Land vehicles inventions 02/09

20090051130 - Suspension system: The invention relates to a suspension system, especially for vehicles with changing load conditions. Said suspension system comprises at least one suspension cylinder (10, 12) comprising respective pressure compartments such as an annular compartment (14) and a piston compartment (16), a load-sensing system (18) for producing pressure, two supply lines,... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090051132 - Load mover: Apparatus for moving a load includes a flexible plastic sheet having a leading edge, a trailing edge, and two side edges. An elongated rigid element is secured to the leading edge of the sheet adjacent a hand opening through the sheet to provide a handle for pulling the mover when... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090051131 - Towed exercise apparatus: An apparatus for exercise and rehabilitation includes a carriage which is towed by an operator walking forward. A hitch assembly is couplable between the carriage and a harness worn by the operator. The hitch assembly includes a tow line extending from the harness and a three-pronged attachment couplable between the... Agent: Oyen, Wiggs, Green & Mutala LLP 480 - The Station

20090051133 - Dolly apparatus for bag toss game: A dolly specially suited for use with the game apparatus of the games referred to as “Bags”, “Beanbag Toss” or “Corn Hole.” The dolly includes a support frame, a lifting frame, wheels, and a handle for transporting goals. Drink holders, a storage container and a score indicator can be deployed... Agent: The Law Office Of Randall T. Erickson, P.C.

20090051134 - Support stand for an inline two wheeled vehicle: A support stand for supporting an inline two-wheeled vehicle has a base that rests directly upon the ground and two ears that project upward from the base and define a cavity there between for receipt of a wheel and forks of the vehicle. Preferably, the ears are resiliently flexible and... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20090051135 - Wheel suspension for a vehicle: Wheel suspension for a vehicle (7), with a carrier element (5), with a wheel carrier (1), which is arranged at a spaced location from the carrier element (5) and which is pivotable about a steering axle (30), with a wheel (14) mounted rotatably on the wheel carrier (1), with a... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20090051136 - Coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle: The present invention provides, in connection with a coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle, a technique which allows sudden braking without making a vehicle body to tilt significantly backward. The coaxial two-wheeled inverted pendulum type moving vehicle of the present invention comprises a pair of wheels, a chassis for... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090051138 - Hand grip motion control capabilities for a lever propulsion wheelchair: A motion control system for lever propulsion of a wheelchair enables a number of different manipulations at the hand grip of the lever. In some embodiments, as many as five user-controlled operations may be performed without need to remove a hand from the hand grip. A user applies force to... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20090051137 - Retractable fixture for use with a wheelchair: Retractable fixtures for use with a wheelchair are disclosed herein. A retractable fixture of one embodiment includes a platform movable between a first position behind the wheelchair and a second position beside the wheelchair. A track having forward and rear ends is beside the wheelchair, and a carriage is configured... Agent: Lathrop & Gage Lc

20090051139 - Wheelchair retrofit assembly with multiple dimensions of adjustment: An assembly for attachment of a propulsion system to a wheelchair frame includes a clamp which remains fixed to the frame, while an attachment device that enables three dimensions of adjustability permits quick release of a main wheel and the propulsion system (e.g., lever drive, pushrim and motor drive) that... Agent: Schneck & Schneck

20090051140 - Fork protector and straddle-type vehicle equipped with fork protector: A fork protector that inhibits damage to an inverted fork of a straddle-type vehicle. First protector sections cover inner tubes of the inverted fork at front sides of the inner tubes and extend in a length direction of the inner tubes. Second protector sections extend from one end section at... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090051141 - Portable rock crawl course: A portable rock crawl course, including one or more trailers, each having a trailer bed, side walls, top panels, front end wall, and tailgate, each having synthetic rocks formed thereon and arranged such that when the walls, top panels and tailgates are pivoted to form a closed trailer, the synthetic... Agent: Michael A. Baer

20090051142 - Gliding board with lateral running edges: The invention relates to a gliding board including a structural beam defining a longitudinal direction and having a gliding surface bordered on each side with a lateral running edge, each running edge having an edge body and an anchoring blade, the anchoring blades of the two running edges being oriented... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090051143 - Mission adaptable portable cart/utility table arrangement: A mission adaptable multi-purpose, collapsible portable cart/utility table, for use in emergency response and disaster situations, camping, hunting and other outdoors activities, which carries medical rescue carts, canoes, small boats, game, or hauled cargo by hand. It transports one or more cargo bins over long, rough terrain and each bin... Agent: Alfred M. Walker

20090051144 - Airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus includes a tether interconnecting a front fabric of an airbag and an inflator to retain the airbag in an occupant restraining deployed configuration. Back fabric of the airbag has an opening portion for discharging gas, ejected from the inflator into the airbag, to outside the airbag. A... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090051147 - Airbag device: In an airbag device, a decorative member is prevented from being scattered with a simple structure at the time of expansion of an airbag. That is, a concave part of the airbag cover (50) on which the decorative member is mounted is connected to an unmoved connection member while freely... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090051145 - Inflatable curtain airbags: An inflatable airbag system for a motor vehicle includes a restraining strap for delaying inflation of a central portion of an airbag and deflecting gas into adjacent elongate portions in the initial stages of deployment.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090051146 - Snap-in attachment of inflator for airbag: An airbag module for a vehicle comprises a housing for an airbag and an inflator configured to be mounted on the housing. The housing includes at least one integral locking component to lock the inflator into a mounted, in-use position on the housing. The component comprises an undercut section formed... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090051148 - Side airbag seat reinforcement pocket: A side airbag seat reinforcement pocket is defined by at least one sheet of material having a peripheral edge and being divided into at least three major surface portions along first, second and third fold lines. The first major surface portion includes at least one first aperture adjacent a first... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090051149 - Air bag with fill hose and method of assembly: An air bag module (60) including an inflatable air bag (50) having a first region formed by opposing edge borders (102, 104) of two facing panels or panel pieces (52, 54), the first region initially open to receive a gas distribution hose (40), the gas distribution hose comprising a tubular... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20090051150 - Air belt and air belt apparatus: A predetermined tension force is generated to an air belt even when an expandable portion is expanded in a narrow space. An air belt 30 includes a first normal belt 31, a second normal belt 32, and an expandable portion 33 therebetween. In order to regulate a thickness of the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090051151 - Cushion structure of side airbag: The invention provides a cushion structure of a side airbag that includes: an inflator generating inflation gas in response to an inflation signal that is inputted in a collision; and a cushion inflated by the inflation gas supplied from the inflator. The cushion is divided into an upper cushion and... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

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20090051153 - Method for the production of a steering spindle part and steering spindle with such steering spindle part: A method for the production of a steering spindle part is provided. The method includes forming a section of a steering spindle for a motor vehicle and which is implemented in the form of a hollow shaft and includes at least a connection section adjoining one of its ends. The... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090051154 - Front-axle bracket, in particular for motor vehicles: Front-axle bracket (1) for motor vehicles, in which in each case two receptacles or recesses (5, 6) for the bearings for the swivel mounting of in each case one of two wheel control elements (7), such as the wishbone or A-arm, and the receptacles (18, 19, 20) for the securing... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090051155 - Mounting structure of seatbelt retractor: A mounting structure of a seatbelt retractor is provided. In the mounting structure, the seatbelt retractor for winding up a seatbelt is mounted one end of a roof end member on the lateral side of a vehicle, on which a hinge reinforcement for reinforcing a hinge mounting portion for a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090051157 - Seat belt apparatus and seat belt retractor: A seat belt retractor includes a frame having a back plate and a side wall protruding from each of a plurality of side edges of the back plate. The seat belt retractor also includes a spool supported by the frame and rotating to wind a seat belt, a motor for... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090051156 - Seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus: A seat belt retractor including an integral electronic control unit (ECU). The ECU is detachably installed between lower edges of respective both side walls of a frame. Further, a motor is detachably fixed to a lower surface of a case of the ECU. Since the ECU is disposed between the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090045595 - Height adjustment device for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a height adjustment device for motor vehicles that is arranged between a height-adjustable spring plate (16) of a support spring (18) of a wheel suspension assembly and the vehicle body (54, 56) and in which a drive motor (10) cooperates via a shifted gear (34, 36,... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090045596 - Frame for an in-line roller skate having a movable wheel-receiving element: Disclosed herein is a frame for an in-line roller skate and as well as a roller skate having such a frame. This roller skate has a shoe and a wheel supporting frame extending therefrom said shoe for supporting aligned wheels. The frame includes a main frame body mounted to the... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090045598 - Skateboard capable of all-direction running: A skateboard including: a central rod unit; a first footplate installed to an end of the central rod unit to be rotatable on a vertical axis; a plurality of first casters installed to be rotatable, independent from the first footplate; a second footplate installed to another end of the central... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090045597 - Vehicle having multiple operational modes: A vehicle includes a deck, an aft running gear attached to the deck, a steering assembly, a flexible joint attaching the steering assembly to the deck, such that the steering assembly is pivotable about the flexible joint with respect to the deck between a rider-standing mode and a rider-sitting mode,... Agent: Law Offices Of James E. Walton, PLLC

