With Occupant Seat Patents (Class 280/47.25)
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Patent number: 7207577Abstract: A mobile storage unit is disclosed. The mobile storage unit comprises at least two structural frames, a seat portion coupled to the at least two structural frames, a handle assembly coupled to the seat portion, a bottom panel coupled to the at least two structural frames whereby a storage area is created below the seat portion, above the bottom portion and between the at least two structural frames and at least two wheels coupled to the bottom panel. Through the use of the present invention, the potential for back problems that are associated with the use of the traditional backpack is eliminated. Additionally, the mobile storage unit provides an easily accessible storage area for the user/student in the case where no locker is provided. Furthermore, the mobile storage unit incorporates a seat portion which allows a user to utilize the mobile storage unit as a seat in situations where one is needed yet not available.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2002Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Zuca, Inc.Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Udall, Nicholas V. Udall
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Patent number: 7188844Abstract: Seating apparatus features a body including a seat and a lid which is pivotable with respect to the body between a retracted position and an extended position in which the lid defines a cover for the seat. In the retracted position, the lid cooperates with the body to enclose the seat against use. The lid is attached to the body at a pivot point which is positioned adjacent to the seat. When the lid is pivoted into the extended position, the apparatus includes a telescopic member positioned between the lid and the body to enable the lid to be supported open. The body includes a plurality of steps and can be fitted with one or more wheels to allow movement of the apparatus and to permit tilting of the apparatus into a position whereat the seat is located uppermost and the steps enable climbing into the seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2003Date of Patent: March 13, 2007Inventor: Jason Mark Hinds
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Patent number: 7168713Abstract: A mobile storage unit is disclosed. The mobile storage unit comprises at least two structural frames, a seat portion coupled to the at least two structural frames, a handle assembly coupled to the seat portion, a bottom panel coupled to the at least two structural frames whereby a storage area is created below the seat portion, above the bottom portion and between the at least two structural frames and at least two wheels coupled to the bottom panel. Through the use of the present invention, the potential for back problems that are associated with the use of the traditional backpack is eliminated. Additionally, the mobile storage unit provides an easily accessible storage area for the user/student in the case where no locker is provided. Furthermore, the mobile storage unit incorporates a seat portion which allows a user to utilize the mobile storage unit as a seat in situations where one is needed yet not available.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2005Date of Patent: January 30, 2007Assignee: Zuca, Inc.Inventors: Laura Elizabeth Udall, Nicholas V. Udall
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Patent number: 7128326Abstract: A stroller backrest tilting adjusting device is provided. The stroller backrest tilting adjusting device comprises two supporting straps for supporting the backrest of the stroller, each supporting strap having a fixed end attached to a frame of the stroller and a free end; a strap direction guiding unit allowing the free end of each of the straps to pass therethrough and guiding the straps' direction; and an adjusting assembly fixed to an upper portion of the backrest which is capable of adjusting the effective supporting length of the straps to thereby adjusting the tilting angle of the backrest of the stroller by operating a one-way locking member, which is disposed in the adjusting assembly and has a cam effecting portion for increasingly exerting locking force.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2004Date of Patent: October 31, 2006Assignee: Adora Business Company LimitedInventor: Jui-Lung Chen
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Patent number: 7114731Abstract: A portable, collapsible rickshaw like carrier has a collapsing main base which allows the rickshaw to be easily stored or transported.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 2004Date of Patent: October 3, 2006Inventor: David A. Malrick
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Patent number: 7040635Abstract: A portable wheeled dolly for transporting a receptacle of articles, such as a quantity of baseballs to a practice field, where the dolly comprises a pair of spaced apart, elongated frame members, and a U-shaped handle engaging respective first ends of said frame members. Hingedly positioned along a midpoint of the of the frame members is a pivotal platform which functions as a transporting support surface for the receptacle, or as a seat in a static mode. A pair of wheels are provided in proximity to the second ends of the frame members, where the wheels are vertically spaced from the second ends to avoid ground contact in the static mode, but in rolling contact in the transporting mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2003Date of Patent: May 9, 2006Inventor: Bradford D. Remole
