Patents Examined by Philip F Gabler
  • Patent number: 11912362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bicycle saddle including: a saddle frame disposed on a bicycle frame; a saddle plate disposed on top of the saddle frame; and a saddle seat disposed on top of the saddle plate to elastically support the hips, wherein the saddle seat is divided into a first seat and a second seat having top portions rounded with a given radius of curvature and disposed spaced apart from each other to a band-like shape along both longitudinal edges of the saddle plate, and between the first seat and the second seat is disposed an arch-shaped ischium accommodation portion for accommodating the ischial tuberosities of the pelvis thereinto to prevent the arteries, veins, and nerves from a rider's anus to the genitals from being compressed against the saddle seat by his or her body weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Huan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yong Joo Kim
  • Patent number: 11912173
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a canopy locking assembly suitable to be installed on a baby carrier. The baby carrier includes a handle and a foldable canopy mechanism at least having a folded state and an unfolded state. The canopy locking assembly includes a locking member and a matching member that are separable and lockable, the locking member is installed on the canopy mechanism, the matching member is installed on the handle. The locking member moves relatively close to the matching member when the canopy mechanism is switched from the folded state to the unfolded state, and the canopy mechanism is kept in the unfolded state constantly when the locking member and the matching member are locked. The canopy locking assembly can keep the canopy mechanism unfolded constantly when in use to avoid from being folded by accident. In addition, the present disclosure further provides a baby carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiaohong Xiao
  • Patent number: 11904797
    Abstract: A buckle fastening assembly is adapted for a child safety seat and includes a cushion body whereon a through hole is formed, and a belt body including a protecting pad and a positioning structure. One end of the positioning structure is connected to the cushion body, another end of the positioning structure passes through the through hole to connect with the protecting pad, and the positioning structure biases the protecting pad away from a working position. When the belt body is not in use, the positioning structure can drive the protecting pad away from the working position by elasticity, so as to prevent the protecting pad from randomly falling on an upper surface of the cushion body, which will not affect a child's riding and can improve the riding comfort. The buckle fastening assembly has advantages of simple structure and easy disassembly, which is convenient to use by caregivers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Yingzhong Chen, Qinrui Wei
  • Patent number: 11904748
    Abstract: A rotatable armrest includes: a housing; a button system; and a hinge system engaged to the button system, in which the button system and the hinge system are provided in the housing, in which the hinge system includes a hinge shaft, and the rotatable armrest is fixed at a first position, a second position, or a third position by being rotated about the hinge shaft, and in which the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be folded downward at the first position, the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be directed forward horizontally at the second position, and the rotatable armrest is configured to be positioned to be directed rearward horizontally at the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NIFCO KOREA INC., SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Kun Li, Chun Lei Sang, Won Young Bae, Bong Ju Choi, Dae Kyo Kim
  • Patent number: 11904740
    Abstract: The present inventive concept relates to a child safety assembly. The child safety assembly comprises: a base portion, to be placed on a vehicle seat and for holding a child safety seat and a brace, to be pressed against a backrest of the vehicle seat. The brace being connected to the base portion, for preventing the base portion from tilting from the vehicle seat. The child safety assembly further comprises tensioning means, extending from the brace and secured to the base portion, and a biasing mechanism, coupled to the tensioning means. The biasing mechanism provides, to the tensioning means, a tension which draws the brace in a direction downwards to the base portion for providing a pressure of the brace against the backrest of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: AXKID AB
    Inventors: Robert Thenander, Daniel Lundgren, David Röstedal
  • Patent number: 11890972
