Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 02/08

20080048464 - Seal assembly for mobile living quarters: A seal assembly for mobile living quarters seals around a slide-out room, includes a pair of attaching members extending along the inside and outside surfaces of the main living area wall at an aperture through which the slide-out room moves, and further includes a connecting member extending between the attaching... Agent: Botkin & Hall, LLP

20080048466 - Automotive storage system with manually repositionable bin: A storage system for an automotive vehicle includes a storage module having opposing sidewalls and a primary storage compartment situated between the opposing sidewalls. A repositionable bin has a first position in which it is mounted at least partially within the primary storage compartment and at least one secondary position... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080048465 - Device and method for extending truck cargo space: The present invention extends the truck bed, thus increasing cargo space by the length of the truck tailgate. One embodiment of the invention comprises rotatably attaching an end panel to the tailgate, with rotatable and storable support members. Another embodiment comprises right and left side panels rotatably attached to the... Agent: Altera Law Group, LLC

20080048467 - Storage compartment: A storage compartment in a vehicle interior is accessible via an opening and includes a hook to make it possible to hang up different objects without disturbing the interior when the hanging device is not in use. The hook is moveable from a rest position into an accessible use position... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080048468 - Air drag reduction apparatus for tractor-trailers: A air drag reduction apparatus includes left and right planar panels and top and bottom planar panels for mounting to the rear doors of a tractor trailer along the top, bottom and side edges thereof. Hinges are interposed between the panels and the doors so that the panels can pivot... Agent: Law Offices Of Adam H. Jacobs Suite 726

20080048469 - Floor structure of four wheeled utility vehicle: The present invention provides a floor structure of a four wheeled utility vehicle by which a passenger can quickly and simply keep a proper riding posture in the case of a swing and an inclination of the vehicle. A cabin housing an operating portion of a vehicle and a passenger... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080048470 - Tubular instrument panel support structure: A tubular instrument panel support structure is provided. The structure includes a plurality of support tubes aligned substantially end-to-end and extending laterally to span the width of a vehicle body for the support of various instruments and devices within the panel. A plurality of brackets and braces are welded or... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080048471 - Lightweight hybrid material truck hood: The present invention provides a truck hood including a metal hood skin including at least an upper portion and a sidewall portion; and a frame supporting at least a portion of the metal hood skin including polymer and aluminum reinforcements. The polymer reinforcements include a front hood stiffener member positioned... Agent: Intellectual Property

20080042462 - Collapsible tubing device for automobile shade: A foldable security screen for use in an automobile is disclosed. The security screen comprises a flexible screen and at least one foldable tubing device. The foldable tubing device further comprises at least one bar that is flexibly attached to at least one other bar. The foldable tubing device is... Agent: Triangle Patents, P.l.l.c.

20080042464 - Deployable tailgate ramp: A ramp or staircase that may be stowed within a hollow interior of a tailgate. The ramp may be deployed from the tailgate in a telescoping or folding manner. Alternatively, the ramp may be deployed from the tailgate in the form of a staircase.... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080042465 - Power closure assembly: A powered trunk closure assembly for a vehicle includes a linkage assembly attached at one end to a body bracket and at another end to a closure member bracket. A motor is linked with a gear train for actuating the linkage assembly. The motor and gear train are positioned exterior... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080042461 - Motor vehicle comprising a pop-up hood: Described here is a motor vehicle comprising a body, a bonnet and also at least one actuator which is supported on the body and engages with a first edge of the bonnet for the purposes of raising the first edge up to a stop means in the event of an... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C.

20080042463 - Secured dynamic storage compartment for vehicle door: This application is directed to a dynamic storage compartment for modifying the interior space of a vehicle, either as originally equipped or as an after-market modification, so as to provide a means for providing enhanced storage capacity for a vehicle which is characterized by ease of use and the ability... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20080042466 - Trailer cover system: A unit for returning a cover of a trailer comprising a first portion, a cord, and a spring. The spring is connected to the first portion. The cord having first and second ends, the first end of the cord being connectable to the first portion, the second end of the... Agent: Larson Newman Abel Polansky & White, LLP

20080042467 - Multipart roof for a motor vehicle: A multipart roof for a vehicle is adjustable on a vehicle body between a closed position and an opened position. The roof includes a front roof part and a rear roof part. The roof parts are movable via a lever such that in the opened position of the roof the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080042469 - Two-piece side and floor panel arrangement for box assembly: A vehicle box assembly wherein a bed floor and the inner right and left side wall panels are defined by and assembled from two monolithic one-piece integrated side/floor panel members. The two panel members are preferably formed by roll forming a thin metal sheet so that only a single roll-formed... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20080042468 - Vehicle cargo enclosure side pocket: A cargo enclosure for a vehicle includes a side panel having at least one pocket is formed therein. The pocket has a back wall, a pair of opposing side walls and a front wall having an aperture therein. A bottom surface of the pocket is canted downwardly from the back... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080042470 - Cover for the drive housing of a windscreen wiper system: The cover is comprised of a metallic base plate (2) and conductor tracks (18) that are embedded in plastic. The aim of the invention is simplifying the injection molding process. To achieve this, a plastic part (5) is provided with embedded conductor tracks (18), which part has a head region... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080042471 - Head impact countermeasure system for automotive vehicle: A head impact countermeasure system for an automotive vehicle includes a headliner fastened to the vehicle's roof and extending over a passenger compartment of the vehicle. At least one buffer extends rearwardly from the headliner into a cargo compartment of the vehicle along a roof siderail. The buffer is preferably... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080036230 - Exterior rearview mirror with turn signal: A signal mirror assembly including a convex mirror and a signal indicator. The convex mirror defines a recess or cutout region. The signal indicator fits within the cutout region. The assembly can include a housing, and the convex mirror can include a perimeter extending substantially to the housing, except where... Agent: Warner Norcross & Judd LLP

