Patents by Inventor William Switalski

William Switalski 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).

  • Publication number: 20220363175
    Abstract: A lockable armrest assembly includes an armrest having a locking member protruding through an arc-shaped opening defined by a latch main body and moveable therein during rotation of the armrest. The lockable armrest assembly further includes a latch assembly operatively coupled to the latch main body, the latch assembly comprising a latch and a spring, the latch pivotably coupled to the latch main body, the spring resisting movement of the latch during acceleration events below a predetermined acceleration threshold to maintain the latch in a non-blocking position, the latch moveable to a blocking position relative to the arc-shaped opening of the latch main body to block movement of the locking member of the armrest in response to an acceleration event greater than the predetermined acceleration threshold to lock the lockable armrest in a stowed condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Publication number: 20200238872
    Abstract: A vehicle headrest assembly includes a housing operatively coupleable to a vehicle seat back. The assembly also includes a cover at least partially surrounding the housing. The assembly further includes a dock operatively coupled to the housing. The assembly yet further includes at least one Bluetooth speaker repeatedly removable and connectable with the dock. The Bluetooth speaker comprises a power source, a wireless receiver, an amplifier, and a loudspeaker, with the wireless receiver coupled to the loudspeaker via the amplifier for reproducing sounds in accordance with a digital signal received by the wireless receiver.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Patent number: 10703241
    Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. Also included is a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. Further included is a housing comprising a front shell and a rear shell. Yet further included is a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. Also included is at least one armature biasing member surrounding a portion of the base portion and biasing the base portion to be in constant contact with the front shell. Further included is at least one journal friction spring disposed within at least one of the front shell and the rear shell to control a manual adjustment effort, the at least one armature biasing member and the at least one journal friction spring biasing the housing in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: WINDSOR MACHINE AND STAMPING (2009) LTD.
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Patent number: 10576860
    Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. The assembly also includes a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. The assembly further includes a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition, the locked condition disposing a portion of the lock slide within one of a plurality of recesses of the first post portion, the unlocked condition defined by removal of the lock slide from the plurality of recesses to allow adjustment of the head restraint in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: WINDSOR MACHINE AND STAMPING (2009) LTD.
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Publication number: 20190061584
    Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. Also included is a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. Further included is a housing comprising a front shell and a rear shell. Yet further included is a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition. Also included is at least one armature biasing member surrounding a portion of the base portion and biasing the base portion to be in constant contact with the front shell. Further included is at least one journal friction spring disposed within at least one of the front shell and the rear shell to control a manual adjustment effort, the at least one armature biasing member and the at least one journal friction spring biasing the housing in the same direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Patent number: 10173569
    Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a one-piece armature including a cross member having an offset portion. Also included is a ratcheting mechanism having a pivot plate directly and fixedly engaged with the offset portion of the cross member. Further included is a pivot pin extending through an aperture defined by the pivot plate and tangentially contacting a forward portion of the one-piece armature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: WINDSOR MACHINE AND STAMPING (2009) LTD.
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Publication number: 20180272910
    Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a base portion including a first post portion extending in a vertical direction. The assembly also includes a head restraint operatively coupled to the base portion. The assembly further includes a lock slide manually moveable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition, the locked condition disposing a portion of the lock slide within one of a plurality of recesses of the first post portion, the unlocked condition defined by removal of the lock slide from the plurality of recesses to allow adjustment of the head restraint in the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventor: William Switalski
  • Publication number: 20170151896
    Abstract: A head restraint assembly includes a one-piece armature including a cross member having an offset portion. Also included is a ratcheting mechanism having a pivot plate directly and fixedly engaged with the offset portion of the cross member. Further included is a pivot pin extending through an aperture defined by the pivot plate and tangentially contacting a forward portion of the one-piece armature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Inventor: William Switalski