Land vehicles inventions 02/07

20070040340 - Actuator, in particular for a chassis: An actuator, in particular for an active chassis of a motor vehicle, comprising a first and a second toothed rack and a pinion which engages in the two toothed racks and is adapted to move the latter in directions opposite to one another.... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070040341 - Multi-mode skid steering: A method includes operating a wheeled vehicle including an articulated suspension system; and articulating the suspension system to skid steer the vehicle. A wheeled vehicle having an articulated suspension system includes a skid steering controller capable of articulating the suspension system to skid steer the vehicle. The skid steering controller... Agent: Jeffrey A. Pyle Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20070040342 - Inline skate with an adjustable length: An inline skate with changeable length has an inner boot, an adjusting device, an outer boot and a wheel assembly. The adjusting device is attached to the inner boot and comprises a block and a key. The block has a longitudinal adjustment slot and a transverse slot communicating with the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070040343 - Steerable and liftable independent suspension system: A liftable independent suspension system which may also be steerable. In a described embodiment, a liftable suspension system for use on a vehicle includes wheel spindles positioned to extend outwardly at each respective lateral side of the vehicle. The spindles are displaceable independent of each other. An actuator is operable... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070040344 - Method for controlling the level of pneumatic level control systems in motor vehicles: A method controls the level of a pneumatic level-control system of a motor vehicle including at least two axles, at least one pneumatic spring (2a, 2b) per axle, optionally one or more pressure accumulators (3), at least one pressure sensor (24), elements (16, 18, 20, 22) for determining the distance... Agent: Joseph V Coppola Sr Rader Fishman & Grauer

20070040345 - Watts strut: A Watts strut having a log strut body with a bearing bush arranged at one axial end thereof The strut body is produced by hydroforming, and is twisted on itself about a longitudinal axis.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070040346 - Equalizer for a suspension system: An equalizer for a suspension system for a trailer is configured to absorb or dampen the harsh shocks or vibrations coming off of the leaf springs proximate to a center frame hangar, thus allowing for a “softer” ride. The equalizer utilizes two independent equalizer arm assemblies which are each rotatably... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070040347 - Equalizer for suspension system: An equalizer for a suspension system for a trailer is configured to absorb or dampen the harsh shocks or vibrations coming off of the leaf springs proximate to a center frame hangar, thus allowing for a “softer” ride. The equalizer utilizes one or two independent equalizer arm assemblies or castings... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20070040348 - Expanded armed wheelchair: A expandable arm wheelchair which is comprised of a wheelchair base (1) expandable arm (2) locking mechanism (3) Geared locking mechanism (4).... Agent: Debra Erickson

20070040349 - Portable power-saving and foldable electric wheel chair: The present invention relates to a kind of portable power-saving and foldable electric wheel chair, characterized in that there is a hand control direction device on the left elbow 10 to control the specific running direction of the electric wheel chair; the left and right rear wheels 3 are integrated... Agent: Eric Chan

20070040350 - Recumbent trike: A recumbent trike includes a frame constructed of metal or carbon fiber tubes that are interconnected by metal fittings. The frame includes a pair of main tubes extending front to rear that provide a very stiff and lightweight structure that is relatively stiff when subject to side loads generated in... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070040351 - Motorcycle anti-tipover device: The present invention relates to a motorcycle anti-tipover device that has telescoping support arms that extend to the ground. The support arms are automatically extending when the motorcycle is stationary or moving at low speeds to prevent the motorcycle from tipping over. The telescoping support arms may also serve as... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070040352 - Load carrying vehicle: The invention relates to a load carrying vehicle of the type that has a body forming a load carrying compartment (16) above a load deck (17), and where the load carrying compartment (16) is of the side loading type. The vehicle has a load carrying structure located in its load... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070040353 - Off-road dolly for displacement of a trailer in an off-road environment: An off-road dolly has a pneumatic system for providing compressed air to trailer brakes and dolly brakes means for providing synchronized engagement thereof. Off-road dolly also has an electrical circuit providing synchronized engagement of dolly signal lighting system with trailer signal lighting system. Propulsion for off-road dolly and trailer can... Agent: Franz Bonsang C/o Protections Equinox Int'l Inc.

