Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 05/07

20070120387 - Mounting system for a travel trailer: A device and method for reducing vibration in a travel trailer. In one form, a vibration isolation member includes an elastic sandwich structure that forms part of a mounting system that connects an enclosure that defines a living space therein to a frame on the trailer. By placing the compliant... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20070120389 - Folding sunshade for car seat: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a sunshade for an infant car seat or similar which is held in position by inserting a rear panel between the car seat and the vehicle seat on which it rests. A top panel, flexibly connected to the rear panel extends forward over... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070120388 - Sun visor for automobiles: A sun visor for an automobile having a plate-like core provided with multiple micropores each having a diameter ranging from 1 to 5 mm. Open area ratio representing the ratio of the total area of micropores to the projected area of the plate-like core ranges from 2% to 30%. Alternatively,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070120390 - Method and apparatus for sunvisor attachment: The sunvisor attachment apparatus of the present invention includes a mounting bezel configured to retain a sunvisor sub-assembly. The mounting bezel includes an alignment protrusion adapted to align the mounting bezel relative to the vehicle. The alignment protrusion includes a mounting clip configured to temporarily retain the mounting bezel to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070120391 - Vehicle rear structure: Disclosed is a vehicle rear structure, which is designed such that a pull bar (7) provided at a rear end of a tonneau cover (6) is slidingly displaced along a pair of right and left guide rails (38). The right and left guide rails (8) are positioned parallel to each... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070120392 - Mounting device for use with a thin walled structure: A mounting device (10) for mounting accessories to a wall (34) of a thin walled structure such as a tent or a sheet of glass. Device (10) includes first member (12) having first engagement surface (18); a mounting portion suitable for mounting an accessory such as a light fitting; and... Agent: David Wolfinger

20070120395 - Slidable door: A wheeled automotive vehicle is disclosed including a body structure, including a driver compartment and including an opening into the compartment. A door is cooperatively dimensioned and configured to close the opening, the opening being formed by portions of the body structure at the front and rear side of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070120394 - Door construction: A door construction includes a door, comprising an outer panel, and adapted to cover an opening formed in a vehicle body; a side impact bar, disposed in an interior of the door, and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle body; a window regulator, disposed in the interior of... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070120393 - Security door frame for recreational vehicles: A security door frame for recreational vehicles including a hollow main frame portion comprising a main wall surrounding an internal bore, the main wall including a latch assembly mounting face for mounting a latch assembly thereto such that at least part of the latch assembly can extend into the internal... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070120396 - Tent attachment for a recreational vehicle: An attachment mechanism forms a permanent connection between a panel and a tent that together make up a space-increasing extension for a recreational vehicle. The tent is secured to a first part of the attachment mechanism, while the panel is secured to the second part. The panel can be movably... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP One Dayton Centre

20070120397 - Trailer skirt panel: A skirt panel is provided herein for interconnection to another abutted similar skirt panel for attachment beneath a lower, outer longitudinally-extending edge of a trailer including a rear wheel assembly of a tractor-trailer rig, thereby to provide a continuous fairing extending downwardly from the trailer. The skirt panel includes a... Agent: Pyle & Piontek