    Abstract: A vehicle seating system including a mounting assembly; a first slide assembly configured to move linearly relative to an adapter plate; a first drive motor mounted to an under-plate of the first slide assembly, the first drive motor being configured to selectively move the first slide assembly in a liner motion parallel to a longitudinal axis of the adapter plate; a swivel assembly configured to swivel relative to the first slide assembly, wherein the swivel assembly includes an over-plate mounted to a swivel post that rotatably engages the first slide assembly; a second slide assembly configured to move linearly relative to the over-plate; and a second drive motor engaging a seat pan of the second slide assembly and being configured to move the second slide assembly in a liner motion parallel to a longitudinal axis of the seat pan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: BraunAbility Europe AB
    Inventor: Hans Bertil Slungare
  • Patent number: 11890976
    Abstract: A damping member (1) which has at least two engagement points (2), wherein the damping member (1) has an absorption means, wherein fastening elements (3) are arranged on the damping member (1), and wherein an additional absorption means (4) is provided which brings about shock absorption together with the absorption means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Rheinmetall Protection Systems GmbH
    Inventors: Francois Buder, Michael Inden, Rene Neuling
  • Patent number: 11882820
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved fishing seat designed to be used on a boat. The fishing seat is configured to be attached to an interior of a boat, and in one potential embodiment to a shelf/inwale of the boat. The fishing seat features a substantially rectangular backplate that is attached to the shelf and is designed to laterally move along the shelf, thereby enabling the fishing seat to lock into a desired position at any forward, amidships or aft position. A seating platform extending orthogonally from the backplate (and accessible from three sides), is used for sitting by a user for an activity such as fishing. The fishing seat can be generally folded flat when not in use to save space. A supporting plate hingedly connects a base of the backplate and a bottom surface of the seating platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Eugene Beebe
  • Patent number: 11884189
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes an ISOFIX assembly and a base. The ISOFIX assembly includes a support foot, a connecting portion, and a sliding rail portion between the support foot and the connecting portion. The connecting portion connects to a car seat. The sliding rail portion includes a first sliding rail portion and a second sliding rail portion connected to the first sliding rail portion. A width of the second sliding rail portion is larger than a width of the first sliding rail portion. The base has a frame assembly which has a sleeve portion slidably sleeved on the sliding rail portion. The sleeve portion includes first and second sleeve portions slidably sleeved on corresponding first and second sliding rail portions. The base is operable to be adjusted telescopically with respect to the ISOFIX assembly through a sliding cooperation between the sliding rail portion and the sleeve portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Yingzhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11878614
    Abstract: Provided is a vehicle seat that includes a dynamic damper having desired properties, and that makes it possible to improve a mass holding angle and to reduce cost. A vehicle seat (1) includes: a frame (11a, 12a, 13a); a case (20) attached to the frame (11a, 12a, 13a); and a dynamic damper (30) that is housed in the case (20) and that includes a mass (40) and an elastic body (50). The elastic body (50) includes at least an annular elastic body (51) as a member having a through hole. The mass (40) is fitted to the through hole of the annular elastic body (51), and the outer peripheral surface of the annular elastic body (51) is disposed in contact with the inner wall of the case (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Keiji Makino, Toshiharu Tsuzuki
  • Patent number: 11878608
    Abstract: In order to suppress a claustrophobic feeling that a person sitting on a rear seat receives due to a front seat, and to make the front seat easy to use as an ottoman by the person, a movement adjustment system is used for a passenger seat and a rear seat, and includes a slide rail for moving the rear seat in the front to back direction, and a control part for changing the movement region of the rear seat by the slide rail. The passenger seat has a seat cushion, and a seat back mounted to be changeable between an upright state and a lowered state with respect to the seat cushion. The control part changes the movement region so that the passenger seat and the rear seat can come closer when the seat back of the passenger seat is in the lowered state than in the upright state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Yogo
  • Patent number: 11878615
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method of manufacturing a headrest stay formed end. The method includes cutting teeth on the insertion end of a headrest stay and pressing the teeth inwardly to form a chamfered endform on the insertion end. A headrest stay having a chamfered endform comprising a plurality of curved teeth is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: Innotec, Corp.
