Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 05/09

20090134648 - Bedframe, bed comprising this frame, and method for fitting a motor vehicle with this bed: The frame comprises a base (32), two telescopic siderails (33) and mounting means (35, 46) for pivotally mounting each longitudinal member (33) to said base. This frame can be placed in a stowed position, in which said siderails (33) are, on said base (32), in a retracted and transversal position,... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090134649 - Tunnel console for passenger compartment of a vehicle: A console of a tunnel for the passenger compartment of a vehicle has an outer structure that houses, in a fixed position, a glove compartment fitted with a hatch; the console has a wall, which is positioned outside of said compartment and is movable, in response to an action by... Agent: Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey LLP

20090134650 - Slideout room support and leveling device: A slideout room leveling device for supporting and leveling a slideout room floor of a recreation vehicle. The device may have a base mounted to a threshold of the trailer frame and a support arm that has a friction reducing member mounted to the support arm. A spring member may... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090134654 - Glove box energy absorbing structure: A glove box energy absorbing structure that does not use braces to attach to an instrument panel or instrument panel reinforcement is provided. The energy absorbing structure includes a selectively collapsible pillar proximate to a bottom region of an upper glove box and a selectively collapsible pillar as part of... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090134651 - Commercial vehicle cab accessory mounting system: A driver's cab of a commercial vehicle includes at least one rail mounted to the exterior of the cab. The rail has an attachment structure extending along the rail enabling releasable attachment of designated accessories at optional positions along the attachment structure. A commercial vehicle cab accessory mounting system and... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090134652 - Console box structure: A console box assembly is configured such that a box body (3) within a console box (2) is divided into a potential drop away part (15), which is located in proximity to a proximity part (9), and a fixed installation part (16), which is a unit of the box body... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090134653 - Storage compartment with a supporting frame, and receiving device for a supporting frame: The invention relates to a storage compartment for a motor vehicle, with a wall (20) and a supporting frame supporting the wall (20), wherein the wall (20) can be varied in height, at least in some sections, by means of at least one first winding shaft (24a), the supporting frame... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090134655 - Motorcycle wind deflector accessory support: A motorcycle wind deflector accessory support for attaching one or more motorcycle accessories to the accessory support. The accessory support has one or more support members forming a substantially rigid support structure contoured to correspond to at least a portion of the shape of a front surface of a wind... Agent: Douglas Eggins C/o Kozlowski & Company

20090134657 - Sun visor for vehicles: It is an object of the invention to provide a technique which contributes to stabilized movement of a sliding structure in a slide-type sun visor for vehicles. Representative sun visor for vehicles includes a sun visor body, a support shaft, a sliding member, a clip member and a clamping device.... Agent: Dennison, Schultz & Macdonald

20090134656 - Sun visor apparatus for vehicle: A sun visor apparatus for a vehicle includes a sun visor body, a supporting member supported on a roof panel and supporting the sun visor body so that the sun visor body moves in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a first position where the sun visor body is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090134662 - Scissor style pivoting vehicle door: A vehicle door that opens from a point of rotation in a scissors like motion is provided. When the door is unlatched, it moves away from the side of the vehicle and swivels upward in a scissors like motion traveling along an arcuate path which parallels the curvature of the... Agent: Ruth Eure

20090134658 - Water shield for vehicle door: A water shield for a door of a vehicle includes a main body with at least one sealing portion for sealing to the door. The water shield also includes at least one rib coupled to the main body for increasing stiffness of the water shield.... Agent: Ralph E. Smith, Cims 483-02-19 Chrysler LLC

20090134659 - Collapsible door panel support structures and methods of assembly: A collapsible door support structure includes a pre-defined bend or local stiffening feature. The collapsible structure is either be incorporated into the door handle or is incorporated into a bracket that is either attached to the door handle or to the door pull cup. If in the form of a... Agent: Ford Global C/o Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

20090134660 - Side impact door trim buckle initiator design in armrest and grab handle region: A side impact door trim buckle initiator design is provided in a vehicle armrest and grab handle region. The disclosed support structure design induces buckling in the door handle supports while continuing to provide acceptable durability and strength. Two modifications to the door armrest and grab handle structures are made.... Agent: Ford Global C/o Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

20090134661 - Side impact door trim buckle initiator design in armrest and grab handle region: A molding for a vehicle includes a molding body provided at a door of the vehicle, at least one light-emitting body provided inside an end portion of the molding body for notifying an occupant of a state of the door, and a light-transmitting portion provided at the molding body for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090134663 - Expandable mobile facility: A mobile facility has a fixed frame, an expandable roof section, an expandable floor section, and an expandable side section. Interior space within the mobile facility is expanded by expanding the expandable roof section, the expandable floor section and the expandable side section.... Agent: John R Ley, LLC

