Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 03/08

20080067824 - Assist grip: A latitudinal division type assist grip having a sufficient load bearing capacity is provided. The assist grip includes an outer cylinder member, a first divisional body, a second divisional body, and an elastic reinforcement member. A first fitting end portion of the first divisional body and a second fitting end... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080067826 - Display system on mobile platform: A display system on mobile system includes a mobile, platform, a hanging rail, a plurality of display boards, a hanging roller device, and a spacer. The hanging rail is provided across the display space. The hanging roller device, for each of the display board, has two rollers connected with a... Agent: Park Law Firm

20080067827 - Vehicle overhead console assembly having a combination mirror and storage bin assembly: The present invention relates to a vehicle overhead console assembly supportable in a vehicle. In at least one embodiment, the console assembly comprises a console body, an actuator slidably supported by the console body between a first position and a second position, and a storage bin pivotally connected to the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080067828 - Slidable floor console: A storage console configured to slide within a track. The storage console suitable for use in any number of environments, such as but not limited to automotive vehicles. The track being suitable to permit movement of the console from one end to the other, such as but not limited to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080067825 - Moveable guard assembly for all terrain vehicle: A moveable guard assembly is configured for installation upon an ATV having a horizontal carrier rack. The movable guard assembly comprises a blocking member and a first securement mechanism. The blocking member is configured for attachment to a front end of the all terrain vehicle in a position adjacent to... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20080067829 - Recliners for pickup trucks: An apparatus comprising of guide rails mounted on the interior section of opposite side panels extending up from the bed of a truck, and longitudinally extensible and retractable arm members for engagement removably to respective end-joints, which can be adjusted higher or lower with respect to said guide rails, for... Agent: Oltman, Flynn & Kubler

20080067830 - Modular canopy: A modular canopy including in combination, a plurality of modules which can be assembled together to construct a canopy for a truck or utility vehicle, the modules interchangeable to vary the size, length and configuration to suit a type of trade or business.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080067831 - Convertible: A convertible has a top which can be opened and, in the closed state, has a headliner facing an interior of the convertible. The novel top has a rear window frame and at least two separate roof sections which, when the top is closed, are placed in front of the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080067832 - Convertible device for a vehicle: A convertible device of a vehicle comprises a convertible top (10) movable between a closed position and a folded-together, lowered open position and a separating wall (22, 24) separating the convertible top at least in its folded-together open position at least partially from the interior of a luggage space (19)... Agent: Michael Best Friedrich LLP

20080067833 - Latch assembly for a convertible top: A latch actuator assembly for a convertible top assembly is provided having a bell crank pivotable between a first position and a second position and a lever selectively engageable with the bell crank. The lever includes a first arm portion in selective engagement with a switch. Additionally, a second and... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080067834 - Protection device for motor vehicles: In order to design a protection device for motor vehicles, comprising a protection element protecting again draft and/or radiation, wherein for the mounting on a motor vehicle body the protection device has two fixing devices which are arranged on oppositely located sides and in which at least one locking element... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080067835 - Support crossbeam for an instrument panel: The invention relates to a support crossbeam for an instrument panel to be assembled between two side elements of a frame of an automotive vehicle next to a front part of an interior. The crossbeam integrates several anchoring and supporting configurations for the steering column, several airbags, fuse boxes, ventilation... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080067836 - Canopy installation structure in working vehicle: The invention relates to a canopy installation structure provided with strength of a ROPS in a working vehicle, and more particularly to a canopy installation structure which does not increase a counterweight even in a compact working vehicle having a comparatively light vehicle weight. Lower ends of a pair of... Agent: Everest Intellectual Property Law Group

