With Holder Or Receptacle For Disparate Article Patents (Class 297/188.01)
  • Publication number: 20030090130
    Abstract: A built-in combination (10) for use in a motor vehicle includes an ashtray (14) that is displaceable forwards into an inaccessible position and rearwards into an accessible position. A receiving element (24) having an insertion opening (28) for a beverage container is arranged at the rear side of the ashtray (14). The receiving element is pivotally connected to the ashtray (14), thus taking up a position of use when the ashtray (14) is displaced forwards. In the position of use, a beverage container can be inserted into the insertion opening (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventor: Falk Schaal
  • Patent number: 6561588
    Abstract: A child's car seat accessory with a footrest and/or storage pockets. The combined footrest and pocket version is made of cloth in a T shape. The middle of the top of the T fits in the seat of the car seat, with an opening to allow the fastening mechanism to pass through. To the right and left sides are the storage pockets, which hang over each side of the car seat. The pockets can be elaslicized on the outside to allow for greater storage and to hold items in the pockets. The bottom of the T has a foam footrest covered with the same cloth. Above the foam piece on both edges are snaps to allow the length of the foam to be adjusted to the child's leg length. The pocket accessory version is formed of a generally rectangular piece of cloth with a seat portion in the middle and the two opposite ends having pockets extending over each side of the car seat. The footrest accessory version is formed of a generally rectangular piece of cloth with a seat portion at one end and the footrest at the opposite end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2003
    Inventor: Andrea R. Brady
  • Publication number: 20030080593
    Abstract: A cupholder assembly forms the forward support edge of an automotive vehicle seat. The cupholder assembly includes a lid member that is pivotally movable into a opened, operative position in which the lid member is positioned to rest on the floor carpet immediately beneath the cupholder to minimize vibrations and to provide support therefor. The cupholder assembly is formed with a breakaway hinge incorporating a stop mechanism to cease the rotation of the cupholder when the lid member is moved into the operative position. A three-tiered container holder structure accommodates a wide variety of sizes of cups, mugs and other drink containers. Once the lid member is pivoted into the open, operative position, an open support area of sufficient size to accommodate fast food containers is exposed immediately behind the container holders.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Publication date: May 1, 2003
    Inventors: Alan Walkinshaw, Todd Boger
  • Publication number: 20030075957
    Abstract: A juvenile seat is provided including a base and a cup holder. The cup holder is pivotably coupled to the base to move between a closed position adjacent the base and an opened position extending from the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2001
    Publication date: April 24, 2003
    Inventor: James M. Kain
  • Patent number: 6547326
    Abstract: A cupholder assembly forms the forward support edge of an automotive vehicle seat. The cupholder assembly includes a lid member that is pivotally movable into a opened, operative position in which the lid member is positioned to rest on the floor carpet immediately beneath the cupholder to minimize vibrations and to provide support therefor. The cupholder assembly is formed with a breakaway hinge incorporating a stop mechanism to cease the rotation of the cupholder when the lid member is moved into the operative position. A three-tiered container holder structure accommodates a wide variety of sizes of cups, mugs and other drink containers. Once the lid member is pivoted into the open, operative position, an open support area of sufficient size to accommodate fast food containers is exposed immediately behind the container holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Walkinshaw, Todd Boger
  • Patent number: 6541096
    Abstract: A towel made from a single sheet of material has a first set of pockets disposed at corners of the towel that are formed from folds so that the pockets are formed from multiple layers of the material. A second and third set of pockets are disposed between the first set of pockets on a first side and second side, respectively. At least one securing pocket is disposed on the bottom surface of the towel. The towel may be made from a single sheet of material by folding the top edge and bottom edge toward a middle line to form a first and second securing pocket; stitching the first and second securing pockets along the top edge and bottom edge, respectively, to form openings in the securing pockets; folding a first side and second side toward the centerline and sewing lines perpendicular to the centerline to form the pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventors: Jeniece M. Richards, Clinton H. Richards
  • Patent number: 6533350
    Abstract: A device for restraining parcels and other objects that are typically transported in an automobile on a passenger seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: The Travel Play Company LLC
    Inventor: Gali Rotstein
  • Publication number: 20030042768
    Abstract: A device for adding storage to a chair having a seat includes at least one pocket to be supported adjacent the seat of the chair. The device also includes a securing mechanism which, in embodiments having a single pocket, can comprise a continuous strap to be looped around the back of a chair, a string secured to each of opposite sides of the pocket to be tied together about the back of the chair, a hollow sleeve to be slipped down over the back of the chair, or a pair of straps on each corner of an integral seat portion opposite the single pocket to be secured to one of the legs of the chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2002
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Inventor: Annalee Koehn
  • Patent number: 6520575
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a container holder which is stably attached to the vehicle seat even if a base member is not fixed to the vehicle seat in the whole area of the base member is provided. The vehicle seat comprises a seat body, a side cover attached to a side portion of the seat body, and a cup holder. A penetrating opening is formed in the side cover. The cup holder comprises a base member of which an upper portion is fixed to the side cover, and a saucer member turnably supported up and down to the base member. Penetrating openings are formed in the base member. The saucer member is provided with curved bars curving and projecting toward the base member. When the saucer member stands vertically, the curved bars penetrate the penetrating openings and are hooked on the side cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: TS Tech, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikuni Yuzawa