20090134664 - Curbside loader and unloader: A bed has been provided for use with a vehicle in which the bed has a side loading apparatus and an opposite opening side wall through which material can be dumped from the bed.... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20090134665 - Cab structure of construction machine: The frame body is formed by a plurality of pipe-shaped members including a first column portion, a beam portion, the front end portion of which is connected to the upper end portion of the first column portion, and a middle column member that is disposed rearward from the first column... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090134668 - Bodywork: A motor vehicle bodywork has a floor assembly with an upwardly convex and downwardly open longitudinal center tunnel and two side sills parallel thereto. Floor elements are disposed between the longitudinal center tunnel and the side sills. A driver side and a passenger side are each provided with at least... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090134667 - Bottom structure of vehicle body: A second cross member, which extends in the lateral direction of a vehicle, is provided between one of floor side members and one of tunnel under reinforcements below a front floor panel. The bottom wall of the second cross member is arch-shaped, and a space is provided under the bottom... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090134666 - Floor plate for a vehicle: Floor plate for attaching to the bottom of a vehicle, the floor plate comprising at least one element (10) having in its lower side at least one recess (22) defining a narrowing and where a layer of glue attaching the floor plate to the bottom extends into the recess and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090134669 - Motor vehicle: A motor vehicle has a rear axle cross member, from which two diagonal struts project forward in a V-shape, which diagonal struts are connected with their front end in each case to a vehicle longitudinal member. Here, it is important that an annular, closed stiffening structure is provided behind the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090134670 - Seal and water catch for recreational vehicle: A seal between a base structure and a slide out structure of a recreational vehicle includes a panel section mounted to the base structure, the panel section including a front edge, a rear edge, a first side and a second side. A sealing element extends from the panel section, between... Agent: Mark L. Weber Renner, Kenner, Greive, Bobak, Taylor & Weber

20090134671 - Vehicle roof with a movable roof section: The invention relates to a vehicle roof with a movable roof section which can be deployed into a ventilation position by means of a deploy and/or displacement mechanism and/or then displaced above or below the vehicle roof or an at least temporarily stationary roof section for at least partially releasing... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090134672 - Drive appratus for sunroof: A sunroof driving device includes a pair of rail members adapted to be arranged at both edges of a roof opening formed in a vehicle roof in a vehicle width direction and each extending along a vehicle longitudinal direction, a slide member slidably supported by each of the rail members... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090127880 - Partition: A partition for separating the cabin compartment from the cargo area in HHR-style vehicles where the cabin compartment is characterized by a deck having a front wall and recesses. The partition comprises a frame including a panel. The frame is securable to a front wall of the vehicle deck, and... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20090127881 - Adjustable toolbox: An adjustable toolbox for use in conjunction with a bed on a pickup. The adjustable toolbox includes a base portion, a mounting portion and a lid portion. The base portion has a recess formed therein that is adapted to receive at least one object. The mounting portion is operably attached... Agent: Dicke, Billig & Czaja

20090127882 - Trapping device for vehicle use: A trapping device for vehicle use, which is installed between a floor-mounted console and a vehicle seat to trap objects that might fall between or under the vehicle seats.... Agent: Mrs. Carole Thibodeau

20090127883 - Automobile surface protector having adjustable width: A surface protector for the cargo area of a vehicle. The protector includes a roller assembly formed by a pair of tubular slides, one received in the other, so that the length of the roller assembly can be adjusted. Flexible sheets are attached to the slides and are able to... Agent: Ohlandt, Greeley, Ruggiero & Perle, LLP

20090127884 - Motorcycle and rectifier plate for the same: A motorcycle is provided with a translucent screen board 25 arranged forwardly of a handle 13 which changes a direction of a front wheel according to an operation by a rider and extended obliquely upward toward a rear of a vehicle body, and a rectifier plate 30 extending along the... Agent: Watchstone P+d, PLLC

20090127885 - Electical contact mechanism: An electrical contact mechanism adapted to be mounted to a retractable mechanism including a supporting mechanism for extending a roof and a rear window and stowing the roof and the rear window in a stowage space, includes a first member rotating in conjunction with the supporting mechanism, a first contact... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090127886 - Access door for truck beds: A pickup truck having a door panel in the side of the bed to allow access to the bed area. A door provides helpful entry into the bed area to connect a trailer, secure items, utilize greater storage, or other reasons.... Agent: Michael Berns Maloney, Parkinson And Berns

