Land vehicles inventions 05/08

20080122189 - Vehicle, system and method for distributing catering products: A vehicle for distribution of catering products, comprising a loading space in which at least one storage container for beverage is provided, as well as a set-up place for further catering products, wherein a delivery hose is provided which is coupled or can be coupled to the storage container and... Agent: Pearne & Gordon LLP

20080122190 - Device having inner member only moving relative to outer member but rotating: A device includes a first movable member having at least a slot on an inner wall thereof; a second movable member provided in the first movable member; a sliding sleeve, which has at least a recess, provided between the first movable member and the second movable member; and at least... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080122192 - Brick, stone and tile transport and deployment system: A system for moving building materials, such as brick, stone, tile and similar items, at a work site including one or more mover dollies and one or more hand carts. The mover dollies generally comprise an elevated platform on which the building materials are positioned and wheels or other similar... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20080122191 - Multiple configuration children's wagon: A children's wagon includes a body supported by wheels and having an interior. Panels are pivotally attached to the wagon body and are positioned within the interior of the wagon. At least one such panel has a second panel pivotally attached to it. The panels may be moved between generally... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20080122193 - Roller board therapeutic apparatus and associated method: A therapeutic roller board apparatus includes a rigid support board with planar top and bottom sides extending along an entire longitudinal length of the roller board apparatus. The apparatus further includes a plurality of brackets directly coupled to the bottom side of the support board, and a plurality of casters... Agent: Ashkan Najafi, P.A.

20080122194 - Wheel suspension: The invention relates to a wheel suspension, which has at least one transverse link and one wheel carrier. The wheel carrier has a connecting element, through which a bolt extends, for connecting to the transverse link. The connecting element has a stop on a limb which is assigned to a... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080122195 - Auxiliary service pack for a work vehicle: A service pack for a work vehicle provides service systems, which may include an electrical generator, a hydraulic pump and an air compressor. The service pack is driven by an engine separate from that of the vehicle. Integration of the support systems for the vehicle engine and service engine may... Agent: Fletcher Yoder (illinois Tool Works Inc.)

20080122196 - Boarding and/or entering aid for vehicles that carry passengers: A boarding and/or entry aid for vehicles for carrying passengers is described, having a rectangular frame (3) and a step plate (2) supported movably in it. The frame (3) has two parallel lateral parts (4), which are joined together at rear ends by an end profile (5) and in a... Agent: Striker, Striker & Stenby

20080122197 - Atv off-road sleeping/camping trailer: A folding camping trailer for use with an ATV. The trailer is of rugged construction and uses low inflation tires, and is large enough, when unfolded, to allow at least one sleeper. The interior is equipped with camping equipment such as stove, lantern, lights, toilet, equipment lockers, water, sink, heater... Agent: Barber Legal

20080122198 - Sway control hitch: A trailer hitch system for equalizing trailer loads and reducing trailer sway. The trailer hitch system may include spring bars that may be attached to a hitch head using a trunnion style connection. The spring bars may be attached to the trailer using rigid brackets that reduce swinging of the... Agent: Karl R Cannon

20080122199 - Trailer hitch: A trailer hitch draw bar includes a receiver tube with a square cross-section to fit into a receiver on a vehicle trailer hitch. A vertically-displaced collar is fixed to the receiver tube and includes a generally square, vertically-oriented aperture and at least one set of horizontal mounting holes. A vertically-adjustable... Agent: Timothy M. Barlow

20080122200 - Device for interconnecting perambulators: A device for interconnecting perambulators comprising a coupling element and gripping members at opposing ends of the coupling element for gripping supporting members of the perambulators, thus allowing the perambulators to be coupled together. The gripping members have manually releasable jaws and the length of the coupling element is adjustable... Agent: Manelli Denison & Selter Attn: William H. Bollman

20080122201 - Multi-function binding system: A multi-function binding system configured for use on a sliding board comprising: (a) a binding operable with a boot assembly, the binding comprising a support surface and toe and heel pieces extending therefrom; (b) a base assembly configured to be rotatably and removably secured to a deck of a sliding... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080122202 - Multi-function binding system: A multi-function binding system configured for use on a sliding board, such as a snowboard or wakeboard, comprising a base assembly rotatably secured to the deck of a sliding board, with a binding system operable with the base assembly to releasably secure a user to the sliding board. The base... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080122203 - Airbag assembly: The disclosed airbag assembly is for use in a vehicle. The airbag assembly may comprise an airbag and a carrier mechanism. The airbag may comprise an inflatable cushion for protecting a vehicle occupant. The carrier mechanism may be attached to the airbag for fastening the airbag to the vehicle.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080122204 - Knee airbag device: A knee airbag device includes an airbag module and an airbag door. The airbag module includes a gas generation device that is operated when the knee airbag device is operated, and a knee airbag that is stored in a folded state inside a column cover that covers the rear end... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080122205 - Knee airbag apparatus: A knee airbag device includes a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state inside a steering column cover. When the knee airbag receives gas, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed from an inside of the steering column cover toward knees of an occupant. The thickness of outer... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080122206 - Interior structure of vehicle equipped with curtain airbag device: There is provided a restricting portion to restrict a movement of a roof trim at an upper end portion of a pillar trim behind the roof trim. Accordingly, there can be provided a structure that can properly restrain the roof trim from being deformed, for example, even if the passenger... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080122207 - Inflator with an auto-ignition cradle: A gas generating system includes an inflator that contains an auto-ignition cradle containing an auto-ignition composition. The cradle operatively and thermodynamically communicates with the exterior of the inflator and also resiliently contains the auto-ignition composition, thereby maximizing the ignitability of the auto-ignition composition in the event of a fire.... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20080122208 - Method of folding passenger-seat airbag: A passenger-seat airbag (32) includes a pair of left and right airbags (44, 46), and a root portion (48) that is connected to both of the left and right airbags (44, 46). When the passenger-seat airbag (32) is provided in a vehicle, an airbag folded portion (62) that forms the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080122209 - Actuation mechanism for the deployment of a laterally extendable running board to provide rollover resistance: An actuation mechanism is used with the deployment apparatus mounting a running board on an automotive vehicle for laterally outward movement to increase rollover resistance for the vehicle. The actuation mechanism includes a cup with a hollow tube attached thereto to provide a path for the movement of a ball... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC And Ford Global Technologies, Inc.

20080122210 - Rollover protection system for motor vehicles with an actively deployable rollover body: The invention is based on a rollover protection system for motor vehicles that is located behind a last row of seats having a part affixed to the vehicle, and a rollover body that is triggered by a sensor to deploy to a support position from a resting position. To save... Agent: Flaster/greenberg P.C. 8 Penn Center

20080122211 - Foldable handrail for heavy construction equipment: In a handrail of which both ends are stably fixed at a side surface of heavy construction equipment such as an excavator, etc., a foldable handrail of heavy construction equipment is disclosed, which comprises a first section part of which one end is fixed at a front end of the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080122212 - Stabilizer pad for vehicles: A stabilizer pad structure including a weldment formed of a metal plate material that is arranged in a generally U-shaped form including side legs and a connecting base and a resilient pad mounted to the weldment. Means are provided for forming pockets in the legs of the weldment for receiving... Agent: David M. Driscoll, Esq.