20080036231 - Indoor structure of vehicle: In an indoor structure of a vehicle including a door (12) provided in a door opening (20) at the side of a vehicle and a step (5) for passenger ingress and egress provided on the indoor side of the door opening, the step being located at a lower position than... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080036232 - Ambulance seating system: An emergency response type vehicle is provided. The vehicle comprises an operator compartment, a body supported rearward of the operator compartment and having at least one side wall, a guide structure supported at the side wall and extending substantially parallel with the side wall, and a seat assembly movably coupled... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080036234 - Tonneau cover apparatus for vehicles: A tonneau cover 101 which covers a luggage compartment is composed of a sheet member 102 and a plate member 103 which is foldable. The sheet member 102 is rolled up in a housing 107 so as to stow it, and the plate member 103 is placed on the housing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080036233 - Portable vehicle and/or equipment storm shield: A vehicle and/or equipment storm shield is provided as having a spool of membrane material, which may be relatively quickly un-spooled to provide a sheet of membrane material operative to substantially enclose the vehicle and/or equipment for protecting the vehicle and/or equipment from wind, rain and/or flying debris associated with... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080036235 - Vehicle frame structure: A vehicle frame structure includes an outer pillar panel, an inner pillar panel and a bulkhead. The outer pillar panel includes an outer upper end, an outer lower end and an outer bulkhead attachment section located between the outer lower end and the outer upper end and at or above... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080036236 - Bow for a convertible vehicle: The invention relates to a convertible vehicle (1) comprising a roof (2) provided with a flexible roof covering (4) in at least certain areas, said roof covering being gripped from below by one or several bows (6, 7) which are arranged in a transversal manner in relation to the direction... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20080036237 - Convertible vehicle: A convertible vehicle comprising a movable roof whose roof part at the rear with respect to the direction of travel(F)when the roof is closed is divided into a middle region including a rear window and into lateral outer regions, with the middle region being regionally upwardly displaceable with respect... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080036238 - Secondary door and temperature control system and method: An inner or secondary door and temperature control system for use on a vehicle or trailer having a storage compartment and a first or primary door associated with a first entry or entryway into the storage compartment. The secondary door provides a moveable barrier or door that is situated in... Agent: Matthew R. Jenkins, Esq.

20080036239 - Lift system: An improved RV lift mechanism according to the present invention. In one embodiment, the lift functions by way of an elongated, rotatably mounted acme screw. A bracket slides parallel to the acme screw, securing to an acme screw and an object to be lifted. The acme nut is threaded onto... Agent: Inskeep Intellectual Property Group, Inc

20080036240 - Composite body for a vehicle: A vehicle primarily a mass transit vehicle is formed primarily of composite materials which define a roof section and a floor section of two fiber reinforced sheets connected by an integral core and two rigid side wall sections each formed from welded steel or optionally bolted aluminum defining a series... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080036241 - Vehicle body, chassis, and braking systems manufactured from conductive loaded resin-based materials: Vehicle body, chassis, and braking components are formed of a conductive loaded resin-based material. The conductive loaded resin-based material comprises micron conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or a combination of conductive powder and conductive fibers in a base resin host. The percentage by weight of the conductive powder(s), conductive fiber(s), or... Agent: Douglas R. Schnabel

20080036242 - Corrugated tubular energy absorbing structure: An energy absorbing tubular structure is formed of a molded or extruded polymer. The tube has a quadrangular cross-section with rounded corners. The walls of tube are corrugated with alternating convex and concave corrugations surfaces having a continuous constant radius, preferably with no flat spots. The corrugated walls have a... Agent: Waddey & Patterson, P.C.