    Inventors: Hassan Salim Rabe, Micah Lane Schreur, Ryan Scott Hoek
  • Patent number: 11858382
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a seat rotation locking mechanism, including a locking mechanism mounted on a rotating disc in a seat rotation mechanism and at least one lockhole disposed on an outer circumference of a fixed disc in the seat rotation mechanism, where the locking mechanism includes: a lock support fixed on the rotating disc; and at least two lock pins horizontally and moveably configured in the lock support, where a first end of the lock pin is of a truncated-cone-shaped structure; and the first end of the lock pin is inserted into the lockhole, to implement zero-clearance locking by using wedging between the truncated-cone-shaped structure of the first end of the lock pin and the lockhole. The present invention eliminates a fit clearance existing after a rotation mechanism is locked, improves a grade of a product, and improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: YANFENG INTERNATIONAL SEATING SYSTEMS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Qingwei Feng, Jiabin Ding, Feixiang Zhu
  • Patent number: 11851294
    Abstract: A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Medway Plastics Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas A Hutchinson, Jr., Richard E. Hutchinson, Gerald A. Hutchinson
  • Patent number: 11849859
    Abstract: A therapeutic back support device including a back support portion that automatically and repeatedly moves forward to maintain engagement with a user's back as the user moves forward with respect to a chair seat. The back support portion substantially resists backward motion and provides substantially continuous therapeutic support to the user's spine pending a release signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Access Enterprise, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Powicki
  • Patent number: 11849855
    Abstract: A seat device that can easily and positively achieve the conversion of the state of a seat. A leg stand (11) fixed on a floor surface, a movable stand (20) supported by the leg stand (11) so as to be able to advance/retract in front and back directions, an underframe (30) of the seat supported by the movable stand (20) so as to be rotatable in forward and backward directions, and an interlocking mechanism (50) that interlocks advancement/retraction of the movable stand (20) with rotation of the underframe (30) are included.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: KOITO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Masanobu Nakane, Yutaka Nagao
  • Patent number: 11845556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an energy absorption device for a seat of an aircraft, in particular of a helicopter, with at least one impact mechanism (2, 4) and at least one energy absorber (1) coupled with the impact mechanism (2, 4), wherein the impact mechanism (2, 4) acts on the energy absorber (1) for the energy absorption at least in the case of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: AUTOFLUG GMBH
    Inventors: Matthias Gerhard, Nick Ketelsen, Marvin Bocklage, Mattia Testard, Mislav Blazic, Ole Frederik Hubald
  • Patent number: 11827361
    Abstract: A powered seat-base release system includes a rod rotatably mounted in a bucket assembly of an aircraft seat and a motor mechanically coupled to the rod. The motor is configured for rotating the rod from a locked position to a released position. A locking mechanism is configured for preventing motion of the bucket assembly. A cable has a first end and a second end, the first end being mechanically coupled to the rod, and the second end being mechanically coupled to the locking mechanism. A user interface is configured to activate the motor for rotating the rod to the released position such that the rod pulls the cable thereby releasing the locking mechanism to enable motion of the bucket assembly. Upon deactivation of the motor, a biasing mechanism is configured to counter rotate the rod from the released position to the locked position thereby back driving the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Paul Stokholm Warren, Stephen Howard Fagan
  • Patent number: 11827300
    Abstract: A seat for a personal transport device is provided. The seat includes a first seat body portion and a second body portion disposed on an opposite side of a midline from the first seat body portion. The midline is aligned along a longitudinal direction of the seat. The seat also includes a folding mechanism attached to the first seat body portion and the second seat body portion. The folding mechanism is configured to fold the seat along the midline to transition the seat between an unfolded configuration and a folded configuration. In one embodiment, the folding mechanism includes a spine extending underneath the seat in the longitudinal direction, a pair of plates disposed at opposite ends of the spine, a plurality of support members attached at one end to the spine and at an opposite end to the first seat body portion or the second seat body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Matthew B. Staal, Jackie P. Porchay, Michael Jin Kim, Ming Hsein Lee, Ding Jong Chou, Sheng Yu Huang
  • Patent number: 11827128
    Abstract: A tilt adjusting mechanism for adjusting a tilting angle of a tilting component includes a supporting component and a locking component. The supporting component is disposed under the tilting component in a height-adjustable manner. At least two engaging holes are formed on the supporting component along a height adjustment direction. An end of the locking component rotatably engages in the tilting component, and another end of the locking component is configured to engage in one of the at least two engaging holes. A supporting height of the supporting component relative to the tilting component can be adjusted when the locking component disengages from the one of the at least two engaging holes, so as to adjust the tilting angle of the tilting component. The tilt adjusting mechanism has advantages of simple structure, low production cost and convenient operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Colin F. Eggert-Crowe, Kyle S Mason