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Land vehicles: bodies and tops July cataloged by category listing 07/08

20080179906 - Rotating vehicle console: A console (10) for a vehicle includes a body (12) having a back panel (14), the body defining at least one storage compartment (22). A support assembly (40) is secured to a back panel (14) of the body (12) and is configured for attaching the body to a seat back... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080179907 - Multi-function cargo lid/floor: A multi-functional cargo lid for a vehicle is provided that functions as a floor for a main storage area, a lid for a storage well, and as an elevated shelf. The cargo lid includes a first panel pivotally connected to a cargo lining behind a rear seat of the vehicle... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080179908 - Truck security system: A security system is provided for a truck having at least one cargo door. The system emits an audible alarm when a cargo door is open and a driver or other person working on the truck goes beyond a defined distance, generally the immediate vicinity, from the truck exposing cargo... Agent: Epstein Drangel Bazerman & James, LLP

20080179909 - Trunk lid for vehicle body: A guide rod system movably connects a trunk lid to a vehicle such that the lid is movable between a base position in which the lid covers a trunk of the vehicle, a luggage storage position in which the rear of the lid is raised relative to the trunk, and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080179910 - Shading device with holding element, and corresponding vehicle: According to the invention, said blind sheet has at least one holding and/or guiding element separated from the lateral edges of said blind sheet and extending parallel to said axis of deployment, and cooperating with a guide rail having a complementary cross-section to that of said holding and/or guiding element,... Agent: ShewchukIPServices

20080179911 - Adapter rail for soft rollup tonneau covers: An adapter rail for attaching a rack to a side wall on a pickup bed. The adapter rail includes a top rail, a side rail extending from the top rail, and a mounting track attached to the top rail. The mounting track is adapted to engage an adapter on the... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20080179913 - Structural mounting insert: A structural mounting insert for sealing between and/or adhering to surfaces of members is described. The insert includes a base member and activatable material about the base material.... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080179912 - Three-piece roof assembly for race cars: A three-piece roof assembly is provided for racing cars in which the two side members are fixedly supported on the frame of the vehicle and the center member is positionable at a selectable canted angle relative to the side members. The center member is formed with laterally extended flanges that... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080179915 - Air guiding device for a motor vehicle: Proposed is an air guiding device for a motor vehicle, comprising a spoiler element (16) which extends substantially in the vehicle transverse direction and which can be moved by means of a setting-out kinematic arrangement, which predefines a movement path, from a retracted rest position into a maximum deployed lifted... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080179914 - Functional device with pivotable element: Proposed is a functional device which is arranged on the outer side of a vehicle body, comprising a base element (18) and at least one pivoting element (20A) which is pivotable with respect to the base element (18) between two end positions. According to the invention, a multi-linkage mechanism is... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080179916 - Reduced wind resistant haulage vehicle apparatus: A reduced wind resistance haulage vehicle apparatus includes an undercarriage portion which supports a motor/transmission. Driven wheel assemblies are connected to the undercarriage portion and are powered by the motor/transmission. A cab portion is supported by the an undercarriage portion for controlling the motor/transmission. Steering wheel assemblies are supported by... Agent: S. Michael Bender

20080179917 - Panel side door structure for a motor vehicle: A vehicle door structure and a method for its manufacture are disclosed, the structure being for a vehicle having a door frame and a door mounted in the frame, the door having an interior facing into the vehicle and an edge surface in opposed relationship to the frame when the... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20080179918 - Wiperles windshield clearing system: This invention is to replace any mechanical wind wiper for a vehicle operation. We construct the air pump to blow the air to push the debris, rain water, and snow away from the windows. The pneumatic windshield clearing system includes an air source from engine assembly or and muffler coupled... Agent: John Yuming Liu

20080179919 - Automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle: An automatic opening/closing apparatus for vehicle is downsized, and cost of the automatic opening/closing apparatus is reduced by reducing the number of its components. A driving drum is rotatably accommodated in a main body case of a driving unit, and one ends of cables are connected to a sliding door... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20080179920 - Power dual action rocker board: A rocker board assembly for a motor vehicle includes a housing adapted to be attached to the motor vehicle. An arm is slidable relative to the housing. A pivot housing is pivotal relative to the arm. A step is fixedly secured to the pivot housing. The rocker board assembly also... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20080174135 - Imitation blower/supercharger/fuel injection with realistic sound: The present invention is an imitation supercharger blower assembly for a vehicle that will produce a look and sound similar to a functional supercharger blower assembly.... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.a.

