Land vehicles inventions 06/09

20090160141 - Stability system for a trike: P

20090160142 - Skating shoes: The present invention relates to skating shoes that are capable of walking and skating, and more particularly, to skating shoes that are possible of self-driving skating and free conversion between walking and skating without a particular operation.... Agent: The Rafferty Patent Law Firm

20090160143 - Skateboard deck and spring-based truck: A skateboard comprises a deck including a first layer formed of synthetic material, a second layer formed of synthetic material and substantially coplanar with the first layer, and a middle layer substantially coplanar with and coupled between the first layer and the second layer. The middle layer is formed of... Agent: Hogan & Hartson L.L.P.

20090160144 - Sled formed from flat sheet of flexible material: A sled formed of a sheet of a flat flexible plastics material includes two holes at the sides rearward of the front edge and at the front edge two further holes such that, when a rope extends between the holes, the rope holds the front edge pulled rearwardly and upwardly... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090160145 - Shopping cart adapted to receive elongated items: There is provided a shopping cart adapted to receive elongated items. The shopping cart includes a frame having an upper portion and a lower portion. A plurality of wheels are connected to the lower portion of the frame. The shopping cart includes an upper basket attached to the upper portion... Agent: David M. Carter Carter & Schnedler, P.A.

20090160146 - Shopping cart, frame, basket and production methods: The present invention includes a shopping cart frame with mounting bracket units connecting caster wheels and having a plate secured underneath the base with a caster pin receiving hole and spaced-apart flanges flanking the hole and abutting on the base; a shopping cart with a support bar between side uprights... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20090160147 - Chassis with retractable wheels: There is a chassis with retractable wheels, wherein the chassis includes a housing. The chassis may also include a chassis sled slidably disposed within the housing. In addition, the chassis may include a pair of lever arms, each said lever arm being disposed in the lower portion of the housing.... Agent: Advantia Law Group

20090160148 - Hand truck assembly: A hand truck assembly includes a frame including an upper portion and a lower portion. The assembly further includes a handle attached to the upper portion of the frame. The assembly also includes a pair of wheels attached to the lower portion of the frame. In addition, the assembly includes... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090160149 - Semi-rigid transparent protective shield for jogging stroller and method of shielding occupant: A semi-rigid transparent shield for a jogging stroller provides occupant protection from wind, rain and snow. The device quickly and easily attaches to, and detaches from a jogging stroller. The semi-rigid transparent shield does not crease or wrinkle, maintaining excellent visibility for stroller occupant. The shield also provides protection from... Agent: The Law Offices Of Donna L. Angotti

20090160150 - Folding scooter: A folding scooter has an upright handlebar position, suitable for riding the scooter, and a folded handlebar position, suitable for storing the scooter. The folding scooter features a base, a handlebar shaft having locking hinge plates, and a base shaft having a lower locking hinge plate. The locking hinge plates... Agent: Patent Group C/o Dla Piper US LLP

20090160151 - A-arm frame with bearing for hauling devices: An A-arm frame 10 for a vehicle has two arms 12, 14 that converge at an apex 16. Each arm has a mounting end opposite the apex for mounting to the housing for an axle of the vehicle. A pivot joint at the apex connects the A-arm frame to the... Agent: Michaud-duffy Group LLP

