present invention includes at least a pair of side rails each having a first end and an opposed second end. The first and second ends of the side rails are attached to the vehicle...

20060076802 - Vehicle gate with detachable window: A gate assembly for a vehicle that includes a gate, a window having a pane that is retractable within the gate, and an attachment mechanism releasable attaching the window to the gate. The gate assembly has a first position, wherein the gate is upright and the window is attached to...

20060076801 - Vehicle midgate: A vehicle midgate includes a generally U-shaped reinforcement member that cooperates with an inner panel and an outer panel to define a cavity for containing a selectively retractable window. The U-shaped reinforcement member has a closed cross section so as to form a channel separate from the cavity. The reinforcement...

20060076803 - Arrangement for connecting two elements: An arrangement for connecting two elements, having a first element which has an angled first border region at least along one longitudinal edge, a second element which has an angled second border region at least along one longitudinal edge, wherein, when the two elements are arranged in contact with one...

20060076804 - Hydroformed and roll-formed cross sill assembly for vehicles and method of making same: A hydroformed and roll-formed cross sill assembly for a vehicle and method of making same includes a pair of hydroformed tubular side members. The hydroformed and roll-formed cross sill assembly also includes a roll-formed beam member disposed between the tubular side members and at least one weld to secure the...

20060076805 - Sunshade with blades for vehicle roofs: The present invention relates to a sunshade with blades for roofs having a transparent element that allows covering this area to block sunlight. The invention characterises a special configuration of the blade store, as well as the mans for engagement between adjacent blades and between the first blade and its...

20060071492 - Fender finder: A fender finder that includes a vertical standard threaded over at least a portion of its exterior and designed for installation into a receiver portion threaded over at least a portion of its interior. In one form of the invention, the receiver portion is affixed by adhesive within an opening...

20060071494 - Fender finder with extension and retraction feature: A fender finder that includes a remotely controlled, extendable and retractable standard portion that offers continuously variable position control. By actuating a switch internal to the vehicle, the vehicle operator may position the standard at an optimum viewing height above the vehicle. When not in use, the standard may be...

20060071493 - Fender finder with improved installation: A fender finder that includes a vertical standard threaded over at least a portion of its exterior and designed for installation into a receiver portion threaded over at least a portion of its interior. In one form of the invention, the receiver portion is affixed by bolts to an exterior...

20060071496 - Configurable overhead console: A configurable overhead console includes a support beam concealed above a headliner with a plurality of apertures adapted to receive one or more removable modules positioned below the headliner and sufficiently spaced to inhibit folding or creasing of the headliner during handling. The support beam may include attachment apertures and...

20060071497 - Console and object holder assembly for a vehicle: A console for a vehicle is disclosed. The console includes a body defining an opening and also includes a lid that is configured to cover the opening and a panel that is movably mounted relative to the body. The panel is movable between a retracted position within the opening and...

20060071495 - Telescoping luggage cover: First and second generally C-shaped housing members move in telescoping relationship between an expanded state and a collapsed state. First and second roll-out cover mechanisms are associated with the corresponding first and second housing members and positioned to avoid interfering with each other upon collapsing and expanding the housing. A...

20060071498 - Trackless cargo bed organizer: A cargo bed organizer 10 which obviates the need for a track to be “mounted” and/or installed and/or otherwise formed in the cargo bed 350 of a selectively movable assembly 500, and which is selectively and removably received into the cargo bed 350 of a selectively movable assembly 500, and...

20060071499 - Load support apparatus of driving room for construction equipment and manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed is a load support apparatus of a driving room for a construction equipment in which a fitting boss is previously provided at the base of a vehicle frame to simply fix and detach the vehicle frame without disassembling the driving room in case that the vehicle frame has a...

20060071500 - Cargo system: A cargo system includes a plurality of rigidly connected compartments adapted to mount on the roof of a vehicle. The plurality of compartments includes a first compartment suitable for mounting a retractable awning and a second compartment suitable for storing cargo. The first and second compartments each include a flooring...

20060071501 - Unitary liftgate: The invention is a unitary cantilever liftgate that attaches to the vehicle body instead of the vehicle chassis. The liftgate may be fully assembled and tested prior to installation on the vehicle body. This greatly reduces installation time while improving performance and reliability. Various features such as steps, bumpers and...

20060071502 - Retractable roof for a vehicle: The invention relates to a retractable roof for a vehicle, comprising a rigid front roof element (5) and a rigid rear roof element (4). It comprises a rear roof element at the rear roof thereof, guided by a first sliding rail (8) which is connected to the structure (1) of...

20060071505 - Adjustable pulley assembly and drive unit having an adjustable pulley assembly for an endless flexible drive member of the drive unit: An automotive vehicle has a power operated lift-gate that is opened and closed by two drive units. The typical drive unit has a guide channel, an attachment assembly that is disposed in the guide channel, a flexible drive member that is attached to the attachment assembly and formed in a...

20060071503 - Automatic opening and closing device: An automatic opening and closing device including: a trunk lid; a drive unit which generates drive force for operating the opening and closing member; a hinge arm which is mounted between a rear fender and wheel house inner panel and the trunk lid; and a first link and a second...

20060071504 - Power actuator system for actuating a closure member: Provided is a power actuator system for actuating a closure member (1) such as a trunk lid which is compact in size and has a minimized protrusion. A first link (8) is connected to an output shaft of a powered actuator (7), and a free end of the first link...

20060071506 - Trailer: A trailer includes a floor engageable with a load and a longitudinally extending support member. The support member has an upper portion connected to the floor, a lower portion connectable to a suspension system, and a web extending between the upper and lower portions and transverse to the floor. The...

20060071507 - Thin section sidewall assemblies for vans and trailers: Several embodiments of sidewall assemblies having side posts and plastic liners affixed to an outer side sheet of a van or trailer. The liners have edges extending in contacting relationship with the edge portions of the side posts in connected relationship. Protuberances and foam material extend between the plastic liners...

20060071508 - Vehicle floor capable of distributing impact load at collision: A vehicle floor having a structure capable of distributing an impact load imparted to the floor at the time of head-on vehicle collisions, thereby, greatly reducing the level of injuries in legs of drivers involved in the accidents....

20060071509 - Cab for an agricultural vehicle: A cab for an agricultural vehicle has a roof structure formed of spaced inner and outer skins, wherein the separation of the skins is greater at the front of the cab than at the rear. The reduction in the depth of the roof structure at the rear allows the door...