20080067837 - Attachment joint for plastic over-fender to plastic fascia: An attachment joint can provide in combination a plastic over-fender member connectable to a fender of a motor vehicle, a plastic fascia member connectable to a fender, and a complementary attachment coupling located between the over-fender member and the fascia member for interlocking engagement with one another and for holding... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080067838 - Vehicle front structure: Disclosed is a vehicle front structure, which comprises a bumper fascia 2, a lower shroud member 3b, a subframe 5 including a first shock-absorbing module 7, and a second shock-absorbing module 10 having a stiffness less than that of the first shock-absorbing module 7. A subframe body 6 is formed... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20080067839 - Wind deflector: A wind deflector for an openable vehicle roof with a movable cover element has a raisable deflector element (20) made of a flexible flat material and at least two lateral raising arms (22), each of which, with its end facing the vehicle rear, is coupled in the region of the... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20080061575 - Vehicle seat supported platform for transporting cargo in level and non-displaceable fashion: A platform for use in establishing a load supporting surface upon a vehicle seat bottom. The platform includes at least one and typically a plurality of planar shaped panels, connected in either hinged or telescoping fashion, and which are displaceable from a stored to an extensible position covering a vehicle... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080061577 - Center hide away floor storage with hi-rise feature: A storage apparatus for a motor vehicle includes a stationary platform connectible to a floor of the motor vehicle. A lid connects to the platform and moves between opened and closed positions. The lid engages with the platform when in the lowered position and includes an upper surface defining a... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080061576 - Convenient storage solutions in cargo area: A vehicle cargo storage system includes a plurality of bins, trays, tracks, and covers. The tray is received within one of the bins and is movable from a normal retracted position into an extended loading/unloading position so as to place the tray in a more convenient location for access by... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080061578 - Data presentation in multiple zones using a wireless home entertainment hub: A method of presenting program data in a multiple zones of a home entertainment system using a wireless home entertainment hub includes obtaining a registration of a plurality of source devices and sink devices at the wireless home entertainment hub. An assignment of a zone corresponding to each sink device... Agent: Technology, Patents And Licensing, Inc.

20080061579 - cycle windshield: A windshield for a motorcycle, which when compared to other, earlier windshields, having a more upright profile and which also has a larger radius of curvature when viewed from the top, and a greater width towards the top as opposed to a shield having a tapering profile with a narrower... Agent: Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz

20080061580 - Vehicle foot well and floor tray system: A three-dimensional digital model of a vehicle foot well is used to mold a vehicle floor tray such that large areas of at least two upstanding walls of the tray depart from respective surfaces of the foot well by no more than an eighth of an inch.... Agent: Momkus Mccluskey, LLC

20080061582 - Top for a convertible: A top for a convertible has a top linkage forming a lateral roof frame at each side, and a flexible covering which is stretched open when the top is closed and covers at least parts of the top. When the top is closed, a seal is disposed between a stiffened... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061581 - Folding top with a top cloth which is connected to a frame link: A folding top for a vehicle comprises a roof frame which comprises at least one front frame part and one rear frame part, a top cloth and a frame link, which is coupled kinematically to the roof frame, for moving the roof frame from a storage position, in which the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061583 - Movable vehicle roof: A movable vehicle roof has a plurality of segments which are movable relative to one another, in particular are displaceable and/or pivotable, and of which at least one has a core containing a filling structure forming cavities. The filling structure core is provided with a retaining part which engages around... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061585 - Convertible top and convertible: A top for a convertible has a linkage with which a plurality of roof sections can be displaced between a closed position and an open position. The rearmost roof section is configured as a rear window frame, and the linkage has a control link which is mounted pivotally on a... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061584 - Top for a convertible: A top for a convertible, which has a rear window frame with a rear window and, in the closed state, at least one roof section situated in front of the rear window frame in the direction of travel. When there are two roof sections which are adjacent to each other... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061586 - Top for a convertible: A collapsible top for a convertible can be stowed in a rear region of the convertible. The top has a rear window frame and at least one roof section which, in the closed state of the top, is situated in front thereof in the direction of travel. At least one... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061587 - Flexible vehicle roof: A flexible vehicle roof has a flexible roof skin and a plurality of supporting elements that interact with the roof skin. The supporting elements are configured at least partially in some regions as sheet-like surface elements that support the roof skin. The supporting elements can be shifted together with the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061588 - Top drive for a flexible vehicle roof: A top drive for a flexible vehicle roof which can be transferred from a closed position into a storage position and vice versa. At least one roof link is movable via a linear drive, the roof link and a fixed end of the linear drive being fastened to a main... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061589 - Anchoring configuration for a rear section of a top cloth and convertible: An anchoring configuration for a rear end section of a top cloth. The anchoring configuration has a fastening strip, which can be connected by a first strip section to the top cloth and by a second strip section releasably to a body element of a convertible. The fastening strip is... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061591 - Folding top: A folding top of a motor vehicle has two top bearings which are fixed on the vehicle body and on which a top linkage for the folding top is mounted such that it can be pivoted between a closed position of the top and a lowered position of the top.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061590 - Vehicle roof: A vehicle roof has at least two roof segments which, in the closed position of the roof, support a flexible roof skin at least in some regions and can be shifted via at least two pairs of links in a positively controlled manner from a closed position G of the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061592 - Convertible: A convertible has a top which can be opened and can be put away and which has a rear window frame and, when the top is closed, at least one surface bow situated in front of said rear window frame in the direction of travel. A coupling linkage for carrying... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061593 - Top for a convertible: A top for a convertible has a rear window frame, at least one roof section placed in front of it in the direction of travel when the top is closed, and a lateral top linkage. When the top is closed, a further roof section which is connected to the top... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061594 - Foldable vehicle top: A foldable vehicle top contains a top cloth and a rear window. The rear window has an outer border with a window mount to which the top cloth is fastened. A frame is provided which, in a closed position, supports the top cloth and the rear window. The frame has... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061595 - Displaceable roof: A displaceable roof in a vehicle, in particular a folding top in a motor vehicle, with a front first roof section for connecting to the frame of the windshield of the vehicle, a second roof section disposed after it, and two link configurations which are mounted on both sides of... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080061596 - Vehicle low cost braking aerostabilizer: This invention defines a low cost easily installed aerostabilizer, more commonly called a wing or spoiler, for vehicles that rises from a more horizontal than vertical orientation that it maintains at constant or accelerating speeds to a more vertical than horizontal orientation during braking of the vehicle. Power for change... Agent: Donald E. Burg