  • Publication number: 20030030308
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a container holder which is stably attached to the vehicle seat even if a base member is not fixed to the vehicle seat in the whole area of the base member is provided. The vehicle seat comprises a seat body, a side cover attached to a side portion of the seat body, and a cup holder. A penetrating opening is formed in the side cover. The cup holder comprises a base member of which an upper portion is fixed to the side cover, and a saucer member turnably supported up and down to the base member. Penetrating openings are formed in the base member. The saucer member is provided with curved bars curving and projecting toward the base member. When the saucer member stands vertically, the curved bars penetrate the penetrating openings and are hooked on the side cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2001
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshikuni Yuzawa
  • Patent number: 6508511
    Abstract: An accessory for an all-terrain vehicle having a rear deck behind the operator includes a base, mountable on the rear deck of the vehicle; at least one closeable compartment on the base portion, for storing items; a removable chair attachable to the base, having a padded seat and a backrest connected to the padded seat by adjustable straps; and a padded portion on the base, for resting a portable cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kolpin Outdoors, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald N. Kolpin
  • Patent number: 6497452
    Abstract: A high-chair (1) comprises a seat (3), a frame (2) and a tray (4) associated with the seat (3) or the frame (2), said tray (4) presenting a perimetral edge (6) and a surface (7) bounded by said edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2002
    Assignee: Artsana, S.p.A.
    Inventor: Pietro Catelli
  • Patent number: 6485097
    Abstract: A vehicle seat which has a container holder that is not disfigured when subjected to load is provided. The vehicle seat comprises a seat body and a cup holder attached to a side of the seat body. The cup holder comprises a base member, a saucer member of which a base edge portion is turnably supported to a lower portion of the base member, engaging claws formed on the saucer member, and engaging tips which hold the saucer member in an approximately horizontal position by engaging with the engaging claws. When the engagement between the engaging claws and engaging tips is released by an accidental load, the saucer member turns downward. The abutment of the front edge portion of the saucer member with the floor of the interior stops the turn. A lower edge portion of the side of the seat body is provided with a projection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2002
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikuni Yuzawa
  • Publication number: 20020171271
    Abstract: A sheet of stiff material (4) that attaches to a tablet armchair via a clamp (2) or FIG. 7. This sheet can fold into a smaller item for easy transportation via the hinge (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventor: Andrew H. Jennings
  • Publication number: 20020149240
    Abstract: This invention relates to a hunting seat having a plurality of apertures for receiving hunting shells and a substantially elongated aperture for carrying the seat. The seat has a support surface that is angled at a predetermined angle to cause a user to be situated in a comfortable and ready position. The seat is lightweight and includes a shoulder strap or other device for easy transportation to, for example, a deer stand, duck blind, or a camp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventors: Steven W. Minneman, Allen J. Minneman
  • Patent number: 6460924
    Abstract: A convertible table and bench combination for children that includes a table and a pair of benches. The table includes an apron, a pair of legs, and a table top. Each leg includes a foot that has two pair of throughbores. The table top rests invertibly in the apron and has pair of through cutouts for grasping by hands for facilitating inversion thereof, an uppermost surface that has plate recesses that replaceably hold plates therein for preventing the plates from being knocked over by the children and glass recesses that replaceably hold glasses therein for preventing the glasses from being knocked over by the children, and a lowermost surface that is completely flat so as to provide a work surface for the children when eating is over, the plates and the glasses are removed, and the table top is lifted and inverted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Inventor: Lorraine M. Josephs
  • Patent number: 6439659
    Abstract: A chair is provided with a corrosion resistant tubular frame structure including a left frame member, a right frame member and pivoting cross arms fitted to the left and right frame members and operable in a scissor action to permit lateral movement of the left and right frame members between a collapsed position and a separated operable. position. Flexible, weather-resistant material panels attached between the left and right frame members provide a seat base and back rest which are pulled taut to support a person seated in the chair when the frame members are separated in the operable, open position. Side pockets of varying size and shape are provided on overhanging flaps on opposite, outboard sides of the chair. The chair is further provided with integrated accessory holders including a cup holder, an umbrella holder, a fishing rod holder, and a shoulder strap to facilitate transport of the collapsed chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Inventor: James Lee Neubauer, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6435614
    Abstract: A fishing pole support apparatus for connecting a user to a fishing pole to support and control the fishing pole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Inventor: Robert Gollahon
  • Patent number: 6412873
    Abstract: The dressing chair is a bedside chair designed especially for elderly people to help them make a safe and easy transition from a prone position in their bed to (including dressing) that point in time at which they are ready to grasp any ambulatory device that they may use to continue with their daily activities. Likewise, it helps them make a safe and easy transition from their ambulatory device to (including undressing) a prone position in their bed, ready for a good nights sleep. The dressing and undressing activities in the aforementioned transitions are made safe by providing a sturdy seat to sit on during certain dressing tasks, and by rails on three sides for grasping during movements, or for leaning against during other dressing tasks. Dressing and undressing are made easy by the combined seat and rail designs which make it easy to transfer from a sitting to a standing position and vice versa, without the need for any artificial lifting devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignees: Shamrock Product Development Inc., Shamrock Product Development Ltd.
