Land vehicles inventions

20090278325 - Walking aid adapted for mounting a height obstacle: The present invention relates to a walking aid adapted for mounting a height obstacle. The walking aid comprises a frame with a front and a back, and at least two rear wheels and at least one front wheel. The front wheel is supported by a front wheel carrier which is... Agent: Troutman Sanders LLP Bank Of America Plaza

20090278326 - Kits, components and stackable trailers for transporting containers: Stackable trailers, kits, and components for stackable trailers are disclosed. The kits and components provide added functionality to existing or newly manufactured trailers for carrying shipping containers of various sizes. Stackability, modularity, and cost savings can be achieved using the various disclosed components with trailers. Components include outriggers for receiving... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090278327 - Foldable scooter: A foldable scooter includes a footboard, a steering column and a connecting member in between. The connecting member includes a stopper for engaging the connecting member with the notches disposed at a front portion of the footboard in the open condition. The connecting member also includes a rotatable locking member... Agent: Or, Ng & Chan

20090278329 - Suspension assembly: A vehicle suspension system includes a pair of suspension assemblies mounted on a pair of spaced vehicle frame members for supporting a vehicle body on the vehicle wheels. A torsion axle extends between the pair of suspension assemblies and terminates in a pair of stub shafts. The axle is mounted... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090278328 - Suspension assembly with coaxial torsion bar: A vehicle suspension system includes a pair of suspension assemblies mounted on a pair of spaced vehicle frame members for supporting a vehicle body on the vehicle wheels. A torsion axle extends between the pair of suspension assemblies and terminates in a pair of stub shafts. The axle is mounted... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090278330 - Multiple speed chainless drive for a utility tricycle with either torque amplifying pedal beams or a conventional bicycle seat and pedals: The improved chainless drive of the present invention features a four speed planetary transmission housed within the hub of the driving wheel of a utility tricycle, and a vehicle frame which provides two options for delivering power to the transmission. In the first option the drive shaft, which extends out... Agent: Dirck T. Hartmann

20090278331 - Bicycle rear wheel suspension system with controlled variable shock rate: The shock rate (SR) changes throughout the vertical wheel travel of the rear wheel, such that the change in the shock rate dSR/dVWT has a change in sign as the rear wheel travels through its vertical wheel travel. The shock rate may at first decrease in value and subsequently increase,... Agent: Iplo-intellectual Property Law Offices

20090278332 - Disengageably coupled take-apart bicycle frame: A disengageably coupled bicycle frame, utilizing a device for coupling a first tube and a second tube, the tubes having terminal ends and tube faces defined by their terminal ends, the device comprising a first plate member having a first plate member face and a first plate member rear and... Agent: Yorgos D. Marinakis

20090278333 - Integrated tow hook and bumper mounting bracket: An integrated tow hook and vehicle bumper mounting bracket assembly including a mounting bracket including a frame mounting surface and a bumper mounting surface. A vehicle bumper assembly may be removably securable to the bumper mounting surface of the mounting bracket, and a tow hook may be removably securable to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090278334 - Device for installing and removing a clip method for inserting and removing a cotter pin: A device 10 for installing and removing a cotter pin or similar clip 8 includes a clip receiving end 12 for urging the clip 8 through and/or about a hitch pin, and an extraction end 14 for removing the clip 8 from the hitch pin which ultimately secures a trailer... Agent: Donald Flaynik

20090278335 - One-hand fold stroller frame: A foldable stroller frame has a frame structure with two laterally spaced apart frame sides. The frame structure is three dimensionally foldable from an in-use configuration to a folded configuration. A fold joint assembly is provided on a part of the frame structure and is configured to maintain the frame... Agent: Lempia Braidwood LLC

20090278336 - Bracket for use in curtain airbag and curtain airbag apparatus: A curtain airbag bracket is used to assemble a curtain airbag having an attaching piece, and an inflator connected to the curtain airbag, and to attach the same to a vehicle body. The inflator is connected to the curtain airbag for supplying a pressurized fluid for developing the curtain airbag.... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090278337 - Air bag cover: A molded air bag cover (10) for placement within a vehicle to cover an air bag. The air bag cover (10) comprises a first portion (19) providing a substantial portion of the air bag cover (10) and a second portion (20) defining a tear seam (16, 18). The first portion... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090278338 - Air bag door, method of controlling breakage of fracture lines, and method of deploying air bag: m

20090278339 - Vehicle occupant restraint system: A vehicle occupant restraint system including: a seatbelt device including a shoulder belt portion restraining a part of a vehicle occupant from one of shoulders to a chest, and a lap belt portion restraining a waist of the vehicle occupant; an upper airbag provided in the shoulder belt portion, and... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090278340 - Vehicle occupant protection system: A vehicle occupant protection system includes: a seat belt apparatus including a shoulder belt (11) and a lap belt (13); an upper air bag (27, 113); a lower air bag (29, 67, 73, 83); and an inflation limiting structure (37, 53, 55, 57, 75, 85) which is provided in the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090278341 - Airbag module having a tether holder: A passenger airbag module equipped with an airbag cushion and a tether holder used in a vehicle. The tether holder holds a tether prior to inflating the airbag cushion and inhibits twisting of the tether during deployment of the tether when the airbag cushion is inflated. When the tether is... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090278342 - Vehicle roll bar apparatus with active material actuation: A vehicle includes a vehicle body, a roll bar, and an actuator configured to selectively move the roll bar with respect to the vehicle body between a stowed position and a deployed position. The actuator includes an active material that is configured to change in size, shape, or modulus in... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090273147 - Suspension system for vehicle: In a system including four electromagnetic absorbers for respective four vehicle wheels, motor coils of two respective electromagnetic absorbers disposed corresponding to two diagonally located wheels are connected forming a closed loop including the coils. A generated damping force magnitude can be made different between an instance directions of respective... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090273149 - Ice skate blades: An ice skate blade for an ice skate comprising a length adapted to be attached to the ice skate and an ice engaging surface adapted to contact ice, a profile extending along at least a portion of the length, the profile having a width between a first side edge and... Agent: Miller, Canfield, Paddock And Stone Robert K. Roth, Esq.

20090273148 - Manufacturing method for an ice skate blade: The present invention relates to the manufacturing method of an ice skate blade. The blade originally shaped as cylinder is processed by a rolling machine and gradually being rolled into a blade with thinner upper portion and wider lower portion. A plurality of through holes with equi-distance in between are... Agent: Fong-chou, Wan

20090273150 - Transportation device with pivoting axle: Devices and methods of transport are disclosed. Various embodiments include structural aspects related to steering and changing the direction of conveyances including features which utilize leaning or shifting of weight as part of turning.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090273151 - Toy chest and wagon: A toy chest which has wheels and a removable handle for conversion of the toy chest into a wagon is provided. Also is provided a toy chest and wagon which has wheels that can be concealed by use of a panel.... Agent: Ruth Eure

20090273152 - Rear truck and method: A compact lean steering truck assembly that provides deep deck lean capability. The lean steering truck assembly may be integrated into a four wheeled scooter. A pivotal coupling in the front hanger allows independent steering of the front and rear wheel assemblies. Front steering is controlled by the rider's hands... Agent: Law Offices Of John W. Carpenter John W. Carpenter

20090273153 - Push-in bung assembly and suspension system using same: A push-in-bung assembly is provided that improves vibration and lateral movement control for vehicle suspension systems. The push-in-bung assembly includes a bung formed of rigid material and having a first end configured to connect to a vehicle frame and a second end configured to connect to a vehicle differential. A... Agent: Mills & Onello LLP

20090273154 - Step for a vehicle: A folding step is arranged inside a vehicle door arranged in the cab of a vehicle. The step is connected to a mechanism including a vertical shaft that is connected to the door of the vehicle and is mounted in such a way that it can pivot, which mechanism is... Agent: Wrb-ip LLP

20090273155 - Rear-pedaling standing type bicycle structure: The present invention discloses a rear-pedaling standing type bicycle structure having a driving means installed at a front end of a bicycle frame and proximate to a corresponding line of front and rear wheels, and pedals pivotally coupled to both lateral sides of the front end of the bicycle frame... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090273156 - Planetary gear transmission and vehicle using same: This invention touches the planetary gear type transmission which is comprised of a pair of single planetary gear rows are combined, and a carrier of one side and a ring gear of the other side are integrated, and a housing of a transmission is formed with the help of two... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090273157 - Sub-trailer for a vehicle or a trailer: A sub-trailer is provided having an attachment frame removably connected to a vehicle or trailer, an intermediate frame pivotally connected about a horizontal axis to the attachment frame to, and a subframe with two axles to support the subframe. The subframe is pivotally connected to the intermediate frame about another... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090273158 - Watercraft trailer: A watercraft trailer has a releasable connector for releasably connecting a watercraft to the trailer. The releasable connector has a lever pivotally connected to a connector support and a hook connected to the lever. Pivoting of the lever towards a front of the trailer moves the releasable connector to a... Agent: Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP (brp)

20090273159 - Dual lane multi-axle transport vehicle: A dual lane, multi-axle transport vehicle for moving heavy loads includes a forward module mounted on a plurality of axles and a rearward module mounted on a plurality of axles. The forward module is mechanically connected to the rearward module for providing a dual lane transport body. The forward module... Agent: John S. Christopher, Esq.

20090273160 - Steering and elevating wheel system for agricultural implement: An apparatus for facilitating steering, height adjustment and transport of a farm implement towed by a vehicle. The implement includes a main frame and a hitch that extends from the frame for linking to the vehicle. The apparatus comprises a wheel support member supported below the frame, at least a... Agent: Cnh America LLC Intellectual Property Law Department

20090273161 - Snowboard: A snow sliding board (1) includes a tip (8), a center area (13) and a tail (9) and with a sliding surface (10) with a concave tip uptilt (21), a convex center area (22) and a concave end uptilt (23), wherein the concave tip uptilt (21) in an area of... Agent: Pauley Petersen & Erickson

20090273162 - Snowboard and skis: The tips are upwardly curved and the board's/ski's underside (the sole) is provided with first and second surfaces, straight in cross section, extending in the board's/ski's longitudinal direction, which are arranged at an angle to each other and usually interconnected via a third surface. The sole's first and second sole... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20090273163 - Hinged rotatable binding system for snowboards: A hinged rotatable binding system for snowboards that eliminates leg pain while on the chair lift and in movement through lift lines. The binding system includes a base plate which is fixed to the snowboard and a top rotating plate which is mountable to a boot binding harness. A hinge... Agent: Ortiz And Lopez, PLLC

20090273165 - Airbag module cover: A cover for a driver's side airbag module is provided, the cover having a central body portion with an opening disposed therein, the central body portion having a predetermined tear seam for defining a pair of deployable doors, the predetermined tear seam extending through the opening. The cover also includes... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090273164 - Interior panelling part for covering an airbag and method for production thereof: An interior panelling part for covering an airbag has a sheet-like support, a decorative layer and an intermediate layer arranged between the support and the decorative layer. A passage opening for the airbag is left open in the support. The intermediate layer comprises a mat which spans the passage opening... Agent: Fay Kaplun & Marcin, LLP

20090273166 - Safety arrangement in a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a safety device in a vehicle seat with a seat frame on which a seat cushion is fitted, and with an airbag unit with a gas generator and an airbag, which airbag unit is arranged on the seat frame below the seat cushion. It is the... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090273167 - Curtain airbag apparatus: [Solving Means] In a curtain airbag apparatus, a plurality of attaching pieces 23 provided at an upper end of a curtain airbag 20 in a cover member 22 and protruding from the cover member 22 are fixed to a plurality of attaching portions 28 provided at a cabin of a... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090273168 - Vehicle occupant protection system: A vehicle occupant protection system includes a plurality of inflatable devices, at least one fluid source for supplying a pressurized fluid for the vehicle occupant protection system, and at least one gas-tight manifold coupled to the at least one fluid source for receiving pressurized fluid from the at least one... Agent: L.c. Begin & Associates, PLLC

20090273169 - Roll bar assembly: A roll bar assembly is provided that includes a base member configured for mounting on a frame of a vehicle. The roll bar assembly also includes an upper member secured to the base member and an armrest member secured to the upper member. The armrest member includes first and second... Agent: Ulmer & Berne, LLP Attn: Diane Bell

