Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided for use in a vehicle including floor means having a pair of front and rear wells and anchor members extending across the wells. The seat is movable between a fixed, operative position and forwardly tumbled, storage position. Handle structure is coupled to at least one of the rear legs in a position to be manually grasped and operated at a side of the vehicle seat for unlatching the rear hook members thereby permitting the vehicle seat to be pivoted about the front anchor members and moved to the forwardly tumbled, storage position thereof.

Abstract: A drive assembly for a folding top of a motor vehicle, which is located in a top storage well, together with a main pillar and a tightening clamp, includes a bracket secured on a vehicle body and including pivot supports for the main pillar and the tightening clamp and a drive for pivoting the main pillar and the tightening clamp, with the drive including at least one electric motor provided at a side of the top, a reducer in which the bracket is accommodated, and a sequential control element for drivingly connecting the reducer with the main pillar and the tightening clamp.

Abstract: A sill cover article for automobiles and other vehicles which has a first, relatively rigid sill cover portion and a second, relatively flexible lower door sealing portion that is manufactured as a single component and can be attached to a vehicle in a single mounting operation. The sill cover article is preferably manufactured of two materials of different durometer which are coextruded to form a single component. The sill cover article or a portion thereof may be provided with various coatings and/or additives to provide the article with desired properties. For example, the lower door sealing portion may be provided with an ice-release agent to prevent ice from forming on a surface thereof. The sill cover article of the present invention provides a reduction in assembly time, inventory requirements and overall manufacturing costs of a vehicle.

Abstract: A multi-purpose door for a service compartment having several locking open positions which protects the contents of the compartment when closed, offers some protection for the person using the compartment from the weather when open, and further allows when open, effective storage use of the overhead roof area of the compartment. Under adverse conditions a waterproof material is attached to further protect the person.

Abstract: A top for convertibles includes a frame, the side parts of which are disposed symmetrically to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle and comprise front and rear pieces which are pivotably braced over a main column and a main guide rod at a rear main bearing of the chassis frame. The roof peak of the frame lies in a closed position against an upper cross-tie of a windshield frame. The frame is constructed in the front region as a one-piece, shaped carrying part with a U-shaped contour at the basic cross-member of which, forming the roof peak, the front frame parts, which have at their free ends at least one joint connecting element directed towards the main column, are integrally molded over a respective connecting zone as profiled legs.

Abstract: A cover for protecting vehicles or structures from the damaging impact of hailstones or other falling objects. The cover includes a plurality of energy-absorbing rods disposed parallel and closely adjacent to one another along their long dimensions. The rods are substantially circular in cross section and made of a resilient material. The rods are held in their relative positions by an enclosing means, which may be two flexible sheaths made of a textile. The first and second sheaths are fastened together between and along the long dimensions of the rods, and at the perimeters of the sheaths, so as to enclose and hold the rods, forming the assembled cover. This construction allows the cover to be rolled up for easy storage. The cover has fastening means, such as flanges for tie downs, for attaching the cover to a vehicle to be protected.

Abstract: A sun visor glare reducing extension for incorporation within a vehicle's sun visor is disclosed having a three sided rigid frame capable of being incorporated within a vehicle's sun visor. The frame has a back frame member pivotally affixed to a pair of generally parallel leg segments at each end. Each leg segment forms a "U" shaped retaining channel. A glare shield slidably retained within the "U" shaped retaining channels, and is deployable in a linear manner from the edge of an otherwise conventional sun visor.

Abstract: A removable rear seat for motor vehicles, in particular for Estate cars with a variable-volume loading space, having a rigid seat bench and a seat-bench substructure for fixing the seat height. The substructure is fixed on the floor of the vehicle body via releasable anchorage locations. In order to provide a rear seat which is manageable, easy to remove, and makes optimum use of the resulting free space after the rear seat has been removed, the seat-bench substructure is connected releasably, at its end remote from the anchorage locations, to the seat bench and is retained in its anchorage location. Thus, it can be pivoted out of a use position into a stowage position on or in the floor of the vehicle body and vice versa. At least one manually actuatable locking device locks the seat-bench substructure in its use position and determines the seat height.

Abstract: A wheel for an in-line roller skate of the type having aligned wheels, wherein a hub has an axial hole within which there are receptacles for ball bearings and a supporting pivot. One or two rings concentric with the hole form a support for a moldable tire which is molded onto the hub. The outer concentric ring has a plurality of thin annular sections and transverse openings to define an annular space between each of the annular sections and the ring connected by the transversal openings. The annular spaces and the transverse openings are filled with the material forming the tire to secure the same to the hub.

Abstract: A hub for greasing inner and outer shaft bearings on a spindle having greasing passageways leading in from the front of the hub. One passageway leads to the front of the outer bearing and the other passageway leads to the rear of the inner bearing. A purging passageway is provided between the inner and outer bearings whereby upon pressured grease being forced into greasing passageways in the direction of the purging passageways, new grease is forced in an axial direction through the bearings and old grease and contaminants are purged. An annular seal between the bearings provides the purging passageway with the spindle, such passageway being next to the shaft for maintaining a supply of grease on the shaft. The seal has at least one annular recess for providing additional storage of grease. Grease holding areas are provided adjacent the bearings such that grease is forced into the bearings by centrifugal force when the hub rotates on the spindle.

Abstract: The present invention comprises an automobile sunshield in combination with an interior sunshade having an elongated cover provided with a reflective surface and a non-reflective surface with the dual purpose of providing a radiation protective cover and a visual security cover, the interior sunshade portion being readily mountable so as extend rearwardly to cover at least the driver's side of the vehicle, so that the steering wheel and the driver's seat are covered, whereby the combination not only protects the covered area from the rays of the sun but also provides the visual security cover that hides the area from view from the outside of the vehicle.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a fire fighting equipment, comprising at least one spray head (1) with a number of nozzles (3) directed obliquely sideways. The nozzles (3) are arranged so close to each other that the fog formation areas of the individual nozzles intensify the fog flows and provide a suction to cause the fog formation areas to be compressed into a continuous directional fog spray.

Abstract: A sports trailer system comprised of a first removable module, a second removable module, an integrally molded frame shaped and adapted for the nesting of the first removable module and the second removable module within the frame, and a substantially flat floor surface contiguous with the integrally molded frame. The frame contains at least 90 weight percent of nonmetallic material and is an integral, continuous structure comprised of at least three structural cross-member elements and at least two structural longitudinal structural elements.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a four sided flush weatherstrip sealing system, and more particularly, to a weatherstrip sealing system including one or more latching mechanisms which selectively grasp the glass window panel and bring the panel into enhanced engagement with the weatherstrip sealing assembly. Also provided are improved sealing arrangements for the window panel along the vehicle door rear view mirror and the B pillar portion located below the vehicle door belt-line.

Abstract: When a van or a sport utility vehicle having a trailer hitch and a spare tire attached to the outside of its tailgate is backing up, collision with a solid object impacts the tire and crumples the tailgate, causing expensive repairs. The backup protection device of this invention is mounted on the trailer hitch and receives the impact, transmitting it to the vehicular frame and protecting the tailgate. This device comprises a transverse tube, a central tube that is longitudinally disposed and fits over the trailer hitch, and a pair of side tubes that are disposed in parallel to the central tube. The central and side tubes are rigidly and perpendicularly attached to the transverse tube. A backup plate that is vertically disposed in use and a step plate that is horizontally disposed in use may also be attached to the transverse tube.

Abstract: An automotive wheel having an outboard face presenting an asymmetric appearance and having a permanently fixed counterbalance weight near the outer periphery of the wheel to balance the wheel. The wheel disk has an asymmetric design which tends to statically and dynamically unbalance the wheel. A relatively light counterbalance weight is permanently fixed to the wheel during manufacture of the wheel. This counterbalance weight statically and dynamically balances the overall wheel.

Abstract: A multiple implement equipment boom which allows a plurality of working implements of different configurations to be used with a single vehicle is disclosed. The multiple implement equipment boom has a boom body with at least one telescoping shaft with a hollow outer beam and an inner beam slidably fit within the outer beam, and a connecting link with a receiving box that slidably fits over one end of the inner beam and a locking mechanism to secure the receiving box to the inner beam. The working implements can be exchanged by hand without tools and without removing the boom from the vehicle.

Abstract: An aerodynamic, lightweight, flexible material top for enclosing a flatbed of a wheeled vehicle having a front and rear, the top includes a series of inverted, U-shaped supports extending upwardly from and across the flatbed with a first support at the front and a last support at the rear. A flexible material is stretched over the supports and includes a fixed sleeve and a laterally adjustable sleeve which are secured about the first and last supports. At least a portion of the top is pivotally connected as to swing upwardly away from the flatbed to gain access under the top and to the flatbed.

Abstract: A telescoping trailer adapted for towing by a land vehicle. The trailer includes an outer body supported by wheels and has an opening therein for slidably receiving a telescoping section. A drive assembly is secured to the telescoping section for frictionally engaging a drive wheel with a surface beneath the trailer and rotating the drive wheel to selectively extend and retract the telescoping section. An optional chain drive assembly is provided to the trailer for assisting the drive assembly in selectively moving the telescoping section relative to the outer body.

Abstract: A shock absorbing structure for a motor vehicle, including a base plate having a thickness greater than 1.5 mm, and a plurality of ribs formed so as to constitute a latticework on one of opposite major surfaces of the base plate. The latticework has a plurality of rectangular cells each having two pairs of adjacent sides. The ribs have a thickness in a range of 0.6-1.2 mm. One of the two adjacent sides of each cell of the latticework of the ribs has a first length of 30-50 mm, and the other side has a second length greater than 30 mm and not greater than 50 mm. The base plate and ribs are formed of a synthetic resin material comprising polyolefin, which material has an Izod impact strength of not smaller than 5 kgcm/cm, and a tangent modulus of elasticity in a range of 5000-20000 kg/cm.sup.2.