20080122213 - Three-dimensional vehicle frame: A vehicle frame includes first and second lower rails and first and second upper rails operatively interconnected. Cross members horizontally interconnect the lower rails and the upper rails, and stanchions vertically interconnect the upper rails and the lower rails. The frame provides improved stiffness and strength at a reduced mass... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080122214 - Seat belt system for a motor vehicle: A vehicle seat belt system has seat belt webbing that is attached to a tongue adapted to be located in a buckle mechanism fixed to a load-bearing part of the vehicle. A generally vertically extending strap is adapted to be located in a position against a seat back. An adjustable... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20080116650 - Material-handling device: The purpose of this invention is to provide a material-moving device suitable for loading, unloading, and transporting at least one item thereon by a single person. The material-moving device includes a platform portion for holding at least one item thereon, at least two pairs of wheels rotatably attached to the... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.a.

20080116651 - Cart: An improved shopping cart includes a retention device adapted to hold the cart in position relative to a vehicle. The retention device may include a strap with a length sufficient to hold the associated cart in operative proximity to the vehicle.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080116652 - Vehicle side step: A step assembly for a vehicle comprising an elongated main body having a substantially straight portion and two end portions; a generally U-shaped step bar having a substantially straight portion parallel to the main body and two bent portions, the bent portions welded to the main body and a step... Agent: Kit M. Stetina, Esq. Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20080116653 - Automated running board crank drive: A running board assembly for a motor vehicle includes a mounting bracket adapted to be fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. The running board assembly includes first and second links each having an upper end pivotal relative to the mounting bracket and an opposing lower end. A deck is pivotally... Agent: Clark Hill, P.c.

20080116654 - Recreational apparatus: According to various embodiments a recreational apparatus can include an outer raceway having a ground engaging portion. An inner race assembly can be rotatably engaged to and operable to rotate within the outer raceway. A footrest can be disposed on the inner race assembly. The footrest can be adapted to... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080116655 - Self-propelled vehicle propelled by an elliptical drive train: A bicycle that includes an elliptical pedaling motion is provided. The bicycle includes a frame, having a front wheel and a rear wheel, and a first and a second foot link guide track. A first and a second foot link, each including a foot platform and a guide track coupler... Agent: Peter Martinez

20080116656 - Device for the optional guiding of at least one self-steering wheel of a trolley: The invention relates to a device for the optional guiding of at least one self-steering wheel of a trolley. According to the invention, the wheel is of the type that is mounted on a support that pivots around a vertical axis. The device comprises: a push bar which forms a... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20080116658 - Axle with non-round tapered ends affixed into fork leg dropouts with openings that match the axle ends for a bicycle fork: The present invention relates to a bicycle fork comprising an improved axle with non-round tapered ends affixed into dropouts with openings to match the axle ends through a taper-lock affixation for improving the torsional strength of the fork and facilitate ease of the axle installation. The improved axle consists of... Agent: Rozsa Law Group Lc

20080116657 - Hitch assembly with a guide element: A hitch assembly comprises a first coupling element and a second coupling element suited to be latched to the first coupling element. A rod member has a first end connected to the first coupling element. An actuator has a movable output member that can move between a retracted and an... Agent: Deere & Company

20080116659 - Quick-release, compact folding bicycle: A folding bicycle has a frame with a front steering tube, main tube, and center seat tube defining a hollow space into which the rear wheel strut with rear wheel are pivoted for storage. The rear wheel strut is mounted to a bottom bracket at the lower end of the... Agent: Leighton K. Chong Godbey Griffiths Reiss & Chong

20080116660 - Elastomeric wheelchair suspension: A suspension system (12, 112, 212, 312, 412) suited to use in a wheelchair (10) or other transportation system includes a first member (30, 130, 230, 330, 430) and a second member (32, 132, 232, 332, 432), which is pivotable relative to the first member. One of the first and... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20080116661 - Tow-bar mount for a hmmwv or other vehicle: A mount for holding a tow-bar having pivotally attached arms, attachable to a vehicle such as a HMMWV 1114 (the up-armored HMMWV), for holding the tow-bar outside the vehicle. A kit is also provided including materials and hardware for making the mount and including hardware for attaching the mount to... Agent: Ware Fressola Van Der Sluys & Adolphson, LLP

20080116662 - Ski: Ski adapted to receive the boot of the skier, the ski has a front tip, a rear end, and a central zone located between the front tip and the rear end and which, when positioned on a flat surface, includes at least two contact lines with the flat surface, such... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080116663 - Pivoting ski binding: A pivoting ski binding for binding a ski boot to a ski for use by a skier includes rod structure coupled to the ski boot, and step-in structure constructed to allow the boot and rod structure to couple to the ski when the skier steps down onto the ski. Several... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.c.

20080116664 - Snowboard binding and related methods: A snowboard binding for securing a boot to a snowboard includes a base that is mounted on the snowboard. The base includes a base plate and a pair of side rails that extend upwardly from the base plate along lateral sides of the base plate. The snowboard binding further includes... Agent: Lowrie, Lando & Anastasi, LLP

20080116665 - Vehicle having an adjustable wheel base: The front wheels of the vehicle having an adjustable wheel base are joined to the front portion of a main frame, on which a vehicle seat is mounted. The upper ends of a pair of rotating arms are rotatably joined to the main frame. The lower ends of the rotating... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.l.p.

20080116666 - Wheelbarrow: A wheelbarrow has a frame, having a top portion (12) and an undercarriage portion (14). There is an open topped vessel (15) mounted on the top portion (12) of the frame, and a pair of handle bars (16, 17) extending rearwardly and integrally from the top portion (12) of the... Agent: Iphorgan, Ltd.

20080116667 - Gas bag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system and method of manufacturing a gas bag cover: A gas bag cover for a vehicle occupant restraint system has a plastic cap (12) with a front face (14) and a rear face (16) facing a gas bag (17), and a decorative element (18) provided on the front face (14). The decorative element (18) is welded to the plastic... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20080116668 - Air bag apparatus: An air bag apparatus includes: a supporting plate; an air bag case mounted on the supporting plate such that a space is formed therein; an air bag cushion installed in the space and attached to the supporting plate; an inflator for supplying a gas to the air bag cushion, the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080116669 - Knee-protecting airbag device: A knee-protecting airbag device is configured so that a folded airbag is accommodated and held in an accommodation part at the side of a lower portion in a column cover. An outer peripheral wall at completion of inflation of the airbag includes a driver-side wall portion and a column-sidewall portion.... Agent: Posz Law Group, Plc

20080116670 - Airbag: An airbag system including an airbag having a first section and a second section coupled to the first section. The airbag further includes an inlet coupled to an inflatable portion. The first section is configured to inflate between a trim member and a vehicle frame; and the second section is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080116671 - Method of manufacturing a ignition device and a semiconductor device: A semiconductor device has the package structure which used the lead frame, a communication device (semiconductor chip) is arranged to the main surface side of a supporting body, and the condenser for firing is arranged to the back side of the opposite side to the main surface of said supporting... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080116672 - Air bag module with vent: An apparatus (10) helps protect an occupant (16) of a vehicle (12). The apparatus (12) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) that is inflatable to help protect the vehicle occupant (16). A vent opening (52) directs flow of inflation fluid away from the protection device (14). A vent... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.l.p.