20090127887 - Dump body: The present disclosure relates to a dump body for a transport vehicle, in particular for the transportation of bulk material, which can be pivoted around a pivot axis between a support position and an upwardly pivoted ejection position by means of a drive device and which consists of a body... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20090127888 - Cab structure for construction machine: A cab structure for a construction machine that includes a plurality of pole members and can ensure the rigidity of the cab structure for a construction machine is provided. The cab structure unit includes the rear-right pole member that has a length that is shorter than other pole member (rear-left... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090127889 - Packaging arrangement for a fluid tank for a machine: A packaging arrangement for a fluid tank for a machine, including an engine disposed within an engine compartment of a body having a hood selectively disposed over the engine compartment. The engine includes a cooling package having at least one air intake. At least one fluid tank at least partially... Agent: Leydig, Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090127890 - Sliding roof: The present invention provides a sliding roof for a vehicle including a plurality of roof panels separately mounted on an opening of a fixed roof of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, a guide frame attached at a lower portion of each side edge of the opening,... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090127891 - Roof apparatus: A roof apparatus for a vehicle includes a pair of guide rails adapted to be mounted and extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle along both sides of an opening provided at a vehicle roof, the pair of guide rails supporting a movable panel for opening and closing the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090121508 - Interior trim assembly and method for operating the same: An interior trim assembly for a vehicle includes a trim component having a first panel; a second panel opposite the first panel; and one or more side panels joining the first and second panels, wherein the first, second and one or more side panels define a cavity; and an acoustic... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20090121509 - Mobile cleaning units and systems: Mobile restoration vehicles are provided having at least one axle, with the vehicle comprising a base supported by the axle; walls extending vertically from the base of the vehicle; and a roof supported by the walls, the base, walls, and roof defining at least a portion of the perimeter of... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20090121510 - Frame structure for vertically mounting integrated package: The present invention relates to a frame structure for vertically mounting an integrated package, which can improve mountability of the batteries and structural rigidity of the integrated package and a vehicle body. To this end, the present invention provides a frame structure which comprises: a rear floor frame disposed behind... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090121511 - Corner rail extrusion: A corner rail extrusion (124) is disclosed for facilitating the sealing of joints at the corners of structures such as recreational vehicles. The corner rail extrusion (124) includes a pair of outwardly and generally perpendicularly extending legs comprising a first leg (126) and a second leg (128). The rail extrusion... Agent: Varnum, Riddering, Schmidt & Howlett LLP

20090121512 - Passenger compartment of a motor vehicle: A passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, is provided having a dashboard, which has a lower cover connected thereto, and having a carpet laid out in the foot well of the vehicle, which is situated raised up from the foot well floor in the area... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090121513 - Visor and method for making a visor: A visor assembly includes a first core pad facially secured to a second core pad by a plurality of first connecting members of the first core pad engaging a plurality of second connecting members on the second core pad. A frame is secured to at least one of the first... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090121514 - Covering frame for a tarpaulin structure: The invention relates to a covcring frame for a tarpaulin structure, comprising a number of bows, which can be displaced along lateral longitudinal beams (4) and which each have a slide (6) at the ends thereof. lolding means (9) for force-folding a tarpaulin are provided in the vicinity of the... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20090121515 - Vehicle interior door pull handle attachment method and apparatus: The invention is directed to an apparatus and method that includes a bracket that attaches the bottom end of a vehicle interior door handle to a door panel in a rigid manner, the bracket including a first wall and second and third walls that extend, generally perpendicular to the door... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090121516 - Vehicle tailgate arrangement: A vehicle tailgate arrangement having an upper tailgate lid and a lower tailgate lid. The arrangement is operable between a closed position and an open position to thereby access a load area in the vehicle. During opening, the lower tailgate lid is arranged to be brought into overlapping relationship with... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090121517 - False division bar for minimizing wind throb noise: A false division bar assembly for minimizing wind noise generated during movement of a vehicle including a retractable rear window. The assembly includes a division bar mountable in a vehicle rear door window opening to create at least two air passages on opposite sides of the division bar within the... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP Fgtl

20090121518 - Vehicle with space utilization: A utility vehicle with space utilization features is disclosed. The space utilization features provide storage and access to components.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090121519 - Vehicle hood reinforcement structures: Vehicle hood reinforcement structures as provided to reduce impact in collisions. In one embodiment, the structure is to include a lower reinforcement panel configured to mount to a vehicle chassis and an upper reinforcement panel welded to the lower reinforcement panel wherein the deflection of a front deformable wall of... Agent: Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP

20090121520 - Enhanced functionality vehicle closure panel assembly: A closure panel assembly is positioned within a through-opening of a vehicle body and provides access to a cargo area. The closure panel assembly has a hinged panel that pivots within the through-opening, a window portion that stows within the hinged panel, and an engagement device for selectively coupling the... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090121521 - Frame structure for working vehicle: Rigidity of a frame of a working vehicle is improved by a simple structure and production costs are reduced by reducing the number of parts of a working vehicle. Pipes 66 are provided on both left and right sides at the center in the front-rear direction of a side frame... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090121522 - Vehicle equipped with passenger frame having small height from ground: According to a vehicle V equipped with a passenger frame having a small height from the ground level of an embodiment of the invention, the vehicle is equipped with a passenger frame F, to have a height (vehicle height) from the ground level smaller than a vehicle equipped with a... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090115214 - Method for surface treatment of metal plate and vehicle treated thereby: When surface grinding finish for decoration or other purposes is performed by applying a film (4) to the front surface of a metal plate (1) that is welded linearly with penetration (10) from the rear surface side thereof, a plurality of the films (4) are applied so as not to... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090115215 - Center console assembly having a ramped locating tab: A center console assembly for a motor vehicle includes a pair of side walls generally parallel and spaced apart from each other; a storage compartment extending between the side walls; and a tray supported on the side walls. A tab extends outwardly from at least one of the side walls... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090115216 - Load compartment covering for a vehicle: The invention relates to a device for covering a cargo space (12) of a motor vehicle, said cargo space being bordered by an outwardly pivotable vehicle lid (14), in particular a trunk lid, said device comprising an extractable roller blind device (26, 22, 24) which can be driven at least... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090115217 - Vehicle seat and manufacturing method of vehicle seat: Disclosed is a vehicle rear seat whose seat back is foldable forwardly, comprising a seat back frame, a seat cushion frame, and a unit connected to the seat back frame and the seat cushion frame. The unit connected to the seat cushion frame comprises a pair of bases to be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090115218 - Automobile sunshade for front passenger: A device and method for blocking sunlight from shining on the front passenger's side of an automobile. The invention uses a shade made of a sheet of material capable of blocking sunlight. The shade is mounted to the dashboard of the automobile and extends towards the back support of the... Agent: Phung Law Firm, P.C.

20090115219 - Convertible: A convertible has a convertible top which can be put away in the rear region of the convertible and, in a fully open position, is received in a convertible top compartment which can be at least partially closed by a convertible top compartment cover. In this case, the put-away convertible... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090115220 - Vehicle door frame and method for making same: A vehicle door frame includes a first frame 4 and a second frame 5 abutted against each other at abutting faces 4a and 5b thereof at a predetermined angle. The abutting faces 4a and 5b include first abutting faces 44 and 54 provided in design portions 43 and 53 and... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090115221 - Adjustable aerodynamic splitter: An adjustable aerodynamic splitter for a motor vehicle having a rearward flexible segment for attachment to the vehicle body and a forward more rigid segment, wherein the forward segment's leading edge is arranged for selectively attaching thereto an extension strip of a desired width, and at least one pair of... Agent: Alexander Zelikov, Cims 483-02-19 Chrysler LLC

20090115222 - Cargo box for utility vehicle: A cargo box for a utility vehicle has a metal floor and composite polymer side panels. The side panels may be fastened to the floor such that relative movement may occur. Stiffening members resist rearward movement of the side panels that could result in a gap between the cargo box... Agent: Deere & Company

20090115223 - Cab structure for construction machine: A cab structure unit includes front-left and front-right pole Members, a rear-left and rear-right pole members. The pole members include a pipe member that is bent in a substantially L shape. The pole members include a straight pipe member. The rear end of a beam portion of the pole member... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

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20090115224 - Structural support for a bolt collar: A structural support for a bolt collar in an automotive vehicle main structural support is provided and includes a rear wall having a rounded portion, a pair of side walls extending substantially perpendicular from the rear wall and a base extending from a lower portion of the rear wall and... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090115226 - Securing wire harness to a roof liner: Generally provided is a roof-liner assembly for attaching a wire harness to a roof liner, the assembly having a wire harness that is attached to a roof liner by a harness clip and a harness-clip base, wherein the harness clip has a substantially closed-loop element that substantially surrounds the exterior... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett

20090115227 - Roof structure with a roof cutout and seal therefor: The invention relates to a roof structure with a roof cutout for a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof cutout seal is provided, which encircles the roof cutout and which seals a roof skin against a sliding-lifting roof or an outer sliding-lifting roof. A roof stop (7)... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090115228 - Vehicle roof: e