Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 02/09

20090051183 - Vehicle ditch molding: A vehicle ditch molding for insertion and retention in a recess, such as a roof ditch, formed between a first vehicle body panel and a second vehicle body panel is disclosed. The vehicle ditch molding may include a head extending outward from a ditch molding centerline and configured to cover... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090051184 - Stretchers: A stretcher (18) has front wheels that are powered by a motor (146). An operator actuates a lever (150) to cause the wheel to be powered. The powered wheels can be moved between a position in which they are constrained to rotate about a common axis extending between the wheels... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl LLP

20090051186 - Automotive door trim map pocket umbrella holder: An automotive door comprising a door trim member (10) with a map-receiving pocket (12) that is defined by a back member (16) that is secured to the door trim member and an inner member (14) that is secured to the back member with an umbrella-receiving member (18) that is accessible... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090051187 - Roller-blind system with dampened final position: The invention relates to a roller-blind system especially for the trunk cover of a vehicle. Said roller-blind system comprises a roller-blind material which is wound onto a winding shaft (1) between a covering position and a stowed position. The system is provided with a damping mechanism (2) which retracts the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090051185 - Truck bed enclosure: A positionable truck bed enclosure may be mounted on the gunwales of a pickup truck. The enclosure may comprise side panels mountable on the gunwales and a top hinged along one edge and mounted between the side panels. The top may be hinged intermediate its ends to form first and... Agent: Dowrey Rickards

20090051188 - Stowable child seat for automotive vehicles: A child seat mount assembly, a seat for mounting a child seat, and a passenger vehicle having a stowable child seat are provided. A seat back is connected to the body for closing an access opening to a storage compartment and seating an occupant in an upright position, and for... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090051189 - Covering configuration: A covering configuration has a loading space covering and is arranged behind a vehicle seat in a motor vehicle. The loading space covering extends in a transverse direction of the vehicle and is held at its longitudinal ends in corresponding receptacles on the vehicle. It important that the receptacle on... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090051190 - Adjusting mechanism of a soft top compartment cover of a convertible: The invention relates to an adjusting mechanism of a movable component, particularly a soft top compartment cover of a convertible, which is movably mounted by means of at least one control arm (2) that is hingedly connected to the vehicle body. A crossarm gear (19, 20) is mounted between the... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090051191 - Method for manufacturing a door upper module for a window panel of a vehicle, and such a module: e

20090051194 - Vehicle unguided four-bar rear door articulating and sliding mechanism: A vehicle rear door articulating and sliding mechanism including an articulating hinge assembly having a hinge arm pivotally mounted to a vehicle C-pillar at one end thereof, and a vehicle rear door pivotally and slidably mounted to the hinge arm at an opposite end of the hinge arm. A guide... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090051192 - Power door for a passenger vehicle: In one embodiment, an automotive vehicle is disclosed having a vehicle body with a first pillar, a second pillar, a roof member and a floor member defining a door opening therebetween. A lateral side entry door is pivotally connected to the vehicle body for enclosing the door opening. The side... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090051193 - Window regulator system for a vehicle door assembly: A window regulator system for a vehicle door module includes at least one guide rib integrally formed with the vehicle door module. A slider is at least partially received on the guide rib.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090051195 - Cargo access and retention system for a passenger vehicle: An improved access and retention system for sedans includes a protective cover for safeguarding a lower peripheral region of a rear cargo region while loading, unloading, and transporting cargo. The protective cover can conveniently and remotely stow within the cargo region. An integral tie-down assembly, exposed by deploying the protective... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090045642 - Apparatus for mounting an article astride fixed and movable body components: A mounting apparatus for an article astride fixed and movable body components in bridging relation to the cut-line therebetween. The article is automatically pivoted with respect to the fixed body component in concert with movement of the movable body component, whereby the pivoting of the article ensures that the movement... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090045643 - Bin tunnel with collapsible sides: A bin tunnel having collapsible sides is used with a truck box of a truck to load content into the truck box from a bin that is sized to fit within the bin tunnel when the bin tunnel is in an open position. When the bin tunnel is in a... Agent: Daryl W Schnurr Miller Thomson LLP