20070040354 - Hybrid fastener: The invention relates to a hybrid fastener, in particular for the absorption of kinetic impact energy and/or for the absorption of the forces occurring on towing, in particular on towing vehicles, comprising at least one force introduction member which introduces force into the hybrid fastener and/or introduces force from the... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070040355 - Ball-and-socket joint with an angle sensor: A ball and socket joint with integrated angle sensor, especially for use as a vehicle level control in the chassis of a motor vehicle. The ball and socket joint has a ball and socket joint housing (1), a ball pivot (2) mounted in the ball and socket joint housing (1),... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070040356 - Towing device: The invention comprises a tow hitch having a base member, first engagement means capable of engaging, in use, a selected part of a wheelie bin or the like object. The first engagement means may be provided on or forming part of the base member. Second engagement means, on and/or forming... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070040357 - Cross-country ski system provided with a direct bearing lateral surface: A cross-country ski includes a cross-country ski having a central area for receiving a ski binding device for fixing a ski boot to the ski. The fixing area includes a space for receiving the binding device and a top bearing surface of the ski which is applied to at least... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070040358 - Inflatable curtain air-bag: An air-bag is disclosed which preferably takes the form of an inflatable curtain The air-bag forms at least one inflatable region (3,6) and has an upper edge (14) provided with a plurality of mounting tabs (20,21,22,23). Each mounting tab (20,21,22,23) defines an axis which is inclined inwardly toward a region... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070040359 - Passenger airbag door: A passenger side airbag installation for an automotive vehicle has a passenger airbag module mounted in a vehicle compartment in front of an instrument panel. The airbag module has an airbag adapted to deploy in a rearward direction. A door formed integrally with the panel has a crease, which, when... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070040360 - Pre-weakening of fabric covered airbag doors: A variety of embodiments are disclosed, in both apparatus and method form, that relate to the use of fabric material in the manufacture of an air bag deployment system. In addition, fabric weakening is disclosed according to a technique that does not result in physical alteration of the fabric. This... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070040361 - Inflatable curtain with different size panels: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle (12) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (18) that is inflatable to a deployed position between a side structure (32) of the vehicle and a vehicle occupant (34, 36). An inflation fluid source (20) provides inflation fluid... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070040364 - Motor vehicle with a body structure and with a side impact protection device: A motor vehicle includes a body structure that has a lateral structure, a vehicle seat that is mounted on the body structure, and a side impact protection device for a passenger in the vehicle. The side impact protection device includes a head airbag with a first inflation device that can... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070040363 - Side impact sensor systems: Side impact airbag system for a vehicle includes a side airbag arranged to deploy along a left or right side of the vehicle and an electronic crash sensor. The electronic crash sensor includes a housing, a mass arranged within the housing to be movable in a lateral direction relative to... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070040362 - Vehicle seat frame structure and method of manufacturing same: This invention relates to a method of manufacturing seat back frame, wherein a pair of side back frame portions are first provided. Also provided is a first upper back frame portion having an upper surface defining a first profile is provided, and a second upper back frame portion having an... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070040365 - Vehicle data recorder: A vehicle data recorder includes plural vehicle state-detecting sensors for detecting a state of a vehicle at the time of running, a recording unit for temporarily recording detected values of the sensors, a recording/storing unit for recording and storing the detected values of the sensors; an airbag body, an airbag... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070040366 - Airbag module: The disclosed apparatus can control the cross section of at least one vent opening of an airbag module, through which gases can escape into the environment. The apparatus can include: at least one covering part for at least partially covering the at least one vent opening and an operating mechanism... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070040367 - Airbag and airbag device: An airbag includes a bag portion, a pressure sensor for detecting an inner pressure of the bag portion when the airbag is inflated, and a harness electrically connected to the pressure sensor. The harness has a portion disposed on an inner surface of the bag portion along a folding line... Agent: Kanesaka Berner & Partners Patent Agents, LLP

20070040368 - One-piece woven airbag with tethers: Air bags for vehicles and processes for making the air bags are disclosed. In accordance with the present disclosure, the air bags include tethers that extend from one side of the air bag to the other side of the air bag and control the inflation characteristics of the bag. The... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20070040369 - Mobile lift assembly: A lift assembly which is operable by pressurized fluids and constructed to movably support a vehicle, in the event of a flat tire or similar emergency. The lift assembly is mounted at a predetermined location on the vehicle adjacent the wheels and includes means to pivot it into and out... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20070040370 - Trailer stabilizing device: An apparatus for stabilizing a stationary trailer comprises a adjustable length leg member, which may comprise the jack stands or landing gear which come as originally installed equipment on the trailer. Alternatively, the adjustable length leg members may comprise various types of jacks which are later attached to the bottom... Agent: James M. Duncan, Klein, Denatale, Goldner, Cooper, Rosenlieb & Kimball, LLP

20070040371 - Method and apparatus for seatbelt access: A seatbelt access method and system are provided. A seatbelt access system can include a seatbelt and a seatbelt slide, wherein the seatbelt slide substantially encloses a portion of the seatbelt. The seatbelt access system can also include a seatbelt slide positioning system operable to move the seatbelt slide forward.... Agent: Bell, Boyd & Lloyd LLC