20090273170 - Roll bar with integrated lighting: An internally illuminated roll bar has a W-shaped frame with “U” shaped cross-section with opposed side walls, a bottom wall and an open top, first and second outer legs, first and second inner legs, a lateral connecting member connecting the inner legs at the lower ends, one or more lenses... Agent: Howison & Arnott, L.l.p

20090273171 - Working machine: A working machine has a main frame structure which includes a pair of endless tracks; each track is entrained about track supporting devices mounted by a track sub-frame. The sub-frame includes inner and outer members interconnected by cross members. The inner and outer members are arranged side by side and... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090273172 - Seat belt system: A vehicle occupant restraint system includes a seat belt webbing connected to a latch plate, wherein the latch plate is configured to be releasably connected to a buckle assembly in order to secure the webbing in a position capable of restraining the occupant. The buckle assembly includes a release button,... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090273173 - Pole anchor and ski pole base with extending brush bristles and acircular, preferably hexagonal, section: A base for a slalom pole or ski pole having brush bristles extending from an acircular axially extending base, preferably having a polygonal or hexagonal configuration, the bristles extending from a circular surface adjoining a circular brush section. The base can also be used as a pole anchor.... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090273174 - Fluid storage tank trailer: Embodiments provide a fluid storage tank trailer including a base including a set of rear wheels, a tank supported by the base, the base including a set of skids adapted to engage the ground forward of the rear wheels when the trailer is not connected to a tow vehicle, the... Agent: Moore Landrey

20090273175 - Upright seated snowboard: A snowboard is provided. The snowboard includes a board having an upturned head, an upturned tail and longitudinal extending runners and/or channels along a bottom surface thereof, a seat portion extending upward from the board at a location between the head and tail, the seat portion including a top surface... Agent: Carter, Deluca, Farrell & Schmidt, LLP

20090273176 - Retractable mud flap for vehicles: A mud flap for land vehicles, comprising at least one drive element (4) cooperating with the mud flap (1) for pivoting thereof to a desired position around the vehicle wheel.... Agent: Vidas, Arrett & Steinkraus, P.A.

20090267310 - Wheelchair lift assist device: This invention relates to a wheelchair lift extension device comprising an extension, a bar, which connects to the bottom frame of a wheelchair and when pressure is applied to the opposite end of the bar, it assists in raising the wheelchair over thresholds and curbs. The extension bar includes a... Agent: Diane Dunn Mckay, Esq. Porzio, Bromberg & Newman, P.C.

20090267311 - Cylinder apparatus and stabilizer apparatus using the same: There is provided with a cylinder apparatus comprising: a cylinder; a piston; a piston rod, one end of which is connected to the piston and the other end of which is extended outside; an external cylinder provided at an outer periphery of the cylinder so as to form a reservoir... Agent: Rader Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20090267312 - Vehicle suspension device: A suspension device (1) for suspending a wheel (2) with respect to the body (8) of a vehicle. The device allows a substantially vertical suspension movement and allows the wheel carrier (3) to move in terms of camber with respect to the body of the vehicle. The device comprises a... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane LLP

20090267313 - Stackable dolly: A stackable dolly includes a platform having upper and lower surfaces and a peripheral edge. A plurality of legs are generally coextensive with the platform and extend from the platform beyond the peripheral edge and extend radially outwardly from the platform beyond the platform periphery. Each leg includes an upper... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090267314 - Pushchair: A pushchair for restraining, supporting and transporting a child comprises a ground-engaging frame to support a seat for a child. The frame includes a plurality of ground-engaging wheels to facilitate movement of the frame and one or more handles to allow a carer to control movement of the frame. The... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090267315 - Seat: A seat (14), particularly but not exclusively for a wheelchair, comprises a bottom rest (13, 60), a back rest support (18) rotatable relative to the bottom rest about an axis of rotation (100); and a back rest (22) slidably mounted on the back rest support and moveable therealong to vary... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090267316 - Bicycle shock assemblies: A shock absorber, which is particularly applicable to bicycles, includes a mount body, a first cap portion, a second cap portion, and a fluid cylinder. The fluid cylinder cooperates with a valve assembly that is offset from the mount body. The first and second cap portions enclose a gas cavity... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090267317 - Shock absorbing frame for a bicycle: A shock absorbing frame for a bicycle includes a seat tube extending along a lengthwise axis, a front frame unit, a rear frame unit, and a shock-absorbing member. The front frame unit includes top and bottom tubes extending rearwardly to terminate at upper and bottom ends, respectively. A connecting member... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090267318 - Multi-layer hold down assembly: A low profile hold down assembly is mounted to the exterior surface of a sidewall of a trailer. The hold down assembly includes a cover member formed from the same material from which the sidewall of the trailer is formed and therefore is aesthetically desirable.... Agent: Trexler, Bushnell, Giangiorgi, Blackstone & Marr, Ltd.

20090267319 - Device for pulling bicycle or tricycle: A device to facilitate the pulling of a child's cycle (8) (especially when fitted with stabiliser wheels (9) comprises a substantially horizontal wheeled platform (1) preferably a substantially triangular three-wheeled platform incorporating a slot (5) or other means for holding the front wheel (10) of the child's cycle in a... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090267320 - Container hauling and delivery mechanism: A container transportation system that includes a dolly system that can be mounted underneath the container and then used, optionally in cooperation with a boom or lift, to navigate a container to a desired location. The dolly includes a motor mounted in a swivel bracket that facilitates movement of the... Agent: Smith Frohwein Tempel Greenlee Blaha, LLC

20090267322 - Cart transporting apparatus: A cart transporting apparatus including a hitch assembly and a cart coupling assembly. The hitch assembly may include an elongated body, at least one catch member, and a hitch stop. The hitch stop may be, for example, a rotating hitch stop or a sliding hitch stop. The rotating hitch stop... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090267321 - Connector bracket for a trailer vehicle of a tractor trailer: A connector bracket for a trailer vehicle of a tractor trailer is described, comprising a support frame which can swivel on a bearing about a coupling means and a connector arranged stationary on the support frame. The problem on which the invention is based was to provide a connector bracket... Agent: Hudak, Shunk & Farine, Co., L.p.a.

20090267323 - Interchangeable hitch ball assembly: An interchangeable hitch ball assembly that may be easily interchangeable with the hitch of a towing vehicle and that may prevent a trailer socket from being connected to the hitch ball prior to securing the hitch ball to the hitch bar. The hitch ball assembly may include a ball member,... Agent: Mcdonald Hopkins LLC

20090267324 - Supporting plate incorporating an adjustable asymmetry function for shaped skis: The invention relates to a supporting plate incorporating an adjustable asymmetry function enables the carving turns to be performed in such a way, that the skis run along two parallel curves, which in ideal circumstances match closely the arcs of two concentric circles, that no additional energy is needed to... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090267325 - Collapsible stroller: A collapsible stroller having a frame including a pair of S-shaped members pivotably joined together at their inflection points, a lower frame assembly suspended by L-shaped brackets, a handle extension mechanism, and a soft goods storage console. The S-shaped frame members and L-shaped bracket mounting of the lower frame assembly... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090267326 - Airbag device: An airbag device includes: a bag body; a linkage member whose an end portion is provided with a latch stopper hole; and a retention device that has a retention member capable of penetrating the latch stopper hole, and that retains the linkage member while the latch stopper hole is penetrated... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090267327 - Airbag device: An airbag device includes a door (16), an inflator (18), and an airbag (20). The door (16), provided in a vehicle-body outer panel (12), is opened to open an opening (12A) in the vehicle-body outer panel (12) when a predetermined situation occurs. The inflator (18) is disposed inside the door... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090267328 - Bracket for use in curtain airbag and curtain airbag apparatus: A curtain airbag having an attaching piece at an edge portion is attached to a vehicle body through a bracket. The bracket includes a plate portion, and a plurality of airbag-attaching portions attached to the plate portion for attaching the attaching piece. The attaching piece of the curtain airbag is... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090267329 - Invisible pre-weakened seam for an air bag deployment cover: A cover panel for the air bag in an automotive vehicle with a pre-weakened tear seam being formed by a series of voids formed in a predetermined repeat pattern of varying depths. The voids are formed by ablating the cover panel base substrate from its under side at varying depths... Agent: Automotive Components Holdings LLC C/o Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090267330 - Motor vehicle with an a-column and airbag incorporated therein: A motor vehicle with a passenger compartment is provided with an A-column, which is arranged to the side of a windshield of the motor vehicle, as well as a cross strut joined with the A-column. The A-column and cross strut are spaced apart from each other and joined with a... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090267331 - Vehicle occupant restraint apparatus: A vehicle occupant restraint apparatus is provided that can restrict the movement of the rear end side of an airbag to the outside of a vehicle. A folded body of the airbag 1 is installed along a roof side rail 3 and is inflatable by means of at least one... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090267332 - Dual spool retractor in belt-in-seat: A restraint assembly of a type including a seat belt assembly and a side impact air bag assembly. The seat belt assembly and side impact assembly are preferably mounted to a motor vehicle seat. The seat belt assembly includes one or two retractors, preferably each having roto pretensioners. A single... Agent: Autoliv Asp

20090267333 - Air-bag and a method of controlling pressure within an air-bag: An air-bag (1) is provided with a vent aperture (2). A membrane (3) extends across the vent aperture, the membrane defining a smaller aperture (4) than the vent aperture (2). The periphery of the aperture is defined by a thickened part of the membrane. The membrane is formed of an... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090267334 - Airbag inflator with adaptive valve: An adaptive valve for an airbag inflator having a manifold with an exhaust opening for fluid communication with an airbag. The adaptive valve is constructed for connection to a manifold so that it is in fluid communication therewith. The adaptive valve has an exhaust orifice and is constructed to selectively... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090267335 - Atv roll bar system: An ATV safety roll bar system including a safety belt, a seat back, and a collapsible emergency shelter adapted to secure to the roll bar and ATV. The roll bar may prevent injury or death in cases of ATV rollover accidents or crashes by absorbing the brunt of the force... Agent: Zarian Midgley & Johnson PLLC

20090267336 - Over-center locking mechanism for steering column assembly: A steering column assembly includes a column jacket extending along a longitudinal axis. A mounting bracket is coupled to the column jacket and includes a first plate disposed adjacent the column jacket and a second plate disposed opposite the column jacket from the first plate. A first clamp shaft is... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys PLLC

20090267337 - Motor vehicle frame: A vehicle frame for a motor vehicle, configured as ladder frame, includes two side rails which are connected by cross members. Each side rail is made of at least one longitudinally welded hollow section, wherein the hollow section has a cross section in the shape of a rectangle with wall... Agent: Henry M Feiereisen, LLC Henry M Feiereisen

20090267338 - Vehicle trailer integral cross tubes: A suspension system for use with a vehicle having a frame, two rails longitudinally spaced and secured to the vehicle frame, a hanger bracket depending from each rail, a beam pivotally mounted to each hanger bracket, an axle secured to and intermediate the beams, a support plate secured to each... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090267339 - Belt retractor utilizing active material actuation: A seat belt retractor utilizing active material actuation for selectively modifying the tension in a seat belt.... Agent: Slj, LLC

20090261540 - Carriage and incorporated harness with damping mechanisms for improved towing and stability of the carriage: A carriage and incorporated harness and towing assembly which allows for significant freedom of movement for a user and a safe and comfortable ride for a passenger is disclosed. The towing assembly comprises a flexible, semi-resilient member surrounded by a plurality of rigid linkages, a fixed towing member and a... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20090261541 - Hydropneumatic axle suspension for vehicles: The invention relates to a hydropneumatic axle suspension for vehicles, especially the front axle thereof, which cooperates with at least one suspension cylinder (10) that is connected to a hydraulic accumulator (26; 24) on both the ring side (14) and the piston side (12) thereof, said hydraulic accumulator (26; 24)... Agent: Roylance, Abrams, Berdo & Goodman, L.L.P.

20090261543 - Compressor unit for a vehicle air suspension system: A compressor unit for an air suspension system of a motor vehicle, having a compressor, an air dryer and a compressed-air port for delivering compressed air from the compressor to the air suspension system and for introducing compressed air from the air suspension system into the air dryer. A ventilation... Agent: Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090261542 - Suspension height adjustment mechanism: This disclosure relates to a suspension height adjustment mechanism comprising a main body, a rotatable assembly being rotatably mounted to the main body and having a first threaded portion, a tool engagement portion for rotating the rotatable assembly, a spring support having a second threaded portion engaging the first threaded... Agent: Kevin Mcintyre

20090261544 - End piece for the front or rear end of a ski or snowboard and a ski fitted therewith or a snowboard fitted therewith: The invention relates to an end piece (2, 2′) for the front or rear end of a ski (1) or snow-board, which end piece (2, 2′) has at least a first and a second portion (6, 7). A distance (10, 10′) between mutually adjacent zones (8, 9) of the first... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090261545 - Security device: A security device for attachment to a shopping cart includes a generally hollow cage member manufactured from a predetermined material and having a predetermined size and a predetermined shape for enclosing at least one predetermined item therein. A first access mechanism is engaged with such cage member for enabling a... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090261546 - Stackable trailers for transporting containers: Stackable trailers for transporting both forty and twenty foot trailers and when not in use can be stacked at ports or on ships.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20090261547 - Ross dolly trolley: The Ross Dolly Trolley is a modified hand truck or furniture cart. It is modified by adding four keel or thimble wheels (guide wheels) to the inside of the frame that will allow it to track the rails of an extension ladder. A pivot pin is inserted through the step... Agent: Albert Ross

20090261548 - Trash bin with detachable cart: The present invention is directed to a trash cart, namely an enclosed trash cart having a top and front doors that swing open on a hinged system. The enclosed trash cart is connected to at least one wheel axle having wheels that allow the cart to be transported from a... Agent: Leo G. Lenna

20090261549 - Mobile device for transporting, tracking, and processing medical instruments: A mobile device for transporting, tracking and processing medical instruments. The device comprises a cart including at least one receptacle for receiving an instrument container having instruments stored therein. The cart also includes plumbing for circulating processing fluids through the instrument container and a communications system for communicating tracking data... Agent: Kusner & Jaffe Highland Place Suite 310

20090261550 - Steering knuckle for a vehicle: A steering knuckle for a wheel of a vehicle is provided, particularly a motor vehicle, with a wheel bearing mounting section that serves for mounting the wheel bearing and with a control arm mounting section that serves for mounting control arms. The wheel bearing mounting section can be elastically pivoted... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090261551 - Air suspension adapter kit: A kit for providing an air suspension as a retrofit to an existing trailer using a leaf spring suspension makes use of hanging brackets, support arms and air bladders connected to a control system that determines whether the bladders require inflation or deflation to level the bed of the trailer.... Agent: Perley-robertson, Hill & Mcdougall LLP

20090261552 - Bicycle propulsion assembly having elongate members: The present invention provides a propulsion assembly for a bicycle. The propulsion assembly includes a support member that at least extends from the bicycle frame to a distal end spaced-apart from the rear wheel. The assembly includes a first drive mechanism rotatably mounted on the frame and axially connected to... Agent: Cameron Ip

20090261553 - Assembly of bicycle components in mutual rotation and bicycle comprising such an assembly: The invention relates to an assembly (1) of bicycle components in mutual rotation, like for example a bottom bracket assembly. The assembly of the present invention comprises a support element (15), a rotary element (5) rotatably coupled with the support element (15) and at least one bearing (20) arranged between... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20090261555 - Front fork: A suspension spring (S) and a double-rod damper (D) are installed in the interior of a front fork which comprises a body-side tube (1) and a wheel-side tube (2). The double-rod damper (D) comprises a piston (5) housed in a cylinder (3), and an upper rod (41) and a lower... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090261554 - Rotator for a head tube of a bicycle: A rotator for a head tube of a bicycle has a mounting bracket, a rotating collar and a holding ring. The mounting bracket is mounted around the head tube and has a mounting ring and two legs. The mounting ring is mounted around the head tube and has a mounting... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090261557 - Bicycle rear suspension system: A bicycle comprising a front triangle, a rear wheel suspension system and a rear wheel in articulating relation thereto, wherein said rear wheel suspension system articulates said rear wheel along a non-arcuate travel path such that said rear wheel suspension system compression causes a shock rate, as defined by a... Agent: Mathew J. Temmerman

20090261556 - Bicycle rear suspension system linkage: A bicycle rear suspension system includes a main frame and a rear wheel suspension system. The main frame generally comprises a seat tube, a down tube, a top tube, and a head tube. The rear wheel suspension system comprises a first linkage member, a rear wheel swingarm, and a second... Agent: Mathew J. Temmerman

20090261558 - Tow behind steerable caddy trailer: A steerable caddy trailer is provided that has an improved structure including a main frame assembly, spindle assemblies attached to each end of the main frame for attachment of a wheel, a pair of swinging arms forwardly extending from the main frame and pivotally attached to the main frame, and... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20090261559 - Dual trailer with lifting wheels for transport when empty: A dual trailer has a first trailer with a king pin for a tractor and a rear fifth wheel for the king pin of a second trailer. The rear end of the first trailer and the front end of the second trailer is lifted into an empty transport position so... Agent: Ade & Company Inc.

20090261560 - Airbag device and steering wheel: An airbag device comprises: an airbag unit 2 having an airbag, an inflator 12 for inflating the airbag, and a cover 13 which is disposed to cover said airbag in the folded state, wherein as the cover 13 is pressed, the airbag unit 2 is moved in the pressing direction;... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090261561 - Method and apparatus for pre-impact deployment of air bag: An air bag deployment system includes a pre-impact sensor operative to detect an imminent impact and at least one post-impact sensor operative to detect an impact. An air bag has a non-deployed volume, a pre-impact deployed volume, and a post-impact deployed volume smaller than the pre-impact deployed volume. The air... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090261562 - External filter for cushion damage prevention: An inflator includes a generant chamber that houses a quantity of gas generant. The chamber has a plurality of gas exit holes that are positioned along the length of the generant chamber. A filter is added exterior of the chamber. In fact, the filter may be positioned on the exterior... Agent: Sally J. Brown Autoliv Asp. Inc.

20090261563 - External and internal airbag tether arrangement: An example tethered airbag arrangement includes an airbag movable to an expanded position. The airbag includes a contact face. An internal tether constrains expansion of the contact face. An external tether also constrains expansion of the contact face.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090261564 - External and internal airbag tether arrangement: An example tethered airbag arrangement includes an airbag movable to an expanded position. The airbag includes a contact face. An internal tether constrains expansion of the contact face. An external tether system includes tether portions and at least one bridge portion. The tether portions constrain expansion of the contact face.... Agent: Carlson, Gaskey & Olds, P.C.

20090261565 - Booster seat equipped with a seatbelt adaptor: A seatbelt adaptor, a system, and a method for enabling a user to improve the buckling and unbuckling of a child in a child booster safety seat in a vehicle, for use in conjunction with a conventional seatbelt restraint system, the seatbelt adaptor comprising a central lengthening device, an adaptor... Agent: Yair David

20090261566 - Locking height adjuster for a seat belt: A seat belt system for a vehicle may include a tongue configured to slidably engage a seat belt; a retractor coupled to a portion of the vehicle, the retractor configured to receive the seat belt; and a height adjuster. The height adjuster may include a guide webbing configured to be... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090261567 - Belt tensioner for a seatbelt system: A belt tensioner for a safety belt system includes a pinion (16) rotatably mounted in a housing (12), a drive unit (26), and a toothed rack (18) whose toothing (20) is directly engaged or enters into direct engagement with the pinion (16) and which can be driven by means of... Agent: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino L.L.P.

20090261569 - Seat belt tensioner: A seat belt tensioner includes a guide, which has a pair of opposing plates connected by a connector, a wire, a first end of which extends upward to be connected to a seat belt, a central portion of which is curved to extend around the connector, and a retracting mechanism,... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090261568 - Vehicular seatbelt restraint with selectively disabled inertia reel assembly: A locking mechanism of an inertia reel assembly of a vehicular seatbelt restraint system is selectively disabled based on a latch status of a seatbelt buckle of the seatbelt restraint system. In one embodiment, a sensor at a latch assembly determines whether the seatbelt buckle is engaged with the latch... Agent: Larson Newman & Abel, LLP