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Land vehicles June invention type 06/10

20100156057 - Motor vehicle wheel mounting comprising a binary actuator for adjusting the angular position of the plane of a wheel: A motor vehicle wheel set-up via a wheel holder is provided, which wheel holder is associated with the vehicle via at least one pivot in such a way that the plane of the wheel can exhibit first and second angular running positions. The set-up further has a binary actuator that... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20100156058 - Skate: A skate having a skate boot with a non-lasted boot shell, the shell having a first non-lasted three-dimensional sub-shell and a second non-lasted three-dimensional sub-shell, the second sub-shell being interior to and adjoining the first sub-shell, the first sub-shell comprising a first material having a first density and the second... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (sport Maska)

20100156059 - Transportation device: The present disclosure relates to a transporting device for transporting loads by hand with a base frame made of sheet metal or metal tubing in the manner of a hand truck, which has two transport wheels at a lower end opposite a loading shovel and in the center of the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100156060 - Reversible stroller handle: A stroller includes a frame, a pivot joint assembly mounted on the frame, and a handle coupled to the frame at the pivot joint assembly. The handle rotates about a pivot axis defined by the pivot joint assembly between first and second positions relative to the frame. A latch assembly... Agent: Lempia Braidwood Graco

20100156061 - Connection of a suspension strut to a wheel carrier of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to a connection of a suspension strut to a wheel carrier of a motor vehicle, wherein the wheel carrier is provided with a fixture for the releasable connection of a lower end of the suspension strut, and wherein the lower end of the suspension strut is mounted... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20100156062 - Carrying trailer for use with bicycles: A carrying trailer for use with bicycles includes a spine, a plurality of branch members and a wheel. The spine has a connecting portion at one end thereof which is adapted to couple to a bicycle. Each branch member has a ring and a supporting arm. The ring is rotatably... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100156063 - Wheelchair lever drive system: A manual propulsion mechanism for wheelchairs utilizes a lever pivotally mounted to the hub of each rear wheel such that the wheelchair user can propel the chair with push/pull movements of the levers. Forward and reverse propulsion directions are accomplished by a system of one-way reversible clutches contained in the... Agent: Steve Green

20100156064 - Wheelchair with enhanced toilet accessibility: A wheelchair with enhanced toilet access which facilitates independent use of the wheelchair by the user without intervention by caregivers. The wheelchair with enhanced toilet access includes a frame which includes a pair of laterally-separated side frame portions, with primary wheels as well as at least one secondary wheel rotatably... Agent: Ekse Law Firm, PC Attn: Mark A. Ekse

20100156065 - Wheelchair: A wheelchair is provided for positioning and transporting patients. An exemplary embodiment of the wheelchair includes a tiltable seat frame portion and a base frame portion. The seat frame portion is generally configured to tilt relative to the base frame portion. An arcuate track adjustment portion generally permits pivotal adjustment... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20100156066 - Mountain bicycle having improved frame geometry: A bicycle frame set with front and rear suspension systems, where a seat point is defined by an intersection of a central axis of the seat post with a top surface of the seat, and a seat tube angle is defined as an acute angle formed between a first line... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20100156067 - Method of producing a top layer: The invention relates to a method of producing a top layer (10) constituting a layer (6) of a gliding device (1), which top layer (10) comprises an external face (18) and an internal face (24) directed towards a core (9) of the gliding device (1). The top layer (10) is... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100156068 - Snowboard tether device: A snowboard tether device comprising a base and a dome. The base is affixed to a snowboard and comprises two finger grips, a thumb grip and a receiving area with a steel plate. The dome comprises a top part, a bottom part, a shaft, a spool with a cable and... Agent: Antoinette M. Tease

20100156069 - Folding wagon with seats: A folding wagon has a folding frame with a stowed and open position. The folding frame has a pair of front vertical supports, and a pair of rear vertical supports. A lower front horizontal support connects between the pair of front vertical supports, and a lower rear horizontal support connects... Agent: Law Offices Of Clement Cheng

20100156070 - Hood airbag device for use in a vehicle: A vehicle hood airbag device in which a door (18) that covers an opening (22A) in the outer hood panel (22) is supported by a hinge (21) when an airbag (16) is deployed. The hinge (21) is connected to a stepped bolt (52) (a connector member) on the side of... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20100156072 - Head airbag module: A head airbag module for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, is provided with a head airbag and a receptacle, which receives the folded head airbag. The head airbag having a gas channel and an airbag, and the head airbag module being implemented so that the head airbag... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100156073 - Motor vehicle having head airbag: A motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, is provided with a vehicle body, at least one head airbag and one gas generator for filling the head airbag. The gas generator being fastened to an element of the vehicle body that extends essentially in the vehicle transverse direction.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100156071 - Side airbag structure: A side airbag unit disposed in a side support of a seat capable of absorbing collision energy sufficiently during a side collision of a vehicle is described. In one example, the airbag unit comprises: a low expansion member disposed inside of a front skin of the seat, wherein one end... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle LLP

