FIGS. 3a and 3b show two side elevation views of a vehicle passenger cabin defining a passenger space wherein are featured an actuation device, generally designated 2, balancing gas springs, generally designated 65, pivoting hinge member 4, inner weather seal 50, outer weather seal 51 and draught proof brush seal 62. In view generally designated 3a, a pivoting extension member 3 is shown in the retracted position for on-road driving. In view generally designated 3b, a pivoting extension member 3...

A side moulding which is readily manufactured and mounted on an exterior side surface of a body or door of a motor vehicle, and is free from the generation of noise during the running of the motor vehicle or upon the opening and closing of the door of the motor vehicle. The side moulding includes a main body, clips for mounting the main body to the body or door of the motor vehicle, and cushion members provided in a rear surface of the main body. Each of the cushion members includes a cushion pa...

A loading compartment in a vehicle having a recess in the floor of the vehicle and a cover. The cover covers the recess in a closed position and allows access to a storage space defined by the recess in an open position. The cover is mounted to the floor of the vehicle. A load-receiving element having the shape of the recess is detachably disposed in the recess. The load-receiving element has load-receiving surfaces for supporting goods place on the load-receiving element. The cover also include...

A retractable vehicle cover comprising at least one cover reel and at least one extension line reel disposed within a housing. The cover reel and the extension line reel are biased in a retracted position. Each cover reel contains a cover, and each extension line reel contains an extension line. At least one cover leading edge extends from the housing, and at least one extension line extends through each cover leading edge. An extension line cover stop allows the extension line(s) to extend a co...

A mounting structure for mounting a window panel on a window frame of a vehicle body including a fastener provided on the rear surface of the window panel, the fastener having a groove engageable with a flange of the window frame and having a removed section formed between opposed end surfaces thereof, and a spacer provided on the flange of the window frame and positioned to correspond to the removed section of the fastener, the spacer having opposed end surfaces which may engage the end surface...

A removable hardtop for an automobile has a rear window and can be secured to the adjoining body via releasable latches. To stiffen the hardtop in the transverse direction, the hardtop is provided with a parcel shelf below the rear window. The shelf joins at least the two lengthwise side parts of the hardtop with one another.

A fastening arrangement for vibration-insulating and impact-damping fastening of a first member to a second member includes a first elastic element which is arranged to bear against the first and the second member and a fixing element arranged in a through-hole in the first and second member and in the first elastic element, the first elastic element being arranged in and essentially contained in the through-hole of the second member.

A weather strip is adhered to a vehicle by a double sided adhesive tape. The weather strip seals between the vehicle body and a door when the door is closed. The weather strip includes a first section extruded from a rubber material, which is vulcanized at a vulcanizing temperature. The weather strip also includes a second section molded from a thermoplastic elastomer at a temperature lower than the vulcanizing temperature. The adhesive tape is applied to the weather strip to span the first sect...

A truck trailer body system has an elongated cargo-supporting bed with front and rear bulkheads and sliding nestable rigid enclosure sections, called canopies, which are movable between the bulkheads. The canopies are positionable for completely enclosing and protecting cargo from environmental damage during transportation or storage, and also for selectively providing largely unfettered access to the cargo for any purpose, such as inspection, loading, and unloading, as desired. The enclosure se...

A vehicular storage unit transit system (20) is provided for joining a storage unit (32) to a vehicle (30) possessing a cargo area (28) having a forward end (38), an access end (42), a pair of opposing sidewalls (46), and a floor (50) with a pair of wheelwells (56) protruding thereabove between the sidewalls (46). A pair of transit assemblies (22) couple the storage unit (32) to a pair of guidance assemblies (24). A first section (76) of each guidance assembly (24) sustains the storage unit (32)...