20070114808 - Rear package tray for hatch back style vehicles: Disclosed herein is a rear package tray for hatch back style vehicles, which is mounted in a trunk compartment of the vehicle such that the rear package tray can be slid back and forth, and is easily and conveniently assembled and disassembled as occasion demands. The rear package tray includes... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070114809 - Glove box device: In a glove box device, a cylinder of a cylinder lock is fixed to an operating handle, a slide member switches over a locking state and an unlocking state of a locking mechanism in correspondence to sliding motion, and a connecting member is interposed between one end of the slide... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070114810 - System and method for actuation of a head restraint: A system and method for remote actuation of a vehicle head restraint includes an actuator arrangement configured to effect movement of a head restraint from a raised position to a lowered position. A sensor defines a first area, and is configured to output signals to the actuator arrangement to facilitate... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070114811 - Automotive vehicle seat for absorbing side impact energy: The invention relates to a seat for a motor vehicle comprising a seat (2) and a backrest (3), said seat comprising lateral supporting legs, inner (5) and outer (4) respectively, said legs being placed on either side of the seat (2) and being designed to be joined to the motor... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070114812 - Insulation panel: An insulation panel for thermally insulating the passenger compartment of a vehicle is comprised of a section of insulation, a layer of pressure sensitive adhesive, a layer of release material and a protective cover. The insulation is medium density polyethylene cross-linked closed cell foam formulated with a fire retardant additive.... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20070114813 - Integrated loading ramp system: The invention is a ramp removably mounted to at least one sidewall of a cargo bed of a vehicle. The ramp can be removed to create a support bridge between the cargo bed and the ground. The cargo bed of the preferred embodiment has four sidewalls, and the ramp is... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070114814 - Front structure for vehicle: A front structure for a vehicle is provided with a vehicle body frame, a front cover covering a front portion of the vehicle body frame, a left-right pair of light units supported on the front cover, a carry pipe supported at the front end of the vehicle body frame, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070114815 - Rear vehicle body structure: A rear vehicle body structure including a left-right pair of first rear frame, a second rear frame arcuate in plan view which is connected to the rear ends of the first rear frames, a rear bumper beam with a front surface of a central portion thereof connected to a rear... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070114816 - Undercarriage liner made of plastic for a vehicle: An undercarriage liner made of plastic for a vehicle is detachably attached to the adjacent vehicle chassis. In order for an undercarriage liner to have a significantly lower weight per unit of area, and thus a definitely reduced total weight, while retaining the same flexural strength and impact strength, the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070114817 - Raising mechanism for a sliding roof and vehicle roof comprising such raising mechanism: The invention relates to a raising mechanism for a sliding roof, comprising a guide rail, a pair of levers, and a carriage. Each lever has a guide rail side end and a cover side end, and the levers are pivotally coupled with each other through a joining axle. During traversing... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070114818 - Automotive vehicle open air system: In accordance with the present teachings, an automotive vehicle open air system includes a pair of tracks connected to the vehicle, a flexible roof that is coupled to the tracks, one or more movement mechanisms that are integrated in the tracks and connected to the roof, an automatic actuator and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070108785 - Central console for a vehicle: A lid is formed with a domed underside that faces the internal space of a vehicle console. The console includes an operating mechanism disposed within an end face of the console basic body and that lies in a plane perpendicular to the pivot axis underneath the lid. The operating mechanism... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070108788 - In-vehicle docking station for a portable media player: An entertainment system for a vehicle includes an entertainment console which includes a display and at least one docking station. The at least one docking station receives a portable media player at least partially therein and operatively connects the media player to the entertainment console. The entertainment system may be... Agent: F. Chau & Associates, LLC

20070108787 - Vehicle gap guard: A convenience device for use in a motor vehicle is provided. The device may be semi-rigid device that is constructed to fit and occupy the space between the outer most edge of a vehicle seat and the next closest compartment of the vehicle, which in most cases is a center... Agent: Robert D. Fish Rutan & Tucker, LLP

20070108786 - Truckbed toolbox: Truck bed tool box. The truck bed tool box includes a tool box holder attachable to a bed of a truck and plural removable tool boxes that fit securely into the tool box holder. The tool box holder includes security mechanism to keep the plural removable tool boxes safe from... Agent: Lesavich High-tech Law Group, P.C.

20070108789 - Vehicle seat: A seat (10) for use in a vehicle, the seat comprising side plates (45), a seat member (13-16) hingedly connected to a support (12) along its top edge and supported by the side plates, and a front panel (17) hingedly connected to the underside of the front edge of the... Agent: Law Offices Of William H. Holt

20070108791 - Lifting device for a display: A device for lifting and lowering objects and electronic devices includes an elevating mechanism that elevates a first sliding frame and a second sliding frame. The first and second sliding frames move independently inside of a mounting frame. A linear actuator drives the first sliding frame and causes the first... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070108790 - Windshield installation device and method of use: An installation device for installing a windshield in a vehicle. The device includes a pivot assembly including a pair of suction cups that attach to the door glass of a vehicle door, and a depending member that extends upwardly and forwardly adjacent a windshield opening. A support assembly includes a... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich, LLP

20070108792 - Tonneau cover: A soft top tonneau cover is formed from a plurality of hinged frame sections that are foldable between overlaying positions and extended positions. Camlock clamps are integrated into the frame so as to provide a stable, quick release latch to the walls of the bed with a minimum of spacial... Agent: Botkin & Hall, LLP

