Abstract: A seat assembly comprises a plurality of stabilizing members mounted to a base. A passenger support member is moveably mounted along the plurality of stabilizing members. A plurality of spaced apart inflatable actuators are drivingly connected to the passenger support member.

Abstract: A seat state changing apparatus changing seat states between a first state and a second state includes an actuator moving a seat between the first state and the second state, a change detection portion detecting a change according to a load applied to the seat when changing seat states, a determination portion determining that the seat is assumed to be a predetermined state when an amount of change in accordance with the change according to the load applied to the seat is greater than a predetermined determination threshold value, and a determination threshold value changing portion changing the predetermined determination threshold value when an engaging member, which is configured to engage with the seat, engages with the seat during a movement of the seat between the first state and the second state.

Abstract: An electronic switch for controlling a motor. The switch includes at least one deflectable resistor including a substrate having a first configuration. The substrate being bendable to a second configuration relative to the first configuration. A layer of conductive material is disposed on a surface of the substrate, wherein the layer of conductive material having a resistance that changes predictably when an electrical signal is applied thereto. The change of resistance of the layer of conductive material reflects an amount of deflection between the first configuration and the second configuration and for various configurations in between. A motor assembly is coupled to the at least one deflectable resistor. The deflectable resistor, when positioned in the first configuration turns off the motor assembly. Also, the deflectable resistor when bent towards the second configuration and away from the first configuration turns on the motor assembly.

Abstract: A stowable vehicle seat includes a seat support portion that supports a seat cushion rotatably in the front-and-rear direction, a seat back provided with reclining elements that can be folded onto the seat cushion, a stowage recess portion disposed on the vehicle body floor side, a front-side leg portion disposed on the front side of the seat cushion, leg-portion locking elements that lock and unlock the front-side leg portion to and from the vehicle body floor side, a link mechanism connected to the reclining elements and the leg-portion locking elements, and a strap for operating the reclining mechanism and the leg-portion locking elements through the link mechanism, in which the seat back is locked in the folded state in a stowing operation by a pulling operation of the strap.

Abstract: The seat depth adjustable motor vehicle seat comprises a first seat part, a second seat part and a longitudinal adjustment device interposed between the first seat part and the second seat part and allowing for displacement movement in a first seat direction of the first seat part relative to the second seat part. The seat further comprises a toothed rack connected to the second seat part and extending substantially in the first seat direction. A primary gear meshes with the toothed rack. A secondary gear is in rotating communication with the primary gear. A toothed bar extends substantially in a second seat direction and engages the secondary gear. A third seat part is slidably disposed in the second seat direction and is connected to the toothed bar.

Abstract: An adjusting assembly adopted for a seat of a chair comprises a support plate including a plurality of slots formed at four corners thereof respectively; two positioning members mounted on two sides of the top panel of the legs and each including a number of recesses arranged on one side thereof; two spacing members coupled with the positioning members and each including a plurality of guiding ribs fixed thereon; a plurality of engaging members, each including an actuating member fitted thereon, retained in a notch of the support plate and covered by a housing member, the engaging member further including at least one resilient element fitted on one side thereof, the actuating member including an extension disposed on end thereof, and one end of the actuating member which extends out of the housing member being limited in the support plate by ways of a locking member.

Abstract: A collapsible, swiveling chair including a support base configured to be collapsible, a swivel portion connected to a swivel mechanism so that the swivel portion is swivelably arranged on top of the support base and the swivel portion further being configured to be collapsible, a seat portion, attached to the swivel portion and configured to be collapsible, and a chair stabilizing mechanism associated with the support base and the swivel portion and configured to control the relative tipping motion there between.

Abstract: Mechanism for regulating the preload of at least a stiffening spring (3) for a revolving element (2) with respect to at least a support frame (1) of a seating device, of the type comprising a mobile striker (7) for one end of said at least one spring (3), connected to said revolving element (2), and a regulating cursor (6, 10), onto which the other end of said at least one spring (3) rests, said regulating cursor (6, 10) being conceived to slide along a rod-shaped guide element (4), characterised in that said rod-shaped guide element (4) is connected, at one end thereof, in a sliding manner, to said mobile striker (7), and it is also integrally fixed to said support frame (1).

