Patents Examined by Jody Giacoman
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Patent number: 9242584Abstract: A child safety seat assembly includes a shell body for defining a support base attachable to a child seat, an extension arm coupled with the shell body, an anchor latch affixed with the extension arm via a fastener, the anchor latch being operable to with an anchorage fixture of a vehicle, and a cushion part affixed in the extension arm adjacent to the fastener. The cushion part is formed as an integral hollow body, the hollow body has a first, a second and a third sidewall, the first sidewall facing the fastener, and the second and third sidewalls respectively include inward recessed surfaces and are respectively connected with two side edges of the first sidewall. When the fastener and the anchor latch are forced to displace in unison relative to the extension arm, the fastener and the first sidewall push against each other to cause deformation of the cushion part.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2014Date of Patent: January 26, 2016Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventor: Chin Ming Cheng
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Patent number: 9226583Abstract: A furniture device has removable arm sections to facilitate transport of the furniture through tight spaces. The device includes a base having an upper surface configured for supporting a person thereon. A back extends upwardly from the base. Each of a plurality of loops is coupled to an associated side face of the base. Each of a plurality of projections is coupled to and extends from an associated arm section. Each projection is insertable through an associated one of the loops wherein each arm section is removably couplable to the base by seating each projection in the associated loop.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Inventor: Phyllis W. Hibbard
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Patent number: 9226584Abstract: A chair with a folding book holder includes a generally horizontal seat portion with an upper surface for supporting an occupant and an opposed lower surface. The folding book holder has a bottom portion and two support portions. Each support portion has a lower edge flexibly interconnected with the bottom portion and an upper edge flexibly interconnected with the chair. The bottom portion and support portions are foldable between a use position and a storage position, wherein in the use position the support portions extend generally downwardly from the seat portion and the bottom portion is spaced from the seat portion, and in the storage position the support portions and bottom portion are folded up against the seat portion.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2013Date of Patent: January 5, 2016Assignee: Michigan Tube Swagers & Fabricators, Inc.Inventor: Joshua Paul Swy
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Patent number: 9211817Abstract: The object to provide a user-friendly handling for the adjustment of the height of components, in particular head rests is solved by the device for height adjustment of a component of a seat in accordance with the invention which consists of a carrier element carrying the component, a locking element designed and arranged to prohibit height adjustability in a first position and to permit height adjustability in a second position, wherein the locking element is connected with an adjusting element via a motion link, and the adjusting element is pulled upward by pulling means so as to transfer the locking element from the first position to the second position.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2012Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignee: BRITAX RĂ–MER KINDERSICHERHEIT GMBHInventor: Gavin Paul Leese
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Patent number: 9198516Abstract: An ottoman device includes a base bracket, a link mechanism supporting an ottoman and including a rotation link, engagement portions formed at facing surfaces that are provided at the rotation link and the base bracket respectively and engaging with each other to restrict a rotation of the rotation link, at least one of the engagement portions including an inclined surface serving as an engagement surface, a restriction portion restricting a relative axial movement between the rotation link and the base bracket in a direction in which the rotation link is separated from the base bracket in a load range where an engagement state between the engagement portions is maintainable, and an operation portion configured to change a relative position between the rotation link and the base bracket by moving the restriction portion in an axial direction of the rotation shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: AISIN SEIKI KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Yukifumi Yamada, Naoki Goto
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Patent number: 9192235Abstract: The present invention is a foldable chair assembly for providing comfort to a user in outdoor environments comprising a folding chair having a frame structure defined by a pair of vertical front frame members coupled to a pair of vertical rear frame members by way of a plurality of pairs of cross frame members, a seating member extending between the pair of vertical front frame members and the pair of vertical rear frame members, a back rest, a pair of armrests, a cup holder, a plurality of foot pads, a front pocket, a side pocket, an umbrella attached to the folding chair through an umbrella loop of the back rest and an adjustable tray secured between the pair of vertical front frame members. The folding chair, the umbrella and the adjustable tray are arranged in a way to provide comfort to the user while reclining in outdoor environments.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2013Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Inventor: Brian Horowitz