20070108793 - Vehicle roof adjustable between closed and storage positions: A vehicle roof assembly includes a roof having roof parts adjustable between a closed position in which the parts cover the vehicle interior and a storage position in which the parts are stowed in the vehicle trunk. A rear cover frame is adjustably attached to the vehicle body to move... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070108796 - Construction machine: An upper end of a link is attached to a roller shaft of an upper guide roller provided in an upper part of a front window for opening and closing a front opening of a cabin. A lower end of the link is provided with a wire retaining pin that... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070108794 - Opening portion structure: An opening portion structure in which an opening portion is provided between edge portions of an outer panel and an inner panel, and inner surfaces of the edge portions respectively of the outer panel and the inner panel are reinforced by an outer reinforcement and an inner reinforcement, wherein a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070108795 - Customs seal for freight container door: The present invention comprises: a freight container having two access doors hingedly mounted at one end of the container via respective sets of hinges and mounting brackets which connect one edge of each door to a respective container door post; characterised in that at least one hinge and corresponding mounting... Agent: Madson & Austin Gateway Tower West

20070108797 - Automobile door surface protector: A cushioned pad is provided to protect the interior and/or exterior surface around the window area of an automobile from damage caused by a dog or other type of pet that may be riding in the automobile and leaning out the window. The pad is removably affixed to the automobile... Agent: George S. Pavlik

20070108799 - Power slide device for vehicle sliding door: This slide device comprises a first tension member connected to a distal end of an opening cable, a second tension member connected to a distal end of a closing cable, a lower roller bracket rotatable mounted on a sliding door, a first pin disposed at a front portion of a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070108798 - Slide door opening and closing apparatus for vehicle: A slide door opening and closing apparatus for a vehicle includes a drive pulley, a driven pulley, a pulling member extending between the drive pulley and the driven pulley and connected to a slide door, a drive side idle pulley provided in the vicinity of the drive pulley for guiding... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070108800 - Mobile truck tent of adjustable height: A portable, highway legal truck tent made of steel tubing, having a durable cover, and containing two built-in bench seats is disclosed. The truck tent assembles within thirty minutes and once on a truck, it requires no disassembly/reassembly. Because of its durability, the cover will not flutter when driving at... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

20070108801 - Transformable truck bed: A transformable truck bed is provided where the bed is enclosed by side walls that are removable so that a gooseneck mechanism could be used without being obstructed by the side walls. When the transformable bed is in the first position, or the base position, the insert side walls are... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20070108802 - Torque crossmember: A crossmember for supporting and limiting torsional forces of an engine unit relative to a mounting frame, particularly a vehicle body, wherein the crossmember is provided with at least one area or one device for introducing torsional forces into the crossmember.... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20070108803 - Interlocked pillar and roof rail joint: A joint assembly for joining a tubular B-pillar to a tubular roof rail. The joint assembly includes an inner bracket plate and an outer bracket plate that are welded to each other around the roof rail and B-pillar. A flange of the roof rail is received in a slot formed... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070102944 - Tightening structure for assist grip: A tying structure for an assist grip is intended for tying a base member supporting the assist grip swingably thereon to a car body panel with a clip and an engaging member. The clip is provided with first engaging parts for engagement with the base member and second engaging parts... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070102945 - Nesting console system: A console for a vehicle includes a console housing defining a storage compartment. The console housing also defines an indented area in an outer surface thereof. A bin is sized to fit within the indented area such that an entire internal surface area of the bin is contiguous with the... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070102946 - Mobile medical facility: A mobile medical facility capable of treating a plurality of patients and being transported over the roadways without requiring extensive transporting means. In general the mobile medical facility includes a trailer. The trailer defines a floor area and has at least a first and second configuration. In the first configuration,... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070102947 - Expandable rear storage vehicle: The present invention relates to a vehicle having a extendable and retractable rear storage space, comprising a compartment for housing people or objects, said compartment having a rear opening and a rear extendable and retractable enclosure portion movably attached to the rear opening of said compartment and covering said rear... Agent: S. Alex Liao Attorney At Law

20070102948 - Open-bed utility trailer convertible to a closed utility trailer by the addition of a closed cargo box: A utility trailer convertible between an open bed configuration and a cargo box configuration includes an open-bed trailer and a removable cargo box. The bed of the trailer includes multiple full-length, parallel, longitudinal grooves. Adjacent each groove is a rail that is elevated slightly above the elevation of the bed.... Agent: Angus C. Fox, Iii