20080174136 - Device holder for fitting in a motor vehicle: A device holder assembly for use in a vehicle includes a compartment having a top side opening, a device holder attached to the compartment for holding a mobile electronics device, and a closure attached to the compartment. The holder is movable with respect to the compartment between a storage position... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080174137 - Tailgate for a motor vehicle and a motor vehicle having such a tailgate: In a tailgate for a motor vehicle, which comprises a lower tailgate body (18), on which a rear window (22) is mounted, on whose upper area a supplemental brake light (24) is provided, the rear window (22) is lowerable into the tailgate body (18), wherein the rear window, at least... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080174138 - Pickup tailgate loading ramp: A tailgate and loading ramp for pickup trucks includes a rectangular tailgate section rigidly attached to an upper ramp section. The lower end of the upper ramp section is pivotally attached to a linkage member. A support member and a lower ramp section are also attached to the linkage member... Agent: James T. Robinson

20080174139 - Adjustable seating assemblies for vehicles: A vehicle having an adjustable seating assembly and related method. One member of the seating assembly may be adjusted to provide a backrest to a straddle type seat of the vehicle. As such, when a carrier bed having an accessory platform is located rearward of the straddle type seat, the... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20080174140 - Protective laminates for windshields: Protective laminate films protect an underlying windshield from damage due to impacting rocks or other debris. The laminate films generally include a substrate having a scratch resistant coating adhered to one side and an adhesive layer adhered to an opposite side. Adhesion promoter and primer layers may be provided to... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20080174141 - Sunshade assembly: A sunshade assembly includes a flexible screen body, and a self-coiling spring strip unit that is secured to the flexible screen body and that provides a coiling force for biasing the flexible screen body to roll-up. The self-coiling spring strip unit deforms in a first state, where a cross-section thereof... Agent: Mccracken & Frank LLP

20080174142 - Truck cover systems: A system for covering the cargo bed of a truck is provided having a motorized drive system which stores entirely within the primary cover of the system. Screw shaft connectors provide for automated opening of the cover vertically from the cargo bed of the truck. Demountable enclosure parts, stored within... Agent: Stoneman Law Offices, Ltd

20080174143 - Convertible canopy for rear compartments of golf carts: A four-sided convertible golf cart cover for covering a rear compartment of a golf cart, including a convertible framework operatively connected above the rear compartment of the golf cart defining a top portion, a front portion, a rear portion, a left side portion and a right side portion, a sectional... Agent: Holland & Knight LLP Attn: Stefan V. Stein/ Ip Dept.

20080174144 - Protection device for a vehicle: An impact protection device and a method for protecting an object, such as a vehicle, using the impact protection device. The impact protection device is particularly useful for protecting a vehicle from damage due to hail storms. The impact protection device includes a layer of high tensile strength polymer and... Agent: Marsh, Fischmann & Breyfogle LLP

20080174145 - Retractable assist handle for a vehicle: A retractable grip assist handle assembly provides an extendable support for a passenger during ingress to or egress from the vehicle. The retractable grip assist handle assembly includes a handle, and a body portion having a first end connected to the handle and the handle and body portion are extendable... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.c.

20080174146 - Wheel-less pick-up truck camper with internal jacks: The wheel-less camper comprises at least one jack mounted to the camper, the first jack being disposed inside the first sidewall. The camper may include a second jack, the second jack being disposed inside the second sidewall. Each wall of the camper may have an inner wall and an outer... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080174147 - Insulated composite body panel structure for a refrigerated truck body: Various embodiments of the present invention provide an insulated structural panel including a superinsulating, desiccant-filled, vacuum-sealed insulating panel sandwiched between a pair of composite panels. The composite panels are configured to impart structural strength to the panel without introducing heat transfer pathways through the vacuum-sealed insulating panel. The desiccant material... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080174148 - Device for reinforcing a hallow motor vehicle bodywork element, and a corresponding method: The present invention provides in particular a device for reinforcing a hollow motor vehicle bodywork element (1) of closed right section, the device being characterized by the fact that said element (1) has means (2; 3; 5) suitable for subjecting its inside space (E) to a shock wave or pressure... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080174149 - Structural insulation panel: A structural insulation panel is provided for use with a truck or similar vehicle to provide structural support and thermal, acoustic, and vibration insulation. The structural insulation panel includes two fiberglass layers sandwiching and bonded to a foam core. The structural insulation panel may be used in the construction of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080174150 - Vehicle body frame: Vehicle body frame includes a main frame section that is made of light metal and extends in a band shape from a front end portion to a rear end portion of the vehicle body frame to thereby form a compression wall portion, and a sub-frame section that is made of... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080174151 - Spring fastener with highly improved removal to insertion ratio: A fastener comprises two engagement springs on opposite sides of the fastener. Each engagement spring has an elongated rib. The elongated ribs may have a substantially rectangular shape, or any suitable shape, and they may protrude away from the opposite side of the fastener. Additionally, the elongated ribs may have... Agent: Themi Anagnos