20090045599 - Reconfigurable tilt wheelchair: A modular wheelchair assembly is adapted to be reconfigured between a fixed angle of tilt, a dynamically adjustable tilt-in-space configuration with the tilt axis being near the user's knees and a dynamically adjustable tilt-in-space configuration with the tilt axis being near the user's center of gravity. The reconfiguration is achieved... Agent: Glenn Patent Group

20090045600 - Bicycle crankset: A bicycle crankset (1) mounted on the frame (3) of the bicycle, two cranks (7, 9) and at least one chainring (25), the cranks being connected at their axial end (15, 17) by a connecting spindle (31). It is noteworthy in that the connection of the crankset to the frame... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090045601 - Bicycle derailleur system: A bicycle derailleur assembly that is mounted concentrically with an axle of a rear wheel assembly. The derailleur is constructed to be mounted to the bicycle such that the derailleur is pivotable about a common axis with the rear wheel and such that the rear wheel can be removed from... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090045602 - Device and method for trailer axle wheel alignment: A device and method for aligning with a king pin or drawbar swivel eye on a trailer comprising a linear crossbar connectable to a kingpin or drawbar swivel eye to permit measurement along the side of the trailer between one or more axles and the ends of the crossbar for... Agent: Stephen R. Burri

20090045603 - Yaw control system for a vehicle-trailer combination: A yaw control system capable of detecting a predetermined yaw angle of a towed vehicle and then automatically communicating with a braking system of the towed vehicle includes an actuator and a switch. The actuator and switch operate to detect when a towed vehicle, such as a trailer, has exceeded... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090045604 - Integrated hitch step: The hitch step assembly has a platform securable to a hitch bar and pivotable from a storage position to a stepping position with respect to the hitch bar. The platform is preferably substantially planar and parallel to the length of the hitch bar at the stepping position. The platform is... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090045605 - Snow ski: A sports board comprising a core member and a mounting structure interposed between the core member and an upper layer. The mounting structure defines a region on which the binding can be mounted, wherein the mounting structure comprises a flexible structure with holes that permits the core to flex during... Agent: Fish & Richardson, PC

20090045607 - Airbag apparatus: The airbag apparatus is provided with a retainer that includes a hold-down portion for attachment of a periphery of a gas inlet of an airbag to the case, a cover wall surrounding an inflator body, deflectors and catches. The cover wall includes a plurality of outlet ports for releasing inflation... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090045606 - Passenger restraint apparatus: A passenger restraint apparatus 10 in which a seat bag is inflated stepwise includes a seat bag 12 extending in the right-left width direction of a seat and configured to be inflated so as to push a seat cushion from below, an inner bag 13 provided in the seat bag... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090045610 - Airbag lid structure: An airbag lid structure includes: an airbag lid member which forms an opening for swelling an expanded airbag body; a cleavage groove formed on a back surface of the airbag lid member, and which defines the airbag lid member into a general surface located outside of the opening and a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090045609 - Automotive interior trim: An automotive interior trim for improving deployment safety of seamless passenger airbags for instrument panel is disclosed. The interior trim, mounted on an deployment opening of an airbag module of a framework for a instrument panel, includes a framework with an airbag deployment opening for a instrument panel, an airbag... Agent: William H. Honaker Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090045608 - Panel for an airbag restraint system: Panel for covering a recess that accommodates an airbag, which panel comprises an outer foil having at least one foil layer and having an outermost foil layer and a rupture layer having a greater stiffness than the outermost foil layer of the outer foil. The rupture layer is attached to... Agent: Ford Global Technologies, LLC

20090045611 - Side airbag having pipe type adaptive vent hold: Disclosed is a side airbag, which controls the pressure of the airbag by controlling the outflow of gas in such a manner as to block or open a vent hole depending on the physical size of the occupant. The side airbag includes a side airbag cushion disposed to at least... Agent: Eung Seo Kim

20090045612 - Flameless method to open a cold gas inflator burst disk: An inflator including a chamber that houses a quantity of inflation gas. The chamber is sealed by a burst disk. A punch is also added. The punch is positioned proximate the burst disk. An initiator is also added to the inflator. The initiator includes a cylinder storing a quantity of... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20090045613 - Energy management system: An energy management system includes a bolster panel configured to attach to vehicle structure and a plurality of ribs connected to the bolster panel. Each rib is deflectable during a vehicle impact. The bolster panel and the plurality of ribs are unitary and formed as one piece. The plurality of... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090045614 - Safety ensuring device:

20090045615 - Seat belt pretensioner: A pretensioning apparatus for seat belt webbing is located in the vicinity of a belt anchor end of a three-point vehicle safety restraint seat belt. The pretensioning apparatus has a fixed member in the form of a tubular member that may be anchored to a vehicle seat at the belt... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20090045616 - Skating apparatus: Disclosed is a skating apparatus for providing a skating motion with a feel similar to a feel of an ice skating motion on a contact surface other then an ice surface, to a user wearing the skating apparatus on his/her feet. The skating apparatus includes at least one guiding member,... Agent: Jay M. Schloff Intellipex PLLC

20090039607 - Saucer load transporter: Large, awkward, heavy objects are made more easily transportable when placed on the rounded seat of a concavely-shaped saucer body, pullable by a user via a rope extension arrangement connected at a pair of adjacent apertures on a front side section of the saucer body.... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky

20090039608 - Braking device for playard: A control unit is slidably mounted on a top corner of a playard and connected to the slider inside the seat through a linking unit passing through a standing post of the playard. When the control unit pulls the slider to move relative to the seat along a first direction,... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090039609 - Skateboard deck with decorative window in a cavity: A skateboard deck includes a hole or cavity formed therein, which is filled with a clear, transparent, or translucent filler material that does not significantly alter the structural integrity of the deck. The filler material forms a window or a translucent insert in the deck. In one practical embodiment, an... Agent: Mark Takahashi

20090039610 - Suspension for a tracked vehicle: A simple and cost effective air sprung suspension for tracked vehicles. The apparatus having at least one suspension arm, a track guiding means that include a pair of slide rails, a set of carrier wheels and a set of rear wheels. An air spring biasing mechanism and a shock absorber... Agent: Gerard J Karpik

20090039611 - Suspension system shackle link with shock absorber: A shackle of a suspension system that connects a leaf spring to a vehicle frame. The shackle pivots, allowing the leaf spring to swing. The shackle is configured so that its effective length changes in response to shock. An elastic member is included in the shackle to resist this change... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090039612 - Manually propelled wheelchair device: A conveyance has a plurality of wheels and, at least, first and second drive axles, which are mounted, or disposed, between the wheels. One of the wheels defines a first wheel that is rotatably mounted to one end of the first drive axle. A second of the wheels is rotatably... Agent: Edwin D. Schindler

20090039613 - Ellipticycle with torque amplifying pedal beams and a fully enclosed multiple speed dual rear wheel drive: An Ellipticycle features a conventional bicycle front wheel assembly which is joined by two parallel lengths of bicycle tubing to a cast aluminum gear case within which a multiple speed transmission is enclosed. A crank shaft extends out through bearings in the left and right side halves of the gear... Agent: Dirck T. Hartmann

20090039614 - System and method for installing a welding power supply onto a trailer: A trailer includes reference marks that depict the position whereby cargo may be placed for proper installation on the trailer. The reference marks may be applied by affixing a label onto the frame of the trailer respective of the trailer axle. One or more reference marks may be applied depicting... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090039615 - Adapter for a quick-connect tractor hitch: An adapter to facilitate attaching non-standard implements to a tractor equipped with a proprietary quick-connect hitch system. An elongated horizontal member, equipped with cylindrical end regions adapted for securing in hook regions of a quick-connect hitch system, carries a ball hitch or other similar universal hitch attachment mechanism. The novel... Agent: Williams G. Sykes

20090039616 - Dual trailer hitch: A trailer hitch includes multiple hitch connectors for connecting the trailer to a towing vehicle in different ways. The trailer hitch includes multiple connectors at distal ends of the hitch body. The trailer hitch can be position such that either end is facing the towing vehicle. Mounting plates secure the... Agent: Hahn Loeser & Parks, LLP

20090039617 - Apparatus for connecting one of a chain, strap and cable attached to an object to be one of towed and dragged to a tow hitch attached to a towing vehicle: An apparatus for connecting a chain, strap or cable attached to a pre-selected object to be towed to a tow hitch attached to a towing vehicle. The apparatus includes a plate member having a first predetermined shape. An aperture, having a second predetermined shape, which is at least sufficient to... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090039618 - Structure of rear bumper cover: A rear bumper cover 1 made from a resin disposed in the backward part of the vehicle 5 forms an opening portion 11 at the position of attachment of a tow hook 4. In the opening portion 11, a cover attaching member 2 made from a resin which has a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090039619 - Tow hitch: A tow hitch comprises an elongated tubular shank of rectangular cross-section having four side walls; and at least one tow ball mounted to an adjacent side wall of the shank with a mounting shank extending from a base of the tow ball through a first hole in the adjacent side... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090039620 - \"stroller trays and methods of mounting the same on strollers\": Stroller trays and methods of mounting the same on strollers are disclosed. An example stroller tray mates with a tray mount mounted to the stroller frame proximate a seat. The example tray includes a tray portion and an arm. The tray portion is cantilevered on the arm to extend in... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090039621 - Foldable compact carry-all: A collapsible cart comprises a base having a pair of base sections separated by a base joint, a first side having a pair of first side sections separated by a first collapsing means, a second side having a pair of second side sections separated by a second collapsing means, two... Agent: Oppenheimer Wolff & Donnelly LLP

20090039622 - Airbag module for automotive vehicles with a foldable container: The invention relates to an airbag module for automotive vehicles, comprising a gas generator (15) and an inflatable cushion (13) which are housed in a container (11) which is prismatic in shape and formed by folding a flat sheet of suitable material in which its large sides (31, 33), its... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090039623 - Side airbag device: A device includes an airbag and an outer cover. The airbag is accommodated between a body and a rear seat of a vehicle. The outer cover covers a space defined between the body and the rear seat from the passenger compartment and is exposed to the passenger compartment. When an... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090039624 - Side-impact airbag and side-impact airbag apparatus: A side-impact airbag is disposed in a space between a side wall portion of a vehicle and a seat. The side-impact airbag includes a plurality of chambers partitioned in the airbag, a communication passageway formed in a front region of the airbag in a front-and-back direction of the vehicle, and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090039625 - Vehicular occupant protection method using airbags: Method for protecting an occupant of a vehicle using an inflatable airbag includes sealing sheets of film to form a sealed airbag having interconnected compartments receivable of inflating gas and a port through which the compartments are inflated, and positioning the airbag, when in an uninflated state, into a recessed... Agent: Brian Roffe, Esq

20090039627 - Side collision airbag device: A side collision airbag device includes a side collision airbag that inflates and extends between a side wall portion of a body of a vehicle and an occupant seated on a seat disposed in the body, and an inflator that spouts a gas from a spouting portion. The gas inflates... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090039626 - Side-impact airbag and side-impact airbag apparatus: A side-impact airbag is housed in a casing to be deployed between a side wall portion of a vehicle body and an occupant seated on a seat. The side-impact airbag includes an upper portion, and a lower portion situated below the upper portion. The upper and lower portions are folded... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090039628 - Gas generator: A gas generator, particularly for a vehicle occupant restraint system, has at least one igniter (12), a pyrotechnic solid propellant bed (22), a combustion chamber (20) containing the propellant bed (22) and at least one wall part (24), the wall part (24) being arranged in the combustion chamber (20), which... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090039629 - Airbag system for out-of-position occupant protection and adaptive venting: The present invention provides a vehicle airbag assembly and method for deployment. An inflator is connected to an airbag wherein the inflator generates gases that cause inflation of the airbag. A housing substantially encloses the airbag and the inflator. The housing includes a vent hole for venting gases. An airbag... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090039630 - Airbag adaptive venting for out-of-position occupants: An airbag assembly is disclosed for use in an automobile. The disclosed airbag assembly adaptively vents gas from the interior of the airbag depending on whether an obstruction is encountered during airbag deployment.... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20090039631 - Occupant restraint device: An occupant restraint device 10 in which a bag is disposed without being folded includes a bag 12 disposed above the seat pan 8 and being inflatable to push a front portion of the seat cushion from below, and a gas generator for inflating the bag 12. The bag 12... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090039632 - Stabilizer: A stabilizer installed on a work vehicle to hold the stability of a vehicle body in excavating operation and capable of preventing the ground-contact surface of a stabilizer pad from being inverted upward when the attitude of the stabilizer pad installed at the outer tip of the vehicle body is... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20090039633 - Pi shaped cross-member: A cross-member for supporting a vehicle chassis loads includes a generally shaped member including: i) a generally flat top sheet; ii) a first side sheet extending at an angle from the top sheet, along a length of the top sheet at a location inset from a first side edge of... Agent: Volvo Technology Of America, Corporate Patents

20090039634 - Device for tightening a seat belt: A device for tightening a seat belt has a piston (2) drivable linearly in a piston guide (1) by the gas pressure of a propellant gas. A gearing (3) is also caused to move by the piston (2), the gearing serving the transmission of the piston movement to a pinion... Agent: Key Safety Systems, Inc. Patent Department

20090039635 - Kidklip ski tip connector: Disclosed is a device to connect the tips of skis and thereby enable a skier to create, hold, and adjust the shape of a wedge with his skis. The KidKlip Ski Tip Connector is comprised of two sleeves which slip over and are secured to the upturned tips of the... Agent: Bryan D. Wright

20090039636 - More stimulating riding vehicles: A non-motorized Riding Vehicle for transport of a rider on a surface. The Riding Vehicle includes a shoe body or platform for supporting at least one foot of the rider during the transport and at least one Riding Element under the shoe body or platform that rotates on an axle... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20090033044 - Ride-height control system: In some embodiments, a land vehicle includes sensors that provide information relating to a ride height of the land vehicle. A processing circuit monitors data from the sensors and controls adjustment of one or more vehicle systems that affect the vehicle's ride height based on the data from the sensors.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090033045 - Payload module for mobility assist: A ground vehicle and a method for articulating a payload module for mobility assist are disclosed. The ground vehicle comprises a chassis; and a payload module capable of articulating relative to the chassis to assist the mobility of the ground vehicle. The method comprises articulating a payload module relative to... Agent: Jeffrey A. Pyle Williams, Morgan & Amerson, P.C.

20090033046 - Roller shoe: This invention is directed to a roller shoe having a pair of rollers connected together by a strap which may be converted to a walking or running shoe by removing the rollers and strap as a unit from the outsole of the shoe.... Agent: Gray Robinson, P.A.

20090033047 - Skiing implement having a simplified structure: A skiing implement having a simplified structure, comprising an elongated frame which defines, in a central portion, supports for the feet of a user and, at the front end, a head tube for rotary engagement with a steering column; there are also provided a front ski, which is connected to... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20090033048 - Advertising space applied to grocery carts: The new advertising space is formed by a piece that is substantially triangular, allowing for two surfaces that advertising media can be applied too, being that this device is placed in proximity to the cart handle, in such a matter that both surfaces with media stay facing the cart user... Agent: Wolf, Block, Shorr And Solis-cohen LLP

20090033049 - Shopping cart: Provided is a nestable (stackable) shopping cart including a pushing device, an undercarriage having casters and carrying a basket having longitudinal and transverse bars, wherein the rear side of the basket provides an opening closeable by a flap pivotable upwards about a horizontal axis into the basket interior. The flap... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090033050 - Integrated golf bag and cart: An integrated golf bag and cart mainly combines the golf bag, internal container and cart into an integral body, which comprises an internal container, a bag body, a pull rod assembly and a wheel assembly, wherein, said internal container is disposed inside of the bag body for accommodating various golf... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20090033051 - Stroller wheel with modular suspension: A stroller wheel has a wheel rim, a wheel hub, and a suspension system integrated between the wheel rim and the wheel hub. The integrated or modular suspension system permits resilient movement of the wheel hub and the wheel rim relative to one another during normal stroller usage. A stroller... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20090033052 - Reversible walker assembly: An apparatus for assisting people with walking wherein those apparatus are reconfigurable to provide seating in either the forward-facing, or the rear-facing direction, includes a foldable, wheeled frame assembly, a seat mounted to the frame, and a reversible cross-arm, or backrest, for reconfiguring the apparatus from a rear-facing seating arrangement... Agent: Raymond J. Werner

20090033053 - Method of calibrating and steering a vehicle provided with a positioning system: The invention provides a method of calibrating a steering system for a vehicle, e.g. an off-highway machinery, to allow automatic steering based on input from a position or tracking system, e.g. based on a Global Positioning System (GPS). At least two records, each comprising a position value and a curvature... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090033054 - Independent four wheel vibration damping system for riding mowers: In a riding mower having a frame, a mower deck supported beneath the frame, a chair on said frame and a source of motive power also supported on said frame. The frame is supported on forward and rear wheel assemblies, and the wheel assemblies each have a supporting wheel, each... Agent: Dennis B. Haase

