Displaceable Bottom Exposes Supplemental Body Support Patents (Class 297/105)
  • Patent number: 10543920
    Abstract: A foot rest installation comprising a base structure that includes a footwell and may be provided under a seat, in a bulkhead or in a console, and a foot rest assembly. The foot rest assembly has a deployable foot rest support structure and a first foot rest component comprising a flexible structure, for example a net, having a first end fixed with respect to the base structure at a first location, and a second end coupled to the foot rest support structure at a second location that is spaced apart from the pivot axis along a front-to-rear axis. When deployed, the foot rest support structure extends downward and rearward from the pivot axis to deploy the net in the footwell. When stowed, the foot rest support structure extends upward and rearward from the pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Thompson Aero Seating Limited
    Inventor: Keith Newell
  • Patent number: 10259355
    Abstract: The vehicle seat (100) comprises a cover part (29) including a cover member (24) having a folded portion (24b) in the X direction at a position where it is overlapped with a hole part (21a) formed in a seat back (2), and a cover member (25) having a folded portion (25b) folded in the X direction at a position where it is overlapped with the hole part (21a). The cover part (29) includes two sewn parts (26, 27) for fixing the overlapped portion of the cover members (24, 25) in two locations in the Y direction, while no sewn part exists in such section of the overlapped portion as intervenes between the sewn parts (26, 27).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: TACHI-S CO., LTD., HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Takashi Shindo, Kengo Kataoka, Makoto Nomura, Kanae Morita
  • Patent number: 9585489
    Abstract: The portable foot and leg rest assembly includes a main body and an extendible support assembly attached to a lower surface of the main body. The main body includes a top portion, a base portion, and an intermediate portion provided between the base portion and top portion. The intermediate portion includes removable dual leaf members. The leaf members are attachable to the top portion. The extendible support assembly includes first and second leg members and a stand member. The first and second leg members slidably engage the base portion and the stand member. The stand member includes a control assembly which is configured to selectively lock the first and second leg members at a desired position and thereby set the portable foot and leg assembly at a desired height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Inventor: Jeehan A. M. T. Al-Quraini
  • Patent number: 8833846
    Abstract: A seat comprises a seat squab (12), a supporting structure (15) and a backrest (14), in use, the seat squab (12) being movable in a substantially downward direction relative to the supporting structure when weight is applied to the seat squab (12), and the substantially downward movement of the seat squab (12) causing automatic movement of the backrest (14) in a substantially upward direction, the angular orientation of an upper surface of the seat squab (12) relative to the supporting structure remaining unchanged during the substantially downward movement of the seat squab.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2014
    Assignee: Spliced IP Ltd.
    Inventor: James Lucas
  • Patent number: 8449028
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be configured to include a variety of types of cushions. The seat may include primary and secondary cushions that are joined together such that the secondary cushion has a stored position under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion and a deployed position where the secondary seat cushion is positioned adjacent the primary seat cushion. The effective width of the seat may be greater when it is in one position than when it is in the other position. The back cushion may include first and second portions and a third portion intermediate the first and second positions. A vehicle may include left, right, and middle seats, the middle seat being configured to have two positions, the effective width of the middle seat in one position being greater than in the other position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kyogoku, Daiju Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8444218
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be configured to include a variety of types of cushions. The seat may include primary and secondary cushions that are joined together such that the secondary cushion has a stored position under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion and a deployed position where the secondary seat cushion is positioned adjacent the primary seat cushion. The effective width of the seat may be greater when it is in one position than when it is in the other position. The back cushion may include first and second portions and a third portion intermediate the first and second positions. A vehicle may include left, right, and middle seats, the middle seat being configured to have two positions, the effective width of the middle seat in one position being greater than in the other position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kyogoku, Daiju Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8308238
    Abstract: In a seatbelt device for a sub seat, a retractor to wind up a webbing is attached to a sub-seat back support member. A buckle to detachably hold a tongue provided at the webbing is provided on a side of the sub-seat cushion which is opposite to a disposition side of the main seat in a vehicle width direction. Accordingly, the seat device for a vehicle which can ensure the sufficient sitting rigidity of the sub seat and the proper support rigidity of the retractor can be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2012
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventor: Naohiro Imaoka
  • Publication number: 20120146365
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be configured to include a variety of types of cushions. The seat may include primary and secondary cushions that are joined together such that the secondary cushion has a stored position under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion and a deployed position where the secondary seat cushion is positioned adjacent the primary seat cushion. The effective width of the seat may be greater when it is in one position than when it is in the other position. The back cushion may include first and second portions and a third portion intermediate the first and second positions. A vehicle may include left, right, and middle seats, the middle seat being configured to have two positions, the effective width of the middle seat in one position being greater than in the other position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kyogoku, Daiju Nakagawa
