Plural Up Position Patents (Class 296/110)
  • Patent number: 11656860
    Abstract: Usage data is collected that indicates which code packages are used during a given session. A correlation between the code packages is generated based on the usage data. The code packages are bundled based upon the correlation so that code packages that are normally used together are bundled together. When a request is received, the bundle to which the request belongs is downloaded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Haim Sawdayee, Michael Mushailov
  • Patent number: 11337871
    Abstract: A wheelchair adornment system includes a wheelchair has a pair of wheels, a pair of arm rests, a pair of leg supports, a chair and a backrest. A plurality of guards is provided and each of the guards is removably coupled to a selected point on the wheelchair. Thus, each of the guards may conceal associated parts of a user's body. A pair of fenders is provided and each of the fenders is coupled to the wheelchair. Each of the fenders is positioned over an associated one of the wheels. A canopy is removably coupled to the wheelchair configured to shade the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Tisha Henise, Samantha Henise
  • Patent number: 9376134
    Abstract: A media and entertainment center for baby strollers. The center can be incorporated originally into a baby stroller or retrofitted to existing baby strollers. The center includes a V-shaped pocket that extends downwardly from the shade of the stroller and has two main panels and two side panels with the main panels being joined together leaning the bottom of the V-shaped pocket. The main panel that faces the infant carried by the stroller is transparent and the side panels have perforations to allow sound to pass through the V-shaped pocket. A media device can be located within the V-shaped pocket with the viewing screen of the media device facing the transparent panel to enable the infant to see the viewing screen through the main panel and hear the sound through the side panels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Inventor: Sandra S. Spinella
  • Patent number: 7494175
    Abstract: A motor vehicle 1, 101 is disclosed having front and rear roof members 5 and 6 which can be moved from raised to stowed positions to change the style of the motor vehicle from a two box style to a convertible or pick-up style. The rear roof member 6 is stowed at an inclined angle between two rows of seats 9, 10 of the motor vehicle 1, 101 so as to occupy little space within the vehicle 1, 101.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan Condon, Torsten Gerhardt, John Harding, Boris Ferko, Steve Fleming, Jan Kamenistiak
  • Publication number: 20080061590
    Abstract: A vehicle roof has at least two roof segments which, in the closed position of the roof, support a flexible roof skin at least in some regions and can be shifted via at least two pairs of links in a positively controlled manner from a closed position G of the top into a fixed storage position A of the top and vice-versa. One pair of links is thereby drivable by motor in order to move all of the roof parts. In the storage position A of the top, the driven pair of links can be supported by a first vehicle-body-side stop on each side of the vehicle in order to fix all of the roof parts with defined distances being maintained at least between the at least two pairs of links.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Applicant: DR. ING. H.C. F. PORSCHE AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Lars Schulz, Felix Hermann, Dominik Beierl
  • Patent number: 7311060
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention are directed to a soft shelter extension for use with a hard shelter where the hard shelter has a perimeter opening defined by a side wall and sealable by a deck rotationally coupled thereto, wherein the deck is prevented from over rotating by a pair of opposing cables linking the side wall to the deck. Such embodiments include a bow assembly having a plurality of bows wherein first ends are linkable to each other and second ends are linkable to each other, either directly or indirectly. These embodiments further include a pair of cable slide interfaces linked to respective first and second ends of the plurality of bows to receive the respective pair of cables. A flexible panel covers the bow assembly, and mates to the side wall and to the deck to form an enclosed space when the deck is rotated to a position wherein the cables are in tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Cascade Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: James Giblin, Thomas Gruber, James Marson, Doug Jacot, Terry Breaux
  • Patent number: 6837533
    Abstract: In a hardtop vehicle roof with rigid roof parts movable between a closed position in which the roof parts are disposed behind one another on a vehicle body to cover an interior vehicle space and a storage position in which they are disposed in a storage compartment behind the interior vehicle space, each of the roof parts is supported individually on the vehicle body by an operating mechanism by which it is movable between the closed and the storage position while remaining in the same orientation which it has in its closed position, the front roof parts being disposed in the storage compartment below the rear roof part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: CTS Fahrzeug-Dachsysteme GmbH
    Inventors: Wezyk Wojciech, Andreas Hasselgruber
  • Patent number: 6288511
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and controlling the operation of a motorized convertible top such that it may be extended and retracted automatically. The system and method of the present invention monitors the movement of the various components to provide fluid, simultaneous motion. It further detects and corrects improper alignments that may result in damage to the top due to overlapping elements or binding elements, and stores error information useful in diagnosing and repairing unrecoverable errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: ASC Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael A. Porter, Richard H. Kruse, Samuel DiCesare, Kerry S. Berland, James M. Helms, George A. Alderton, IV
