Land vehicles inventions 06/07

20070145695 - Method and apparatus for a low-profile suspension system: A method and apparatus for a low-profile suspension system, which provides coarse and fine suspension control to an object supported by the low-profile suspension system. Coarse suspension is provided to adaptively control a position of the object through pneumatic support devices. Pneumatic pressure is adaptively increased in the pneumatic support... Agent: Wallace, LLC

20070145696 - Device for leveling a trailer floor: A trailer of a tractor-trailer vehicle combination includes a device for leveling the trailer floor. A selected one of a pair of fame brackets or hangers for pivotally mounting suspension assemblies of an axle/suspension system, includes vertically-oriented oval sidewall openings and vertically-spaced horizontally extending eccentric collar guide tabs. Upon a... Agent: David P Dureska Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20070145697 - Dynamically stable transporter controlled by lean: A transporter for transporting a subject over a surface that may be irregular. The transporter includes a support platform for supporting a load, the loaded support platform defining fore-aft and lateral planes and characterized by a load distribution. A plurality of ground contacting elements are coupled to the support platform... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20070145698 - Cushion for in-line skate: An in-line skate includes a frame and two rolling gears. Each of the rolling gears includes two levers pivotally connected to the frame, two casters each attached to related one of the levers, at least one first cushion provided between the levers and two second cushions each provided between related... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070145699 - Method and apparatus for an electronic equipment rack: A method and apparatus for an electronic equipment rack that provides mobility through directional self-propulsion and multi-axis suspension. The electronic equipment rack further provides self-powered operation and environmental control with wireless access, while protecting against unauthorized access, electromagnetic interference (EMI), and dust contamination. An alternate embodiment provides a non-mobile electronic... Agent: Wallace, LLC

20070145700 - Method and apparatus for portable container with integrated seat and stabilization mechanism: A stabilized container is provided. The stabilized container includes a container, a portion of which is adapted to be a seat. The stabilized container also includes a stabilization device configured to stabilize the container. The stabilization device can include a frame. The stabilization device can also include a platform flexibly... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20070145701 - Straddle-type vehicle: A motorcycle includes a power unit. A fly wheel magnet on a left end side of a crank shaft, a transmission having plural gears, a transmission clutch and a shift shaft for connecting and disconnecting the transmission clutch and changing gears of the transmission are housed in a crank case... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070145703 - Guidable axle: A steering axle for a vehicle has a spring-mounted, rigid axle body which is disposed transversely to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and at the ends of which steerable wheels are pin-connected. A transmission device is provided for transferring steering motions of a steering member to the steerable wheels.... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20070145702 - Trailer suspension with aluminum components: A trailer suspension subassembly includes an extruded aluminum mounting plate. An extruded aluminum hanger is connected to a lower face of the mounting plate. The hanger includes a trailing arm channel and a shock absorber channel. The mounting plate includes an open channel adapted to receive a trailer beam flange... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20070145704 - Vehicle suspension beam: A hollow vehicle suspension beam has opposed side walls formed with recesses in which an axle wrap is located and secured by welded jointing internally and externally of the opposed side walls to provide a strong joint between the beam and axle wrap. The beam may comprise at least one... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070145705 - Integral arm axle/suspension system: An axle/suspension system for a wheeled vehicle, in which the vehicle has a frame, includes an integral arm structure that includes an attachment member for connecting the integral arm structure to the vehicle frame. A flexible transition member is connected to and extends from the attachment member and a body... Agent: David P Dureska Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20070145706 - Vehicle front end suspension: A leaf spring assembly for a vehicle having a frame and an axle. The leaf spring assembly includes a first leaf spring and a trailing arm having first and second ends. The first end of the trailing arm adapted to be coupled to the frame to form a trailing arm... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20070145707 - Hospital bed power-assist: The present invention, in one embodiment, is a device for moving a hospital bed. The device comprises a body, a motor driven wheel coupled to the body, and a hitch coupled to the body and adapted for engaging the hospital bed. Finally, the present invention, in yet another embodiment, is... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney, LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070145708 - Arm and leg powered vehicle and head-mounted steering system therefor: The arm and leg powered vehicle and head-mounted steering system therefor is a bicycle or similar vehicle, which is powered by the user through rotational actuation of both foot pedals and a hand-actuated crank, both of which provide rotational drive for the vehicle. The steering system for the vehicle includes... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070145709 - Pedaling correction device for bicycle: A pedaling correction device for a bicycle capable of objectively detecting the state of pedaling and assisting the detection so that the training of pedaling technique can be performed according to an accurate theory. The cranks having pedals mounted at the tips thereof are installed on the center axis of... Agent: Smith Patent Office

20070145710 - Bicycle frame composed with convoluted curves: The invention is a frame for a bicycle or other two wheeled vehicle that utilizes convoluted curves in its structure providing function in utility and manufacture as described here with this disclosure, as well as ornamental form as described by the subject complementing disclosure by design patent application number 29/243,986.... Agent: Maria Susan Stumm