20100156074 - Airbag and airbag device: An airbag for protecting an occupant includes a panel forming the airbag and having an occupant counter surface with a head counter portion to face a head of the occupant when the airbag is inflated. A recess portion is formed in the head counter portion when the airbag is inflated.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100156076 - Airbag, airbag device, and vehicle: An airbag comprises a right half airbag to be inflated on a front right side of an occupant, a left half airbag to be inflated on a front left side of the occupant, and a base-end chamber that communicates with base-end sides of the right half airbag and the left... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100156075 - Passenger airbag: An airbag includes end panels sewn onto opposite ends of the airbag. The end panels include side tabs and a center tab. The side tabs hook onto a retainer. The center tab is sewn to the airbag adjacent the opening in the retainer to pull the airbag against the concave... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20100156077 - Airbag, airbag device, and vehicle: An airbag comprises a right half airbag to be inflated on a front right side of an occupant, a left half airbag to be inflated on a front left side of the occupant, and a base-end chamber that communicates with base-end sides of the right half airbag and the left... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100156078 - Airbag, airbag device, and vehicle: An airbag comprises a right half airbag to be inflated on a front right side of an occupant, a left half airbag to be inflated on a front left side of the occupant, and a base-end chamber that communicates with base-end sides of the right half airbag and the left... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100156079 - Industrial vehicle: An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body, an electric component and a counterweight. The electric component of the industrial vehicle is mounted on the vehicle body. The counterweight is mounted on the vehicle body at the rear end and rearward of the electric component. The counterweight has a recess formed... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100156080 - Vehicle capture and restraint device: A device designed to be used on a police pursuit vehicle to hook and restrain another fleeing vehicle. The device is carried within or attached to the front bumper of the pursuit vehicle. The attachment mechanism can be spring powered, pneumatically or hydraulically or electrically operated to deploy the hook.... Agent: David W. Carrithers Carrithers Law Office, PLLC

20100156081 - Impact absorbing device for steering column of vehicle: An impact absorbing device for a steering column of a vehicle including a bearing and a pipe in addition to a mounting bracket, the structure of the mounting bracket being modified so that a bearing member and a bolt are installed thereto, wherein the impact transfer to a shaft through... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20100156082 - method for manufacturing a frame member for a vehicle, and a frame member for a vehicle: A method for manufacturing at least one frame member for use as a support element in a vehicle frame includes providing a tubular element. According to the method, a pressure is applied in the interior of the tubular element while the tubular element is positioned at least partly inside a... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20100156083 - Seatbelt apparatus for vehicle: A seat belt apparatus for a vehicle including: a belt reel; a emergency locking retractor which performs a mechanical locking of the belt reel so as not to rotate in a direction of unwinding a webbing when an unstable behavior of the vehicle is detected by a vehicle condition detection... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20100156084 - Vehicle occupant restraint system: A vehicle occupant restraint system includes: a lap belt that restrains a hip of a seated occupant; a shoulder belt that has a lower end portion coupled to a middle portion of the lap belt in a seat width direction and that is used to restrain an upper body of... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100148456 - Stabilizer control apparatus: A stabilizer control apparatus includes a stabilizer bar including both ends supported by right and left wheels of a vehicle, respectively, and an intermediate portion supported to a vehicle body by first and second supporting members, and a switching device arranged between one of the first and second supporting members... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100148457 - Ski or snowboard with a board-like force-transmiting element: The invention relates to a ski or a snowboard in the form of a board-like sliding device (1), comprising a multi-layered sliding board body and at least one board-like force-transmitting element (13) supported on the top side (7) of the sliding board body, the upper side of which force-transmitting element... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20100148458 - Medical ventilator cart: A medical ventilator cart, for use in hospitals or other medical settings, stores and transports various components of a ventilator system, such as a Breath Delivery Unit, a display monitor, and a compressor. First and second platforms are suspended above a base of the cart and allow the various ventilator... Agent: Nellcor Puritan Bennett LLC Attn:IPLegal

20100148459 - Hand held skating device: A new skating device having a handle which is held by a skater. Wheels, ice blades, or other means of conveyance are placed in front, behind and on both sides of the handle or extend to the front, behind and on both sides of the handle, thus holding the device... Agent: Allen G. Johnston

