Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 10/08

20080258483 - Vibration damping bed for vehicles: A bed comprising a bottom platform for securing to a surface of a vehicle and a horizontal riding platform coupled to the bottom platform by a horizontal motion interface which allows relative horizontal movement between the horizontal riding platform and the bottom platform. A top platform is coupled to the... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080258484 - Electro-magnetic release mechanism: An electro-magnetic mechanism comprises a spring-operated rod (1) having a recess (1a) and a latching member (2) engageable in the recess to block motion of the rod. A release member (4) retains the latching member engaged in the recess (1a) in a first position of the release member and allows... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080258485 - Pedestrian protection apparatus for vehicle: A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, including a plate member which is disposed at a front face of the vehicle, which includes front and rear portions, and which is fixed at the rear portion to the vehicle with at least a leading end part of the front portion protruded... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080258486 - Roll-in cot: A roll-in cot having a patient support attached to a wheeled transporter wherein the wheeled transporter comprises leading and trailing collapsible legs having respective proximal ends pivotally connected to a frame and distal ends including wheels wherein at least the leading or the trailing collapsible legs are operable from a... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080258487 - Vehicle cargo bed extender: An improved truck bed extender particularly adapted for ease of installation and removal. When not being used to extend the truck bed, the extender is advantageously adapted to quickly and easily create a secondary storage area. In one embodiment, the extender includes a first side wall, a second side wall,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080258488 - Load-carrying bed system and construction: A load-carrying bed system for attachment to a frame of a vehicle includes a headboard member adapted for securement to a first support component associated with the truck frame and a second separate support component associated with the truck frame. The second support component forms a portion of the frame... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080258489 - Safety device for a motor vehicle: A safety device for a motor vehicle with a front portion and at least two headlamps spaced apart from each other is described. The vehicle includes a front hood which, in an accident, is displaced from its closed initial position into a raised safety position in which a gap is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080258490 - Convertible roof for a passenger vehicle: An assembly includes a roof having front and rear roof parts, a motion system, and a coupling rod. The motion system includes front and rear guide rods, a spring, and a guide rod mechanism to move the roof between closed and opened positions. The front guide rod is fixed to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080258491 - Transparent outer panel for a retractable hardtop: A retractable vehicle hardtop has a predominantly transparent top roof panel and a predominantly transparent combined back light/sail panel. The panels are attached to a top stack linkage that is used to retract and extend the hardtop. The top roof panel and combined back light/sail panel each feature a smooth,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080258492 - Convertible vehicle: A convertible vehicle is provided with at least two roof elements that are separated from each other at a joint when the roof is in the closed position and arranged one after the other relative to the direction of travel, and in order to open the roof a rear roof... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080258493 - Locking device for a convertible top: A locking device (10) for locking a convertible top (18) in its opened position comprises a catch element (14) and an opposing element (16) bringable into engagement therewith for locking, wherein the catch element or the opposing element is attached on the convertible top (18) and the other element of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080258494 - Door module and a method for connecting an operating device for a closing and opening mechanism in a vehicle door and a handle: A door module for forming a vehicle door, the door module including a frame and, arranged on the frame, a mechanism for closing and opening a vehicle door formed by the door module. The closing and opening mechanism exhibits an operating device that is so arranged as to be capable... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080258495 - Motor vehicle door: A motor vehicle door is provided which includes an inside door lining, a window plane and an outer door panel, wherein the motor vehicle door is separated, as seen from the outside to the inside, by a sealing surface into a wet region and a dry region. The sealing surface... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080258496 - Cover for interior trim component and method of assembling same: A decorative cover for a vehicle trim component includes a resilient skin including an edge for insertion into a groove of the vehicle trim component. At least one tab extends from the skin edge. At least one line of stitching is located on the resilient skin. The at least one... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080258497 - Travel trailer: A travel trailer having exterior unitary lower and upper shells, an interior lower shell defining a pre-molded floor and side walls with a seating area, a cabinet for refrigerator and stove top, an opposing bench, a bathroom sink, and defining an aisle centrally therebetween; a shower pan attached to a... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080258499 - Cargo trailer: Cargo trailer kit containing pre-fabricated ready-to-assemble modular components for a cargo trailer. The cargo box is assembled from a chassis with pre-installed floor, a plurality of wall panels, and a roof panel. Wall panels are captured top and bottom in two channels, one extending around the perimeter of the chassis... Agent: Bohan Mathers

