Patents by Inventor William D. Reida

William D. Reida has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4113311
    Abstract: A single pivot connection for a legrest of a vehicle seat and the like includes a shaft extending from a bracket attached to the seat and an arm bracket attached to the legrest and pivotally supported upon the shaft. The arm bracket has a cylindrical portion and there is a hub on the end of the cylindrical portion with a circumferentially extending notch therein which receives a key formed in an annular member rotatably positioned upon the hub. A gear mounted on the shaft is engageable with a pawl and there is a braking disc between the end of the cylindrical portion and gear such that the application of a predetermined force on the legrest will pivot the legrest with respect to the seat. The pawl engages the gear as the legrest pivots to a horizontal position and pivoting beyond the horizontal to the vertical up position causes cam surfaces on the annular member to disengage the pawl from the gear so that the legrest is free for pivotal movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1977
    Date of Patent: September 12, 1978
    Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Reida
  • Patent number: 4061396
    Abstract: This tie down for seat cushions, such as single and multiple mounted type vehicle seat cushions resides in tabs swivelly attached to the opposing sides of the seat cushions and depending downwardly therefrom with the apertures being formed therein adjacent the free ends thereof. Upstanding hooks having bent ears thereon are anchored in the seat frames adjacent the side and center arm rest frames whereby cushions horizontally supported by the seat frames may be detached therefrom and rotated or reversed and reattached to and restrained by the hooks so as to present a clean or unworn seating surface when desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1977
    Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: William D. Reida
  • Patent number: D257918
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1978
    Date of Patent: January 20, 1981
    Assignee: Aircraft Mechanics Inc.
    Inventors: William D. Reida, Othar P. Kennedy