Abstract: An improved structure telescopic-type front fork cushion for bicycles comprised of lower bushings providing for coordinated excursive contact with the stanchion tubes and sliders that are installed at the lower ends of the sliders at the same position as the dropouts and in which a cushioning elastic body is installed inside a cross member-mounted steerer tube at the upper ends of the two stanchion tubes and that is situated between the center section of a connective block at the upper ends of the two sliders. As such, when the front wheel axle of a bicycle is installed into the dropouts, the lower bushings by means of the dropouts function as the direct fulcrum points of the raked arrangement of the stanchion tubes and the sliders such that the absence of stiction angles during their kinetic ascending and descending operation thereby providing the smoothness and responsiveness objectives claimed.

Abstract: A wheel suspension system for reducing or eliminating the shock associated with travelling over bumps and dents on a roadway on a wide variety of low speed wheeled transportation equipment. The system includes substantially vertically positioned swing arms connected between the wheel axle and frame of the wheeled transportation equipment. The swing arms cause a bump or a dent on the ground to feel as if travelling over smooth ramps and thereby eliminating the shock normally felt when travelling over the bumps or dents. The system does not utilize shock absorbing springs and is structurally simpler and more stable. Furthermore, the system keeps the gravity center of the frame of the wheeled transportation equipment at a similar level to that with no suspension system and also increases the wheel's ability to overcome large obstacles.

Abstract: A tractor trailer anti-jackknifing system for preventing a trailer from jackknifing when coupled to a tractor. The tractor trailer anti-jackknifing system includes a hitch plate designed for mounting to a tractor with a center hole for receiving a kingpin of a trailer therein and an arcuate first pin slot. The system also includes a bottom plate designed for mounting to the trailer. The bottom plate has a kingpin hole designed for extending the kingpin of the trailer therethrough and an arcuate second pin slot. A fluidic piston-cylinder actuator is mounted to the hitch plate beneath the first pin slot of the hitch plate. The fluidic piston-cylinder actuator has a cylinder portion and a piston portion retractably extendable from the cylinder portion. The piston portion is extended into the first pin slot of the hitch plate. The piston portion is extendable to an extended position where the piston portion upwards extends into the second pin slot of the bottom plate.

Abstract: An apparatus, interposed between and attached to a drive vehicle and an object to be moved, dampens the force (drive, resistance, inertia, etc.) between them. The apparatus has a rigid structure which is capable of transferring the large forces required to pull the object, from the drive vehicle to the object, but uses damping to moderate the impact of the forces on the drive vehicle/object combination.

Abstract: A hitch cover includes a face plate and a wire form attached thereto for being inserted into the hitch tube and securing the face plate across the open end of the hitch tube. A lock or pin extending through the conventional hitch tube openings, passing through the wire form prevents removal of the hitch cover and protects against rattling of the wire from within the tube.

Abstract: An inflatable restraint assembly for passengers in automotive vehicles including an air bag door integrally formed in an automotive trim of a first material. The integral air bag door is defined at least in part by a tear guide when in a closed position. The air bag door is movable from the closed position to provide a path for an air bag to deploy through. The air bag door is movable out of the closed position by at least partially separating from the trim panel along a door seam at least partially defined by the tear guide. A retaining structure is configured to preclude at least a portion of the air bag door from departing the immediate vicinity of the trim panel during air bag deployment. According to one embodiment a hinge comprising a second material may is embedded at least partially within the first material and spans the door seam.

Abstract: A snap-on thermoplastic air bag cover mountable onto an air bag container assembly includes a novel mechanism for attaching a horn backing plate to the cover. The assembly includes a container having a retaining member and a retaining bracket. The cover includes a front panel having inner and outer surfaces and is adapted to overlie an uninflated air bag contained within the container. The cover also includes a plurality of side walls connected to and extending rearwardly from the inner surface of the front panel, a horn switch lying behind the inner surface of the front panel, and a plurality of locking blocks having an extending snap-on groove and which are connected to their respective side walls. Two of the locking blocks have a groove defined in rearwardly facing surfaces thereof. The cover also includes a backing section with a back plate cooperating with the front panel to form a hollow compartment for the switch. The switch is activated by depression of the front panel at its outer surface.