20080258498 - Truss structure for pickup bed area: A truss structure for a vehicle having a bed area is provided and includes multiple truss members. The truss structure resides in each sidewall of the bed area. The truss members are made up of either stamped structures or a combination of roll-formed structures and stamped structures.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258500 - Trailer and trailer body construction and extruded panel for same: A trailer includes a chassis and a body connected to the chassis. The body includes an open-top cargo-retaining space adapted to carry a bulk commodity payload. An axle subassembly is connected to the chassis and includes at least one set of left and right wheel and tire assemblies to rollably... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080258501 - Rearward-side vehicle body structure: A rearward-side body structure of a vehicle, particularly a passenger car, has two side members mutually connected by a cross member. On each vehicle side, one console is provided, which in each case covers a junction node in a flat and form-integrated manner from below, in which junction node the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080258503 - Floor panel in vehicle, having bead whose inclined surface has gradually-changed inclination angle: In a floor panel in a vehicle, a plurality of beads, each having an arc form, are coaxially arranged on the floor panel; the center of the coaxially-arranged beads is positioned on either of side sills provided on the right and left sides of the vehicle; and each of the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258502 - Floor panel in vehicle, having positioning hole formed in joint between beads: In a floor panel in a vehicle, a plurality of beads are arranged in parallel on the floor panel; a joint part for connecting adjacent two of the beads is provided so as to form a coplanar surface over the two beads; a positioning hole, which is used for positioning... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258504 - Structure of rear part in vehicle body: A structure of a rear part in a vehicle body. A rear glass window is provided at a rear end part of a roof of the vehicle, and the rear glass window is inclined downward toward the back of the vehicle. A trunk compartment is formed from a part below... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080258505 - Vehicle door glass blocker and breaker: A vehicle door glass blocker assembly including a blocking bracket securable to a vehicle door frame panel, and a blocking edge integrally formed with the blocking bracket, being substantially normal to a vertical edge of a vehicle window, and being capable of at least partially shattering the vehicle window when... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080258506 - Vehicle floor structure: A vehicle floor structure including a floor panel which includes: a plurality of arc beads which are provided on a surface of the floor panel so as to be arranged in parallel with each other and to extend from a side sill inner toward a middle cross member while being... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258507 - System to establish a trim edge for a vehicle roof window: A headliner and bracket cooperate to define a trim edge around a vehicle sunroof. The bracket may include a lip the wraps around an edge of the headliner and trim associated with the headliner.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080258508 - Wind deflector for a sliding roof: The invention relates to a extendable wind deflector for a sliding roof of a motor vehicle, which comprises a wind deflector profile (15) provided with at least one air guiding wall (16). Said profile is open along the longitudinal extension thereof in at least one area which is oriented away... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080258509 - Vehicle roof with a roof part mounted movably on a central guide: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with at least a first roof part (4) and a second roof part (5), the first roof part (4), for the longitudinal movement on the vehicle roof (2), being manned displacably on a longitudinally directed centre guide (10, 12, 13) of the vehicle... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080258510 - Openable vehicle roof: The invention relates to an openable vehicle roof which comprises at least one cover element (18) which is guided in lateral guiding rails (20B), by means of which said roof opening can be selectively closed or at least partially opened, and an anti-blocking device which guides along the guiding rails... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080258511 - Convertible vehicle: A cabriolet includes a displaceable roof that can be secured in its closed position on a windscreen frame. To secure the roof, the cabriolet is equipped with at least two displaceable engagement bodies and at least one associated drive, which interacts with the engagement bodies to transmit the drive force... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080258483 - Vibration damping bed for vehicles: A bed comprising a bottom platform for securing to a surface of a vehicle and a horizontal riding platform coupled to the bottom platform by a horizontal motion interface which allows relative horizontal movement between the horizontal riding platform and the bottom platform. A top platform is coupled to the... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20080258484 - Electro-magnetic release mechanism: An electro-magnetic mechanism comprises a spring-operated rod (1) having a recess (1a) and a latching member (2) engageable in the recess to block motion of the rod. A release member (4) retains the latching member engaged in the recess (1a) in a first position of the release member and allows... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20080258485 - Pedestrian protection apparatus for vehicle: A pedestrian protection apparatus for a vehicle, including a plate member which is disposed at a front face of the vehicle, which includes front and rear portions, and which is fixed at the rear portion to the vehicle with at least a leading end part of the front portion protruded... Agent: Burr & Brown