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Patent number: 9180793Abstract: A movable seating arrangement includes a seat pan, a back support rigidly connected with the seat pan, and a seat member slidably mounted to the seat pan. The seat member can be moved from a retracted position proximate the back support to an extended position displaced forward of the upright position, without movement of the back support. In certain embodiments, a lumbar support is mounted to the back support, and motion of the seat member to its extended position causes a mid portion of the lumbar support to flex forward from a flattened position.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Franklin Products, Inc.Inventors: Mark Carlin, Howard Velasco
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Patent number: 9179770Abstract: A multi-orientation modular furniture piece includes a work surface; a seat surface; a stool surface; and a base surface. The base surface has a non-flat surface to facilitate a minimal left to right rocking motion of the multi-orientation modular furniture piece when the multi-orientation modular furniture piece is in a seat orientation. The minimal left to right rocking motion of the multi-orientation modular furniture piece allows the participant to realize a positive non-disruptive distraction to facilitate a non-disruptive release of energy so as to assist in re-focusing the occupant during the learning.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2013Date of Patent: November 10, 2015Assignee: Viggi Kids, Corp.Inventor: Sandra Turner
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Patent number: 9156379Abstract: A child safety seat assembly comprises a child seat, a base adapted to assemble with the child seat, wherein the base includes a first portion having an enlarged bottom, and an inclined second portion joined with an upper side of the first portion and provided with a storage pocket, and an abuttal support operable to slide relative to the base between a first position stowed in the storage pocket and a second position deployed outward.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2011Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company LimitedInventors: Bruce L. Williams, Gregory S. Sellers, Nathanael Saint, Sharon A. Gillett
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Patent number: 9155396Abstract: The present invention provides a cup holder assembly adapted for a seat and the seat with the cup holder assembly. The cup holder assembly includes a lateral cover installed on a lateral side of the seat, a main body, and a connection portion connected to a lateral side of the main body. The connection portion hangs on the lateral cover so as to hang the main body on the lateral cover, and a cup can be disposed inside the main body of the cup holder assembly. It not only has simple structure and convenient operation but also can prevent from overturning the cup.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2013Date of Patent: October 13, 2015Assignee: BP Children's Products HK Co., LimitedInventors: James M.F. Hutchinson, Kyle Mason
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Patent number: 9144312Abstract: A portable collapsible stool has at least three legs including separable upper and lower parts releasably formed together by telescopic joint connections and biased into connected engagement by elastomeric cords. Each of the legs is connected to another of the legs intermediate for mutual pivotal movement between a collapsed condition wherein the legs are disposed in generally parallel relation to each other and a set-up condition wherein the legs are spread apart at the upper and lower ends thereof and cross each other intermediate the ends. A seat member with a pivotal upper portion mounted on the upper ends of the legs is disposed in a seating position when the stool is in its set-up condition, and a panel assembly connected to the legs proximate the lower ends thereof provides lateral, anti-splay reinforcement for the legs to increase the carrying capacity of the stool.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2013Date of Patent: September 29, 2015Assignee: GCI Outdoor, Inc.Inventor: Daniel R. Grace
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Patent number: 9114743Abstract: A cushion air bag includes a waist restraining portion that is arranged at a central portion of a cushion panel, and a gas introducing portion that connects this waist restraining portion to an inflator that is provided at a front portion of a cushion panel. This cushion air bag is inflated such that the waist restraining portion reaches a higher height than the gas introducing portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 25, 2015Assignee: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki KaishaInventors: Tatsuya Komamura, Hironori Chaya, Hideki Takasawa
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Patent number: 9108548Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises: left and right base frames (side portions 52, 53 of pipe frame 5) which extend in an upward-and-downward direction and constitute left and right portions of a seat back frame (2); a pressure-receiving member (10) disposed between the left and right base frames, and configured to move rearward upon receipt of a rearward load of a predetermined magnitude or greater from an occupant; a force-receiving member (bracket 7) disposed adjacent to a left or right outer side of one base frame (side portion 53), and configured to receive a load from outside in a lateral direction; and a load transmission part (lower portion 51 of pipe frame 5) disposed under the pressure-receiving member (10), connected to a lower end of the one base frame, and configured to transmit the load from the force-receiving member to a side laterally opposite to that on which the force-receiving member is provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Jogen Yamaki, Hisato Oku