20090160152 - Rearward torque arm for damping independently suspended and driven axle shafts: An independently suspended, driven axle shaft set in which the axle shafts are driven by a differential which is rigidly connected to the body of the motor vehicle by a rearward torque arm, whereby powerhop is mitigated thereby. Where the axle shafts are torsionally asymmetric with respect to each other,... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20090160153 - Wheel suspension for a front axle of a motor vehicle: As a result of a configuration and position of an upper transverse link and of a lower transverse link, a wheel pivot axis is created which has a point of intersection with an area region of a vertical wheel central transverse plane and a wheel central longitudinal plane. An adjustment... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090160154 - Wheel suspension for the rear wheels of a motor vehicle: A wheel suspension for the rear wheels of a motor vehicle is created, with three links being provided in an upper link plane, and with a foremost link as viewed in the direction of travel being provided as a track rod and the two further links being provided as separate... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090160155 - Stabilizer: A stabilizer configured to connect suspension devices situated right and left of an automobile, the stabilizer is characterized in that the stabilizer extends below a suspension member where a steering device of the automobile is fixed; at a side of the suspension member, the stabilizer extends above a lower arm... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090160157 - Front fork for bicycle: A front fork for a bicycle includes an upright tube, a fork crown and two branch tubes. The upright tube is mounted on a bottom end of the upright tube. The branch tubes each have a top connected to the fork crown, and a rib located inside an upper section... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090160156 - Upper frame of front fork for bicycle: An upper frame of a front fork for a bicycle includes an upright tube and two branch tubes. The upright tube has an axial rib. The two branch tubes extend bilaterally from a bottom end of the upright tube and each have an axial rib parallel substantially to a longitudinal... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090160158 - Structure of wheelchair that is convertible into push-cot: A wheelchair is constructed to be convertible into a push-cot. The wheelchair includes a main chassis and front and rear chassis that are removably received in the main chassis and are extendable in frontward and rearward directions. A reclining back frame is rotatably mounted to the rear side of the... Agent: Joe Mckinney Muncy

20090160159 - Adjusting device, air deflecting system, control member and device enabling aerodynamic resistance of a semi-trailer to be reduced: A device for adjusting a fifth wheel, comprising a displacement device provided with two guide rails placed on the vehicle, in particular on a tractor semi-trailer combination in the longitudinal direction thereof, said guide rails whereon a slide may be installed capable of being moved by means of an actuating... Agent: Daniel J. Hudak, Jr. Hudak, Shunk & Farine Co., Lpa

20090160160 - Adjustable trailer for luggage carriers: An adjustable trailer for receiving a container, comprising a main member adapted to be attached at a free end thereof to a vehicle, at least one adjustable unit extending transversally of and being connected to the longitudinal main member. A length of the adjustable unit is adapted to be varied.... Agent: Bcf LLP

20090160161 - Snow gliding board and set of at least two such snow gliding boards: A snow gliding board comprises an upper protective layer (5) and an internal mechanical structuring beam (21). The upper protective layer (5) partially covers the internal beam (21), without significantly influencing the mechanical behavior defined by this internal beam (21), and comprises a visible skin (7), and a 3D visible... Agent: Burr & Brown