20070145711 - Rear wheel drive vehicle with ground-contacting anti-tip wheels: A vehicle is disclosed having a pair of drive wheels, at least one ground-engaging front wheel connected to the frame forward of the drive wheels and at least one ground-contacting anti-tip wheel mounted to the vehicle rearward of the drive wheels. The drive wheels and anti-tip wheels are mounted on... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper US LLP

20070145712 - Multi-compartmental winch device: An apparatus positions a boat having a clip attached to a bow onto a boat trailer. The apparatus is used with a winch and two guides mounted on the boat trailer. The two guides are positioned a selected distance from the winch toward the rear of the boat trailer and... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20070145714 - Steering connection assembly between multiple towed implements: A steering connection assembly that interconnects an implement train comprising first and second detachable implements towed by a draw bar of a tow vehicle is provided. The first implement is pivotally attached at the draw bar so as to rotate about a first vertical axis, and the second implement is... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070145713 - Tow behind steerable caddy trailer: A steerable caddy trailer is provided that has an improved structure including a main frame assembly, spindle assemblies attached to each end of the main frame for attachment of a wheel, a pair of swinging arms forwardly extending from the main frame and pivotally attached to the main frame, and... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20070145715 - Trailer tongue comprising rapid telescoping and pivotal adjustment mechanisms: In one embodiment the invention comprises a trailer hitch comprising: a frame having a front, a telescoping member slidably supported by the frame for telescoping from the frame front and wherein the telescoping member is movable laterally relative to the frame.... Agent: John L. Deangelis, Jr. Esquire Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire, P.A.

20070145716 - Pintle hook and ball hitch assembly shock absorber: The use of a shock absorber bushing combination to accommodate various size ball ands and tow rings when towing large heavy industrial trailers. The shock absorber bushing combination can be cylindrically-shaped and adapted to have an interior hollow dimension to easily slide over the ball. Its length is adapted to... Agent: Dennis G. Lapointe Lapointe Law Group, Pl

20070145717 - Trailer: A folding trailer may be capable of moving between a use position and a storage position. The folding trailer may include an axle that is capable of moving between a first position in which the axle is generally aligned along an axis and a second position in which the axle... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070145718 - Trailer: A trailer may include an extension that is sized and configured to extend the length of the trailer. Advantageously, the extension may allow the trailer to be shipped in a standard-sized container. In particular, the extension may allow the trailer to be shipped within a 92 inch container. The extension... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070145719 - Towing mechanism: A towing mechanism includes a pair of brackets for receiving a drawbar therebetween, and a locking device. A towing bolt is received by locating bores in the brackets. The locking device includes a locking pin which is axially slidable in a pin bore in a component. The locking device is... Agent: Deere & Company

20070145720 - Coupling device: The invention relates to a coupling device (1) between a sports shoe (2) and sports device (3), with a toe piece (5) and a heel piece (6) and a brake device (7) mounted between the latter for the sports device (3), with a longitudinal guide (9, 10) mounted on the... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070145721 - Skis and ski boots combination: The invention relates to the combination of ski boots of different sizes and skis provided with mounted fixations consisting of front and rear jaws. The ski boots are embodied in at least two types (1, 1′, 1″) which differ from each other by a sole length (a, b, c) and... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070145722 - Scrap material transport cart: An exemplary scrap material transport car (100) includes a chassis (120), a plurality of wheels (110), a plurality of supporting rods (130), a container (140), and a pneumatic piston (160). The chassis includes four connection rods (121, 122, 123 and 124) connected sequentially. The chassis has four corners (125, 126,... Agent: Wei Te Chung Foxconn International, Inc.

20070145723 - Vertically adjustable folding wheelchair: A vertically adjustable folding wheelchair has a pair of base elements, a pair of longitudinal frame members, and first and second telescoping elements. Wheels rotatably support the pair of base elements. The first and second telescoping elements telescopically engage each of the base elements with one of the longitudinal frame... Agent: Law Offices Of Eric Karich

20070145724 - Method for manufacturing airbag module: An airbag module for use in a motor vehicle is manufactured by first to third steps. In the first step, the airbag is folded into a predetermined configuration, and in the second step, an entire external surface of the airbag, in an initially folded condition obtained in the first step,... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070145725 - Neck-protecting device on a seat in an automobile: A neck-protecting device includes an expansible gasbag attached to a headrest on a seat of an automobile, a container for storing pressurized gas, a normally closed valve having one port in fluid communication with the expansible gasbag and the other port in fluid communication with the container, and a valve-opening... Agent: Troxell Law Office PLLC Suite 1404