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Patent number: 6988736Abstract: Provided is a multi-functional infant-carrying device which functions as both an infant carrier and a carriage. The device includes a pair of front frame members which are arranged to slant forward and include a sling; a back seat for seating an infant; and support portions which extend backward from the front frame members to support the back seat so as to enable the control of the angle of the back seat. A handle is mounted at top ends of the front frame members, and wheels are mounted at bottom ends of the front frame members to contact the ground.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2003Date of Patent: January 24, 2006Assignee: Seoul National University Industry FoundationInventor: Ho-Young Lee
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Patent number: 6971655Abstract: A stroller and safety seat combination includes a panel has a front edge, a back edge, a pair of side edges, a top side, and a bottom side. The panel is generally arcuate so that the top side is generally concave from the front edge to the back edge. A pair of side walls is attached to the panel such that each is attached to one of the side edges and extends upwardly therefrom. A strap assembly adapted for releasably securing a child against the top side of the panel is attached to the panel. A coupler is attached to the bottom side of the panel. The coupler is adapted for removably receiving a seatbelt. A pair of wheels is rotatably coupled to the bottom side of the panel. A push handle is attached to the panel and is positioned adjacent to the back edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2004Date of Patent: December 6, 2005Inventor: Jennie V. Harris
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Patent number: 6942228Abstract: An improved utility cart is presented which can be configured in various ways so as to allow it to be: used for hauling game or fishing supplies, used as a seat-backed chair, or conveniently backpacked over rough terrain.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: September 13, 2005Inventors: Ricky Bunce, John Jacobson
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Patent number: 6938915Abstract: A vehicle restraint system for a child includes a child car seat having a body with a back and a bottom, the bottom having one or more openings. A base unit that fits in a passenger seat of a vehicle has a top with one or more members, each of which is adapted for mated insertion into the one or more openings. A resilient insertion member locks the child car seat to the base unit. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Assignee: Go-Go Babyz Corp.Inventors: Robert C. Bischoff, Melinda Elisa Maxfield, Kerry Ellen Williams
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Patent number: 6938300Abstract: A wheel assembly for a stroller includes a wheel with a rim that has two vertical side surfaces and a vertical central plane. A vertical pivot shaft is disposed within a mounting space in the wheel, is located in the central plane, and extends through a fixed seat that is adapted to be mounted fixedly to a stroller frame and that is attached to a rotatable seat. A wheel seat is connected to the wheel and the rotatable seat so as to permit rotation of the wheel and the wheel seat about the vertical pivot shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2003Date of Patent: September 6, 2005Inventor: Red Lan
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Patent number: 6929275Abstract: A person transport wheelchair has a frame assembly with tubular members attached to connectors supporting a seat, a back rest, and a foot rest. A pair of wheels rotatably mounted on an axle secured to the frame assembly movably support the wheelchair on a surface. The connectors have joined parallel tubes and a flange on one tube. The tubular members have ends telescoped into the tubes. The flanges support the seat, back rest and foot rest.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2003Date of Patent: August 16, 2005Assignee: Kurt Manufacturing CompanyInventor: Phillip E. Schlangen
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Patent number: 6916028Abstract: A wheeled carrier device is provided which, in one embodiment, includes a plurality of foldable walls supported on a base member and movable between an erected state wherein the walls define a carrier space and a collapsed state wherein the walls are folded on top of the base member. The carrier device has at least two wheels and a wheel mounting assembly pivotably mounts the wheels on the device on opposite sides thereof such that, in one embodiment, the wheels are movable through 270° from a first, operative position wherein the wheels support the carrier device and a second, inoperative position wherein upon release of a latching mechanism the wheels are folded over on top of the folded walls in the collapsed state thereof. A handle is affixed to the carrier device and is movable between an operative state wherein the handle can be used to pull the carrier device and an inoperative state wherein the handle is stowed in substantially flush relation with the remainder of the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2002Date of Patent: July 12, 2005Inventor: Richard N. Shapiro
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Patent number: 6854744Abstract: A mobile children's seat having a wheel or set of wheels about a fulcrum point and a handle for tipping said mobile children's seat about the fulcrum point to transport a child in the mobile children's seat. The mobile children's seat for securing a child in a protective position in a vehicle and providing mobility without the need for additional components.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2001Date of Patent: February 15, 2005Inventor: Janet E. Brandler