20070040372 - Seat-belt guide anchor and seat-belt apparatus having the same: To provide a seat-belt guide anchor that has a simple structure, is small, can be formed from a metal flat plate, does not need heat treatments, and therefore can provide a reduction in the production man-hours and the production cost. A seat-belt guide anchor is formed from a metal flat... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070040374 - Device for determining vehicle-occupant-related variables in a vehicle: A device is provided for determining vehicle-occupant-related variables in a vehicle, which comprises a seatbelt with a seatbelt deflector which can be set with respect to its position. A sensor can be provided for sensing the position of the seatbelt deflector.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070040373 - Seat belt anchoring system and method of installing a seat belt system: A seat belt anchoring system for a vehicle seat includes an anchor for seat belt webbing having a mounting portion positionable with respect to the seat to face rearward and rigidly securable with respect to the seat from behind the seat. The anchor also has a belt retaining portion angled... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070035095 - Multipurpose sled: A multipurpose sled which comprises an upwards open container(1), which includes a bottom (15), a rear wall (16a, 16b, 16c), side walls (17) and a front wall (18), runners (2) which extend backwards over the container, and supporting means extending essentially as long as the runners for setting the sled... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20070035097 - Foldable chassis for baby carriages: This foldable chassis for baby carriages comprises two rear wheels (1) and (2), a front rolling support (3), and a U-shaped handlebar (4) being at the end of each of its branches (5) and (6) fitted to a respective lateral member (7) and (8), each of said lateral members being... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070035096 - Stroller having front wheel positioning device: A stroller includes a main frame, a pedal, a front wheel frame, and a positioning device. The positioning device includes a lower cover, an upper cover, a rotation knob, and a locking rod. Thus, the front wheel frame is locked to and unlocked from the main frame by moving the... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070035098 - Rolling system with handle: The present invention relates to rolling system comprising a support for supporting objects, at least one wheel component having an axel, at least one guide fixedly attached to the support for receiving the axel, thereby connecting the at least one wheel component to the support, and a handle attached to... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070035099 - Swinging device for a wheel set: A swinging device for a wheel set includes a center tube, an axle pipe and a restrictor. The center tube has round plates at the rear section. The round plates comprise lugs thereon. The axle pipe has a curved receiving base with a pair of fins extending from respective sides... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070035102 - Apparatus and resilient member for resisting torsional forces: A truck assembly for use on a skateboard is provided. The truck assembly includes a housing that is configured for attachment to a board of the skateboard. The housing has a longitudinal axis. A resilient member may be retained by the housing. A mounting member may engage the resilient member... Agent: J. Bennett Mullinax, LLC

20070035101 - Disassemblable skateboard for improved portability and carrying system therefor: A skateboard that may be easily assembled and disassembled preferably comprises a multiple section deck having one or more mounting mechanisms configured for releasably mounting a truck mounting assembly thereto for joining two deck sections. The truck mounting assembly has a truck assembly and a truck mount attached or integral... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070035100 - Removable wheel mounting assembly: A wheel mounting assembly for removably attaching a wheel assembly, typically comprising an axle and one or more wheels, to a platform attached to or integral with a wheeled object, such as skateboards, roller skates, rollerblades, backpacks, luggage, dollies and the like. The wheel mounting assembly comprises a wheel mount... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070035104 - Progressive rate atv suspension linkage: A progressive rear suspension linkage is used in the rear suspension of an ATV to aid in ride quality and safety by changing leverage ratio thru the travel of the rear suspension. The rear shock attaches to it as well as to the frame. The linkage system attaches to the... Agent: Lazarus Sommers

20070035103 - Spring system: The present disclosure relates to a spring system comprising a strut for arrangement between a dolly and a body of a rail vehicle with a cylinder and a piston displaceably received in the cylinder which bound a piston chamber, with the piston or the cylinder being connectable to the dolly... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20070035105 - Suspension stabilizer system with pressure controller device: A pressure controller device having a body with an interior and a plug penetrated by, preferably, a plurality of micro-apertures, disposed in the interior of the body is connected between an air bellows of a vehicle air spring or suspension stabilization system and an air supply line supplying compressed air... Agent: Ronald B. Sefrna Sefrna & Associates

20070035106 - Bicycle: There is described a bicycle (1) in which the rear wheel (3) is provided with a planetary hub gearbox (17) and is mounted on a single rear arm (13) positioned to one side of the rear wheel. The planetary gearbox comprises an outer casing (19) having an external bearing surface... Agent: Baker & Botts L.L.P.