20080036243 - Vehicle front structure: A vehicle front structure including: a closed-section cross member connected to a pair of front pillars; a closed-section hood ledge extending frontward from a portion of a corresponding one of the front pillars, where the cross member is connected to the corresponding one of the front pillars; and a strut... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080036244 - Motor vehicle having a side sill: A side wall formed in one piece with an outer shell of a side sill from high-strength sheet steel is described. The side wall merges without gradation into the adjoining side sill in the region of at least one vehicle pillar, so that the sheet steel is subjected to significantly... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080036245 - Vehicle roof comprising a roller blind system: A motor vehicle roof with an at least partially transparent roof section (10) and a shade arrangement (12) located underneath the transparent roof section. In one of three embodiments, with two take-up shafts (16, 18) located in succession in the lengthwise direction of the roof and a length of shade... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080036246 - Stopper structure of sun roof device: To provide a stopper structure of a sun roof device, in which the sun roof device has a front slider (20) and a driving slider (30) attached on a roof panel (4), a connecting link (40) attached to the front slider (20) and engaging with the driving slider (30), and... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080036247 - Sunroof decoration cover assembly: A sunroof decoration cover assembly includes: a guide rail frame provided with a guide rail and coupled to a vehicle body; an operational mechanism, which is operated along the guide rail to open and close a sunroof window unit; a front assembly portion formed on the operational mechanism; a rear... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080030037 - Mason's adjustable chimney-platform arrangement: An adjustable, articulable platform, changeable to and from a “U” shape to an “H” shape, is attachable to the distal end of an articulable support arm of a transport vehicle. The platform is arranged to adjustably surround an elevated chimney on at least three sides thereof. The platform comprises: a... Agent: Donald N. Halgren

20080030038 - Truck bed extender: An extender for a bed of a truck, wherein the extender comprises a frame that has front end, a rear end and sides. At least one, and preferably two, spaced apart connector brackets extend outwardly away from the rear end of the frame. The connector brackets are designed to rest... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080030039 - Vehicle seat back appendage: A planar member connected to, and disposed behind, a vehicle seat assembly having a seat back and seat bottom, the planar member moveable between a first position adjacent the seat back and a second position adjacent a floor of a vehicle. The planar member has an upper and lower section... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080030040 - Nerf bar structure and replaceable foot peg inserts for utility and off road vehicles: A foot rest and foot holding apparatus is disclosed that protects a users foot from ground obstructions. The foot holding apparatus has multiple friction points to reduce movement of a foot in the apparatus. The structure includes serrated inserts that grip the bottom of a shoe to maintain the foot... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20080030042 - Interior trim fastener system: A quick connect fastener system is provided. In another aspect of the present invention, a snap-in fastener is used for retaining an automotive vehicle interior trim member. A further aspect of the present invention employs a base and a resilient retainer, one of which includes a metallic portion and the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080030041 - Motorcycle with storage compartment: A motorcycle having a storage compartment structure having an improved outward appearance by avoiding exposure of one or more fasteners utilized in connection with the storage compartment structure to a driver's side of the motorcycle. A storage compartment comprises a leg shield and plates separate from the leg shield. The... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080030043 - Cover: The invention relates to a cover for a container opening (2), comprising a rotatable roll (9) and a flexible web (6). The roll (9) is fixed to one of the sides of the opening while the first end of the flexible web that can be rolled onto the roll is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080030044 - Roof structure for a rigid, openable vehicle roof: A roof structure (20) for an openable, rigid motor vehicle roof comprises a forward roof part (22), forward roof frame parts (24) laterally adjoining the forward roof part (22), a rearward roof part (26) and rearward roof frame parts (28) laterally adjoining the rearward roof part (26), wherein the forward... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080030045 - Door system for a motor vehicle and method for operating a door system: A door system for a motor vehicle is provided. The door system includes a door for closing the interior space of a motor vehicle, a sensor for determining an opening angle of the door, a man-machine interface for inputting a desired maximum opening angle of the door, a brake device... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.A.

20080030046 - Sealing profile comprising a trim stip: A sealing profile (10a, 10b) for sealing a powered window pane (11a, 11b) in a door (12a, 12b) of a motor vehicle. The sealing profile (10a, 10b) includes a base body (18) made of an elastomeric material on which at least one sealing portion (19a, 19b) and at least one... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080030047 - Rear door structure for vehicle: A rear door structure for a vehicle includes an inner panel disposed on an inner side of the vehicle and an outer panel disposed on an outer side of the vehicle, the inner panel including: a frame part corresponding to a contour of the rear door, and a pair of... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20080030048 - Automotive interior material and method of manufacturing the same: An automotive interior material with high appearance quality and a method of manufacturing the same in the following configurations and steps: A door trim 1 (automotive interior material) has a flat portion 11 (main-body portion) covering a door panel and an armrest 12 protruding into the vehicle compartment. Molten resin... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20080030049 - Aerodynamic drag reducing system for pickup truck: An aerodynamic drag reducing system for a pickup truck involves a rear box cover covering at least part of the box, and, an air-flow guide on the cab of the pickup truck which guides air flow to the rear box cover. In one aspect, the rear box cover may be... Agent: National Research Council Of Canada 1200 Montreal Road

20080030050 - 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. The outer bracket plate extends across the B-pillar, over the roof rail,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080030051 - Attachment structure of guide frame in sunroof apparatus: In a sunroof apparatus including a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof of a vehicle; a slider which is attached to the roof panel, slides in a vehicle front-to-rear direction, and thereby opens and closes the roof panel in the vehicle front-to-rear direction; and a guide... Agent: Arent Fox LLP