20090033056 - Wheel-guiding stabilizer device: The stabilizer device is used especially to eliminate the conflicts of design goals between the requirements of uncoupling structure-borne noise and comfort of the chassis, on the one hand, and immediate response characteristic of the stabilizer, on the other hand. Further advantages include space required for installation, weight and modularity... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20090033057 - Vehicle with a variable-camber suspension device: A vehicle comprising a variable-camber suspension device, the suspension device (1) allowing a substantially vertical suspension movement and a camber movement of the wheel (2) with respect to the body (5) of the vehicle, the vertical suspension movement and the camber movement being substantially independent. The suspension device is connected... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090033055 - Pneumatic proportioning system for vehicle air springs: A pneumatic proportioning system for heavy-duty vehicle air springs includes an air supply, a height control valve and a solenoid valve in fluid communication with one another and with the air springs of at least one axle/suspension systems of a heavy-duty vehicle. A proportioning means is in fluid communication with... Agent: Krugliak, Wilkins, Griffiths & Dougherty Co, Lpa

20090033058 - Heated cab entry steps: A heated step system for a vehicle having a heat source associated with a compartment. The system includes a step attached to an exterior portion of the vehicle and at least one aperture located near the step. The system further includes a duct having a first end in fluid communication... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090033059 - Customizable carbon frames for bicycles or other vehicles: A method of manufacturing a lightweight vehicle frame, and the end product fame, are disclosed. A first tube, which can be a cured hollow reinforced resin composite tube, is connected to a second part by a tab. The tab is tapered and is affixed to the first tube. The tab... Agent: Todd S. Parkhurst Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym Ltd.

20090033060 - Converter dolly backup device: A backup device for limiting the rotation of converter dollies about a trailer hitch is presented. A dolly mounted, laterally extending moveable bar is selectively pressed against the vertical members of the trailer's underride guard in order to prevent rotation of the dolly relative to the trailer. The bar is... Agent: Dowell Baker, P.C.

20090033061 - Trailer hitch with adjustable hitch bar: A trailer hitch having an adjustable hitch bar for coupling with a tow vehicle and a front member coupled with the adjustable hitch bar. A rear member couples with a trailer frame and a yoke couples between the rear member and the trailer frame. Converging links connect between the front... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20090033062 - Tongue assembly for a trailer having an integral hinge: A trailer tongue assembly is provided which has a first section, a second section and a hinge pivotally connecting the first and section sections. The first section has a first end with a cross-sectional configuration and the second section has a second end with a cross-sectional configuration. The hinge has... Agent: Rodney F. Brown

20090033063 - Air-operated coupling assembly: An adapter for coupling an actuator having an actuator rod that is linearly translatable along a first axis to a coupler having a lever arm with a contact face adapted to contact the draw arm and move the draw arm translationally along a second axis that is at an angle... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090033064 - Device for binding a boot to a gliding board: A device for binding a boot to a gilding board including a front retaining element, a rear retaining element, an element for connecting the front retaining element to the rear retaining element, and a return spring exerting a force urging the front retaining element toward the rear retaining element, the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090033065 - Canopied foldable baby carriage: A baby carriage includes: a pair of front legs extending in an up-down direction and having front wheels in their respective lower parts; a pair of push bars having their respective lower ends pivotally connected to upper ends of the front legs through pivot shafts, respectively; opened state lock means... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090033066 - Stroller with foldable frame and adjustable handle: A stroller includes a frame having a frame leg and a frame joint at which the frame leg is coupled to the frame. The frame joint is configured to allow retraction of the frame leg to a folded position. A handle is attached to the frame at a pivot joint,... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20090033067 - Airport luggage trolley with a built-in personal computer: The present invention is understood by one Trolley with a built-in personal computer, with monitor and folding keyboard with all the functions and mouse for internet access and other computer services while passengers wait for flights in airports lobbies and attached on the luggage Trolley (1) will be built sustentation... Agent: Furr Law Firm

20090033068 - Walking beam suspension: The invention relates to a vehicle suspension system. There is a need for a stable walking beam suspension system where the beam can oscillate and move vertically. Such a suspension system includes a support fixed to the vehicle frame and having first and second ends. A swing arm has a... Agent: Deere & Company

20090033069 - Easily-breakable inflatable airbag case: The invention concerns an airbag case wherein a line of weakness enables the case (1) to be ruptured under the effect of the force exerted by the airbag when its inflation is formed by the junction (I), by injection, of two layers of material (11, 12) defining respective parts of... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090033072 - Airbag assembly: An airbag module includes a retainer, diffuser, inflatable airbag, and an inflator to inflate the airbag. The diffuser is configured to disperse inflation gas from the inflator into the inflatable airbag. The retainer and/or diffuser comprise a glass-filled polymer material. The retainer includes a projection extending from a base wall.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090033070 - Passenger airbag mounting apparatus: An airbag assembly is described. The airbag assembly includes an airbag housed within an airbag housing and an airbag inflator. A B-ring that engages the airbag housing is also added. The B-ring comprises a base surface, a first stabilizing bracket and a second stabilizing bracket, wherein the first and second... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp, Inc.