20090045644 - Mobile collection system having a bin tunnel with collapsible sides: A truck box of a tuck has a bin tunnel with collapsible sides to load content into the truck box from a bin that is sized to fit within the bin tunnel when the bin tunnel is in an open position. When the bin tunnel is in a closed position,... Agent: Daryl W Schnurr Miller Thomson LLP

20090045645 - Storage container for use in a boot: The invention relates to a storage container for use in a boot (10) of a motor vehicle (1), which container is fastenable on the lower side of a rear parcel shelf (12) and, for loading, is movable into at least one loading and/or unloading position, and which comprises a frame... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090045646 - Hinge for storage system: A hinge system that can be installed within a storage compartment causes an initial downward displacement of a leading edge of a door panel when the door panel is initially opened outwardly. This enables the leading edge to slide under and around an overlapping upper door lip of the storage... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090045647 - Apparatus and method for producing a sun shield device: An apparatus for a vehicle window capable of an open, partially closed, and closed position. A screening layer substantially covers the vehicle window. The screening layer prevents ultra-violet light exposure of objects and occupants within the vehicle. In addition, a fastener attaches the screening layer about the vehicle window. The... Agent: Law Office Of Robert E. Kasody, Professional Corporation

20090045648 - Protective device with a flexible protective canopy:

20090045649 - Over road trailer door hinge gap seals: Door gap seals and seal assemblies for over road trailers and other over road cargo carriers are disclosed herein. An over road trailer configured in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a door rotatably mounted to a container body proximate an opening. The door moves between a closed... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP Patent-sea

20090045650 - Vehicle body side structure: In a vehicle body side structure, an impact beam (116) is mounted to a door inner panel (110) by an impact beam extension (118). A part of the impact beam extension (118) that extends from an impact beam fixing part (126) to the door inner panel (110) serves as a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090045651 - Covering on an outer part of a vehicle, related production method and use thereof: The invention relates to a cover for an exterior motor vehicle part, particularly a motor vehicle door, comprising at least one carrier part and one cover part. It is provided that the cover part (20) is associated with a cover element, particularly a metal cover, overlaying the same.... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090045652 - Cargo net: The invention relates to a cargo restraint arranged between a passenger compartment and an article storage compartment in a utility vehicle. The cargo restraint comprises a web body, a first elongate supporting bar attached to the upper marginal edge of the web body and being located in an upper section... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20090045653 - Wire rope harness backbone: A vehicle is provided having a flexible linear member such as an electrical harness and a tensioned guide such as a wire rope to which the electrical harness is attached. This provides a well supported, direct, and secure routing that eliminates the need for extensive bracketry. It is emphasized that... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090045654 - Door closure prevention tool and vehicle body coating method using the tool: A door closure prevention tool (20) interposed between a vehicle body (10) and a door (11) when the door must be brought to a slightly open position, wherein the door closure prevention tool (20) allows locking to be released by a robot arm (75), and movement from a slightly open... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090045655 - Multi-panel panoramic roof module: A retractable roof for a vehicle having a passenger compartment that is selectively covered by the retractable roof. A pair of roof rails define a plurality of tracks that support a plurality of rigid roof panels on opposite lateral sides of the rigid panels. An upper tailgate extends between a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090039666 - Retractable head and foot section pivots for an ambulance cot: An ambulance cot has a wheeled base and a patient litter. The patient litter includes a pair of hollow, laterally spaced, longitudinally extending side rails, the side rails being configured to extend from a head end to a foot end of the patient litter. At least one retractable, generally U-shaped... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090039667 - Under-cover support structure: An under-cover support structure comprising: a dash panel provided in a front part of a vehicle cabin; a dash insulator attached to and extending along a cabin-side surface of the dash panel; an instrument panel mounted on the dash insulator in an inner side of the vehicle cabin; and an... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090039668 - Reinforcing structure for a motor vehicle capable of limiting dashboard vibrations and corresponding motor vehicle: A motor vehicle reinforcing structure includes an instrument panel crosspiece (1) fixed between the left and right front pillars (2) of the vehicle, and a hollow tube (7) having a length substantially less than the instrument panel crosspiece (1) and substantially parallel to the instrument panel crosspiece, and the hollow... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090039669 - Sun visor holder: A sun visor holder is provided which includes a holder main body 10 and a grommet 11 which is brought into engagement with the holder main body 10 so as to fix the holder main body 10 to a body of a vehicle, wherein roof lining temporary fastening pieces 40... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090039670 - Open-top cargo box with a tarp bow retaining aperture: An open-top cargo box for a truck trailer that is selectively coverable with bow-supported tarpaulin system. The cargo box has an interior cavity defined by front and rear walls connected together by a pair of longitudinally extending side walls. Each side wall has an upper horizontal surface defining a plurality... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090039671 - Flush vehicle door handle: A handle assembly for a vehicle door and a method of operating the handle assembly is disclosed. The door handle assembly may include a pivot bracket mounted in the vehicle door, a handle arm pivotally mounted to the pivot bracket, a handle alignable flush with a door handle cutout, and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090039672 - Glass run and manufacturing method thereof: A glass run includes a main body portion attached to a channel portion DC provided along an inner periphery of a door frame and having an approximately U-shape in section, formed of a base bottom portion and an exterior sidewall portion and an interior sidewall portion extending from the base... Agent: Mcginn Intellectual Property Law Group, PLLC