    Inventor: Morley J. Harper
  • Patent number: 6412876
    Abstract: A belt storing bag 25 for storing a belt and a tongue plate 28 of a seat belt 16 is provided so as to be attached to a seat cushion back 24 of an automotive seat 11 comprising a seat cushion 21 and a seat back 13.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Harutomi Nishide
  • Patent number: 6375259
    Abstract: A foldaway panel device on a chair comprises a stand lever, chair pivot device, display pivot device, and a panel display. The stand lever is an elongated tube and the chair pivot device pivotally engages with an end of the elongated tube. The display pivot device is sleeved into the other end of the elongated tube, and the panel display has a flat screen with engaging plates extending outward to engage with the display pivot device. The chair pivot device is fixedly attached to a chair such that the panel display can be moved with respect to the chair pivot device, adjusted to any orientation and any angular position, and folded at a storage position in front of a lower part of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Inventor: Hsi Kuang Ma
  • Patent number: 6371641
    Abstract: This invention is a portable container resembling a large purse or a small piece of luggage that might be carried by a person to transport any of a variety of portable items to an outdoor sporting event. The container or bag has a flexible strap to allow the the bag to be carried by hand or to be slung over the shoulder. The bag has two identical internal pockets that extend across the full length and width of the bag and are openable by a zipper or other quick opening closure. Internally of one pocket is a block of a foamed elastomer that completely fills that compartment and thereby becomes a comfortable pillow upon which the bag owner sits the other pocket contains a protective cape that is heavy enough to keep the wearer warm and sufficiently water resistant to shield the wearer from rain or snow. Preferably, the bag will be printed or otherwise illustrated with the logo of a sports team so as to identify the owner as a fan of that team.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Assignee: Teddy Leonard, II.
    Inventor: Louis A. Wilson, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20020030390
    Abstract: A frame channel is provided for the mounting of an engine of a rear engine riding lawn mower. A platform is secured to the frame channel, the platform includes a portion which overlays the engine and which includes an opening therein. A seat-supporting hood normally overlays the opening. The hood is pivotally mounted to the platform whereby when the hood is pivoted to an open position to expose the platform opening, access to the engine is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Publication date: March 14, 2002
    Inventors: Ray G. Bates, John A. Burns, Robert M. Deweese
  • Patent number: 6352309
    Abstract: A sleeper seating unit for an aircraft, and including a primary seat having a seat frame for being stationarily-mounted to the aircraft deck, a seat back for being selectively moved by a seat occupant among fully upright, semi-reclined and fully reclined positions, a scat bottom for moving between retracted and extended positions in coordination with the seat back, and an ottoman for being positioned on the deck forward of the primary seat. The ottoman has a top cushion positioned on a top surface thereof and a leg rest cushion positioned on a side of the ottoman facing the primary seat. The leg rest cushion is movable between positions wherein when the primary seat is in an upright position, the leg rest cushion is positioned at an angle to engage and support the bottom of the feet, and when the primary seat is in a reclined position, the leg rest cushion is in a generally horizontal position adjacent to and forming an extension of the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael T. Beroth
  • Patent number: 6309016
    Abstract: Furniture pieces, including tables, shelf units, chairs and combinations of these, are provided, wherein parts of the furniture, such as the back, sides, and shelves, represent parts of the body of a figure, such that the furniture piece is a three-dimensional representation of the figure. An object holder and organizer includes a first side member, a second side member, a horizontally-extending member for supporting the objects, attached to the first side member and the second side member, and a rear member disposed behind the first side member, the second side member, and the horizontally-extending member, wherein the rear member represents at least an upper portion of a figure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Inventor: Tania C. Aloisi
  • Patent number: 6273250
    Abstract: A golf bag having a foldaway chair coupled to a bottom cuff thereof, the foldaway chair having two mounting plates fixedly mounted on the bottom cuff at two opposite lateral sides, a first -shaped leg having two bottom ends respectively coupled to the mounting plates by a slip joint, and a second -shaped leg pivoted to the first -shaped leg by pivot means, and a flexible seat connected between the first -shaped leg and the second -shaped leg at a top side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2001