  • Patent number: 6246199
    Abstract: This invention relates to a system and method for monitoring and controlling the operation of a motorized convertible top such that it may be extended and retracted automatically. The system and method of the present invention monitors the movement of the various components to provide fluid, simultaneous motion. It further detects and corrects improper alignments that may result in damage to the top due to overlapping elements or binding elements, and stores error information useful in diagnosing and repairing unrecoverable errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Assignee: ASC Incorporated
    Inventors: Michael A. Porter, Richard H. Kruse, Samuel DiCesare, Kerry S. Berland, James M. Helms, George A. Alderton, IV
  • Patent number: 6150781
    Abstract: A method of controlling an operating configuration for moving parts on motor vehicles, especially for trunk lids, convertible tops or similar devices, in which configuration the part to be moved is hinge connected to the motor vehicle by at least one connecting element and is provided with a controllable driving means, where the speed of the moving part (8) is monitored, and the driving means (17, 18) is turned off independently of any end position signals when the speed of these parts drops to a very low level or to zero; the motion of the automatically moving part on the motor vehicle can be stopped automatically or an emergency shut-down function is provided for the opening and closing movement when an obstacle is encountered. For this purpose, the speed of the moving part (8) is monitored indirectly by determining the speed of at least one connecting element (2, 3; 10-12, 16) or driving means (17, 18) which is connected to this part (8).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2000
    Assignee: Hoerbiger Hydraulik GmbH
    Inventor: Bernhard Hollerbach
  • Patent number: 6068326
    Abstract: There is provided a support structure for a canvas top bow on a canvas top automobile in which the upper part of a rear seat is made open, and a canvas top bow whose base portions are rotatably supported is erected on both sides of a vehicle body of the open portion to spread a canvas top, characterized in that an adjusting device 8 configured so that the tip end position of the canvas top bow 7 is movable at the stage of spreading the canvas top 3 and at the stage of loosening the canvas top 3 is provided at the base support portions of the canvas top bow 7, and a locking device 13 for keeping the canvas top bow 7 position at the stage of spreading the canvas top 7 bow is provided, whereby the attachment and detachment of the canvas top can be performed easily.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Assignee: Suzuki Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroyasu Shiromura
  • Patent number: 5078447
    Abstract: A multi-position hardtop roof for a vehicle which is retractable between a coupe position enclosing the passenger compartment and a convertible position wherein the roof is stored within the rear deck of the vehicle. The roof is segmented into a front fixed panel incorporating the windshield, an intermediate panel and a rear panel. The intermediate panel of the roof is telescopically retractable onto the rear panel and both movable panels are thereafter retractable into the rear deck of the vehicle. From the coupe position, the intermediate roof segment can be tilted to a second venting position. Further retraction moves the intermediate segment rearwardly onto the rear roof segment to a targa position. Finally, the roof segments may be fully retracted to the convertible position. Two sets of piston/cylinder mechanisms control movement of the intermediate segment and the rear roof segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 1990
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1992
    Assignee: C&C Incorporated
    Inventors: George W. Klein, Robert A. Patterson, Chad Himes
  • Patent number: 5067768
    Abstract: A power actuating system automatically moves a convertible top and a tonneau in a sequence in which the tonneau is closed both when the top is raised and lowered and wherein the power actuating system includes plural power cylinders and a linkage mechanism for moving the convertible top and tonneau in a sequence including moving the tonneau from its closed position to a raised open position, thereafter moving the top from lowered position to raised position with the top rear bow partially raised, then moving the rear bow to fully raised position to provide clearance for movement of the tonneau to its closed position, moving the tonneau to its closed position, and finally moving the rear bow to its lowered position for engagement with the car body adjacent the tonneau.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1991
    Assignee: Wickes Manufacturing Company
    Inventor: Roderick C. Fischbach
  • Patent number: 4402544
    Abstract: A canopy for truck and trailer loads in which a cover of a sheet of flexible water resistant material is supported by a plurality of inverted U-shaped members pivoted on opposite sides of the load by support members attached to the bed of the truck, trailer or pallet. The U-shaped members and the flexible sheet fold downwardly at one end of the load, thus fully exposing the load, and unfold over the load with the two end U-shaped members in substantially horizontal position extending oppositely from one another and the other U-shaped members being spaced from the end members and from each other throughout the distance between the two end members. A flexible strap interconnects most of the U-shaped members to assist in obtaining the desired spacing of the members in the unfolded position. The lower edges of the cover are secured to the bed or pallet when the canopy is in its unfolded position to hold the cover firmly over the load while it is being hauled by the truck or trailer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 1982
    Date of Patent: September 6, 1983
    Inventors: Rufus R. Artim, James A. Mills