  • Publication number: 20120139301
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be configured to include a variety of types of cushions. The seat may include primary and secondary cushions that are joined together such that the secondary cushion has a stored position under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion and a deployed position where the secondary seat cushion is positioned adjacent the primary seat cushion. The effective width of the seat may be greater when it is in one position than when it is in the other position. The back cushion may include first and second portions and a third portion intermediate the first and second positions. A vehicle may include left, right, and middle seats, the middle seat being configured to have two positions, the effective width of the middle seat in one position being greater than in the other position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kyogoku, Daiju Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8118359
    Abstract: A vehicle seat can be configured to include a variety of types of cushions. The seat may include primary and secondary cushions that are joined together such that the secondary cushion has a stored position under the seating surface of the primary seat cushion and a deployed position where the secondary seat cushion is positioned adjacent the primary seat cushion. The effective width of the seat may be greater when it is in one position than when it is in the other position. The back cushion may include first and second portions and a third portion intermediate the first and second positions. A vehicle may include left, right, and middle seats, the middle seat being configured to have two positions, the effective width of the middle seat in one position being greater than in the other position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2012
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Kyogoku, Daiju Nakagawa
  • Patent number: 8083288
    Abstract: A chair with a coupling companion stool base includes a frame that has: a claw extending downward from a second portion of a lower portion of the frame; a latch extending downward from and movably connected with a first portion of the lower portion; two legs adapted to support the frame upon a supporting surface extending downward from the lower portion; and a receptacle defined between the claw and the latch. The base supports the frame above a supporting surface and has a saddle with opposite back and front edges and a top surface that faces away from the supporting surface. The top surface may also define at least one of a work surface, a writing surface, and a sitting surface. The base releasably couples with the frame, having the saddle seated in the receptacle, the front edge seated in the claw, and the back edge captured by the latch. When decoupled, the chair portion may be used as casual floor rocker seating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Sauder Manufacturing Co.
    Inventors: Anthony J. Warncke, Jeffrey A. Jameson, Thomas A. Hagerty
  • Patent number: 8061772
    Abstract: A passenger seat with an integrated child seat that comprises a folded-in position and a folded-out position. In its folded-in position the passenger seat can be used as a seat for an adult passenger. In its folded-out position the child seat can be used as a seat for a child seated with his/her back in forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Mosler, Jovan Ulbrich-Gasparevic
  • Patent number: 8056978
    Abstract: A convertible seating unit for a motor vehicle is provided. The convertible seating unit comprises a seat having an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge. The convertible seating unit further includes a back support comprising a first back support panel and a second back support panel. Each of the first and second back support panels has a first edge and a second edge, and an upper surface and a lower surface. The second edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the first edge of the second back panel to define a first hinge axis. The first edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the seat proximate the rear edge of the seat to define a second hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Shivers, Rex Lin, Juan Carlos Intriago Velez, Adina Klein, Sujoy Chandra, Randal Hong
  • Publication number: 20090261629
    Abstract: Automatically adjustable seating apparatus are described. The automatically adjustable seating apparatus include first and second seat bottom portions that at least one of which is moveable. The first and/or second seat bottom portions are moveable by automatic adjusters that alter the position of a seat bottom portion between a retracted position and an extended position. When the moveable seat bottom portion or portions are in their retracted position, the automatically adjustable seating apparatus is configured as two seats back-to-back, and when the seat bottom portion or portions are in their extended positions, the automatically adjustable seating apparatus forms a substantially flat surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2008
    Publication date: October 22, 2009
    Applicant: CHAPARRAL BOATS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael J. Fafard, James S. Phares, Raymond L. Tanguay, Steven C. Flowers
  • Publication number: 20080150330
    Abstract: A seating assembly is made up of both fixed and positionable components. The assembly in a first position provides in a back-to-back relation respective oppositely facing seats. In a second position the assembly provides a substantially horizontal lounge a portion of which is withdrawn from a stored position below the seats. The lounge when withdrawn includes the sitting surface portion of a selected one of the oppositely facing seats as part of the lounge and when stored utilizes such sitting surface portion as part of the selected seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: June 26, 2008
    Inventors: David A. Neese, Darwyn T. Faulds
  • Patent number: 7341306
    Abstract: A seating assembly is made up of both fixed and positionable components. The assembly in a first position provides in a back-to-back relation respective oppositely facing seats. In a second position the assembly provides a substantially horizontal lounge a portion of which is withdrawn from a stored position below the seats. The lounge when withdrawn includes the sitting surface portion of a selected one of the oppositely facing seats as part of the lounge and when stored utilizes such sitting surface portion as part of the selected seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: Grady-White Boats, Inc.
    Inventors: David A. Neese, Darwyn T. Faulds, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7070239
    Abstract: A child-restraining vehicle seat includes a body stored within a vehicle seat and further includes a bottom portion for sitting on and a pull out handle attached thereto to pull the child seat out. The body is formed from material having resilient properties for providing comfort during operating conditions. A plurality of arm rests are detached from and disposed on opposed sides of the body, stored within the vehicle seat and have elongated shapes. A mechanism for extracting the body from the vehicle seat is included. The extracting mechanism includes a plurality of zippers spaced along the vehicle seat. The seat further includes a mechanism for locking the body at a fixed operating position and a fixed non-operating position and also includes a quick-release button attached to the bottom portion of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Inventors: David Ugrekhelidze, Vera Demiantchouk
  • Patent number: 6929321
    Abstract: A fold-up seat mountable in mobile living quarters has a sidewall defining a storage space covered by a seat platform. The seat platform can be opened and closed about a hinge apparatus to provide access to the storage area when the seat platform is open and provides a place for sitting when the seat platform is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Inventor: Scott J. Shrock
  • Patent number: 6739651
    Abstract: An article of seating furniture including an extendable support assembly that is movable to convert the assembly from an upright position to a supine position. The extendable support assembly includes a pedestal having a pair of guide tracks with upwardly extending notches disposed on opposite sides of the pedestal. The notches in each guide track are engageable with rollers disposed on a frame of the article of seating furniture, in order to guide the pedestal during movement toward and away from the chair. A backrest assembly is pivotally connected between the frame and the pedestal and moves in conjunction with the pedestal between the upright position and the supine position. The assembly is maintained in the upright position by engagement of the rollers on the frame within the notches in the tracks on the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Krueger International Inc.
    Inventor: James E. Barefoot
  • Patent number: 6712711
    Abstract: A entertaining system for entertaining guests. The entertaining system includes a buffet assembly comprising a main member and a plurality of drawers. Each of the drawers is extendable into the main member whereby each of the drawers is designed for storing items. The main member of the buffet assembly is designed for supporting food items to be served to the guests. A cabinet member comprises a perimeter wall. The perimeter wall defines an interior space. The cabinet member comprises at least one shelf portion. The shelf portion is designed for supporting tableware whereby the tableware is stored in the interior space of the cabinet member. A table assembly comprises a top member and a plurality of leg members. Each of the leg members downwardly extends from the top member whereby the leg members are designed for engaging a support surface for supporting the top member above the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Inventors: James Skelton, Roscoe Seller, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6243635
    Abstract: A motor control system employed in a mechanism including displacers driven by motors, for example, a vehicle seat control system, includes motor operation parameter detection or simulation as inputs to adaptive algorithms to simplify the control system. The adaptive algorithms compensate for the interference with detection of generated or sensed pulses in previous pulse counting implementations. The seat control permits additional functions to be performed without numerous sensors, power controls and robust demands required in previous systems for controlling motors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: Nartron Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery Swan, Randy Perrin, Todd Newman, John Washeleski
  • Patent number: 6139095
    Abstract: A split-seat chair includes a mechanism for stimulation of a person's hips while seated in the chair, by generally simulating the hip motion which occurs during walking, or by allowing such movement by the user. Two platforms under the respective buttocks of the person preferably move in orbital motions about a horizontal axis transverse to the chair, the two pads orbiting 180.degree. out of phase relative to one another. The speed of orbital motion is preferably coordinated with the rate of circulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the skull as it travels down into the sacrum. The chair moves the pelvis in a gliding motion that partially mimics walking while the person is seated, thus reducing posturally caused lower back pain and stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Inventor: Richard C. Robertshaw
  • Patent number: 6113182
    Abstract: A footrest-table convertible article of furniture includes a pair of vertical supports, at least one brace rigidly interconnecting the vertical supports, a rotatable element disposed between the vertical supports, and a pivot connection supporting the rotatable element on the vertical supports for rotation about a horizontal axis. The rotatable element has two opposed major surfaces, one being a flat unupholstered table top, and another being a cushioned footrest. The rotatable element can be flipped 180.degree. between a position in which the table top is uppermost and horizontal, and a position in which the cushioned footrest is uppermost and horizontal. A locking mechanism secures the rotatable element in either of the positions, at a consistent height above the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Inventor: James H. Wise
  • Patent number: 6109686
    Abstract: The present device is directed to an improved chair, such as an office or a computer chair, for use by adults and which is easily convertible for use by children. The chair comprises a seat and an adult back rest secured to a chair frame. The seat includes a back portion, side portions, a generally flat recessed central portion forming a cavity, and an adult seating cushion nested within the cavity. The adult seating cushion is pivotally mounted for rotatably folding into and out of its nesting position within the cavity. Further nested within the cavity and positioned between the adult seating cushion and the recessed central portion of the seat is a child seat having a base plate and a child back support. The child seat is pivotally mounted for rotatably folding the child back support into and out of its nesting position within the cavity. In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the chair includes a foot support mounted to the seat for use by a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Inventor: Allan B. Fox
  • Patent number: 5893182
    Abstract: A combination ottoman, table or desk and a foldable sleeper bed comprises upper and lower wooden frame sections, the lower frame section being configured as an open top box, atop which the upper frame section is located. The two frame sections are interconnected by a pair of opposed four-bar linkages which permit the upper frame section to be moved between a first position in which it rests atop and encloses the lower frame section, and a second raised position in which it is spaced upwardly and rearwardly from the lower frame section. Contained within the enclosure defined by the upper and lower frame sections, there is a foldable sleeper bed having pivotally interconnected head, body, intermediate and foot sections, which sections are extendable forwardly from the lower frame section when the upper frame section is in the second raised position to form a bed and foldable to fit and be contained within the enclosure when the bed is collapsed and stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1999
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Mark Sutherland, Peter Weisz
  • Patent number: 5409293
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having an occupant seat and a child seat, and being changeable as occasion demands between a state of use as the occupant seat and a state of use as the child seat. The occupant seat has a first seat cushion and a first seat back. The first seat cushion is foldable so that the first seat cushion and the first seat back are superposed. The child seat is comprised of a second seat cushion and a second seat back, and is built in a reverse surface of the first seat cushion. A front end portion of the first seat cushion is axially supported to a vehicle by a supporting device. By rotating the first seat cushion, the first seat cushion is upright and the first seat cushion and the first seat back are superposed. Further, when the vehicle seat is in the state of use as the occupant seat, the child seat is accommodated under the reverse surface of the first seat cushion which faces toward a bottom of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 25, 1995
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki Seisakusho
    Inventor: Chikao Nagasaka
  • Patent number: 5222781
    Abstract: The automatically adjustable bicycle seat apparatus is designed for use with bicycles and comprises a clamping device that attaches a seat to a bicycle. The apparatus has spring mechanisms that permit the seat to pivot upward or downward as necessary. The apparatus will also provide fore and aft movement which allows the force necessary to cause tilting to be customized to the rider's individual preference (in conjunction with changeable springs and combinations of springs) by sliding the seat relative to the rotation shaft the rider changes his balance point relative to that shaft. Limit stops allow only a limited range of motion, both upward and downward. The combined action of the apparatus to automatically adjust in a coordinated manner to the position of the rider and the angle of the torso and crotch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1993
    Inventor: Peter C. Mele
  • Patent number: 5213360
    Abstract: A push car including a frame having a lower portion pivotally coupled to a base and including a pair of rear wheels disposed in the lower portion, a rod supported in the upper portion of the frame, a bracket including a lower portion pivotally coupled to the frame and a post formed in the upper portion, and a seat including two sleeves engaged on the rod and the post of the bracket, whereby, the seat is supported in place for carrying a baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1992
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1993
    Assignee: Ting Yi Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chin-Feng Lin
  • Patent number: 4563037
    Abstract: A chair or couch is convertible into a bed by pivoting each of the seat portion and back portion about discrete horizontal axes extending between opposite sides of a frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Tiffany & Tiffany
    Inventor: H. Robert Tiffany
  • Patent number: 4555135
    Abstract: A built-in child's safety seat for vehicles is disclosed. The safety seat may be conveniently stored within the horizontal sitting surface of a passenger seat when not in use. By a simple pulling motion, a child's safety seat is formed which provides more protection to the child and which is less prone to be misused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 26, 1985
    Inventor: Verne L. Freeland
  • Patent number: 4538308
    Abstract: A piece of furniture which is convertible to a bed, a sofa or couch, a recliner, a sick bed or a day bed for convalescents and which utilizes the geometry of its component parts to facilitate conversion from one mode, e.g., sofa, to another mode, e.g., bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Inventor: Nikita Grigoriev
  • Patent number: 4292697
    Abstract: Furniture for sitting and reclining with which on a carriage which is movable from the frame, in the seat position two cushions are laid down one above the other and in the reclining position they are placed one behind the other. A back cushion preferably is fixedly connected with the frame. A wedge cushion is displaceably and swingably guided on the frame from a maintaining position in the seating position behind the back cushion into a use position in the reclining position in connection with the two cushions which are laid one behind the other on the carriage. By a suspension the upper edge of the wedge cushion preferably is connected swingably with the back cushion and the lower edge is swingably connected with an inner part of the carriage, the inner part being formed as a bedding box.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1981
    Inventor: Alfred Alembik