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Patent number: 6789809Abstract: A push cart transferable to a back holder and a chair includes a pair of connecting mounts jointing a bottom frame and a back frame as well an angle adjusting device jointing with an upper frame and the back frame; wherein the angle adjusting device adjusts the rotation angle of the upper frame; the bottom frame displaces and positions vertically or horizontally in a concave slot of the connecting mount; the connecting mounts slide at a limited distance on a left and a right lateral tubes of the back frame so as to fulfill the embodiment of being a push cart, a back holder or a chair.Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2002Date of Patent: September 14, 2004Inventor: Ken Lin
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Patent number: 6783135Abstract: An improved lightweight two-wheeled infant conveyance for traveling with a child, that can be stored in a confining area or easily carried on a staircase, escalator, through revolving doors on an airliner or other public transportation. The present invention comprises an infant-chaise having a retractable handle, to permit transformation into a portable, compact unit. When transformed for use in a car seat, the present invention allows the conveyance apparatus to be installed having the child facing either in the forward or rear direction. A second embodiment of the present invention relates to a baby conveyance two-wheeled frame is suitable for transporting a baby in a carrier being supported on a transformable folding frame or being portably carried by its handle, and the handle also serving as to prop the foldable frame; wherein the frame folds into a compact arrangement ready for unfolding for use as an infant transporter.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2002Date of Patent: August 31, 2004Inventor: Lydia J. Nord
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Patent number: 6729630Abstract: A combination child car seat and stroller is disclosed. The car seat has a seat portion and a fastening mechanism for fastening the car seat to an airplane seat or automobile seat. A harness secures the child in the seat. A telescoping pull handle is attached to the seat back. A roller assembly is attached to the seat portion proximate to the seat back. The roller assembly includes two rollers and at least one axle. The car seat is convertible for use in an automobile, on the ground, or in an airplane without removing the child from the seat. A folding stabilizer may be used to keep the rollers off the ground when desired. A canopy may be provided. In another embodiment, a wheeled support frame is provided of the appropriate width and which has clamps for the attachment of a standard car seat.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2002Date of Patent: May 4, 2004Inventors: Leszek G. Szmidt, Joseph J. Hudak, Keith J. Gale, Barbara J. Madson
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Publication number: 20030209885Abstract: A combination child car seat and stroller is disclosed. The car seat has a seat portion and a fastening mechanism for fastening the car seat to an airplane seat or automobile seat. A harness secures the child in the seat. A telescoping pull handle is attached to the seat back. A roller assembly is attached to the seat portion proximate to the seat back. The roller assembly includes two rollers and at least one axle. The car seat is convertible for use in an automobile, on the ground, or in an airplane without removing the child from the seat. A folding stabilizer may be used to keep the rollers off the ground when desired. A canopy may be provided. In another embodiment, a wheeled support frame is provided of the appropriate width and which has clamps for the attachment of a standard car seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2002Publication date: November 13, 2003Inventors: Leszek G. Szmidt, Joseph J. Hudak, Keith J. Gale, Barbara J. Madson
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Patent number: 6644675Abstract: A stair chair is provided and includes a seat 30, a backrest 34, a foot rest 32, upper handles 84 and lower handles 82. Three wheels 62 are mounted at each side of the chair. The wheels are pivotal about their own axis and also a common axis. Rotation about the common axis can be braked or locked. The chair can be lowered downstairs with a person pulling on the upper handle 84 and another person pushing on the lower handles 82 in order to slow movement of the chair down the stairs.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2002Date of Patent: November 11, 2003Assignee: Ferno-Washington, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan Stewart Ellis, Philip Ian Ward
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Publication number: 20020158445Abstract: A detachable front guider arrangement incorporates with a stroller, which includes a front guider and a pair of coupling means for detachably coupling two ends of the front guider with two front leg frames of a front frame of the stroller respectively. Each of the coupling means includes a locking latch outwardly protruded from the respective front leg frame and a joint member mounted on the end of the front guider and detachably coupled with the front leg frame. A locking groove is formed on the joint member and arranged to engage with the locking latch so as to lock up the joint member on the front leg frame. Therefore, the front guider is capable of detachably attaching to the front frame of the stroller by securely mounting the joint members on the front leg frames respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2001Publication date: October 31, 2002Inventor: Ben M. Hsia
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Patent number: 6428020Abstract: A wheelchair having a track along which front wheels are slidably moveable between a conventional forward position and a rearward position in which the conventional rear wheels are lifted off the ground thereby to permit the rear wheels to be moved up a curb.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2000Date of Patent: August 6, 2002Inventor: William David Steadman
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Publication number: 20020093157Abstract: A stroller includes a frame, a seat supported by the frame, and a container selectively coupled to the frame. In one embodiment the container is a thermally insulated container. In another embodiment the container provides an insulated storage region and is slidable into an opening in a front portion of the stroller frame. In yet another embodiment the frame includes left and right frame members spaced apart to define a space therebetween, and the container includes a lid positioned below and forward of the seat when the container is attached to the stroller and in the space.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 11, 2002Publication date: July 18, 2002Inventors: Dennis M. Turner, Andrew Mendenhall, Paul T. Zink
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Patent number: 6367821Abstract: A car seat stroller assembly is provided which can be converted from a child car seat into a child stroller, and vice versa. The car seat stroller assembly comprises a child car seat which can be removably secured to a fixed car seat of an automobile, a wheel assembly secured to the seat body at a location near the rear end of the bottom portion of the seat body, and a handle assembly secured to the seat body at a location along the back portion of the seat body. The car seat stroller assembly preferably consists of two wheels which are rotatably mounted to an axle of the wheel assembly. The wheel assembly can be placed in a retracted position to enable a user to secure the car seat stroller assembly to the fixed car seat of the automobile, or in an extended position in which the wheels extend below the bottom portion of the seat body to enable the car seat stroller assembly to be operated as a child stroller.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2001Date of Patent: April 9, 2002Inventor: Donald J. Thiele
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Publication number: 20020014752Abstract: A locking device for collapsable stroller is located at the gripping portion of handle. The locking device comprises a housing, a pair of meshed driving members in the housing pivotal in opposite directions a push button engaged with driving members, and a pair of steel cables coupled to the driving members. Whereby press push button to pull steel cables toward the center of gripping portion, thereby unlocking the latches so as to unfold the stroller. The stroller further comprises a safety mechanism at the upper side of one driving member. Safety mechanism comprises a pawl-like member blocks the push button in the locked state of the stroller, thus preventing latches from accidentally being unlocked.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2001Publication date: February 7, 2002Inventor: Ying-Yuan Huang
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Publication number: 20010030402Abstract: An all-terrain wheeled vehicle. The wheeled vehicle includes a frame having a handle assembly, which is configured to allow a person to propel the wheeled vehicle by either pulling or pushing the vehicle, and a pair of large diameter wheels provided on opposite sides of the frame. Intermediate the wheels, mounted on the frame is a load carrier, such as a stretcher, chair or basket. The wheeled vehicle includes a wheel positioning system including a wheel track adjuster and individually adjustable wheel height adjusters for varying the height of each of the vehicle wheels with respect to the lad carrier. Optional power assisted drive and braking mechanisms are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2000Publication date: October 18, 2001Inventor: Timothy P. White
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Patent number: 6264216Abstract: The present invention is a multi-purpose cart device having wheels and including a first section and a second section. Each section includes a hollow interior area that can be used for storing and maintaining any desired items. The sections can be fabricated from insulating material to allow for each section to act as a cooler. Each section further includes a mechanism for enabling it to convert to a chair when desired. Located between each section is a foldable and collapsible table. The final product is a cart that is beneficial, advantageous, and one, which will simplify and minimize the process of carrying and taking items to a recreational event.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2000Date of Patent: July 24, 2001Inventor: Carol Wilson
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Patent number: 6196560Abstract: The present invention relates to a combined luggage trolley and seat comprising a main frame and a supporting frame, which in the region for the first ends of the main frame and the supporting frame are rotatably connected with each other around a first shaft: a wheel arrangement situated in the region of the first shaft; a seat which is rotatably connected with the main frame around a second shaft parallel to the first shaft, for rotation of the seat between a folded-up position and a sitting position, wherein the seat in the folded-up position extends essentially in the same plane as the main frame; and a drawbar which, when the seat is in the folded-up position, extends in a plane substantially coplanar with the main frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 1999Date of Patent: March 6, 2001Assignee: Ohlssons InnovationsfabrikInventor: Åke Ohlsson