With Debris Catcher Patents (Class 297/182)
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Patent number: 7883145Abstract: High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame and a seat, wherein the seat defines a slot and is shaped to funnel spills toward the slot.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2009Date of Patent: February 8, 2011Assignee: Kolcraft EnterprisesInventors: Damon Oliver Casati Troutman, Rapheal Torion Avila
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Publication number: 20100231010Abstract: The filler device for placement between seats/consoles is a one-piece, rugged polymer body (10) having an elongate blade and a seat belt boss extending either rearward or laterally from the blade. The blade has an upper portion (12) of substantially uniform width throughout its length, and a wedge-shaped lower portion (13) adapted for insertion between the automobile seat cushion and a console (C). The seat belt boss has a greater width than the blade and defines an opening (20) through which the buckle receiver (B) of a seat belt may be inserted to retain the filler wedged in place. In alternative embodiments, the filler (10) may have a cell phone holder or a cup holder extending laterally from the front end of the blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2007Publication date: September 16, 2010Inventor: Jack M. Manley
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Publication number: 20100187869Abstract: There is provided a seat cover for accommodating a child safety chair upon a seat. The seat cover comprises a lower protective member which is disposable upon a seating portion of the seat. This lower member can accommodate the child safety chair when positioned in a rearward-facing direction to prevent it from permanently compressing the seating portion. The seat cover further comprises an upper protective member that is disposable against a seat-back portion of the seat. This upper member is selectively attachable with and detachable from the lower member. By doing so, the upper member can further prevent the chair from permanently compressing the seat-back portion when it is repositioned in a forward-facing direction and placed in contact therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2010Publication date: July 29, 2010Applicant: Prince Lionheart, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. McConnell, Michael E. Henley
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Patent number: 7762626Abstract: A spa chair having an apparatus for extending and retracting a tray from the spa chair is disclosed along with a method for utilizing the spa chair in one or more manicure and/or pedicure procedures. A pivoting mechanism coupled to the tray includes first attaching members for attaching the pivoting mechanism to the spa chair and a second attaching member for attaching the pivoting member to a tray. The pivoting mechanism also includes a shaft retained by the first attaching members and a spring for biasing a shaft and second attaching member in a particular direction. The pivoting mechanism is operable to lockingly secure the tray in at least one of an extended or retracted position.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 2008Date of Patent: July 27, 2010Assignee: Beauty Mall Ltd.Inventors: Thanh Van Le, Hung Van Nguyen
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Patent number: 7758090Abstract: An elastomeric blocker adapted to be inserted between the adjacent surfaces of a front seat of an automobile and a central console of an automobile to block the gap between the seat and the console and prevent articles from accumulating in the gap. The block has a central slit extending between its top and the bottom aligned longitudinally for the reception of the side seatbelt. A smooth sheet surface coating of fabric or plastic is attached to the section of the elastomer which contacts the central console, so that the blocker slides with the seat as it moves forwardly and rearwardly.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2009Date of Patent: July 20, 2010Inventor: Russell Gregory
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Patent number: 7736711Abstract: The device prevents the loss of articles otherwise susceptible to falling behind furniture, appliances, fixtures or equipment or other large objects placed next to a wall which are not easy to move or reach under such as, but not exclusively, couches, wardrobes, desks, washers, dryers, refrigerators, filing cabinets and dressers. The compressible and flexible device is fitted from above into the crevice between the furniture and the wall. It is held in place by friction created by the pressure caused by the deformation of the device between the furniture and wall. The device, when flexed or compressed, creates a u-shaped channel which catches valuables such as jewelry, makeup, currency, papers, office supplies or other items which are left on top of furniture and which without such invention, may otherwise fall behind the furniture where it would be difficult or impossible to retrieve.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2009Date of Patent: June 15, 2010Inventor: Howard A. Dobelle
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Patent number: 7717504Abstract: A child seat apparatus includes a seat portion sized and dimensioned to receive a child and a tray portion substantially surrounding the seat portion so as to provide a surface for preventing an object from falling to the ground. The child seat apparatus further includes a loop member connected to the tray portion for keeping the tray portion taut or for collapsing the child seat apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2008Date of Patent: May 18, 2010Inventors: Zahia Centracco, Danielle Batchelon