20070035107 - Adaptor for coupling a drawbar of a tractor to a receiver hitch: The present invention is directed to an improved adaptor for easily and removably coupling a drawbar of a tractor or other vehicle to a standard receiver hitch and a method of using the improved adaptor. The adaptor of the invention includes an adaptor body configured to receive a section of... Agent: Jennifer A. Calcagni Carmody & Torrance LLP

20070035108 - Ski boot sole, disengageable ski binding and combination thereof: A ski boot sole for cooperating with a ski binding to releasably hold the sole in the binding, the sole having front and rear recesses with front and rear fitting plates. The front recess and the front fitting plate are engaged by the front sole holder rotatable about a longitudinal... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg, Esq. D. Peter Hochberg Co., L.p.a.

20070035109 - Car: A car includes a car body having a bottom portion, a wheel that is rotatable, and a supporting member for supporting the wheel, the supporting member being provided to the bottom portion. At least eight pairs of the wheel and the supporting member are provided. The supporting member has a... Agent: Edwards & Angell, LLP

20070035110 - Air bag module: An air bag module has a cushion size adjusting mechanism mounted for folding a part of a cushion and holding the same in an air bag housing. Thus, the expansion size of the cushion can be adjusted according to the expansion pressure of the inflator because if the expansion pressure... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070035111 - Emblum assembly of automobile: An emblem assembly of an automobile is disclosed. Because a pad and a thin plate are fabricated as separate components and then fixed to a cover, a symbol formed on the thin plate can be effectively exposed to a user through respective material colors of the pad and the thin... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070035112 - Air bag apparatus: In an air bag apparatus structured such that an air bag (11) housed in a part of a vehicle in a folded manner is inflated and deployed by a gas supplied from an inflator (14) so as to protect an occupant, the gas supplied from the inflator (14) is dispersed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070035114 - Device and method for deploying a vehicular occupant protection system: Device and method for protecting an occupant seated on a seat of a vehicle which includes an airbag arranged to deploy to protect the occupant in the event of a crash involving the vehicle, a first sensor system for detecting presence of the occupant, a second sensor system connected to... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070035113 - Device for determining a relative speed between a vehicle and an impact object: A device is proposed for determining a relative speed between a vehicle and a crash object, the device being situated in the vehicle itself. The device has one active surround field sensor system and one contact sensor system. The device ascertains the relative speed with the aid of a first... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20070035115 - Curtain airbag device for car: A curtain airbag device for a car is provided. A fill hose formed with a plurality of gas discharge openings is installed within a cushion so that compressed gas generated from an inflator can be supplied into the cushion, and there is provided with a guide that guides the flow... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070035116 - Rollover protection device: A rollover protection device includes a cassette housing which guides an extendable rollover bar. The cassette housing includes guidances for the rollover bar. The rollover bar is a single shell or multi-shell form part made of fibre reinforced plastic and has shell edge regions which at least partially extend parallel... Agent: Patrick W. Rasche Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20070035117 - Steering rack mounting preload: A steering system of a vehicle is provided that includes a steering gear assembly including a tubular housing coupled to the vehicle. A pre-load compliant mounting bracket is coupled to the tubular housing and mounted to the vehicle for laterally placing the steering gear assembly into a pre-loaded state. A... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070035118 - Variable thickness member for vehicles: A variable thickness member for a vehicle includes a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion extending from the first portion having a second thickness. The first thickness is different from the second thickness and the first thickness and the second thickness are integral, unitary, and one... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070035119 - Apparatus and methods for facilitating seat belt fastening: A seat belt facilitator for use with a passenger restraint system having a belt webbing, a latch plate coupled to the belt webbing, and a buckle assembly adapted to be releasably coupled to the latch plate. The facilitator includes a latch plate receiving region adapted to releasably couple the facilitator... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070029741 - For wheel chassis for a floor conveyor, a counterweight stacker in particular: A four wheel chassis for a floor conveyor, a counterweight stacker in particular, in which the ends of the front and rear axle or the wheels, respectively, are supported with respect to the vehicle frame via double-acting hydraulic cylinders, which on their turn co-operate with hydraulic accumulators and constitute a... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20070029742 - Skate: This invention relates to a skate, including a shoe body and a skating device, wherein the sole of the shoe body comprises a front part, a middle bow part and a rear part. The skating device is mounted only under the middle bow part. Therefore, the toe of the front... Agent: J.c. Patents

20070029744 - Snowmobile ski and method: A runner for a snowmobile ski is fabricated from flat metal plate stock and incorporates mounting features for securing the runner to the ski and a wear strip of a relatively harder material provided on and projecting from a lower surface of the runner body. A quick release mounting system... Agent: John J. Swartz

20070029743 - Thin, quick-mount runner for a snowmobile ski and method: A runner for a snowmobile ski is fabricated from flat metal plate stock and incorporates mounting features for securing the runner to the ski and a wear strip of a relatively harder material provided on and projecting from a lower surface of the runner body. A quick release mounting system... Agent: Swartz & Wilson, P.L.C Attorneys At Law