20080258486 - Roll-in cot: A roll-in cot having a patient support attached to a wheeled transporter wherein the wheeled transporter comprises leading and trailing collapsible legs having respective proximal ends pivotally connected to a frame and distal ends including wheels wherein at least the leading or the trailing collapsible legs are operable from a... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20080258487 - Vehicle cargo bed extender: An improved truck bed extender particularly adapted for ease of installation and removal. When not being used to extend the truck bed, the extender is advantageously adapted to quickly and easily create a secondary storage area. In one embodiment, the extender includes a first side wall, a second side wall,... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080258488 - Load-carrying bed system and construction: A load-carrying bed system for attachment to a frame of a vehicle includes a headboard member adapted for securement to a first support component associated with the truck frame and a second separate support component associated with the truck frame. The second support component forms a portion of the frame... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080258489 - Safety device for a motor vehicle: A safety device for a motor vehicle with a front portion and at least two headlamps spaced apart from each other is described. The vehicle includes a front hood which, in an accident, is displaced from its closed initial position into a raised safety position in which a gap is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080258490 - Convertible roof for a passenger vehicle: An assembly includes a roof having front and rear roof parts, a motion system, and a coupling rod. The motion system includes front and rear guide rods, a spring, and a guide rod mechanism to move the roof between closed and opened positions. The front guide rod is fixed to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080258491 - Transparent outer panel for a retractable hardtop: A retractable vehicle hardtop has a predominantly transparent top roof panel and a predominantly transparent combined back light/sail panel. The panels are attached to a top stack linkage that is used to retract and extend the hardtop. The top roof panel and combined back light/sail panel each feature a smooth,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080258492 - Convertible vehicle: A convertible vehicle is provided with at least two roof elements that are separated from each other at a joint when the roof is in the closed position and arranged one after the other relative to the direction of travel, and in order to open the roof a rear roof... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080258493 - Locking device for a convertible top: A locking device (10) for locking a convertible top (18) in its opened position comprises a catch element (14) and an opposing element (16) bringable into engagement therewith for locking, wherein the catch element or the opposing element is attached on the convertible top (18) and the other element of... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080258494 - Door module and a method for connecting an operating device for a closing and opening mechanism in a vehicle door and a handle: A door module for forming a vehicle door, the door module including a frame and, arranged on the frame, a mechanism for closing and opening a vehicle door formed by the door module. The closing and opening mechanism exhibits an operating device that is so arranged as to be capable... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080258495 - Motor vehicle door: A motor vehicle door is provided which includes an inside door lining, a window plane and an outer door panel, wherein the motor vehicle door is separated, as seen from the outside to the inside, by a sealing surface into a wet region and a dry region. The sealing surface... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080258496 - Cover for interior trim component and method of assembling same: A decorative cover for a vehicle trim component includes a resilient skin including an edge for insertion into a groove of the vehicle trim component. At least one tab extends from the skin edge. At least one line of stitching is located on the resilient skin. The at least one... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080258497 - Travel trailer: A travel trailer having exterior unitary lower and upper shells, an interior lower shell defining a pre-molded floor and side walls with a seating area, a cabinet for refrigerator and stove top, an opposing bench, a bathroom sink, and defining an aisle centrally therebetween; a shower pan attached to a... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz

20080258499 - Cargo trailer: Cargo trailer kit containing pre-fabricated ready-to-assemble modular components for a cargo trailer. The cargo box is assembled from a chassis with pre-installed floor, a plurality of wall panels, and a roof panel. Wall panels are captured top and bottom in two channels, one extending around the perimeter of the chassis... Agent: Bohan Mathers