20070102949 - Toolbox rollback kit for pickup trucks: A toolbox rollback kit for pickup trucks which includes a pair of carriage units (2) adapted to be connected under the ends of a transverse mounted toolbox (17) with suitable rollers (2) carried by the frame for supporting the toolbox (17) and permitting the same to be transferred along the... Agent: Norman R. Andrews

20070102950 - Vehicle for enhancing recognition accuracy of visual information: The vehicle is equipped with a front window having a light transmission characteristic and separated into a first area and a second area provided below the first area, wherein a boundary between the first area and the second area is provided so that a looking-down angle from a driver is... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20070102951 - Adjustable spline coupling for truck bed cover mechanism: A cover deployable over the cargo compartment of a truck comprises a tarpaulin sheet wound about a motor-driven reel mounted close to the front or rear edge of the compartment. The outer free edge of the sheet is secured to a crossbar spanning the width of the compartment. The opposite... Agent: Charmasson, Buchaca & Leach, LLP

20070102952 - Cart canopy system with housing: A canopy system for a cart, such as a golf cart has a canopy supported by a support member, and a housing having an opening through which at least a portion of the canopy may extend when the canopy is deployed.... Agent: Hodgson Russ LLP

20070102953 - Drainage device: Device for draining water from at least one gutter of a retractable vehicle roof, characterized in that the intermediate conduit (9), which is linked to the movement of the moving roof, is attached by its upstream part (9A) to the drain (8) and linked by its downstream part (9B) to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge PC

20070102954 - Convertible vehicle roof having a swivelable bow: A convertible top for a vehicle includes a folding top frame. The folding top frame has a transversely extending front bow and a pair of oppositely disposed first and second side rails. The front bow has first and second ends. The folding top frame is movable between a closed position... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070102957 - Sliding feed door for horse trailer: The sliding feed door for horse trailer is a door panel having lower and upper ends and a window. The feed door has a latching handle to secure the door in open and closed positions. Door hinges are pivotally attached to the upper sides of the feed door. A spring... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070102955 - Vehicle door and a method to make such a door: A vehicle door has a supportive frame (10). A waist rail (14) and a side impact guard beam (22) are formed integrally with the supportive frame. The entire frame is made of high strength sheet steel. The door is produced by hot stamping a steel sheet blank into the shape... Agent: Mark P. Stone

20070102956 - Snap fit pockets for anchoring a watershield: A watershield for use with a car door, having a wall; a pocket formed in and extending from the wall; an undercut formed on opposite ends of the pocket, wherein the pocket is conformed to be received by an opening in a metal portion of a vehicle door and snap... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070102958 - Structural units adaptable to preexisting chassis and vehicle assembled thereform: A structural unit comprising an assembly of bows longitudinally spaced and secured together by structural members, which is easily and rigidly assembled by using sliding connections of extrusions, for subsequent fitting to a range of preexisting chassis, to yield specific vehicles.... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070102959 - Airflow control tailgate: An airflow control tailgate to be substituted for the original solid tailgate that is typically found at the rear of the body of a pick-up truck to enclose the flat bed thereof. The tailgate includes a plurality of motor controlled panels that are rotated on a respective plurality of pivot... Agent: Morland C Fischer