20080116673 - Vent hole module of air bag: A vent hole module of an airbag includes a vent hole on the airbag and configured to exhaust gas from the airbag; an air bag attaching portion attached to the airbag near the vent hole; and a vent hole cover for covering the vent hole, removably attached to the air... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080116674 - Elevating platform system: An elevating platform system (1) which can be fixed to vehicles, comprising a platform (2) and a parallelogram shaped lifting gear consisting of two horizontally spaced carrier arms (3,4) for bearing said platform (2), a parallel cylinder (10) for swiveling the platform (2) from a vertical travel position into a... Agent: Dreiss, Fuhlendorf, Steimle & Becker

20080116675 - Steering column assembly comprising a steering column the tilt and length of which can be modified: A steering column arrangement includes a bracket which is arranged fixedly on the vehicle, a steering column which has a casing tube and a steering spindle which is mounted rotatably therein, the steering column being configured so as to be adjustable in its inclination and length, and clamping device(s) being... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080116676 - Steering column of vehicle: A steering column of a vehicle can protect a driver's knee by disposing an operation lever inside a column cover in a locked state of the operation lever. The steering column may include a main housing provided with a column tube therein; an upper housing rotatably connected to the column... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080116677 - Connecting device between the steering column and the body of a motor vehicle: This connecting device between a steering column of a motor vehicle and a cross member fixedly joined to the vehicle body, the device being of the type comprising a steering column support fixedly joined to the column and secured to a rigid arm rigidly connected to the cross member, the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080116678 - Insertion part for a seat belt lock, a lock provided with said insertion part: The disclosure relates to a switch adapter integrateable into a seat belt lock and used for monitoring the locking and unlocking state of the lock. Said switch adapter is embodied in the form of a monolithic plastic part and is provided with at least two adapter areas which are movable... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080116679 - Motor vehicle seat with an underframe, a seat belt and a seat belt retractor: A motor vehicle seat with an underframe comprising two pairs of rails, each having a seat rail and a floor rail, a seat belt and a seat belt retractor. The seat further comprises a tie bar for the seat belt retractor, the tie bar extending from the one seat rail... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080116680 - Occupant detection apparatus: An occupant detection apparatus can include a photographing device disposed to face to a vehicle rear seat for taking three-dimensional images; an information extracting section which extracts image information corresponding to an upper area of a seat of the rear seat from three-dimensional images taken by the photographing device; a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080116681 - Automatic safety belt release: This patent discloses a system to release a seatbelt in a vehicle automatically. The system may include a seatbelt sensor, mishap sensors, a controller, and a guillotine unit. The controller may communicate signals with the seatbelt sensor and mishap sensors and the guillotine unit may receive signals from the controller.... Agent: Vincent Tassinari

20080116682 - Systems and methods for pole impact force damping: The present invention relates to systems and methods for damping the impact and rebound forces associated with the use of elongated poles. One embodiment of the present invention relates to a supportive pole system including an elongated shaft, hand receiving member, tip, and force absorbing system. The force absorbing system... Agent: Baker & Associates Pllc

20080111325 - Active roll stabilization apparatus: Apparatus for the active stabilization of the rolling of a vehicle that has at least two axles that each have at least two wheels. The axles are each equipped with a transverse stabilizer that is hydraulically actuated by a directional control valve. The transverse stabilizers are operated by respective hydraulic... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080111326 - Stabilizer control device: A stabilizer control device for a vehicle includes a first and second stabilizer bars, a housing fixed to an end portion of the second stabilizer bar so as to arrange an end portion of the first stabilizer bar adjacent to the end portion of the second stabilizer bar, a rotational... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080111327 - Transport device capable of adjustment to maintain load planarity: The present invention relates to a transport device for a load. The transport device includes at least one device configured to alter the orientation of the load relative to at least a portion of the transport device. At least one sensor is adapted to detect if at least one of... Agent: Bell, Boyd, & Lloyd LLP

20080111328 - Seat assembly for a shopping cart: A gate-and-seat assembly for a shopping cart includes a gate, a backrest, and a seat. The gate has a first end pivotally mountable to a rear portion of a shopping cart. The backrest includes a back support and a pair of legs with the back support defining a slot. The... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20080111329 - Dolly cart: A dolly cart is provided for transporting a load over a supporting surface. The dolly cart includes a support frame having a first and second ends. A wheel assembly is operatively connected to the support frame for supporting the support frame above a supporting surface. A striker element is operatively... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080111330 - Wheeled cart for carrying and securing snowsports equipment and personal items, and business methods and systems for vending same: A two-wheeled cart for carrying snowsports equipment including skis, boots, poles, snowboards, helmets and personal items is disclosed. The cart incorporates a weather-resistant security compartment to serve as a locker for storing street shoes and personal items. The cart has a collapsed mode for compact storage, a narrow-travel mode for... Agent: Martin Lurie

20080111331 - Infant stroller with integrated entertainment system: A child transportation system designed to receive and subsequently facilitate transportation of a child and further being configured to produce a plurality of audio and visual stimuli for the child disposed therein. The child transportation system includes a frame superposed on a plurality of wheels having a compartment for receiving... Agent: Galasso & Associates, Lp

20080111332 - Truck: To provide the truck which is capable of giving easy assembling and disassembling processes. The truck, comprising the load-carrying blocks 20 under which the casters 40 can be fixed and the long connecting frames 30 which can connect the load-carrying blocks 20, the truck 10 is formed as connecting the... Agent: Apex Juris, Pllc Tracy M Heims

20080111324 - Compressible fluid independent active suspension: An active, independent suspension system has dual piston, compressible fluid struts (22). Each of the dual piston struts (22) has an outer cylinder (24) and an outer piston rod (30), which each respectively define exterior peripheries for an outer pressure chamber (32) and an inner pressure chamber (54). Pressures applied... Agent: Mark W. Handley

20080111333 - Gravity propelled low profile seat-carrying vehicles supported by surface-engaging wheels and related methods: Low profile motorless vehicles and related methods are disclosed, the vehicles being without a propulsion mechanism, without a steering mechanism other than by shifting body weight and without a braking mechanism and are easy to learn to use and to use, safer to operate and appealing to the full range... Agent: Lynn G. Foster