    Inventor: David Wu
  • Patent number: 6244481
    Abstract: A seat cushion comprising a large pad with a plurality of pocketed flaps attached thereto and foldable on the pad perimeter over the pad for carrying or away from the pad availing the pad as an unobstructed seat cushion. The flap pockets are directed inward toward the pad such that when the pad is in use as a cushion on a hard chair, such as a student's desk, the pockets are directed upward toward the user for convenient access. The most outside flap shares a zipper with the pad and when closed defines a cavity within in which the other flaps are secured, folded alternately over the pad. The cushion is transported on the user's back in the normal manner of a backpack by two arm loops through which the user may place his arm and shoulders, respectively, thus bringing the pad against the user's back as a cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Kevin Brougher
  • Patent number: 6213547
    Abstract: A baby bottle holding system including a baby bottle support for removably receiving a baby bottle in a position in proximity to a child for drinking. An upper member is located above the baby bottle support allowing a child to drink from the supported baby bottle. The upper member has adjustment components under the control of a child care provider. The adjustment components function to position the upper member in a predetermined position as a function of the size and position of the child. An intermediate adjustment assembly between the baby bottle support and the upper member are under the control of the child and the child care provider to vary the position of the baby bottle with respect to the upper member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2001
    Inventors: Randall H. Bowe, Shalann D. Bowe
  • Patent number: 6203103
    Abstract: A collapsible fishing chair that includes a flotation mechanism for supporting at least a portion of the fishing chair, as well as a quantity of fishing gear, above the water level. The fishing chair is unfoldable to provide a fishing chair once a fishing location is reached. The fishing chair includes elongated legs that terminate in broad support feet. Wheels are optionally provided on the back legs for transporting the fishing chair on hard terrain and surfaces such as fishing piers and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Inventor: Paul V. Presson
  • Patent number: 6199946
    Abstract: An inflatable beach chair is disclosed having the appearance of a shoe. The inflatable beach chair comprises a seat portion which corresponds to a tongue of the shoe and a beach blanket which is detachably mounted to the seat portion. The chair has two side storage compartments which correspond to eyelets for laces of the shoe. A base corresponds to a sole of a shoe. A cavity has a cover, the cavity corresponding to a foot opening of a shoe while the cavity is adapted to receive a cooler. The beach chair is fabricated of a resilient sheet material thereby being capable of achieving a load supporting state when inflated and being stored in a small volume when deflated. The beach chair includes at least one fill stem and valve combination adapted to inflate or deflate the beach chair as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2001
    Inventor: Robert L. Connor, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6189968
    Abstract: A device for use on a back or seat of a chair to provide an indicia that such chair is in use when a person is not seated in the chair. The device includes an elongated foldable web having a first and second end, the length of such foldable web being sufficient to wrap around the width of the seat or back of the chair. Preferably, an adjustable attachment is provided on at least one end of the foldable web for adjustably attaching such one end to the other end of the foldable web. The attachment is a VELCRO type hook and pile attachment. The foldable web may also include indicia removably attached to the foldable web, e.g., a business card, such indicia indicating that the seat is reserved. The foldable web may be securely wrapped around the back or seat of a chair to reserve the chair when it is not in use. In another embodiment, the device is a continuous elastic elongated foldable web, the length of such foldable web being sufficient to tightly wrap around the width of the seat or back of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventors: Richard A. Emanuel, John J. Torre
  • Patent number: 6186593
    Abstract: A combination chair and easel is disclosed which is collapsible into a small package for easy carriage by an artist into the field. Various carriage methods could be used including the addition of handles and wheels, or the addition of backpack-type straps for carriage of the device. The deployment of such a collapsible combined chair and easel is a considerable improvement over methods and apparatus presently known in the art. Sitting on the chair which is attached to the easel also increases the stability of the easel during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2001
    Inventor: Claude Garneau