Land vehicles: bodies and tops inventions 08/09

20090212584 - Cargo management system: A cargo management system for a vehicle with a top surface having a removable fastener, such as a hook-and-loop fastener, to accommodate a plurality of removable chocks for preventing the shifting of cargo. In one embodiment, the cargo management system comprises a plurality of panel segments connected by hinges. In... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, Pllc

20090212585 - Loading space arrangement: The inventive loading arrangement for a motor vehicle comprises a loading space (1) consisting of a loading space surface (2) and a pivotable loading space trap-door (3) provided with a receiving surface (4), wherein said loading space trap-door (3) is pivotable to a loading position, in which the loading space... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20090212586 - Mounting of a container in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle: A mounting of a container in a rail pair is provided, which is disposed in a passenger compartment of a motor vehicle, and the rails of the rail pair have substantially horizontally extending guide grooves on the mutually facing sides and a projection is mounted in the container on its... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.c. (gme)

20090212587 - Asymmetric multi-layer composites and processes for producing the same: Multi-layer composites comprising: (a) a first scratch-resistant coating layer comprising a first coating (primer); (b) a thermoplastic layer; and (c) a second scratch-resistant coating layer comprising a second coating (primer); wherein the first scratch-resistant coating layer and the second scratch-resistant coating layer are disposed on opposing sides of the thermoplastic... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090212588 - Trim molding for a motor vehicle window panel: A motor vehicle window panel has a peripheral trim molding formed by an extruded body of plastics material, and the body includes a mounting flange and a vehicle body sealing flange integrally connected by an intermediate connecting portion. The mounting flange carries a pressure sensitive contact adhesive tape which bonds... Agent: Alan F. Meckstroth Jacox, Meckstroth & Jenkins

20090212589 - Outdoor retractable screen for automobile: The invention shields most unwanted debris and acts of mother-nature from entering an automobile's window. The invention is designed to be mounted on the exterior of any vehicle. The screen can be retracted to the stow-away position when not desirable, and can also be attached to the window when desired,... Agent: Eric J. Winsanley

20090212590 - Selectable-mode door assembly and related method: The present invention generally relates to selectable-mode vehicle door assemblies. Some embodiments include door assemblies that are capable of operating in a sliding mode, and in a swinging mode according to user selection. Some embodiments can include one or more doorframes that can be selectably engaged in a swing mode... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett

20090212591 - Vehicle slider assembly: A vehicle slider assembly has a frame, upon which a fixed panel and an upper and a lower track are attached, and a slider panel assembly that moves in the tracks. The frame defines a window opening that the moving slider panel assembly opens and closes. The interior surfaces of... Agent: Marshall & Melhorn, Llc

20090212592 - Slide door structure of automobile: [OBJECT] To provide a slide door structure of an automobile enabling occupants to get on and off with ease even in a narrow parking space since the door of the automobile can be largely opened and capable of reducing the constraints on the design of the body of the automobile.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090212593 - Accessories to equip and to control the interior environment for vehicle camping: A method of equipping a vehicle (10), of the sports utility vehicle, van, or minivan type, with accessories which enables 2 adults to camp in the vehicle. This invention includes equipping vehicles designs that have been manufactured for several years as well as future new designs wherein several features can... Agent: Donald L. Larson

20090212594 - Aerodynamic drag reducing apparatus: A drag reducing apparatus is provided for use with vehicles having surfaces that are not streamlined. The apparatus includes an exterior cover that forms a drag reducing shape when the apparatus is fully extended. The apparatus can be retracted to a space saving configuration. A scissors linkage extends and retracts... Agent: Thomas Scott Breidenbach

20090212595 - Vehicle side fairing system: A vehicle side fairing having a first fairing panel fixedly secured to the underside of a trailer box, and a second fairing panel slidable mounted to plural cylindrical bars mounted on the underside of the trailer box in a fore and aft orientation. The second fairing panel is secured to... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090212596 - Vehicle side fairing system: A vehicle side fairing having a first fairing panel fixedly secured to the underside of a trailer box, and a second fairing panel slidably mounted to the first fairing panel. The second fairing panel is releasably secured to the wheel set so that the second fairing panel can be moved... Agent: Fitzpatrick Cella Harper & Scinto