20080111334 - Vehicle suspension apparatus: To offer a suspension apparatus for a vehicle with high utility, a suspension apparatus having a damping-force generating device which includes a body-side unit attached so as to project upward from a mount portion formed at a part of the vehicle is provided with a projecting-portion-displacement permitting mechanism for permitting... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20080111335 - Stabilizer bar with a lateral retention collar and method of manufacture: A stabilizer bar with a lateral retention collar is provided. The lateral retention collar is cast onto the stabilizer bar and can be made from a zinc-aluminum alloy. In addition, the lateral retention collar is cast onto the stabilizer bar using a die casting machine. The lateral retention collar has... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20080111336 - Suspended axle for a vehicle: A suspended axle for a vehicle comprising, for each wheel (2), a longitudinal arm (5) intended to be articulated with respect to the body of the vehicle so as to allow the wheel its suspension travel, said axle comprising a transverse torsion element (10), each end (11) of the transverse... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080111337 - Vehicle height adjusting apparatus: A vehicle height adjusting apparatus includes air spring portion, an air supply source, a switching valve causing a total air volume of the air spring portion to be constituted by only a main air chamber and by a sum of the main air chamber and a sub air chamber, an... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney Pc

20080111339 - Apparatus for connecting together two objects and chair incorporating the same: v

20080111338 - Indoor wheelchair: An indoor wheelchair comprising a carriage with a seat having left, right, front and back edges, a backrest, four carrying wheels and supporting members connecting the seat to the carrying wheels; a left and a right riving mechanism mounted to the carriage, each driving mechanism including a manual driving wheel... Agent: Nath & Associates

20080111340 - Wheelchair: A wheelchair is capable of radiographing with the wheelchair as is by using a general radiographic device, without a need to switch to a different chair. The wheelchair includes a seat portion, a backrest portion provided with upper frame bodies mounted approximately perpendicular to the seat portion and a main... Agent: Jordan And Hamburg LLP

20080111341 - Wheelchair side guards: Wheelchair side guards are provided with a strip and covering materials. The strip is sufficiently rigid to keep the shape and position of the side guards such that a user and their clothes are kept away from the wheelchair wheels. The side guards may also comprise a hinge near the... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080111342 - Bicycle having an antilock brake: A bicycle includes an electric motor for driving a hydraulic actuator for a brake caliper of a brake disc of the front wheel of the bicycle. An electronic control unit receives wheel speed information from a wheel speed sensor, input pressure information from an input pressure sensor connected to a... Agent: Manfred Beck, P.a.

20080111343 - Car-style steering system for a child's tricycle: b

20080111344 - Apparatus for attaching accessory to bicycle: An apparatus is provided for attaching an accessory to a bicycle. The apparatus includes a plug, a socket and a quick release. The plug is attached to the bicycle or the accessory. The socket is attached to the remaining one of the bicycle and the accessory. The socket is used... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080111345 - Bracket for motorcycle foot supporting device: A bracket which may be used to removably connect a genuine Harley-Davidson Inc. foot supporting device to one of its Softail® motorcycles having a modified exhaust pipe system. The bracket includes a base member removably connectable to a motorcycle and a support connecting member removably connectable, either directly or indirectly,... Agent: Chris A. Caseiro

20080111346 - Fifth wheel hitch cart assembly: A fifth wheel hitch cart is used for positioning a hitch in a truck bed. The cart is provided with a plate and a pivoting arm disposed between a rolling device and the plate. At least one handle is coupled with the plate. A plurality of cams are operably coupled... Agent: Kunzler & Mckenzie

20080111347 - Universal step bumper receiver style trailer hitch: A receiver style hitch applicable to a step type vehicle bumper that mounts to the step portion of the bumper only by means of the existing hole intended for a ball hitch.... Agent: David Tunno

20080111348 - Covertible trailer and hitch mountable platform: A convertible trailer and hitch-mountable platform apparatus has a platform assembly with removable wheel and tow bar assemblies. The platform is equipped with structure for mounting the disengaged tow bar in a transverse orientation to provide structural support when mounted on the receiver hitch of a vehicle for use as... Agent: Shughart Thomson & Kilroy, Pc

20080111349 - Mobile support assembly: A mobility device includes at least a first front leg and at least a first rear leg connected to the first front leg connected to the first front leg. The first rear leg includes an upper member having a first end a second end and a lower member having a... Agent: Malloy & Malloy, P.a.

20080111350 - Planing boat with airbag system: A planing boat, particularly of a small size, is provided with an airbag system. The airbag system includes at least one bag-shaped airbag body, a housing which accommodates the airbag body, a detector for detecting a collision of the boat, an expanding unit which inflates the airbag body at the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.c.

20080111351 - Airbag module for a motor vehicle: An airbag module for a motor vehicle, including an airbag folded to form an airbag package; a component of the airbag module, which via a first component part for inflating the airbag with gas and/or for fastening the airbag to a motor vehicle part cooperates with the airbag; and a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080111352 - Curtain air bag device for vehicle: The present invention provides a curtain air bag device for vehicle that can protect passengers with different heights by automatically shifting unfolded-positions of an air bag cushion of a curtain air bag in accordance with passenger heights.... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080111353 - Knee airbag device: A knee airbag device includes a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state inside a steering column cover inside which a projection body that projects downward toward one side in a vehicle-width direction is disposed in a rear area, and a cylindrical inflator that supplies the gas to... Agent: Oliff & Berridge

20080111354 - Apparatus for guiding deployment of curtain airbag for vehicle: An apparatus for guiding deployment of a curtain airbag for a vehicle which is installed at an inside of the mating part where a head lining and a pillar trim of a center pillar meet with one another. The apparatus includes a guide member, one end of which is fixed... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080111355 - Vehicle seat side air bag assembly: A vehicle side air bag assembly (16) includes a resilient bolster (17) that is located on or adjacent one lateral side of a vehicle seat back. The bolster (17) includes a frame (22) supporting a foam pad (30) within a trim (32) having a release seam (34). Deployment of an... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c. / Lear Corporation

20080111356 - Gas generating system: A gas generating system includes a first enclosure containing a gas, and a second enclosure having a gas generant material contained therein. The second enclosure is operatively coupled to the first enclosure so as to enable fluid communication between the first enclosure and the second enclosure. After activation of the... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, Pllc