Abstract: A seat for supporting the bottom area of a seated person, which seat is intended and adapted to form part of an article of seating furniture, such as a chair or a couch, a seat for a means of transport such as a car, a bus or an aircraft, or a wheelchair, has the feature that the seat consists of two parts, i.e. a left-hand seat part and a right-hand seat part, which seat parts are separated from each other along the nominal median plane of a user, each of the seat parts is pivotable around a pivot zone extending at least roughly perpendicularly of said median plane; and the projected position of the pivot zone lies in front of the tubera.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a core-moving health chair comprising: an outer frame where the structure of the chair is divided into a circumferential zone and a central zone; a central inner frame where the floor frame of the chair is divided into a circumferential zone and a central zone; a core-moving means which is attached to the floor frame of the chair and which moves the central inner frame upwards or downwards; and a core-driving means which drives the core-moving means and moves the core upwards or downwards. The present invention provides a core-moving health chair which can change the pressure at the portion being compressed under body weight when the chair is being sat upon. The core of the chair is assembled on the core-moving means, the position of the core of the chair is moved by means of the core-moving means, and the core-moving movement is driven by means of a motor.

Abstract: An orthopaedic chair that requires a seated person to actively and dynamically support their upper bodies while seated is provided. The chair is designed such that the core musculature of the seated person must be actively engaged while in a seated position. To accomplish this, the chair is provided with an unstable or dynamic seating platform, i.e., a seating platform which is independently movable in several dimensions such that to stabilize the seating platform the musculature of the body, and in particular the core, must be utilized.

Abstract: The seat assembly (1) for a land vehicle, sea vessel, or aircraft comprises a vertically adjustable seat (4) supporting the buttocks of a user and a plurality of cables (9-12) disposed between the seat (4) and structural parts (8) of the vehicle. The seat (4) forms at least indirectly the component of a platform (2), which can be displaced along the cables (9-12) and fixed in the respective position on the cables (9-12). The cable sections (9a-12a, 9b-12b) located above and beneath the platform (2) extend between the platform (2) and the structural parts (8) such that they either point toward the vertical center axis (MA) of the platform (2) or are directed away therefrom. The cables (9-12) can be guided via at least one height adjustment device.

Abstract: A watercraft having a main hull and at least one deployable outrigger pontoon moveable between a stored condition in which the at least one outrigger pontoon is located adjacent the main hull, and a use condition in which the at least one outrigger pontoon is located spaced from the main hull to increase at least one footprint dimension of the watercraft at the waterline, the at least one deployable outrigger pontoon moving at least partially outwardly and downwardly during deployment.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided with a seat part with a backrest part that can be folded over in the direction of the seat part. The seat part with respect to the vehicle longitudinal direction comprises a front seat part and a back seat part of which the front seat part for forming a base for the backrest part can be transferred into a forward folded position and the back seat part is stationarily arranged on a vehicle structure.

Abstract: A children's development device has a carrier coupled to a juvenile product and elevated above a support surface. The carrier defines an x-y-z axis system including a generally vertical z-axis, a generally horizontal x-axis and a generally horizontal y-axis oriented normal or perpendicular to the x-axis. A child seat is coupled to the carrier and positionable such that feet of an occupant of the seat can contact a launching surface.

Abstract: A power seat drive device (100) comprises a sense electrode (10) provided in the back portion (102) of a power seat (101), and a controller (20) operative to control movement of the power seat (101) based on a sense signal from the sense electrode (10). The controller (20) decelerates the speed of movement and provides a warning sound when the proximity distance between the sense electrode (10) and a human body (108) becomes short so as to exceed a decision voltage (Vth1). In addition, the controller stops the movement of the power seat (101) when the proximity distance becomes much shorter so as to exceed a decision voltage (Vth2).

