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Self Defense Weapon With Memo

A self defense weapon formed as a memo pad and which is easily held by a person's fingers, therefore making it possible to provide protection from a mugger and also to quickly and easily write a record or a message without failure of missing or forgetting significant information under a stressful situation.

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Class 296/181.1 - Body shell


Subclass of Class 296 - Land vehicles: bodies and tops
Definition: Subject matter wherein there is particular detail to
No. of patents: 46
Last issue date: 05/29/2012


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NumberTitleIssue Date
8186747Modular composite structural component and structures formed therewith
The present invention provides an integrated composite floor unit and front wall assembly that can be used in a variety of structures. The integrated composite floor unit and front wall assembly is formed of a floor unit having a front portion and a front wall integ...
05/29/2012
8172308Trailer roof having improved support structure
A trailer includes a pair of vertical, spaced apart opposing sidewalls and a roof sheet extending between and mounted atop the sidewalls. The sidewalls and roof sheet cooperate to define a cargo space. The roof sheet has an interior surface facing the cargo space an...
05/08/2012
8152223Sidewall for a motor vehicle
A side wall for a motor vehicle has an inside shell made of steel plate and an outside covering connected with (particularly welded to) the inside shell. The outside covering comprises an inside panel made of a steel alloy and an outside panel. ...
04/10/2012
7926866Trailer roof having improved support structure
A trailer includes a pair of vertical, spaced apart opposing sidewalls and a roof sheet extending between and mounted atop the sidewalls. The sidewalls and roof sheet cooperate to define a cargo space. The roof sheet has an interior surface facing the cargo space an...
04/19/2011
7527322All terrain vehicles having stay assembly
Vehicles, such as all terrain vehicles, can be provided with a frame and a fender assembly. The fender assembly can have layered fender panels attached together with a bolt and T-nut. A channel can be formed between the fender panels to facilitate passage of fluid a...
05/05/2009
7331094Method and device for positioning components to be joined together
A device for positioning components to be joined together, such as car body components, is characterized by at least one movable central module and a plurality of arms, movable in space and connected thereto and which in each case have at least one holding element f...
02/19/2008
7305766Method for assembling a bus
A method for constructing a bus, wherein a module associated with the front end of the bus is separately constructed and assembled to the shell after interior components of the bus have been installed. The shell of the bus can be fabricated at a first work station. ...
12/11/2007
7287807Poultry coop trailer and a method of transporting poultry therein
A vehicle and method for transporting poultry. The vehicle comprises a coop trailer having a trailer section which can carry a number of tiers of poultry cages on its bed and having a vertically oriented tarpaulin system mounted thereon. The tarpaulin system include...
10/30/2007
7287779Golf/utility cart extension for extra seating
A kit that permits the conversion of a standard two-seat cart into a four-seat cart, with all passengers facing forward. The kit comprises an extension body member having two seats mounted thereon. An extension frame structure includes a pair of horizontally-extendi...
10/30/2007
7284786Panels having active material based fold lines
A panel having active material based segments, wherein the segments define a hinge location that can be selectively stiffened or folded on demand. The active material based segments include an active material such that activation of the active material by an activat...
10/23/2007
7281754Flexible panel system
A racing vehicle has a plurality of molded body panels. Certain ones of the molded body panels are made with pre-impregnated filler reinforced fiberglass material. A first layer of pre-impregnated fiberglass material is formed to the panel shape. A second layer of p...
10/16/2007
7252317Integral stake rack
An integral stake rack panel, for constructing a box of a truck or trailer, includes a base structure fabricated from a single sheet of material, and containing a plurality of corrugated regions. The panel also includes generally flat regions between adjacent corrug...
08/07/2007
7222909Detachable windshield
The disclosure relates to a detachable windshield for a vehicle. In certain embodiments, the disclosure relates to a detachable windshield for a motor vehicle such as an automobile, in particular an automobile having an engine compartment positioned forward of a pas...
05/29/2007
7219952Structurally independent load bearing support system
A structurally independent load bearing support system for use in a cargo vehicle and supporting one or more levels of accessories to provide one or more additional levels of load bearing surfaces in addition to the floor of the cargo vehicle. The structurally indep...
05/22/2007
7182396Structurally independent load bearing support system
A structurally independent load bearing support system for use in a cargo vehicle and supporting one or more levels of accessories to provide one or more additional levels of load bearing surfaces in addition to the floor of the cargo vehicle. The structurally indep...
02/27/2007
7125068Transfer trailer
A transfer trailer includes a floor, a top covering, and at least a pair of walls. At least one of the pair of walls and the top covering are movable relative to the floor between closed and opened positions. In the opened positions, the trailer provides an opening ...
10/24/2006
7032958Body and frame assembly for a vehicle and method of assembling a vehicle
A body and frame assembly for a vehicle includes a one-piece inner member mated with a one-piece outer member, the inner member and the outer member defining door openings at opposing sides of the vehicle. The inner member and the outer member may each include a roo...
04/25/2006
7000318Method of designing and manufacturing vehicles
An accelerated vehicle development process includes establishing a common, standardized interface system whereby different types of vehicle bodies may be attached to a single chassis design. Chassis and bodies are designed, manufactured and validated independently o...