20080258498 - Truss structure for pickup bed area: A truss structure for a vehicle having a bed area is provided and includes multiple truss members. The truss structure resides in each sidewall of the bed area. The truss members are made up of either stamped structures or a combination of roll-formed structures and stamped structures.... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258500 - Trailer and trailer body construction and extruded panel for same: A trailer includes a chassis and a body connected to the chassis. The body includes an open-top cargo-retaining space adapted to carry a bulk commodity payload. An axle subassembly is connected to the chassis and includes at least one set of left and right wheel and tire assemblies to rollably... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080258501 - Rearward-side vehicle body structure: A rearward-side body structure of a vehicle, particularly a passenger car, has two side members mutually connected by a cross member. On each vehicle side, one console is provided, which in each case covers a junction node in a flat and form-integrated manner from below, in which junction node the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080258503 - Floor panel in vehicle, having bead whose inclined surface has gradually-changed inclination angle: In a floor panel in a vehicle, a plurality of beads, each having an arc form, are coaxially arranged on the floor panel; the center of the coaxially-arranged beads is positioned on either of side sills provided on the right and left sides of the vehicle; and each of the... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258502 - Floor panel in vehicle, having positioning hole formed in joint between beads: In a floor panel in a vehicle, a plurality of beads are arranged in parallel on the floor panel; a joint part for connecting adjacent two of the beads is provided so as to form a coplanar surface over the two beads; a positioning hole, which is used for positioning... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258504 - Structure of rear part in vehicle body: A structure of a rear part in a vehicle body. A rear glass window is provided at a rear end part of a roof of the vehicle, and the rear glass window is inclined downward toward the back of the vehicle. A trunk compartment is formed from a part below... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080258505 - Vehicle door glass blocker and breaker: A vehicle door glass blocker assembly including a blocking bracket securable to a vehicle door frame panel, and a blocking edge integrally formed with the blocking bracket, being substantially normal to a vertical edge of a vehicle window, and being capable of at least partially shattering the vehicle window when... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080258506 - Vehicle floor structure: A vehicle floor structure including a floor panel which includes: a plurality of arc beads which are provided on a surface of the floor panel so as to be arranged in parallel with each other and to extend from a side sill inner toward a middle cross member while being... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080258507 - System to establish a trim edge for a vehicle roof window: A headliner and bracket cooperate to define a trim edge around a vehicle sunroof. The bracket may include a lip the wraps around an edge of the headliner and trim associated with the headliner.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080258508 - Wind deflector for a sliding roof: The invention relates to a extendable wind deflector for a sliding roof of a motor vehicle, which comprises a wind deflector profile (15) provided with at least one air guiding wall (16). Said profile is open along the longitudinal extension thereof in at least one area which is oriented away... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080258509 - Vehicle roof with a roof part mounted movably on a central guide: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with at least a first roof part (4) and a second roof part (5), the first roof part (4), for the longitudinal movement on the vehicle roof (2), being manned displacably on a longitudinally directed centre guide (10, 12, 13) of the vehicle... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080258510 - Openable vehicle roof: The invention relates to an openable vehicle roof which comprises at least one cover element (18) which is guided in lateral guiding rails (20B), by means of which said roof opening can be selectively closed or at least partially opened, and an anti-blocking device which guides along the guiding rails... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080258511 - Convertible vehicle: A cabriolet includes a displaceable roof that can be secured in its closed position on a windscreen frame. To secure the roof, the cabriolet is equipped with at least two displaceable engagement bodies and at least one associated drive, which interacts with the engagement bodies to transmit the drive force... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080252089 - Mounting device for fixing a portable electronic device: The invention pertains to a mounting device for fixing a portable electronic device, particularly a portable navigation system, in the interior of a vehicle. The mounting device includes a mounting element that can be detachably fixed on a component of the vehicle and a device carrier, on which the electronic... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20080252091 - Cargo retention device and method: A device and method is provided for retaining cargo within a vehicle passenger compartment including a retaining portion and a vehicle seat having a lower seat portion, an upper back portion, and a frame. The retaining portion comprises a strap or mat which is operatively attached at one end to... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080252090 - Vehicle overhead console assembly having a drop down occupant mirror assembly: An overhead console assembly, mountable in a vehicle, may have a console body having an exterior surface facing an occupant compartment when mounted in a vehicle and a drop down mirror assembly supported by the console body. The mirror assembly may have a support member having a door panel and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080252092 - Swing and fold down tailgate actioning mechanism: The present invention is a swing and fold down tailgate mechanism which includes an inner panel, a first handle supported by the inner panel operably associated with a first latch and a second latch, a second handle supported by the inner panel operably associated with the first handle and a... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20080252094 - Locking arrangements for removable end gates: An end gates which provides access to a cargo area of an automotive vehicle has a pair of outwardly opening cups which receive a pair of opposed pins directed inwardly from the cargo area. The end gate is rotatable from a closed vertical position through substantially 90° to provide horizontal... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080252093 - Tailgate dampening apparatus: An apparatus for damping the motion of a tailgate attached to a truck bed comprising a damper having a truck bed attachment point at one end and a tailgate attachment point at the other end. The truck bed attachment point is secured to said truck bed, while the tailgate attachment... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20080252095 - Windshield protection system: A windshield protection system has an optically clear sheet of plastic covering the windshield. The clear plastic sheet is attached to the windshield by a gasket around the perimeter of the windshield. A space is formed between the windshield and the clear plastic sheet. An optical matching material is used... Agent: Law Office Of Dale B. Halling, LLC

20080252096 - Blind arrangement: A shade arrangement for a motor vehicle with a drive unit which has a roller tube for taking up a shade, a roller shaft, an electric motor for driving the roller tube around the roller shaft, and a planetary gearing, the inner surface of the roller tube being formed as... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20080252097 - Door glass guiding structure for vehicle: The door glass guiding structure 3 comprises the glass guide member 10 which is disposed between two door glasses supported side by side on a door for example, the side door 2) of the vehicle so as to guide the vertical movement of at least one of the door glasses,... Agent: Studebaker & Brackett PC