Abstract: A chair includes: a seat body (7) an upper surface of which is a seat surface for a user to be seated thereon; a frame (8) supporting the seat body (7) in a manner to permit the seat body (7) to move between a center position and swing positions to which the seat body (7) is swung from the center position; and a driving portion for forcibly moving the seat body (7). The height of the seat surface determined when the seat body (7) is at the center position is lower than the height of the seat surface determined when the seat body is at the swing position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat, an adjusting system and a method for moving at least one vehicle seat arranged in a vehicle cabin, particularly an aircraft seat, comprising seat components that are coupled or guided together, such as a seat part, a backrest and a leg rest, the location and/or inclination of which can be adjusted by means of at least one or more adjusting units. The adjusting system allows a separation of the basic functions from driving devices, with an electronic device for collision-free movement and for adjusting custom-designed functions and facilitating the adaptation of the custom-designed functions. The movement sequences and movements of the respective individual seat components and the seat components in relation to one another and the movements of the components or seats within an environment or group of seats are accomplished by means of a movement model in a coordinate system.

Abstract: The articulated seat assembly to efficiently utilize vehicle compartment space is comprised of a seat back slidably mounted to a floor for horizontal movement relative thereto. A seat pan is equipped with at least first and second seat flange indents on opposite ends of the seat pan to cooperatively engage a floor flange to provide support to the seat pan in first and second pivoted positions. A leg assembly is pivotally attached to the seat pan at a first end and pivotally attached relative to a vehicle floor at a second end. The leg assembly is equipped with a first flat to cooperatively engage the vehicle floor when the leg is in a first pivoted position and a second flat to cooperatively engage the vehicle floor in a second pivoted position. The leg assembly is further equipped with a contour to cooperate with a floor contour to permit pivotal movement of the leg.

Abstract: A juvenile seat includes a seat base mounted for up-and-down movement on an underlying foundation. A lock is provided to set the elevation of the seat base relative to the foundation.

Abstract: A seat damper assembly for a chair includes a rubber element having a through hole and a bracket seat having a major surface with a raised portion around a perimeter of the major surface. A support bracket is configured to be coupled with the bracket seat such that the raised portion abuts an outer edge of the support bracket. A side of the support bracket opposite the bracket seat is shaped to receive a portion of a chair frame assembly. A fastener, disposed in the through hole in rubber element, is configured to couple with a seat pan to secure the seat damper relative to the seat pan.

Abstract: Mounting techniques and systems are detailed. Such techniques and systems are particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, useful for connecting vehicle seat tracks to fixtures for dynamic testing. No holes need necessarily penetrate central portions of the base plates of the tracks.

Abstract: A seat may be obtained with improved operability of plural adjustable units. A vehicle seat 10 is provided with: a seat lifter 22 provided to a seat body that is for sitting on, and is adjusted by operation force transmitted from a first operating system; a reclining mechanism 20 provided to the seat body, that is adjusted by operation force transmitted from a second operating system; and an operation lever 30, imparting operation force for independently adjusting the reclining mechanism 20 and the seat lifter 22. The operation lever 30 imparts operation force to the seat lifter 22 when operated by rotation along the seat up-down direction in the direction of arrow D and arrow E, and imparts operation force to the reclining mechanism 20 when operated by rotation along the seat width direction in the direction of arrow F.

Abstract: A seating area adjuster for a seat of a vehicle includes a seating member having a seating surface, a support portion supporting the seating member, an adjustment mechanism connected with the seating member and supported by the support portion to be movable in an adjustment direction in which a length of the seating surface is adjusted and rotatable about a shaft extending perpendicular to the adjustment direction and to an up and down direction of the adjustment mechanism, a movement mechanism moving the adjustment mechanism in the adjustment direction relative to the support portion, and a rotation control mechanism controlling the adjustment mechanism to a predetermined rotational position corresponding an amount of a movement of the adjustment mechanism in the adjustment direction.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat is provided with a backrest which can be pivoted from a substantially upright position of use into a substantially horizontal position of non-use. The backrest includes, but is not limited to a wing rest which in the position of non-use of the backrest can be pivoted from a lower armrest position of non-use about a pivot axis extending in seat direction into an upper armrest position of use to form an armrest. The wing rest includes, but is not limited to a support part as well as an upholstery part and between the support part and the upholstery part a height adjusting device for the height adjustment of the upholstery part relative to the support part is arranged.