20090160162 - Stroller with multiple configurations: A stroller for carrying a child in a plurality of configurations includes a frame having a frame base defining a forward-facing direction and a rearward-facing direction and at least two side members attached at opposite sides of the frame base. The stroller further includes a plurality of wheels connected to... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090160163 - Extendable trailer having a roll support assembly: An apparatus comprising a front flatbed trailer section, a rear flatbed trailer section, a first support assembly carried by one of the front and rear flatbed trailer sections, and wherein the first support assembly at least partially disengages the other of the front and rear flatbed trailer sections. A method... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090160164 - Airbag and airbag apparatus: An airbag includes a first and a second inner panel that partition the internal part of the airbag into a first chamber, and a second chamber surrounding the first chamber. Rear-side openings that allow the first chamber to communicate with the second chamber are provided in the second inner panel.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090160166 - Airbag apparatus and methods: An airbag apparatus of a vehicle includes a curtain airbag configured to be deployed from a first location proximate to an upper portion of a side window of the vehicle, the curtain airbag configured to extend to a lower portion of the side window when the curtain airbag is inflated,... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20090160165 - Pillar garnish mounting structure for a vehicle equipped with a head-protecting air bag apparatus: A metal bracket (50) is mounted on the outside surface that faces the outside of the passenger compartment in the lateral direction of the vehicle of an upper end (46C) of a center pillar garnish (36). When an air bag (20) is deployed, bent parts (74B) of the wings of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090160168 - Air belt device: In an air belt device which has the gas-supply portion, such as an inflator, fixed therein, a connection between an air belt and a gas supply portion is simplified. A lap anchor 13 coupled to an end of a lap bag 15 is pivotally supported by a support shaft 13p... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090160167 - Occupant restraining apparatus: Regarding a vehicle equipped with an occupant restraining apparatus having a bag whose internal gas pressure is adjustable in accordance with a type of collision of the vehicle, when the vehicle is involved in a frontal collision of a predetermined magnitude or greater, an inflator 40 is activated to inflate... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090160169 - Dynamic airbag venting: An example airbag assembly includes an airbag and a duct having an opening for venting gas. The duct moves between a first position where the opening is outside the airbag and a second position where the opening is inside the airbag. Inflating the airbag moves the duct between the first... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090160170 - Airbag device for vehicle: In a plan view seen from above a vehicle, a cover (20), which closes an airbag deployment opening (14) formed in a hood outer panel (12), is elongate, and has an arc shape. The center portion of the cover (20) in a vehicle-width direction protrudes toward the front of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090160171 - Low risk deployment driver airbag system: A driver airbag includes a front panel facing a driver and an opposite rear panel. Each panel has a central region and a perimeter with a center point being defined at the geometric center of the panel. The perimeters of the front and rear panels are joined to provide an... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090152824 - Active, divided motor vehicle stabilizer having an incorporated pivot motor: An active, divided stabilizer for a motor vehicle having an incorporated pivot motor is provided. The pivot motor is used for pivot regulation and includes at least one displacement drive having a motor and transmission, and a housing. At least one housing part is connected to an associated stabilizer part... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090152825 - Bag retainer/transporter and method of use thereof: A bag retainer/transporter comprising a floor, a bag mount, a frame and at least one wheel, wherein the bag mount is either generally rectangular or circular in shape. The bag retainer/transporter has a bag mount that may be selectively pivoted parallel to the frame, wherein the bag retainer/transporter is utilized... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090152826 - Cargo cart with hitch for wheeled mobility device: Cargo cart 10 has front castors 32 and rear wheels 34 and can be used independently or attached to a conventional walker 101. Cart 100 includes a hitch 500 adjustable in height for selectively connecting cart 10 in front of walker 101 with rear wheels 34 off the ground such... Agent: Calif Kip Tervo

20090152827 - Cargo cart for wheeled mobility device: Cargo cart 10 can be used independently or attached to a conventional walker 101. Cooperative attach means 40 connect cart 10 in front of walker 101 through roll leader 44, which propels and steers cart 10 in response to user's control of walker 101. In attached mode, rear wheels 34... Agent: Calif Kip Tervo

20090152828 - Steering assist for a rear caster wheel on a work machine: A work machine includes a frame, at least one drive wheel carried by the frame, at least one caster wheel assembly carried by the frame, and at least one turn assist arrangement. Each turn assist arrangement is coupled between the frame and a corresponding caster wheel assembly. Each turn assist... Agent: Deere & Company

20090152829 - Knee scooter: A knee scooter includes a substantially V-shaped chassis formed by a pair of extensions joined together at a vertex. At the vertex, the extensions form an angle of about sixty degrees. Further, the extensions establish a foot-space in the interior of the angle and define a chassis centerline that bisects... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20090152830 - Trailer hitch mounted motorcycle carrier: A motorcycle carrier attaches to a conventional trailer ball and supports a motorcycle front wheel for towing the motorcycle. The carrier resides approximately horizontally and provides a cradle for the motorcycle front wheel holding the front wheel, and motorcycle, in a vertical attitude. The carrier includes a downward facing mouth... Agent: Averill & Varn

20090152832 - Anti-sway trailer hitch devices: The present disclosure relates trailer hitch devices for towing a trailer behind a vehicle. The present disclosure provides a hitch and associated structures which provide an anti-sway function. More specifically, the present disclosure provides an anti-sway trailer hitch including an anti-sway device for the hitch, wherein the anti-sway device includes:... Agent: Walter W. Karnstein Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20090152831 - Hitching device with stabilizer for avoiding and/or damping rolling motions between a traction vehicle and a trailer coupled to this traction vehicle: The invention is based on a hitching device with a stabilizer for avoiding and/or damping rolling motions between a traction vehicle and a trailer coupled to it. The stabilizer is equipped with a friction clutch, which affects the friction conditions between a trailer hitch on the end toward the traction... Agent: Ronald E. Greigg Greigg & Greigg P.l.l.c.