20090033071 - Pedestrian airbag apparatus: A pedestrian airbag apparatus in which smooth inflation and deployment of an airbag are achieved without using an inflator having a high output is provided. An opening 3a for allowing passage of the airbag provided on a bonnet hood 3 is covered by a lid 20. A rear edge 20r... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090033073 - Airbag-releasing structure, inner case, and airbag device: An airbag-releasing structure capable of smoothly releasing an airbag in the vehicle, an inner case, and an airbag device are provided. In one form, the inner case of the present invention includes the inner panels connected to the inside of the outer panel, and the side walls defining the space... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090033074 - Vehicle upholstery member having air bag door, and method and device for producing the same: A vehicle upholstery member having an invisible type air bag door formed with a break-scheduled line that is designed for easy measurement of depth or the like and that cannot be recognized from the front surface side; a method of producing the same; and a device for producing the same.... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance LLP

20090033075 - Vehicle occupant sensing system: A vehicle occupant sensing system includes a plurality of image pickup devices arranged to capture a three-dimensional image in a region including at least a cover part of the front airbag system and an upper part of the front passenger seat, and a signal processing unit for processing image signals... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090033076 - Liquid silicone rubber coating composition, curtain air bag, and method of producing same: A liquid silicone rubber coating composition that is ideal for forming a coating on an air bag is provided. The composition includes: (A) an organopolysiloxane containing two or more alkenyl groups bonded to silicon atoms within each molecule, (B) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane containing at least two silicon atom-bonded hydrogen atoms within... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090033077 - Inflatable belt, and inflatable belt apparatus: An inflatable belt is provided having good tactual feeling and an inflatable belt apparatus is provided comprising the same. In one form, a bag comprises a front portion and an over-shoulder portion which are connected to form substantially a boomerang shape. The bag is formed by folding a panel into... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090033078 - Dual function capacitive sensor for seat occupant detection: A dual function capacitive occupant detection sensor includes a capacitive load cell disposed below a seat cushion, an electric field emitter disposed above the seat cushion and a capacitance-responsive control circuit. The control circuit determines a seated weight of an occupant based on the load cell capacitance, and a coupling... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090033079 - Airbag folding device and airbag folding method: There are provided an airbag folding device, and an airbag folding method, for mechanically folding an airbag to form a doughnut-shaped airbag. The airbag folding device is characterized in comprising a support member (62) columnar in shape, rising while supporting a tubular tether belt (11a), an outer cylinder (63) coaxial... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090033080 - Inflatable air-bag: An inflatable air-bag is disclosed which is provided with a controllable vent formed in the fabric of the air-bag. The vent comprises a hole formed in the fabric of the air-bag and a flexible vent tube which extends inwardly of the air-bag from the hole so as to terminate in... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090033081 - Air bag with improved tear stitch: An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant (20) of a vehicle (12) includes an inflatable vehicle occupant protection device (14) having a deflated condition and an inflated condition. Tear stitching (200) interconnects portions (220 and 230) of the protection device (14) and is rupturable to permit the interconnected... Agent: Tarolli Sundheim, Covell, & Tummino L.L.P.

20090033082 - Steering column for a motor vehicle: at least one energy absorption part (34) of the energy absorption device (18) deformable in the displacement of the supporting unit (4) with respect to the mounting unit (5) is composed of a magnetorheological elastomer and that the energy absorption device (18) includes a means for the generation of a... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090033083 - Interior structure for vehicle near instrument panel and column cover: An interior structure for a vehicle includes a cover. The cover includes a pair of attachments and arranged above a column cover. One of the attachments is attached to an instrument panel and another of the attachments is attached to a column cover. Then, the cover screens a gap between... Agent: Ndq&m Watchstone LLP

20090033084 - Sensor assembly for a vehicle occupant protection device: A vehicle occupant protection device (30) for helping to protect an occupant of a seat (10) of a vehicle (12) includes an inertia member (134,334) engaging an element (136,330). The inertia member (134,334) is movable relative to the element (136,330) from an unactuated position to an actuated position in response... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.