02/21/2006
6974179Vehicle bodywork component
A vehicle bodywork component intended in particular for automotive construction is formed in the manner of a sandwich having an outer layer made from a synthetic sheet or an aluminum sheet and an inner synthetic layer, which is applied by foaming to the outer layer....
12/13/2005
6920721Building system
Off-site factory built structure employs a chassis including two interior longitudinal beam members joined at their ends to a perimeter structure. A floor system is integrated within the chassis perimeter. A ledger member is fixed to the inner surface of each longit...
07/26/2005
6908108Roll cage
A roll cage for a model car or truck is made of first and second elongated members and first and second inverted U-shaped cross members fabricated from flat metal stock. The roll cage is assembled by slip-fitting it together at mating slots formed into the elongated...
06/21/2005
6899377Vehicle body
An automotive vehicle is provided having a body being assembled by a joining process line from a plurality of workpieces joined into a plurality of subassemblies according to the steps of providing templates arranged in a predetermined alignment to form a process li...
05/31/2005
6893075Cargo body construction
A cargo body having a plurality of overlapping sidewall panels, each having an integrally formed post. The sidewall panels include a main portion and an integrally formed post portion. Consecutive sidewall panels are overlapped and fastened to create a sidewall of t...
05/17/2005
6866330Trailer having improved side wall
A cargo trailer includes a floor and a side wall extending vertically upward from a side edge of the floor. The side wall includes a plurality of generally vertical posts. Each post defines an interior surface disposed in a generally common plane and a recessed port...
03/15/2005
6866329Cargo vehicle wall
A cargo vehicle has lightweight rigid panels formed of metal skins and intervening paper layer. Laminate panels are formed using a heated press. ...
03/15/2005
6796263Watercraft cover and trailer system
The present invention provides systems and methods for a watercraft cover and trailer. In accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the watercraft cover includes a top cover and a bottom cover, which mate to enclose a watercraft. The top and ...
09/28/2004
6688673Truck/trailer box constructions
A wall structure of a trailer box (10) is constructed from a plurality of panels (36, 38, 40) which are welded together where their edges meet. The panels (36, 38, 40) are each extrusions and each includes thin side skins (42, 44) and thin webs (46, 48, 5...
02/10/2004
6390537Vehicle adapted for taxicab and livery cab purposes
A passenger cab and livery vehicle is adapted from a pickup truck cab and frame by removing part of the original frame aft of the cab and replacing it with an extended frame connected to the original frame and extending aft in a long flat region supportin...
05/21/2002
6328369Automobile
An automobile in which an external appearance of a body of the automobile is formed to assume substantially identically shaped front and rear portions, and in which visors are provided at a front head portion and a rear head portion of a roof of the body....
12/11/2001
6312044Pivoting access into transportation vehicles
The present invention consists in giving access into transportation vehicles, by means of pivoting the major part of the body shell, on low placed lateral axes, in order to facilitate entrance and exit from three sides of the vehicle, including the front ...
11/06/2001
6260913Small four-wheeled vehicle
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 cabi...
07/17/2001
6149226Floor system for a motor vehicle
A motor vehicle having a floor system which has an enlarged thickness in the area of the passenger compartment, the floor system being reinforced for improving the occupant protection. In order to reduce the danger of excessive deformations of the vehicle...
11/21/2000
6065798Motor vehicle means for carrying passengers and cargo
The invention provides a new class of motor vehicle means for carrying passengers and cargo. This new class of motor vehicle provides, in an inventive way, a combination of the passenger-carrying advantages offered by van or minivan type vehicles and the ...
05/23/2000
5897158Mobile communication vehicle
The invention is a broadcast vehicle constructed in the form of a fifth wheel vehicle. The vehicle walls are insulated to provide a sound proof broadcast studio. The vehicle is self contained with a generator power source, an extendable antenna, and a con...
04/27/1999
5725270Flat sheet vehicle body
A teardrop shaped vehicle body which elevates from front to rear thereby providing a safe and aerodynamic shape on which two front wheels and a single rear wheel are rotatably mounted. The vehicle body includes a frame over which flat sheets are bent with...
03/10/1998
5131713Vehicle for a freight transportation system
A vehicle for a freight transportation system has a platform with end walls located at opposite ends. A pair of doors are pivotally connected to the end walls and are pivotal upwardly between closed and open positions. The doors are held in the closed pos...
07/21/1992
4861215Bulk storage bin with pneumatically assisted discharge
A bin for storing and handling bulk material includes a fill opening through which material is introduced into the bin for storage and a discharge opening in a bottom portion of the bin through which material stored in the bin is discharged. The bin inclu...
08/29/1989
4810028Crashable automobile frame
A vehicle having a frame designed to reduce the damage caused by collisions between vehicles. The design of the frame has a cone shaped front and rear, with the point of the cone low to the ground to get under and lift the other vehicle in the event the f...
03/07/1989
4782909Collision resistant motor vehicle
A motor vehicle including a passenger compartment is rendered collision resistant by a wedge member formed at the front of the vehicle defined by a forward most apex designed to run close to the ground, a rigid pan extending horizontally backwardly from t...
11/08/1988
4758038Upper body structure of vehicle
A convertible type vehicle body structure comprising a main roof structure, a first roof section pivotally connected to the rear end portion of the main roof structure at the front end portion, a second roof section connected to the rear end portion of th...
07/19/1988
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