Land vehicles inventions 07/07

20070170666 - Side movement propelled scooter device having expanded foot platform: A scooter device propelled by side to side movement of a user that includes a frame structure through which at least a front wheel is coupled to two direction biased rear wheels. The frame structure may have a foot placement platform that extends laterally between the two rear wheels. The... Agent: Steven J. Adamson, PC

20070170675 - Brake unit for a baby stroller: A brake mechanism for a baby stroller has a wheel brake device, a connecting element, an actuator and a retainer. The wheel brake device is operatively connected to a wheel set of the stroller. The actuator is controllable connected to the upper portion of the stroller for driving the wheel... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070170674 - Stroller changing station: The present invention relates to a diaper changing station in connection with a stroller. The diaper changing station is attached to the stroller. When stored, the changing station does not detract from the appearance of the stroller. The changing station may be opened for use. The changing station is formed... Agent: Law Office Of Brett N. Dorny

20070170677 - Spring: There is disclosed a sporting good, such as a skateboard, including a deck, a leaf spring and a set of wheels. The leaf spring is held fast to the deck via an attachment. Additionally, the leaf spring has a geometry that is axially concave. The set of wheels is held... Agent: SocalIPLaw Group LLP

20070170667 - Roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle using an external environmental sensing system: A roll stability control system for an automotive vehicle includes an external environment sensing system, such as a camera-based vision system, or a radar, lidar or sonar-based sensing system that generates image, radar, lidar, and/or sonar-based signals. A controller is coupled to the sensing system and generates dynamic vehicle characteristic... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070170668 - Snow sled having steerable foot rudders: The present invention is a snow sled for use by a rider to glide upon a snow surface. In one embodiment, the snow sled comprises a front portion and a rear portion. The front portion comprises a median portion and first and second foot rudder cavities each comprising a bottom... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070170669 - Header height control system with flow divider capability: A system and apparatus for controlling height of a header of a work machine such as an agricultural windrowing machine or a harvesting machine, which includes height control cylinders jointly or individually operable for raising or lowering the opposite ends of a header to achieve a desired overall height or... Agent: Cnh America LLC

20070170670 - Bagger apparatus: An apparatus is provided for holding a trash bag. The apparatus includes a base having a bottom wall, a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A bail is connected to the first and second sidewalls. A clip secures the trash bag to the bail.... Agent: King & Schickli, PLLC

20070170671 - Medical device transportation unit: A medical device transportation unit (10) comprising an upper compartment (12), a center compartment (14) and a lower compartment (16), a front panel (34, 44) covering the front of the unit or the front of each compartment (12, 14, 16), each compartment (12, 14, 16) having a rear panel (30,... Agent: Lewis, Brisbois, Bisgaard & Smith LLP

20070170672 - Storage apparatus: The invention comprises a storage device for storing panel lift components disassembled which components include a leg support, telescoping means, a cradle for supporting a drywall panel with the telescoping means for telescoping the cradle, with the storing device having an upright pole to support the telescoping means upright, and... Agent: Robert E. Kleve

20070170673 - Stretcher having hand actuated caster braking apparatus: A patient support apparatus includes a frame, a plurality of casters coupled to the frame, and a push handle that is coupled to the frame and that is gripable to maneuver the patient support apparatus along a floor. The patient support apparatus also has a brake handle that is coupled... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070170676 - Dolly, and transportation using same: A dolly on which a materials handling package such as a crate or pallet can be carried has wheels (15, 16, 17, 18) each having a peripheral surface comprising a plurality of spaced projections and recesses therebetween, facilitating running of the dolly over a support surface of corrugated form such... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20070170678 - Method of mounting a king pin at an end of a hollow axle: A king pin is mounted in a hollow axle. An insert is force fit into each end of the hollow axle. The insert includes an aperture that aligns with an aperture in a wall of the hollow axle to provide a mount structure for the king pin. This mount structure... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070170680 - Active chassis of a vehicle: An active chassis system of a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger vehicle having two axles with two wheels each. Each wheel is supported on the vehicle body via a spring element and a hydraulic piston-cylinder unit acting as a damper and as a hydraulic actuator for introducing additional force... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070170681 - Variable rate stabilizer bar: Various embodiments of variable rate stabilizer bars are disclosed, including apparatus, vehicle, and kit implementations. Embodiments may have first and second stabilizer bar members. Each stabilizer bar member may be adapted to be operatively coupled to a respective, opposite ground-engaging element of a vehicle. Each stabilizer bar member may be... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20070170682 - All terrain vehicle: An all terrain vehicle includes a vehicle frame having lower arms and upper arms for suspending front wheels, the upper arms positioned above the lower arms, drive shafts arranged between the lower arms and the upper arms for conveying drive power from a front wheel differential unit to the front... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070170683 - All terrain vehicle: An all terrain vehicle includes left and right vehicle body frame portions and left and right suspension arms, respectively suspending left and right rear wheels, and capable of moving up and down together with the left and right rear wheels. The left and right vehicle body frame portions have a... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070170684 - Strut suspension: A strut supension includes a shock absober, and a bearing portion that connects the shock absorber to a vehicle body such that the shock absorber can rotate. The bearing protion includes an inner race and an outer race. The thickness of the inner race increases toward the outside of the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070170685 - Adjustable run height lift axle suspension system: An adjustable run height lift axle suspension system includes an axle assembly, an air spring and a lift actuator. A device may be releasably attached to the axle assembly and connected to each of the air spring and the lift actuator, the device spacing the air spring away from the... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20070170679 - Valve device for a pneumatic suspension unit of a vehicle: The invention relates to a valve device (1) for an air-suspension device for a vehicle, containing a manually actuatable air-admission valve (10, 34, 46) for admission of air to the air-suspension bellows (3) of the air-suspension device, a manually actuatable vent valve (11, 35, 47) for venting the air-suspension bellows... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070170686 - Sideways movement propelled scooter device: A scooter device having a flexible, tiltable frame structure and biased direction rear wheels. The scooter may be of a type that achieves forward propelled by side-to-side movement of a user. The frame structure may include a flexible member or members and/or incorporate other flexible or moveable components to achieve... Agent: Steven J. Adamson, PC

20070170687 - Push balls for propelling a wheelchair: An apparatus for assisting a wheelchair user in turning the wheel in a manually propelled wheelchair. The apparatus comprises a plurality of ball shaped members, such plurality of ball shaped members being divided in substantially symmetrical halves. There is a groove disposed at a predetermined location on an inner surface... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20070170688 - Real-time bicycle-mounted pedal stroke power analysis system: An apparatus and system for monitoring, analyzing and displaying the power applied by a user during operation of a pedal assembly are described. A hub assembly includes a sensor such as one or more strain gauges and is mounted in the rear wheel of a bicycle for detecting the torque... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson Newholm Stein & Gratz, S.c.

20070170689 - Locking device of a front fork with shock absorber and releasing pressure structure therewith: A locking device of a front fork with shock absorber and releasing pressure structure therewith, which is low costs and easily assembling. When users came across accidented terrain while riding and the front fork has no shock proof effect, the counterforce will be transmitted to the front fork and exceeded... Agent: Banger Shia

20070170690 - Steering bearing assembly for a bicycle: A steering bearing assembly is comprised of two bearing assemblies and a preload assembly. Each bearing assembly is comprised of two rings, a cartridge bearing, and a seal. The outer diameter of the rings is substantially the same as the outer diameter of the cartridge bearings. The majority of the... Agent: Leonard Tachner, A Professional Law Corporation

20070170691 - Low profile saddle mount: A low profile saddle mount for use in the transportation of vehicles including a saddle body configuration capable of withstanding increased load capacity over conventional saddle mounts is disclosed. The saddle mount generally includes a pair of laterally spaced support plates and a substantially tubular cross member extending therebetween. Each... Agent: Reinhart Boerner Van Deuren P.C.

20070170692 - Boat trailer with segmented bunk boards having lifting edges: The boat trailer includes segmented bunk board covers, with the segments being of different lengths so that they can be combined to cover different lengths of bunk boards. The bearing surfaces of the bunk board covers include a series of oppositely sloped lifting edges that tend to lift the facing... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070170693 - Spring and pendulum system for shock attenuation in trailer hitches: A system is described for attenuating intermittent forces at the interconnection between a towing vehicle and a trailer. The system includes a linear rocking member suspended between the towing vehicle and the trailer, a shock absorber between the linear rocking member and the vehicle, and a pendulum having a fulcrum... Agent: Dean P. Edmundson

20070170694 - Gliding or rolling board: A gliding or rolling board, having a length measured along a longitudinal direction between a first end and a second end, a width measured along a transverse direction between a first slide and a second slide, and a height measured between a bottom and a top, the board including a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070170695 - Safety binding for a boot on a ski: An assembly for binding a boot to a ski including a front retaining element that is releasable when the forces to which the front retaining element is subjected are greater than the pretensioning value of a first spring, a rear retaining element that is releasable when the forces to which... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070170696 - Safety binding for a boot on a ski: An assembly for binding a boot to a ski, including a front retaining element that is releasable when the forces to which the front retaining element is subjected are greater than the prestress value of a first spring, a rear retaining element that is releasable when the forces to which... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070170697 - Device for receiving a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus: A device for receiving a foot or a boot on a sports apparatus, the device including a rear support element, the rear support element having a support surface adapted to support the back of the lower part of a user's leg, as well as a free surface opposite the support... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070170698 - Systems and methods for supporting sporting equipment: Disclosed are systems and methods for efficiently and effectively supporting sporting equipment such as a snowboard. Also disclosed are systems and methods for removably or permanently attaching an apparatus to a snowboard boot, sole, or a sub-component thereof such that the apparatus may be used to support the weight of... Agent: Law Offices Of Rita C. Chipperson

20070170699 - Magic rollator: The present utility model disclosed a main support frame, which has two bushings each set on the right and left side of said main support frame respectively; two supporting pipes, each inserted in one of the bushings of the main support frame; two P-shaped armrests, each connects with one of... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20070170700 - Product trolley: Product trolleys include a base, a sling assembly, and a roller assembly. The base includes a first sidewall, a second sidewall opposing the first sidewall, and an endwall extending between the first and second sidewalls. The base defines an inner surface, a first open end, a second open end opposite... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20070170701 - Trailer having removably attachable wheel assemblies: A trailer for moving a load, the trailer including a main supporting component for supporting the load, the main supporting component defining a reference plane extending thereacross. The trailer also includes a pair of wheel assemblies. Each of the wheel assemblies includes a wheel; a wheel support removably attachable to... Agent: Louis Tessier

20070170702 - Airbag system and motorcycle with airbag system: A technique is provided effective in improving rider restraint performance of an airbag in an airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle includes an airbag restricting device for restricting the deployment of the airbag toward the rider's... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070170703 - Airbag system and motorcycle with airbag system: A technique is provided effective in improving rider retraining performance of an airbag in a motorcycle airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle. In one form, an airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle is constructed such that the way of folding the airbag is devised to set... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070170704 - Motorcycle airbag system and motorcyle: A technique is provided effective in improving rider retraining performance of an airbag in a motorcycle airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle. In a first form, an airbag system to be mounted to a motorcycle restricts the deployment of the airbag toward the rider's head in an early... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070170706 - Air bag for vehicle: An air bag 1 is provided. At a vehicle side impact, the air bag 1 unfolds from an upper part of a vehicle body downwardly. The air bag 1 includes an airbag body 10 having an inside foundation cloth 8a and an outside foundation cloth 8b, and a pair of... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20070170705 - Internal door cladding provided with a head and/or shoulder anti-shock airbag in the event of side collision and/or rollover and a vehicle provided with said internal door cladding: Internal door cladding with an airbag for head and/or shoulder side-collision protection in the event of a side collision and/or rollover, the airbag directional shoot for the airbag being provided with an outlet opening for deploying the airbag in the direction of a head and/or shoulder area and with at... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.L.P.

20070170707 - Side airbag apparatus: A side airbag apparatus for vehicle has an airbag and an inflator. An upper chamber, a lower chamber, and an intermediate chamber are defined by a seam in the airbag. When the airbag is deployed, the upper chamber corresponds to a shoulder of an occupant, the lower chamber corresponds to... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070170708 - Gas generator for air bag and air bag apparatus: When a gas generating agent 9a inside a first combustion chamber 5a is burnt, a gas generating agent 9b is prevented from being burnt by function of a metal thin plate 11 closing a communication hole 10 with a second combustion chamber 5b. A cup 1190 having a hole 1191... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070170709 - Air bag module with vent flow control: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle includes a housing (20) including a vent opening (70). An air bag (14) is inflatable to deploy away from the housing (20). An inflation fluid source (26) provides inflation fluid for inflating the air bag (14). A vent... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070170710 - Venting systems for inflatable objects: Systems for inflating, and venting inflation gas from, objects are detailed. The systems are especially, although not necessarily, adapted for use with vehicle air bags and allow varying amounts of gas to be evacuated from the bags. The bags may include at least one vent hole through their walls and... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070170711 - Power release and locking adjustable steering column apparatus and method: A steering column is provided column including a bracket adapted to enable the steering column to move as desired by an operator and a clamping system adjacent to the bracket. The clamping system includes a threaded member. A threaded clamping stud extends through the bracket. The threaded clamping stud is... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070170712 - Guide loop for a safety belt: A guide loop for a safety belt on motor vehicles, including a guide element provided with a guide slit for the safety belt, which is fixed to a vehicle by means of a fixing screw, and an adapter with a displacement body for limiting the slit width of the guide... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070170713 - Articulated pole for ski slopes, reinforced: g

20070170714 - All terrain vehicle: A vehicle, such as an all terrain vehicle, includes a saddle type seat for the rider to sit on, and a fuel tank arranged below the seat. The fuel tank includes a fuel inlet positioned in front of the seat, in a traveling direction of the vehicle. The all terrain... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070164520 - Means enabling the full length of a figure skate to be sharpened: Skate and blade assemblies (31) include a mechanism for the removal of the drag tooth (46) to facilitate replication, during sharpening, of the skating surface's (36) rocker profile throughout its entire length. With primary emphasis in avoiding not only the inevitable progressive degradation of the frontal portion of the skating... Agent: Sidney Broadbent

20070164523 - Binding device for snowboard: A binding device for snowboard according to the invention includes: a base member mounted on a snowboard; a rotor member provided rotatably on the base member and having attaching means for attaching a binding device and fixing means for fixing a shoe on the top face thereof; a holding member... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070164525 - Apparatus and methods for transporting, storing and airing equipment: An apparatus for transporting, storing and airing equipment is provided having a container and a support structure. The container is defined by a plurality sides of least one of which is movable to provide access to all of or a portion of an interior of the container. Equipment can be... Agent: Nielson Law Office

20070164519 - Heeling apparatus and method: A heeling apparatus includes a shoe with a unique feature in the heel that allows one to walk, run, or roll seamlessly. The appearance is that of normal footwear because of the covert wheel assembly. The stealth wheel in the heel gives one the ability to roll or slide in... Agent: Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP Intellectual Property Section

20070164521 - Remote control motorized footwear: A footwear unit for entertainment is in the form of a vehicle which is motorized and which can be controlled through a remote controller operating wirelessly to a receiver on the vehicle. The body of the vehicle is formed by the upper and sole portion of a shoe. The motorized... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20070164522 - Glinding boards and methods of modifying gliding boards: Gliding boards having removable edge sections and methods of modifying gliding boards are disclosed herein. A gliding board of one embodiment includes a board body having top and bottom sides and defining a recessed area therebetween. A plurality of edge sections are removable from and replaceable to the board body,... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20070164524 - Unit structure of the container: The present invention relates to a unit structure of containers, wherein a penetrated hole is formed on every joint of the left wall, right wall, the upper edge of the rear wall of the container and the edge of the upper plane of the container. A female fastening tape is... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20070164526 - Lawn and garden cart: A lawn and garden cart has a frame and an axle attached to the frame. A pair of wheels are attached to the axle, each wheel being rotatably attached to an opposing end of the axle. A longitudinal tow bar is attached to the frame at a first end, the... Agent: Eley Law Firm Co.

20070164527 - Front suspension tuning apparatus: The present invention provides a suspension tuning device for vehicles with struts. More specifically, the suspension tuning device generally comprises a pair of plates constructed to mount juxtaposed to the strut/spindle mounting flange of a standard MacPherson strut, each plate includes an inset sub-plate having an offset aperture which cooperates... Agent: Fleit, Kain, Gibbons, Gutman, Bongini & Bianco P.l.

20070164529 - Walker assembled and detached easily and rapidly: A Walker includes a front fork, a handlebar mounted on an upper end of the front fork, a front wheel mounted on a lower end of the front fork, a support unit mounted on the upper end of the front fork in a downwardly inclined manner, a rear wheel mounted... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070164530 - Skateboard truck with single-pin, pivotal, reversible attachment between axel and base plate, and means of improving a user's shredding capabilities through use of the skateboard truck with single-pin, pivotal attachment between axel and base plate: This invention is directed toward a skateboard truck with a single king-pin assembly mechanism with a compressible single bushing with a graduated coefficient of compressibility and built-in cam stops. The truck allows for superior rotation of the wheels due to the single king-pin assembly, which presents an improvement over the... Agent: Eric Hanscom

20070164528 - Wheeled walking frame: A wheeled walking frame (2) comprises a stand (4) provided with front wheels (16, 18), rear wheels (20, 22) and at least two grip parts (8, 10) for pushing the walking frame (2) in the walking direction (6). The grip parts (8, 10) can pivot out of a main position... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20070164531 - Method and apparatus for rebound control: An apparatus and method for rebound control by a rebound coil spring placed within a shock absorber that is aligned along an axis between an axle and a chassis resists motion of the chassis away from the axle. A tube encloses a piston that fits in sliding sealing reciprocal engagement... Agent: Aaron Passman

20070164532 - Bicycle skateboard rack: An apparatus is provided for carrying a board on a vehicle, such as a bicycle. The apparatus includes a board rack that is carried by a frame of a vehicle, such as a frame fork on a bicycle. The board is carried in a vertical receiver of the board rack... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070164533 - Cycle direction control system: A cycle direction control which pivotally couples each of the opposed ends of an axle to a corresponding one each of a pair of members which operate in directionally opposed travel to control direction of an annular member which rotates about the axis of the axle.... Agent: Cr Miles, P.C. Craig R. Miles

20070164534 - Bicycle front wheel drive assembly: A drive assembly associated with a front wheel of a wheeled conveyance having a crosswise extending and linear shaped handle. A pair of sliding handle gripping portions are attached to extending ends of the handle, the gripping portions being linearly translated in first and second directions to continuously drive a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070164535 - Two- and three-wheeled vehicles: In two- and three-wheeled vehicles where a telescopic suspension system that journals a front wheel can be held at a predetermined contract percentage when a race is started. The predetermined contraction percentage of the telescopic suspension system is held at a start without requiring a part such as a cable.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070164536 - Motorcycle towing device: A motorcycle towing device includes a substantially vertical member and a substantially horizontal member being interconnected for supporting a motorcycle wheel. A draw bar is connected to at least one of the members for insertion into a receiver mounted on a vehicle. The draw bar has a given outer dimension... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070164537 - Atv trailer: An ATV trailer is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the ATV trailer includes a portable trailer frame, at least one seat provided on the trailer frame and a basket provided on the trailer frame beneath the at least one seat.... Agent: R. Keith Harrison

20070164538 - Joint structure for a baby stroller: A joint structure for a baby stroller comprises a articulated assembly connected to the rear leg tube of the stroller frame, and uses the articulated assembly controllable pivoted with the push bar and the front leg tube. The articulated assembly has an engaging pin for locking the push bar in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070164539 - Detachable wheelchair: A detachable wheelchair for the disabled people is provided. The wheelchair is composed of a seat, a right wheel frame, and a left wheel frame. The seat is composed of a seat frame and a seat cushion. Two hollow shafts and one fixing nut are installed on the left-hand and... Agent: Wells St. John P.s.

20070164540 - Container: A container, in particular a container provided for transporting goods, said container being formed by at least two elements (20-1), (20-2) each comprising a base part and side walls, said base parts being formed by a set-up of fingers (21,22) and grooves (23,24) mounted in such a manner that the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070164541 - Airbag module flaps: Disclosed are embodiments of an airbag cushion and related airbag modules including a plurality of flaps that may be used to secure the airbag within a module housing. In one embodiment of the invention, first and second flaps are connected with the airbag cushion. The airbag cushion is adapted to... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070164542 - Flexible airbag case: Certain aspects and embodiments of the present invention provide an airbag case at least partly made from a relatively flexible material. The flexible material can be configured to provide the airbag components with the ability to connect to the vehicle and provide a channel to guide the flexible membrane upon... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070164543 - Side curtain air bag: The present invention provides a side curtain air bag facilitating the control of tension with the airbag. The side curtain air bag includes chambers expanded by gas supplied from a gas generator, and expands and develops into a curtain shape along a side part of a vehicle so as to... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070164546 - Airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus comprising an airbag that expands between a vehicle occupant and a side wall of a vehicle body. The airbag is divided into a plurality of expanding chambers that are connected by a plurality of gas flow channels. Among the expanding chambers, the cross-sectional area of the gas... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070164544 - Bracket for air bag: A bracket suitable for guiding the direction of deployment of an inflatable element in a vehicle is provided. The bracket includes a first surface and a second surface. The second surface includes a plurality of spaced slits. The plurality of spaced slits enables the bracket to undergo at least one... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20070164545 - Thorax airbag device, seat provided with the same and method for activating said thorax airbag: The invention relates to a thorax airbag device without housing which is mounted between a guide yoke and a tearing thread. The invention also relates to a seat which is provided with a thorax airbag device without housing which is mounted by a guide yoke and a tearing thread.... Agent: Fleit Kain Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco

20070164547 - Power supply arrangement for providing an output signal with a predetermined output signal level: A power supply arrangement has a charge storage means, a charge means, a reference signal source and a processing means. The power supply arrangement is implemented to provide the output signal with the predetermined output signal level at the output terminal based on the supplementary supply signal or based on... Agent: Baker Botts, L.L.P.

20070164548 - Knee protector for vehicle: A knee protector for a vehicle, which includes: a lower bracket including a base part in which an upper end thereof is fixed to a steering member of the vehicle, and a lower deformation part flexed upwardly from a lower end of the base part; an upper bracket including a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070164549 - Steering column arrangement: A steering column arrangement has a console arranged fixedly with respect to the vehicle and a steering column which has a steering column tube and a steering spindle mounted rotatably in the latter. The steering column is designed to be variable in its inclination and length, and a clamp for... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070164550 - Personal sail assembly and method for use in conjunction with a mobile device: A user supported portable sail assembly and method uses the force of the wind to help propel a user on a mobile device such as skis, snowboards, skateboards, in-line or ice skates, for example, in a controlled and safe manner. A sail is attached to the ends of a pair... Agent: Jaeckle Fleischmann & Mugel, LLP

20070164551 - Snow pole and snowboard binding combination: A snow pole and snow board binding combination is disclosed. The snow pole is conveniently stored on a snowboard binding. The snow pole has telescoping pole members that may be automatically extended from an interior portion of a housing of the snow pole and may be automatically retracted into an... Agent: Weiss & Moy PC

20070164552 - Fluid containment system: A fluid reservoir constructed of a translucent, ultraviolet light stable, and impact resistant polyethylene material. The reservoir includes integrated stiffening ribs, molded into the side walls of the reservoir, and a mounting surface suitably configured for receiving reservoir accessories. The reservoir accessories include a fluid transfer pump and a breather... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070158920 - Pneumatic vehicle stabilization system: An electronic height control system for a vehicle chassis air suspension is modified to provide bimodal operation. In the second mode of operation the chassis air suspension system is maintain a stationary in a stable, level position to serve as a base for a mobile aerial lift unit installed on... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070158921 - Motorized traction device for a patient support: A patient support including a traction device for powered movement of the patient support. The traction device includes a storage position and a use position.... Agent: Bose Mckinney & Evans LLP James Coles

20070158922 - Wheelbarrow with pivoting hopper and stand: A wheelbarrow that includes a frame assembly and a hopper assembly. The frame assembly has at least one wheel rotatably coupled thereto and a forward extension extending beyond the at least one wheel. The hopper assembly has a hopper. The hopper is pivotally coupled to the frame assembly at a... Agent: David C. Jenkins Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

20070158923 - Unit structure for a container: A unit structure for a container comprising a base, a cover and a supporting board; the base including a left wall, a right wall, a rear wall, an upper surface and a lower surface. The connecting place between an upper edge of the said three walls and a peripheral of... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070158924 - Suspension trailing arm: A suspension trailing arm suspends a vehicle chassis from a beam type axle. The trailing arm includes a chassis mounting feature, an axle mounting feature, and an arm portion intermediate the chassis mounting feature and the axle mounting feature. The arm portion has a generally X-section profile with four limbs.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070158925 - Static pierce point centering spring seat: A shock absorber assembly includes a coil spring that reacts between first and second spring seats. The first spring seat is fixed to a shock cylinder and the second spring support is fixed to a rod that is slidably received within the shock cylinder. At least one of the first... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070158926 - Hydraulic azimuth drive for a wind power plant, featuring play compensation: The invention relates to a device for driving movable mechanical components (10; 12a, b), at least two (10; 12a, b) of which are effectively interconnected in such a way that one component (10) can be driven by means of the other component (12a, b), play being provided between said two... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20070158927 - Inertia valve fluid damper for bicycles: A bicycle suspension assembly including an inertia valve is described. The suspension assembly includes first and second telescopingly engaged tubular portions configured to move closer together during compression of the suspension assembly. The first telescopingly engaged portion defines a portion of a gas spring that at least partially surrounds the... Agent: Fox Factory, Inc.

20070158928 - Structural improvement for a foldaway bicycle: A structural improvement for a foldaway bicycle includes a head tube having a handlebar on the top and a front wheel at the bottom, a two-piece slant cross bar having a front end pivoted to a positioning device on the head tube, and a rear end respectively connected to a... Agent: King-chang Wu

20070158929 - Modular binding for sports board: Disclosed is a snowboard binding for coupling a snowboard boot to a snowboard. The binding includes a highback that extends upwardly from a midfoot or heel region of the binding to provide rear support for the boot. In one embodiment, the highback is formed of a plurality of modular components... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20070158931 - Airbag arrangement and tools: A fixing element fixes a part to a support wall. When the fixing element is inserted into an opening in the support wall and reaches a predetermined end position, the fixing element locks to the support wall. The fixing element includes a stop element, a snap-on element, and an unlocking... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070158930 - Vehicle seat component having air bag guide and trim cover with release seam: An air bag guide (44) for a vehicle seat component (14) includes flexible inner and outer panels (46, 48) having outer extremities (50, 54) located adjacent a release seam (32) of a trim cover (30), with the outer extremity (50) of the flexible inner panel secured to the trim cover,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070158932 - Airbag device: In an airbag device, a decorative member is prevented from being scattered with a simple structure at the time of expansion of an airbag. That is, a concave part of the airbag cover (50) on which the decorative member is mounted is connected to an unmoved connection member while freely... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070158933 - Whiplash protection structure: A whiplash protection structure for a vehicle includes a vehicle seat back and an airbag. The vehicle seat back is configured to be mounted in a vehicle in a substantially upright position to support an occupant's back. The air bag is arranged in the seat back to deploy from an... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070158934 - Membrane for a vehicle occupant protection apparatus: An apparatus (10) includes a housing (22) containing a fluid (32) at a first pressure. A portion of the housing (22) includes a nickel-based alloy. The nickel-based alloy has a strain hardening index less than about 0.2. In one embodiment, the housing (22) has an outflow opening (42) closed by... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070158935 - Ski and snowboard lubrication system: A ski or snowboard has a lower running surface and comprises means for attaching a boot to the ski or snowboard, a deformable lubricant reservoir, and means for conveying lubricant from the reservoir to the running surface, the arrangement being such that, in use, an attached boot can exert pressure... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20070152410 - Seat liner: A seat liner may be used in a shopping cart. The liner may be sufficiently resilient to maintain its shape. The liner may display advertisements. The liner may also be disposable and stackable.... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20070152409 - 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

20070152411 - Trash receptacle utility cart: A utility cart designed to accommodate two trash receptacles therein. The utility cart includes a platform area comprising a floor and floor support members peripherally secured thereto. The cart further includes four corner posts with a plurality of cross members interposed therewith. A pair of retaining arms is pivotally secured... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070152412 - Convertible dolly/table: A three-in-one transporting device. The device may be converted for use as a two-wheeled dolly, a four-wheeled, flat-bed truck or a standard display table. The device incorporates a design that utilizes a lightweight frame fabricated from tubular materials. The frame has vertically and horizontally extending sockets for receiving tubular leg... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20070152413 - Hand truck: A hand truck (20) for transporting a load is disclosed. The hand truck (20) comprises a sub-frame (22) with a foot portion (47) extending therefrom so that the sub-frame is able to support the load, a main frame (21) engaged with the sub-frame (22) such that the sub-frame (22) is... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070152414 - Barbecue device having foldable cart: A barbecue device having a brazier positioned on a cubic cart is provided. The cart contains a bottom board with a number of wheels, a pair of side boards, a back board, and doors. Four joint elements are configured at the four corners on the top surface of the bottom... Agent: Leong C Lei

20070152415 - Mobile apparatus for storage and transportation of lawn tools and accessories: An invention is provided for a mobile storage apparatus. The mobile storage apparatus includes a first body having a top frame, a base frame, and a plurality of guide connectors. Each guide connector extends from the top frame to the base frame, and is configured to accept a handle of... Agent: Patent Venture Group

20070152416 - Mobile support assembly: A multi-use mobile support assembly structured to be selectively used as a walker or a wheelchair including a frame having at least one adjustable frame segment structured to be disposed in either a first orientation or a second orientation. The frame may be foldable and includes at least a first... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.A.

20070152417 - Dual axis bushing assembly and method for camber and caster adjustment: A dual axis bushing assembly for engagement between an axle arm and an upper ball joint of a vehicle. The dual axis bushing assembly includes an inner skewed bushing engaged in and rotatable in an outer skewed bushing. The dual axis bushing assembly includes a zero offset setting or a... Agent: Haugen Law Firm

20070152418 - Retractable snowboard support apparatus for use in lift assist transport: A snowboard support device for use in lift assist transport. The device may have a base, an extension shaft and a handle member or the like. In one embodiment, the handle serves as a housing to cover the extension shaft in its closed position and provides an engagement surface for... Agent: Steven J. Adamson, PC

20070152419 - Motor vehicle sway control assembly: An improved vehicle sway control assembly designed to limit excessive side swaying of an axle of a vehicle during all driving conditions. The system utilizes two frame brackets (77), (97), one axle/spring bracket (129), and two rods (35), (67). The first rod (35) has one end attached to a frame... Agent: Myers & Kaplan, Intellectual Property Law, L.L.C.

20070152420 - Single locking collar and sprocket hub method: An assembly method including a sprocket hub and a locking collar for go kart vehicles and other land vehicles with drive axles is provided to enhance acceleration. The present invention eliminates the need for two locking collars on either side of the sprocket hub. The invention further provides a lightweight... Agent: Mckay & Associates, PC.

20070152421 - Extra hand powered bicycle: A drive system for use with a bicycle includes first and second gears arranged so that the second gear is rotatably driven responsive to the first gear. A freewheel is operatively coupled to the second gear, and a drive sprocket is operatively coupled to the freewheel. The freewheel causes the... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20070152422 - Pivotable device for bicycles or tricycles: A bicycle or a tricycle includes a front portion and a rear portion which is pivotably connected to the front portion. A connection protrusion extends from a distal end of the down tube of the front portion and rotatably connected to a first bracket on an end of the rear... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070152423 - Pivoting belt or chain guard: A guard is provided for use with a flexible drive coupling of a vehicle having a swingarm-type suspension, the flexible drive coupling being for coupling a transmission output sprocket to a wheel sprocket. The guard has a drive coupling guard portion; a pivoting end; a wheel end; a wheel end... Agent: Venable LLP

20070152424 - Vehicle-trailer low-speed offtracking control: An offtracking control system for a vehicle/trailer combination that properly steers the rear wheels of the vehicle to control the hitch angle between the vehicle and the trailer to prevent trailer offtracking. The control system generates a desired hitch angle and a time delay between the front wheels of the... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070152425 - Powered maneuverable and retractable trailer jack device: A powered maneuverable and retractable trailer jack adapted for attachment to a tongue of a trailer has an external sleeve, a gear rack on an exterior of the external sleeve, a housing containing at least one gear engaged with the gear rack and operative to move the external sleeve relative... Agent: James C. Scott

20070152426 - Ski brake: The invention relates to a ski brake (1) for braking a ski (2) detached from a sports shoe, with a bearing device (3) for a brake lever arrangement (4) for placing on the upper side (5) of a ski (2). The brake lever arrangement (4) comprises brake levers (8, 9)... Agent: William Collard Collard & Roe, P.C.

20070152427 - Articulated wheel assemblies and vehicles therewith: The disclosed articulated wheel assemblies and associated vehicles, for example wheelchairs, include articulated wheel assemblies with at least one offset connecting arm rotatably attached at one end to a payload platform, for example a seat, and attached at the other end to a linear actuator, where the linear actuator is... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070152428 - Assembly for retaining an airbag module to a steering wheel: As improved airbag module retention assembly for attachment to a steering wheel has an airbag module housing having an airbag cover, an internally stored airbag. The airbag module housing has two pairs of attachment legs. A base plate assembly has a base plate with a pair of mounting brackets pivotally... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070152429 - Self-closing airbag door assembly: An instrument panel for an automobile passenger compartment includes a substrate having an outer surface and an inner surface and defining an opening extending therethrough. An air bag door assembly is mounted to the outer surface of the substrate, and an air bag device is mounted adjacent the inner surface... Agent: Visteon

20070152430 - Air-bag occupant protection device: An air-bag (1) having an inflatable region forming two chambers (3,4) divided by a seam (5). The seam extends towards a back part (6) of the air-bag. A gas generator unit (14,15) is located between the end of the seam (5) and the back part (6) of the air-bag. A... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070152431 - Integrated overhead side airbag module: An overhead trim system for a motor vehicle has a mounting bracket coupled to an overhead area of the motor vehicle and an integrally formed trim member. The integrally formed trim member is configured to extend along a selected length of a perimeter of the overhead area and defines a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20070152433 - Method, device and crash sensor for activating occupant protection systems in a motor vehicle: Occupant protection systems in a motor vehicle are activated in the event of a crash that puts the occupants of the vehicle at risk. A processor-based trigger system evaluates signals of crash sensors and actuates the occupant protection systems. Signatures that are produced by impacts on the vehicle body by... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070152432 - Motor vehicle capable of preventing malfunction and interrupting high-voltage system when accident occurs: An output of a semiconductor impact sensor contained in an air bag ECU is used to make determination in light of a criterion for interrupting a high-voltage power supply, which is different from a criterion for inflating an air bag so that the semiconductor impact sensor forms a redundant system... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070152434 - Gas generating system with axial flow filter: A filter for use in absorbing heat from gases generated in a gas generating system is disclosed. The filter includes a plurality of discrete, continuous gas flow passages extending therethrough. In one embodiment, the filter is incorporated into an inflator used for inflating an inflatable element of a vehicle occupant... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20070152435 - Cushion break stitch pattern: Disclosed are embodiments of airbag cushion which deploys sequentially to have an initial volume to push an occupant away from an instrument panel and then a final volume.... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070152436 - Passenger restraining harness: A passenger restraining harness has a web (30) which during ready position stored within the backrest of a seat (10) and there is also a headrest (31) rested on top of the backrest covering the exit opening of the web, during the course of an accident, the propelling device (50)... Agent: Ming Yat Kwok

20070152437 - Speed crank projection lock device for trailer landing gear assembly: A speed crank locking device automatically secures a hand crank in its operative position to an input shaft of a gearing mechanism, with the locking device being easily disengaged to move the crank from its operative position to a stored position following rotation of the crank in the operation of... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20070152438 - Frame for mounting a slew bearing: A frame and method for forming a frame to mount a slew bearing to an undercarriage of a work machine that eliminates a machining process. The frame is formed of a single metallic plate. The metallic plate includes a vertical support portion having a first support leg and a second... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.