Abstract: A vehicle safety device for protecting users from crash related impacts via a soft shell air bag system having a first and second air bag, wherein the second air bag is made contiguous with the first air bag. The second air bag includes a base rim portion and a surrounding fluid channel for receiving a second, high pressure inflatable medium. There is a first channel(s) disposed within the second channel concentric therewith for separately providing an uninhibited first, low pressure inflatable medium to the first air bag for full inflatable deployment subsequent to a sensed crashed condition. A first and second fluid supply connection is made to each respective first and second inflatable air bags to provide a low pressure inflatable bag for user impact in sequence with a high pressure air bag, respectively, to cushion the impact between the user and interior vehicle structures.

Abstract: An air bag for a side air bag device is folded and accommodated over a roof side rail portion on the peripheral edge of an opening in an interior side of a vehicle. The air bag is developed and expanded to cover the opening when an inflating gas flows in. In the air bag, the internal pressure of the inflating gas at 3 secs after the start of inflow is maintained at 30% or more of the internal pressure at 500 msecs after the start of inflow. This air bag can maintain the high internal pressure for a long time.

Abstract: A system and method for controlling the inflation of an air bag in a vehicle utilizes a seat weight sensor, a seat belt tension measurement sensor, and a capacitive position sensing sensor. The capacitive sensor is mounted at a point relative to an air bag inflator door and responsive to the proximity thereto of an object to be sensed. An air bag control processor operatively coupled to a plurality of air bag squibs is provided for controlling the inflation of the air bag responsive to the force exerted on the vehicle seat, the tension sensed in the seat belt, and the proximity of an object or occupant to the inflator door.

Abstract: A vehicle travel safety device carries out automatic braking in order to prevent a subject vehicle from coming into contact with an object, and proximate expansion of an air bag is reliably prevented. When there is a possibility of a subject vehicle coming into contact with an object, automatic braking is carried out in order to prevent the contact. If a seat belt wear state sensor detects that an occupant is not wearing a seat belt and an air bag expansion possibility estimating means estimates that there is a possibility of an air bag expanding, by means of an automatic braking means, the deceleration rate of the automatic braking is reduced so that the occupant is prevented from moving forwards due to the inertia accompanying the braking and causing proximate expansion. When the speed of the subject vehicle at the time when automatic braking is started is high, the relative speed between the subject vehicle and the object at the time when automatic braking is started is high.

Abstract: The fabric part intended to be arranged in the interior of a gas bag of a vehicle occupant restraint system and comprising, when spread out flat, a generally rectangular middle section with shorter and longer outer edges as well as four fastening sections. The fastening sections are disposed at the shorter outer edges of the middle section such that each thereof extends starting from the longer outer edges along the shorter outer edges toward a longitudinal centerline of the middle section. Each of the fastening sections ends at a distance away from the longitudinal centerline.

Abstract: A trailer landing gear lifting apparatus (100) for raising and lowering landing gear (10) of a trailer (30) has a motor (136) fitted to a motor plate (134) which is affixed to a modified conventional gear housing cover (130) of a trailer landing gear assembly (10). The motor (136) has a motor gear (154) affixed to a motor shaft (156) by a roll pin (158). The motor gear (154) engages a drive low gear (142) of a generally conventional gear system (136). A spacer on a drive shaft 138 locks the gear system (136) such that the drive low gear (142) engages a driven low gear (146). A key switch (172) controls a pair of solenoids (170) to selectively provide power to the motor (136) for raising and lowering the legs (14) of the landing gear assembly (10).

Abstract: A steering column holding structure, includes: a column lower bracket locating at rear end of an automobile in relation to a pedal lever, the column lower bracket holding a steering column, wherein the column lower bracket comprises: a column holding section holding the steering column; and a first and a second protruding sections formed with a first and a second through holes so that the column lower bracket is attached to a column holding frame of the automobile with bolts. In the above construction, the first protruding section is formed with an opening channel so as to open the first through hole, thereby making the first protruding section between the opening channel and the steering column as a absorbingly deforming section which is to be deformed by the pedal lever when the automobile forwardingly bumps.

Abstract: A D-loop web belt gripper to releasably grip a web belt is disclosed. The D-loop web belt gripper includes a frame, a web belt gripping component, and a web belt actuating component. The web belt gripping component is a wedge having a plurality of web belt gripping teeth spatially biased away from a base member of the frame. The web belt actuating components is a bail having a lever arm, a pair of guide walls pivotally adjoined to a pair of guide walls of the frame, and a pair of drivers abutting the wedge. A first portion of a web belt is disposable between the web belt gripping teeth and the base member of the frame, and a second portion of the web belt is arcuately disposable upon the lever arm to form an arcuation in the second portion of the web belt. A forcible unbending of the arcuation in the second portion of the web belt can pivot the bail via the lever arm causing the drivers of the bail to displace the web belt gripping teeth of the wedge in the direction of the base member of the frame.

Abstract: A latent fingerprint lifting and recordation device of the type which provides a permanent and official fingerprint document. The device includes a flexible transparent latent fingerprint lifting sheet having one adhesive surface thereof and a flat opaque flexible frame having an open central area and being substantially similar in size and shape to that of, and adhered in generally coextensive fashion on one surface thereof against the fingerprint lifting sheet. A majority of the adhesive surface is exposable and unattached over said open central area for lifting a latent fingerprint. A flat protective cover is positioned against, and similar in size and shape to, that of the frame and releasably adhered against the adhesive surface through the open central area.

Abstract: This invention relates to a device for displaying and/or transporting an item, where the device comprises a transparent front that forms a sealable pocket with a substantially solid surface, such as a card.

Abstract: A method of an emboss pattern process has steps of transferring an emboss pattern onto a thermoplastic resin sheet by using an emboss patterning roller; lustering the opposite face of the embossed face of the thermoplastic resin sheet by using a lustering means having a mirror face member; and peeling the thermoplastic resin sheet from the emboss patterning roller at a lower temperature than a temperature for transferring the emboss pattern. The emboss patterning roller has a roller body, having a face embossed with the pattern, and sealing rings attached on each side face of the roller body, in which the roller body and the sealing ring has a passage for flowing a cooling medium from one sealing ring through the roller body to the other sealing ring.

Abstract: An exhaust system includes a manifold having an exhaust port. An exhaust pipe is sealingly engaged with the exhaust port. A hole is provided in the exhaust pipe and a fastener traverses the hole to secure the exhaust pipe to the manifold.

Abstract: A connector includes a body and a clip for fitting on the body. The body has a hose connecting portion and a pipe receiving portion. The pipe receiving portion is adapted to receive a pipe therein and includes a clip fitting part. The clip fitting part has an engaging hole for engagement with an engaging claw formed on the clip. The engaging claw moves from a protruded position for preventing removal of the pipe to a withdrawn position for permitting removal of the pipe from the pipe receiving portion as the operator forces the clip to be enlarged. An enlargement restraining device is provided that is operable to restrain the enlargement of the clip within a predetermined range, so that the clip can reliably resiliently return to the protruded position when the clip is released after the pipe has been removed from the pipe receiving portion.

Abstract: A tubing connector has a body, a tubular member, a compression member, a cap and a coupling. The body has a bore extending through it and a body portion of the tubular member is positioned in the bore of the body with an extension portion of the tubular member extending from the bore of the body. The compression member is fitted in the cap and also has a bore extending through it. The cap is provided with an opening and an orifice which are aligned with the bore of the compression member to define a continuous passageway through the cap. The coupling connectively engages the body with the cap. The tubing connector also optionally includes a coupling element which enables connective engagement of the body with an adjoining member. To use the tubing connector, the flexible tube is threaded through the continuous passageway of the cap and fitted over the extension portion of the tubular member. The cap and the body are then connectively engaged around the extension portion.

Abstract: A press fitting for producing a nondetachable tight connection of smooth-ended pipes which has at least one portion receiving a toroidal sealing element and an adjoining cylindrical area extending in the longitudinal direction, and is provided with a shoulder acting as a stop for the pipe which can be pushed in or pushed on. The sealing element has, in the circumferential direction, at least one portion which is provided with a cross section diverging from the starting cross section in that a bulge extends along the circumference and along the cross-sectional plane and a recess facing the pushed in pipe extends radially in the cross section of the sealing element, the volume of the bulge compared with the starting cross section is at least equal to the volume of the recess lacking at the starting cross section and, before pressing, the recess of the sealing element forms a through-opening in the axial direction viewed in cross section.

Abstract: An electromagnetic door lock includes an electromagnet secured to a frame and having one or more projections, and a housing secured to a door panel for slidably receiving an armature plate. The armature plate includes one or more orifices for receiving the projections of the electromagnet and for preventing a shearing movement between the electromagnet and the armature plate when the armature plate is attracted toward the electromagnet. A guiding mechanism may be used for guiding the projection of the electromagnet to be aligned with the orifice of the armature plate.

Abstract: A fascia (10) for an automobile comprising a structure extending horizontally and vertically across an entire front end or rear end of the automobile, the structure having an average wall thickness of less than about 2.2 mm. The structure is formed from at least one polyolefin material and reinforcement particles dispersed within the at least one polyolefin material. The reinforcement particles comprise less than 15% of a total volume of the structure. At least 40% of the reinforcement particles have a thickness of less than about 50 nanometers. A decorative coating layer having at least one coloring agent is disposed on the rigid structure.

Abstract: A blade assembly for a mechanical wafer handling system. The assembly includes an elongated planar member having a central region, wherein the central region has a first array of openings and a second array of openings, the openings of the first array being arranged substantially symmetrically to the openings of the second array on opposing sides of a central longitudinal axis extending along the length of the planar member and passing through a center point of the central region. The openings in the first array are arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to a perpendicular axis extending along the width of the elongated planar member and passing through a center point of the central region. The openings in the second array are also arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the perpendicular axis. The assembly also includes a wrist with a wrist upper cap and a wrist lower cap.

Abstract: A waste collection device has a first, elongated strut, with a waste collection container support having a forward opening mouth removeably attached at a shoe assembly to the distal end of the first strut. A handle assembly is fixedly attached to the proximal end of the first strut. A second strut having a rake at the distal end thereof is pivotally attached to the handle assembly. A disposable bag is detachably mounted at exterior periphery of the mouth and extending rearward through the throat of the waste collection container support. The rake is mounted lengthwise and laterally in a manner so that the rake interfaces with the forward opening mouth so as to be in a position to effectively urge solid waste toward the mouth and thence into the disposable bag, when the rake and container are placed on opposing sides of solid waste lying on a substantially planar surface.

Abstract: A barbecue device for spreading and manipulating charcoal within a grill. The barbecue device includes a raking portion and a handle portion. The raking portion comprises a pair of pronged portions. Each of the pronged portions is integrally coupled together. The handle portion includes a rod and a handle member. The rod is elongate having a first and second end. The second end of the rod is integrally coupled to the raking portion. The handle member has a first end and a second end. The first end of the handle member is fixedly coupled to the first end of the rod.

Abstract: A disc gripping tool for gripping the outside edge of a disc to prevent blemishes to the surface of the disc. The disc gripping tool includes a pair of elongate arms. Each of the first elongate arms comprises an elongate rod. The elongate rod has a distal portion, a middle portion and proximal portion. The proximal portion comprises a handle. The distal portion extends out of a plane of the middle portion and is orientated generally perpendicular to the middle portion. A first of the elongate arms is substantially a mirror image of a second of the elongate arms. A pivoting structure pivotally couples the first elongate arm to the second elongate arm.

Abstract: There is provided a mounting head for an electronic component-mounting apparatus. A nozzle holder has a plurality of vacuum nozzles arranged circumferentially about an axis thereof in a manner such that each vacuum nozzle is capable of projecting from the nozzle holder and retracting in the nozzle holder. A holder support member supports the nozzle holder in a manner such that the nozzle holder can rotate about the axis thereof. A nozzle-rotating motor drives the nozzle holder about the axis thereof for rotation in normal and reverse directions. The nozzle holder is driven for rotation by the nozzle-rotating motor to bring one of the vacuum nozzles selected for use to a projecting position. The selected one is caused to project from a lower end face of the nozzle holder at the projecting position. A plurality of cam followers are mounted at respective upper portions of the vacuum nozzles.

Abstract: A force compensating apparatus is for use in a wafer-handling machine. The wafer-handling machine includes a rotatable rim adapted to be concentric with and external to a wafer, and a plurality of wafer-supporting fingers disposed about the rim. Each finger is supported by a floating arm, part of a support mechanism utilizing first and second fixed arms bracketing the floating arm where the fixed arms attach the support to the rim. Each the finger is preloaded with sufficient force to support the wafer among the plurality of fingers and each the finger is generally positioned in a radial plane with the rim.

Abstract: The current invention is a universal anchor for use with both ring clutches and bail lift clutches. The invention includes an anchor with a nail-shaped head on one end of a shaft and a flattened plate with at least one perforation through the plate on the other end of the shaft. When embedded in concrete with the nail-shaped head exposed, the anchor is available for engagement with bail lift clutches. When embedded in concrete with the perforated plate end exposed, the anchor is available for engagement with ring clutches. In this manner, one universal anchor may be used regardless of the type of clutch available.

Abstract: A bracket for engagement with an object of a substantially rigid sheet-like material has a V- or U-shaped body portion that is produced from a spring material. The body portion has two shanks, and in each shank there is a recess. Each recess is open to an edge of the shank. The recesses have opposing abutment surfaces, and one of the abutment surfaces is on a flap extending from the shank. One or more tips project from any of the abutment surfaces to establish a point contact with sheet material to hold it. When the opposing abutment surfaces are in line with each other, a look-through region between the abutment surfaces increases when the shanks are moved relative to one another against the spring bias to enable positioning the material therebetween.

Abstract: A segmented gripper is provided, having two arms (2;3) which are operated for closing and opening movement in an operational plane. The arms are flexible in the way of a finger; i.e. the geometry is variable to adapt to the external shape of the article to be gripped. This is accomplished by providing a structure for the arms, wherein an outer row of pivotally connected links (6) is interconnected with an inner row of pivotally connected links (7), the interconnecting elements (8) being pivotally attached to the link connecting points of each row of links. The lengths of the interconnecting elements are successively decreasing towards the free end of each arm, so that the arm displays a claw-like configuration. The arms are pivotally attached on a support, so that when an actuating force is applied tangentially to the outer row of links, the arms are operated for a closing motion.

Abstract: A portable partition for use in an automobile having a seat with a seat bench and a seat backrest. The partition includes a seat plate that has first and second portions that rest on the seat bench. The partition also includes a partition plate that has a bottom edge connected to the seat plate between the first and second seat-plate portions. When the seat plate is disposed upon the seat bench, the partition plate is disposed substantially orthogonally of the seat bench. The partition plate typically is constructed of a substantially transparent material so that the driver's view is not obstructed by the partition plate. The partition may also have a hinge joining the first and second portions. The hinge permits the seat plate to more closely fit the seat bench, particularly when a child is seated on a cushion or a child seat placed on top of one or both of the portions of the seat plate.

Abstract: A covering arrangement such as a soft top for a motor vehicle comprises a surface element such as a soft top element connected to another structural element which is in the form of a second surface element, or a roof channel or gutter, or a window pane member, or a frame linkage assembly member. The first-mentioned surface element and the other structural element are connected together by a strip-shaped PUR-casting resin bead element.

Abstract: A multi-segment rear power window assembly for location behind the seats of a pick-up truck, van, tractor trailers, limousines and the like, having the ability to independently open and close one or several movable sections in a vertical direction, the same or differing amounts, from a position inside the cab of the vehicle.

Abstract: Sealing system is disclosed for the roof frame of a motor vehicle having at least one moveable, frameless window. The sealing system has at least one sealing profile section with a profile strip which is reinforced by a reinforcement and is formed of at least one elastomer. The profile strip cooperates with the window in a sealing manner. The reinforcement is provided with the profile strip as a pre-fabricated synthetic material injection molded part in a forming tool at least on one part of its surface. The reinforcement has a substantially U-shaped cross section with a base and limbs extending from the base. The sealing system is formed in a three-dimensional manner and can be fixed to connection parts of the roof frame with attachment elements. The reinforcement and the profile strip are partitioned longitudinally in the region of the base.

Abstract: A door structure for covering an access opening provided through a body member of a vehicle is disclosed. The door structure comprises a door panel, a pair of sliding means, and at least one supporting means. Each of the pair of sliding means includes a stationary track mounted on the body member along the side of the access opening, and a movable post mounted in said stationary track. The movable post is pivotally coupled with the top end portion of the door panel at its top end so that the bottom end of the door panel is adapted to swing out of the body member.

Abstract: A retractable awning assembly includes a spring-biased roller assembly, a flexible canopy having an inner edge for connection to a wall and an outer edge secured to the roller assembly, and a pair of arm assemblies supporting opposite ends of the roller assembly and operable to move the roller assembly between a stored position adjacent the wall and a sheltered position spaced from the wall. Each arm assembly has an extendable support arm, a pneumatic cylinder operably connected to the support arm for extending and retracting the support arm, and an extendable rafter arm including a pair of parallel pneumatic cylinders for extending and retracting the rafter arm. The support arm has a pair of laterally spaced apart wheels which are rotatable about a generally horizontal axis, an upper end operably connected to the roller assembly and a lower end pivotably securable to the wall. The rafter arm has an upper end pivotably securable to the wall and a lower end pivotally connected to the support arm.

Abstract: Disclosed is an awning assembly for a recreational vehicle. The awning assembly includes an awning that is configured to be extended from a sidewall of the recreational vehicle to provide shade. A rug is removably mounted to one edge of the awning. In use, the rug is removed from the awning and positioned on the ground below the awning to serve as a ground covering. When not being used, the rug is attached to the awning and stored with the awning in an awning housing to save space. In another embodiment, the awning assembly comprises a rug housing that is configured to be moved between a storage configuration and an extended configuration.

Abstract: A retractable camper tie-down. The tie down is provided for mounting a load such as a camper to pre-existing mounting structure on a motor vehicle frame. The tie-down includes a retractable base portion, an adjustable tension member, and a shock absorbing cushioning member. The tie-down requires no drilling, cutting, welding or other custom mounting structure for installation on most vehicles.

Abstract: An air duct for cooling rotating tires that broadly funnels or directs air up and into the face of an air fender or rotating tire. The air duct comprises a depending wall having an upper and a bottom edge. Formed within the wall is a leading tunnel section in communication with a baffle section, the tunnel section having a discharge end. The tunnel section defines at least one flow path which channel ambient air through the discharge end and into the baffle section where the air is subsequently directed into the face of air fender or rotating tire. The baffle section is defined as being between the discharge end of the tunnel section and the either the leading surfaces of an air fender or where there is no fender, the leading surfaces of the associated tire.

Abstract: A modular space frame of cab-over type cabin that can be used without distinction in a medium, heavy, and tractor truck, which may be assembled in the same assembly line of any of these three types of trucks and with the same kind of tools is described.

Abstract: A small four-wheeled vehicle frame cover covering a body frame for supporting a pair of front wheels and a pair of rear wheels includes a floor panel, side decks, a front deck, and a rear deck. The side decks extend laterally from opposite sides of a cabin, the front deck is present in front of the cabin, and the rear deck is positioned behind the cabin. The decks surround the cabin, forming a gallery. An interior frame constituting the cabin includes a driver supporting unit which is composed of a seat cushion, a seat back, shoulder pads, and side supports. The interior frame and driver supporting unit are positioned way back from entrances in order to enlarge the entrances.

Abstract: A dash reinforcement for a mobile vehicle with a passenger cab such as a sport utility vehicle, or medium or heavy-duty truck. The dash reinforcement may be a stamped sheet metal panel that strengthens the dash structure of the cab and provides for mounting of vehicle components. The dash reinforcement may be symmetrical about the centerline of the vehicle and this symmetry allows the panel to accommodate both left-hand drive and right-hand drive vehicle configurations. The dash reinforcement also includes ‘Y’ shaped passages for a driver control module and for accessory equipment such as heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) modules. The unique shape of these passages or openings adds strength to the overall dash structure and hence the cab. The dash reinforcement may be engaged to a dash panel to form a dash assembly.

Abstract: A fork lift truck frame structure includes a dash board side end portion, which is formed so as to permit an operator's entry and exit. The side end portion of the dash board (2) is cut off in order to form a tapered cut-off portion (4) and a side plate (3). The side plate (3) is bent along the cut-off portion (4) and is fitted to the cut-off portion (4).

Abstract: A vehicle body has a first compartment for carrying passengers or cargo and a second cargo compartment rearwardly adjacent the first compartment. The body includes a rear wall optionally separating the first and second compartments with a lower opening between the compartments that allows access therebetween. A closure panel is mounted in the rear wall and is movable between a panel closed position closing the opening and a panel open position allowing access through the lower opening between the compartments. An upper opening in the rear wall above the lower opening is closable by a window mounted in the body and movable to a window open position wherein the window is lowered at least partially into the closure panel, thereby permitting external access to the first compartment through the upper opening. A crossbar extends laterally in the body between the upper and lower openings and contains a window drive mechanism at least partially within the crossbar.

Abstract: Apparatus for a swiveling a tray mounted in the back of an aircraft seat. The apparatus has a tube oriented transverse to the seat back around which the tray swivels. A tray is pivotably attached to the tube. A pair of bushes protrude outward from each end os the tube. Each bush ends in a generally mushroom shaped protrusion which is set off by an adjacent undercut defining a stressing and guiding zone. An elastic spring contained within a housing is mounted on the aircraft. The mounted spring has upward directed Y-shaped openings sized to receive and engage the protrusion at the backlash elimination zone and engage the protrusions and the tube. This spring grips and hold the protrusions which secures the tube. This arrangement permits the tube and its attached tray to be quickly and easily attached or removed from the seat. A transmission element in the form of an extending arm is also pivotably attached to the tube.

Abstract: A bicycle saddle includes a seat body made of a rigid plastic material, and including forward and rear portions. Two mounting poles have upper ends secured to the rear portion, and lower ends extending downwardly of the upper ends and having threaded portions. A retaining member has two major walls, and two through holes formed through the major walls for passage of the mounting poles, respectively. A supporting member engages the forward portion, and is connected to the retaining member. At least one pair of first and second deformable members are disposed between the seat body and the retaining member. Each deformable member has two abutting walls, an annular inner periphery extending to communicate the abutting walls to define a penetrating hole therein for sleeving snugly on the respective mounting pole, and two annular recess portions extending radially from the abutting walls to be communicated with the penetrating hole, and inwardly toward each other.

Abstract: The bicycle saddle includes a flexible frame having a W-shaped cross section with fore and aft depending portions between the horn and a tail of the flexible frame for enabling the longitudinal flexing of the frame. A resilient cushion is provided and disposed on the flexible W-frame between the horn and the tail and a rail fixed to the fore and aft depending portions is provided for attaching the flexible W-frame to a bicycle.