20090152834 - Articulated unit and method for lubricating an articulated unit: An articulated unit for a motor vehicle with a housing (1) and a link pin (2) supported in the housing (1), and a bearing shell (4) disposed between the housing (1) and a bearing section (3) of the link pin (2), with the bearing shell (4) supported with its outer... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus

20090152833 - Imitation police vehicle: A device and method of use as an imitation police passenger vehicle are disclosed. The imitation police passenger vehicle may have a molded shell in the shape of a police passenger vehicle which is placed on a trailer with four wheels with the wheels in positions similar to a police... Agent: Lowell Johnson

20090152835 - Strap for snowboard boots or bindings: A binding or boot strap is provided that allows a rider to easily, rapidly and/or effectively tighten and/or loosen the strap about his or her boot. The strap includes a boot-engaging strap portion that engages with an engagement strap coupleable to the boot, as may be the case with boots... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090152836 - Foldable stroller having discrete handlebar: A stroller is provided having a stroller frame supported by front and rear wheels. The frame includes a latch assembly that is movable between a locked and an unlocked position. When in the locked position, the latch assembly prevents the frame from being folded. When in the unlocked position, the... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20090152837 - Squib connector connecting structure of airbag inflator: A squib connector connecting structure of an airbag inflator comprises a shunt bar connector and a retainer sequentially inserted into an insertion hole of an inflator, and a squib connector inserted into retainer. Further, a guide groove is formed at insertion hole of inflator and a body of squib connector... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152841 - Airbag apparatus: An airbag apparatus includes an airbag, a retainer, a bag ring to sandwich a periphery of an opening of the airbag between the retainer and the bag ring, and a gas-generating device inserted into the airbag for discharging a gas for development of the airbag. The bag ring includes an... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090152838 - Airbag inflator device and method of installation: A vehicle having and airbag inflator device and method of installation is disclosed. The airbag inflator device is positioned in a recess in a body structure roof rail or enclosed in an interior cavity defined by the roof rail member. The airbag inflator is mounted to the roof rail directly... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090152839 - Supplemental inflatable restraint system with hush panel housing: A supplemental inflatable restraint system is provided for use with a vehicle having an instrument panel at a forward end therein. A hush panel, which defines a cavity configured to nest the SIR therein, is attached to a lower portion of the instrument panel. The cavity has an opening facing... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090152840 - Vehicle steering system including irrotational airbag module: A steering system includes a steering column and a steering wheel gear that are offset from each other so that the torque of steering wheel is transmitted to steering column. An airbag module received in a steering wheel hub of steering wheel is independently mounted such that it is not... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152842 - Airbag lateral flap: The airbag assembly features an airbag cushion, a deployment flap, an extension flap attached to the deployment flap, and a lateral flap. The deployment flap is configured to protect the airbag cushion as it deploys from the module housing. The extension flap is configured to position the airbag cushion during... Agent: Autoliv Asp Inc

20090152843 - Device for decreasing peak pressure of airbag: The present invention relates to an airbag deployment device for decreasing peak pressure of an airbag in which an inflation tube is provided to a tear seam of a cover and an inflation tube is connected to an inflator through a gas supply tube. When the inflator is operated, the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152846 - Airbag cushion structure with variable inner vent hole: The present invention provides an airbag cushion structure with variable inner vent holes, which has at least two chambers into which an inflation gas is delivered from an inflator. According to the airbag cushion structure, safe inflation performance of an airbag is maximized in an early inflation by increasing the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152844 - Airbag cushion with multiple chambers: An airbag cushion has multiple chambers of which the expansion order and speed are controlled. The airbag cushion can expand in a predetermined order at a predetermined speed to optimally protect a passenger. Therefore, the airbag cushion can rapidly expand between the steering wheel and the passenger, without injuring the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152845 - Structure of driver's airbag cushion of vehicle: A structure for a driver's airbag cushion of a vehicle is provided to protect the driver's lower body as well as the driver's upper body and head, without mounting a knee airbag at the lower portion of the crash pad. The structure may include a blocking member that extends from... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152847 - Knee airbag and method of folding the same: Provided is a knee airbag capable of adjusting the height and width of the airbag upon deployment thereof and deploying the airbag along a lower crash panel. The knee airbag is installed at a lower crash panel and has an inflator installed at a predetermined position thereof, wherein the knee... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090152848 - Active bolster: An active bolster for a vehicle is provided, wherein the bolster includes a hollow main body that is inflatable and is self-supporting in both an inflated and in an uninflated position.... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090152849 - Side impact bolster: An energy-management device is provided for occupant protection in side-impact events and is designed to meet FMVSS214 and IIHS barrier tests. The energy-management device is designed to be part of a side door trim panel of a vehicle and forms the “A-surface” around a first area where the shoulder/thorax of... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090152850 - Airbag cushion: The present invention relates to an airbag cushion for protecting a driver and passengers when a vehicle crashes, wherein the sliding bent is guided into a belt guider and slides between a deployment portion and the belt guider, when the deployment portion is deployed. The sliding belt slides between the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090152852 - Curtain airbag: A curtain airbag may include a tube assembly coupled to an inflator and supplying inflation gas generated by the inflator into a cushion, wherein the tube assembly is inserted into a fabric wrap receiving the cushion and the fabric wrap is fixed to the tube assembly.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152851 - Gas generation device with consumable ignitor tube: A gas generation device includes an elongated housing and an ignitor tube. The elongated housing defines a generant bed. The ignitor tube is disposed within the housing and extends at least substantially along the entire length of the generant bed. The ignitor tube defines an unobstructed path for ignitor gases... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090152853 - Passenger airbag structure of vehicle: The present invention provides a passenger airbag structure that prevents an airbag cushion from directly shocking a child in a passenger seat to secure safety of the child by controlling the flow of an inflation gas in an early inflation of the airbag cushion and has the same of improved... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152854 - Motor vehicle with a displaceable roof configuration and a rollover protection element: A motor vehicle with a roof configuration which can be displaced between a closed position and open position and has a roof skin. At least one rollover protection element which, in a retracted inoperative position, is concealed under a covering, is moveable, by displacing the covering, into an extended protective... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090152855 - Semi-trailer landing gear: A semi-trailer landing gear, in particular to support trailers, with a support element which includes an outer sleeve and an inner sleeve and which can be displaced in a telescopic manner in relation to the height. The outer sleeve includes a securing flange which can be applied to a vehicle.... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20090152856 - Sub frame for vehicle: A sub frame for a vehicle may include an assembly including a front member, a rear member, and a pair of side members of which both front ends are jointed to distal ends of the front member and of which both rear ends are jointed to distal ends of the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090152857 - Debris removal system: A cleaning device for use with a wheeled apparatus, the device utilizing the rotational motion of at least one of the wheels to clean a portion of an implement, such as a golf club. The device is removably attachable to at least one of the wheels of a golf cart... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC

20090146385 - Height adjustment on a wheel suspension for motor vehicles: A height adjustment on a wheel suspension for motor vehicles, having a shock absorber which has a piston rod, which shock absorber is dynamically connected to the vehicle body, and to which shock absorber a helical spring is coaxially assigned which is clamped between two spring plates that can be... Agent: Novak Druce & Quigg LLP

20090146386 - In-line skates, frame assemblies and assemblies for modifying in-line skates: In-line skates, frame assemblies and assemblies for modifying in-line skates are provided. A representative assembly for modifying an in-line skate includes a grinding member configured for removable attachment to an in-line skate frame. The grinding member has a grinding sidewall and a grinding base, with the grinding base extending outwardly... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090146387 - Device for hunters and fishermen: An apparatus for a hunter having a preformed body with a plurality of adjustable supports to brace the body in an upright position. The device has removable wheels and is foldable for transport. It may be pulled over land or ice. Accessories are an overhead awning and a removable side... Agent: Robert M. Gamson, Esquire Hodes, Pessin & Katz, P.A.