20070102960 - Trailer and trailer body construction and extruded panel for same: A trailer body includes left and right bottom rails and left and right top rails all parallel to each other. A floor extends between the left and right bottom rails. A left vertical sidewall is defined between the left bottom rail and the left top rail. A right vertical sidewall... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070102961 - Trailer having reduced weight wall construction: A trailer wall construction having reduced weight. A trailer wall construction includes a spherical shaped corner at a juncture of three walls. Each of the walls includes at least one panel having spaced apart inner and outer shells. Another trailer wall construction includes a generally vertically extending front or side... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070102962 - Active material based tunable property automotive brackets: A tunable property bracket for a vehicle body, includes a support member comprising a first active material configured to provide support for static and dynamic loads during normal operation of the vehicle body, wherein the first active material undergoes a change in a property upon exposure to an activating condition... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070102963 - Underbody crash device for a vehicle: An underbody crash device for a vehicle. The underbody crash device comprises a pillar member attached to the vehicle. The vehicle has a primary load path for absorbing crash energy in a collision. The pillar member is movable to a deployed position for supporting the vehicle directly on the ground... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070102964 - Vehicle body structure reinforced against side impact: In an automotive vehicle body including a first annular frame (29) formed by front pillars (11, 12), a second annular frame (34) formed by center pillars (13, 14) and a front door (7) internally provided with a front door beam (51) and fitted between the front pillar and center pillar... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070102965 - Hydroformed windshield surround frame for vehicles and method of making same: A hydroformed windshield surround frame for a vehicle and method of making same includes a top portion extending laterally, a pair of opposed pillar portions extending generally perpendicular from the top portion, and a pair of corner portions interconnecting the top portion and the pillar portions. The top portion, the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070102966 - Motor vehicle with at least two movable parts: A motor vehicle roof having at least two laterally adjacent parts with respect to the motor vehicle's longitudinal axis when the parts are in a closed position. The laterally adjacent parts may be moved between the closed position and an open position by moving one or both of the laterally... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20070102967 - Automotive vehicle open air system: In accordance with the present teachings, an automotive vehicle open air system includes a pair of tracks connected to the vehicle, a flexible roof that is coupled to the tracks, one or more movement mechanisms that are integrated in the tracks and connected to the roof, an automatic actuator and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070096486 - Load carrier arrangement for a vehicle bed comprising an internal bed rail system: Load carrier mountable above a bed structure of a vehicle having an upper surface and an internal bed rail system is disclosed. The load carrier broadly includes an upright base support member, an internal rail clamping assembly, and a clamp adjustment assembly. The upright base support member rests upon the... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg, LLP

20070096487 - Cover device for a cargo space of a motor vehicle: 1. Cover device for a cargo space of a motor vehicle. 2.1. A cover device is known for a cargo space of a motor vehicle having a flexible flat structure which is held in such a way that it can be wound onto and unwound from a winding shaft and... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070096489 - Hinge structure of glove box for vehicle: Disclosed is a hinge structure of a glove box for a vehicle. When pivot force is induced in the glove box by the weight of the glove box at the time of opening the glove box, the hinge structure provides pivotal frictional force produced hinged areas without employing a separate... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070096488 - Spare tire storage structure: A spare tire storage structure for a vehicle, in which a spare tire is placed horizontally on a rear floor of the vehicle with a part thereof projected upward from a main surface of the rear floor. The structure includes: a guide stopper provided adjacent to and in front of... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070096490 - Analyzer magnet chamber liner: A waveguide liner for an analyzer magnet chamber having three interlocking pieces of graphite, the liner pieces having sufficient size to allow them to stand freely without being secured, said liner pieces providing case of interchange and replacement in a Kestrel analyzer magnet chamber.... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070096491 - Interior member for cab of work vehicle and method for forming same as well as wall member: An object is to enhance the sound absorbing functions of an interior member, and furthermore, to increase ease of assembly of the interior member, and the interior member for the cab is integrally formed so as to have a laminated structure where a sound absorbing material is contained between an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070096492 - Tailgate lift assist dampening device: A tailgate counterbalancing hinge assembly includes a linear torque rod, a first end assembly and a second end assembly secured to the torque rod. A first end assembly pivotally supports the tailgate while permitting a torque rod end to be rigidly coupled to the tailgate for movement with the tailgate... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20070096494 - Longitudinal seat adjustment device: The invention relates to a longitudinal seat adjustment device comprising an upper rail and a lower rail. The upper rail sits in the lower rail. Between the two rails a spindle is fixedly connected to the lower rail. Drivable on said spindle is a transmission, which can be retained in... Agent: O'shea, Getz & Kosakowski, P.C.