20070029745 - Shopping cart carrier/attachment/holder/container: An attachment/side car to a shopping cart/basket attached to the framework of the cart/basket in a perpendicular position which enables the consumer to carry/transport tall, long items such as drapery rods, fishing poles, wood trim, shovels, rakes purchase throughout the store safely avoiding injury to one self or other consumers.... Agent: Jacqueline L. Ursettie

20070029746 - Portable electric workstation: An electric workstation in the shape of a hollow cabinet allows bringing electrical power connections to a site remote from a municipal electrical power supply. The cabinet is provided with one or more electrical sockets for connecting of electrically-powered tools and equipment, as well as one or more reels for... Agent: Keaty Professional Law Corporation Thomas S. Keaty

20070029747 - Module and a kit for constructing different variations of vehicles as well as a vehicle constructed from such a kit: One aspect of the invention relates to a building or component kit intended for constructing different variations of vehicles. The kit includes a number of connecting members as well as unique modules; for example, wheel modules, which includes a carrier (6) with elements (17) for holding a wheel or some... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070029748 - Steering system: A steering system for a vehicle comprising a steering gear (10) having a rack (12) and a pinion (14) in mesh therewith. The rack (12) being laterally displaceable with respect to the vehicle as a function of inputs from a steering wheel (24) through rotation of the pinion (14), and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070029749 - Disassemblable skateboard for improved portability: A skateboard that may be easily assembled and disassembled without tools for portability comprises a multiple section deck having one or more mounting mechanisms thereon that are configured for releasably mounting a truck mounting assembly thereto so as to join two deck sections together. The truck mounting assembly has a... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070029750 - Disassemblable skateboard for improved portability: A skateboard that may be easily assembled and disassembled without tools for portability preferably comprises a multiple section deck having one or more mounting mechanisms thereon that are configured for releasably mounting a truck mounting assembly thereto so as to join two deck sections together. The truck mounting assembly has... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070029751 - Four-wheeled vehicle: Four-wheeled vehicle (1) of the type equipped with two steered front wheels (2, 3), a frame (13), handlebars (16), two rear wheels (4, 5) and a front suspension group (6) that acts upon the two front wheels (2, 3). The front suspension group (6) allows the rolling of the vehicle... Agent: James V Costigan Hedman & Costigan

20070029752 - Apparatus for transporting drilling fluid additives and methods of making and using same: The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for transporting quantities of drilling fluid additive. The system includes at least one pump, at least one intake assembly, at least one exhaust assembly, and can also include at least one intake member operably connected to the intake assembly, and at... Agent: Dunlap, Codding & Rogers P.C.

20070029753 - System and method for connecting parts: A system and method for connecting dissimilar materials is described. In one embodiment, the system may be used to produce a break apart frame that includes a first section and a second part which is disengagably connected to the first part by fastening members. The first part includes a head... Agent: Dla Piper Rudnick Gray Cary Us, LLP

20070029754 - Tension adjusting device for a transmission system of a bicycle: A tension adjusting device for a transmission system of a bicycle includes a rear frame pivotally and linearly mounted to a front frame of the bicycle, the rear frame including a pair of arms parallel to each other and connected to each other. Each arm includes a rear end for... Agent: Wen-pin Chang

20070029755 - Utility vehicle: A utility vehicle equipped with a steering and suspension system wherein the direction pivot point is centered and positioned as close as possible to the pivot point of the suspension, and the assembly point of the wheel pivot is centered, to significantly reduce the effect of uneven ground surface, which... Agent: Goudreau Gage Dubuc

20070029756 - Trailer hitch: A swinging trailer to facilitate connection to a towed vehicle by placing the hitch ball carried by the towing vehicle and the hitch receiver carried by the towed vehicle in the view of the driver allowing the driver to better position the hitch ball in alignment with the trailer's ball... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070029757 - Trailer alignment apparatus: An apparatus and method for manoeuvring a trailer having jockey wheel assembly comprising a ground engaging wheel (33) rotatably mounted on an axle (34). The apparatus comprising a link member (20) which is adapted to be pivotally mounted on the jockey wheel assembly adjacent the axle (34) and a lever... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20070029758 - Trailer kingpin locking device: A security device is disclosed which mounts to a king pin of a trailer to prevent unauthorized coupling of the trailer to a tractor. The security device includes a austempered ductile iron dual shell body having an inner shell for receiving a trailer kingpin and an outer conical or contoured... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070029759 - Canting device for a snowboard binding and methods: Embodiments of a canting device for use with a snowboard system are described herein. According to one exemplary embodiment, a snowboard system includes a snowboard, a snowboard binding mountable on the snowboard, and an adjustable canting device positionable at least partially within the binding such that the binding is positioned... Agent: Ganz Law, P.C.