20080174152 - Process for in-molding an energy-absorbing countermeasure to a headliner: A process for in-molding an energy-absorbing countermeasure to a headliner 18 for use in a vehicle. The process includes the steps of (1) preparing a sheet; (1A) optionally affixing to the sheet a means for adhering to form a composite sheet; (2) thermoforming the composite sheet into a composite energy-absorbing... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c.

20080174153 - Open roof construction for a vehicle, as well as a vehicle having such open roof construction: The invention relates to an open roof construction for a vehicle, as well as to a vehicle fitted with such an open roof construction, in particular a folding roof. More in particular, the invention relates to special features which make it possible to swing down the folding roof (1) into... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.a.

20080169664 - Decorative accessory for automotive wiper arms: A decorative accessory for automotive wiper arms. The accessory includes a weather resistant member manufactured from a predetermined material, and having a predetermined shape and a predetermined size. At least one securing means is operably connected to such weather resistant member for securing such weather resistant member to such automotive... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080169666 - Vehicle having a body panel: A vehicle having a vehicle body component and a body panel. The vehicle body component has a body mating feature. The body panel has a body panel mating feature that engages the body mating feature to secure the body panel to the vehicle body component.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169665 - Vehicle having a passenger compartment body structure: A vehicle having a body structure for at least a portion of a passenger compartment of the vehicle disposed adjacent to a front portion of the passenger compartment.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169668 - Vehicle trunk internal storage compartment structure: A vehicle trunk internal storage compartment structure including a floor portion formed with a storage recess open toward the vehicle top; a lid body covering the storage recess opening; and a link member connecting the lid body with the storage recess inside. First and second end portions of the link... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20080169667 - Universal accessory system: A universal accessory attachment system for the interior of a vehicle is designed to connect any one or more of a variety of accessories to various vehicle panels within a vehicle. The attachment system includes an accessory having a male connector configured to selectively attach the accessory to a vehicle... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080169669 - Manufacturing system and component for first and second groups of vehicles: In order to be able to use a uniform body structure in the case of vehicles in a model series of a vehicle manufacturer whose rear seats are equipped either with a stationary seat cushion or with an adjustable seat cushion, in the area of the floor panel, an adapter... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080169670 - Rain and snow protection device: The rain and snow protection device is constructed so that rain cannot adhere to the window glass in the range of the field of vision; thereby a satisfactory field of vision is continuously visible without the use of wipers, through the window glass from the driver's seat in the motor... Agent: Day Pitney LLP

20080169671 - Vehicle having a closure system: A vehicle having a closure system that includes a closure structure, a body structure component, and a hinge pin. The closure structure is configured to pivot with respect to the body structure component.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169672 - Automotive side door air bind reduction grommet: A side door grommet is formed in an L-shaped configuration to be seated in a side door between the primary and secondary door seals to release air pressure experienced when the side door is closed against the body shell. The grommet includes an L-shaped tube that allows air to pass... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080169673 - Cargo body for a truck and truck made thereof: A cargo body for a truck having a frame and a cab comprises a main component, a front component and a compliant joint. The main component defines a roof and connected sidewalls. The main component, which has a front end and a rear end, is adapted to be ultimately attached... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080169674 - Modular cargo containment wall system: A modular cargo containment wall system includes a floor or floor liner, and first and second types of containment walls referred to herein alternatively as first and second wall members. The floor or floor liner has upwardly disposed parallel arrays of first tenons mounted thereon. The floor or floor liner... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20080169676 - Battery tray for a golf car: A plastic battery tray is provided for use in a golf car. The plastic battery tray can be integrally formed and include a floor and a sidewall. The floor can include a centrally disposed convex portion and a series of reinforcement ribs. The floor can further include a series of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080169675 - Meter bracket and method of attaching same: A bracket can be easily attached to and removed from a support structure of a small utility vehicle. The bracket can receive a gauge or meter therein. The bracket can include features that facilitate the attachment and removal of the bracket to the support structure. The bracket can be configured... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080169677 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure having a closure frame structure and an inner fender structure. The closure frame structure has a tenon. The inner fender structure has a mortise that receives the tenon. A fastener extends through the mortise and the tenon to secure the inner fender structure to the closure... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169678 - Interior finishing panel for vehicle and method of manufacturing the same: An interior finishing panel for a vehicle, comprising a first wall) and a second wall opposed to each other at an interval. The panel is formed in a hollow double wall structure having an inner rib formed between the first wall and the second wall. A skin sheet with an... Agent: Vern Maine & Associates