20090212597 - Air guiding device: An air guiding device for a motor vehicle, in particular a rear spoiler, can be moved between a retracted non-use position and at least one deployed use position and contains an air guiding body on which are disposed two lateral air guiding body sections which can be moved in the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090212598 - System and method to reduce the aerodynamic force on a vehicle: Disclosed is a tractor-trailer including a tractor having a lower tractor duct that receives first air from a front of the tractor and channels the first air through a center area of the tractor and down between a set of rear wheels, a trailer having a lower trailer duct positioned... Agent: Novak Druce + Quigg LLP

20090212599 - Structural element: Structural element, such as a panel, which is embossed with a mode shape (φtotal), i.e. with any of the various stationary vibration modes (φn) of which the structural element is capable, or a combination thereof.... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090212600 - Hybrid-structure assembly support: An assembly support with hybrid structure for front ends of passenger vehicles and light trucks includes an upper cross member (1), a lateral member (2) attached to it from below with a flange plate (3) for connection with the face ends of vehicle longitudinal members and a lower cross member... Agent: Bourque & Associates Intellectual Property Attorneys, P.a.

20090212601 - Metal automobile frame of extruded members: A metal automobile frame including a number of extruded, constant-section linear bars welded to one another at structural nodes defined by connecting bodies with pockets for housing the linear bars. A pierced linear bar includes a number of tabs, each of which is located inside the pierced linear bar, extends... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20090212602 - Clam shell bracket connecting automotive structural members: A structural joint configuration is used in an automotive body structure in which a transverse roof cross member has a convoluted formed shape that must be connected to the longitudinally extending tubular roof side rail. A two-piece clam shell bracket forms the joint apparatus. A lower piece formed in a... Agent: Miller Law Group, Pllc And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090212603 - Slider structure of sunroof apparatus: According to a slider structure of a sunroof apparatus, the apparatus includes: a roof panel attached to an opening of a fixed roof; a panel support stay, where a cam groove is formed, is fixed to a side edge of the roof panel; and a slider that moves along a... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090212604 - Vehicle roof comprising a movable cover and an openable blind disposed thereunder: The invention relates to a vehicle roof (10) comprising at least one at least partially transparent roof part (14) that can be moved in order to at least partly open a roof opening (17), and a blind (20) which allows the movable roof part (14) to be covered from below... Agent: Dickinson Wright Pllc

20090206624 - Cantilevered storage unit mount for vehicles: Storage unit mounting apparatus removably and lockably attachable to a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a single, cantilevered support member removably and irrotationally attachable at its proximal end to the vehicle, the distal end of the support member supporting a receiver having integral mounting means to which the storage... Agent: E. Alan Uebler, P.A. Attention: E. Alan Uebler, Esq.

20090206625 - Glove box assembly for a dashboard of a motor vehicle: A glove box assembly for a dashboard of a motor vehicle has two glove box compartments adjacent to one another and associated with respective doors movable between an open position and a closed position; the glove box assembly has two retaining devices each associated with a relative door and releasable... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090206626 - Straddle-type seat: A recreational vehicle such as a snowmobile, personal watercraft, or all-terrain vehicle has a removable straddle-type seat that includes a base having a flexible portion that includes an aperture. The base is used in conjunction with a fuel tank or vehicle frame having a protrusion protruding therefrom. The flexible portion... Agent: Steward Strickland

20090206627 - Dash assembly for golf cars or similar vehicles: A dash assembly for a vehicle having a vehicle body defining an access opening includes a dashboard configured to extend across and generally obstruct the access opening. The dashboard includes a mounting tab configured to engage a portion of the vehicle body adjacent to the access opening. The dash assembly... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090206628 - Arrangement of a cowl stay on a motorcycle , and motorcycle incorporating same: A motorcycle includes a head pipe, left and right main frames extending rearwardly from the head pipe on left and right sides, respectively, and a cowl stay extending forwardly from the left and right main frames and supporting a cowling, which protectively covers a front portion of the motorcycle. The... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090206629 - Modular lifters for tarpaulins: The invention comprises a modular lifter for a tarpaulin system, comprising: a) a plurality of tubes, each end of each tube being a hollow end, and the tubes operative to be assemblable into a lifter for a tarpaulin system; b) a plurality of hinges, each hinge having a body, opposed... Agent: Lang Michener

20090206630 - Energy-absorbing system for vehicle door assembly: An energy-absorbing system for vehicle door assemblies is provided, including first and second brackets and a reaction plate. Each bracket attaches to an inner support panel of the door assembly via a mounting portion having leg members extending inward from opposing ends thereof. The reaction plate includes a generally planar... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090206631 - Logistics panel for use in a sidewall of a trailer: A logistics panel includes a composite panel that is formed of inner and outer skins and a core member secured therebetween. The composite panel has top and bottom end portions and first and second side end portions. The composite panel further has an aperture set provided therethrough which defines at... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090206632 - Central floor part of a vehicle body: A central floor part of a floor assembly of a vehicle body is formed as a unipartite cast part which is delimited at the outer side of the body by in each case one sill profile. Alternatively the unipartite cast part can be two cast parts connected to each other... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090206633 - Fender configuration: A fender configuration for a motor vehicle has a fender and a deformation element which is C-shaped in cross section. For the substantially vertically oriented supporting of an upper edge of the fender, an upper limb of the deformation element is connected to the fender and a lower limb is... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090206634 - Vehicle body of a motor vehicle with a side sill: According to the invention, a side sill of a vehicle body of a motor vehicle comprises an outer shell and an inner shell connected to each other via flanges. A reinforcement is removably attached to the outside of the outer shell, which reinforcement extends essentially over the entire length of... Agent: Scott Wakeman Muncy Geissler Olds & Lowe PLLC

20090206635 - Vehicle body structure: A vehicle body structure includes a roof panel, a front structural support member and an optional extension member. The front structural support member includes a first A-pillar attachment end, a second A-pillar attachment end, a front edge extending between the first and second A-pillar attachment ends and a rear edge... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090206636 - Vehicle roof bow assembly: A vehicle roof bow assembly includes a roof bow member and a pair of telescoping mounting brackets. The roof bow member is configured to extend in a lateral side-to-side direction along an underside of a vehicle roof panel. The telescoping mounting brackets each have a first end and a second... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20090200818 - Retention system and cover for this with an integrated retention function: A retention system with a cover (3), which includes at least one attachment element (6), by means of which the cover (3) can be attached to a seat (2) for the restraint of a passenger covered with the cover (3) by two-dimensional absorption of force by means of the cover... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090200819 - Interior trim component and method of manufacturing the same: An interior trim component includes a body portion defining an inboard-surface, and an outboard-surface, wherein the body portion is further defined by a groove formed in the inboard-surface, and a passage extending through the body portion from the inboard-surface to the outboard-surface; and a bolster portion including a first end... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090200820 - Convertible pick up truck tent camper/lumber rack: Many attempts have been made to create tent campers for pickup trucks but this is the first to create a lumber rack for a pickup truck that has the look and appeal of a lumber rack and which can be quickly converted to the framework of a tent camper that... Agent: Ernest F. Smith Jr.

20090200821 - Part mounted on automotive compartment ceiling: A part mounted on the compartment ceiling of an automotive vehicle which has a casing with burglar alarm sensor and substrate for the lighting equipment assembled therein, wherein the casing is formed of a resin material containing at least one of azadirachtin, meliantriol and salanin, which are insect repellent components... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090200822 - Mobile mortuary: A mobile mortuary is disclosed. The self-contained mobile mortuary cooler provides the ability to respond to a scene having one or more deceased persons and to refrigerate the bodies immediately upon arrival. Elements of the mobile mortuary include a mobile carriage, a commercial refrigeration unit, a gasoline generator, an automatic... Agent: George R. Reardon

20090200823 - Cargo bed insert for utility vehicle, front end mounting assembly, and optional accessories items for use therewith, along with utility vehicle incorporating the same: Various enhancements to the capabilities of vehicles in general, and particularly light-duty utility vehicles, which can advantageously enhance the cargo-carrying capabilities of such vehicles. The present invention provides a cargo bed insert, as well as an insert system, for removable attachment to a vehicle's existing cargo box. Improvement to a... Agent: Michael R. Henson & Associates, LLC

20090200824 - Slideout room jack screw adjustor: The present disclosure relates to a support system having a slideout room, a trailer frame assembly and a jack screw assembly to increase, decrease or level the vertical placement of the slideout room. The frame assembly has extendable support members connected to a plurality of jack screw assemblies with telescopic... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090200825 - Lid device opened at both sides and center console box: A linkage member 3 is pivotally supported, through a first shaft 30, by an article 1 having an opening, is supported, through a second shaft 31, by a lid member 2, and includes a latch 32 engageable with a latch receiver 12 disposed in the article 1. The lid member... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090200826 - Interior member for cab of work vehicle and method for forming same, as well as wall member: An object is to enhance the sound absorbing functions of an interior member, and furthermore, to increase ease of assembly of the interior member, and the interior member for the cab is integrally formed so as to have a laminated structure where a sound absorbing material is contained between an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090200827 - Vehicle with a trunk: A motor vehicle includes a trunk, in which the trunk has a body cutout opening which can be closed off by a two-part trunk lid which is composed of an upper trunk lid and a lower trunk lid. The upper trunk lid can be pivoted downward by an angle from,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090200828 - Sliding panel/latching-spring cage: A sun visor, such as for a vehicle, includes a spindle about which the sun visor may be pivoted and along which the sun visor may be displaced longitudinally. The spindle has a flattened portion. A latching-spring cage has a first pressure means. A tube receives a displaceable slide, while... Agent: Johnson Controls, Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090200829 - Operating linkage assembly for a movable roof: A folding roof linkage assembly includes front and rear frames and first and second arms. The front frame has a rear portion extending at an acute angle therefrom and having front and rear ends. The rear frame has a front portion extending perpendicularly therefrom and having bottom and top ends.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090200830 - Electromechanical strut: An electromechanical strut is provided for moving a pivotal lift gate between an open position and a closed position relative to a motor vehicle body. The electromechanical strut includes a housing connected to one of the lift gate and the motor vehicle body. An extensible shaft is slidably mounted to... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090200831 - Armrest support bracket for motorized vehicles: A support bracket for an armrest assembly having a pull-handle or pull-cup is provided for use in a motorized vehicle. The support bracket includes a generally horizontal support member configured to extend, at least in part, adjacent to or through an internal cavity of the pull-handle/pull-cup. The support bracket also... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090200832 - Multi-part equipment piece for a vehicle and connecting method: An equipment piece includes first and second components, such as a vehicle door armrest and a vehicle door. The first component is insertable in a recess, such as a slot, in the second component. The second component may be secured in the first by deformation of a projecting portion configured... Agent: Johnson Controls, Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090200833 - Sliding door for a motor vehicle: A sliding door for a vehicle such as a motor vehicle, on its inside has a guide rail which is mounted longitudinally displaceable in a slide. A hinge shackle is swivel mounted between the door and the vehicle. A state quantity of the vehicle is provided and the travel of... Agent: Dura Automotive Systems, Inc.

20090200834 - Self-deploying drag reducing device: A drag reducing apparatus is hingedly mounted to the rear of a truck or trailer vehicle so that the apparatus can be pivoted clear of the rear doors of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a hinge assembly that allows the apparatus to open substantially flat against the side of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090200835 - Laminated vehicle wall: A vehicle body with a laminated wall includes a first wall and a second wall that is fixedly attached to the vehicle body and provided with a plurality of receiving openings. The first wall can have a plurality of assembly openings each provided with at least one sub-unit so as... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090200837 - Chassis for a battery-operated industrial truck: A chassis for a battery-operated industrial truck has a center chassis section (1) configured to hold a battery block. The center chassis section (1) is open on top, has a forward transverse wall (5), a rear transverse wall (6), an open side wall (7) provided with a lateral battery compartment... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090200836 - Gusseted torsion system for an open frame vehicle: A gusseted torsion system minimizes torsional deflection in an open frame vehicle having a generally U-shaped frame with two generally parallel beams. The gusseted torsion system includes cross members extending between the parallel beams and gussets adjacent each end of the cross members. The gussets are affixed to the parallel... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20090200818 - Retention system and cover for this with an integrated retention function: A retention system with a cover (3), which includes at least one attachment element (6), by means of which the cover (3) can be attached to a seat (2) for the restraint of a passenger covered with the cover (3) by two-dimensional absorption of force by means of the cover... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090200819 - Interior trim component and method of manufacturing the same: An interior trim component includes a body portion defining an inboard-surface, and an outboard-surface, wherein the body portion is further defined by a groove formed in the inboard-surface, and a passage extending through the body portion from the inboard-surface to the outboard-surface; and a bolster portion including a first end... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090200820 - Convertible pick up truck tent camper/lumber rack: Many attempts have been made to create tent campers for pickup trucks but this is the first to create a lumber rack for a pickup truck that has the look and appeal of a lumber rack and which can be quickly converted to the framework of a tent camper that... Agent: Ernest F. Smith Jr.

20090200821 - Part mounted on automotive compartment ceiling: A part mounted on the compartment ceiling of an automotive vehicle which has a casing with burglar alarm sensor and substrate for the lighting equipment assembled therein, wherein the casing is formed of a resin material containing at least one of azadirachtin, meliantriol and salanin, which are insect repellent components... Agent: Lowe Hauptman Ham & Berner, LLP

20090200822 - Mobile mortuary: A mobile mortuary is disclosed. The self-contained mobile mortuary cooler provides the ability to respond to a scene having one or more deceased persons and to refrigerate the bodies immediately upon arrival. Elements of the mobile mortuary include a mobile carriage, a commercial refrigeration unit, a gasoline generator, an automatic... Agent: George R. Reardon

20090200823 - Cargo bed insert for utility vehicle, front end mounting assembly, and optional accessories items for use therewith, along with utility vehicle incorporating the same: Various enhancements to the capabilities of vehicles in general, and particularly light-duty utility vehicles, which can advantageously enhance the cargo-carrying capabilities of such vehicles. The present invention provides a cargo bed insert, as well as an insert system, for removable attachment to a vehicle's existing cargo box. Improvement to a... Agent: Michael R. Henson & Associates, LLC

20090200824 - Slideout room jack screw adjustor: The present disclosure relates to a support system having a slideout room, a trailer frame assembly and a jack screw assembly to increase, decrease or level the vertical placement of the slideout room. The frame assembly has extendable support members connected to a plurality of jack screw assemblies with telescopic... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090200825 - Lid device opened at both sides and center console box: A linkage member 3 is pivotally supported, through a first shaft 30, by an article 1 having an opening, is supported, through a second shaft 31, by a lid member 2, and includes a latch 32 engageable with a latch receiver 12 disposed in the article 1. The lid member... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090200826 - Interior member for cab of work vehicle and method for forming same, as well as wall member: An object is to enhance the sound absorbing functions of an interior member, and furthermore, to increase ease of assembly of the interior member, and the interior member for the cab is integrally formed so as to have a laminated structure where a sound absorbing material is contained between an... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090200827 - Vehicle with a trunk: A motor vehicle includes a trunk, in which the trunk has a body cutout opening which can be closed off by a two-part trunk lid which is composed of an upper trunk lid and a lower trunk lid. The upper trunk lid can be pivoted downward by an angle from,... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090200828 - Sliding panel/latching-spring cage: A sun visor, such as for a vehicle, includes a spindle about which the sun visor may be pivoted and along which the sun visor may be displaced longitudinally. The spindle has a flattened portion. A latching-spring cage has a first pressure means. A tube receives a displaceable slide, while... Agent: Johnson Controls, Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090200829 - Operating linkage assembly for a movable roof: A folding roof linkage assembly includes front and rear frames and first and second arms. The front frame has a rear portion extending at an acute angle therefrom and having front and rear ends. The rear frame has a front portion extending perpendicularly therefrom and having bottom and top ends.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090200830 - Electromechanical strut: An electromechanical strut is provided for moving a pivotal lift gate between an open position and a closed position relative to a motor vehicle body. The electromechanical strut includes a housing connected to one of the lift gate and the motor vehicle body. An extensible shaft is slidably mounted to... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090200831 - Armrest support bracket for motorized vehicles: A support bracket for an armrest assembly having a pull-handle or pull-cup is provided for use in a motorized vehicle. The support bracket includes a generally horizontal support member configured to extend, at least in part, adjacent to or through an internal cavity of the pull-handle/pull-cup. The support bracket also... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090200832 - Multi-part equipment piece for a vehicle and connecting method: An equipment piece includes first and second components, such as a vehicle door armrest and a vehicle door. The first component is insertable in a recess, such as a slot, in the second component. The second component may be secured in the first by deformation of a projecting portion configured... Agent: Johnson Controls, Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090200833 - Sliding door for a motor vehicle: A sliding door for a vehicle such as a motor vehicle, on its inside has a guide rail which is mounted longitudinally displaceable in a slide. A hinge shackle is swivel mounted between the door and the vehicle. A state quantity of the vehicle is provided and the travel of... Agent: Dura Automotive Systems, Inc.

20090200834 - Self-deploying drag reducing device: A drag reducing apparatus is hingedly mounted to the rear of a truck or trailer vehicle so that the apparatus can be pivoted clear of the rear doors of the vehicle. The apparatus includes a hinge assembly that allows the apparatus to open substantially flat against the side of the... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090200835 - Laminated vehicle wall: A vehicle body with a laminated wall includes a first wall and a second wall that is fixedly attached to the vehicle body and provided with a plurality of receiving openings. The first wall can have a plurality of assembly openings each provided with at least one sub-unit so as... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090200837 - Chassis for a battery-operated industrial truck: A chassis for a battery-operated industrial truck has a center chassis section (1) configured to hold a battery block. The center chassis section (1) is open on top, has a forward transverse wall (5), a rear transverse wall (6), an open side wall (7) provided with a lateral battery compartment... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090200836 - Gusseted torsion system for an open frame vehicle: A gusseted torsion system minimizes torsional deflection in an open frame vehicle having a generally U-shaped frame with two generally parallel beams. The gusseted torsion system includes cross members extending between the parallel beams and gussets adjacent each end of the cross members. The gussets are affixed to the parallel... Agent: Kelly Lowry & Kelley, LLP

20090195006 - Grocery bag holder integrated with a tonneau cover feature: This invention provides a retractable, pivotable, slidable, and removable horizontal bar device designed for containing a cover to shield the rear compartment of an automobile from view. The bar also provides for securely holding in place conventional plastic bags when such bags, filled with groceries or other items, are being... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090195007 - Bed extension assembly: A bed extension assembly for a vehicle includes a bed assembly having a bed floor, sidewalls disposed along sides of the bed floor and a split tailgate assembly disposed adjacent a rearward edge of the bed floor between the sidewalls. The split tailgate assembly includes a first door pivotally secured... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090195008 - Portable outdoor weight training platform: An expandable trailer for transporting and using exercise equipment on the expanded trailer platform, comprising a boxcar shaped trailer mounted on wheels with a hitch for connecting to a motor vehicle. The boxcar walls are hingedly connected to the floor and pivotally open, extending the boxcar platform. Preferred embodiments include... Agent: James Minerve

20090195010 - Closure element: A closure element for a detachable, locking storage area in a motor vehicle is disclosed. The closure element comprises at least one clamping element designed for securing to a first component, in particular a plate-type component, by means of an elastic element, and with a handle which is pre-clamped by... Agent: Intellectual Property

20090195009 - Article storage device for vehicle: An article storage device for a vehicle, includes: a body (3) with an article storage space (1) and a lid accommodation space (2); a lid (4) capable of opening and closing the article storage space (1); a drive link (21) for driving the lid (4) between a close position where... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090195011 - Screen for motorcycle: A screen for a vehicle which allows air flow to flow appropriately along a rear face of a wind screen having an adjustable inclination angle. A baffle plate inclined toward the rear direction of a vehicle body is provided between a cowling which covers a front upper portion of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090195012 - Multi-mode load bed cover for automotive vehicle: A multi-mode load bed cover for an automotive vehicle includes first and second cover sectors which are deployable laterally from within a housing associated with a bodyside of a load bed.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090195013 - Vehicle door sash structure: A vehicle door sash structure 100 is configured to include a door sash 110 that extends along an edge of a vehicle door window glass 4 and has a closed cross-section portion 111 and a projecting surface portion 112 that projects from the closed cross-section portion 111 toward the outside... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090195014 - Vehicle mosquito net: The present invention teaches a vehicle window mosquito net having an excess of fabric beyond the dimension of the vehicle window so that the excess fabric may be draped over the vehicle door and the door closed to secure up to three sides of the invention in place. The present... Agent: Barber Legal

20090195015 - Bus cabin structure: Bus cabin structures including improved configurations of floors, passenger aisles and steps, interior roofs or ceilings, and door frames.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20090195016 - Rear wing device: A rear wing device for a motor vehicle has a wing body which extends transversely with respect to a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and horizontally and is disposed laterally between two side parts extending parallel to the longitudinal direction and vertically. The wing body is fastened to each side... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090195017 - Mini skirt aerodynamic fairing device for reducing the aerodynamic drag of ground vehicles: A device for the reduction of aerodynamic drag and for improved performance and stability of ground vehicles by reducing the mass and velocity of the flow passing under a vehicle is described. The device is particularly suited for a tractor-trailer truck system that includes a motorized lead vehicle pulling one... Agent: Williams Mullen

20090195018 - Motor vehicle rear end and associated rear light: A motor vehicle rear end is delimited by a rear bulkhead, side wall regions, and a rear cover. An air separation edge extends on the rear cover in the width direction of the motor vehicle. Lateral rear lights are integrated into the motor vehicle rear end, and include means, which... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090195019 - Automotive vehicle body structure: An automotive vehicle body structure including a dash panel separating an engine room from a passenger compartment, a front pillar extending vertically along each outboard edge of the dash panel and a wheel house portion connected between an outboard edge of the dash panel and an opposing side of a... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090195020 - Energy absorbing vehicle hood assembly with asymmetric sandwich inner structure: An energy-absorbing hood assembly for a vehicle includes upper, lower, and middle panels. The upper and lower panels respectively include first and second interface surfaces. The upper panel is preferably secured to an inner surface of an outer panel. The middle panel has opposing first and second surfaces defining an... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090195022 - Protection device for a pivotable cab structure: A work vehicle includes a frame, a cab structure pivotably connected to the frame and an implement connected to the frame. A body is disposed between the cab structure and the implement to sufficiently limit pivotal movement of the cab structure with respect to the implement to prevent damage to... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090195024 - Adjustable mounting restraint device: A work vehicle includes a frame, a cab structure connected to the frame and a seat connected to the frame. A substantially rigid restraining device of unitary construction is pivotably connected behind the seat to any one of the frame, the cab structure, or the frame and the cab structure.... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090195023 - Seat securing apparatus: A work vehicle includes a frame, and a cab structure and a seat each pivotably connected to the frame. In response to the cab structure and seat being disposed in an operating position with the frame, the cab structure substantially prevents pivotable movement of the seat.... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090195025 - Tether attachment for seat tilting: A work vehicle includes a frame, and a cab structure and a seat each pivotably connected to the frame. A mechanical interconnection is provided between the cab structure and a seat. In response to the cab structure pivoting away from the frame by a predetermined amount, the seat is urged... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090195021 - Work vehicle viewing system: A work vehicle is provided including a frame structurally carrying a cab structure having a brim including a plurality of viewing openings. The cab structure structurally carries a window in close proximity to the brim and is disposed above an operating viewing position. The window and brim are in viewing... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090195026 - Gas strut mounting to door handle: A door is provided. The door is pivotably connectable to a cab structure of a work vehicle and includes a handle secured to the door disposed for facilitating door closure against the cab structure from interior of the cab structure. Upon application of a door closure force to the handle,... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090195027 - Windshield support structure: A windshield support structure for a vehicle is provided, in particular an automobile, which includes, but is not limited to a front bulkhead and a windshield support connected thereto. The windshield support is supported on the front bulkhead by means of at least one support disposed on the windshield support... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090195029 - Installation support of a loading floor of a passenger car: An installation support of a loading floor of a passenger car is distinguished in that it is a component which is different from the bodyshell of the passenger car and is provided in order to define fitting positions of side wall panels and of the loading floor relative to one... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090195030 - Rear vehicle body structure: In a rear vehicle body structure, a spare tire is received in a spare tire pan in a rear end up slanted orientation, the front end of the spare tire is prevented from forward movement by a spare tire pan cross member, and a rear bottom of the spare tire... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090195028 - Self-adjusting automotive radiator grille support: A support for an automotive radiator grille that is supported from the hood assembly of the vehicle is formed of two major components, a support bracket and a rubber stop retained on the support bracket for engagement with the radiator grille when the hood is moved into the lowered, closed... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20090195031 - Automobile hood: An automobile hood includes an outer panel and an inner panel. The inner panel includes a frame-shaped first inner member that joins with the outer panel and a second inner member disposed within the frame of the first inner member. The first inner member includes an outer edge portion, a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090195032 - Rear vehicle body structure: In a rear vehicle body structure for a vehicle using a torsion beam suspension system, a laterally extending slot is defined between a vertical front wall of a spare tire pan defined in a rear floor panel and a raised rear end of a front floor panel, and a torsion... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090195033 - Automobile roof reinforcement member: The invention provides a roof reinforcement member including an extruded aluminum alloy part which is upwardly convex and extends in a vehicle lateral direction. The extruded aluminum alloy part includes a pair of upper and lower flanges approximately parallel-facing each other as seen in a cross-section thereof and a pair... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090195034 - Sunshade assembly: A sunshade assembly includes a pair of rails each having an inner wall defining a recess therewithin, a screen unit, and a pair of positioning units. The screen unit includes a roller, and a screen having a fixed end secured to the roller, a free end, and opposite peripheral edge... Agent: Occhiuti Rohlicek & Tsao, LLP