20070145727 - Seat with airbag unit for vehicle: There is provided a lower space portion at a pad member of a seat back, which is positioned at a lower portion of an airbag that is folded in an airbag unit. Accordingly, an inflation of the lower portion (waist protection portion) of the airbag in the airbag unit provided... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070145726 - Vehicular airbag apparatus: Airbag apparatus includes an airbag having at least two bag body sections superposed on each other. Gas flow-in portion for connection to an inflator is formed in one of the bag body sections adjacent to one edge of the one bag body section. Communicating hole is formed in the plurality... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070145728 - Instrument panel structure with airbag unit: The airbag unit is disposed inside the rear upper face portion of the instrument panel near the difference-in-level portion. The lid portion is configured to open substantially forward around the hinge member without hitting against the difference-in-level portion. Herein, the hinge member is configured such that the lid portion can... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070145729 - Airbag apparatus: The airbag apparatus includes an airbag having an exhaust hole for discharging part of inflation gas, an open/close controller for controlling opening and closing operations of the exhaust hole, and a flap element releasably joined to the open/close controller and being joined to a periphery of the exhaust hole in... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070145730 - Channel and diffuser airbag: Disclosed are embodiments of airbag cushions including diffuser panels to redirect inflation gas within the cushion. In an embodiment particularly suited for use as a knee airbag cushion, a diffuser panel is positioned over the inflator opening and in between the front and rear faces of an airbag cushion panel.... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070145731 - Blind member for vehicle, and gap-closing structure including blind member: The present invention provides a blind member for a vehicle, which is used in a steering device provided with a tilting structure that can adjust a position of a steering wheel in a vertical direction, and closes a gap between: an opening in an instrument panel provided on a driver's... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070145732 - Micro gas generator: A gas generator usable in a vehicle occupant protection system. The gas generator includes an initiator holder and an initiator secured in the initiator holder. The initiator includes a housing enclosing an initiator charge. A metallic bore seal is secured to the initiator holder, and a casing is adhesively secured... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20070138752 - Tool sledge: A tool sledge includes a bottom runner, upturned ends, and sidewalls, an adhering portion affixed to the top of said bottom runner, a circular recess in the top of said bottom runner, and a pull.... Agent: K.m. Rylander Rylander & Associates

20070138753 - Luggage cart: A luggage cart is disclosed, which comprises a supplementary support device equipped with a roller and pivoted to the back side of the cart body of the luggage cart and turnable relative to the cart body between a first position where the supplementary support device is closely attached to the... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070138754 - Live spindle design for heavy duty steer axle: A heavy duty steer axle assembly with a live spindle is provided. The assembly includes an axle beam extending transversely across the vehicle, a kingpin disposed within a kingpin bore in the axle beam, a knuckle mounted on the kingpin and rotatable relative to the axle beam, and a spindle... Agent: Dykema Gossett PLLC

20070138755 - Hybrid-response for suspension system: A vehicle comprising a frame, a front axle, and a four bar linkage connecting the front axle to the frame. The four bar linkage may define a range of motion of the front axle with respect to the frame. First and second dampers may connect the frame to the front... Agent: Pate Pierce & Baird

20070138756 - Complementary suspension device: Complementary suspension device applicable between the hydro-pneumatic suspension systems of at least two wheels of a vehicle, which transfer the forces originating in said wheels to the aforementioned complementary device by means of displacement, and/or decanting, of the fluids of said suspension systems through the corresponding conduits, said device comprising... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070138757 - Modular composite base running board: A running board is provided for a motor vehicle. The running board includes a stepping platform having a step side and an underside each extending longitudinally between opposing end walls and laterally between an inboard wall and an outboard wall. A bracket integrally molded with the stepping platform is adapted... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070138758 - Fork release mechanism of bicycle: A release device mounted in a bicycle includes a fork including a socket at a bent portion and two yoke arms extended downward from both sides of the socket to mount a front wheel at distal ends thereof; a sleeve fastened in the socket with an upper portion thereof projecting... Agent: Apex Juris, PLLC Tracy M Heims

20070138759 - Trailer with convertible handle: A trailer includes a convertible handle having a handle portion, the handle portion pivotally attached to a tongue portion, the handle portion having a first gripping portion end and a second clevis end and an intermediate pivot, the handle portion being pivotably shiftable about the pivot between a first disposition... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20070138760 - Retractable boat trailer: A retractable trailer having a telescoping tongue formed by an outer housing slidingly engaged over an inner sleeve. The inner sleeve is attached to a conventional hitch for engaging a towing vehicle and the outer housing is attached to the load bearing portion of the trailer. A threaded shaft is... Agent: Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC

20070138761 - Trailer safety hitch: A trailer hitch for resisting inadvertent separation of a trailer tongue coupler from a vehicle's hitch ball. The trailer hitch includes a sleeve, a retainer rotatably disposed within the sleeve and including: a rod rotatably disposed within the sleeve, a displacement member coupled to the rod and extending radially therefrom,... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20070138762 - Anti-vibration and stabilizer trailer hitch apparatus and system: A trailer hitch comprises a combined locking bar and stabilizing bolt to further secure a trailer hitch connection and reduce vibrations during a towing operation. The stabilizing bolt is positioned on a trailer at a location that is not aligned with openings in the trailer hitch. This misalignment prevents the... Agent: Tumey, L.L.P.