20080169679 - Vehicle having a passenger compartment body structure: A vehicle having a body structure that defines a front portion of a passenger compartment. The vehicle includes first and second closure frame structures and a roof structure that interlocks with the first and second closure frame structures.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169680 - Vehicle body assembly: A vehicle body assembly having a set of castings. Each member of the set of castings interlocks with another member of the set of castings to create a vehicle body structure.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169681 - Vehicle having an interlocking floor assembly: A vehicle having an interlocking floor assembly including a first floor structure having a first set of mating features and a second floor structure having a second set of mating features. The first and second sets of mating features interlock to couple the first and second floor structures together.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169682 - Vehicle having a rear end body structure: A vehicle having a rear end body structure that includes first and second rear side castings. The first and second rear side castings interlock with at least one structure that at least partially defines a passenger compartment of the vehicle.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169683 - Vehicle having a front end body structure: A vehicle having a front end body structure. The vehicle includes first and second inner fender castings having first and second mating portions, respectively, and a front end casting that interlocks with the first and second mating portions free of welding.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169684 - Inner fender structure: An inner fender structure having a set of pockets. Each member of the set of pockets has an opening. The openings of the adjacent pockets are disposed along different sides of the inner fender structure.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169685 - Vehicle body component and mating feature: A vehicle body component having a body portion and male and female dovetail portions. The male and female dovetail portions have substantially trapezoidal cross sections.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080169686 - Vehicle having an engine support structure: A vehicle having an engine support structure. A cradle for supporting an engine is provided that has first and second apertures that are spaced apart from each other and receive a frame rail.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080164707 - Universal structural joint for automotive frames: A structural joint configuration is formed in an automotive frame in which the frame members are bent into an angular orientation and joined together to form a structural joint in the automotive frame in which loads imposed on any of the frame members forming the joint will be transferred to... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080164708 - Moveable storage assembly for motor vehicles: The moveable storage assembly of the invention is well suited to vehicles with tall ceilings, such as a truck cab. The storage assembly has a storage unit attached to guide assemblies. The guide assemblies allow the storage unit to move on guide rails from a retracted to an extended position... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080164709 - Cargo space arrangement: The invention concerns a cargo space arrangement (1) for a vehicle (5), said cargo space arrangement (1) comprising a main cargo space (3) positioned inside a vehicle door (7), a load floor (9) forming a lower area of the main cargo space (3), and a floor lid (10) arranged in... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080164710 - Headrest system for an automotive vehicle: A headrest for an automotive vehicle is attached with the vehicle but not with a seat for the vehicle. The headrest may move relative to the vehicle.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080164711 - Dynamic hook insert for a movable seat back: A device and method for reducing noises created by a movable seat back that is tethered to a cabin wall. The seat back has a latch bracket that hooks over a rigid striker pin extending from the cabin wall. A dynamic hook insert, manufactured from a polymeric material, lines the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080164712 - Passenger seat having driver-accessible storage modules: A passenger's seat (20) has a seat cushion (28) and a seat back (30) that can fold down onto the seat cushion. A storage module (34) is recessed into the rear of the seat back and can be conveniently accessed by a driver in a driver's seat (22) along side... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080164713 - Vehicle personalization and protection panel: A personalization and protective panel for attachment to golf carts and other vehicles, trailers, etc. for protecting the passengers from the sun and flying debris, and providing a medium for easily removable personalization of a golf cart. Additionally, the present invention is portable, easily installed and removed, and attachable on... Agent: John C. Cave