20080111357 - Airbag device with a destructible connection section between a gas generator and a non-metallic gas lance: The invention relates to an airbag device comprising a gas generator, at one end of which a diffuser with radial discharge ports is positioned with a joining section. A non-metallic gas lance is fixed to the joining section upstream of the diffuser. The non-metallic gas lance is provided with or... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080111358 - Airbag inflator integral pressure relief component: An inflator is disclosed herein. The inflator includes an initiator and a chamber that houses a quantity of stored gas. The initiator may be capable of actuating and causing the stored gas within the chamber to exit the chamber. A venting dome is also added to the initiator. The venting... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20080111359 - Gas generator fitted with pressure regulator means, and a safety device fitted therewith: The present invention relates to a gas generator for a motor vehicle safety device, the generator comprising: a first chamber (C) for combustion containing a pyrotechnic initiator (2) and a pyrotechnic charge (3) whose combustion is triggered by said initiator; and. a second chamber (D) for diffusion into which the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080111360 - Knee airbag module for vehicle: In accordance with a knee airbag module for a vehicle according to the present invention, an airbag cushion is folded in half in the front and rear directions, folded in the left and right directions, and is then contained. Thus, when the airbag cushion is supplied with a high pressure... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080111361 - Safety net: A safety restraint system for a vehicle includes a safety net stored in a wall mounted cartridge wherein a guiding bar, securable in a locking mechanism, steers the safety net away from the wall and provides a secured space around a bunk. The safety net is secured adjacent to the... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20080111362 - Steering wheel adjusting mechanism for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a steering wheel adjusting mechanism (2) for motor vehicles (4) comprising a pivotally to the vehicle (4) attached supporting arm (8), and a pivotally to the supporting arm (8) attached steering shaft housing unit (12), where at least one locking plate package (14 and 16, respectively)... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20080111363 - Collapsible steering column assembly: A collapsible steering column assembly having a variable energy absorption curve is disclosed. The assembly includes a column jacket and an energy absorption device defining a deformation channel. A strap, interconnecting the column jacket and the energy absorption device, is disposed within the channel and moves along a deformation path... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080111364 - Vehicular seat for handicapped and elderly passengers: A seat for a vehicle having an interior portion and a rear portion comprising a first position substantially within a vehicle and a second position substantially outside the vehicle. A transfer coupling element is operatively coupled to a structure in the interior portion of the vehicle, wherein said seat has... Agent: Wood, Herron & Evans, LLP

20080111365 - Pole attachment: The present invention consists of a bar with a mechanism at one end that serves a dual purpose: it allows the user to attach the bar in a non-permanent fashion to a ski pole shaft and it serves as a hinge so that the bar may be fixed in a... Agent: Brett Adrien Kraabel

20080106048 - Variable rack stroke system for vehicle: A variable rack stroke system includes a rack housing in which a rack bar is slidably disposed, a casing attached to the rack housing, an annular rotary member, an annular stationary member, and a switch. The annular rotary member includes grooves on an inner periphery thereof that face each other,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080106049 - Roller skate having retractable wheels adapted to configure as shoe: A wheel assembly of skate includes a wheel mounted in a casing, the wheel having an axle, two side sliding plates each including a groove adapted to mount around an open end of the axle, two springs, two links each inserted through the casing into a slot of the sliding... Agent: Leong C Lei

20080106050 - Push cart with coupling device: A push cart includes a device, which is supplied with energy, and which includes a coupling device that is supplied with a mounting; a sliding part is retractably insertable into the mounting; a slide valve inside the coupling device is movable back and forth from a first to a second... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080106051 - Scuba tank cart: The scuba tank cart is a scuba transporting apparatus that provides a device for storing a scuba tank, transporting the tank, and using the apparatus as a tank flotation device for diving and snorkeling. The cart has a roller, a cavity to fit a scuba tank, and a bracket to... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20080106054 - Handle assembly and rolling cooler comprising same: A rolling cooler comprises an insulated enclosure, wheels and a handle assembly. The insulated enclosure includes a main body and a cover. The cover is movable between an open configuration where an interior space of the insulated enclosure is accessible and a closed configuration whereby the cover substantially covers an... Agent: David Odell Simmons

20080106053 - Handle positioning device for a hand truck: A handle-positioning device for a hand truck includes two position bases and a pull rod. The position base is respectively fixed on two vertical cross-shaped tubes combined with an inverted U-shaped handle of a hand truck. Each vertical tube has a position hole aligned to that of each position base.... Agent: Haiming Tsai

20080106052 - Tilting paint spray pump and cart: A paint pump and cart having a movable carriage to enable tilting of the paint pump secured to the carriage via a pivot mechanism without tilting the remainder of cart. A latching mechanism having a spring biased pin received in one of a pair of apertures provides selective retention of... Agent: Faegre & Benson LLP Patent Docketing

20080106055 - Apparatus and method for coupling a disconnectable stabilizer bar: A vehicle stabilizer bar assembly having a pair of stabilizer bar members that are selectively uncoupled via a clutch. The clutch includes a moving element that can be selectively moved via an actuator to effect the uncoupling of the stabilizer bar members. The actuator is configured to apply a force... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080106056 - Heat shrunken low-friction stabilizer bar sleeve: A stabilizer bar for a vehicle suspension includes a sleeve that is heat shrunk around the stabilizer bar. The sleeve is made from a low-friction polymer or thermoplastic material and is first installed on the stabilizer bar in a pre-shrunken state. Heat is subsequently applied to the sleeve to shrink... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20080106057 - Method and apparatus for engaging and disengaging a slider box assembly: An apparatus for engaging and disengaging a slider box assembly and a method of use of the same is disclosed. The slider box assembly has a first slider rail, a second slider rail, a bladder and an actuator bar. The actuator bar extends substantially parallel to the slider rails. The... Agent: David P Dureska Buckingham Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20080106058 - Detachable dual-use platform apparatus and method: A vehicle is provided having a cargo area, a passenger compartment, and a detachable dual-use platform which is connectable to the cargo area to form a ramp, and to the underside of the vehicle to form a running board. The platform is supported by brackets at either end when used... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080106059 - Method and apparatus for a light-weight transport wheelchair: A manual transport wheelchair for transporting a person is changeable between a transport position and a folded position. The wheelchair has two side frames coupled by a single scissor frame that is movable to change the wheelchair between the transport position and the folded position. The wheelchair has a weight... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP

20080106060 - Wheelchair with two-stage tilt: A wheelchair having a two-stage tilt ability is provided. The wheelchair includes a base frame and a seat mounted to the base frame. The seat is configured for rearward tilting. A mounting mechanism is connected to the seat. The mounting mechanism is configured to tilt the seat by a first... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080106061 - Drive apparatus: A drive apparatus for the application of substantially linear drive force, wherein the substantially linear drive force is converted to a rotary propulsive force through the use of a substantially linear drive force accepting device, transferring the substantially linear drive force to rotary motion through a power transference device linked... Agent: Italia Ip

20080106062 - Mining utility transport vehicle: A mine transport vehicle is disclosed having two main bodies, one a power and control section and the other a payload section, the two sections being connected by an articulating joint. The power and control section has seating for an operator and a passenger. The payload section has seating for... Agent: Whiteford, Taylor & Preston, LLP Attn: Gregory M Stone

20080106063 - Trailer hitch: A trailer hitch which will resist fishtailing and increase stability of the towing vehicle-trailer combination is mounted at the rear of the towing vehicle. The hitch includes a pivot connector, such as a ball, which receives the mating end of a tongue extending from the trailer to be towed. However,... Agent: Thorpe North & Western, LLP.