20070138763 - Lock for trailer hitch: A lock for a trailer hitch is disclosed. The locking device is a substantially spherical member dimensioned to fit within the socket of a ball and socket-type trailer hitch. When a trailer tongue is detached from the ball on a towing vehicle, an unauthorized party may connect the trailer to... Agent: Michael G. Petit

20070138764 - High-load drawbar eye: A high-load drawbar eye (1) with a hitch socket (2) which is open about the rim for receiving a matching hitch ball (7), a hitch arm (3) and a hitch flange (4), includes a hold-down device (5) which cooperates with the hitch socket (2), for realizing a compact hitch connection... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC

20070138765 - Cross-country ski assembly and cross-country ski binding: A binding device for a ski or other sports apparatus. The ski or sports apparatus provides an upper service adapted to receive a binding device for retaining a boot, the binding device including an anchoring mechanism to anchor the binding device to the ski, the anchoring mechanism including a slide... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070138766 - Device for receiving a foot or boot on a sports apparatus: A device for receiving a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, such as a snowboard, the device including a support element adapted to be arranged between the sole of the foot or boot and the apparatus. The support element includes a first portion, a second portion, and an... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070138767 - Airbag apparatus: In airbag apparatus mounted on a vehicle, a folded shape of an airbag is held by an airbag-holding member disposed over an outer surface of the airbag, and is housed in a retainer. The airbag-holding member is made of a translucent film sheet, in which a plurality of resin layers... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070138768 - Airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus mounted on a motor vehicle is constructed such that a folded shape of an airbag is held by an airbag-holding member disposed in a manner to wrap an external surface of the folded airbag, which is housed in a retainer. The airbag-holding member is constructed such that... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070138769 - Airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, an airbag housing portion for housing the airbag in a folded-back condition, an airbag cover for covering the airbag opening, a gas-supplying portion for supplying gas to the airbag, an airbag-holding member formed of a film sheet, and a thin thickness portion formed in... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070138772 - Assembly with a gas bag module: In an assembly with a gas bag module at least one first detent element is designed for engagement into a second detent element, a load bearing fastening between the first and the second detent element fastening the gas bag module to a first vehicle-fixed component being closed by moving the... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070138770 - Assembly with a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement: In an assembly with a gas bag module and a locking check arrangement, the gas bag module has a first detent element adapted for engagement with a second detent element to form a detent connection fastening the gas bag module to a vehicle-fixed component. The gas bag module can assume... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070138771 - Gas bag module: A gas bag module has at least one first detent element adapted for engagement into a second detent element to form a detent connection to fasten the gas bag module to a vehicle-fixed component. An auxiliary locking element designed for engagement with a lock structure and a control element are... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070138773 - Cushion of air bag module: The cushion of an air bag module includes a first chamber part which deploys to one side of an occupant by a high pressure gas of an inflator, a second chamber part which is formed to communicate with the first chamber part and deploys to the other side of the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070138774 - Lateral airbag device: A lateral airbag device comprises a gas bag which is mounted in a vehicle seat below the seat covering of the vehicle seat. The gas bag is inflated in the event of an accident. The seat covering comprises at least one break line, which can be torn open when the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070138775 - Inflator having a variable gas flow throttle: An airbag inflator has a variable gas flow throttle disposed in a gas flow path. The throttle has at least one gas passageway through a base portion thereof. A tab extends from the base portion and is bendable towards the base portion by a selected amount of gas pressure to... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070138776 - Inflator having an improved closure cap: An inflator has a sealed vessel for containing compressed gas. The inflator has an axis. The vessel has a gas outlet passageway. The inflator has an elongated sealing cap closure with an internal chamber portion open to the compressed gas and sealed vessel to seal the opening of the gas... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070138777 - Air bag system: An air bag system is disclosed. The air bag system comprises a cushion deployed by gas from an inflator in the event of a vehicle collision, for protecting a passenger, a gas guider provided between the cushion and the inflator, for guiding the gas from the inflator to the cushion,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070138778 - Vehicle occupant protection apparatus: A vehicle occupant protection apparatus for use in a vehicle includes an occupant-protecting expansion part caused to expand in the form of a curtain in the vehicle cabin along windows. The expansion part is attached to the vehicle body at two attachment points positioned forward and rearward of the windows.... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070138779 - Passenger air bag module: A passenger air bag module includes an air bag cushion accommodated in an air bag housing and deploying toward an occupant when the collision of a vehicle occurs, and a cushion wrap including a reinforcing portion that protects the air bag cushion and a flap portion that suppresses initial deployment... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070138780 - Rollover protection system with a folding roll bar for vehicles: In order to design a rollover protection system, fixed to the seat, with a roll bar body in the form of a folding roll bar, the invention provides that each roll bar comprises two frame pieces, which are each spaced along the vehicular lateral axis having one pivotably connected end... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20070138781 - Steering column assembly: A steering column assembly includes a steering column shroud which supports a steering shaft for a steering wheel. The column shroud includes an inner member and an outer member. The inner member being at least partially received within the outer member. A support bracket is fixed in position relative to... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20070138782 - Seat belt assembly having length adjustable service arm: A seat belt assembly for a vehicle that includes an anchor portion having an anchor bolt adapted to attach to a vehicle. A seat belt web is associated with the anchor portion. A sheath member is coupled to the anchor portion with the sheath member having opposing top and bottom... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20070138783 - Guide for seat belt webbing having a deformable insert: A guide (34a) for seat belt webbing (16) in a vehicle (14) includes a support member (50) that includes an elongated slot (88) through which the seat belt webbing (16) extends. A curved surface (90) defines a portion of the elongated slot (88). The guide (34a) also includes an insert... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070138784 - Trailer with dual position front gate: A gate assembly for a trailer which provides for the gate assembly to be moved between a closed position in which both a lower gate member and an upper gate member are stacked and extend upwardly one upon the other and an extension position in which the lower gate member... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20070132197 - Actuator for an active chassis of a motor vehicle: An actuator for an active chassis of a motor vehicle is proposed which includes a body spring and a vibration damper, and which incorporates a hydraulic or pneumatic positioning cylinder (3) and a compensation spring (2). The actuator (1) is so designed and positioned that the static body mass (13)... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20070132198 - Caster control apparatus: Disclosed is a caster control apparatus for a suspension of a vehicle. When the vehicle travels on a road which causes a vehicle body to lean to one side, the caster of a lowered wheel is increased, and the caster of a raised wheel is decreased, such that the casters... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070132199 - Articulated two-piece snowboard with rigid, flexible connector: A two-piece snowboard includes an improved bottom shape and connector. The bottom surface of each snowboard section facilitates three primary functions: riding in a straight line, turning, and stopping. The bottom surfaces are concave or substantially flat, and grooves or ribs are provided along bottom edges of the sections to... Agent: Averill & Varn