20080164714 - Mechanism for changing relative positions and attitudes of two object connected to each other: The present invention provides a simple connecting mechanism disposed between a stationary body and a movable body to simply change relative positions and attitudes of the movable body with respect to the stationary body, and it is possible to simply manufacture a sunvisor, an armrest, a portable table by using... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080164715 - Mounting device for a vehicle interior component: The invention relates to a fixing device for a vehicle for mounting a component, especially a sun visor. The fixing device comprises a cantilever arm that can be pivoted about a first, especially vertical rotational axis but is fixed in relation to the vehicle body. The component can be tilted... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080164716 - Energy transfer beam for automotive side door: A side door impact reinforcement beam incorporates a cantilevered member that is welded at one end thereof internally of the impact reinforcement beam and projects forwardly thereof. Upon side impact, the bending of the impact reinforcement beam deploys the cantilevered member outwardly from within the section of the reinforcement beam... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080164717 - Automotive body structure with spin welded hardware moutns: An automotive body structure includes a tubular load bearing structure and a hardware mount having a base plate with an annular axially extending spin welding initiator. The hardware mount is spin welded to the load bearing structure to provide a reinforced location for the mounting of automotive hardware, such as... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080164718 - Interior folding armrest for automotive vehicle door: An interior armrest for a sliding door assembly of a motor vehicle having a hollow housing that is pivotally movable about a pivot axis between a horizontal position for use as an armrest and a vertical position for storage is disclosed. The housing includes an actuator for automatically moving the... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080164719 - Apparatus and method for interconnecting items with a flexible member: A flexible member, comprising: an inner core member, comprising a plurality of strands of liquid crystal polymers cooperating with each other to define and provide the inner core member; an outer sheath disposed about the inner core member, the outer sheath defining an inner opening for receiving the inner core... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080164721 - Expansible cap: Cap (10)) is attached to elevating mechanism (60). Cap (10) is elevated or lowered by means of elevating mechanism (60). When cap (10) is elevated, enclosure assembly (30) encloses the space between wall assembly (40) and cap (10). The inside of expansible cap (01) is available as a much larger... Agent: Thomas D. Semotuk

20080164720 - Extendable room-in-room for recreational vehicles: This invention discloses an extendable room-in-room slide-out room for recreational vehicles, which allows a substantial increase in the usable living space of a recreational vehicle, occupies a relatively small amount of the slide-out is contracted, and provides a means for maintaining horizontal surfaces both while extended and contracted.... Agent: Marc E. Hankin, Esq.

20080164722 - Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus: An aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus for use with vehicles having downstream surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes folding panels that extend rearward for use in a drag reducing configuration and collapse for use in a space saving configuration.... Agent: Thomas Scott Breidenbach

20080164723 - Side rail structure: An improved side rail structure is used to form a portion of a flat bed trailer. The side rail structure is integrally formed as one piece. The side rail structure includes an outer side rail wall which is integrally formed as one piece with a rub rail. A flooring section... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20080164724 - Integrated pullout step system for top bunk ingress/egress: A truck (136) has a sleeper cab (138) in which a bunk (140) is elevated from a floor (72) of the cab. A cabinet (110) is adjacent an end of the bunk. A track (146, 148) runs on the cab floor from inside the cabinet to outside the cabinet. A... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20080164725 - Modular vehicle interior system: A vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle body and a module. The vehicle body has a front end and a rear end with an opening formed through the rear end. The module is sized to be received within the rear end opening. The module has at least a portion of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080164726 - Multi-panel sunroof system: A multi-panel sunroof employs at least three movable sunroof panels. In another aspect of the present invention, three sunroof panels are stacked upon each other in one or two different operating positions. A further aspect of the present invention provides for rearward opening movement of a front sunroof panel and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080157552 - Anchor cap for child safety seat: The present invention generally relates to articles and/or methods for covering and/or concealing components of a vehicle. Some embodiments include a covering means for concealing a component; a slide means for enabling motion of the covering means; a vertical support means for supporting the covering means; a containment means for... Agent: Brouse Mcdowell Lpa

20080157551 - Component holder: A holder for a component on a vehicle has two holding elements fastened independently and at a distance from each other to the vehicle. A first holding element has a first latching element which interacts perpendicular to the plane of the holding region with a first mating latching element which... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080157553 - Soft composite trim panel for a vehicle interior: A flexible trim panel attaches to a surface of a vehicle interior and includes a compression-molded thermoplastic foam layer and a textile fabric or synthetic leather layer, such as expanded polyurethane or PVC material. The panel has a compression-molded surface feature in an inner and outer layer, and may have... Agent: Quinn Law Group, Pllc

