Abstract: A portable chair apparatus for assisting the user with comfort, storage, and transportation includes a base, a seat with an opening, a storage compartment between the base and the seat, a back support column, a lumbar support piece, a handle, and a light. The back support column is adjustable relative to the seat between an open and closed position. The lumbar support piece is adjustable along the back support column and is sized to fit within the opening of the seat when the back support column is in the closed position. The light is on the top surface of the back support column. The chair can further include a handle having a light directed towards the space in front of the user when holding the chair. Other embodiments are described.

Abstract: A modular furniture seat assembly comprises a seating portion having a front end, a rear end, a pair of opposing side edges, and a seating connector component on each of the opposing side edges. A back portion is provided and has a lower end, an upper end, and a pair of opposing side edges. The lower end of the back portion connects to the rear end of the seating portion. A pair of lateral support arm assemblies is provided, each having an inner surface and an outer surface, with each of the pair of lateral support arm assemblies having a first arm connector component which is releasably connectable to the seating connector component. The lateral support arm assemblies comprise an armrest portion and a leg portion, with the leg portion supporting the modular furniture seating item when it is an assembled condition.

Abstract: A powered lift chair comprises a frame, a backrest, left and right armrests, a seat, a footrest, and a pair of linear actuator mechanisms. A first one of the pair of linear actuator mechanisms is utilized to control the backrest of the chair, while the second one of the pair of linear actuator mechanisms is utilized to move the frame of the chair between a lowered position and an elevated position, as well as to move the seat of the chair between a substantially horizontal orientation and a tilted orientation such that the forward end portion of the seat is tilted downwardly while the rearward end portion of the seat is tilted upwardly, all while the left and right armrests are fixed in position and disposed within horizontal planes.

Abstract: A chair includes a base, a receptacle coupled to an upper end of the base, and a seat shell forming a seat surface. The seat shell is supported by the receptacle. The chair also includes a back shell forming a back surface. The back shell is connected to the seat shell on both sides of the seat surface and on both sides of the back surface. The back shell includes an extension extending from the back surface to the receptacle under the seat shell. The extension is elastically deformable.

Abstract: A chair with a transom, a seat support, a back portion, and a combined rock and recline mechanism. The combined rock and recline mechanism has front and rear rocking arrangements configured to enable the seat support and back portion to together rock generally forward and rearward from a neutral position relative to the transom, and a recline arrangement that is configured such that the seat support is in a first at-rest position relative to the back portion when the back portion is in an upright position, and such that reclining the back portion rearwardly from the upright position toward a reclined position moves the seat support upward and rearward from the first at-rest position.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose reclining seating apparatus with rocking and folding features. The seating apparatus includes a body support portion pivotally connected to a stationary frame, the body support portion including a seat member and a backrest member rotatably coupled with each other, the stationary frame including a first armrest and a second armrest supported by a leg structure. Further, the seating apparatus includes a pair of flexible members configured to adjust and control at least a rocking movement, a reclining movement, or a rocking-reclining movement of the body support portion.

Abstract: A chair can include a base having at least one chair back attachment mechanisms that attach a back of the chair to the base of the chair. The chair back attachment mechanisms can be positioned on an upper portion of the frame of the base of the chair to support the chair back. In some embodiments, there may be a single chair back attachment mechanism or only a pair of chair back attachment mechanisms to attach the chair back to the base. The chair back can be positioned via the chair back attachment mechanisms so that there is a gap between the lower portion of the chair back and the seat. Embodiments of the chair can be armless. Other embodiments can include arms positioned above the seat on opposite sides of the seat to support arms of a user sitting on the seat of the chair.

Abstract: Adapters may be used for connecting pieces of equipment that may not be directly connected. One adapter for a vehicle seat includes two rails and a metal plate connecting the rails. The rails further include a plurality of holes configured to receive two or more fastening bolts. The fastening bolts are configured to couple a vehicle seat to each of the two rails. The metal plate further includes at least one hole configured to receive a chair base protrusion.

Abstract: A seat trim cover for an automotive seat is formed into a 3-dimensional shape by compression molding a laminated moldable foam in a 3-dimensional. The laminated moldable foam comprises at least a layer of cellular polyurethane foam compression moldable in a temperature range of about 220° F. to about 260° F. The 3-dimensional mold is heated to a temperature range of about 150° F. to about 320° F. The layer of cellular foam is adhered to a cover material layer and pre-cut into a pre-laminated blank prior to molding into the 3-dimensional shape. Optionally, seat heaters or other components can be integrated with the laminated foam prior to compression molding the seat trim cover.

Abstract: A chair having a backrest having an upper backrest section and a lumbar section, wherein the lumbar section is provided with a plurality of perforations and is elastically deformable to allow a backward tilting movement of the upper backrest section under a backward thrust applied from a user's back, and wherein the perforations stop the backward tilting movement of the upper backrest section in a position of maximum backward tilt of the upper backrest section.