20070132200 - Moveable shelf and support therefore: A number of embodiments of moveable storage racks and/or partitions that can be installed in existing buildings without the necessity of installing guide rails for them. In addition, the movement may be controlled so that the partitions move either in a parallel fashion or they can be rotated through an... Agent: Ernest A. Beutler Attorney At Law

20070132201 - Vertically reciprocating skate brake: A skate brake particularly suited for an inline skate includes a braking carriage formed of left and right plates spaced apart by axles that support rollers thereon. The rollers engage the wheels of the skate when the carriage is maneuvered to the appropriate elevation, and the momentum of the wheels... Agent: Fulwider Patton LLP

20070132202 - Air cylinder pull handle release: A trailer slider assembly includes a handle that moves a trailer slider locking mechanism between an unlocked position and a locked position. A suspension side rail has a retaining feature that holds the handle in the unlocked position. A release mechanism releases the handle from the retaining feature in response... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070132203 - Height adjusting device for a bike seat: A height adjusting device for a bike seat includes a seat tube, a fixing base, a seat post, a movable block, two bolts, plural plastic ornamental sleeves and a twinkling light. The seat tube is shaped as a water drop in its cross-sectional view. The fixing base shaped the same... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070132204 - Compact tool carrier with articulation joint: A stand-up, ride-on work vehicle adapted for multiple applications. The vehicle comprises a base unit, an articulating joint, and one of a plurality of interchangeable equipment chassis. The base unit has at least one ground supporting member, and provides power and mobility to the work vehicle. The articulation joint is... Agent: Tomlinson & O'connell, P.C.

20070132205 - Trailer: A trailer may be purchased by a consumer from a store and the trailer may be quickly, easily and readily towed away from the store. In particular, the trailer may be essentially or completely ready to be towed away from the store and the trailer may require no or virtually... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070132206 - Snowboard binding: Disclosed is a snowboard binding in which the heel strap (5) is fixed to the base plate (1) so as to be pivotable about an axis (6) that extends perpendicular to the base plate (1). Even the center of the lower edge portion of the high-back shell (7) rests against... Agent: Flynn Thiel Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20070132207 - Stroller: A lightweight stroller 10 is provided. The stroller 10 includes front legs 12, rear legs 14, a seat support frame 70 connected to the front legs 12, a backrest support frame 34 connected to the seat support frame 70, a headrest plate 52 connected to an upper part of the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070132210 - Portable trailer: A transport vehicle includes a bed formed in the rear end thereof. A base is seated on the bed and supports a load-bearing platform opposing the bed forming a storage space therebetween and an opening therebetween into the storage space at the rear end of the vehicle. A wheeled trailer... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20070132211 - Portable trailer: A transport vehicle includes a bed formed in the rear end thereof. A base is seated on the bed and supports a load-bearing platform opposing the bed forming a storage space therebetween and an opening therebetween into the storage space at the rear end of the vehicle. A wheeled trailer... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20070132208 - Trailer: A trailer that may include a first side wall, a second side wall, a first end wall and a second end wall. A first slot in the first side wall may be sized and configured to receive and retain at least a portion of the first end wall and a... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070132209 - Trailer: A trailer may include a weight indicator that is sized and configured to indicate at least a portion of the load carried by the trailer. The weight indicator may include a pointer that is connected to a suspension member, such as a leaf spring. Advantageously, the pointer may be connected... Agent: Workman Nydegger (f/k/a Workman Nydegger & Seeley)