20080157554 - Container equipped on vehicle: A container includes a drawer that can be held at an intermediately open position and can be easily moved to the fully open position. A container includes a drawer for accommodating a small article, an accommodation case for accommodating the drawer for horizontal sliding movement, and an intermediately open stopping... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080157555 - Locking mechanism for retractable cargo bed: A locking mechanism for a retractable cargo bed includes an engagement rail forming part of a stationary frame; the engagement rail having a top edge profile defining a plurality of locking recesses. A locking member carried by a travelling frame and adapted to engage a selected locking recess of the... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20080157556 - Vehicle side article transporter device: The present invention is a container for a light-duty automobile such as a light-duty pickup truck or sport-utility vehicle having at least one opening, operably associated with the quarter panel of an automobile, an inner wall operably associated with the container, and a cover having a closed position and an... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080157557 - Straddle-type vehicle: A straddle-type vehicle having a seat that pops up. A seat assembly has a front end section that is latched by a seat connection member. The seat assembly is elastically deformable in an upward-downward direction of the vehicle. The seat assembly is latched by a seat lock such that it... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080157558 - Convertible vehicle with a separately moveable rear window: The invention relates to a convertible vehicle with a rear window, which is surrounded on its side by flexible covering areas and which can move relative thereto. In order to ensure a sealing between the covering areas and the rear window, a flexible and tensible cloth loose section is provided,... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080157559 - Automotive door inside panel equipped with sunshade: A door inside panel includes a panel body (12) having a first fixing device (18) and an upper pelmet (14) arranged proximate the upper edge of the panel body (12) and housed in a cavity (16) which opens on the visible side of the inside panel, the pelmet (14) including... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080157560 - Apparatus for reducing the drag of vehicles in motion: Apparatus attached to the rear of a large box like vehicle for reducing rear drag, resulting from the movement of the vehicle includes an aerodynamically shaped structure rotatably mounted along at least one of the rear edges of said vehicle. The structure defines an enclosed space facing the rear of... Agent: Samuel Spector

20080157561 - Wind repelling system for a vehicle: The invention relates to a wind repelling system (18) for a vehicle, comprising a cross strut which is movable between a retracted neutral position and a deployed operating position, at least one adjusting lever arrangement (22) that is disposed between the cross strut (20) and a basic structure (26) while... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20080157562 - Straddle-type vehicle: A straddle-type vehicle having a plurality of body covers that are easily assembled and that have mating sections with an improved external appearance. A connection mechanism connects a leg shield and an under seat cover using a connecting member, and a fixing mechanism fixes the leg shield and the under... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.l.p.

20080157563 - Front end module integrated, adjustable fascia or top cap support system: A The present invention is a support system for a panel having a carrier member to which a component support structure is attached, at least one component support structure to which a first externally visible component and the contoured finish panel require attachment, a first attachment structure for providing fixed... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080157564 - Injection-moulded part, energy absorbing assembly with spacer, and method for making such an assembly: An injected part (26) designed to form by being folded, an energy absorbing device and a spacer, the energy absorbing device having a number of hollow elements (12) projecting from a first plate portion (10), and a number of hollow elements (16) projecting from a second plate portion (14), associated... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080157565 - Vehicle cab suspension: A vehicle cab is pivoted to the chassis at the front and supported at the rear by a cab suspension unit that includes a laminate of interleaved elastomer and rigid plate layers. The laminate flexes in reaction to forces that act in the planes of the layers and is relatively... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080157566 - Grid member and vehicle front structure with the grid member: A front structure for a vehicle has a grid member configured to allow outside air to be introduced from a forward direction of the vehicle into a compartment of the vehicle, and a part within the compartment disposed on a rear side of the grid member. The grid member has... Agent: Osha Liang L.l.p.

20080157567 - Structural system for an automotive vehicle: A structural reinforcement system is provided for an automotive vehicle. In another aspect of the present invention, a structural beam is employed which extends in a cross-vehicle direction spaced above a vehicle floor. A further aspect of the present invention provides a cross-vehicle reinforcement beam inside another structural member. Yet... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080157568 - Automobile compact disc headliner: An automobile headliner assembly for motor vehicles is adapted to store a plurality of compact discs. Located directly above the vehicles sun visor on both the passenger and driver side is an assembly including an outer fabric cover. The outer fabric cover includes an upper fabric member having a continuous... Agent: David S. May Jr