317 results about "Convertible" patented technology

Methods for creating and providing securities for investors and other market-interested parties involve creating investment entities with associated assets and corresponding securities, such as shares in the investment entities, in a time effective manner and in response to an investor's demand. The assets of the investment entity may be formed as an exchange traded fund (“ETF”) and may include shares of stock, bonds, options, convertibles, currencies, warrants, futures, commodities, real estate, other hard or soft assets and / or other items of value. An investment entity may be formed in any suitable legal structure, such as, but not limited to, a corporation, organization, business trusts, partnerships or the like, that is capable of holding the assets of the investment entity. An investment entity may hold one or more portfolios of common stocks, bonds, or other assets. In some example embodiments of the present invention, the (or at least one) portfolio in the investment entity's assets may be designed to track one or more indices by investing in at least a representative, e.g., proportional, sample of securities that are included in the particular indices to be tracked.

The invention relates to a convertible top for a convertible, comprising a front shell piece, a middle shell piece and a rear shell piece; the shell pieces, when in the closed state, being arranged as a roof over a passenger compartment of the convertible; the front shell piece being capable to be raised during a positively controlled opening operation such that it is moved over the middle shell piece; the rear shell piece being capable to be rotated into a folded-over position; the three shell pieces being designed such that they can jointly pivot counter to a direction of travel about a main bearing into a packaging position; wherein in the packaging position the front shell piece and the middle shell piece are oriented in the same direction over the rear shell piece, that is stored in the folded-over position. The invention further relates to a driving device for a convertible top, comprising a main bearing, a first link, a second link, an intermediate link, the intermediate link being coupled to the second link for activation purposes, a four-bar linkage, the four-bar linkage being coupled to the first link for activation purposes, a first bearing point, a driving cylinder, the driving cylinder being coupled with the main bearing at the first bearing point, and a push and pull rod, the push and pull rod being driven by the driving cylinder and being designed for a simultaneous action of force on the intermediate link and the four-bar linkage.

Apparel and processes for covering a foot, leg and / or a portion thereof. The apparel may include a sock-like tube made of wearable material that is sized to fit over the foot and the leg. The sock-like tube may have a closed end, an open end, and an opening near but not at the closed end that is sized for the foot to pass through. The processes may include sliding the sock-like tube over the foot and leg while positioning the opening so that it ends up over the top of the foot and moving the toes through the opening.

A gondola car has a body for lading carried on an underframe. The underframe includes a center sill and cross-bearers. The car has deep side beams having top chords, side sills, and side sheets. The lower portion of the car includes tubs that seat between the cross-bearers. The car may have an internal volume of more than 8000 cu. ft. The car may have rotary dump claw sockets. The car has opposed internal and external stiffeners aligned at the longitudinal stations of the cross-bearers. The internal stiffeners may be triangular cantilevers extending upwardly inside the side sheets. The side sheet lies intermediate the stiffeners and their flanges. The top chords may be wider in cross-section than the side sills. The side sills may define torque tubes that co-operate with the sidewall stiffeners and the top chords to resist lateral deflection. The car may include a false deck, or dog-house at one end to accommodate the brake reservoir and brake valve, such that the car is longitudinally asymmetric.

Apparel and processes for covering a foot, leg and / or a portion thereof. The apparel may include a sock-like tube made of wearable material that is sized to fit over the foot and the leg. The sock-like tube may have a closed end, an open end, and an opening near but not at the closed end that is sized for the foot to pass through. The processes may include sliding the sock-like tube over the foot and leg while positioning the opening so that it ends up over the top of the foot and moving the toes through the opening.

The invention relates to a rear parcel shelf system for a convertible vehicle with a hard folding roof. The system has a first retractable shelf. The inventive system also has a second shelf which is intended to be disposed under the bonnet of the rear boot when the roof is in the closed position and has a device for moving and guiding the second shelf towards the front of the vehicle in order to fill the space between the back of the corresponding seats and the front edge of the bonnet when the roof is in the folded position.