20070132212 - Headliner system: An interior trim assembly including vehicle roof structure that supports a headliner-mounted component and a headliner, a separating means proximate a mounting location perimeter of the headliner-mounted component for maintaining a mounting integrity of the headliner-mounted component upon deployment of an inflatable restraint.... Agent: Honigman Miller Schwartz & Cohn LLP

20070132215 - Knee protecting airbag device: In a knee protecting airbag device (M1), an airbag (26) folded and housed below a steering column (3) is expanded and inflated while rising from the lower side of the steering column (3) along a column cover lower surface (9a) during an inflation process. The shape of the airbag having... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070132213 - Occupant protecting apparatus: There is provided an occupant protecting apparatus which reduces a load applied to an occupant caused by inflating an airbag in a seat portion. The occupant protecting apparatus is provided in a seat portion. The occupant protecting apparatus is constituted by an inflator serving as a gas generation source, and... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070132214 - Passenger protection device: A retaining tube having a substantially equilateral hexagonal shape is accommodated in an accommodation recess formed in a bottom frame of a seat rest. An inflator serving as a gas generation source is accommodated in the retaining tube. The retaining tube is contained in an air bag made of cloth.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070132216 - Mounting structure of curtain airbag in vehicle: A mounting structure of a curtain airbag in a vehicle is disclosed. The structure is adapted to easily form an inflation passage between a pillar trim and pillar by using a head liner; therefore, the overall portions of the curtain airbag can smoothly expand during the deployment. Such mounting structure... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070132217 - Pillar ramp structure for preventing interference with curtain airbag: This invention relates to a pillar ramp structure which prevents interfering with the deployment of a curtain airbag. In one embodiment, the present invention includes a pillar ramp housing which is fixed to an inner panel, and a folding bracket in which the first end of the folding bracket is... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070132218 - Driver's airbag module assembly structure: Provided is a driver's airbag module assembly structure including: an inflator for generating gas by igniting an exploder; an airbag inflated toward a driver by the gas generated by the inflator; a cage covering the inflator; a mounting plate for accommodating the inflator, the airbag, and the cage to be... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20070132219 - Airbag inflation control based on sensed contact with occupant: Method for controlling inflation of an airbag in a vehicle which protects an occupant from injury in a crash involving the vehicle includes sensing a crash, inflating the airbag to protect the occupant during the crash, sensing contact between the airbag and the occupant during inflation of the airbag, and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070132220 - Occupant classification and airbag deployment suppression based on weight: Method for obtaining information about an occupant of a vehicle for the purpose of controlling a component of the vehicle including arranging a sensor in connection with a seat upon which the occupant is situated, determining weight of the occupant via the sensor when the occupant occupies the seat, and... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20070132221 - Energy absorbing fill tube for a side car curtain system: An energy-absorbing fill tube for a side air curtain system for a vehicle. The fill tube is a hollow tube having a longitudinal axis and a series of waistband wrinkles along the longitudinal axis. The hollow tube is integrated within the vehicle and defines a conduit for directing air into... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070132222 - Air bag with a supported channel: An air bag system includes an inflator operable to release inflation fluid, and an inflatable cushion having an lower region and inflatable upon release of inflation fluid from the inflator, with the cushion defining a channel within the lower region thereof. At least one tether may support the channel during... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070132223 - Crash structure for an automotive shell structure: An automotive shell structure includes two longitudinal members which are arranged one on each side of the shell structure and are provided with energy-absorbing elements at their front-facing ends. To increase the protection for vehicle occupants in the event of an impact, it is proposed to provide additional energy absorption... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070132224 - Seat belt anchor device and method: A seat belt anchor device and method are provided for anchoring a seat belt to a stud. The device includes a plate member having a keyhole opening into which the stud is fit with the plate member pulled upwardly to bring the stud to the installed position relative to the... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070132225 - Straddle-type vehicle: A straddle-type vehicle in which a seat is arranged behind a fuel tank has improved layout flexibility behind the fuel tank is improved and allows efficient arrangement of vehicle components. The front of a fuel tank is mounted to right and left main frames via brackets. Brackets separated to the... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20070126189 - Reversible plate positioning device for stationary radiation imaging trailer system: The present invention discloses a reversible plate positioning device for a stationary radiation imaging trailer system, comprising a left platform (7-1) and a right platform (7-2) that can be connected with a trailing part (4) of a trailer frame and ground locking part (12), the left platform (7-1) and right... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070126190 - Boot for a binding: The invention relates to a boot for a binding, which is suited for alpine skiing, ski touring, cross-country skiing, telemark skiing and also for other snow sliding sports, the boot having greater comfort in wearing and moving. Moreover multifunctional components make it possible for the overall equipment with which the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126191 - Axle assembly for skateboard: A top-mounted, wide-track axle assembly for a skateboard. The axle assembly includes an axle frame member having a length of at least eight inches and formed substantially in a shape of an inverted “W”. A central portion of the axle frame member is provided with a mounting bracket having a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070126193 - Sanitation handle for carts: A sanitation handle for carts and railings comprising an open tubular flexible sleeve member which is expandable for receiving at least a portion of the main handle member of a cart, said flexible sleeve member having a first open end and a second open end and a slit formed longitudinally... Agent: Andrew Schroeder