20100148460 - Convertible multimodal child vehicle: A convertible multimodal vehicle (e.g., balance bike and kick scooter) particularly suited for small children. A representative vehicle convertible between a balance bicycle and a scooter, the vehicle includes (a) a platform for supporting a rider standing on the platform, the platform having at least one standing portion generally close... Agent: Patent Law Offices Of Michael E. Woods

20100148461 - Skateboard: A kicktail concave skateboard includes a blank having opposite ends, at least one end being recessed. An element is mounted on the recessed end such that a portion of the element adjoining the blank is flush with the blank. The element is formed of a material having a lower mechanical... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20100148462 - Skateboard deck: A high-strength skateboard deck includes an elongated body having opposite ends, opposite sides, an upper side and a lower side, the lower side including a plurality of embossments therein, improving the strength in the skateboard deck, reducing fatigue in the skateboard deck, and reducing the coefficient of friction of the... Agent: Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch LLP

20100148463 - Mechatronic suspension system and method for shock absorbing thereof: The invention provides a mechatronic suspension system and a method for shock absorbing thereof. The invention applies the analogies between mechanical and electronic networks to propose a mechatronic suspension system, which combines a ball-screw inerter and a permanent magnet electric machinery, such that the complicated network structure can be realized... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100148464 - Torsion system for torsion axle/suspension: A torsion system (20) comprising a housing (24) adapted to be secured to a structural portion of a vehicle. A shaft (23) has a core portion (32) accommodated in the housing (24) and defines concavities (34) in the core portion (32). The shaft (23) has a connector end (30) connected... Agent: Robic

20100148465 - Energy coil system for vehicles: Exemplary embodiments of a bicycle are provided comprising a bicycle frame having a front wheel support section, a rear wheel support section and a center section. The bicycle includes a rear wheel rotatably coupled to the rear wheel support section. The bicycle further includes a front wheel having a hub... Agent: Bambi Faivre Walters

20100148466 - Power-supplemented manual height-adjusting wheelchair: A wheelchair having a lower frame with drive wheels and forwardly extending arms with casters and an upper frame with a seat and backrest. Linkage assemblies on opposing sides pivotably attach at a first end to the lower frame and at a second end to the upper frame. Power cylinders... Agent: Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell & Berkowitz Intellectual Property Department

20100148467 - Collapsible bicycle: The present invention provides a collapsible bicycle (1), having a frame (2), which is collapsible in its plane, wherein the frame (2) comprises: a head tube (3), having a collapsible bicycle front side end (10) in which a front wheel fork (12), which receives a front wheel (13), is mounted;... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20100148468 - Bicycle frame: A bicycle frame includes a frame body, a base coating layer covering an entire surface of the frame body, and a decorative layer thermal bonded to an entire outer surface of the base coating layer. The decorative layer includes an adhesive layer, a patterned layer that is printed on the... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20100148469 - Vehicle-body structure for motorcycle: A vehicle-body structure for a motorcycle which is capable of suppressing the reduction of a contact load of a rear wheel by reducing a load applied to a vehicle-body frame at an application of an excessive load from the front of a vehicle. In a vehicle-body structure for a motorcycle... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100148470 - Articulated fifth wheel selective adjustment means: An articulated selective adjustment apparatus carried within the pedestal of a fifth wheel assembly comprises a mounting plate pivotally connected to a plunger arm configured for selective extension and withdrawal from the pedestal, and having ends to which are pivotally connected first and second prongs having interior ends disposed toward... Agent: Lanier Ford Shaver & Payne P.C.

20100148471 - Configurable trailer hitch apparatus: The present invention is a configurable trailer hitch that provides an extended towing position for transferring a tractor force to a load, and a retracted storage position for safely stowing the hitch under a towing vehicle. The trailer hitch has a spring loaded retaining pin which engages a hitch receiver... Agent: Mark Allison Bauman

20100148472 - Alpine ski with controlled flexion: An alpine ski includes a zone for mounting a binding centered on a mounting point, and a single particular flexion deformation zone arranged between the mounting zone and one or each end of the ski. Under a static load of 900 Newtons, applied to the center of the particular deformation... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20100148473 - Stroller system: A stroller system includes a stroller frame and a seat system. The stroller frame includes first and second frame supports spaced apart from each other, at least one third frame support attaching the first frame support to the second frame support, and wheels rotatably attached to one or more of... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20100148474 - Reducible chassis of a man-carrying vehicle: A man-carrying vehicle has a chassis, which can be reduced for the vehicle to be easy to store, put away and transport; the chassis includes a front part, a rear part, and a stretching and reducing device interposed between the front and the rear parts; the stretching and reducing device... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20100148475 - Modular trailer with expendable chassis: It allows the transport of raw materials (when it is folded), or large but light material (eg insulation wall plates . . . ) In the deployed versions deployed, it allows transporting a motorcycle or a boat if the chassis receives the appropriate accessories; its look is completely changed if... Agent: Rene' Serre

20100148476 - Air bag system: An air bag system includes an air bag which can cover a front surface side of a front pillar of a vehicle. The air bag includes an inflatable main body portion and a supporting inflatable portion. The inflatable main body portion covers a front surface of the front pillar when... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100148477 - Side airbag for a motor vehicle: A side airbag is provided for a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger automobile, having an airbag and tensioner/tensioning means for stretching out the unfolded airbag. The tensioner/tensioning means having a peripheral, fillable tensioning frame.... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20100148478 - Vehicle seat for a vehicle: A vehicle seat including a backrest which has a middle part laterally confined by side walls; an airbag module arranged in one of the side walls; adjusting means for adjusting the width of the backrest. The adjusting means have an adjusting element, which is arranged together with the airbag module... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100148479 - Airbag module: An airbag module for a motor vehicle includes a gas sack that can be inflated with gas to protect an occupant, a gas generator for generating the gas provided for inflating the gas sack, and an additional cooling device comprising an openable reservoir for storing a coolant. The reservoir is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100148480 - Airbag module: An airbag module for a motor vehicle includes a gas sack that can be inflated with gas to protect an occupant, a gas generator for generating the gas provided for inflating the gas sack, and an additional cooling device comprising an openable reservoir for storing a coolant. The reservoir is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100148481 - Airbag module: An airbag module for a motor vehicle includes a gas sack that can be inflated with gas to protect an occupant, a gas generator for generating the gas provided for inflating the gas sack, and an additional cooling device comprising an openable reservoir for storing a coolant. The reservoir is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20100148482 - Mobile machine with supporting legs: The invention relates to a mobile work machine, particularly a concrete pump truck. The work machine comprises a chassis (10) that has at least four wheels (11) that belong to a wheel axle, in pairs. Furthermore, at least two support legs (20) disposed laterally on the chassis, in pairs, are... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100148483 - Sports equipment and method for designing its visual appearance: An item of sports equipment includes a board with an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The sporting appliance has at least one image display device which is configured to display an at least two-dimensional image which can be seen on viewing the upper surface, the lower surface, and/or... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20100140883 - Air suspension system: An air suspension system for a multi-axle vehicle having air bags (4,5; 6,7; 8,9; 10,11; 44 to 49) supporting either side of the axles (2,3; 41 to 43), including separate air lines (18 to 25; 50 to 55) respectively connecting each air bag to a level control valve (16,17; 56,57)... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20100140884 - Suspension and damping device for motor vehicles: The invention relates to a suspension and damping device (1) for load bearing and sprung wheel support and for damping suspension movements in a motor vehicle, having at least one spring cylinder (2) having a piston (6) which is guided in a cylinder (4) so as to be movable relative... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100140886 - Rolling device steered using the tilting angle and comprising offset rollers: The aim of the invention is to improve inline skates so as to provide stability during skating, good acceleration, and added skating fun by having the skates turn more or less in accordance with the tilting angle. Said aim is achieved by a rolling device in which the rollers that... Agent: Wolfram Gorisch

20100140885 - Skateboard suspension apparatus: A skateboard kit for a skateboard having a skateboard deck and a skateboard truck is provided and includes an extension member structured to couple to the skateboard deck, with a first section of the extension member positionable at an original skateboard truck mounting position on the skateboard deck, and a... Agent: Peter Martinez

20100140887 - Vehicle loadable cart: A vehicle loadable cart for loading into a trunk of a vehicle, having a floor and a rear wall which is higher than the floor, is disclosed. The cart includes a chassis, a retractable main wheel assembly for supporting the chassis when transported over a ground surface, and at least... Agent: Pearl Cohen Zedek Latzer, LLP

20100140888 - Handtruck: A handtruck or trolley (90) comprising: a handtruck frame (91) including a frame base (98) extending to an outward handle portion (97) of the handtruck frame, the handtruck frame generally lying in a first plane and having a front and a rear; a load support (95) mounted to the front... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20100140889 - Foldable wheel seat: A foldable wheel seat has a base, an operating bar, a first rotating shaft and two wheel axles. The base has a groove formed in a top face of the base. The operating bar is mounted pivotally in the groove of the base. The first rotating shaft is mounted rotatably... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20100140890 - Modular utility cart: A modular utility cart comprising a body defining a door opening; wheels attached to a lower portion of the body for supporting the body; and a door operatively attached to the body and adapted to mate with the door opening, wherein the body is adapted to receive a utility module... Agent: Norduyn Inc. Attn.: Intellectual Property Department