20090146388 - Single caster wheel assembly for trailer towable at high speeds: A trailer wheel assembly for mounting on the rear of a trailer has a structure that reduces or prevents oscillations about a vertical axis arising during high speed towing. The structure includes dual wheels mounted on an axle, a resilient support, and a suspension arm extending rearwardly and downwardly from... Agent: Nawrocki, Rooney & Sivertson Suite 401, Broadway Place East

20090146389 - Wheelchair: A wheelchair according to one embodiment is provided with a frame and a seat assembly that is movable in elevation relative to the frame. The frame has a seat hinge mounted thereto, and is rotatably coupled to left and right wheels. The seat assembly has a side member hingedly coupled... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090146390 - Fork crown and manufacturing method, in particular for bicycles: A fork crown, fork for a bicycle and a method of manufacturing a fork crown including a body having a center portion and a center hole provided thereat for receiving and connection with a steering shaft. Furthermore the body includes two end portions, each of which has a mounting hole... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090146391 - Folding bicycle constructed from plate frame elements: A bicycle frame design using plate frame structural elements for a high performance, full suspension bicycle having the ability to fold up in a package of compact size is provided. The main frame is formed by opposed plate frame elements (1, 2), patterned in the ergonomic dimensions and component arrangements... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20090146392 - Trailer towing-control apparatus: The invention relates to a trailer towing-control apparatus comprising a towing means connectable between a trailer and a towing vehicle; the towing means having a first connection means at its operative forward end pivotably connectable to a towing vehicle and a second connection means pivotably connectable to the trailer on... Agent: Bromberg & Sunstein LLP

20090146393 - Guide it: A mirror is mounted on the tailgate of a truck and is oriented to reflect the tailgate target to the rear view mirror of the truck whereby a driver can align a trailer and the tailgate.... Agent: Edward W. Hawkins

20090146394 - Wagon: An assembly for removably coupling a cart to a towing hitch of a vehicle. The assembly includes a support member having a first end portion configured to be coupled to the towing hitch and a second end portion configured to be coupled to an underside of the cart. The second... Agent: Davis Wright Tremaine, LLP/seattle

20090146395 - Snow glide board, in particular ski: The invention relates to a snow glide board, in particular a ski, having a glide board body and guide and mounting elements located in a binding area of the glide board body for interlocking mounting of a binding.... Agent: Hoffman, Wasson & Gitler, P.C.

20090146396 - Adjustable stiffness strap: The invention relates to an ankle strap assembly for a snowboard binding. The strap assembly includes a middle strap portion having a stiffening panel with a longitudinal slot defining upper and lower rails, and at least one stiffening member that engages the upper and lower rails. The invention also relates... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090146397 - Blockless highback binding: A binding comprising a baseplate that is adapted to attach to a gliding board such as a snowboard, the gliding board having lateral and medial sidewalls and a heel loop, and a pivotably highback pivotably mounted to the baseplate. The heel loop includes at least one forwardly disposed tooth, and... Agent: Christensen, O'connor, Johnson, Kindness, PLLC