20070126192 - Shopping cart modified for vehicle transport and advertising method: A shopping cart modified for vehicle transport and advertising method provides shoppers with a personal shopping cart they keep and use to transport groceries from the store to their home without unloading the groceries out of the cart multiple times, it includes a shopping cart modified with a locking support... Agent: James P Thomas

20070126194 - Golf bag: A golf bag includes a base adapted to receive a ground-rolling device. The ground-rolling device is configured to be detachably connectable with the base. The ground-rolling device includes an axle provided with wheels located substantially at each end of the axle. When the ground-rolling device is connected to the base,... Agent: Patent Administrator Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

20070126195 - Jogging stroller: A stroller is provided that features a frame element and at least one wheel supporting the frame, a first arm member configured to be gripped by a human hand mechanically coupled to the frame element such that the first arm member moves in a reciprocating manner with respect to the... Agent: Taiyo Corporation

20070126196 - Third axle assembly for log hauling trailers: Improved third, tag, axle for a standard two-axle log-carrying trailer to permit carrying additional load. The inventive third axle assembly is pivotally linked directly to the bunk of a standard log trailer bogie by two, laterally-spaced hitch assemblies that permit vertical motion of the third axle, but not lateral movement.... Agent: Jacques M. Dulin, Esq. Dba Innovation Law Group, Ltd.

20070126197 - Automobile steering linkage systems and methods: Automobile steering linkage systems and methods are provided in the various embodiments of the present invention. Some embodiments of the present invention can be used in heavy-duty automobiles for steering linkage toe-adjustment systems, and other embodiments can be utilized in other automobiles. An automobile steering linkage system can comprise a... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP/fgtl

20070126198 - Slotted axle assembly: Provided is a slotted axle assembly for a vehicle suspension system. The slotted axle assembly includes an axle beam extending laterally between two axle connectors. Each axle connector is slotted for mating with an end of the axle beam. When assembled, each end of the axle beam surrounds or encapsulates... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070126199 - Structure for enabling independently suspended wheels to lean with vehicle hull: A structure for enabling independently suspended wheels to lean with vehicle hull, which comprises a linkage mechanism and two suspending mechanisms. The linkage mechanism comprises: a connecting part and a four-bar linkage structure composed of a ground rod, a floating rod, placed over the ground rod and parallel thereto, and... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell Suite 1404

20070126200 - Torsion beam suspension: It is a torsion beam suspension S including a pair of lateral trailing members, each of which has a front end portion 1a pivotally supported by a vehicle body and also has a rear end portion 1b adapted to suspend wheels, and a torsion beam 2 adapted to have an... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070126201 - Roll formed step rail for a vehicle: A roll formed step rail for a vehicle comprises an elongated rail body including a continuous rail wall of substantially uniform thickness. The rail wall describes a continuous cross-sectional profile between two elongated free edges, the cross-sectional profile of the rail being substantially uniform along the length of the rail... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20070126202 - Wheelchair with retractable storing leg rests: A wheelchair which facilitates the storage of retractable leg rests within its side frames. These leg rest are independently able to be in the “stored” or “use” positions and continue to allow the wheelchair frame to be folded. The leg rest members are telescopically mounted to each other and allow... Agent: Gary E. Crosby Ii

20070126204 - Ski binding: Ski binding (1; 1′; 1″), in particular touring, telemark or cross-country binding, with a front retaining element associated with the front sole end (7a) of a ski boot (5), a back retaining element (21) so constructed that it engages an edge (7b) at the front part of the boot sole... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20070126203 - Telemark binding with releasable riser plate assembly: A releasable riser plate assembly is provided for use with a telemark binding. The assembly is mounted to a ski. The assembly includes a base plate interconnecting a front and rear housing, and a release plate mounted over the base plate. Force transmitting members are integrated in the housings to... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070126205 - Ski binding with a positioning and fixing mechanism for the jaw bodies: The invention describes a ski binding (1), with guide elements (8, 9) which can be mounted or pre-fitted on a ski (3) in the binding longitudinal direction (10), for a front and a rear jaw body (4, 5). A first coupling element (15) is connected to the front jaw body... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070126206 - Three wheeled stroller with single steerable rear wheel: A three wheeled baby stroller is provided with a single steerable rear wheel. The stroller preferably has the three wheels positioned to form an equilateral triangle, resulting in a highly maneuverable stroller. The stroller has a minimized turning swath and is easily steered. The stroller has a simple and relatively... Agent: Bruce H. Johnsonbaugh Eckhoff & Hoppe