20100140891 - Golf bag cart: A retaining device for retaining a golf bag on a cart unit includes a mounting seat and a pair of grip members. The mounting seat is connected to the cart unit and has a pair of pivot connection parts spaced apart from each other. Each of the grip members includes... Agent: Turocy & Watson, LLP

20100140892 - Spring beam suspension system: A spring beam suspension system includes a hanger; a flexible spring beam extending between the hanger and an axle; and a generally U-shaped pivot bracket secured to the spring beam, the pivot bracket including opposing legs which are pivotably attached to the hanger. Another spring beam suspension system includes a... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20100140894 - User-propelled vehicle having a channel to receive an illuminatable means: A vehicle has a footboard 116 with side edge channels 130, each housing a rod or tube 112 forming illumination. The rods or tubes are connected to power means that include a battery or dynamo. Each rod or tube can include a transparent or translucent polymeric sheath for a series... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100140893 - Walker apparatus: A seatless, multiple-wheel glide-type walker (10) is provided which has a frame (12) equipped with an offset foot plate (18) oriented for placement of a user's foot thereon in order to support substantially the entire weight of the user. The user's free foot can then be used to propel the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20100140895 - Seal for steering knuckle pin bearing: A steering knuckle pin bearing assembly includes a bearing and a steering knuckle pin pivotably supporting a steering knuckle relative to an axle beam. A sealing collar seals a space between the bearing and the steering knuckle pin, which space may include a spacer washer. The sealing collar is slidably... Agent: Skf Usa Inc.

20100140896 - Combination fender-seat cover: A combination fender-seat cover for a dual-wheeled vehicle composed principally of a mount device, one or more cantilevered arms, and a convertible fender-seat cover device. Upon its attachment to a vehicle, the combination fender-seat cover is designed so that it has two primary operating positions: seat cover position and fender... Agent: White-welker & Welker, LLC

20100140897 - Extending and retracting device for vehicle step: An extending and retracting device for a vehicle step includes a mounting bracket adapted to be fixed to a body of a vehicle and a step bracket. An arc sliding member is fixed to the step bracket. A driving arm defines a pair of ends thereof pivotally connected to the... Agent: Gerald E. Mcglynn. Iii Bliss Mcglynn. P.C.

20100140898 - Mobile chair assembly: A mobile chair assembly includes a pair of wheels rotatably supported by a frame, a seat assembly mounted to the frame; and a transfer board assembly movable between a first position and a second position. The transfer board assembly includes a rigid transfer board and an attachment assembly. In the... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20100140899 - Coupler assembly: The present application describes a gooseneck coupler assembly that may include a gooseneck trailer pivot, an extension arm, and a pivot retention mechanism having a ball socket. The ball socket may engage with a hitch ball located on a towing vehicle. The gooseneck trailer pivot may be mounted on a... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20100140900 - Hitch guide device: A hitch device assembly having a lift and alignment guide that is moveably positioned relative to a ball. The guide is moveably connected to a hitch having a ball connected thereto. The guide includes a top wall having an opening and a pair of side wall that extend downward from... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20100140901 - Apparatus for attaching climbing skins: An apparatus for attaching a climbing skin to a ski or snowboard is provided as are kits and climbing skins joined to such apparatus. Included is an apparatus for attaching a climbing skin to a front portion of a ski or snowboard, the front portion comprising ski sides which converge... Agent: Dowell & Dowell P.C.

20100140902 - Seat attachment for a stroller: The invention relates to a seat attachment for a stroller, single stroller and double strollers. Such a seat attachment may be used to reversibly convert a single stroller into a double stroller. More specifically, versions of the seat attachment relate to a seat attachment for a stroller capable of supporting... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP 5200 Bank Of America Plaza

20100140903 - External airbag system for vehicles: An external airbag system for a vehicle is proved to be commercialized and which can absorb impact induced by a frontal collision of the vehicle and thus substantially protect passengers in the vehicle. The external airbag system may include a bumper cover, a cushion provided behind the bumper cover, and... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100140904 - Crash pad for mounting airbag for vehicles: A crash pad for mounting an airbag for a vehicle includes a base layer made of a hard material and an outer cover layer made of a soft material. An opening is formed in the base layer, and a mounting housing is formed integrally with the base layer. An airbag... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100140906 - Airbag apparatus: A check valve 60 is formed by a pair of the valve body portions 61. Ends of the valve body portions 61 that are close to an upper inflation portion EU are joined to a communication passage wall 51 by an outflow-side joint portion 41. Each valve body portion 61... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100140905 - Seat cover for vehicle and seat having the same: The present invention provides a seat cover for a vehicle which is configured such that when a side airbag is initially deployed, an airbag can be smoothly guided in a lateral direction. The seat cover includes a front sheet, a rear sheet and a side sheet. A reinforcing fabric is... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100140907 - Side airbag apparatus for a vehicle: In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides a side airbag apparatus for a vehicle having a seat with a back rest part and a hinge mechanism. The side airbag includes a separation means defining a front airbag chamber and a rear airbag chamber within the side airbag. A... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100140908 - Airbag cushion and airbag apparatus: There is provided an airbag cushion which is configured to allow the joint between a distal end portion of a lid member and the airbag cushion by a separable joint member to be released easily and rapidly as a whole, and is able to be inflatable rapidly and substantially uniformly... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100140909 - Occupant restraint system: An occupant restraint system according to the present invention includes a side airbag device having a first airbag (11) for, in a side collision, receiving gas supply from an inflator (7) and inflating to deploy such that the first airbag covers a side internal surface of a passenger compartment (1),... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin & Flannery

20100140910 - Air bag with adaptive tether: 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. An anchor tether (102) is secured to the vehicle (12). A shaping tether (104) is secured to a first portion... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20100140911 - Swiveling roll bar: The invention relates to a swivelable roll bar, in particular for construction vehicles, with two vertical carriers, each of which has a pair of spars, whereby in each, one spar is connected swivelably through a link joint with the another spar, and the link joint comprises a lock and a... Agent: Baker & Hostetler LLP

20100140912 - Arrangement for securing of a steering column of a motor vehicle: An arrangement for securing a steering column to a cross member, in particular to a cockpit carrying member, of a motor vehicle, includes a steering column with retaining means. This arrangement makes it possible on the one hand with simple means to secure the steering column to the cross member... Agent: Proskauer Rose LLP

20100140913 - Seat belt retractor and seat belt apparatus provided therwith: A seat belt retractor (6) according to the present invention, when mounted on a vehicle body, has an ECU (16) laid out in such a manner that an ECU connector (16c) faces a vehicle side connector (18) mounted to a predetermined position of the vehicle body. Such a vehicle side... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20100133763 - High-clearance vehicle suspension with spacer arrangement mountable between spindle and wheel hub mounting bracket for adjusting working clearance: The working clearance height of a high-clearance vehicle is normally established by four main suspension spindles that are respectively received for reciprocating within upright journals provided at the opposite ends of front and rear axle assemblies of the vehicle main frame, with the bottom end each of the main spindles... Agent: Deere & Company

20100133764 - Suspension system run height adjustment: A method of adjusting a suspension run height includes: pivotably mounting a leveling valve to a hanger bracket; attaching an indicator arm to a suspension component which displaces relative to the hanger bracket; and pivoting the leveling valve relative to the hanger bracket to thereby adjust the run height of... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20100133765 - Sideways-moving ice skate: An ice skate whose blade is disposed at an angle not parallel to the longitudinal axis of the boot. The blade may be fixed in this position, or it may be switchable between the nonparallel orientation of the present invention and the parallel orientation typical of traditional ice skates. A... Agent: Shane Chen

20100133766 - Sports board with an interlocking structure: A sports board, such as a snow board, has a board core structure that provides desired structural characteristics localized to select regions of the board while maintaining predictable produceability and optimum operating qualities of the board. In an embodiment, the sports board includes a plurality of layered elements or segments,... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20100133767 - Winter recreation device: A recreation device, used for sliding downhill on a surface, on which the rider is suspended above the surface, either in a generally horizontal position—face up or face down—or in a reclined position, thereby providing the rider with a unique experience or sensation. The winter recreation device comprises a slide... Agent: Nexus Law Group LLP

20100133768 - Shopping trolley: This invention relates to a shopping trolley having castors and a handle, the surface of which consists of plastic. The surface of the handle consists of one or more different materials, at least one of said materials having conductive properties.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20100133769 - Wheel assembly: A wheel assembly having a connecting jacket for attachment to a body and a wheel having an axle attached to a connecting pin is disclosed. The connecting jacket selectively receives the connecting pin for easy assembly and disassembly of a wheel on a body. A connecting pin having a U-shaped... Agent: Cohen & Grigsby, P.C.