20090146399 - Airbag arrangement for a motor vehicle seat: An apparatus for an airbag arrangement including a frame part and an airbag package. The frame part may be a part of a base body of a motor vehicle seat. The airbag package is fastened to the frame part. The airbag package includes a folded-up airbag that may be inflated... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090146398 - Vehicular airbag device: A vehicular airbag device is disclosed as having a mounting bracket supported on a steering member via a fixing portion and extending upward, and an airbag module mounted on the mounting bracket at an upper area thereof. The mounting bracket has connecting portions, provided with front and rear slits, whereby... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090146401 - Airbag device for a motor vehicle: An airbag device for a vehicle, including an airbag package, a receptacle, and a flexible protective covering for the airbag. The flexible protective covering includes at least two flexible, sheet-like protective elements secured to the receptacle. The flexible, sheet-like protective elements are connected to one another via at least one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090146400 - Knee airbag apparatus for a motorized vehicle: A supplemental inflatable restraint system (SIR) is provided for use with a vehicle having a passenger compartment with an instrument panel at a forward end therein. The SIR includes a cavity having an opening formed in a lower portion of the instrument panel. An inflatable cushion is operable to transition... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090146402 - Passenger side airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method: The present invention relates to an airbag door for instrument panel and its manufacturing method. A passengerside airbag door for instrument panel includes a substrate with airbag opening, skin layer and foam layer, a PAB door reinforcement board which covers the airbag opening is connected to the instrument panel substrate.... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090146404 - Airbag for a front passenger's seat: The airbag for a front passenger's seat includes an inner panel comprised of a pair of left and right base cloths. Each of the base cloths has a band shape curved in a generally C shape. A circumferential edge of a communication area communicating left and right shoulder restraining portions... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090146403 - Passenger seat airbag: A passenger-seat airbag (32) includes a left airbag (44), a right airbag (46), and a root portion (48). A strap (70) is provided in the root portion (48) that is inflated by gas injected from an inflator (28) when a passenger-seat airbag device (10) operates. The strap (70) connects the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090146405 - Knee protector structure for vehicle: The present invention relates to a knee protector structure for a vehicle. The present invention intends to make it possible to positively prevent an upper absorption bracket from being deformed with a tensile force exerted through a connecting bracket when a lower absorption bracket is deformed with knee input energy... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090140501 - Hydraulic system for a vehicle suspension: A suspension system for a vehicle body and at least two forward and two rearward wheel assemblies. The suspension system has a hydraulic system including at least one front left, front right, rear left and rear right wheel rams (11, 12, 13, 14) respectively located between the wheel assemblies and... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090140502 - Steering system: The present invention improves response characteristics in turning traveling of a vehicle while traveling stability at the time of turning is kept. The present invention provides a system in which toe angles of left and right rear wheels are controlled based on a steering angular velocity, not a steering angle... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20090140503 - Skibob and method for riding a chairlift: Skibobs are disclosed having features for conveying the skibob with rider on a moving chairlift while the rider remains mounted on the seat of the skibob. The frame and suspension are configured for elevating the underside of the skibob seat above the level of the chairlift bench during loading, so... Agent: K. Karel Lambert

20090140504 - Shopping bag with detachable wheel chassis: The present invention relates to a shopping bag with a detachable wheel chassis. Said shopping bag comprises a bag body having bag handles and receiving portion on its bottom; and a wheel chassis connected with the shopping bag body in an inserting manner, which includes a pair of wheels and... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090140505 - Shopping cart security device: A device and method for temporarily maintaining and securing valuables in a shopping cart is disclosed. The device is manufactured to fit in the upper basket area of standard shopping carts. The device can be modified to fit in alternative shopping cart designs and sizes. The device is generally manufactured... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20090140506 - Motor vehicle adjustable toe link: A toe link for the suspension system of a vehicle includes means for adjusting the axial length of the toe link while preventing relative rotation of the extending ends of the toe link.... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090140507 - Bicycle with front and rear disk brakes operable approximately simultaneously: A bicycle includes front and rear disk brake units. The rear disk brake unit includes a rear brake lever unit, a rear brake disk, a rear caliper device, and a rear brake oil tube interconnecting the rear brake lever unit and the rear caliper device and having a first inner... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090140508 - Bicycle fork assembly: A fork assembly for a bicycle including a frame having a head tube. The fork assembly includes a fork having a fork crown, a steerer tube, and a transition that couples the fork crown to the steerer tube. The transition is adapted to be positioned within the head tube, and... Agent: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

20090140509 - Airbag device: An airbag device comprising an airbag (1) made of a woven fabric which is fastened to a vehicle structure, in particular above a vehicle occupant, and which can be filled with gas by means of a gas generator and in the filled state extends in front of the vehicle occupant... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090140510 - Porous igniter coating for use in automotive airbag inflators: An ignition composition effective to form a porous igniter substance capable of adhering to an associated inflator apparatus surface for use in an automotive inflatable restraint system and a method for preparing a porous igniter coating formed from the ignition composition are provided. The ignition composition includes a fuel, an... Agent: Autoliv Asp, Inc Attn: Sally J. Brown Esq