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Patent number: 7681292Abstract: There is provided a seat cover for accommodating a child safety chair upon a seat. The seat cover comprises a lower protective member which is disposable upon a seating portion of the seat. This lower member can accommodate the child safety chair when positioned in a rearward-facing direction to prevent it from permanently compressing the seating portion. The seat cover further comprises an upper protective member that is disposable against a seat-back portion of the seat. This upper member is selectively attachable with and detachable from the lower member. By doing so, the upper member can further prevent the chair from permanently compressing the seat-back portion when it is repositioned in a forward-facing direction and placed in contact therewith.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2007Date of Patent: March 23, 2010Assignee: Prince Lionheart, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. McConnell, Michael E. Henley
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Patent number: 7669923Abstract: A seat, especially an aircraft passenger seat, has seat components such as a seat part, a seat back (3), and a shell body (5). The shell body forms at least a partially rear enclosure (9) of the seat part and the seat back (3). With an adjusting mechanism, the seat part and the seat back (3) can be adjusted in position relative to one another and relative to the rear enclosure (9). The distance between the rear enclosure and the seat back (3) is variable. A cover assembly (31, 45) bridges a distance formed by the variable distance between the seat back (3) and enclosure (9) between formed gaps.Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2006Date of Patent: March 2, 2010Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Schweizer, Mauro Rossi
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Publication number: 20100013277Abstract: A debris collection system includes a collection device configured to be coupled to legs of a chair. The collection device has an open top end and a bottom end and a plurality segments coupled to one another. Each segment includes a fastening mechanism, wherein the fastening mechanisms of adjacent segments are coupled to one another such that one of the legs of the chair extends between the fastening mechanisms of the adjacent segments. Optionally, the collection device may have a frusto-conical shape. The bottom end may be open and debris collected by the collection device may be channeled by the collection device through the open bottom end. Optionally, a container may be positioned below the open bottom end to collect debris directed through the open bottom end. The collection device may have a funnel shape with walls that taper inward from the top end to the bottom end. Each of the segments may be substantially identically formed to define the collection device.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2008Publication date: January 21, 2010Inventor: Thomas R. O'Toole
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Patent number: 7644984Abstract: A cover conceals a portion of a gap formed between an adjacent pair of seat backs of a motor vehicle seat assembly. The cover includes a substantially rigid portion and a substantially flexible portion. The flexible portion of the cover has first and second flanges that extend outwardly from opposite sides of the substantially rigid portion for concealing a portion of the gap between the seat backs of the seat assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2008Date of Patent: January 12, 2010Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.Inventors: George M. Chalhoub, Vikas Bhatia, Michael A. Zielinski, Michael J. Sweers, Hideki Kobayashi
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Patent number: 7637564Abstract: A vacuum system for highchairs wherein a wet/dry vacuum is attached to the back of the highchair having conduits running from the vacuum to the bottom of the seat of the highchair and into the sides of the tray of the highchair so that food spillage can be removed from the seat and tray of the highchair by having the food spillage be removed into the vacuum through conduits running from the vacuum to the certain areas of the highchair as previously specified. The tubing could be plastic material or the like that could be removed for cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2007Date of Patent: December 29, 2009Inventors: Zachary D. Schroeder, Candiace A. Schroeder
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Publication number: 20090261626Abstract: High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame and a seat, wherein the seat defines a slot and is shaped to funnel spills toward the slot.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2009Publication date: October 22, 2009Inventors: Damon Oliver Casati Troutman, Rapheal Torion Avila
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Patent number: 7597390Abstract: A spa device including a chair coupled to a frame and at least one tactile immersion sounds delivery device. The chair is rotatably, slidably, and tiltably coupled to the frame. The spa device may include electronic controls for controlling the movement of the seat and the operation of the tactile immersion sound deliver devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2007Date of Patent: October 6, 2009Assignee: Continuum Footspas, LLCInventors: Joseph J. Galati, Jr., John Meyerovich
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Patent number: 7568758Abstract: High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame, a seat, a tray positioned a distance above the seat, and an actuator to adjust the distance between the seat and the tray.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2008Date of Patent: August 4, 2009Assignee: Kolcraft EnterprisesInventors: Damon Oliver Casati Troutman, Raphael Torion Avila
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Patent number: 7510245Abstract: A seat belt webbing enclosure for a vehicle seat having a seat back and a seat cushion. The enclosure includes a bracket attached to a frame of the seat back. A cover is coupled to the bracket and extends downwardly to the seat cushion to enclose a gap between the seat back the seat cushion. A seat belt web of the seat is substantially enclosed proximate the gap by the cover in cooperation with the seat cushion.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2006Date of Patent: March 31, 2009Assignee: Honda Motor Co., LtdInventors: Hidetsugu Okazaki, Kelly Michael Whalen
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Patent number: 7472951Abstract: The specification discloses a modular transportation seating assembly that includes a support frame and seats mounted on the frame. The frame includes a seat beam and a cantilever beam. The cantilever beam includes a body and a connector inserted into the body and held together by compressive force. The body has an end defining a plurality of receivers, and the connector includes a plurality of lugs each received within one of said receivers. The seat beam includes a body, a tee nut slidably received within the body, a second connector outside the body, and a fastener intersecuring the two connectors to retain them in position along the length of the body. A single fastener intersecures the connectors on the seat beam and the cantilever beam. The seat includes a flange hooked about the back edge of the seat beam and one or more fasteners connecting the seat to the forward edge of the seat beam.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2008Date of Patent: January 6, 2009Assignee: American Seating CompanyInventors: Bernard A. Herold, III, David I. Wolf, Douglas L. Fassett, Trevor R. Haney, Douglas G. Oswald
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Patent number: 7452032Abstract: A resting device assembly for supporting a person during a procedure includes a resting device and an armrest. The resting device supports the person during the treatment and includes a device frame. The armrest includes an arm support, a frame bracket, a frame pivot, and a support arm pivot. The arm support supports an arm of the person. The frame pivot connects the frame bracket to the device frame, and allows the frame bracket and the arm support to concurrently pivot relative to the device frame. The support arm pivot connects the arm support to the frame bracket and allows the arm support to pivot relative to the frame bracket. In certain embodiments, the two pivots of the armrest assembly allows for improved adjustability of the armrest. As a result thereof, the person is more comfortable during the manicure or other procedure.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2006Date of Patent: November 18, 2008Assignee: Earthlite Massage Tables, Inc.Inventors: Jon W. Roleder, William W. Chow, Oscar Mendez
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Patent number: 7422278Abstract: There is provided a seat cover for accommodating a child safety chair upon a seat. The seat cover comprises a lower protective member which is disposable upon a seating portion of the seat. This lower member can accommodate the child safety chair when positioned in a rearward-facing direction to prevent it from permanently compressing the seating portion. The seat cover further comprises an upper protective member that is disposable against a seat-back portion of the seat. This upper member is selectively attachable with and detachable from the lower member. By doing so, the upper member can further prevent the chair from permanently compressing the seat-back portion when it is repositioned in a forward-facing direction and placed in contact therewith.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2005Date of Patent: September 9, 2008Assignee: Prince Lionheart, Inc.Inventors: Thomas E. McConnell, Michael E. Henley
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Publication number: 20080185880Abstract: An easily attachable, washable food, utensil and debris catcher device is easily fitted to all types of commercially available high chairs using a wide variety of attachment structures and operates to hold any small items or food spilled in the area of the child's seat and legs which would otherwise pass through to the floor. The catcher is designed to be attached to and detached from the high chair quickly and easily, yet can be attached for long periods of time especially where it is employed to catch dry objects such as toys or dry food such as whole peas or cereal. The catcher can be made from a wide range of material and can employ a wide range of attachment systems, including snap members, hook and loop members, hook and eyelet members, and latch members to name a few. Construction of the catcher is illustrated as well as variations in the construction which may enable the shape of the deployed catcher to be altered as well as one and two ply versions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2007Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventor: Johanna Louise Romaniuk
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Publication number: 20080185881Abstract: An easily attachable, washable food, utensil and debris catcher device is easily fitted to all types of commercially available high chairs using a wide variety of attachment structures and operates to hold any small items or food spilled in the area of the child's seat and legs which would otherwise pass through to the floor. The catcher is designed to be attached to and detached from the high chair quickly and easily, yet can be attached for long periods of time especially where it is employed to catch dry objects such as toys or dry food such as whole peas or cereal. The catcher can be made from a wide range of material and can employ a wide range of attachment systems, including snap members, hook and loop members, hook and eyelet members, and latch members, self release adhesive, and can be re-usable or disposable. Construction of the catcher is illustrated as well as variations in the construction which may enable the shape of the deployed catcher to be altered as well as one and two ply versions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2008Publication date: August 7, 2008Inventors: Johanna Louise Romaniuk, Peter Romaniuk
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Publication number: 20080179922Abstract: High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame, a seat, a tray positioned a distance above the seat, and an actuator to adjust the distance between the seat and the tray.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 2, 2008Publication date: July 31, 2008Inventors: Damon Oliver Casati Troutman, Raphael Torion Avila
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Patent number: 7350858Abstract: A vehicular back trim of the present invention includes a bulge formed in the middle of the vehicle width and between right and left seats to protrude more forward than the rear surfaces of seatbacks of the seats. A center container is formed to extend rearward from the front side of the bulge and behind-seatback containers are formed to extend rearward from the surface located behind the seatbacks of the seats.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2005Date of Patent: April 1, 2008Assignees: DaikyoNishikawa Corporation, Mazda Motor CorporationInventors: Katsuhiro Hamamoto, Seiji Shohara, Masaru Kihara, Eiji Harada
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Patent number: 7309102Abstract: The Seat Net prevents items placed on a bucket-style seat of an automobile from falling onto the floor, while still allowing the automobile driver convenient access to any items so placed while driving. The Seat Net helps drivers maintain safe driving practices by eliminating the need for drivers to lean into the passenger side of the vehicle, thereby diverting their attention from the road, to reach for fallen items. The Seat Net has a mesh material combined with a series of straps which allow for easy loading and retrieval of items and rapid attachment of the Seat Net device to bucket-style passenger seats of various sizes.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2006Date of Patent: December 18, 2007Inventor: Gailynn B. Davis
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Patent number: 7275786Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back supported to the seat cushion in such a manner that a space is left between a rear end portion of the seat cushion and a lower end portion of the seat back, a concealing cover member for concealing the space from a rear side of the vehicle seat, the concealing cover member having upper and lower sections, the concealing cover member being attached at an upper edge portion of the upper section thereof to a lower portion of a back of the seat back so as to hang from the back of the seat back, and at least one elastic belt having first and second ends, the first end of the at least one elastic belt being attached to a lower edge portion of the lower section of the concealing cover member, wherein the lower section of the concealing cover member is extended toward a location under the seat cushion and the second end of the at least one elastic belt is attached to a bottom portion of the seat cushion, so that the space between the rear end portion of the seat cusType: GrantFiled: July 20, 2006Date of Patent: October 2, 2007Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuki Kobayashi, Tsutomu Matsuzaki
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Patent number: 7052082Abstract: A salon chair includes a pedicure basin positioned between the foot of the chair and a front step opposite the foot of the chair. The pedicure basin includes a bottom floor, a perforated stepping surface above the bottom floor of the basin, and a nozzle assembly disposed between the bottom floor and the stepping surface for agitating water in the pedicure basin. Pressurized air is directed out of the nozzle assembly to induce a whirlpool action in the water held by the basin. The stepping surface may remain in the pedicure basin for days at a time, but may be removed when desired for cleaning purposes. The front step includes a cut-out, or groove, allowing allows a technician's chair to pull up closer to a person seated in the salon chair.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2004Date of Patent: May 30, 2006Inventor: Richard Thomas
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Patent number: 6796606Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for the protection of vehicle interiors, including seats and foot wells, from being soiled by objects, liquids, foods, and the like discarded by children restrained in safety seats. The devices include single-piece and multiple-piece mats for placement between the vehicle seat and the safety seat, that include flanges for containment of the discarded objects, liquids, foods and the like.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2001Date of Patent: September 28, 2004Inventor: Christopher John Marshall
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Patent number: 6663176Abstract: A seating device for positioning adjacent to a bathtub for shampooing a child's hair. The seating device includes a seat section for supporting a buttocks of the child coupled to a back section for supporting a back of the child. A plurality of leg members is provided for supporting the seat section above a surface. A first end of each of the leg members is coupled to the seat section. A drape is provided for guiding water from the child's hair into the bathtub. A first end of the drape is removably mounted on an upper edge of the back section and a second end of the drape is removably positionable in the bathtub.Type: GrantFiled: March 28, 2002Date of Patent: December 16, 2003Inventor: Sharon V. Tull
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Publication number: 20030205921Abstract: There is provided a seat cover for accommodating a child safety chair upon a seat. The seat cover comprises a lower protective member which is disposable upon a seating portion of the seat. This lower member can accommodate the child safety chair when positioned in a rearward-facing direction to prevent it from permanently compressing the seating portion. The seat cover further comprises an upper protective member that is disposable against a seat-back portion of the seat. This upper member is selectively attachable with and detachable from the lower member. By doing so, the upper member can further prevent the chair from permanently compressing the seat-back portion when it is repositioned in a forward-facing direction and placed in contact therewith.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2002Publication date: November 6, 2003Inventors: Thomas E. McConnell, Michael E. Henley
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Publication number: 20030034677Abstract: The present invention relates to devices for the protection of vehicle interiors, including seats and foot wells, from being soiled by objects, liquids, foods, and the like discarded by children restrained in safety seats. The devices include single-piece and multiple-piece mats for placement between the vehicle seat and the safety seat, that include flanges for containment of the discarded objects, liquids, foods and the like.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2001Publication date: February 20, 2003Inventor: Christopher John Marshall
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Patent number: 6517162Abstract: A salon shampoo chair. The shampoo chair includes a barrel-shaped main frame, a seat and a basin mounted on the main frame and a selected number of foot stands fastened directly to a lower side of the main frame. The shampoo chair is sturdy and easy to assemble and disassemble.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2001Date of Patent: February 11, 2003Inventor: Hsien-Yang Cheng
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Patent number: 6484989Abstract: Detachable bottle and food holding subtrays and clamps for attaching onto the raised ridge edges on trays used in highchairs, strollers, booster chairs, and activity chairs. The clamps can be a single component having a curved upper flange for fitting about the raised ridge of the existing tray, and an upper bent flange having an end which abuts against a lower surface of the tray. Dual cylindrical bottle subtray holders and flat planar food subtray holders can snap onto the clamp leaving the bottles and food in the subtrays at a lower level than that of the tray out of reach of a sitting child. Another clamp has a general C-shape with either a screwable post or spring biased post locking the clamp to the raised edge of the existing tray. Another clamp has plural clip portions for attaching the subtray holders.Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2000Date of Patent: November 26, 2002Inventor: Mente Connery
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Patent number: 6460925Abstract: A chair-supported bag has a downwardly-opening first pocket adapting the bag to receive and be supported by the back of the chair.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2000Date of Patent: October 8, 2002Inventor: Judith E. Kovacs
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Patent number: 6394542Abstract: A fixture for covering a gap between a reclinable back rest and a lower seat part of a motor vehicle. A flat flexible cover element is coupled to the lower seat part and the back rest, wherein the cover element is guided through a slit-shaped guide opening in the back rest, and is suspended inside the back rest via tension spring means.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2000Date of Patent: May 28, 2002Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology CompanyInventors: Robby Potisch, Clemens Lowinski, Jürgen Küttner
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Patent number: 6276752Abstract: A protective container for motor vehicle seating which is adapted to hold a child safety seat is provided. The protective container includes a bottom panel having upper and lower faces and peripheral edges, as well as front, back and lateral sidewalls extending upwardly from each of the peripheral edges to define an enclosed, liquid-proof space surrounding a child safety seat receiving location on the upper face. The enclosed, liquid-proof space is adapted to contain liquids and other debris to protect at least a horizontal surface of the motor vehicle seating. Padding is located on the lower face of the bottom panel.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2000Date of Patent: August 21, 2001Inventor: John C. Conte
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Patent number: 6182931Abstract: A child object support system for use within a vehicle to support a child's toys, bottles and other items within the child's reach during travel thereby reducing the chance of the child losing an item during travel. The inventive device includes a support member of a flexible material, a cup holder within the support member, a plurality of loops attached to the support member, a pocket attached to the support member, a front strap having a buckle attached to a front end of the support member, and a first rear strap, a second rear strap and a third rear strap having a pair of buckles attached to a rear end of the support member. The front strap is removable attachable about a head rest or a front seat of the vehicle. The first rear strap and the third rear strap are removable attachable to a car seat or a rear seat of the vehicle by the second rear strap. The support member is preferably angled downwardly toward the child within the car seat so as to retain the child's items within reach.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1998Date of Patent: February 6, 2001Inventor: Lorraine Richard
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Patent number: 6022072Abstract: A device for placement into a gap or crevice of a piece of upholstered furniture such that debris and small articles that fall below the seating cushions of such furniture are retained on the device as opposed to passing through the gap or crevice area and into the interior of the piece of furniture. Frictional protuberances on the device maintain the device firmly in the gap or crevice area such that the device's seal integrity in the gap or crevice area is not interrupted by normal movement by a person on the piece of furniture.Type: GrantFiled: April 2, 1998Date of Patent: February 8, 2000Inventor: Lee Beth Moyer
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Patent number: 5908218Abstract: Movements of objects are restricted by a device having a housing unit having a first face wall portion and a second face wall portion and having side wall portions which extend between and are integral with the face wall portions so that the wall portions define an exterior housing wall surface and an interior housing wall surface which defines a housing unit cavity and having an opening which extends from the exterior wall surface through the interior wall surface and into the cavity.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 1998Date of Patent: June 1, 1999Inventor: Steve Martin
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Patent number: 5887941Abstract: An automotive seat assembly is divided into separately adjustable units for front-to-rear positioning so that a gap exists between the seat cushions, or between the seat cushion and a central console. A removable receptacle placed longitudinally on the automobile floor underlies this opening and has side wall panel members confined between the seat mounting structure and the abutting structure so that items lost in the opening can be retrieved by withdrawal of the receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 1997Date of Patent: March 30, 1999Inventors: Theodore C. Kopinski, Jill T. Kopinski
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Patent number: 5876091Abstract: A collapsible tripod stool (16) which comprises three legs (18) with a structure (20) for crisscrossing the legs (18) together. A flexible seat (22) is also provided. A facility (24) is for attaching the flexible seat (22) onto flattened curved top ends (26) of the legs (18). When the legs (18) with the flexible seat (22) are put in an open position and placed upon the ground (28), a person (30) can sit upon the flexible seat (22). When the legs (18) with the flexible seat (22) are put in a closed position, the person (30) can comfortably carry it anywhere for any kind of outdoor activity.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 1997Date of Patent: March 2, 1999Inventor: Alan Chernomashentsev
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Patent number: 5779306Abstract: A modularly constructed child's chair includes a chair module which is equipped with a back rest, a side rest, and a seat. The chair module is equipped with a seat hole and with a chair fastening device for fastening the chair module on either the upper part of a base unit or the upper part of a toilet. A removable seat hole cover, which covers the seat hole, includes a cover fastening device for fastening the cover on either the chair module, or on a base unit. A base unit which fits the chair module includes receivers for the cover fastening device and for the chair fastening device. In addition to other accessory modules, a support module, serving as a front and crotch support, along with a potty module, are part of the modularly constructed child's chair.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 1996Date of Patent: July 14, 1998Inventor: .ANG.ke Ohlsson
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Patent number: 5660432Abstract: A high chair catch tray attachment comprising a generally rectangular tray is selectively engageable with a child's high chair and supported thereby to provide a catch surface to catch and support objects, food and utensils dropped by the child occupying the high chair. The catch tray is adjustably postionable and supported by the high chair legs so that the catch tray surface may be maintained at a height that supports objects and food falling on and supported by the catch tray out of reach of the child occupying the high chair.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 1996Date of Patent: August 26, 1997Inventor: Richard H. Davis
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Patent number: 5580133Abstract: A restraint for a child car safety seat provides added assurance that a child, namely an active mobile toddler, is comfortably and securely maintained in the seat. The restraint slidably attaches to the shoulder straps of a conventional car seat, and is secured about the shoulders of the child keeping the shoulder straps in position above the shoulders. By maintaining the shoulder straps above the shoulders, the child is incapable of maneuvering or contorting, and escaping the car seat. The reduces the possibility of injuries to the child due to sudden stops, for example. The restraint also gives the driver of the vehicle the calm assurance that there will be no sudden surprises when the toddler appears in the rear view mirror.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 1996Date of Patent: December 3, 1996Inventors: Joe Knox, Debbie Knox
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Patent number: 5549353Abstract: A car seat mat for use with a child's restraint seat over the seat of an automobile, consisting of a flexible waterproof sheet. This sheet has a main, generally quadrangular section and a lip portion coextensive with the main section. The sheet lip portion is sized for conforming to the seat portion of the child's restraint seat, and the sheet main portion is sized for overlapping the vertical car body panel straddling the front end of the car fixed seat and the car flooring. A first, transverse, substantially rigid flange extends in between the sheet main portion and the sheet lip portion, and a second, substantially rigid flange extends at an end edge section of the mat opposite said first flange. The first flange is sized for flat abutment against the front end portion of the child's restraint seat, and the second flange is adapted to form a water collecting pocket in spaced overlying fashion relative to the car flooring.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 1995Date of Patent: August 27, 1996Assignee: 3156729 Canada Inc.Inventors: Pierre Gaudet, Nathalie Leveille
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Patent number: 5518309Abstract: The device catches pieces of clothes susceptible to fall behind a domestic appliance, such as a washing machine and a dryer. The domestic appliance comprises an upper backguard and a rear face spaced apart from a wall standing behind the appliance. A basket-like clothes catching member is mounted behind the backguard substantially over the spacing between the rear face of the domestic appliance and the wall behind this appliance, whereby pieces of clothes susceptible to fall behind the appliance are caught by this basket-like member. The latter member is advantageously pivotally mounted on the backguard so that it can be pivoted to help to recover the caught pieces of clothes.Type: GrantFiled: August 20, 1993Date of Patent: May 21, 1996Inventor: Jacinthe St-Pierre
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Patent number: 5489140Abstract: A portable, lightweight, swivelable, elevatable and tiltable beautician's application chair is equipped with a pair of pneumatic tire transport wheels and a retractable pull tongue. The invention is equipped with an elevatable neck rest, a faucet-attachable water hose and a rearward tilt retainer to serve hair washing and coloring applications. It also incorporates a retractable back shelf for placement of hair drying equipment and supplies and a retractable lap shelf to serve fingernail grooming applications. A second embodiment of the invention eliminates the pneumatic tire transport wheels and pull tongue.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1994Date of Patent: February 6, 1996Inventor: Joan Van Horn-Plato
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Patent number: 5457820Abstract: A bib which attaches to a car seat or stroller or, if made to the appropriate size can attach to almost any other chair which has a semi-rigid or rigid bar or shield which extends across the lap of the sitter, such as a wheelchair. The bib protects the sitter's clothing, as well as the car seat and stroller. The bib also serves as a holder and catch for food, toys, and other small objects as the sitter is sitting in the car seat or stroller. The bib is made by any suitable material and can be decorated using appliques or educational toys. The bib can expand to accommodate for the sitter's growth. It can be fastened behind the neck using hook and loop tape, ties, buttons, or snaps. The legs of the bib wrap around the shield or bar of the car seat or stroller using hook and loop tape.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 1994Date of Patent: October 17, 1995Inventor: Patricia G. Yielding
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Patent number: 5378037Abstract: A new and improved reloading bench apparatus includes a horizontal base unit, a first vertical support projecting vertically from the horizontal base unit, a second vertical support projecting vertically from the horizontal base unit, a third vertical support projecting vertically from the horizontal base unit, and a work platform supported by the first, second, and third vertical supports. A seat assembly is connected to at least one of the first and second vertical supports. The seat assembly includes lower horizontal frame members, adjustable vertical leg members projecting from the lower horizontal frame members, upper horizontal frame members supported by the vertical leg members, and a seat platform supported by the upper horizontal frame members. Connectors, such as nuts and bolts, are used for connecting at least one of the vertical leg members to at least one of the second or third vertical supports. A brace member may be connected between the first vertical support and the work platform.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 1993Date of Patent: January 3, 1995Inventors: Rodney P. Beasley, Bernice F. Beasley
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Patent number: 5188421Abstract: An entertainment and feeding device for use by a child in the back seat of an automobile is provided. The device is preferably formed from a flexible sheet which can be readily cleaned and folded for convenience of storage, and is designed to be easily installed and removed from the back seat of an automobile. The device has a forward end and a rearward end with side portions intermediate the forward and rearward ends. The side portions extend upwardly to provide sidewalls. The forward and rearward ends are anchored within the car interior by fasteners, such as buttons, snaps or VELCRO. The rearward fastener is designed for fastening around a child's waist while the forward fastener is designed to be fastened to a front seat head rest. The device is provided on its upper surface with entertainment pieces, a food tray, and storage compartments of various sizes for the convenience of storing a child's toys and games.Type: GrantFiled: April 29, 1991Date of Patent: February 23, 1993Inventor: Barbara Arseneault
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Patent number: 5161854Abstract: A structure of screen for covering a clearance between seat back and seat cusion in a seat, in which a creeen member is provided between the lower end of the seat back and the rearward end of the seat cushion, with the arrangement that the upper edge of the screen member is formed with a space under seat back, which defines a slit for insertion of a fork-lift's carrying rod thereinto, and a fastening plate is fixed at the upper end area of the screen member. The fastening plate is removably secured to the lower end area of the seat back, thereby permitting for closing and opening of the screen member.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 1990Date of Patent: November 10, 1992Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.Inventors: Masaaki Yokoto, Masahiro Yoshida