20070126208 - Automated canopy positioning system: Harmful effects of the sun are becoming more prominent than they have been in the past. Thus, appropriately shielding ourselves from the sun has become ever more important. Unfortunately, applying sunscreens to infants may not be preferable thus sunshade umbrellas have been developed that clamp onto a stroller and are... Agent: Freedman & Associates

20070126207 - Combination infant carriage and utility cart: An infant carriage transport apparatus, adapted with a large storage bin. By providing a utility cart having a conventional child seat combined with substantial load carrying capacity, the present invention allows a caregiver to simultaneously transport a child along with substantial loads of laundry, groceries, and the like. The utility... Agent: Mark D. Bowen Stearns Weaver Miller

20070126209 - Convertible trailer: An apparatus which can be configured to be a trailer and a shed including a trailer frame, a trailer hitch arm collapsably connected to the trailer frame, a floor attached substantially planar with the frame, at least two side walls connected to the floor, wherein the walls are arranged perpendicular... Agent: Robert C. Atkinson Simpson & Simpson, PLLC

20070126210 - Portable trailer: PORTABLE TRAILER A transport vehicle includes a bed formed in the rear end thereof. A base is seated on the bed and supports a load-bearing platform opposing the bed forming a storage space therebetween and an opening therebetween into the storage space at the rear end of the vehicle. A... Agent: Michael Winfield Goltry

20070126211 - Fastener: The invention relates to fasteners adapted for use in automobile air bag attachment systems. The fastener comprises a hook to engage a vehicle structure during installation and a pin to lock the fastener in place. Advantageously, the hook portion may be quickly installed and will support the air bag assembly... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20070126212 - Knee protecting airbag device: In a knee protecting airbag device of the present invention, an airbag is folded and housed on the front side of the knees of a seated passenger. The airbag is protruded rearward of a vehicle from a protruding opening and expanded and inflated upward, when an inflating gas flows in.... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070126214 - Anti-telescoping inflatable curtain: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (28) of a vehicle (12) that has a side structure (16) and a roof (18). The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) having a stored condition in which the protection device is deflated, rolled up, and positioned... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070126213 - Occupant restraint device and occupant restraint system: An occupant restraint system which is activated instantaneously at an vehicle accident to protect an occupant's body against a disaster. An occupant restraint system (A) is provided on the back (1a) of a seat (1) with a shoulder top restraint device (4) for restraining the right shoulder portion of the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070126215 - Pillar structure of curtain airbag: The present invention relates to an A-pillar mounting structure of a curtain airbag. In particular, an A-pillar mounting structure in which an upper mounting member of a boss of an A-pillar trim is separated from the during deployment of an airbag and the trim separated from the A-pillar is prevented... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070126216 - Steering wheel assembly with airbag module: Disclosed is a steering wheel assembly, which comprises an airbag module 6 having an airbag 61 adapted to be inflated during a vehicle collision, and a centrally-located steering pad 8 housing the airbag module 6. The steering pad includes a deployment segment located around a peripheral region of the steering... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070126217 - Front and side impact air bag arrangements: An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant (20, 24) of a vehicle (12) that has an instrument panel (70) and a side structure (82, 122). The apparatus (10) includes a frontal air bag (30, 100) inflatable from a stored position rearward in the vehicle (12) to a deployed position between... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070126219 - Airbag cushion with diffuser and cinch tube to vent gas for out-of-position conditions: An airbag cushion is disclosed for use in automotive protective systems. The airbag cushion includes a diffuser for re-directing gas out of the cushion via cinch tubes when an obstruction is encountered.... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070126218 - Locking mechanism for a cinch tube or an airbag cushion: An airbag cushion is disclosed for use in automotive protective systems. The airbag cushion includes a tube that may be restricted to prevent gas venting. A cord having a plurality of stoppers is coupled to the tube. Upon airbag deployment, the cord extends until taut or extends until the cushion... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070126220 - Air-bag assembly for a motor vehicle: An airbag for use in motor vehicles having two or more chambers, which is simple to manufacture, low-cost and not susceptible to disturbances. The airbag is configured such that the chambers can have different internal pressures in case of airbag activation since a dividing seam between the chambers of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070126221 - Airbag apparatus for vehicle: In an airbag provided in a folded condition, a front end of the airbag includes a pulled-out section provided by pulling out the end of the airbag. In the airbag in a stored condition, an oblique path from a front end of the airbag to a fixed point of a... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070126222 - Steering device: Disclosed herewith is a telescopic type steering device that is high in vibration rigidity and good in feeling of steering has a lower column; an upper column telescopically coupled to the lower column; a steering shaft assembly having an upper axle member for mounting a steering wheel at the upper... Agent: Sidley Austin LLP

20070126223 - Assembly unit consisting of a safety belt and a deflection fitting: A safety belt in combination with a deflection fitting is described. The deflection fitting includes a deflection surface across which the safety belt extends. The deflection surface has a width which is smaller than the width of the safety belt.... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.