Abstract: An improved vehicle roof support member of the type designed to support the roof sheet of a vehicle which roof support member is optionally adapted to contain lighting elements. The roof support member of this invention, in addition to functioning as a roof sheet support can contain lighting elements positioned beneath its top and between its sides, the lighting elements being slideable on a track within the roofing support member so as to be positionable at selected positions to illuminate the interior of the vehicle. As a further object the roof support member may include a screen member extending between the sides of the roofing bow to prevent entry of objects therebetween.

Abstract: The invention is a protector for a trailer hitch assembly having a trailer hitch ball supported on a trailer hitch neck. The protector includes an integral covering member having an outer covering member surface and an inner covering member surface. The inner covering member surface defines an internal region capable of receiving the trailer hitch ball. An aperture in the covering member is defined by a plurality of resilient covering member fingers to receive the trailer hitch ball within the internal region of the integral covering member. The covering member fingers resiliently engage the trailer hitch neck to position the covering member relative to the trailer hitch assembly. The outer covering member surface may be established in the shape of a commercial product, such as an oil container, an outboard motor power head or the like. Written or color indicia may be included on the outer covering member surface distinctive of a trademark of the commercial product.

Abstract: A child safety seat restraint adapter for restraining a child safety seat on a vehicle seat in association with a preinstalled passive diagonal torso safety belt anchored at one end on the vehicle door, extending across the vehicle seat and being anchored at an opposite end inboard of the vehicle seat, has an auxiliary safety belt buckle and an auxiliary anchor for anchoring the buckle outboard of the vehicle seat to the vehicle floor, an auxiliary tongue plate for releasably engaging with the buckle and a connector for connecting the tongue plate in a fixed relation to the preinstalled safety belt intermediate its ends whereby the child safety seat may be restrained on the vehicle seat by passing portions of the safety belt inboard of the connector over the child seat, when positioned on the passenger seat, and engaging the tongue plate with the buckle.

Abstract: An improved hanger for vehicular mud flaps is provided comprising a first and second elongated support member. One end of the first support member is secured to the vehicle while the second support member is telescopically mounted to the free end of the first support member. A spring resiliently urges the second support member axially outward from the first support member while permitting retraction of the second support member relative to the first support member when required to prevent a breakage or bending of the mud flap hanger. A coiled spring on the end of the hanger permits the end flap to be twisted without damaging the hanger.

Abstract: A safety step assembly for use with vehicles such as trucks or the like is provided with spring biased mounting brackets to removably mount the step assembly on a vehicle without resort to permanent attachment means, and includes spring biased parallelogram support linkage which is automatically operated upon mounting and dismounting of a step by a user to swing the step between an inward raised storage position thereof and an outward lowered position of use. Engageable holding structure interposed in the swing path of the linkage blocks movement of the latter when the step is in the use position and maintains such linkage in an inclined position to impose a stabilizing force on the step, thereby securely holding the step in the use position thereof without fear of shifting or instability.

Abstract: A baby carriage frame having a reversible push handle which includes a rear leg and a front leg, the rear leg being pivotally connected to the front leg. The front and rear legs cross each other at the point of pivotal connection. A handle rod is rotatably connected to the front and rear legs at the same location the legs are pivotally connected. A leg and rod supporting member, connected to the handle rod is provided. The supporting member supports the rear leg and the handle rod parallel to one another when the handle rod is positioned parallel to the rear leg, disengages from the rear leg when the handle rod is pivoted toward the top of the front leg, supports the front leg and the handle rod parallel to each other when the handle rod is positioned parallel to said front leg, disengages from the front leg when the handle rod is pivoted toward the top of the rear leg.

Abstract: A vehicle sun roof cover, capable of being displaced open and pivoted open, is provided with a rigid outer top member and an inner panel member. The panel member is made in two portions. When the cover is in its closed position, or displaced open, the two panel portions remain parallel to each other. When the cover is pivoted open, one panel portion pivots with respect to the other panel portion to provide an opening through the panel member.

Abstract: A positive lock mechanism for a lifter assembly associted with a vehicular sliding roof panel limits the path of travel of the lifter assembly. The mechanism includes a trailing pin interconnected to the lifter assembly for co-extensive travel therewith. A slotted guide plate is engaged by the trailing pin to limit the travel of the lifter assembly.

Abstract: A holder for golf clubs or similar articles is in the form of a continuous strip of flexible but resilient material fastened to a base at spaced points and bent, between those points, to define a series of adjacent loops to grip the articles between them. Each of the loops has a body of resilient foam within it to hold the loops yieldably distended. In one adaptation the holder is mounted on a golf pull cart having wheels foldable to a position where the pull cart can fit in the customary space on a motorized golf cart provided for golf bags. In another form the cart is provided with a pivoted leg for holding the cart in an upright position.

Abstract: A lightweight, molded plastic sled having ski runners, includes a pair of rear skis pivotally connected to the body of the sled and having steering handles connected therewith for steering the sled. A seat for supporting a rider on the sled is positioned generally above the rear skis, whereby the weight of the rider will assist the steering skis in obtaining a "bite" on the surface on which the sled is being used.

Abstract: A winter sport device includes a pair of elongated parallel skids, a user support upwardly spaced from the skids, and an arrangement mounting the support on the skids for tilting movement of the support about a first axis parallel to the elongation of the skids and for simultaneously converting the tilting movement into a corresponding tilting movement of the skids about a second axis paralleling the first axis.

Abstract: A movable cover for a roof opening in the passenger space of a motor vehicle is provided. The cover includes a rigid outer cover part which is configured so as to be in a flush position with adjacent vehicle body panel structure when the opening is closed, as well as a headlining spaced from the fixed cover part and facing inwardly into the passenger space. In order to assure a reliable, attractive, cooperation of the headlining with the adjacent interior structure of the vehicle passenger space, the cover part and the headlining are connected by way of leaf springs or the like which place a slight pressure on the headlining in a direction away from the cover part so as to press the headlining against upwardly facing fixed vehicle frame parts at the roof opening.

Abstract: A base member is arranged to be secured in a fixed position on a vehicle and has a top surface upon which a flat disc of resinous plastic material is seated to form a load supporting bearing. A load plate having a bunk secured thereto is seated on the plastic disc and is connected to the base member for rotation thereon. The base member, together with the resinous plastic disc and the load plate, have a width sufficient to provide sole support for a bunk on the vehicle. Resinous plastic annular rings are secured to the assembly to provide thrust surfaces between the load plate and the base member.

Abstract: In a vehicle having a fixed roof with a cutout and a lift roof for covering the cutout there is provided apparatus enclosing the space between the lift roof and the cutout which includes a clamping rail fixed along the edge of the roof cutout, a flexible covering having one edge fixed to the peripheral edge of the lift roof, and a clamping part fixed to another edge of the flexible covering, the clamping part being contoured to engage the clamping rail.

Abstract: A vehicle cover assembly including a housing disposed adjacent a passenger compartment of a vehicle, a roller disposed in the housing, a flexible shade disposed on the roller, conveyor wheels attached to the roller at either end thereof, conveyor lines mounted on the conveyor wheels, the shade being connected to the conveyor lines, brackets mounted on upper exterior portions of the passenger compartment and adjacent the passenger compartment at an end thereof remote from the housing, conveyor spools mounted on the brackets and having the conveyor lines mounted thereon; the shade may be moved out of the housing and along the conveyor lines to the passenger compartment end remote from the housing to cover the passenger compartment at the top and either end thereof. The intermediate brackets are preferably mounted on the rain gutters (note FIG. 2) of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mount is provided for fixedly mounting a wind deflector to the roof of a passenger vehicle adjacent a closable roof opening. In order to accommodate utilization of a common mount for roof openings of different widths, the mount includes a first part which is attachable directly to a vertically extending frame part adjacent the roof opening and a second part attached to the wind deflector, with the second part being circular in shape and being connected at one edge in a rotatable manner to the first part.

Abstract: The following specification discloses a vehicle reinforcing bar that can be used with a pickup truck body. In particular, one of the members of the bar is a U shaped member having mounting plates upon which it stands in the bed of the pickup truck. A pair of angularly oriented bracing members is attached at its ends both to the cross member of the U shaped member and to the bed or wheel wells of the truck. The bracing members are pivotally attached to the cross member of the U shaped member by means of collars. The pivotal mounting permits free rotation of the bracing members around the cross member. This allows the entire brace to be folded into a flattened configuration for shipment until it is installed in a truck. Upon installation by attachment of the free ends of the bracing members to plates on the wheel wells, the bracing members become fixed relative to the cross members, precluding further rotation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel form of automotive safeguard for protecting occupants when a traffic accident happens. This safeguard comprises a transparent and stretchable shock absorbing plate disposed between a windshield and a front seat in such a way to leave a given interval with respect to the windshield. This safeguard also includes a heater provided to the space defined by the interval, which is used for heating and circulating air inside the space to prevent development of clouding on the windshield when heating the inside of a car during the winter months.

Abstract: A passive seat belt system for a vehicle comprising a seat belt retractor mounted in the vehicle, seat belt webbing have one end attached to the retractor and another end attached to the vehicle, a thin elongated flexible element attached at one end to the vehicle and at a second end to a ring attached the webbing, and a button on the webbing for moving the ring and the webbing in response to motion of the vehicle door.

Abstract: A mobile storage and transport rectangular roller unit with a roller and drawbar device for use in a shelf storage system. Each unit is provided with four wheels, one adjacent each corner in a four sided frame. The roller bar is provided with pair of rollers and cooperates with a coupling member of substantially cubic shape which is pivotally mounted on the drawbar. Two transverse cross members are at the front and back of the frame and lie opposite to each other, each formed by an inverted U-section having limbs of unequal length. The coupling member is provided with a top groove to receive the shorter limb of the inverted U-section and is thereby coupled at the shorter limb of the cross member to the four sided frame.