Abstract: A folding frame and an outdoor table or outdoor chair using the folding frame. The folding frame comprises a base, a plurality of support legs, and a plurality of extension support bars. Both sides on the upper end of the support leg are configured with a teeth part, and every two neighboring support legs are connected through meshing teeth. The base is configured with a locking module to lock the support legs when they are relatively unfolded. The locking module includes a pull rod seat, a spring sheathing the pull rod seat, a plurality of locking blocks, and the pull rod seat is pushed upward under the elastic force of the spring so that the locking block is pushed into the lock slots of the support legs. Thus, the support legs unfolded in relation to the base can be fixed and supported.

Abstract: A child safety seat is provided and includes a seat body, a driving portion and a detection mechanism. The driving portion is rotatably connected to the seat body. The detection mechanism includes a detector and a trigger mechanism. The detector is in a non-working state when the trigger mechanism is in an open state. The detector is in a working state when the trigger mechanism is in a closed state. The driving portion is rotatably operated to switch the trigger mechanism from the open state to the closed state, so as to switch the detector to the working state. The child safety seat can prevent a dangerous scenario where a child is left in a car.

Abstract: A folding chair includes front and rear supports that fold and/or retract into central beams to reduce the space occupied by the chair in a folded configuration. A backrest is coupled to the central beams with a hub that allows an angle of the backrest relative to the central beams to be selected and for the backrest to be folded flat relative to the central beams. One or more actuators and pin actuators may control the relative movements of the backrest, front support, rear support, and central beams.

Abstract: A bellows for a seat assembly for a cab of a vehicle can include a skirt configured to substantially surround a perimeter of a base of the seat assembly. The skirt can have a continuous perimeter extending between first and second free ends of the skirt along four sides of the base of the seat assembly. The bellows can include a break between the first and second free ends of the skirt to provide access to the base portion via the break, or to install or remove the skirt from the base portion without detaching the base portion from the cab or detaching the seating portion from the seat assembly.

Abstract: Fabric for a modular chair suitable for defining a surface in use and for supporting a user when seated on the chair, and a perimeter area defined by edges of the surface. The fabric includes, at the surface, a periodic weave, the base of which includes at least one main filament, inside of which at least one secondary filament is also inserted, arranged in a weft along a predetermined trajectory. The main filament and the secondary filament are mutually and tightly attached at the perimeter area. The fabric includes at least one spool defining a long element trapped inside part of the fabric along the perimeter area wherein the weaving of the main filament creates a tubular shape suitable for housing the spool, and the secondary filament at least partially wraps the spool to mutually block the main filament and the secondary filament at the spool.

Abstract: An armrest for a chair includes a first member and a second member. The first member includes a body extending in a longitudinal direction from a first end to a second end. The body includes one or more recesses. The first member also includes one or more magnets disposed in the one or more recesses. The second member is releasably attached to the first member. The second member includes a cavity configured to receive the first member and one or more magnetizable plate members disposed in the cavity. The one or more magnetizable plate members are adjacent the one or more magnets when the first member is received in the cavity.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a window structure for visualizing the internal structure of upholstered furniture and including abase, a side surface of the base is provided with installation grooves, inner walls of the installation grooves are provided with transparent windows, an inner wall of the base is equipped with a seat board, a top surface of the seat board is equipped with a shaping layer, and a top surface of the shaping layer is equipped with an elastic layer. An outer layer, the elastic layer and the shaping layer can improve the comfort of the user; an elastomer layer has good impact resistance, always returns to shape and is not easy to be damaged, can improve the service life of the present disclosure; through the transparent windows, a user can conveniently view the internal structure of the present disclosure; the ventilation grooves play the role of ventilation.

Abstract: A method of controlling an adjustable chair comprising the steps of measuring the height of a person, entering the height of the person into a software application on a mobile device, taking a photograph of the person with a mobile device, analyzing the photograph to determine physical measurements of the person, storing the measurements in the mobile device; calculating optimum ergonomic adjustment of the chair based upon the stored measurements; and, transmitting signals to a controller in the chair to control actuators and adjust various components in the chair to achieve optimum ergonomic adjustment. The technology also includes the ergonomic task chair adjusted by the aforementioned method.

Abstract: A bicycle saddle raising device includes a fixed tube carrying a slidable rising rod, stroke springs biasing the rising rod upward, a locking mechanism for locking the rising rod at a predetermined height, and a locking/unlocking switching arrangement. The locking mechanism includes an engaging member having a plurality of engaging recesses, and claw members having claws which engage the engaging member. The locking/unlocking switching arrangement disengages the claws from the engaging recesses. A claw state switching member presses the claws in a direction in which they engage the engaging recesses.

Abstract: A seat assembly includes a base and a support platform spaced above the base. The support platform includes a pad having a hinge portion defining a flex region, wherein the pad is pivotable about the flex region. A link has a lower portion coupled to the base and an upper portion coupled to the pad, wherein the upper portion is pivotable with the pad about the flex region.