20080252098 - Rail system of a mounting and guide device for a motor vehicle sliding door: A rail system of a mounting and guide device for a sliding door of a motor vehicle is provided with a drawn-in rear part, by which the sliding door is displaceable between a closed position in which the sliding door closes a door opening and an open position in which... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080252099 - Boundary layer suction system for a vehicle: The present invention provides an apparatus to increase stability of sports cars equipped with an underbody plate by means of active boundary layer suction applied to the car's underbody panelling (6). The apparatus of the invention comprises one suction device (4) to which ducts are connected coming from a structure... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080252100 - Roof rack cross bar rise up feature: A roof rack having movable cross bars that have a low profile when aligned with the side bars, but are raised when generally perpendicular to the side bars. The height variation is achieved using ribs that are provided on a bottom side of the cross bars. When the cross bars... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080252101 - Motor vehicle with side-impact reinforcement: A vehicle having a B-pillar, a side-sill arrangement into which the B-pillar extends and a transverse reinforcement that extends in the transverse direction to above the side-sill arrangement and adjacent to a lower end of the B-pillar, is characterized in that a plate-like impact element arranged in the longitudinal direction... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20080252102 - Vehicle with cabin: A vehicle with a cabin comprises a vehicle body supported by a plurality of wheels; a cabin bracket supported by the vehicle body; an elastic member for supporting the cabin, disposed between the cabin and the cabin bracket; and a weight member attached to a plate-shaped member of the cabin.... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080252103 - Service panel for a motor vehicle: A service panel is provided for a motor vehicle that is designed for closing an opening between an apron and a hood and for being mounted on the suspension strut top mountings of the motor vehicle. The service panel is equipped with an integrated strut top mounting brace. A motor... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080252104 - Vehicle body rear structure: A vehicle body rear structure, which includes: rear frames disposed on both side of a rear portion of a vehicle; a rear floor cross member bridged between the rear frames and jointed to each of the rear frames; a middle floor cross member which is disposed ahead of the rear... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080252105 - Sunshade assembly and open roof construction provided therewith: A sunshade assembly includes a flexible sunscreen, a rotatable winding shaft for winding and unwinding the sunscreen and two opposed guides for cooperation with two opposed longitudinal edges of the sunscreen. Each guide extends longitudinally in a curved manner in a plane which substantially is perpendicular to the sunscreen and... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080252106 - Vehicle roof with at least two cover elements: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with two cover elements (14, 16), a front one of which can be deployed and a rear one of which serves as the sliding cover, can be lowered under the stationary vehicle roof and displaced. An embodiment of the invention relates to an... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080246293 - Vehicle outer handle system: In a vehicle outer handle system including a circuit board which includes an electric part and which is contained in an operating handle, the operating handle is die-formed of a synthetic resin in such a manner that a protecting means covering the circuit board is mold-coupled to the operating handle.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20080246294 - Side-view mirror with door-open light: The side-view mirror at the driver side or the passenger side of a motor vehicle has a chamber on a top side of the side-view mirror's housing. The chamber has an opening facing a back side of the motor vehicle, which is sealed by a transparent screen. A circuit element... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080246295 - Transfigurable access sliding tray: A transfigurable bed liner assembly mountable on a vehicle including a bed. The assembly may include a channel mountable to each side wall of the vehicle, and a transfigurable bed liner including a plurality of rollers disposable in the channels for permitting sliding of the transfigurable bed liner. The transfigurable... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080246297 - Device for attaching a backrest: Backrests of a rear seat system are attached to a cross member which extends between the wheel housings of the rear structure of a motor vehicle. Owing to this indirect attachment of the backrests, instead of a direct attachment to the rear structure, the intermediately connected cross member is in... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080246296 - Static-reducing vehicle seat: A vehicle seat is provided having at least one seat cushion for carrying a vehicle occupant, and having a static-reducing device positioned in sufficient proximity to the occupant for dissipating an electrostatic charge from the seat. The static-reducing device includes conductive threading woven into the seat cushion or into piping... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080246298 - Seating and protector accessory: An accessory for use for the inside surface and the upper edge surface of a pickup truck tailgate. The accessory comprises a unitary member of plastic sheet material including a generally planar base portion, configured to overly and cover the inside surface of the tailgate and defining at least one... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080246299 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle, which includes an inner slide rail, an outer slide rail including an outer upper rail and an outer lower rail, a seat cushion provided slidably in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and configured to be flipped up to a wall portion of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080246300 - Flip-down footrest for an all-terrain vehicle: A two-seater all-terrain vehicle (ATV) has straddle-type driver and rear passenger seats, and a pair of movable rear footrests to support the feet of a rear passenger. The rear footrests pivot from a stowed non-supporting position to a supporting position. When folded into the non-supporting position, the rear footrests become... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20080246301 - Cabriolet soft top: A soft top is provided for a cabriolet. The soft top includes, but is not limited to, a monofilament warp thread and a monofilament weft thread. The soft top also includes, but is not limited to, a filling material substantially filling the interstices between the monofilament warp thread and the... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080246302 - Convertible vehicle comprising a roof fixed in the body via main support units: A convertible vehicle having a roof moveable between a stored position to a closed position, and method of manufacturing said convertible vehicle. The roof is supported by a pair of lateral main support units fixed to opposite sides of the vehicle body. Each lateral main support unit has a fastening... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080246303 - Mounting arrangement for mounting cladding to vehicle body: A mounting arrangement for securing a cladding to a vehicle body includes a vehicle body defining at least one aperture and a cladding having a body portion and at least one interval attachment structure extending from the body portion. The attachment structure includes a retaining portion received through the at... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080246304 - Weatherstrip with ventilation openings: A weatherstrip intended for positioning on the flange of the edge of the opening of a vehicle consists of a side-by-side arrangement of a tubular sealing section (1), a U-shaped fastening section (2) and a strip (3) laterally formed on the fastening section (2), which together with a limb (2′)... Agent: Synnestvedt & Lechner, LLP