20080061597 - Vehicle fairing structure: A vehicle fairing structure has a top fairing surface adapted to be attached to a trailer box, and first and second side fairing surfaces adapted to be attached to the sides of the trailer box, in the gap between a tractor cab and a trailer box in a tractor-trailer combination.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080061598 - Vehicle fairing system: A combination of vehicle fairing structures forming a fairing system having a front end structure, a rear end structure, and first and second side structures, for optimizing the aerodynamic profile of vehicles, especially tractor-trailer combinations.... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20080061599 - Windbreak device: In order to improve a windbreak device for motor vehicles, in particular for cabriolet vehicles, comprising a windbreak base which can be mounted such that it is fixed to the vehicle and on which a wind deflector which extends in a wind deflector surface can be mounted so as to... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20080061600 - Structure of a vehicular body: A crash load absorption structure of a vehicular body having a side member at a bottom of the vehicular body extending in a forward-rearward direction and a pillar extending in an upward-downward direction. The structure of the vehicular body includes a side body bar located upward from the side member... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

20080061601 - Device for fixing a heat transfer device, in particular a coolant radiator for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a device for fixing a heat transfer device, in particular, a coolant radiator (7), in the frame-type assembly support (2) of a front end module (1) for a motor vehicle. Said assembly support (2) comprises an upper crossmember (2a), two lateral parts (2c, 2d) and preferably... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080061602 - Structurally reinforced members: There is disclosed a reinforcement material for forming reinforced members. The reinforcement material includes a strengthening material which is preferably a fabric disposed at least partially between portions of matrix material.... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080061603 - Sunroof drain tube mounting arrangement: A vehicle mounting arrangement is provided for a vehicle having a sunroof with a sunroof drain tube and an inflatable airbag. The drain tube and the inflatable airbag are mounted to a vehicle roof rail of the vehicle. The vehicle mounting arrangement includes an inflatable airbag mounted to the vehicle... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080061604 - Modular vehicle headliner: A modular vehicle headliner assembly includes a generally planar headliner substrate for mounting over an interior portion of a vehicle roof. An air duct is attached to one side of the substrate. An air-curtain assembly is attached to the air duct. The air duct supports the air-curtain assembly relative to... Agent: International Automotive Components Group, LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080061605 - Roller blind system for a sliding roof: A roller blind system for a sliding roof includes a guide rail and a spring steel band that is guided in the guide rail in sections. The spring steel band has an end that is situated outside the guide rail, and which contracts to a coil. A roller blind is... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080054665 - Double cell crushable joint for automotive front end: A structural joint is formed between the upper frame rail, which bends downwardly to define a generally vertically extending portion, and a generally fore-and-aft extending lower frame rail that can increase bending resistance without sacrificing crash energy management of the horn section of the lower frame rail. The structural joint... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080054667 - Selectively removable tailgate hinge for a power tailgate: A selectively detachable tailgate assembly for a vehicle is disclosed. The tailgate assembly includes a tailgate, a hinge mechanism, and a power assembly. The hinge mechanism connects the tailgate to a portion of a vehicle. A portion of the hinge mechanism may be selectively disassembled to permit the tailgate to... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20080054668 - Tailgate and hinge assembly for pickup truck: A tailgate and hinge assembly for a pickup truck includes a pair of L-shaped hinge brackets secured to opposite sides of the truck body of the pickup truck. Each hinge bracket has an inverted U-shaped cam track therein for receiving the hinge cam pins on the tailgate. This hinge assembly... Agent: Herman H. Bains