Abstract: A seat base extension system adapted for use with a seat defining a support length, and including an active-material based actuator configured to cause or enable the support length to be extended and retracted.

Abstract: An assembly structured to movably support a video game or video simulation participant comprising a chair movably connected to and supported by a frame. A driver assembly includes a plurality of driver members collectively structured to concurrently or independently move the chair about any one or all of a plurality of substantially transversely oriented axes. A control assembly includes a manually operable control member operatively connected to the driver assembly to accomplish substantially corresponding movement of the chair with that of the control member. A display assembly including a monitor disposed to be viewable from the chair and a processing assembly is operatively associated with the monitor to determine the video content displayed thereon. The control assembly and the driver assembly are operatively interconnected to determine movement of the chair independently of the content of the video.

Abstract: A shape memory alloy (SMA) system suitable for use in any number of environments, including but not limited to latching and unlatching vehicle seat tracks. The system including any number of configurations to support any number of operations, including but not limited to push-push, pull-pull, push-pull, and pull-push operations.

Abstract: An entertainment chair includes a base, a bottom surface positioned on a lower portion of the base and a seating surface positioned opposite the bottom surface. The entertainment chair further includes a support surface formed or removeably attachable with respect to the bottom surface and permitting 360 degrees of rotation of the base relative to a floor surface. The entertainment chair further includes an internal control for translating movement of a user to an entertainment system and may further include a means for operably connecting the entertainment chair to an entertainment medium for receiving a signal produced by the entertainment medium.

Abstract: A chair has a supporting frame, a seat portion, a back portion, and a recline mechanism. The mechanism moves the seat portion upon a reclining action of the back portion. The mechanism has a rear deformable member and a front deformable member operatively connecting the seat portion and the supporting frame. The recline mechanism also has a lower deformable member operatively connecting a lower part of the back portion and the supporting frame, and a puller member above the lower deformable member. The recline mechanism is configured such that as the back portion is reclined, the lower deformable member deforms and the puller member applies a rearward pulling action which causes the seat portion to move and the front and rear deformable members to deform.

Abstract: A swing chair includes a base frame configured to rest on the floor and a support having a support surface arranged to support for instance a baby or a child, wherein the support is rotatably connected with the base frame by a bearing, wherein the axis of rotation of the bearing and the plane of the floor on which the base frame is arranged to rest are not mutually perpendicular.

Abstract: The invention relates to a longitudinal guiding element for a motor vehicle seat, comprising two rail-type guide elements extending in the longitudinal direction of the seat, and a guiding device by which means one guide element can be displaced in the longitudinal direction of the seat in relation to the other guide element. According to the invention, a first sliding guide (3, 4) is formed by a guiding slide (3) provided on one rail (1) and a guiding pin (4) provided on the other rail (2), and the second sliding guide (5, 6) is formed by a guiding pin (5) provided on one rail (1) and a guiding slide (6) provided on the other rail (2). The two sliding guides are successively arranged in the longitudinal direction of the seat.

Abstract: A device that can be attached to any existing reclining type device such as chairs and beds that will eliminate shear forces on the user's body regardless of the level of movement. The primary components of the device are a seat plate, a seat slide plate, a back plate and a back slide plate. The back slide plate is pivotally attached to the seat plate. The seat slide plate is pivotally attached to the back plate. Pivoting the back plate with respect to the seat plate engages the pivotally attached seat slide plate and the pivotally attached back slide plate toward or away from each other depending on the starting position. The engagement of the slide plates mirrors the movement of the occupant in both the recline to horizontal position or the return to upright to vertical position.

Abstract: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat is provided. The device comprising a seat depth adjustment part which is movable relative to a seat lower part of the motor vehicle seat substantially in the direction of travel, an adjusting unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as a guide device for cushion material covering the seat depth adjustment part. The adjustment unit for the seat depth adjustment part as well as the guide device for the cushion material form one unit.

Abstract: A gardening chair configured to facilitate increase access to the area proximate thereto for a user. The gardening chair further includes a stationary base that is configured to provide structural support. Pivotally attached to the base is a sitting platform configured to receive a user thereon. Pins are utilized to pivotally connect the sitting platform and the base. The gardening chair further includes two pivot pins mounted to the sitting platform functioning to engage with the base and control the amount of pivotal movement of the sitting platform.

Abstract: Apparatus for coupling a payload to a support track are disclosed. In one embodiment, a seat track configured for use with an interface assembly includes at least one elongated support. The seat track also includes an engagement member coupled to the elongated support and having a plurality of coupling apertures disposed therethrough. Each coupling aperture may be configured to receive at least one of a clamp arm and a fastener of the interface assembly and further configured to be engaged with the at least one of the clamp arm and the fastener in an unsecured position. The clamp arm may be extractable from the coupling aperture in a first position and may not be extractable from the coupling aperture in a second position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat device or aircraft seat device includes a seat base bearing apparatus (10), which is provided for movably supporting a seat base (12). The seat base bearing apparatus (10) has at least a first bearing unit (14), which includes at least one lever transmission (16), and at least a second bearing unit (18), which includes at least one connecting link (20).

Abstract: A vehicle seat and a power seat adjuster assembly for a vehicle seat. The power seat adjuster assembly includes a track assembly having a lead screw and a lead screw constraint.

Abstract: A vehicle seat is slidably mounts to rails secured to a vehicle chassis. The rails extend downwardly and away from the steering shaft of the vehicle at a substantial slope. Grooves formed in the rails receive posts secured to the seat to slidably mount the seat. A plurality of registration surfaces, such as a row of apertures, are secured to the rails and engage one or more locking pins. The locking pins are actuated by cables extending to a lever positioned near the edge of the seat. Springs urge the locking pins into engagement with the registration surfaces when tension is not applied to the cables. In an alternative embodiment, an air spring mounts between the seat and vehicle chassis. The amount of air within the air spring controls the position of the seat along the rails.

Abstract: An adjustment device for a seat depth adjustment of a motor vehicle seat that has (a) a seat pan comprising a seat part and a supporting plate, the supporting plate being slidably connected to the seat part via a guide in a longitudinal direction and (b) an electric gear motor comprising a pinion. The seat part comprises a first gear plate. The supporting plate comprises a second gear plate. The guide has a left and a right profile and a left and a right counterprofile. A toothed rack extending in the same direction is associated with each counterprofile. The teeth of the two toothed racks face each other. Each toothed rack engages a gear wheel. One of the gear wheels engages an idler gear. The other gear wheel and the idler gear engage the pinion of the gear motor.

Abstract: A seating apparatus, and in particular a vehicle or aircraft seating apparatus, includes a seat base bearing unit which is provided in order to mount a seat base in a movable manner. The seat base bearing unit comprises at least one movably mounted stiffening means which has at least two coupling points in the transverse direction of the seat base bearing unit.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having an adjustable thigh support, the vehicle seat comprising an adjustable thigh-support component, wherein the component is an adjustment plate that is moveable in the fore and aft directions of the vehicle; and wherein the adjustment plate is positioned generally toward the front edge of the seat; a motor-driven vertical power screw for rotatably moving the adjustment plate in the fore and aft direction of the vehicle, wherein tile seat length is increased when the screw rotatably causes the adjustment plate to move in the fore direction of the vehicle, and wherein the seat length is decreased when the screw rotatably causes the adjustment plate to move in the aft direction of the vehicle; and a seat cushion having an underside that contacts at least a portion of the front face of the adjustment plate, wherein the surface area of the seat-cushion underside that contacts the front face of the adjustment plate varies as a function of the adjust-plate position.

Abstract: A pair of parallel moving surfaces, such as may be used for construction of an adjustable height table or seat are connected by a plurality of pantographs or “lazy tongs” mechanisms, each driven from a differentially threaded control rod. By suitable gearing connections among them, the pantographs are caused to operate in concert, and thus to keep the surfaces parallel as the distance between them is continuously varied. By appropriate mounting of the pantograph ends, the mechanisms are allowed to fold closer together at the minimum separation distance, thereby further minimizing this separation. The use of a set of springs assists in expansion from this minimized separation situation. The overall result is a simply operated mechanism for the continuous separation adjustment of a pair of parallel moving surfaces, together with the maximization of the range of separation adjustment between the two surfaces, concomitant with a minimization of the size and weight of the overall apparatus.

