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 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 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: 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: A knockdown telescopically expandable elevated utility rack for pickup trucks is formed by forward and rearward H-shaped stanchions and stanchion post receiving brackets overlying pickup bed side walls. A forward stanchion panel and a rearward stanchion bottom rail forms a horizontal load support adjacent the upper limit of pickup bed side walls and a side rail assembly overlying the upper limit of the stanchions and the pickup cab forms an elevated load supporting platform.

Abstract: A hinge fastening structure and method of creating a hinge to box-section pillar joint which includes a fastener extending from the pillar outer panel to the pillar inner panel wherein the fastener includes first and second threaded portions of substantially identical pitch but different diameters adjacent to the head and the tip thereof respectively. The fastening structure and method may also be applicable for attaching other forms of hardware to box-section structures.

Abstract: A non-corrosive, small particle resistant wheel axle-bearing assembly for a free wheeling hand carry device is provided which includes a wheel, an axle spindle and an annular bearing. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the wheel includes a central bore, an inwardly facing-surface, and an outwardly facing surface. The inwardly facing surface includes a centrally disposed retainer between the wheel and the body of the device. The outwardly facing surface includes a cylindrical recess for receiving a thrust flange. The axle spindle is integral with the body of the free wheeling device and includes a plurality of longitudinal channels which terminate in slots on the device's body. The annular bearing has a flange at its outer end, a plurality of locking projections at its inner end, and an inner cylindrical wall defining a central bore and an outer bearing surface.

Abstract: A hub of a bicycle includes a hub shell with two ends and an axle which rotatably extends through the hub shell, a dust cap threadedly engaged to each end of said hub shell, a bearing rotatably disposed between the axle and each of the dust caps, a tubular element mounted to the axle and located between two first flanges each of which extends radially and outwardly from the axle, the tubular element having a fourth groove defined in an outer periphery of at least one end thereof so as to form a first shoulder and a second shoulder wherein the first shoulder is located near a distal end of the tubular element and is received in the third groove of the corresponding dust cap, the second shoulder having a second flange extending inwardly and radially therefrom for contacting against the corresponding first flange of the axle.