20070029760 - Mission adaptable portable cart/utility table arrangement: A mission adaptable multi-purpose, collapsible portable cart/utility table, for use in emergency response and disaster situations, camping, hunting and other outdoors activities, which carries medical rescue carts, canoes, small boats, game, or hauled cargo by hand. It transports one or more cargo bins over long, rough terrain and each bin... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070029761 - Mission adaptable portable cart/utility table arrangement: A mission adaptable multi-purpose, collapsible portable cart/utility table, for use in emergency response and disaster situations, camping, hunting and other outdoors activities, which carries medical rescue carts, canoes, small boats, game, or hauled cargo by hand. It transports injured persons or cargo over long, rough terrain and it can broken... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20070029762 - Gas generator for air bag: The present invention provides a gas generator for an air bag including; a housing having a gas discharge port, a first combustion chamber and a second combustion chamber, provided inside the housing and charged with a gas generating agent, a first ignition device and a second ignition device provided in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070029763 - Airbag-device cover and airbag device: An airbag-device cover includes an interior panel for defining a part of an interior surface of a vehicle cabin, a door portion provided in the interior panel and arranged to be torn from the interior panel in response to inflation of an airbag so as to be opened outward, and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070029764 - Air bag device: This air bag device includes: an air bag which is arranged between an under-window panel and a lining that covers a cabin interior side thereof, and develops upward along an inner surface of a window; and a pressing member which presses a bottom portion of the air bag toward the... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070029765 - Air bag device: An air bag device comprising an air bag that is disposed between an under-window panel and a lining that covers a cabin interior side thereof and deploys upward along an inside surface of the window; and an impact absorption member that interposes between the air bag and the lining.... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070029766 - Steering wheel with airbag appartus: To provide a steering wheel and an airbag apparatus including a module cover, a portion thereof is operable to prevent an interior of the airbag apparatus from being viewed through a gap between the module cover and a spoke of the steering wheel. A projecting strip extending from an occupant... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070029767 - Air belt and air belt apparatus: An air belt includes a folded body of a bag-shaped belt, a cover that surrounds the folded body, and a stitching thread. The bag-shaped belt is formed of an overlapped body by overlapping two material sheets and each of the peripheral edge portions of the material sheets in the overlapped... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070029768 - System for detecting seat occupancy: A system for the detection of a seat occupancy in a vehicle, including first and second capacitive electrodes being arranged in a compartment of the vehicle, and a driver and evaluation circuit, operatively connected to the first and second capacitive electrodes. The first capacitive electrode is arranged in a seat... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070029769 - Air bag module: The present invention provides an air bag module comprising; a module case accommodating a gas generator and an airbag, the gas generator having a housing, which is a assembly of a first base plate and a second base plate provided with a plurality of gas discharge ports, and at least... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070029770 - Grill accessories: This present invention relates to having a grill for your vehicle on your mirror and/or on your door handle, and/or on your grill gas caps, and/or on your rims will be rim inserts and all of these accessories will match the grill on the front of your car. Some door... Agent: Taylor Carthern

20070029771 - Tilting mechanism: A tilting arrangement for a vehicle steering wheel unit is disclosed. The tilting arrangement incorporates a mount (2) to mount the tilting arrangement on the vehicle. A support element (11) is provided, and the steering wheel unit is pivotally connected (13) to the support element (11) to effect tilting pivotal... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070029772 - Seat belt apparatus: A seat belt retractor, which is capable of winding and unwinding a seat belt for occupant restraint by an electric motor, warns a vehicle occupant. A seat belt retractor of a seat belt apparatus to be installed in a vehicle is structured such that a motor is controlled to repeat... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070029773 - Seat belt assembly and method of installation: A method of installing a seat belt system (100) into a passenger compartment of a vehicle, the system of the type including a seat belt retractor (501), a height adjuster (102) and a web guide (104), the method including the steps of: a) providing a height adjusting mechanism having a... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070029774 - Attachment construction for seat belt system provided with pretensioner mechanism: The present invention provides an attachment construction for a seat belt system provided with a pretensioner mechanism, in which a lap anchor in a locking portion for fixing one end of a seat belt to a vehicle body has a gas generator and a tubular cylinder portion. The cylinder portion... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20070029775 - Seat belt apparatus and pretensioner: A pretensioner with a wire-holding groove is formed in a housing at a bent portion, so that a wire, which holds a seat belt buckle at an upper end protruding from the wire-holding groove, is slidably held by the wire-holding groove. The wire slides and is displaced in a draw-in... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070024014 - Handcart: A handcart includes a main body section, a pair of wheels provided to the main body section, and operation sections provided at the rear in the traveling direction of the main body section. A holding section is rotatably fitted to a vertical portion of an arm section of each of... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070024015 - Support chair for body cast patients: A support chair for a patient in a body cast, such as a child or toddler wearing a spica cast, is disclosed. The support chair may hold the patient in a generally upright position and the seat may include a cut-out portion positionable over a commode. The chair may include... Agent: Alan G. Towner Pietragallo, Bosick & Gordon LLP