20080246305 - Arm rest for an automotive type door: An armrest for an automotive type door is provided. The armrest includes a frame member engageable with such automotive type door at a predetermined location thereon. Such frame member is manufactured from a first predetermined material and has a first predetermined size and a first predetermined shape. A padding member... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080246306 - Wind deflector for a motor vehicle: The present invention relates to a wind deflector (1) in the motor vehicle sector, with a base element (2) which can be mounted on a part of a motor vehicle, with an opener (3) which is pivotally coupled to the base element (2), with an adjusting device (4) for pivoting... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080246307 - Curb-side debris loader-un-loader: A load hauling vehicle such as a truck having a truck bed which can load itself from the right side of the truck by use of the right wall being hinged at the bottom adjacent to the truck bed to enable it to be extended (or pivoted) down toward the... Agent: Mark E. Theener

20080246308 - Vehicle body reinforcing member: Using as a vehicle body reinforcing member any one of a bent tube with a partial bend of radius R, a tube with a plurality of portions that are bent at radius R, and a bent tube with mixed bends of inward and outward projection according to the present invention... Agent: Clark & Brody

20080246309 - Mounting structure of impact absorbing member and method of mounting same: An impact-absorbing member to be installed in a vehicle body component includes a main body positioned on an inner panel of the vehicle body component such that a portion of the main body is adjacent to an outboard surface of the inner panel, and a mount protruding from the main... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080246310 - Adapter for fixation of a robotic drive in a car: A device for mounting a driving robot in a motor vehicle, the motor vehicle having two driver's seat tracks and a floor, utilizing the two seat tracks of the driver's seat for anchoring purposes, the device including: a length-adjustable adapter plate that engages into both seat tracks in a hook-like... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080246311 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure includes a cowl extending in a vehicle transverse direction at an upper rear section of an engine compartment, an air inlet to introduce outside air into a vehicle cabin from the cowl, a fluid discharge channel provided at the bottom of the cowl, the fluid discharge... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080246312 - Rear section structure of vehicle: In a rear section structure of a vehicle, corners are defined by upstanding rear pillars at opposite ends of a back door opening and a lower back extending below the back door opening and extending laterally of the vehicle. A lower back inner part is extended to just below a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080238118 - Thermoform hush panel clamshell design: A hush panel for integration into an automobile includes a first section having a first channel-forming portion and a second section having a second channel-forming portion. The first and second sections are attached together via a hinge section. The first and second sections pivotable relative to each other about the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20080238119 - Strap bed lift: A vehicle includes at least two items that move vertically between a lowered position and a raised position. In one embodiment, one of the items is a seating unit having a seat back and a seat base such as a couch or a dinette. The seating unit may convert into... Agent: Holland & Hart LLP

20080238120 - Control console having multiple use positions: A control console includes a body supporting a plurality of controls, a base, and first and second legs each having a first end pivotably connected to the body and a second end pivotably connected to the base. The legs are shiftable between a first position projecting over a first end... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238121 - Acoustic panel assembly: The invention relates to an acoustic panel assembly. There is a need for a simple and inexpensive acoustic panel assembly. An acoustic panel assembly includes a parent panel and an insert panel. The parent panel has a higher density body and a sound reflecting skin. The insert panel is mounted... Agent: Deere & Company

20080238122 - Tailgate arrangement of a motor vehicle: A tailgate arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle, in particular of a passenger car The tailgate arrangement has a cargo space expansion element that is mounted on the inside of the vehicle on a tailgate, surrounds a cavity, is joined or can be joined in at least a water-tight... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080238124 - Seat track locking mechanism: An apparatus for adjusting the position of a seat comprises a rack and a clock nut that grips the rack. The rack comprises a threaded rod, while the clock nut comprises a short cylindrical body that is drilled and threaded along its diameter with internal threads corresponding to the thread... Agent: Goodrich Corporation C/o The Cavanagh Law Firm

20080238125 - Vehicle rear seat: An automotive vehicle includes a floor, an outboard seat and an inboard seat. The floor extends transversely between opposite sides of the vehicle. The outboard seat and inboard seat are arranged in a transversely extending row along the floor of the vehicle, wherein the inboard seat is disposed at an... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20080238127 - Seat slide device for vehicle: A seat slide device for a vehicle includes a lower rail, an upper rail movable relative to the lower rail and a lock member for restricting the relative movement of the upper and lower rails. The restriction of the relative movement can be released and the lock-released position can be... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080238126 - Vehicle seat slide device: A vehicle seat slide device includes lower rails, upper rails, screw shafts, nut members, an electric motor and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism is composed of a drive reduction gear mechanism coupled directly to an output shaft of the electric motor, a pair of left and right direction conversion... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080238128 - Method of assembling a crossbar with a dashboard, and a centering device: The invention concerns the assembly of a cross-member and an instrument panel. The invention concerns an assembly method including assembling a ventilation element (40, 42) on a cross-member (26, 28), and assembling the panel instrument on the cross-member (26, 28) such that a centering device penetrates into the orifice. The... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080238129 - Attachment element: An attachment element is provided with a central cylinder. The first end of the central cylinder has an internal thread and the other end terminates with an outer disk, where it can be screwed down, and passes through an inner disk between the outer disk and its first end.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080238130 - Windshield with incorporated message holder: A window assembly cooperating with a window frame on a golf car includes a first window pane coupled to the window frame. The first window pane defines a lower portion arranged adjacent to a body of the golf car. A message holder is disposed on the lower portion of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080238123 - Vehicle seat with lordosis support: The invention relates to a vehicle seat with a back rest having a frame (2) and a lordosis support (6), with the following additional configuration: The lordosis support (6) comprises a pressure plate (9) that is essentially bend resistant in at least the transverse direction of the seat or the... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080238131 - Actuation device for a flap element: An actuation device (30) for a flap element, in particular a variable top receptacle (20), having at least one wall element (22) that is pivotable between a first and a second position, wherein the actuation device comprises a fixedly borne spring element (34) and the spring element traverses a point... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20080238132 - Folding top for a convertible: The invention relates to a folding top for a convertible, comprising a rod assembly (8) and a top (4, 19) which is mounted on the rod assembly (8). In order to create a modular folding top concept, the rod assembly (8) is provided with a fastening base that is designed... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080238133 - Tonneau cover: A tonneau cover assembly for a truck having a bed and a pair of upstanding sidewalls generally includes a panel having a perimeter conforming to a perimeter of the bed and a mechanism for enabling movement of the panel between the first position abutting the bed and a second position... Agent: Walter A. Hackler, Ph.d. Patent Law Offices

20080238134 - Unsupported division post for automotive glass encapsulation: An improved division post is provided that eliminates the need for a metal carrier for support, eliminates the need for roll form tooling and stretch bend tooling which are expensive and time-consuming processes, and may be formed in a glass encapsulation mold and retain the curvature imparted by the mold.... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20080238135 - Control apparatus of opening and closing body for vehicle: A control apparatus of an opening and closing body for a vehicle includes a fully closed state detection means detecting a fully closed state of an opening and closing body for the vehicle, an authenticating means authenticating a user of the vehicle, a detection means detecting a command for an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080238136 - Motor vehicle door: A motor vehicle door comprises an outer module and an inner module, with the inner module having an inside door lining which is fitted onto a supporting surface of the inner module. The inner module has a supporting structure which comprises a metallic frame which in turn is joined to... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080238137 - Automobile weather strip: The weather strip of the invention has an attachment base and a sealing part to be integrally attached to the attachment base for sealing a gap between a vehicle body opening open/close member and a vehicle body opening part. The attachment base has a substantially U-shaped section or a substantially... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20080238138 - Cocoon camper: Cocoon Camper is a two-unit camper consisting of a frontal vehicle and a rear camper section. The frontal vehicle and rear camper section are connected and locked together allowing the vehicle to drive as if it were a single unit. The rear camper section of Cocoon Camper overlaps the frontal... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20080238139 - Fairing for a trailer: The present invention relates to a fairing for a trailer having a wheel assembly. The fairing is positioned on the underside of the trailer to cover a frontal area of the wheel assembly. More specifically, the fairing includes a shell and an anchoring mechanism. First, the shell is designed to... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080238140 - Long range and ultralight vehicle body construction: A long range and safer, steerable vehicle body for carrying at least one passenger and which body rides on at least two wheels and is constructed from ultra-lightweight materials, such as magnesium frame with polyolefin body panels. The frame is constructed from extruded tubings, joined with aid of end fittings,... Agent: Joseph B. Kejha