20090039673 - Slide door apparatus for vehicle: A slide door apparatus for a vehicle includes a reel member disposed at one of a vehicle body and a slide door for opening and closing a door opening formed in the vehicle body and a rope member reeled by the reel member and connected at a terminal end of... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090039674 - Front-end module for vehicles: This present invention relates to a front-end module for vehicles which comprises a mounting member with a plurality of sections extending in different directions to accommodate vehicle components wherein a component provided as a cooling module is by means of fixing elements secured to said mounting member in a central... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090039675 - Vehicle body with passenger compartment over cargo bed: A vehicle having a passenger compartment with front and rear seats and a cargo compartment behind the passenger compartment. The passenger compartment includes a floor that is stepped upwardly under the rear seat to form an open space thereunder. The cargo bed extends into the open space under the rear... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090039676 - Vacuum-formed \"firm-feel\" reinforcement for bumper fascias: The present invention relates to a mechanism for reinforcing a fascia including at least one reinforcement structure and at least one strengthening feature. The reinforcement structure is attached to the fascia so that at least a portion of the fascia is covered by the reinforcement structure. The strengthening feature is... Agent: Warn, Hoffmann, Miller & Lalone, .p.c

20090039677 - Automobile impact beam with integrated brackets and the manufacturing method thereof: Disclosed herein are an automobile impact beam integrated with brackets which are fastened to an automobile and a method of manufacturing the automobile impact beam. The automobile impact beam according to the invention includes a body formed from a central area of a hollow steel pipe, and brackets formed from... Agent: Richard S. Milner Cooper & Dunham LLP

20090039678 - Door configuration for automotive vehicles: A pick-up truck includes an operator and passenger compartment with both front and rear seating areas in which different door arrangements are provided on opposite sides of the operator and passenger compartment. On one side of the compartment, preferably the driver's side, the compartment is provided with a front door... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090039679 - Adjustable vehicle cargo load floor: A reversible lid of a cargo bin also functions as a cargo load floor. The cargo load floor is located behind a rear passenger seat and above a spare tire. When the lid is closed, a first flat loading surface is parallel to the ground upon which the vehicle rests... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090039680 - Front body structure for vehicle: Disclosed is a front body structure for a vehicle including a substantially rectangular grid portion composed of a bulkhead upper center frame, front parts of a pair of upper members and a frame suspended between the pair of upper members and extending substantially parallel to the bulkhead center frame, where... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090039681 - Method and construction kit group for the production of chassis of industrial trucks: In addition, the invention relates to a construction kit group for the production of chassis of industrial trucks by the method according to the invention and to an industrial truck which is produced using a construction kit from the construction kit group.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090039682 - Sunroof apparatus for vehicle: A vehicular sunroof apparatus in which a sunroof panel for opening and closing an opening in a vehicle roof has a front panel and a rear panel. The sunroof apparatus also includes a rear panel drive mechanism for effecting rising/lowering and opening/closing movements of the rear panel relative to the... Agent: Bruce L. Adams, Esq. Adams & Wilks

