Angularly Patents (Class 297/411.38)
  • Patent number: 11401039
    Abstract: An armrest may comprise a first casing and a second casing coupled to the first casing. An angular armrest adjustment assembly may be located between the first casing and the second casing. The angular armrest adjustment assembly may comprise a hub coupled the first casing, a lever ring configured to engage a splined surface of the hub, and a biasing member configured to bias the second casing away from the lever ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Yashashree Umakant Khachane, Pradeep Acharya
  • Patent number: 11333531
    Abstract: A device for sensing the relative rotary position of first and second parts about a rotation axis, the device comprising a follower constrained to move on a first track fast with the first part and on a second track fast with the second part, the first track being linear and the second track comprising a plurality of circular arcs and at least one transition section connecting one of the circular arcs to another, the tracks being arranged so as to convert relative rotation of the parts into linear motion of the follower, wherein the second track is generally spiral, each circular arc is of constant radius about the rotation axis and the first track is perpendicular to the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: CMR Surgical Limited
    Inventors: Keith Marshall, Christopher James Roach, Paul Christopher Roberts, Steven James Randle
  • Patent number: 11325514
    Abstract: An armrest includes a bracket fixed to a frame of a seat, an armrest body member rotatably mounted on the bracket, a receiver coil mounted in the armrest body member, and a transmitter coil mounted in the bracket and transferring power to the receiver coil with a non-contact transmission system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: AUTONETWORKS TECHNOLOGIES, LTD., SUMITOMO WIRING SYSTEMS, LTD., SUMITOMO ELECTRIC INDUSTRIES, LTD., SUMITOMO RIKO COMPANY LIMITED, TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Yasuyuki Yamamoto, Satoshi Yamamoto, Hideki Oshima, Takahiko Endo, Jun Jin, Keiji Makino, Takemasa Okumura
  • Patent number: 11305679
    Abstract: An armrest apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lower arm located on a side surface of a seat and configured to rotate with respect to the seat by power of a lower arm motor; and an upper arm extending along a lengthwise direction of the lower arm and configured to rotate with respect to the lower arm by power of an upper arm motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hong Heui Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Eun Sue Kim, Seung Sik Han, Tae Hyung Kim, Sun Ho Hur, Sang Yong Koo, Dong Kyu Lee
  • Patent number: 10906441
    Abstract: An armrest is fixed to a shaft (20) of a one-way clutch (1) that is provided on a seat frame, and is rotatable together with the shaft (20) relative to the seat frame. The armrest is configured to be switchable by the one-way clutch (1) between a locked state in which rotation of the armrest in a downward direction is restricted and an unlocked state in which rotation of the armrest in upward and downward directions is allowed. The armrest includes a main frame (100) constituting a framework of the armrest, and a reinforcement frame (200) having a thickness larger than that of the main frame (100), the reinforcement frame (200) and the main frame (100) lying one over another. The reinforcement frame (200) is fixed to the shaft (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetsune Nonaka
  • Patent number: 10889219
    Abstract: Armrest arrangement for a motor vehicle seat having a positionally fixed carrier structure, an armrest structure shiftable about a pivot axis an inclination adjustment device for the armrest structure and which has an adjustment element supported on the carrier structure, a drive device operatively connected to the adjustment element and a blocking device, operatively connected to the adjustment element. In a release state of the inclination adjustment device, the drive device brings about a driven adjustment movement of the adjustment element along an adjustment axis relative to the armrest structure, and in a blocking state of the inclination adjustment device, the blocking device brings about blocking of the adjustment element along the adjustment axis. In the blocking state, the drive device is operatively connected to the blocking device in a force- and/or torque-transmitting manner such that the drive device reinforces a blocking action of the blocking device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: BOS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Jan Boddenberg, Hartmut Bohlke, Andreas Göbbels, Tanja Pink, Wolfgang Sitzler, Bogdan Tutelea
  • Patent number: 10850850
    Abstract: An armrest assembly for a passenger seat includes a pivot member (101) attached to a seat frame (10), at least one armrest spine (102) attached to the pivot member (101), and at least one set screw (106) for adjusting a position of the pivot member relative to the seat frame. A pivot fastener (112) extends through a center hole of the pivot member (101) and through a first hole of the at least one armrest spine (102). A pin (110) extends through an arc slot of the pivot member (101) and through a second hole of the at least one armrest spine (102).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Justin K. Murnan, Glenn A. Morgan, Damian F. Diaz Carrion, Francisco Salcedo
