An inflatable occupant restraint for protecting occupants seated in the third row of an automotive vehicle and includes a plurality of inflatable restraint devices mounted approximately vertically adjacent the window between the C pillar and the D pillar and horizontally tethered but movable from a stowed position to an inflated position in response to conditions indicative of the need for inflation of the restraint.

A flight-worthy electronics package that connects into the airborne electronics of a passenger aircraft and to that aircraft's passenger visual display system provides passengers with a variety of information real-time displays. Information that may be displayed, as desired, is flight information such as ground speed, outside air temperature or altitude. Other information that may be displayed is a map of the area that the aircraft is flying over at any particular moment. Perhaps most useful to ...

The invention relates to a method for allocating landing calls issued by passengers, in which method each passenger gives his/her destination floor via a call device. According to the invention, the call is allocated to an elevator car to serve the passenger via genetic allocation, wherein the floors of departure and destination of the passenger are recorded in alternative chromosomes, the required data regarding the passenger and elevator car being recorded in a gene in the chromosome, that, ut...

A flight-worthy electronics system connecting the airborne electronics of a passenger aircraft to the visual display system of the aircraft provides passengers with a variety of information tailored to phases of the flight plan of the aircraft. For each phase of the flight plan, a different sequence of information is displayed. Thus, for example, during takeoff, the system may display a map showing the flight plan of the aircraft, whereas during descent, the system may alternately display the di...

A booster seat for juvenile auto passengers, including an invertible booster cushion with a double-sided seating plane member located so that different seating heights are obtained depending on which seating surface of the cushion is disposed facing upward for use. The seat can also include a back rest, the height of which also is adjustable.

A glare protection device in a motor vehicle reduces the blinding of a motor vehicle driver or passenger caused by the headlights of an oncoming vehicle. A tinted translucent glare protection shield (3) is adjustably held by a guide rail (5) for adjusting the elevation of the shield which is also tiltable around an axis (8). The guide rail (5) is secured by an attachment system, to the sun visor (1) of the motor vehicle, preferably so that it is detachable. When not in use, the glare protection ...

Apparatus for loading and unloading passengers from watercraft, such as for use in boat rides at amusement parks, include a substantially planar inclined platform mounted for rotation about an axis perpendicular to the plane of the platform. The platform extends obliquely to the path of the watercraft so that a section of the platform is submerged. Watercraft traveling along a predetermined path are engaged by a section of the rotating platform as it surfaces and is carried by the platform over ...

In a first preferred embodiment, the present invention comprises a passenger truck cab unit which includes a body mounted to and supported by a truck chassis and a lower structure mounted to and supported by the truck chassis for additional support of the body; a freight transport unit; and a hitch mounted to and supported by the truck chassis for attaching the freight transport unit to the passenger truck cab unit. The body comprises a door opening extending into the lower structure for providi...

A passenger lift (10) is provided for loading a passenger (12) into and out of an aircraft (14). Lift (10) includes a chassis (38) having a front (34) end and a back (36) end. A plurality of wheels (62 and 63) are attached to the chassis (38) providing devices for moving the lift (10). The lift (10) also includes an electrical energy source (70) for providing electrical energy, and an energy converter (104) for translating the electrical energy from the electrical energy source (70) to mechanica...

A method and apparatus for projecting images, advertisements and the like to passengers of moving vehicles. A projector is placed on the vehicle and it projects an image on the walls of a train tunnel, clouds near an airplane, etc. as the vehicle moves. A technique is provided for correcting distortion caused by the positional changes between the vehicle and the projection surface.