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Patent number: 9108547Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises: left and right side frames (4) which constitute left and right portions of a seat back frame (2); a reinforcing frame (pipe frame 5) disposed adjacent to one side frame (4) in a lateral direction, and configured to reinforce the side frame (4); and a force-receiving member (bracket 7) disposed adjacent to the one side frame (4), provided discretely from the reinforcing frame, and configured to receive a load from another member. The force-receiving member is disposed opposite to the reinforcing frame with the side frame 4 disposed therebetween, and directly fixed to the reinforcing frame.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 18, 2015Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Hiroyuki Kaku
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Patent number: 9102251Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises: a base frame (side frames 4, pipe frame 5) which constitutes left and right lower portions of a seat back frame; a force-receiving member (bracket 7) disposed adjacent to a left or right outer side of the base frame, and configured to receive a load from outside in a lateral direction; and a load transmission part (lower portion 51 and lower frame) configured to transmit the load from the force-receiving member to a side laterally opposite to that on which the force-receiving member is provided. The force-receiving member has a shape with a closed cross section, and a portion of at least one of the front wall and the rear wall (front wall 81) separate from upper and lower ends thereof provides an uneven shape (recessed portions 81a).Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Jogen Yamaki, Hisato Oku
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Patent number: 9102253Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises: left and right base frames (side portions 52, 53 of a pipe frame 5) which constitute left and right portions of a seat back frame (2); a force-receiving member (bracket 7) disposed adjacent to a left or right outer side of one base frame (side portion 53), and configured to receive a load from outside in a lateral direction; and a load transmission part (a lower frame 6 and a lower portion 51 of the pipe frame 5) configured to transmit the load from the force-receiving member to a side laterally opposite to that on which the force-receiving member is provided. The force-receiving member has a shape with a closed cross section, and has an input-side end portion (7a) and an output-side end portion (7b), such that the input-side end portion stretches out in at least one of upward, downward, frontward and rearward directions wider than the output-side end portion.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2011Date of Patent: August 11, 2015Assignees: TS TECH CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Hiroyuki Kaku, Jogen Yamaki, Hisato Oku
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Patent number: 9096146Abstract: A seat for a vehicle is configured such that an occupant can be seated in either a lower position or in an upper position. The seat includes a base member for accommodating an occupant in the lower position and a seat back, positioned to extend generally upwards from the region of the base member. The seat back is configured to accommodate an occupant's back. A selectively deployable perch member is also provided. In a first condition, the perch member is configured as an extension of the seat back for when the occupant is seated in the lower position. In a second condition, the perch member is configured as an additional base member for supporting an occupant in the upper position.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2011Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Assignee: BAE SYSTEMS plcInventor: James Brooks Hoyle
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Patent number: 9078524Abstract: A seating product is provided which comprises a metal frame, straps of webbing joined to the metal frame with wire hooks. Each of the wire hooks has a main portion inside a loop created in the strap of webbing and two L-shaped portions extending through openings in the metal frame. Each of the L-shaped portions reduces movement of the wire hooks inside the metal frame reducing noise and wear. The metal frame is made of two pieces joined together, one of the pieces being straight and the other being generally U-shaped.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2013Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignee: L&P Property Management CompanyInventor: Larry I. Bullard
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Patent number: 9073461Abstract: A motor vehicle seat has a seat frame and a backrest frame that is connected pivotably to the seat frame at the sides via fittings. The fittings are screwed to the backrest frame. A screwing direction of at least one screw runs in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle. A significantly improved force flux in the event of a rear or front impact of the motor vehicle can thereby be achieved.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2012Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Dr. Ing. h.c.F. Porsche AktiengesellschaftInventors: Dieter Jungert, Joachim Mueller
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Patent number: 9066592Abstract: A portable chair for outdoor activities that includes a blade that is inserted in the ground on one end of a main support and a seat on the other end of the main support. The blade and a mud stop bar resist displacement of the portable chair. A back rest support bar is attached to the seat and the main support. A back rest is attached to the back rest support bar. The back rest support bar may be completely disconnected or partially disconnected from the portable chair for transportation or storage.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 30, 2015Inventor: Thomas J. Kinczkowski