20090039683 - Open roof construction: An open roof construction and roof assembly for a vehicle comprises a stationary roof part, a roof opening provided therein and a panel which is slideable for opening and closing said roof opening. The panel and stationary roof part are provided with a pin and curve part assembly for guiding... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20090033113 - Shading device for motor vehicles: A darkening device (1) which has a shade fabric (10) which is mounted to be able to move for displacement between a receiving position in which it is taken up spaced apart from the region to be darkened, and a drawn position in which it extends underneath the region to... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20090033114 - Loading area cover for a motor vehicle: A loading area cover with a flexible flat structure, at a front end region, is connected to a dimensionally stable holding profile. The profile extends transversely to the flat structure's longitudinal direction and is releasably arranged in vehicle-fixed holders. The holding profile has frontal compensating elements in the vicinity of... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090033115 - Functional unit for a vehicle interior: A functional unit for a vehicle interior has a dimensionally stable functional profile including two mutually opposite end regions which are arranged in a longitudinally movable manner along profiled guide structures arranged in the vehicle interior. Provision is made for each end region to be provided with at least one... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090033116 - Vehicle slide-out room drive: An apparatus for moving a slide-out compartment of a vehicle. The slide-out compartment is slidably received in an opening in the side of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a rotatable member having a distal end wherein the rotatable member is rotatably mounted to one of the slide-out or the opening... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20090033117 - Glovebox cover for a motorcycle:

20090033119 - Storage structure at rear part of vehicle interior: A storage structure including: a storage space provided in a luggage floor at a rear part of a vehicle interior; front and rear lid members which cover an upper opening of the storage space, the front lid member being disposed at a front part of the upper opening and having... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090033120 - Parcel shelf structure in rear area of vehicle body: A parcel shelf structure in a rear area of a vehicle body includes a parcel shelf disposed between first and second rear cross members. The parcel shelf has in the center thereof a speaker installation section comprised of a bottom part that accommodates a step formed in a downwardly concave... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090033118 - Accessory tray and entertainment system for stroller: A tray for attachment to a stroller includes a compartment into which a device, such as a portable entertainment device, can be placed and retained, to educate or entertain a child who is in the stroller. The compartment is within the tray, the walls of the tray forming compartment walls.... Agent: Benjamin Appelbaum, Ph.d. Attorney At Law

20090033121 - Disposable bed bag: A disposable bed bag, such as for a pick-up truck cargo bed, includes a bottom panel and a plurality of side walls that form a generally rectangular parallelepiped with an open top that fits within the cargo bed. The bed bag can be placed within the cargo bed to provide... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090033122 - Foldable feet supports for removable vehicle seats: Removable vehicle seats operable for use outside of vehicles include a latching mechanism and a plurality of legs. The plurality of legs can be configured to extend when the latching mechanism is released from the vehicle and to support the removable vehicle seat when the removable vehicle seat is placed... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090033123 - Vehicle glazing: A vehicle glazing comprising a pane of body-tinted glazing material, which provides the glazing with a solar control and/or privacy function, having a capacitive moisture sensor mounted relative to it. The glazing material may be tinted glass. If the glazing is a laminate, the ply of interlayer material may be... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090033124 - Wind bulkhead device for a motor vehicle provided with an open bodywork: A wind bulkhead device for motor vehicles provided with an open bodywork is described. The wind bulkhead can be pivoted between an erected bulkhead position and a rear folded-down position, and covers the space between the head restraints of adjacent seats, in particular adjacent rear seats. The wind bulkhead is... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090033125 - Front guard of working vehicle: A front guard 10 of a working vehicle 1 is mounted onto a bracket 11 fixed on a front portion of a vehicle body frame 9 so as to be disposed in front of a bonnet 30. A top of front guard 10 slightly projects upward from an eyeshot of... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090033126 - Automotive vehicle instrument panel system: An instrument panel system includes box sections that increase the stiffness, rigidity, and natural frequency of the instrument panel system. A two-piece instrument panel system provides a two-tone appearance with differing die draws and grains.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090033127 - Subframe for a chassis frame of a utility vehicle: A subframe for a utility vehicle, which is fitted on a chassis frame of the vehicle includes angle profiles which, in the assembled state, form a stable subframe. A plurality of diagonal crosses which are composed of an upper partial cross and a lower partial cross can be arranged between... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090033128 - Vehicle roof with a roof module: A vehicle roof with a roof frame surrounding a roof opening and a roof module covering the roof opening, which roof module has guide rails and a covering element movably mounted on the guide rails, the roof module having at least two guide rails and a connecting element connecting the... Agent: Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP