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Land vehicles January USPTO class patent listing 01/07

20070018414 - Stabilizer control apparatus: A stabilizer control apparatus for controlling a torsional rigidity of a stabilizer arranged between a right wheel and a left wheel of a vehicle includes a turning state detecting device for detecting a turning state quantity of the vehicle, and a switching device for switching the torsional rigidity of the... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070018415 - Child transport air filtering system: A child transport air filtering system comprising: a child transport device; an air filtering device removeably coupled to the child transport device; a power supply removeably coupled to the child transport device, and removeably coupled to the air filtering device. An air filtering system comprising: an air filtering device housing,... Agent: Law Office Of Michael A. Blake

20070018416 - Three- or four-wheeled, pedal-powered vehicle: The invention relates to a three- or four-wheeled, pedal-powered vehicle. According to the invention, the chassis (3) of the vehicle comprises a central beam (10) and at least one horizontal frame (11, 12) which is fixed to the front of the beam (10). Moreover, the aforementioned beam (10) comprises different... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070018417 - Portable door holder: Improvements in a mechanism configured to support a door when work is to be performed using movable clamp halves to clamp and hold a door. A movable ledge receives a door where the weight moves the ledge gravitationally downward to clamp the work piece. A fixed ledge is positioned in... Agent: Buhler Associates Buhler, Kirk A.

20070018418 - Electric wheelchair frame: An electric wheelchair frame includes a seat brace, a pair of connection rods, a pair of front suspension brackets, a pair of rear suspension brackets, and a pair of resilient members. A front section of either side of the seat brace is pivotally connected to the front suspension bracket. A... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070018419 - Wheel suspension arm mounting structure of vehicle: There is provided a wheel suspension arm mounting structure of a vehicle in which a suspension arm is mounted to a vehicle body frame member so as to freely swing upward and downward. The wheel suspension arm mounting structure comprises a suspension arm support shaft provided to a base of... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070018420 - Reinforced motorcycle frame: A lightweight motorcycle frame is made with sufficient rigidity to minimize or avoid the occurrence of frame cracks, due to impacts on the frame caused by a harsh landing after a vehicle jump or the like. The motorcycle frame includes a head pipe, a pair of main frames extending rearwardly... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070018421 - Foldable bicycle: A foldable bicycle includes front and rear frames pivotally connected to each other by a horizontal journal pin that is non-parallel to a rear wheel axle such that the rear frame is turnable between unfolded and folded positions. A bracing lever has a pivot end pivotally mounted on one of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070018422 - Foldable bicycle: A foldable bicycle includes a head strut, a seat strut, and first and second bracing struts pivotally mounted to one another about four pivot axes such that lifting of a pivot joint of the first and second bracing struts towards the head strut results in turning of the first and... Agent: Harness, Dickey, & Pierce, P.l.c

20070018423 - Recumbent vehicle: Disclosed is a recumbent bicycle having a frame with at least one tubular member having a lumen. Mounted to the frame are a rear wheel assembly and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly can include a first gear, a second gear, and a chain that extends from the first gear... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070018424 - Auxiliary bicycle seat for stand-up uphill pedaling support: An auxiliary hill climbing bicycle seat is formed from a T-shaped tubular structure attached, preferably by welding, to a bicycle cross bar. A narrow foam padding and a cover over the T-shaped pipe form a narrow auxiliary hill climbing seat positioned in front of the regular seat directly over the... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20070018425 - Cart restraining system: An apparatus and method for restraining a cart is disclosed. Two fasteners and an extender can be configured to prevent a shopping cart from rolling while the cart is being unloaded, for example. Various options for fastening the cart to a vehicle or other immobile object are disclosed.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070018426 - Mobile transport chair assembly: A chair assembly structured to transport a user while in a seated position comprising a collapsible frame selectively disposed between an operative orientation and collapsed orientation. The frame includes two side portions movably connected to one another, wherein a handle assembly and a foot support assembly are movably connected to... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

20070018427 - Motorcycle strut assembly: A strut assembly for a motorcycle includes an elongate strut member having opposed upper and lower ends; a first mounting device for securing the upper end of the strut assembly to a portion of an handle bar of a motorcycle; and a second mounting device for securing the lower end... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20070018428 - Towing hitch assembly: A hitch assembly to be connected between a tow vehicle and a trailer includes a first shaft adapted to be attached to said tow vehicle, the first shaft being stationary with respect to the tow vehicle, a second shaft for mounting a ball to accept the trailer and being rotatable... Agent: Wilson Daniel Swayze,jr

20070018429 - Foldable trailer with joint hinge and cantilever mechanism: A folding trailer having a load bearing chassis supported by at least one pair of road wheels, the load bearing chassis being formed in two sections which are foldable between a first position in which the sections lie in a common plane and a second position in which the sections... Agent: Michael Cameron

20070018430 - Trailer coupler: A new and improved trailer coupler which is spring loaded, and connected to the hitch ball of a towing vehicle is provided. Moreover, the new and improved trailer coupler has a latch activated from the top of the trailer coupler that is connected to a means for grasping and securing... Agent: Gordon & Rees LLP

20070018431 - Ski and method of manufacturing the ski: A method of manufacturing a ski in which bonding portions join non-metal side members (20) and a metal sheet (18) to form a cap preform section. The cap preform section is pressed downward against the top surface of a core (14) and heat is applied to bond the cap preform... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070018432 - Folding stroller with decorative skirt: A folding stroller having a structural frame formed of a plurality of rigid support members. The stroller is provided with a skirt formed of a flexible material. The skirt can be disposed around at least a portion of an outer perimeter of the stroller to create a visual impression of... Agent: Sacco & Associates, Pa

20070018433 - Medication cart with height adjustment: The cart has a base, with casters at each corner. A cabinet body is slidable vertically relative to the base on telescoping members at opposite sides of the cart. Hydraulic cylinders, operated by a hand crank, raise and lower the cabinet body. The cabinet body has a number of lockable... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

20070018434 - Airbag apparatus cover and airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus cover includes an interior panel for constituting a part of an inner surface of a vehicle cabin, and a door portion attached to the interior panel. The door portion is divided into a plurality of door sections that starts to open toward the vehicle cabin by rotation... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070018435 - Invisible airbag cover having a tear line: An airbag cover, in particular for use in motor vehicles, is disclosed. In one embodiment, the airbag cover includes a molding and a visible cover of leather or leather-like material covering the molding, where at least one layer of a material that is softer than the material of the molding... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, PC

20070018436 - Airbag device: An airbag device is provided in which an airbag having a left airbag section and a right airbag section is folded by a new folding method. An airbag includes a left airbag section inflated on the left in front of a passenger; a right airbag section inflated on the right... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070018437 - Airbag device: An airbag device is provided in which an airbag having a left airbag section and a right airbag section is folded by a new folding method. An airbag includes a left airbag section inflated on the left in front of a passenger; a right airbag section inflated on the right... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070018438 - Airbag device: An airbag device is provided in which the airbag device is made by folding an airbag having a left airbag section and a right airbag section with a new folding method. An airbag includes a left airbag section and a right airbag section that are inflated on the left and... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070018439 - Vehicle passenger-restraining device and method: A vehicle passenger-restraining device has a rollover detection device that detects or predicts a rollover of the vehicle, a front airbag that deploys in front of the passenger when the rollover detection device detects or predicts the rollover of the vehicle, and a pushing device that pushes the passenger forward... Agent: Leffert Jay & Polglaze P.A.

20070018440 - Instrument panel for a motor vehicle having an airbag device integrated in a ventilation arrangement: An airbag module and instrument panel assembly for a motor vehicle having at least one ventilation outlet and a ventilation duct attached thereto and arranged behind an instrument panel. The airbag module is fastened behind the instrument patent and has a gas generator and a folded airbag arranged within its... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070018441 - Occupant restraint apparatus: An occupant restraint apparatus includes a shoulder anchor and an occupant restraint belt. At least a portion of the occupant restraint belt that is positioned adjacent to the occupant's head is inflatable. The occupant restraint belt comes into contact with the top edge of the seat back even when the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070018442 - Vehicle driver and passenger restraining device: A vehicle driver and passenger restraining device has a web (30) of which the bottom ends strap across the laps of the driver/passenger (11) and buckle up to the female receptacles (70) of which are adjustable. Of the two top ends one of which fixes to the solid fixture of... Agent: Ming Yat Kwok

20070018443 - Off-road wheelchair: An improved wheelchair frame and wheel with a stabilizing wheel frame (300) supporting a stabilizing wheel (320) having a protruding stabilizing wheel ridge (330). The stabilizing wheel frame (300) affixes to a front frame transverse member (380) which rotates about a transverse pivot (385). The rotation of the front frame... Agent: Floyd E. Ivey Liebler, Ivey, Connor & Berry

20070018444 - Truck bed ballast bag: A truck bed ballast for lying in the bed of a truck is disclosed. The ballast consists of a flat rectangular bag having four opposite sides and an upper and lower sheet. At least one of said sides has an elongated zipper for opening and closing the side of the... Agent: Elias C. Borges

20070018445 - Seat belt retractor and seat belt device: The disclosed seat belt retractor and device can be useful to reliably warn the vehicle occupant of various hazards, such as obstacles or the dozing of the driver. The seat belt retractor and device can comprise an electric motor, a spool for retracting a seat belt to restrain a vehicle... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070013151 - Active roll stabilization system: An active roll stabilization system of a vehicle having an axle with at least two wheels, wherein the axle is provided with a roll stabilizer that is actuated by means of a hydraulic device. The hydraulic device is actuated and controlled by at least one pressure control valve with a... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20070013152 - Ice skate: An ice skate comprising a blade and a blade holder. The blade holder providing decreasing, non rigid, and/or no lateral support in a rearward region of the blade so that it may facilitate increased or freer flexibility of the blade and improved maneuverability. The blade is rigidly laterally supported at... Agent: Jones Day

20070013153 - Speed control device: A speed control device suitable for roller skates includes a wedge-shaped floating brake pad actuable into an operative mode in a frictional contact with a disc secured to a blade wheel by means of an actuating lever movable in a controlled manner through the agency of mating scroll formations. The... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20070013154 - Adjustable creeper apparatus: A creeper that has a body portion with a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis is provided. The creeper also includes an end portion that is adjustable with respect to the body portion. A locking mechanism is present that engages both the body portion and... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070013155 - Transport car with anti-theft protection: A transport car with rollers, all of which are steerable, for which an activatable anti-theft protection is provided. With the anti-theft protection, two or more of the rollers may be fixed in a predetermined steering position whereby the angle which the rollers are fixed at relative to a longitudinal axis... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20070013157 - Dual hitch assembly: The present invention is a dual hitch assembly comprising a framework, a travel surface contacting assembly, and a biasing element. The framework includes a first hitch and a second hitch. The biasing element extends between the framework and the travel surface contacting assembly. The dual hitch assembly allows two wheeled... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070013156 - Fixed-direction wheel control mechanism for baby stroller: A mechanism for switching the wheels of baby stroller between a fixed-direction mode and a free steering mode by a far-end controller drives a positioning member through a connecting member. The positioning member is used to catch and fix the wheel seat of the stroller into the fixed-direction mode, and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070013158 - Assisted walking device: A assisted walking device is disclosed that is usable by an elderly or mobility impaired person to assist them in walking over various surfaces including paved surfaces, grassy surfaces, unpaved paths or surfaces, and natural terrain. The disclosed assisted walking device includes a frame with a set of four all-terrain... Agent: Patent-trademark-copyright. Us

20070013159 - Knuckle and bearing assembly and process of manufacturing same: A knuckle-bearing assembly for a vehicle comprises a knuckle having an aperture, a bearing press-fit into the aperture of the knuckle, and a plurality of hard particles mechanically deployed on the aperture or the bearing or both to increase a coefficient of friction between the knuckle and the bearing.... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins Co., Lpa

20070013160 - Steer axle suspension: A suspension (14) for coupling a steer axle assembly (12) to a vehicle frame (10) is provided that provides lateral stability to the steer axle assembly, increased roll stability for the vehicle and a reduction in axle wind-up during brakingcall without interfering with vertical displacement of the axle assembly. The... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070013161 - Variable-stiffness vehicle suspension system: A vehicle suspension including a coil spring mounted between two supports of variable spacing. At least one of the ends of the spring (13) bears against one of the supports (14, 15) via an elastically deformable bushing (17) of variable stiffness.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070013162 - Folding bicycle: A folding bicycle includes a frame (10) with a main member (11) extending in the fore and aft direction of the bicycle and a rear wheel assembly (19) in the region of a rearward end of the member (11). The assembly (19) is pivotably connected with the frame to be... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070013163 - Motorcycle spreader clamp: A motorcycle spreader clamp has a leg opening for holding a fork leg and a pinch arm defined by a pinch slot that starts from the leg opening and travels to a pinch arm outside face. A bolt opening on the pinch arm outside face has a machined bore within... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20070013164 - Motorcycle trim: A motorcycle trim including a first trim part connected to a second trim part in a form-fitting manner, the first trim part and the second trim part having form-fitting elements. The form-fitting elements are configured such that when they are engaged with one another, a clamp-like element, extending around the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070013165 - Rotating connection system with braking means: A connection system for connecting a board 1 to a boot comprises a plate 5 which is connectable to the board 1, a button 3 having a bottom face and a top face, the top face being connectable to a boot or binding 2, and a collar 4, wherein a... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070013166 - Snowboard binding: A snowboard binding includes a base plate and a heel support attached directly or indirectly to this base plate so that it can pivot. Intermediate elements mount the heel support and can be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the snowboard binding. Thus, the effective length of the snowboard binding... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070013167 - Collapsible seat with a collapsible protective structure: This seat comprises an upright (1) and a jointed structure (7A) for the unfolding of the seat. It further comprises support means (49) for the collapsible protective structure (85, 87), comprising at least one support unit (53) that is elastically bendable through buckling, this unit being jointed (i) to a... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070013169 - Collapsible stroller with foot rest: A stroller has a frame structure with opposed and spaced apart frame sides. Each frame side has a front leg that terminates at a lower end. A seat is supported by the frame structure between the frame sides and has a seat bottom. A front wheel assembly is connected to... Agent: LempiaIPGroup, LLC

20070013168 - Wheel steering mechanism for baby stroller: A wheel steering mechanism for baby stroller is capable of selecting the controls of the engaging and releasing of the positioning pin and the wheel seat by making use of the downward pressing of the pressing key in single direction. When the pressing key is pressed down for the first... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070013170 - Portable universal adaptable wheel and handle assemblies for golf bag assembly unit: The instant invention of a universal transport device comprises a portable universal wheel assembly and handle assembly for attachment by retaining holding loop straps and a buckle strap to a golf bag or similar bulky object to ease movement of the article. The wheel assembly is attached to the object... Agent: Levenfeld Pearlstein Intellectual Property Department

20070013171 - Trailer sub-frame assembly: A sub-frame assembly for use with a vehicle having wheels such as a trailer is provided. The sub-frame assembly comprises two or more frame members, one or more cross members, and two or more stub torsion axle assemblies. Each of the stub torsion axle assemblies have a torsion arm, a... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20070013172 - A trim panel and a method of manufacture: A trim panel for a motor vehicle and a method of manufacture. The trim panel includes a first layer and a second layer. The first layer includes a first surface and a second surface having an indentation. The second layer includes a third surface and a fourth surface. The third... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070013173 - Head-protecting airbag apparatus: The head-protecting airbag apparatus according to the present invention is mounted on a vehicle whose third-row seat is so put away as to stand proximate to the inner side of a window. The airbag has three shielding portions, and includes a dividing recess between the third shielding portion and second... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070013174 - Vehicle occupant restraint system including an airbag: A vehicle occupant restraint systems including an airbag which has a first airbag chamber and a second airbag chamber or, more generally, a first partial region and a second partial region. The first and the second airbag chambers are connected to each other so that, as a function of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070013175 - Occupant restraint belt: Inflation is sped up of the head-side portion of an occupant restraint belt that passes by the head of an occupant and routed across the front of the occupant, and which is inflatable from the head-side portion disposed on the side of the occupant's head across the front portion disposed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070013176 - Gas bag module: A gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint device has a gas generator for inflating a gas bag, at least one discharge opening which is formed in a rigid component of the gas bag module and through which gas generated by the gas generator can be discharged, and a... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070013177 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An air bag with a control device that provides for the adjustment of a predetermined inner air bag pressure. The air bag control device is comprised of a sheet having an opening located over a vent hole penetrating an air bag rear panel and joined to the edge of the... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070013178 - Inflatable curtain with fill tube and quick connect coupling for optional third row curtain: An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant of a vehicle (12). The apparatus (10) includes a first inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (50) and a first fill tube (82) for delivering inflation fluid to the first inflatable vehicle occupant protection device. The first inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (50) is... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070013179 - Gas generator: A gas generator that can prevent erroneous operation in which the combustion of a gas generating agent inside one combustion chamber is caused by the combustion of a gas generating agent in the other combustion chamber. Two combustion chambers 30, 50 are separated by a partition wall 35. The partition... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070013181 - Adjustable instrument cluster: An instrument cluster in a motor vehicle includes a housing in which display elements are arranged and face a driver. To ensure good visibility of the display elements to the driver, the housing of the instrument cluster is designed to be adjustable in its height and in its alignment toward... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20070013180 - Collapsible steering assembly with a stationary reaction surface: A vehicle steering assembly includes a steering column having a forward section and a rearward section movable relative to the forward section, a mounting plate adapted to be carried by the vehicle and a bracket releasably coupled to the mounting plate, and operably coupled to the rearward section of the... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070013182 - Energy absorbing support for a vehicle steering assembly: A vehicle steering assembly includes a mounting plate having a slot and a raised contact surface adjacent to at least part of the slot and a bracket coupled to the mounting plate, adapted to support at least a portion of a steering column. A coupler extends through the slot, and... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070013183 - Energy absorbing support for a vehicle steering assembly: A vehicle steering assembly with a movable steering column includes a mounting plate carried by the vehicle, a bracket supporting a portion of the steering column, movable with the steering column, and coupled to the mounting plate, a bend mandrel, and a bend strap operably associated with the bracket for... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070013184 - Seatbelt apparatus: A seatbelt assembly is provided with buckle device having a holder located therein to segregate overlapping sections of the structural wire and/or signal cables.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070013185 - Height adjuster with return spring: A height adjuster (200) for a vehicle safety restraint comprising: a rail (230) for providing a vertical path guide for a carrier (220); the carrier (220) configured to be vertically movable along the rail to one of a plurality of locations, the carrier also configured to rotationally support the web... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070013186 - Seat belt pretensioner: A pretensioning apparatus for seat belt webbing is located in the vicinity of a belt anchor end of a three-point vehicle safety restraint seat belt. The pretensioning apparatus has a fixed member in the form of a tubular member that may be anchored to a vehicle seat at the belt... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070007734 - Method and systems for aligning a stationary vehicle with an artificial horizon: A method of positioning a vehicle chassis of a stationary vehicle in approximate alignment with a predetermined datum is provided. The vehicle has an axle and a fluid suspension system. The fluid suspension system includes a control device, a pressurized fluid source and an exhaust passage. The pressurized fluid source... Agent: Attn: Michael R. Huber Chief Intellectual Property Counsel

20070007735 - Freely rotatable binding for board sports with internal resilience and safety lock: A binding for a snowboard or wakeboard is rotatable in a horizontal plane along the board, during use. Preferably, the binding is biased to a preset or original or home position. The biasing force is adjustable and generally is set in a range that allows movement during actual use of... Agent: Law Offices Of David L. Hoffman

20070007736 - Piano dolly: A dolly for moving a piano is provided and includes a base having first and second legs, with the first leg having a longitudinal centerline and the second leg being pivotally coupled to the first leg for rotation relative to the first leg. A plurality of receptacles are mounted to... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20070007737 - Suspension systems: A wheeled luggage device includes a main body defining a compartment therein for containing goods to be transported. At least one wheel is disposed at a lower end of the body when the transport device is in an operative, inclined position. A fluid displacement system is configured to extend the... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070007738 - Folding leg brace for a wheelbarrow: The present invention provides a wheelbarrow having a collapsible frame assembly. The wheelbarrow also includes a hopper and a wheel. The frame assembly includes a wheel brace assembly, a first adjustable leg assembly, a second adjustable leg assembly, a first handle member and a second handle member. The wheel brace... Agent: David C. Jenkins Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070007739 - Steerable carriage apparatus: A steerable carriage apparatus for manually transporting a payload across a surface, includes a frame having a frame first end portion and a frame second end portion, also included is a first rotating element rotationally attached to the frame first end portion and forming a first contact on the surface.... Agent: Jackson Esquire Roger A. Jackson

20070007740 - Ball joint assembly: A wheel suspension assembly for a vehicle is operable to travel across a ground surface. The wheel suspension assembly includes a first suspension member, a second suspension member, a wheel rotatably coupled to the first suspension member and a ball stud interconnecting the first and second suspension members. The ball... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070007741 - Vehicle suspension system with wheel support knuckle and trailing arm attached to toe link: A wheel support knuckle and trailing arm assembly that is attached to a toe link of a vehicle suspension system. The trailing arm assembly is formed by a blade member and a reinforcement member. The wheel support knuckle defines an axle bore and includes an integrally formed upper link receptacle... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070007742 - Independent rear suspension: An independent rear suspension system is provided that has a trailing arm connected between a frame rail and a wheel support knuckle. A lower control arm is connected between a frame cross member and the knuckle. The suspension system also includes an upper link that extends between the frame rail... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20070007743 - Bicycle fork having lock-out, blow-off, and adjustable blow-off threshold: A bicycle fork includes a pair of fork leg assemblies, each of the leg assemblies having an upper leg telescopingly engaged with a lower leg. A damping assembly is provided in at least one of the legs. The damping assembly includes lock-out and blow-off compression circuits. These compression circuits are... Agent: Fox Factory, Inc.

20070007744 - Folding bicycle: A folding or collapsible bicycle includes a bifurcated solid frame defining a first storage space and a second storage space. The front and rear wheels are held by pivoting forks that can be selectively moved from an operational position to a closed position in the closed position, the front wheel... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070007745 - Vehicle with variable wheel camber: A tricycle convertible to a bicycle. The tricycle has a first wheel rotatably mounted on one end portion of a frame, and a pair of laterally spaced wheels rotatably mounted on a second end portion of the frame, wherein the laterally spaced wheels are movable, while the tricycle is in... Agent: Bahret & Associates

20070007746 - Trailer mounted stabilizer: The invention relates to the loading and unloading of a boat to and from its trailer and the need to keep the boat stabilized in the exact proper position over the trailer while the boat and trailer are removed from the water.... Agent: Theron W. Smith Jr.

20070007747 - Carrier assembly for movably supporting a fifth wheel assembly: A slide rail for mounting on a frame member of a tractor for supporting a fifth wheel assembly movably thereon. The slide rail includes a vertical attachment leg configured for securing the slide rail to a vertically extending wall of the frame member and a horizontal first leg joined directly... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn And Burkhart, LLP

20070007748 - Trailer hitch alignment and signaling device: A trailer hitch alignment and signaling device for guiding a tow vehicle with a trailer hitch ball into position for coupling a trailer with a trailer tongue extending outwardly from the body of the trailer and a coupler for connection to the hitch ball at the outer end of the... Agent: Ronald B. Sefrna

20070007749 - Trailer-coupling arrangement: In order to provide, as straightforwardly as possible, a trailer coupling comprising a ball neck which can be moved between an operating position and a rest position and has a pivot-bearing body disposed at a first end and a coupling ball disposed at a second end, also comprising a vehicle-mounted... Agent: Lipsitz & Mcallister, LLC

20070007750 - Snowboarding binding: Snowboard binding (1), comprising a base (2) on which a foot-gripping strap (10) is mounted, and in which strap (10) is capable of moving around a transversal axis (8) to enable strap (10) to be folded towards base (2), and in which at least part of strap (10) is capable... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070007751 - Electronic devices for luggage: A wheeled transport device includes a body having a compartment configured to contain goods. Wheels are rotatably attached to a lower portion of the body, and a handle is attached to an upper portion of the body. The handle is configured to retract within a cavity defined by the body.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070007752 - Flexible housing for an airbag module: A housing for an airbag module that contains an inflatable airbag cushion in a compacted configuration before being inflated by inflation gas supplied by an inflator device. The housing includes a collar formed of a rigid material for attaching the housing to a vehicle and a chute assembly formed of... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20070007753 - Flexible housing for an airbag module: A housing for an airbag module that contains an inflatable airbag cushion in a compacted configuration before being inflated by inflation gas supplied by an inflator device. The housing includes a collar for attaching the housing to a vehicle and a chute assembly formed of a flexible material and secured... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20070007754 - Air bag chute: A chute for receipt of a deploying air bag includes a compartment having first and second sidewalls extending laterally outwardly from a rear bag receiving aperture toward a front cover panel. The expanding volume of the chute enables a deploying air bag to outwardly expand at least partially parallel to... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070007755 - Airbag pre-fold technique: A method of folding an airbag includes pre-folding an airbag in a generally geometric pattern and crush folding the airbag. The airbag is positioned flat on a first side with a first lobe lying over a second lobe. The lower corners of the lobes are tucked internally into their respective... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070007756 - High-density hollow weave ground fabric: A high-density hollow weave fabric for an air bag is provided, wherein an inflatable double-layer hollow weave portion is encircled on the outer periphery thereof with a seam zone including a reversible figured weave pattern and a basket weave pattern. In the seam zone, the reversible figured weave pattern is... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20070007757 - Deployment control device for air bag: An airbag assembly includes an airbag and a system provided in contact with at least a portion of the airbag that includes a first member and a second member. The second member at least partially overlaps the first member and is held in contact during initial deployment of the airbag... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070007758 - Body frame structure of straddle-type four wheeled vehicle: An object of the invention is to provide a body frame structure of a straddle-type four wheeled vehicle having a lightweight and a high rigidity. The body frame structure comprising, a pair of right and left upper frame member, a pair of right and left lower frame members; a front... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070007759 - Trailer having reduced weight beam construction: A trailer having a reduced weight beam construction. A beam assembly for an undercarriage frame of a trailer includes at least one panel having opposing outer shells and multiple internal webs interconnecting the outer shells. A trailer includes a bed, a tractor connection, a suspension assembly and a single beam... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.