20080106064 - Tractor trailer dolly jockey: Disclosed is a tool to help move and connect a tractor trailer dolly to the lead trailer in a safe, easy and efficient manner. The dolly jockey is a bar about three feet long with lips at the bottom to connect to the safety chain mounting ring on the rear... Agent: Glen Edward Cook

20080106065 - System and apparatus for trailer hitch assembly: An improved trailer assembly capable of carrying a load and having improved stability characteristics is disclosed. Specifically, in a preferred embodiment, the trailer hitch assembly has an interconnecting member pivotally connected to a first member and a second member. The interconnecting member has a longitudinal center line, relative to the... Agent: Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-cohen LLP

20080106066 - Fifth wheel cover: A fifth wheel cover comprises a shell arranged to span over the fifth wheel plate of a tractor trailer chassis. The shell has a continuous, circular, peripheral edge to which a continuous band of elastomeric material is integrally joined about the full periphery for retaining the shell on the fifth... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20080106067 - Trailer coupler apparatus and methods: At least one embodiment of the inventive technology may be a ball hitch coupler apparatus that include a housing, an upward ball movement obstructor; a rotatable rod, and a rod biaser established so as to bias the rotatable rod towards a terminal, rod rotation position. The rotatable rod may define... Agent: Santangelo Law Offices, P.C.

20080106068 - Ski and snowboard: Skis and snowboards are provided. The ski or snowboard may include a first tip, a second tip, and a body. The body may be between the first tip and the second tip, and may have a width and a length, wherein the width may be variable along the length of... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080106069 - Ski or snowboard with means for influencing its cross-sectional shape: The invention describes a ski (2) or a snowboard in the form of a board-type gliding device (1). By reference to the width (13) of the gliding device (1), at least one recess (14) is provided in its middle portion extending in its depth direction—arrow (15)—from the top face (7)... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20080106070 - Foldable stroller capable of being automatically locked in a folded state: A stroller includes a handle frame disposed pivotally on a front end portion of a wheel frame. A strut has a front end connected pivotally to the handle frame, and a rear end disposed movably on the wheel frame and locked releaseably on the wheel frame. A retaining mechanism includes... Agent: Courtney Staniford & Gregory LLP

20080106071 - Air venting assembly of air pump: An air venting assembly of an air pump comprises a venting film; at least one minor air guide holes being formed in the venting film; an airbag set having a driving block and an airbag; the driving block being driven by a motor; and the airbag having at least one... Agent: Chien-tien Huang

20080106072 - Ejection mitigation panel: An ejection mitigation system for use in a motor vehicle including one or more inflatable airbags and at least one ejection mitigation panel which is not integral with an inflatable airbag and wherein the ejection mitigation panel is attached to at least one point below the belt line of the... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20080106074 - Air bag module and fastener: A band clamp (50, 60, 70) for securing an inflator of an air bag module (300) to a mounting surface, the clamp having a band formed into a loop of diameter slightly larger than a diameter of the inflator enabling the band to be slipped over the inflator, the band... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20080106073 - Tension-based airbag mounting system: An airbag assembly including a tension mounting mechanism is disclosed. In one embodiment, an inflatable curtain is coupled to a one-way locking mechanism via an attaching element to provide tension along the longitudinal mounting surface of the inflatable curtain during its installation adjacent the vehicle roof rail.... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp. Inc.

20080106075 - Airbag module: An airbag module includes an airbag, an inflator for inflating the airbag, a mounting plate, and a non-rigid tension element. The tension element comprises at least one fabric layer. The tension element is attached to the mounting plate to restrict lateral movement of the airbag during deployment. The airbag module... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080106076 - Airbag cover tear seam: An tear seam in a cover of an airbag includes multiple, non-intersecting slits defined in a fabric of the cover that may be woven with weft yarns oriented generally parallel to a longitudinal axis and warp yarns oriented generally transverse thereto. The multiple slits are diagonal with respect to the... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20080106077 - Airbag cover, instrument panel, and airbag apparatus: An airbag cover to be mounted on a vehicle includes a housing case for housing a passenger airbag; an airbag-cover body portion extending along a surface facing an occupant in a passenger seat; a tear line formed in the airbag-cover body portion for rupturing the airbag cover; and a plate-shaped... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080106078 - Knee airbag device: A knee airbag device includes a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state inside a steering column cover. When the knee airbag receives gas, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed from the inside of the steering column cover toward the knee portion of an occupant. The knee... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106079 - Knee airbag device: A knee airbag device includes a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state inside a steering column cover. When the knee airbag receives gas, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed from an inside of the steering column cover toward a knee portion of an occupant. The knee... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106080 - Knee airbag device for vehicle: A knee airbag device for a vehicle includes a gas generation portion that is operated to generate gas; a knee airbag that is disposed in a folded state at a predetermined position in a vehicle, wherein when the knee airbag receives the gas, the knee airbag is inflated and deployed... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080106081 - Passenger-seat airbag device and method of folding passenger-seat airbag: A passenger-seat airbag includes a left airbag and a right airbag. A root portion connects a left-airbag root portion and a right-airbag root portion. An accordion-folded portion with relatively small folding widths is formed by accordion-folding both side portions of the root portion, whereby at least a gas-injection hole closest... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080106082 - Dynamic ramp apparatus for curtain airbag in automobile: An expansion guiding apparatus of an airbag includes a connector connected to the airbag and to a pillar trim. When the airbag expands, it pulls the connector, which folds the pillar trim. The connector may include direction-change pins and a wire extending from the airbag to the direction-change pins to... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080106085 - Air bag for driver's seat of vehicle: An air bag for a driver's seat of a vehicle that utilizes an inflator gas of low and high pressures, in which a twofold tether composed of first and second tethers is established inside the air bag for a driver's seat that is unfolded toward the driver when the vehicle... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080106083 - Cinch ring for tightening tethers of an inflatable airbag: An airbag device for use in a motor vehicle. The airbag device includes an inflatable curtain and a cinch ring for tightening a tether during the inflation of the inflatable curtain.... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20080106084 - Spool tensioning device for airbag installation: An airbag assembly comprises a tensioning mechanism including a clutch is disclosed. The tensioning mechanism maintains the airbag in a desired position upon installation. In one embodiment, an inflatable curtain is coupled to a spool clutch and fastener via a tether to provide tension along the longitudinal mounting surface of... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20080106086 - Tilt-type steering apparatus: A tilt-type steering apparatus includes a steering column, a swivel support bracket which swivelably supports the steering column, and a fixing bracket which supports an intermediate portion of the steering column. A heightwise position of the intermediate portion is adjustable. The swivel support bracket includes a coupling plate portion formed... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080100008 - Structural improvement for ice skate blade: This invention is a structural improvement for an ice skate blade, where the blade holder and the blade are separate. The blade is made from a hard, wear-resistant material. The upper surface is a relatively thinner connecting surface by a roller shape forming machine. On the surface of the blade,... Agent: Fong-chou Wan

20080100009 - Shoe, boot and skate holder: A shoe, boot and skate holder includes a handle, a stem extending from the handle, and a locking mechanism operatively connected to the stem. An eyelet rod is releasably lockable in the locking mechanism. The eyelet rod is insertable through eyelets of a shoe, boot or skate, and is lockable... Agent: Fildes & Outland, P.C.