20080238141 - Collapsible trailer container: A collapsible trailer container for automobiles, comprising a rectangular enclosure having a base member and four vertical panels pivotally connected to the base member such that the panels can be pivotally moved to make them rest in a stacked configuration above the base member. The container also comprises a locking... Agent: Ty Ung

20080238143 - Motor vehicle comprising a spray water container: Motor vehicle with a water spray reservoir (10) which is accommodated in the front end (20) of the vehicle between outer skin (S) and units (M) and is positioned on the front structure (21) of the vehicle so that the reservoir (10) opposes an impact with the lowest possible resistance.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080238142 - Motor vehicle frame structure and crashbox therefor: A crashbox is provided for connecting a bumper carrier and a longitudinal beam in a frame structure of a motor vehicle. The crashbox has a section that is compressible in a longitudinal direction and a first fixing element for attachment to the longitudinal beam and a second fixing element for... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20080238144 - Cab reinforcement structure and work machine cab: A cab reinforcement structure for reinforcing a cab by a gusset disposed in a corner at which a right rear pillar and a hollow rear lateral beam member joined to the right rear pillar meet each other is formed such that a gusset retaining member for sustaining a load from... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20080238145 - Connective system: A connective system for connecting a first body to a second body having an aperture, is provided. The system includes a pin connected with the first body. The pin has a detent surface. A retainer ring having a snap fit engagement with the pin detent surface is provided. The retainer... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080238146 - Front rail having controlled thickness for energy absorption: A frame rail for a vehicle that is provided between vehicle frame and the bumper of a vehicle that has a thickness that varies from the front end of the rail to the back end of the rail. The compressive strength of the rail increases from the front end of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080238147 - Work vehicle: A work vehicle includes a front loader mounted at a front portion of the work vehicle to be vertically pivotable, a driving control device, and a canopy device for covering the driving control device from above, the canopy device including a roof disposed upwardly of the driving control device and... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080238148 - Body framework construction: A body framework construction, includes: a rear seat cross member, extending in a transverse direction of a vehicle, in a rear part of a body in a lower part of a passenger compartment; a dash cross member upper, extending in the transverse direction, in a front part of the passenger... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238149 - Vehicle body frame structure: A vehicle body frame structure includes, in a front frame assembly, a front suspension supporting section having paired right and left cushion top end supporting parts, paired right and left upper arm supporting parts, paired right and left upper arm supporting parts, paired right and left lower arm supporting parts,... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20080238150 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure, includes: a pair of front side members, front ends of which are joined to both ends of a front bumper via impact absorbing portions, respectively; front-side-member upper members, which are arranged above the front side members, and front ends of which are connected to the front... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238151 - Pillar construction for vehicle: An upper member of a pillar has a substantially U-shaped cross section, and includes first side walls extending substantially in a transverse direction of the vehicle at least at a lower portion. The upper member includes a connecting plate at a lower end while keeping the U-shaped cross section. A... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080238152 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure includes a cross member extending across a lateral direction of a vehicle, wherein the cross member is coupled to a vehicle body component and a reinforcing member installed to the cross member wherein the reinforcing member is spaced apart from a coupling portion of the cross... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080238153 - Duct positioning for switching valve for tractors: The present invention provides a tractor, comprising: a vehicle body that is supported by a plurality of wheels; a switching valve that is disposed rearwardly of a vicinity of a rear end of a driver's station floor as viewed from above; a duct connecting member that is positioned at the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20080238154 - Outer sliding sunroof apparatus: An outer sliding sunroof apparatus having a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof of a vehicle, a drive device for opening and closing the roof panel, and a control unit for controlling the drive device includes a load detector for detecting load applied to the drive... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080238155 - Illuminated automotive wind blocker: The illuminated automotive wind blocker allows the simple and inexpensive manufacture of a wind blocker for any number of automobiles which utilize illuminated text and/or artwork. The design of the illuminated automotive wind blocker allows such text or artwork to be quickly and inexpensively applied based on customer requirements. The... Agent: Banowsky &levine, P.c