20070096493 - Self locating bracket: A bracket assembly allows assembly of a seat back frame to an attachment bar in a vehicle. The bracket assembly includes a locating bracket and a hook. The locating bracket is fixedly secured to the seat back frame. The locating bracket has a slot for receiving the attachment bar therein.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070096495 - Motor vehicle with direction-lockable seat assembly: A direction-lockable seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes an upright seat post that defines a pivot axis, a seat member mounted on top of the seat post such that the seat member is rotatable about the pivot axis, and a direction-locking device that includes a locking plate, a slide... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070096496 - Vehicle seat that tips and kneels and folds into a stowage well: A vehicle seat assembly is attached to a floor attachment bracket by pivoted front and rear leg assemblies is disclosed. A seat base frame, the floor attachment bracket and the front and rear leg assemblies form a four bar link that support the seat assembly on a floor pan of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070096497 - Truck slouch seat: A vehicle slouch seat includes a cushion frame attached to a seat back frame such that the cushion frame is pivotable from an upright position to a slouch position. The slouch seat is also foldable and stowable against a vehicle cabin wall. Motion between the upright and the slouch positions... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070096498 - Apparatus for locking a trunk of a vehicle: An apparatus for locking a trunk of a vehicle includes a trunk lid, a driving unit for locking disposed on the trunk lid, a driven unit for locking disposed on the trunk lid, a connecting rod connecting the driven unit to the driving unit, and a support unit supporting the... Agent: Hexcel Corporation

20070096499 - Releaseable hinge for truck bed cover: A releasable hinge for attaching tonneau covers to the cargo compartment of pickup trucks. The hinge has a hinge mechanism fastened to the bottom or underside of the tonneau cover. A complementary locking tab is mounted to the cab end of the cargo compartment. The hinge mechanism has a plate... Agent: Knechtel, Demeur & Samlan

20070096500 - Hard top convertible roof: A convertible top vehicle according to the present invention advantageously utilizes a portion of the rear seating area of the vehicle to stow the roof when in the retracted position. When the convertible top is in the raised position, the rear passenger seating area is not impeded such that both... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070096501 - Easy deployment and storage automobile protection cover: The present invention provides a protective automobile cover apparatus that can be conveniently deployed or stored by one person in approximately one minute. The automobile cover apparatus provides improved storage, anchoring and deployment mechanisms. It includes two containers with a flexible cover sheet stowed in the first container in a... Agent: Yong-jun Tan

20070096503 - Hinge device: In the case of a hinge device with an arm and with two head pieces mounted to pivot/swivel on the ends of the arm around respectively one axis, the head pieces are respectively joined to revolve with one of the two belt pulleys, which are circumscribed by a common traction... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070096502 - Open-close portion structure of vehicle body: An open-close portion structure of a vehicle body includes: an open-close member which opens and closes an opening of the vehicle body; a first hinge member provided on the vehicle body; a second hinge member provided on the open-close member, being pivoted with the first hinge member; and a stretchable... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070096504 - Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle: Sliding door arrangement for a motor vehicle having a lock arrangement, for fixing a sliding door in opened and closed positions, with a catch lever arrangement with a pivoting catch lever that is movable into engaged and raised states and is pretensioned toward the engaged state. The catch lever arrangement... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070096506 - Bracket for a modular structure: A connector assembly is provided for connecting a floor and a structural wall. The connector assembly includes a first elongated bracket mounted to one of the floor and the structural wall and defines a female channel. A second elongated bracket is mounted to the other of the floor and the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070096505 - Modular assembly for recreational vehicle: A lightweight modular construction for use as a slide-out structure in a recreational vehicle is provided. The slide-out structure comprises a floor, a structural wall, and a roof. The floor, the roof, and the wall structure may include a plurality of reinforced foam panels, connected together in a modular fashion.... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070096507 - Device for absorbing lateral forces during a side impact of a motor vehicle: For the effective absorption of a side impact in a motor vehicle, a transversely extending component is provided in the vehicle that comprises a bearing element and profile parts situated on the ends thereof.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070096508 - Motor vehicle rear floor: The present invention relates to a motor vehicle rear floor (32) that is intended to form part of a motor vehicle rear block, said block comprising two longitudinal rails (12), each having a front end forming a rear structural node (20) of the vehicle and a rear end (14), said... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070096509 - Open roof construction for a vehicle and wind deflector: An open roof construction for a vehicle comprises a roof opening which is provided in a stationary roof part of the vehicle, a movable panel for selectively opening and closing said roof opening, and a wind deflector positioned at the frontal edge of the roof opening, which wind deflector is... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070096510 - Movable roof drive system: An automotive vehicle system includes a movable member and a belt-driven drive wheel that is operable to engage and disengage with the movable member and cause the movable member to move between positions. A tensioning member is operable to bias a movable roof member into contact with a wheel which... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C