20080100011 - Collapsible wheel assembly: A wheel assembly and a method of using the wheel assembly are provided. The wheel assembly is attachable to various objects and capable of quickly and easily collapsing or folding to become more compact for more efficient and cost-effective transportation or shipping. It is then capable of being quickly and... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080100013 - Reel stand: A reel stand has a main frame consisting of a rod, a connecting member and a standing frame. The rod is connected in the connecting member with its lower portion. The standing frame connected with the connecting member has a T-shaped rod and a wheel axle. The T-shaped rod includes... Agent: Bruce H. Troxell

20080100010 - Child carrier assembly for a shopping cart: A child seat assembly for use in a shopping cart and secured to the hinged rear gate of the shopping cart that is configured for lifting to expose a rear opening for nesting like carts. The child seat is secured in a lower portion of the shopping cart basket by... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20080100012 - Bale carrier: A hand-operated carrier is provided for lifting and transporting heavy bales of plant material, such as bales of hay or other objects, which is structured to enable persons of even modest strength to lift and transport such bales of material. Tie carrier provides bale engaging members associated with a rigid... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20080100014 - Combination jogging apparatus and stroller: A combination jogging apparatus and stroller is provided. A stroller member includes a frame member, a pair of rear wheels connected operably to such frame member, and at least one front wheel connected operably to such frame member. Such frame member has a seat portion disposed therein and a handle... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080100015 - Automotive dolly system: An automobiles dolly is provided for connecting to a disabled vehicle in order to facilitate moving the vehicle. The dolly includes a base and a plurality of types of vehicle supports that are selectively attachable to the base. Each type of vehicle support is configured to attach to a disabled... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080100018 - Vehicle suspension system: The invention is a suspension system for a three (3) or more wheeled vehicle, which vehicle tilts from the vertical plane during operation in a manner like that of a motorcycle. The suspension system divides the vehicle into two parts. The first part consists of the front, possibly the rear... Agent: R. Stephen Hansell, Lawyer, Patent Attorney, & Constr. Arb

20080100019 - Active, divided motor vehicle stabilizer having installed electric pivot motor: The present invention relates to an active, divided stabilizer for of motor vehicle having an installed electric pivot motor for roll regulation, which comprises at least one actuating drive made of electric motor and pivot motor transmission and a housing, at least one housing part being connected to an associated... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080100021 - In-wheel suspension: An in-wheel suspension including a tire/wheel assembly-side member that includes a tire/wheel assembly support member fixed to a tire/wheel assembly, a vehicle body-side member that supports the tire/wheel assembly support member such that the tire/wheel assembly support member can slide along a sliding axis X extending in the substantially vertical... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080100020 - Vehicle ground connection comprising a wheel and a suspension integrated therein: A ground contact system for a vehicle. The ground contact system comprises a wheel, a hub carrier, means for driving the wheel using at least one rotary motor secured to the hub carrier, reduction means comprising at least one gearwheel connected to the wheel and at least one pinion connected... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080100016 - Stabilizer bracket: Embodiments of the present invention provide a stabilizer bracket configured to securely stabilize a sway bar with respect to a vehicle frame. The stabilizer bracket includes a bar clamp defining an insulator retention area, and at least one fastener mount integrally formed with the bar clamp. The bar clamp and... Agent: Illinois Tool Works Inc.

20080100017 - Suspension system: A suspension system for an agricultural or construction industry vehicle is described. The suspension system comprises two hydraulic cylinders, which support a frame in relation to an axle of the vehicle, the hydraulic cylinders each having a piston-side chamber and a piston rod-side chamber and each of the chambers of... Agent: Deere & Company

20080100022 - Vehicle step with hinged pedestal mount: A vehicle step assembly uses hinged pedestals, attitude links and an energy storage device 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: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20080100023 - Illuminating bracket for use with a running board or step: A running board assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. The running board assembly includes a mounting bracket adapted to be fixedly secured to the motor vehicle. The running board assembly also includes a step having a stepping surface. A link includes an upper end coupled to the mounting bracket... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20080100025 - Moveable support platform: A retractable vehicle step is attachable to a vehicle or truck. The vehicle step facilitates access to a cargo hold of the vehicle. Advantageously, the vehicle step may be pulled out from under the vehicle by the foot of a user. The vehicle step desirably has a covered and protected... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080100024 - Tailgate access step: A retractable vehicle step is attachable to a rear portion of a vehicle or truck. The vehicle step facilitates access to a cargo hold of the vehicle. Advantageously, the vehicle step provides clearance space relative to a tailgate of the vehicle by displacing a stepping member of the vehicle step... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080100026 - Cycle headset: The headset rotationally connects a fork pivoting tube (1) to a steering tube (2) of a cycle frame. It includes a lower roller bearing (3), an upper roller bearing (4), and an element (9, 10) for axially locking the lower and upper roller bearings (3, 4) against a lower or... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080100027 - Two-wheel drive two-wheeled vehicle: A two-wheel drive motorcycle having a drive train that supplies power to the front wheel and includes a series of rigid shafts or other internalized drive systems. The front wheel drive consists of components located on the axis of steering within the head tube and positioned symmetrically in a counterbalancing... Agent: Steven J. Christini

20080100028 - Motorcycle rake and trail adjuster: A motorcycle fork rake extension kit provides an increased fork rake without welding and maintains a favorable trail. The extension kit includes an upper adapter block fixedly attached to an upper end of a steering head of a motorcycle frame and a lower adapter block fixedly attached to a lower... Agent: Averill & Varn

20080100029 - One-piece frame for a bicycle: A one-piece frame for a bicycle has more than two hollow metal tubes connecting to each other by welding to form an initial frame. The initial frame is put into a mold. With the hydraulic pressure process, the metal tubes and the welding parts between the metal tubes are expanded... Agent: Thomas E. Sisson Jackson Walker, LLP

20080100030 - Ez-up ride off vertical motorcycle center stand: An embodiment of the EZ-Up Ride Off Vertical Motorcycle Center Stand is comprised of a frame bracket assembly and a H-bracket assembly. To operate the embodiment, the user pushes downward on the lever while still on the motorcycle and the stand rotates underneath the motorcycle and imposes a force upward... Agent: Martin S. High

20080100031 - System and method for providing gyroscopic stabilization to a two-wheeled vehicle: This invention provides a stabilizing system and method for two-wheeled vehicles (typically small, human-powered bicycles) that affords the rider no restriction on the full range of movements (banks, leans, etc.) common to bicycles, but that provides greater stability during turns and other maneuvers so that an unintentional bank or tilt... Agent: Hinckley, Allen & Snyder, LLP

20080100032 - Connector bracket of a trailer: The invention relates to a coupling system for connecting at least one supply line between a towing vehicle and a trailer, the first end of said at least one supply line being attached to the towing vehicle in a fixed manner, and the second end thereof comprising a connector that... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20080100033 - Method and apparatus for securing a trailer to a tow vehicle: An attachment for securing a trailer to a hitch assembly comprising a ball. The attachment comprises a base plate, a latch plate, and a latch assembly. The base attaches to a bottom side of the hitch assembly and comprises a substantially horizontal plate and two opposing vertical plates. The vertical... Agent: Tomlinson & O'connell, P.C.

20080100034 - Draw pin hitches: A draw pin hitch has a lower jaw, an upper jaw positioned above the lower jaw, and a draw pin receivable generally vertically in apertures in the upper and lower jaws for coupling elements to the hitch between the jaws. The hitch has a pin holding means which is moveable... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP

20080100035 - Hydroplaning skis for use on wet ground surfaces: A pair of hydroplaning skis having a front end with a camber and or rocker, and a flat back portion, and a width wider than a foot of a user and a length greater than the width. The bottom surface area supports the weight of the user on the ski... Agent: Donald W. Meeker

20080100036 - Apparatus for transporting an invalid: A transportation apparatus for transporting an invalid onto a raised surface is disclosed. The transportation apparatus includes a backrest and leg support pivotably connected to a seat portion. The seat portion is slidably connected to first and second spaced apart slide rails. Each slide rail includes a plurality of telescoping... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080100037 - Field assemblable trailer: A field assemblable trailer that has a container having a bottom, a hitch assembly configured to be securable to the bottom of the container, an axle housing configured to be securable to the bottom of the container, a pair of hub and axle assemblies configured to be attached inside the... Agent: Hammer & Hanf, PC

20080100040 - Airbag cover retention method: This invention is a new type of airbag apparatus that includes an airbag cover. The airbag cover is designed to match the décor of the vehicle and to prevent the occupant from viewing the undeployed airbag system. The airbag cover has a front panel and a plurality of legs. The... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20080100041 - Low risk deployment passenger airbag system using slim type passenger airbag module: Disclosed herein is a low risk deployment passenger airbag system using a slim type passenger airbag module which is minimized in height and/or length, such that a top airbag and a mid airbag can be installed in a limited space defined by an instrument panel. In the slim type passenger... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080100039 - Method and apparatus for airbag module cover attachment: An airbag module is disclosed. The airbag module has an airbag cover that has a front surface. The cover also includes a plurality of latch hooks that extend away from the front surface. Each of the latch hooks includes a retention flange. A support plate is also included as part... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20080100038 - Seamless airbag ring with integrated duct mount: An airbag ring for mounting an airbag assembly to an instrument panel including an airbag ring portion having a first aperture. The first aperture being dimensioned to allow an airbag to pass through the first aperture during airbag deployment and a duct mounting portion integral with the airbag ring portion,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080100042 - Knee protecting air bag apparatus: A knee protecting air bag apparatus M1 is mounted to a column cover 16 for covering a column cover 16 for covering a steering column. In operating the apparatus M1, a contained air bag 45 is supplied with an expanding gas G and is projected from the column cover 16... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20080100043 - Side airbag module with an internal guide fin: A side airbag module for use in a motor vehicle. The module includes a gas generator attached to a folded airbag. The folded airbag unfolds into an interior of the motor vehicle when the gas generator is activated. A large guide fin is disposed within an interior of the airbag... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20080100044 - Structure for guiding deploy of side airbag for seat of vehicle: A structure for guiding deploy of an airbag on a seat of a vehicle includes a sewing pattern at a side of a seat back that corresponds to a deploy direction of the airbag; a cover sewn together with the sewing pattern, an end of the cover extending toward an... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080100045 - Vehicle side airbag apparatus: Aside airbag has a lower chamber corresponding to the chest of the occupant and an upper chamber corresponding to the head of the occupant. A strap is provided at the boundary between the lower and upper chambers. The attachment position of a door-side attachment portion of the strap is higher... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080100046 - Deformation sensor: A first deformation sensor is arranged in a shock transmission member which is built in a vehicle and which constitutes a transmission path of a shock applied from the outside. A second deformation sensor is arranged in an exterior member which is exposed to the outside of a vehicle. Each... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080100047 - Blasting cap apparatus for vehicle airbag and control method: A complex blasting cap apparatus of an airbag for a vehicle includes: a detector detecting impact acting on a vehicle body during a vehicle accident; a controller receiving a signal detected by the detector, computing the received signal, and applying different voltages so as to operate an inflator depending on... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080100048 - Gas bag module: A vehicle occupant restraint system has a gas bag module with a gas generator and a housing with an exit opening. The housing is through-shaped and forms a receptacle that is open on one side. A folded gas bag is received in the housing which, upon activation of the gas... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20080100049 - Inflatable cushion and method for attachment: An inflatable cushion for an air bag module, the inflatable cushion comprising: an inflation opening for providing fluid communication to an interior of the inflatable cushion; a first tether having a cushion securement end and a mounting end, the cushion securement end being fixedly secured to the inflatable cushion and... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080100050 - Steering column assembly with active energy absorption device: A collapsible steering column assembly is provided that includes a column jacket and a bracket for attaching the assembly to a vehicle. A plate is coupled to the column jacket, and defines a opening therethrough and a slot extending along a longitudinal axis from the opening. A pyrotechnic device interconnects... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20080100051 - Seat belt arrangement for child occupants of a vehicle: A vehicle occupant safety restraint provides a child safety restraint for the three to fourteen year old age range. It can be used with or without a booster cushion or booster seat and would therefore be particularly suitable for minibuses so that the safety belt can still be used by... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20080100052 - Ramping mudflap assembly: A mudflap assembly comprising a bracket for connection to a vehicle and a swiveling support is claimed. A mudflap support bar is connected to an upper end of the swiveling support for supporting a mudflap. The bracket rotatably receives the free lower end of the swiveling support hanger and maintains... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20080100053 - Spray suppression device for vehicles: The present invention discloses an improved spray suppression device for vehicles. One embodiment of the present invention comprises a front panel having generally opposed first and second main surfaces and being configured to have a plurality of first through openings laterally and longitudinally spaced apart from each other, each forming... Agent: Blackwell Sanders LLP