20070024016 - Parallel torsion suspension assembly: A suspension assembly for a carriage includes a first torsion assembly connected to a second torsion assembly in parallel such that force delivered to the first and second torsion assemblies through the wheels is distributed between the first and second torsion assemblies.... Agent: Mueting, Raasch & Gebhardt, P.A.

20070024017 - Locking mechanism for movable subframe of tractor-trailers: An improved locking mechanism for a movable subframe of a tractor-trailer has a pair of transversely-spaced main members extending longitudinally beneath a body of the tractor-trailer, at least one cross member extending between and being attached to the main members, and an axle/suspension system attached to and depending from the... Agent: David P Dureska Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20070024018 - Motorcycle: A motorcycle that prevents attachment of splashed water to the entire periphery of the front fork. A front fender is separated into a front fender half and a rear fender half. The front fender half has left and right sidewalls (rear end portions), and the rear fender half has left... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070024019 - Step scooter: Step Scooter with a longitudinal support bar, a twelve inch wheel assembly attached to the back end of the longitudinal bar, a six inch wheel and steerable front fork at the front end of the longitudinal bar, a handle bar and support tube, an eight and one half inch diameter... Agent: Kenneth A. Tarlow

20070024020 - Propulsion aid: A propulsion apparatus (20) which can be mounted to a wheel (8) (or integrally formed therewith) of a vehicle, for example a wheelchair. The propulsion apparatus (20) has a first portion which can be statically attached to either a rim of the wheel (8) or structural member which is rigidly... Agent: Wegman, Hessler & Vanderburg

20070024021 - Ergonomic wheelchair propulsion system: The present application pertains to a wheelchair having a frame; a seat attached to the frame and supporting a user; two lateral drive wheels mounted on essentially horizontal axes; and a propulsion system including a handle, an operating lever supporting said handle and having a friction element mounted onto the... Agent: Gottlieb Rackman & Reisman PC

20070024022 - Vehicle suspension systems: A wheel suspension system having under powered acceleration a squat response that begins in the realm of anti squat and passes through a point of lessened anti squat at a further point in the travel.... Agent: Stahl Law Firm

20070024023 - Folding bicycle: Provided is a folding bicycle comprising two auxiliary rear wheels at both sides of a rear wheel; a seat including a seat tube extended downward; a first crossbar having a front end pivotably connected to a lower portion of a handle above a front wheel, and a rear end fixedly... Agent: Pro-techtor International Services

20070024024 - Vehicle towing apparatus: An apparatus for towing at least one wheeled vehicle includes a frame including at least one generally vertically oriented support member and at least one generally horizontally oriented support member, the horizontal support member being at least partially hollow and formed with a ramp in a distal end thereof; a... Agent: Stoll, Keenon & Park, LLP

20070024025 - Polyurea coated trailer: The present invention relates to polyurea composition coated trailers and methods of making the same. In an embodiment, the present invention is directed to a trailer comprising a frame having a front side and a back side, at least one axle coupled to the frame, a plurality of wheels coupled... Agent: Attention Of Alpaslan Sapmaz Merchant & Gould P.C.

20070024026 - Adjustable hitch: A quick attach/detach adjustable hitch which allows the operator of a towing vehicle to connect to a trailer without leaving the driver seat. The preferred embodiment includes a lifting carriage connected within a frame by a hydraulic cylinder. Guiding members are used to ensure correct alignment of the hitch ball... Agent: Pennington, Moore, Wilkinson, Bell & Dunbar, P.A.