Abstract: A structure element for a seat includes a plurality of positioning modules at which an adjusting device may be optionally provided for adjusting a height of the seat. The structure element is configured such that the adjusting device can be selectively arranged on any one of the plurality of positioning modules.

Abstract: A method for selling seats in a movie theater, comprising the steps of: providing a first screening room in a movie theater with actuated seats providing movement in synchronization with a motion picture having a feature-length presentation being projected; selling access to non-actuated seats in the movie theater at a base price per seat; selling access to said actuated seats in said first screening room at a second price per seat, the second price being equal to the base price per seat added to an actuated-seat premium; controlling the access to said actuated seats in said first screening room as opposed to the non-actuated seats; and projecting said motion picture in the first screening room with the actuated seats being actuated to provide movement in synchronization with the motion picture.

Abstract: A controller module for a wheelchair automatically, automatedly adjusts position of the wheelchair seat with respect to the wheelchair base. The wheelchair seat is pivotally connected to the wheelchair base, and the seat is moveable with respect to the base by a powered actuator. The controller module includes a microprocessor connected to the powered actuator. The microprocessor controls operation of the powered actuator, such as by varying power to the actuator. A sensor, such as a 3-axis sensor, is connected to the microprocessor. The sensor senses seat position and signals the microprocessor of the position. The microprocessor performs a programmed sequence, to periodically adjust the seat position when the wheelchair seat is occupied. The signal from the sensor is feedback to the microprocessor for operations according to the programmed sequence. The controller module includes interfaces for use in making selections among options for the programmed sequence.

Abstract: A controller module for a wheelchair automatically, automatedly adjusts position of the wheelchair seat with respect to the wheelchair base. The wheelchair seat is pivotally connected to the wheelchair base, and the seat is moveable with respect to the base by a powered actuator. The controller module includes a microprocessor connected to the powered actuator. The microprocessor controls operation of the powered actuator, such as by varying power to the actuator. A sensor, such as a 3-axis sensor, is connected to the microprocessor. The sensor senses seat position and signals the microprocessor of the position. The microprocessor performs a programmed sequence, to periodically adjust the seat position when the wheelchair seat is occupied. The signal from the sensor is feedback to the microprocessor for operations according to the programmed sequence. The controller module includes interfaces for use in making selections among options for the programmed sequence.

Abstract: A seat device for a vehicle adapted to adjust a positional height of a seat cushion includes rails, frames supporting the seat cushion, link members, a torque rod connecting link members, a sector gear formed so as to operate together with one of the link members and rotatably supported by one of the frames, an elongated hole formed on the sector gear, a pinion gear meshing with the sector gear, a pressing bracket supported by the pinion gear, a stopper pin inserted into the elongated hole of the sector gear and connected to the one of the frames at a first end of the stopper pin and to the pressing bracket at a second end of the stopper pin.

Abstract: An adjustable seat having an upright position and an inclined position for use on a watercraft, wherein the seat includes a frame; a movable seat bottom having an upper surface that is at a greater angle relative to the horizontal in the inclined position than in the upright position; and a movable seat back that is at a greater angle relative to the vertical in the inclined position than in the upright position. A rear portion of the seat bottom may be located lower in the inclined position than in the upright position, and the seat back may be located lower in the inclined position than in the upright position. The adjustable seat may include a gas-assist strut connected between the frame and one of either the seat bottom or the seat back. The frame may include at least one slot to facilitate movement of the adjustable seat from the upright position to the inclined position, and the seat may further include a support member movable in the slot.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for a seat height adjustment mechanism of a vehicle seat, comprising a drive element which can be driven in opposite directions of rotation, and a driven element which can be driven by means of this drive element, and also comprising two unilaterally acting freewheels which are arranged between this drive element and this driven element and are connected to run in opposite directions, and of which in each case one can be brought out of engagement by means of an unlocking device, and further comprising a restoring device, by means of which the drive element can automatically be brought back into the neutral position when it is deflected out of its neutral position, wherein, in order to allow a fine adjustability of the driven element driven by the drive element, the pivotability of the drive element is limited by means of two stops.