20100133770 - Disc golf equipment cart: A cart apparatus to facilitate the play of disc golf may include but not be limited to a chassis, at least three wheels rotatably coupled to the chassis, a handle member mounted to the chassis, a floor platform mounted on the chassis and at least one seat member retractably mounted... Agent: Matthew E. Burr

20100133771 - Dump truck tag axle suspension control: Dump truck tag axle suspension control. A method of controlling a tag axle suspension includes activating a pusher suspension lift switch; and engaging a steer lock on the tag axle suspension, thereby preventing steering of the tag axle suspension, in response to the lift switch activating step. Another method includes... Agent: SmithIPServices, P.C.

20100133772 - Motorcycle: A four wheeled motorcycle vehicle, comprising: a frame (1), two pairs of two spaced apart swing arms (2FR, 2RR) pivotally mounted thereon at both ends on swing pivot axes (21F, 21R), wherein each swing arm (2FR, 2RR) bears a front (3FR) or rear (3RR) wheel at its other end on... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20100133773 - Axle support: The invention relates to an axle support for motor vehicles. The axle support, especially a rear axle support for motor vehicles with non-powered rear axle, is constituted of two cast light-alloy longitudinal girders (A, B) which can be connected to each other by upper and lower connecting elements (C, D).... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20100133774 - Suspension system of coupled torsion beam axle: A suspension system of a coupled torsion beam axle type may include a torsion beam that is disposed in the width direction of a vehicle body, left/right trailing arms that are mounted on respective ends of the torsion beam to be extended in the rearward direction of the vehicle body,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100133775 - wheel suspension assembly and a motor vehicle: A motor vehicle and wheel suspension assembly for a rear wheel of a motor vehicle. The assembly includes a wheel spindle housing supporting a wheel spindle carrying the rear wheel and defining a wheel center. A frame structure is adapted to be connected to a vehicle body or an engine-transmission... Agent: Venable LLP

20100133776 - Methods and apparatus for selective stiffness of vehicle suspension: A method and apparatus for an adjustable suspension system for a vehicle comprises at least one strut. In one embodiment, the stanchion (or slider) is non-uniform with a major and minor circumferential stiffness and is adjustable relative to a fore and aft axis of the vehicle in order to provide... Agent: Patterson & Sheridan, L.L.P.

20100133777 - Detachable bicycle frame: According to one embodiment, a connector assembly for assembling at least two portions of a bicycle frame has first and second connectors, adapted to be mounted to the frame. The first connector has a body with an inner aperture, a peripheral region, a threaded exterior profile greater than a body... Agent: Kenneth Marvin Daniels

20100133778 - Bicycle frame with integrated and detachable battery: The present invention concerns a bicycle frame, including a number of frame elements, preferably tubes, where the frame elements are interconnected and constitute a construction with so great rigidity that the cycle frame does not change its geometrical shape under usual load, where an electric battery system is at least... Agent: Roberts Mlotkowski Safran & Cole, P.C. Intellectual Property Department

20100133779 - Method and apparatus for transferring a wheelchair bound person: The present invention provides a modular lateral transfer assembly (MLTA) adaptable to a wheelchair for easily transferring a wheelchair bound person, and a modular wheel assembly (MWA) adaptable to a wheelchair for easily transferring a wheelchair bound person laterally. The present invention also provides a wheelchair integrating the MLTA and... Agent: Lawrence Y.d. Ho & Associates Pte Ltd

20100133780 - Roll-stabilizing fifth wheel apparatus: A fifth wheel apparatus for detachably coupling a trailing vehicle to a towing vehicle is disclosed. An equalizer bridge is supported on a towing vehicle and is pivotable about a roll axis that extends in a direction of towing motion. The equalizer bridge includes first and second arms that extend... Agent: Stoel Rives LLP - Pdx

20100133781 - Flatbed trailer having an extendable configuration and an alternate configuration: A flatbed trailer includes first, second and third flatbed sections whereby the first and second sections are joinable in an extendable configuration and the first and third sections are joinable in an alternate and typically standard configuration. The trailer can be switched between the extendable and alternate configuration within a... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20100133782 - Articulated combine with unloading and rear bogey steering architecture: Disclosed is an articulated harvester composed of a forward bogey having an operator's cab, an engine, a grain harvesting assembly, a grain transfer assembly, but being devoid of an on-board grain bin. A rearward bogey is attached by a joint to the forward bogey and has a powered wheel assembly,... Agent: Mueller And Smith, Lpa Mueller-smith Building

20100133783 - Vertically adjustable mount for jack assembly: A jack assembly for adjusting the height of a trailer is provided. The jack assembly is moveable between an operable and a stowed position. The assembly includes a tube having a slot portion and a slide block moveable within the slot portion. A post connected to the slide block protrudes... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20100133784 - Versatile, collapsible cart-trailer with modular components: A collapsible cart-trailer includes a folding mechanism that folds the cart-trailer into a small form factor, at least two wheels, modular, and removable and compartmentalized storage. The collapsible cart-trailer is operable in a cart mode and a trailer mode. In the trailer mode, the cart-trailer may be coupled to a... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20100133785 - Hitch ball assembly: A dual hitch ball assembly is described. The hitch ball assembly may couple a towing vehicle to a towed vehicle. The hitch ball assembly may include a hitch bar, a base member and at least one hitch ball. The hitch bar may be removably secured to a hitch receiver on... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20100133786 - Binding components for a gliding board: A snowboard binding and hold-down device that may flex or move with the snowboard when ridden to minimize any impact on flex characteristics. The snowboard binding may be compatible with a variety of snowboard binding mount arrangements.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100133787 - Binding components for a gliding board: A snowboard binding and hold-down device that may flex or move with the snowboard when ridden to minimize any impact on flex characteristics. The snowboard binding may be compatible with a variety of snowboard binding mount arrangements.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100133788 - Binding components for a gliding board: A snowboard binding and hold-down device that may flex or move with the snowboard when ridden to minimize any impact on flex characteristics. The snowboard binding may be compatible with a variety of snowboard binding mount arrangements.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20100133789 - Stroller: There is provided a stroller which has armrests that are attachable and detachable to and from a stroller body, and which is capable of attaching a child seat to the stroller body without using particular attachments. The stroller includes: a pair of front legs; a pair of handles pivotably mounted... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20100133790 - Airbag device and production method thereof: An airbag is formed of two base fabrics. An adhesive agent is pasted with some width on one of the base fabrics and then another of the base fabrics is put on the one of the base fabrics. The two fabrics are adhered together to form the airbag. Pasting start/end... Agent: Mots Law, PLLC

20100133791 - Asymmetrically expanding airbag cushion for vehicle: Disclosed herein is an asymmetrically expanding airbag cushion for a vehicle, which is inflated when airbag gas flows from an inflator through a gas hole to an interior of a cushion bag as a result of a vehicle collision. The airbag cushion includes a central expansion portion, a lower expansion... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100133792 - Air-bag with gas deflector: A safety airbag arrangement for a vehicle comprises a main airbag having an inlet for connection with an inflator and a gas deflector bag secured within the main airbag, having an inlet in register with the inlet of the main airbag, for connection with the inflator, the gas deflector bag... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20100133793 - Airbag apparatus for vehicles: Disclosed herein is an airbag apparatus for vehicles, which is capable of minimizing the loss of pressure of an airbag cushion. The airbag housing of the airbag apparatus accommodates an airbag cushion which is deployed through an opening. An airbag deployment door is placed to face the opening and separated... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100133795 - Side curtain air bag: The present invention provides a side curtain air bag facilitating the control of tension with the air bag. The side curtain air bag includes chambers expanded by gas supplied from a gas generator, and expands and develops into a curtain shape along a side part of a vehicle so as... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione/ann Arbor

20100133794 - Vehicle seat assembly with air bag seam rupturing means: A vehicle seat assembly with a frame, a seat pad, and an air bag assembly housing an inflator and a folded air bag that is inflated by the inflator to unfold and project outwardly from the seat through the air bag release seam when the air bag seam is in... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20100133796 - Side airbag apparatus: A pressure reducing portion is formed by joining two fabric portions at a position corresponding to an occupant's arm. The pressure reducing portion limits the thickness of the airbag in the widthwise direction of a vehicle and prevents the arm from being pressed inward in the widthwise direction. A support... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20100133797 - Airbag apparatus for vehicle: An airbag apparatus for a vehicle may include an inflator; a housing installed in a roof, and a cushion contained in the housing and configured to be deployed downwards by a gas discharged from the inflator to protect an occupant in the vehicle, wherein an upper surface of the cushion... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20100133798 - Vehicular airbag device: A vehicular airbag device includes an airbag and an opening degree change portion. The airbag is folded and accommodated in an accommodation portion provided in front of a vehicle seat. The airbag is deployed toward an occupant seated in the vehicular seat by being supplied with a gas when a... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20100133799 - Convertible motor vehicle with active rollover protection: A convertible motor vehicle with at least two vehicle seating rows and with at least two side doors is provided. A respectively associated door column is arranged in between the doors, and an active rollover protection system is provided in the region thereof. The door columns end upwards in the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20100133800 - Auxiliary frame, particularly for motor vehicles: The invention relates to an auxiliary frame (1) for multi-link rear axles of motor vehicles, comprising two lateral auxiliary frame parts (B) which are embodied at least approximately in a V-shaped manner in such an arrangement that the vertexes (6, 7) thereof face each other and are joined to each... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.