20070024027 - Detachable tow hook assembly and vehicle with one or more detachable tow hooks: In one embodiment a detachable tow hook assembly comprises a housing defining a passageway for detachably receiving a locking end portion of a tow hook for use in towing a vehicle. Desirably, the tow hook is inserted and rotated to a locking position for retention in place during towing of... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20070024028 - Monoski: The invention relates to a monoski, consisting of a front and a back board connected to each other by means of a hinge, in which the hinge is constructed in such a way that the back board can be folded over the front board through which a less large package... Agent: Mcdermott, Will & Emery LLP

20070024029 - Adjustable handle assembly: An adjustable handle assembly is configured for a device that supports and carries a child and that can be moved along a surface. The handle assembly is coupled to a handle extension that extends from a part of the device and that has an end with an extension axis. The... Agent: LempiaIPGroup, LLC

20070024030 - Foldable telescope golf cart having a balancing mechanism: A swing arm assembly of present invention becomes a balancing mechanism for a foldable telescope golf cart. The swing arm assembly adjusts the inclined angle of the golf beg on the golf cart, and thus adjusts the location of the center gravity of the cart. The golf cart is maintained... Agent: David Yang

20070024031 - Inflatable curtain with multi-layered tab: Disclosed are embodiments of an inflatable curtain airbag having one or more multi-layered tabs to facilitate mounting of the curtain to a vehicle. In one embodiment of the invention, the tabs comprise at least two layers attached to one another along at least one side of the two layers such... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070024032 - Airbag device: An airbag device is provided wherein the airbag device is made by folding an airbag having a left airbag section and a right airbag section by a new folding method. In one form, an airbag includes a left airbag section and a right airbag section that are inflated on the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070024033 - Side airbag apparatus: A side airbag apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag. The airbag that is deployed and inflated in a space between a body side portion of a vehicle and an occupant seated on a front seat in a passenger compartment by the pressure of gas injected from the inflator. The... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070024034 - Air bag module with low force cover opening: An air bag cover includes a mounting leg having an enlarged foot captured between the base plate and the inner plate. The base plate has a channel formed along its outer edge. The inner plate overlies the base plate and has an outer end portion that partially overlies the channel... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070024035 - Steering wheel equipped with airbag device: A ring portion of a steering wheel is disposed to be inclined relative to a vertical direction with an inclined angle between 40 and 90 degrees, when viewed from a vehicle width direction, and a bag portion has a larger configuration than the ring portion so as to cover over... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070024036 - Low risk deployment passenger airbag system: A passenger airbag system is designed for an automotive vehicle with a passenger compartment, a windshield and an instrument panel disposed between the passenger compartment and the windshield. The instrument panel has a top portion adjacent the windshield and a mid-portion with a surface that extends away from the top... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Groh, Sprinkle & Citkowski, P.c

20070024037 - Passenger protecting system: A passenger protecting system is provided with at least two sensors which detect an impact to a vehicle, a determining unit for determining a collision with the vehicle based on detection signals of the sensors, and a communication unit through which the sensors are connected with the determining unit so... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070024038 - Gas generator: The invention is a gas generator, including: a tubular housing having a gas discharge port, a combustion chamber provided inside the tubular housing and charged with a solid gas generating agent and a flame transmission tube disposed in an axial direction of the tubular housing inside the combustion chamber and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070024039 - Air bag device: An air bag device of the present invention includes an bag member formed by a circular front-side cloth and a circular reverse-side cloth which are sewn together at their outer peripheral edge portions. The air bag device is provided with an annular lid member for closing a plurality of gas... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070024040 - Air bag device: The present invention provides an air bag device in which an airbag member can be quickly and positively inflated and expanded, with its central portion instantaneously inflated. The present invention describes an air bag device 10 in which an intermediate cloth of a polygonal shape, having a gas inlet port... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070024041 - Air bag system for automotive passenger seat: An air bag system for protecting a passenger seated on the front passenger seat of a vehicle. In an initial stage, the air bag is inflated mildly. In the subsequent stage, the bag is inflated also mildly. The directivity of produced gas can be reduced. The air bag can be... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070024042 - Airbag and airbag system: An airbag inflating vertically in front of an occupant includes a front portion facing the occupant upon inflation. The front portion has a lower part, a middle part and an upper part. The lower part has a lateral width greater than that of the middle and upper parts. The airbag... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070024043 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag whose interior is divided into a first chamber and a second chamber, and an airbag apparatus, wherein when an occupant strikes against the airbag, the side periphery of the airbag is prevented or restrained from expanding laterally outward. The airbag includes therein first and second inner panels operable... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070024044 - Subframe for vehicle, and bush installation structure: A front cross member 202 of a rear subframe 53 has a recessed portion 221 which is recessed continuously over a longitudinal direction thereof. The recessed portion 221 is formed at a lower portion of the cross member 202 and is recessed upwardly, and an elastic bush 240 is fitted... Agent: Arent Fox PLLC

20070024045 - Torsion bar load limiter and pretensioner for seat belt system: An anchorage device for a motor vehicle is provided, including a pretensioning wheel, a pulley connected to the pretensioning wheel via a torsion bar first portion, a seat belt connecting member connected to the pulley, and a locking device coupled with the pulley via a torsion bar second portion. The... Agent: Autoliv Asp