20080054664 - Protective and decorative faux vehicle grill component: A faux vehicle grill component includes an elongated body panel having a pair of receivers or connectors at spaced apart locations therealong adapted to lockingly receive a pair of spikes or prongs from a tow bar connecting system protruding outwardly from the grill area of an associated vehicle to be... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080054669 - Vehicle tailgate lift assist support structure: A vehicle tailgate lift assist support structure is provided with a rear end structure, a tailgate pivotally coupled to the rear end structure, and a lift assist device connected between the rear end structure and the tailgate. The rear end structure includes a first wall, a hinge plate having a... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20080054670 - Visor clip: A vehicle visor clip for attaching articles to an edge of a vehicle visor includes a clip body of moveable side legs joined to an end wall. Handles are affixed to the free ends of each side leg and fixedly attached to the side legs. A pad is joined to... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080054671 - Top for a convertible vehicle: A top for a convertible vehicle with a flexible roof panel, which is attached to an arrangement of convertible-top rods and, in its rear area, to an attachment device of the vehicle body, in which a clamping device, acting on the flexible roof panel in the region of its attachment... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080054672 - Cabriolet: A convertible with a roof, which can be displaced longitudinally in an approximately horizontal position towards the rear of the vehicle, between a closed position, in which the roof is held directly or indirectly against the windshield frame and an intermediate position, in which the fixture between the roof and... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080054673 - Convertible vehicle comprising a roof held at lateral roof linkage parts: The invention relates to a cabriolet vehicle comprising a roof which is provided with lateral roof linkage parts and can be stowed away in the rear of the vehicle, said vehicle being embodied in such a way that at least one holding-down device acting on the roof linkage parts of... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080054674 - Portable privacy shield for an automobile: Portable privacy spaces are described that include an open door of a vehicle, and an opaque sheet attached to a first fastener and a second fastener. The first fastener is attached to the open door of the vehicle and the second fastener is attached to another surface of the vehicle.... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080054675 - Stiffening structure and stiffening method for automotive outer panel: A stiffening structure for an automotive outer panel of the present invention has an outer-panel side member fixed to the automotive outer panel. Further, the stiffening structure has an annexed member adhered onto an inner surface of the automotive outer panel while interposing an adhesive therebetween at least one end... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080054676 - Armrest arrangement for a motor vehicle door: An armrest arrangement for a motor vehicle door is provided. The armrest arrangement comprising an armrest which is adjustable in a direction of adjustment, a guide device, at least one slide movably guided on the guide device in the direction of adjustment, at least one coupling element, via which the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080054677 - Drag reducing vehicle attachment: An apparatus and system for reducing drag on a vehicle are described. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a deflector configured to divert air-flow around a vehicle body. The apparatus may further include an attachment member removably coupled to the deflector, the attachment member configured to attach the deflector to... Agent: S. Scott Gordon Advantage Patent Services, Inc.

20080054678 - Post pressurizing material treatment for bodies moving through fluid: A post pressurizing material treatment for bodies moving through fluid includes a series of compartments joined to the rear surface of the body. Each compartment is sealed by a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls and a front wall and is open at a rear end... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080054679 - Method of transporting poultry: A method for transporting poultry in a coop trailer that includes a trailer section which can carry a number of tiers of poultry cages on its bed and has a vertically oriented tarpaulin system mounted thereon. The tarpaulin system includes tarpaulins which are suspended from a cable that extends between... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20080054680 - Hanger beam assembly: A hanger beam assembly is formed from aluminum and includes first and second support brackets, a main beam hanger, a driver beam, a main beam, a main beam support, and a main beam support mounting bracket. The driver beam extends between the first support bracket and the main beam hanger.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080054681 - Hanger beam assembly: A main beam support mounting bracket formed from aluminum for a vehicle. The main beam support mounting bracket has a first lateral end that is mechanically secured to a main beam support and a second lateral end that is mechanically secured to a center support. A bottom wall of the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080054682 - Hanger beam assembly: A main beam support is formed from aluminum and includes an upper end and a lower end. The upper end is attached to a first end of a main beam hanger, while the lower end is attached to a main beam support mounting bracket that is secured to a vehicle... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080054683 - Car body frame member: In a car body frame member that couples a front side member and an extension member to each other, a portion thereof extending from a rear portion of the front side member to the extension member is formed as a bent portion that is smoothly curved and inclined downward. A... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080054684 - Guide tube-fixing structure for sunroof device: In a guide tube-fixing structure for sunroof device 1 that includes cables C1, C2 for opening and closing a roof panel 4 by push-pull operation; guide rails 5, 5 for guiding opening/closing of the roof panel 4; sunshade rails 20, 20 for opening/closing of a sunshade panel, guide tubes P1-P4... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP