Land vehicles inventions 12/07

20070296165 - Gurney clamp, detachable equipment stand and associated transport cart: A Gurney Clamp, Detachable Equipment Stand and Associated Transport Cart is disclosed. The combination of these devices makes the transportation of patients and health status monitoring equipment more controlled, reliable and safe. The clamp is specifically configured to be attachable to the safety rails on a conventional gurney. Once installed,... Agent: Karl M. Steins Steins & Associates

20070296167 - Road and sand sled: Road and Sand Sled is a board with a raised front end, pull rope holes and rails secured by slide bolts. It also has four wheels with bearings that are attached to the axels with pressure caps. In order to use Road and Sand Sled, a user simply loads all... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20070296163 - Inertia valve vehicle suspension assembly: A damper including an inertia valve movable between an open position and a closed position to selectively alter the compression damping rate of the shock absorber is disclosed. In these embodiments, the damper has at least one chamber that at least partially surrounds two other chambers.... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20070296164 - Personal locomotion: A method of personal locomotion including stepping onto first and second wheeled shoe accessories and engaging the first wheeled shoe accessory against a support surface to roll on the second wheeled shoe accessory in a desired direction at an angle to a normal walking direction. The wheeled shoe accessory includes... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20070296170 - Enhanced control of a transporter: A transporter that includes a platform for supporting a load and at least one primary ground-contacting element. The transporter includes an actuator for applying torque to the at least one primary ground-contacting element for propelling the transporter with respect to a surface. The transporter also includes a controller for controlling... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20070296166 - Wheelbarrow: A wheelbarrow configurable as a kit for a wheelbarrow having a first and second side frames defining two laterally spaced-apart longitudinal portions, to which an axle is mounted with a wheel rotatably mounted thereto, and to which a body, such as a tub or flat bed, is mounted for carrying... Agent: Scheef & Stone, L.L.P.

20070296168 - Caster assembly & shelf for use with collapsible cart: Disclosed is a lightweight caster assembly and modular shelf system for use on an existing collapsible foldable cart with four wheels.... Agent: John K. Buche

20070296169 - Trolley: A trolley including a frame and a supporting part connected to the frame, one side of which forms part of an infant seat or a baby seat. Another side of the supporting part disposed opposite the one side forms part of the baby seat. The supporting part is detachably or... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070296171 - Wheel support device, suspension system and vehicle comprising the said support device: A support device connects a wheel to suspension elements of a vehicle, the wheel having a radius R′. The support device includes rods articulated at their lower ends to the suspension elements and at their upper ends to the wheel carrier so as to confer on the wheel a degree... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20070296172 - Wedge-displaceable bearing for a motor vehicle steering gear: A bearing module for a motor vehicle steering gear, comprising a steering rack (9) and a driving pinion (10) engaging therewith. The bearing module comprises at least one pressure part (3; 13, 30) exhibiting recess concavity, whose concave wall surrounds a guide through-passage (14) for axial guidance of the steering... Agent: Kremblas, Foster, Phillips & Pollick

20070296173 - Axle load control system and a wheel base adjustment system: An axle load control system and method for a load-carrying truck having a front axle and two or more rear axles is provided. The system includes a wheel suspension system with a suspension control processor, a load sensor arranged at each of the axles for detecting one or more load... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070296174 - Connection between vehicle axle and suspension arm: A vehicle suspension axle wrap is a composite tubular structure of cast or forged shells of part-tubular shape. The shells are assembled into a tubular form and welded together at juxtaposed edges. The shells can be cast or forged accurately to shape and profile to provide an improved quality axle... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070296175 - Running board for vehicle: A running board assembly for mounting to a vehicle such as a truck includes an extruded running board body and a cover member. Advantageously the extruded running board body is made from an extrudable plastic and the cover member is advantageously made of a material having the desired exterior finish.... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20070296176 - Bicycle shift control device that responds to a manually operated switch: A bicycle shift control device comprises a traveling state detecting circuit that detects a traveling state of the bicycle and a manually operated switch that outputs a switch signal. A shift control circuit provides a control signal, in response to the switch signal provided by the operation of the switch,... Agent: Deland Law Office

20070296177 - Stand-up seat with inclinable seat back: The invention relates to un stand-up wheelchair for handicapped people and invalids, comprising a frame (2) supporting a hinged structure (12), supporting a seat back (D), a seat (A), a footrest (R) and being mobile between a seated position (P1) and an upright position (P2), characterised in that the hinged... Agent: Clark & Brody

20070296178 - Wheelchair frame: A frame for a wheelchair, to which wheels and a seat may be fixed, comprises a seating surface section for mounting a seating surface and a backrest section for mounting a backrest. The backrest may be folded into a position running essentially parallel to the seating surface. A wheelchair with... Agent: Muirhead And Saturnelli, LLC

20070296179 - Bicycle accessory mount: A bicycle accessory mounting device includes an accessory mounting portion, first and second support members, and a bicycle steerer tube attachment fixture. An accessory may be mounted to the accessory mounting device using a strap, hose clamp or other attachment device. The first and second support members connect the accessory... Agent: Hayes Soloway P.C.

20070296180 - Articulated vehicle made from several vehicle parts which are couplable together: The invention relates to an articulated vehicle consisting of several vehicle parts (1, 2) which are couplable together, each vehicle part (1, 2) comprising at least two axles and one coupling frame (12) that is connected to said vehicle part (1, 2) through a bellows (13), a joint device (20,... Agent: Pyle & Piontek Attn: Thomas R. Vigil

20070296181 - Skiing device including two supplemental elements held together by a connecting structure: A board (1) for sliding on snow such as a ski, a monoski or a snowboard, with vertical plane of general symmetry (P), comprising a principal part, known as body or base (2), having the shape of an elongated beam having its own thickness distribution, contour, width and stiffness, and... Agent: Thomas E. Kocovsky, Jr. Fay Sharpe LLP

20070296182 - Foldable and height-adjustable stroller: A stroller is provided having a stroller frame supporting a stroller seat. The stroller frame includes a linkage that facilitates collapsing or folding of the stroller frame from an in-use configuration to a folded or collapsed configuration, and unfolding of the stroller frame from the folded or collapsed configuration to... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070296183 - Holding device for accommodating a mobile terminal/screen: There is provided a removable holding device for accommodating a mobile terminal and/or a screen in the passenger region of a vehicle. The holding device comprises at least one bar with a first end for insertion into fitments of a vehicle and a second end for accommodating the mobile terminal... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20070296185 - Curtain-type airbag apparatus and airbag module: This curtain-type airbag apparatus is provided with: an airbag which is arranged along a top edge of a vehicle body and develops in a curtain-shape manner along an inside of a window; and an inner cover which covers a vehicle interior side of the airbag. The inner cover is supported... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070296184 - Fastener for air-bag curtain: In a fastener and a fastening system for fixing a curtain airbag in a vehicle, the fastener is fixed to a mounting hole in a body frame or the like of the vehicle by inserting an attachment portion of the fastener into the mounting hole while a head portion securing... Agent: Lowe, Hauptman, Gilman & Berner, LLP (itw)

20070296186 - Cushion of air bag system: A cushion of an air bag system is provided. The cushion of the air bag system includes a first cushion deploying by a gas of an inflator, a second cushion formed in front of the first cushion to receive the gas from the first cushion and to deploy toward a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070296187 - Airbag apparatus having support member attached to vehicle via easily-deformable brackets at both ends: An airbag apparatus includes: a main body having an air bag; and a support member to which the main body is attached so as to arrange the airbag apparatus in a door or a side wall of a vehicle. The support member is attached to the vehicle body via a... Agent: Rankin, Hill, Porter & Clark LLP

20070296189 - Curtain airbag and vehicle: A curtain airbag for installation in the roof frame area of a motor vehicle exhibits at least one guide chamber which is located in the upper section of curtain airbag and which is connected with its inflatable area from the point of view of gas flow. The at least one... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20070296188 - Lateral airbag device: A lateral airbag device for a vehicle includes a head airbag which, in the event of an accident of said vehicle, provides impact protection for the head of the occupant of a vehicle. The head airbag has two head chambers in order to protect the head. A first head chamber... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070296190 - Monolithic gas generant grains: A gas generant for an inflatable restraint device (for example, an airbag system for a vehicle) is a monolithic compressed solid that has a linear burn rate of greater than or equal to about 1.6 inches per second at a pressure of about 3,000 pounds per square inch. The gas... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070296191 - Device for protecting an inflatable element: Various embodiments of the invention provide a device for protecting the cushion material of an inflatable element from inflator gases and particulate matter. The device along with an inflator and an airbag may be placed in a housing. The device includes a first strip and a second strip. Each of... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20070296192 - Vehicle passenger restraining apparatus and method for the same: A vehicle passenger restraining apparatus is provided that basically includes a knee angle restraining structure, a waist angle restraining structure and a groin angle restraining structure. The knee angle restraining structure is configured to restrain a passenger during a frontal collision to attain a posture with a prescribed knee angle... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070296193 - Safety device for a motor vehicle: A safety device is provided for a motor vehicle having a driver's seat whose sitting position can be adjusted by a seat adjustment drive, and a steering wheel whose steering wheel position can be adjusted by a steering wheel adjustment drive. A control unit evaluates the data which is relevant... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070296195 - Adjustable steering column assembly having an attached instrument cluster: A steering column assembly includes a rake adjustment mechanism, and is attached to a vehicle by a mounting bracket. A rake bracket is coupled to the mounting bracket. A column jacket is collapsible in response to an emergency event and is supported by the mounting bracket and the rake bracket,... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070296194 - Closeout apparatus for an adjustable steering column assembly: A closeout apparatus is disclosed for a vehicle having an instrument panel defining a cavity. A steering column is disposed within the cavity, with a steering wheel coupled to the steering column. The steering column adjusts between extended and retracted positions. A cover having an apron is mounted about the... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070296196 - Frame construction and road vehicle provided with such a frame construction: The invention relates firstly to a frame construction for a road vehicle, comprising a main frame of, for example, a motorcycle. This main frame is on the front edge provided with a fork head. A front frame is also provided, which is suspended from the fork head. In addition, the... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20070296197 - Multipurpose and evolutive road trailer: The invention concerns a road trailer whose frame consists of profiles having a fin to support the floor and grooves on their upper and lower faces able to retain in rotation bolt heads and the lower edges of sidewalls (10). The side members and cross bars are joined by corner... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20070296198 - Belt tensioning unit: A belt tensioning unit has a reversible clamping device which is controlled by a sensor system which is capable of recognizing potentially dangerous or accident-prone driving situations. In the event of danger, the belt is tensioned with sufficient force in order to draw the occupant into a desired sitting position... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070290460 - Human-powered, hands-free, maneuverable, multi-use trailer: A highly maneuverable, multi-use, human-powered cart for comfortably transporting substantial loads. A cargo basket is defined between upper and lower subframes forming a rigid, low-profile frame at the middle of the trailer. The frame rear terminates in a pair of articulated forks supporting a large wheel that bears most of... Agent: Carver Law Offices

20070290463 - Rotatable snowboard boot binding apparatus: A rotatable snowboard boot binding includes a boot plate with a toe end, a heel end, an aperture, and a cutout, a vertical support connected to the boot plate, a boot binder, an engaging plate, with a top portion with a perimeter edge, a bottom portion, and attachment holes, where... Agent: K.m. Rylander Rylander & Associates

20070290466 - Three wheeled cooler with handle: A portable cooler with four side walls, a bottom and a top includes two wheels partially recessed into opposite corners of one side wall close to the junction with the cooler bottom, a portion of each wheel extending past the side wall and a third wheel mounted on the side... Agent: Philip J. Lee

20070290465 - Wheel assembly for luggage: A wheel assembly for luggage includes a main body having at least a slot, and a fitting member having an identification portion. The identification portion defines a shape corresponding to the shape of the slot, and engages with the slot and extends out of an outer surface of the main... Agent: Hdsl

20070290467 - Wheelbarrow with retractable configuration: An improved wheelbarrow featuring a retractable configuration that permits ready emptying of a wheelbarrow receptacle, with reduced need to tilt, lift or invert the wheelbarrow. A wheelbarrow is disclosed with a retractable configuration that is optionally operable by the user to create an egress for wheelbarrow cargo.... Agent: John K. Buche

20070290468 - Convertible wheelchair having removable side frames: A wheelchair and an examination table is provided wherein there is provided a connector or connector assembly for connecting the wheelchair to the examination table. Once connected to the examination table, the wheelchair and patient sitting therein can be elevated, after which side frames of the wheelchair can be removed... Agent: Coats & Bennett, PLLC

20070290470 - Tricycle and steering mechanism therefor: The present invention consists of a human-powered, wheeled vehicle, comprising: a) two front wheels, each of the two front wheels pivotally coupled to a frame by a pivoting mount; b) one or more rear wheels, one or more of the rear wheels coupled to a drive mechanism and operative to... Agent: Lang Michener

20070290471 - Expandable receptacle: An expandable receptacle comprising an outer tubular member and an inner tubular member. The inner tubular member is concentrically positioned in, and supported by, the outer tubular member in a telescoping relationship such that one of the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member is moveable along a longitudinal... Agent: Dunlap Codding & Rogers, P.C.

20070290472 - Steering shaft assembly connection: A steering assembly includes a steering shaft assembly having an end and a rack-and-pinion mechanism including a pinion assembly coupled to the end of the steering shaft assembly. The pinion assembly includes a bore extending between a first end of the pinion assembly and a second end of the pinion... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20070290461 - Vehicle suspension arrangement: An arrangement for a suspension for a load carrying vehicle is provided. The suspension is provided with air springs and comprises at least one front axle and at least two rear axles, and each rear axle is provided with at least one pair of corresponding suspension air springs and at... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20070290462 - Roller skate assembly with braking device: The skate assembly includes a bogie frame including a brake pad, a pad support and a wear compensation system. Such a system includes an articulation, enabling the pad support to be lifted relative to the rest of the frame, and a movable locking lever. During braking, the lever is fastened... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070290464 - Tarpaulin: A sliding tarp for hauling landscaping materials and debris is composed of a flexible, foldable rectangular sheet having attached to its underside a widthwise row of three elongated, relatively rigid convex glides disposed rearward of a location midway between the front and rear edges of the sheet, and arranged so... Agent: Howson And Howson

20070290469 - Handle for collapsible stroller: A stroller handle assembly has a handle with a grip part. The handle is movable from an in-use position extending from the stroller frame to a collapsed position lying adjacent and parallel along the stroller frame. The assembly has a bracket for attaching the handle to the stroller frame. The... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070290473 - Device for changing distance between wheel and vehicle body, and system including the device: An adjuster device includes (a) a shaft held by a vehicle body; (b) an arm extending from the shaft in a direction intersecting an axial direction of the shaft; (c) an actuator causing one of rotation of the shaft and axial movement of the shaft in the axial direction; and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20070290474 - Torsion beam suspension: A torsion beam suspension is provided in which an open end face at the rear end of a trailing arm is butt-welded to a spindle support plate, wherein a front bent flange (13F) is provided integrally with a front end part of a plate main body (13M) of the spindle... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20070290475 - Step light: A step light for a vehicle or trailer having entry steps, comprising an electroluminescent light panel, a housing adapted to hold the electroluminescent panel, a cover for the electroluminescent panel also held in the housing, means to electrically connect the electroluminescent panel to a power source.... Agent: The Patent Law Offices Of Walter L. Beavers

20070290476 - Trailer: A trailer includes a carrying unit, at least one rod, at least one shackle and at least one elastic element. The rod is connected to the carrying unit. The rod includes a recess for receiving a hook tip connected to a bicycle. The shackle is movable on the rod between... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070290477 - Hand propelled personal riding device: A hand propelled personal riding device having a riding platform for supporting a rider with a set of driving wheels and a second set of wheels for transporting the platform along a surface, a propulsion handle extending vertically from the platform and moveable in a reciprocating pivotal motion, a gear... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20070290478 - Bicycle: A bicycle having features of double acceleration, comprising a steel frame and an accelerator; on the steel frame is mounted a pedal chain wheel and a rear chain wheel, and the accelerator further comprises a smaller chain wheel, a larger chain wheel and a flywheel; the pedal chain wheel is... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20070290479 - Folding mechanism and land vehicle comprising same: There is provided a foldable land vehicle comprising an elongate main frame generally defining a longitudinal axis running from a front end of the vehicle to a rear end of the vehicle, a front part including a front wheel, a rear part including a rear wheel, a first joint means... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20070290480 - Vise attachment for trailer hitch: An attachment (10) is provided for use with a trailer hitch (H). The attachment comprises a sleeve (12) inserted in the hitch and secured to the hitch. On the outer end of the sleeve is plate (18) to which is affixed a vise (22). The vise is used to clamp... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20070290481 - Moveable hitch with stress-free elevated bearing guide: A bearing guide for a hitch allows lateral movement of the hitch. The bearing guide is elevated relative to the bearing surface. Two trucks roll on wheels each about their own elevated guide for fore-and-aft rolling of the hitch point. The bearing guide also provides a keyway which receives a... Agent: ShewchukIPServices

20070290482 - Truck dolly saving method and apparatus: An apparatus and method for lessening wear on a dolly on a trailer. The apparatus and method also saves the dolly on the trailer.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070290483 - Vehicle tow bar: A vehicle tow bar is provided which includes a harness and a flange, for the harness to be shaped and configured to be securable to a vehicle and for the flange to be shaped and configured for a hitch ball to be securable thereto, for the harness or the flange... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20070290484 - Drawbar hammer strap pin lock: A drawbar hammer strap assembly design achieves a low profile, and prevents rotation of the drawbar and of the cross pin. The drawbar hammer strap assembly includes a drawbar, a hammer strap member attached to the drawbar, a drawbar pin mountable to drawbar and hammer strap member and a cross... Agent: Deere & Company

20070290485 - Stroller frame: A stroller frame has a front, a back, and a ready for use configuration. The stroller frame includes a spine having a forward end, a rear end, an underside, and a top side. The spine is positioned generally along a center lengthwise axis of the stroller frame with the forward... Agent: Lempia Forman LLC

20070290486 - Collapsible barbecue cart: A collapsible barbecue cart includes a stove and a collapsible stand connected to the stove. The collapsible stand can be changed between an extended position and a collapsed position. A socket is secured to the stove. An insert is secured to the collapsible stand. The insert can be inserted in... Agent: Banger Shia

20070290487 - Airbag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system: An airbag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system has an outside that is visible in the installed state and an opposite inside, a plastic cap and a reinforcement insert that, during one of foaming and injection-molding of the plastic cap, is partially embedded therein and partially adjoins the plastic... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070290488 - Side airbag device: A side airbag device provided at a seat back of a seat, comprises an airbag including a chest-abdomen protection portion to protect a chest and abdomen of an occupant seated and a waist protection portion to protect a waist of the occupant, and an inflator to supply gas to the... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070290489 - Occupant protection device on the passenger side: An occupant protection device on a passenger side of a vehicle includes a gas bag (16) having a front wall (18) facing an interior of the vehicle. The occupant protection device further includes a tether strap (26) arranged inside the gas bag (16). The tether strap (26) has a first... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070290490 - Variable output inflator: The variable output inflator includes an injection piston assembly containing a sealed container of liquid propellant. The movement of the injection piston of the assembly is controlled by an electromagnetic valve that controls the flow of a fluid from a reservoir and against which an annular skirt of the injection... Agent: Francis C. Hand, Esq. C/o Carella, Byrne, Bain, Gilfillan,

20070290491 - Housing for receiving a motor vehicle airbag module: In order to fulfil the task set, this housing is characterised by the fact that the side wall which is more easily capable of deformation (3) exhibits a basically flat area section (4) which can be deformed in the direction of housing floor (5) if acted upon by force (F),... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070290492 - Personal mobility vehicle with anti-tip suspension: A personal ability vehicle (PMV) includes a frame with front and rear subframes. A steering mechanism is mounted on the front subframe and includes a steering front wheel connected to a tiller. The rear subframe includes a suspension mount comprising a pair of rear support legs. An anti-tip suspension includes... Agent: Mark Brown

20070290493 - Rollover protection system: A rollover protection system for an off road vehicle includes a pair of lower legs, each lower leg having an arced portion and a horizontal portion connected to the vehicle frame. The upper section of the rollover protection system is pivotably connected to the lower legs, so that it may... Agent: Deere & Company

20070290494 - Steering wheel tilt device: Desired is a function of tilting up a steering wheel to allow a driver to get on or off easily. An object of the invention is to strengthen the coupling between a steering wheel and a steering boss and reduce the degree of backlash by using a ball and a... Agent: Frost Brown Todd, LLC

20070290495 - Transport frame: A transport frame includes a plurality of polymer beams interconnected to form the frame with a first group of the polymer beams intersecting and extending through a second group of the polymer beams. The first group of the polymer beams is secured to the second group of polymer beams by... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20070290496 - Webbing winding device, webbing winding method, and vehicle: In a webbing retractor 10, a lock pawl 78 is set in a non-meshable state in which it cannot mesh with a lock gear 26. At a time when a pretensioner mechanism 34 operates and a clutch plate 42 rotates in a take-up direction, a lock stopper 86 rotates together... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070290497 - Children's ride-on vehicles with reconfigured bodies and methods for forming the same: Children's ride-on vehicles with reconfigured, or flexed panel, bodies. The bodies include at least one reconfigured, or flexed, body panel that is retained in a biased, or flexed, configuration and/or against its internal bias to move from the flexed configuration. In some embodiments, the body has an exterior shape that... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20070284836 - Skate assembly: A skate assembly has a boot having a substantially completely open base with a sole plate of more rigid material than the boot secured over the open base. The base has an opening extending along at least substantially the entire length of the boot from the heel to the toe,... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20070284839 - Vehicle steering mechanism: A steering mechanism of a vehicle has a suspension arm, and steering acceleration gear mechanisms for steering left and right front wheels provided to either end of the suspension arm. A portion of the suspension arm protrudes further forwardly of the vehicle than the steering acceleration gear mechanisms, so that... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070284835 - Caster skate apparatus: Disclosed herein is a caster skate apparatus to be propelled in a direction changeable manner by use of rider's both feet. The apparatus comprises front and rear boards (20, 30) to support both feet thereon, first and second rollers (22, 23) mounted to the underside of the front board at... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20070284837 - Flexible joint for medical transport cart: A transport cart for attaching to a patient care apparatus, such as an infant care apparatus to move that infant care apparatus from one location to another. The transport cart is dockable to the infant care apparatus forming an overall footprint of the combination transport cart/infant care apparatus. The infant... Agent: Roger M. Rathbun

20070284838 - Steering device for pallet truck: A steering device for decreasing a turning radius of a pallet jack includes a ground engaging member connected to a support member of the pallet jack between a main wheel and an extensible wheel. The load supporting member of the pallet jack is positionable between a raised position and a... Agent: Dufault Law Firm, P.C.

20070284840 - Suspension structure: A suspension structure is provided having a shock absorber for dampening the vibration from a wheel and a stabilizer for suppressing the up and down strokes in opposite phases generated from opposing wheels on a vehicle. The end portion of the stabilizer is connected to the lower end portion of... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20070284841 - Four-point suspension arm: A four-point suspension control arm (1) is provided for the axle suspension of a rigid axle especially of a utility vehicle. The four-point control arm (1) has four bearing eyes (7, 8, 9, 10), wherein two bearing eyes (9, 10) can be connected to the rigid axle and two bearing... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20070284842 - Collapsible bicycle trailer: A collapsible bicycle trailer provides a trailer for pulling children with a bicycle which is telescopically collapsible, thus decreasing its footprint and allowing for more compact shipment and storage. The collapsible bicycle trailer also has side rails that fold over so as to lay flat against the chassis and a... Agent: Godfrey & Kahn S.c.

20070284843 - Fork for simultaneously hand-pedaled and foot-pedaled therapeutic tricycle: A therapeutic tricycle for use by children with developmental disabilities includes both hand pedals and foot pedals connected by a drive chain. The foot pedals are connected to a fork tube, partially enclosed within a support tube and driven by a foot pedal sprocket. The hand pedals are supported by... Agent: James T. Robinson Exclusivity-law, Inc.

20070284844 - Wheel chair: A system for providing an automated axial force to a continuously variable transmission (CVT) in a wheelchair. An electronic transmission control receives one or more input signals generated by throttle position or other variables. The microprocessor generates an output signal that adjusts the axial force applied to a CVT thereby... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20070284845 - Wheel chair with drive support and force sensor for use therewith: The invention relates to a wheelchair, provided with a drive system comprising a controller, an energy source and driving motors and sensors which can be coupled thereto for measuring a control signal for the driving motors. The invention also relates to a hand force sensor comprising a force sensitive sensor... Agent: Michaelson & Associates

20070284846 - Seat tube for a bicycle: A seat tube for a bicycle includes an upright tube, a head and an inner tube all of which are made of fiber reinforced material. The upright tube has an inserting portion at a top thereof. The head has an inside chamber and a sleeve portion at a bottom thereof.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070284847 - Swing arm support structure of vehicle: To improve a swing arm support structure of a vehicle, thus making it possible to adjust a magnitude, timing, and the like of external force transmitted to a vehicle body frame. In a vehicle, in which a rear wheel is attached to a rear end of a swing arm made... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070284848 - Drag-reducing structure: A drag-reducing structure for athletic equipment and other products is disclosed. The structure includes a substantially cylindrical portion and a plurality of turbulence generators secured to the cylindrical portion. The cylindrical portion is substantially perpendicular to a direction of fluid movement, and the cylindrical portion has a leading edge oriented... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20070284849 - Speed change controller for saddle-ride type vehicles: A speed change controller is provided on a saddle-ride type vehicle and is suited to manipulation by a foot. The speed change controller for saddle-ride type vehicles comprises a detection mechanism that detects operation by a driver for speed change, and a speed change mechanism that performs speed change on... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070284850 - Cantilevered wagon running gear: A running gear for a wagon comprises a cantilever extending away from one end of the wagon, a socket coupled to the cantilever proximate a distal end of the cantilever, a kingpin that rotatably engages the socket about a steering axis of rotation, at least one steering axle coupled to... Agent: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation

20070284851 - Powered towing tongue: The present disclosure relates to a powered towing tongue, and more particularly, to an actuated power tongue consisting of at least two tongue members joined directly or indirectly by an actuator for moving a mount located in the back of a towing hitch from a first position to at least... Agent: Angelo J. Bufalino, Esq. Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, P.C.

20070284852 - Pin box assembly for trailer: A pin box assembly is provided for a trailer. The pin box assembly includes a first section having a trailer attachment point, a second section carrying a king pin and a pivot connecting the first and second sections together. In addition the pin box assembly includes a shock absorber having... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070284853 - Foldable pushchair for babies and small children: A foldable pushchair has a chassis having the rear legs fitted with the corresponding wheels, and the support (11) of the wheels (3) is fitted to the lower end of the corresponding rear leg (2) by a pin-jointed connection (12) allowing the support to be folded with respect to the... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070284854 - Carrier frame for a manually movable caddie, in particular a golf caddie: The invention relates to a carrier frame for a manually movable caddie, in particular to a golf caddie comprising wheels (2) mounted on the laterally protruding parts (7, 8) of the fame. According to the invention, for folding the golf caddie, the laterally protruding parts (7, 8) of the frame... Agent: Friedrich Kueffner

20070284855 - Collapsible golf push cart: A collapsible golf push cart includes a main frame having an upper frame, a lower frame, a rear wheel frame and two rear wheels rotatably mounted to the rear wheel frame respectively, at least a joint mechanism having at least a first joint member and at least a second joint... Agent: Hdsl

20070284856 - All-terrain vehicle: An all-terrain straddle type vehicle includes, inside a wheel, a disc rotor that rotates as the wheel rotates, a caliper for clamping the disc rotor to brake the rotation of the wheel, and a scraper for scraping out dirt, mud, sand, snow and other debris deposited on a rim of... Agent: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha C/o Keating & Bennett, LLP

20070284857 - Airbag device and motorcycle with the airbag device: An airbag is provided that is constructed to protect a rider of a vehicle in an accident. In one form, an airbag device mounted to a motor-bicycle, which is a motorcycle, and comprising an airbag and a long webbing for securing the airbag to the vehicle body. When the motor-bicycle... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20070284858 - Side airbag, side airbag apparatus, and motor vehicle seat: A side airbag is inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a vehicle body and an occupant seated on a seat disposed inside the vehicle body. The side airbag has a bag outer edge portion at a tip end side of an inflating direction having... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070284859 - Side airbag, side airbag apparatus, and motor vehicle seat: A side airbag is inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a vehicle body and an occupant seated on a seat disposed inside the vehicle body. The side airbag includes an airbag body having a base end side and a tip end side opposite to... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070284860 - Airbag system: An air bag system for a vehicle. The air bag system includes an air bag body and an adjustment unit. The air bag body is configured to deploy upon input of shock to a vehicle. The adjustment unit is configured to move a position of the air bag body between... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20070284861 - Gas bag module for a vehicle occupant restraint system: A gas bag module adapted for use in a vehicle occupant restraint system comprises an inflatable gas bag and a discharge opening associated with the gas bag, so that gas can flow off from the gas bag which is fully or partially inflated. Further, the module comprises a discharge control... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070284862 - Side airbag apparatus, motor vehicle seat, and gas distributor of inflator: A side airbag apparatus includes a side airbag having a plurality of partitioned chambers therein to be inflated and deployed in a space between a side wall portion of a body of a motor vehicle and an occupant seated on a seat disposed inside the body. An inflator has an... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20070284863 - Airbag module with integrated gas generation: An airbag module integrates the components required for gas generation, thereby eliminating the need for a separate inflation component. The airbag module can comprise a cover with a pocket, a gas generant container, an inflatable cushion an upper and lower retainer housing, and an inflation gas generation system in fluid... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070284864 - Inflatable vehicle occupant protection device construction: An inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) includes a single sheet of material (50) comprising a front panel (40) and a rear panel (42), each having a substantially circular configuration. The sheet (50) has a central portion (52) where peripheral portions of the front and rear panels (40 and 42)... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070284865 - Truck bed ballast system: A truck bed ballast system for providing incremental amounts of extra weight over the rear drive wheels of a pick-up truck that doubles as a storage container for traction-enhancing media, such as salt, sand, gravel, and the like. One example of the truck bed ballast system comprises at least one... Agent: Bingham Mchale LLP

20070284866 - Work vehicle outrigger and associated method: An outrigger is configured for use in stabilizing a work vehicle. The outrigger comprises a foldable stabilizer arm that folds and unfolds upon movement between stowage and deployed positions.... Agent: Deere & Company

20070284867 - Steering column assembly: An adjustable steering column assembly includes a steering column with an outer jacket moveable along an axis. An instrument panel is coupled to the outer jacket. An instrument panel hood is connected to the instrument panel and the outer jacket. A support bracket includes a pair of support arms including... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20070284868 - Vehicle seat belt apparatus: Vehicle seat belt apparatus includes: a belt reel; a motor for driving the belt reel to take up a belt; a rotation detection section for detecting rotation of the belt reel; and a failure determination section for determining, on the basis of a detection signal output from the rotation detection... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20070284869 - Automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus: An automotive passenger restraint and protection apparatus for an automotive vehicle has a seatbelt and operates to restrain an occupant of the automotive vehicle by the seatbelt to protect the occupant. An electric retractor has a DC motor for retracting and protracting the seatbelt. An MPU applies voltage having a... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20070284870 - Webbing take-up device: A clutch 100 of the present webbing retractor has a gear wheel 116 and spring claws 182, and has peripheral direction load receiving portions 120 at the gear wheel 116, and load from the spring claws 182 is applied along a peripheral direction via the peripheral direction load receiving portions... Agent: Roberts, Mlotkowski & Hobbes

20070278752 - Hydro-pneumatic vehicle suspension system with a double acting cylinder and accumulators: A suspension system dampens motion between two components of a vehicle, such as the wheels and the chassis. An assembly of a cylinder and a piston is connected to both components. The piston defines first and second chambers in the cylinder and has a shaft with an end surface exposed... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070278753 - Snowboard: A snowboard having a contoured bottom surface wherein a raised profile near the center of the bottom surface defines a pair of parallel, longitudinal channels through which snow is directed toward the tail end of the snowboard. Inboard from the tail end, aligned with at least one of the channels,... Agent: Sierra Patent Group, Ltd.

20070278754 - Evacuation sled and temporary surge capacity bed: A lightweight, strong, sturdy, and versatile evacuation sled is disclosed. The body of the sled may be manufactured from a single piece of material, stored flat, and folded into its functioning configuration. When folded, the sled has one or more straps that help hold it in its folded configuration and... Agent: Kirton And Mcconkie

20070278756 - Rolling infant car seat: A rolling infant car seat is comprised of an infant car seat, a handle, at least one wheel and a secondary handle. The infant car seat has a curved bottom surface for rocking the seat. The handle is pivotally attached to the seat and is adapted to have a plurality... Agent: Gregory T. Zalecki

20070278758 - Avalanche skateboard: A skateboard apparatus wherein an attached front wheel rotatable to predetermined limits through use of a stop mechanism assists the user in determining the direction of the skateboard. One or more rear wheels connected to, and whose location is adjustable on, said skateboard rotates unidirectionally frontward or backward, and a... Agent: Steven Kreiss Attorney At Law

20070278755 - Sports equipment storage device: A storage device for transporting equipment includes a housing having a base end, a pair of retractable wheels, and a foot operated actuator for retracting and extending the wheels from the housing. The housing defines at least one compartment for storing the equipment. The housing has a handle at an... Agent: Antony C. Edwards

20070278757 - Mobile safety compliance apparatus: A mobile safety compliance apparatus comprising a shell with a plurality of open compartments closed by doors, a self-contained water supply system and a waste water collection system. The water supply system provides drinking water, tepid hand washing water, and water for a stowable eyewash hingedly attached to the shell.... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070278759 - Multiple trailing arm suspension: A suspension that has particular application for a front axle of a heavy vehicle includes suspension arms that are better able to withstand increased brake torques that are expected to soon be mandated in heavy vehicles. In one embodiment, the suspension includes a plurality of arms pivotally connected to a... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20070278760 - Vehicle step with hinged pedestal mount: A vehicle step assembly uses hinged pedestals and attitude links to position step stringers and an attached step beam in a generally horizontal and elevated deployed position, while permitting a space-saving tucked-in stowed position.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070278761 - Wheelchair with elevating seat: A wheelchair includes a frame, a seat and apparatus for moving the seat between lowered and raised positions, the apparatus comprising a translating mechanism having a first end and a second end. The translating mechanism is attached to the frame and the seat is attached to the second end of... Agent: Kinney & Lange, P.A.

20070278762 - Bicycle sprocket structure: A bicycle sprocket structure installs three pairs of embedding grooves at the periphery of an axle bushing of an axle base for installing brackets and latch members, and a plurality of latching points for latching the latch members are separated by 60 degrees. With the ratchets disposed on an internal... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, P.C.

20070278763 - Bicycle attachment: A bicycle attachment comprises a pair of spaced rotatable wheels for engaging with a support surface, a connecting portion extending between and secured to the wheels, and a securing portion hinged relative to the connecting portion such that the securing portion is able to pivot relative to the connecting portion.... Agent: Martin P. Hoffman Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20070278764 - Motorcycle equipped with a weapon: The present invention relates to a motorcycle (1), which is equipped with a weapon (70), as well as with a front and rear wheel (5, 6) or a front ski and a rear-located track mat. The motorcycle (1) comprises a chassis member (2), a front frame (3, 4), a handlebar... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070278765 - Footrest: A footrest includes a tube, a pin and a detent. The tube includes an insert, a skid-proof section formed together with the insert, a tunnel defined therein and an aperture defined in the insert so that the aperture is in communication with the tunnel. The pin includes a recess defined... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070278766 - Apparatus and system for an expandable trailer: An apparatus and system are disclosed for an expandable trailer. The apparatus, in one embodiment, is an expandable trailer that lengthens from a compact position to one of a plurality of extended positions. The trailer may comprise an axle assembly to mount a plurality of wheels, a frame having a... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20070278767 - Electrical wheelchair for handicapped transportation with an attendant: A foldable electrical wheelchair having speed and braking controls operable by an accompanying person. An H-shaped chassis supports the drive wheels, a motor unit, a shock absorber, an adjustable footrest, and a battery, and provides a low center of gravity. Arms are connected to the chassis which support the seat,... Agent: The Maxham Firm

20070278768 - System combining a foldable wheeled cart and removable cloth bag: The present invention provides a foldable wheeled cart system and a removable cloth bag. The wheeled cart system consists of a lightweight frame assembly and a detachable cloth bag that is secured to the frame assembly using, for example, Velcro strips positioned on the handles of the cloth bag. When... Agent: Baker Botts L.L.P.

20070278769 - Airbag module: An airbag module comprises a gas generator provided with an electrical connection and an airbag provided with a gas generator opening. The gas generator opening is used to introduce the gas from the gas generator into the airbag and can be sealed with at least one fabric element. The gas... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070278770 - Insert molded feature for airbag covers: A new type of airbag cover and method for making the same is described herein. The airbag cover will generally have an insert that includes one or more logos, indicia, symbols, trademarks, etc. that denote the vehicle manufacturer. A base will then be molded around this insert. The base and... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20070278771 - Side airbag apparatus: A side airbag apparatus includes an inflator and an airbag. Gas discharged from the inflator inflates and deploys the airbag in a space between a vehicle door and an occupant seated on a front seat in a passenger compartment. The airbag has a tether that limits the thickness of the... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070278772 - Air bag module: An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant (14) of a vehicle (12). The apparatus (10) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (22) inflatable between a steering wheel (30) of the vehicle (12) and the vehicle occupant (14). A housing (26) helps support the protection device (22) on the steering... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20070278773 - Airbag living hinge assembly: An airbag assembly is provided including an instrument panel substrate with an outer display surface and a panel opening formed therein. A door panel is positioned over the panel opening. A chute element is positioned behind and mounted to the instrument panel substrate. It includes an upper chute mating surface... Agent: Artz & Artz, P.C.

20070278774 - Airbag apparatus: The airbag apparatus includes an airbag folded and housed in a housing. The airbag includes an outer bag constituting an outer wall of the airbag and an inner bag disposed inside the outer bag. The inner bag includes an outlet port supplying inflation gas into the outer bag and an... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070278775 - Multilayer airbag using non-woven fabric and reinforced scrim: Vehicular air bags formed from multilayer composites. The multilayer composites include a polymeric film and at least one tear resistant fabric attached to the polymeric film, and more particularly include a polymeric film, an open mesh, tear resistant fabric attached to the film and a fabric layer attached to the... Agent: Rebecca B. Kirk Honeywell International Inc.

20070278776 - Impact energy absorbing knee bolster system: An impact energy absorbing knee bolster system is basically provided with a load input part and a deformation accepting structure. The load input part is arranged to contact a passenger's knee during a collision. The deformation accepting structure is located between a load input part and a vehicle structural member... Agent: GlobalIPCounselors, LLP

20070278777 - Tilt steering mechanism: The invention relates to a steering apparatus for a vehicle. It includes a housing with a steering shaft having a longitudinal axis. A first bearing is interposed between the shaft and the housing, permitting rotation of the steering shaft about the axis. There is also a first wedge-shaped member that... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20070278778 - Vehicle suspension arm supporting structure: The invention relates to a vehicle suspension arm supporting structure. A receiving portion 9 is formed integrally on a subframe 5 which is formed of a light metal in such a manner as to extend transversely outwards, and a sheet steel member 15 is connected to the subframe 5 by... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070278779 - Seat belt pretensioner using preformed tubes: A pretensioner (20) for use with a seat belt system, the pretensioner comprising: a straight first tube (22) having a cylindrical wall (22a), a first end (24) and a second end (26), at least one of the first end (24) or the second end (26) having an opening (32); the... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20070278780 - Hand strap entry device: A ski pole strap entry device including a base member having a first side and an opposing second side, and a retainer disposed on the base member for engaging a portion of a ski pole strap. The first side includes an arcuate-shaped surface that is sized and configured to receive... Agent: Woodcock Washburn LLP

20070278781 - Spray prevention device: A device for preventing spray from emerging from the wheels of vehicles comprises a panel (4) that is adapted to be mounted substantially vertically behind a vehicle wheel (3) for receiving on a first side water released by the wheel (3) as it rotates. The panel (4) includes at least... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)