  • Patent number: 10843755
    Abstract: An armrest for a motorcycle passenger is mountable to a trunk lid that carries a passenger backrest to support a passenger's arm. The armrest can include a mount for connecting accessories, such as a drink holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: CIRO, LLC
    Inventor: Christopher Lindloff
  • Patent number: 10836288
    Abstract: A seat armrest comprises an elbow-rest segment, an arm-rest segment, a mobilizable connecting structure, and a height-locking structure. The elbow-rest segment is connected to a seat. Both the mobilizable connecting structure and height-locking structure are connected to the elbow-rest segment and the arm-rest segment. The mobilizable connecting structure facilitates the arm-rest segment to surround the mobilizable connecting structure to pivot toward a space above the elbow-rest segment. When the arm-rest segment is pivoted to any desired height, the height-locking structure can fix the arm-rest segment on that desired height. As a result, the user can adjust the height of his forearm on the arm-rest segment freely at different heights according to different occasions, so that the user can rest his forearm comfortably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: Yao-Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 10819125
    Abstract: A wireless charger having a base, an adjustable bracket and a housing slidably connected to the bracket, with the base being releasably connected to the bracket. In some embodiments, the wireless charger includes a button member that can be displaced to move a connector plate and in turn, compress a spring member, in order to disengage a locking member from the bracket so that the bracket can be slidably adjusted relative to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: JMTEK, LLC
    Inventors: Kyu Bong Lee, Quanxiong Li
  • Patent number: 10604047
    Abstract: An arm rest arrangement for a motor vehicle seat with a fixed carrier structure and an arm rest body mounted for pivoting about an axis in relation thereto, and with which an incline adjustment device is associated, allowing a modification of an incline of the arm rest body in relation to the carrier structure. The incline adjustment device includes an actuating member and a blocking device for securing an incline adjustment carried out by the actuating member. The arm rest body include a supporting member adjustable in a linearly movable manner on the arm rest body and supported on the carrier structure. The actuating member and the blocking device are connected to the supporting member such that same can be released by the actuating member for a linear adjustment and can be stopped by the blocking device in an adjusted supporting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: BOS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Bogdan Tutelea, Wolfgang Sitzler, Tanja Pink, Andreas Göbbels, Hartmut Bohlke, Jan Boddenberg
  • Patent number: 10500113
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a locking mechanism of an armrest assembly for a wheelchair, comprising: an elongated inner arm, an elongated outer profile, and a locking handle, wherein the locking handle is configured to pivot between proximal and distal pivot positions in which the locking handle is pivoted further away from the outer profile than in the proximal pivot position. The locking handle is configured to cause the locking structure to engage with the outer profile and the inner arm to axially interlock the outer profile with the inner arm, and wherein the locking handle is configured to move the locking structure from engagement with the outer profile and the inner arm to release the outer profile from axial interlocking with the inner arm when the outer profile is in the proximal position and the locking handle is moved from the distal pivot position towards the proximal pivot position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: PERMOBIL AB
    Inventor: Par Torgersson
  • Patent number: 10308152
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a supporting structure, having a seat surface and having a back rest, and having at least one arm rest arrangement which is held on the supporting structure. The arm rest arrangement includes a fixation unit which is capable of being attached to a complementary accommodating unit of the supporting structure or detached from the accommodating unit without a tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: BOS GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hartmut Bohlke, Wolfgang Sitzler, Bogdan Tutelea, Andreas Göbbels, Tanja Pink, Jan Boddenberg
  • Patent number: 10107328
    Abstract: An actuator mounting assembly comprising a base mounted to an item of equipment and having a pivoting plate hole and a locking pin hole, a pivoting plate having a base hole, a locking pin hole, and a actuator hole, a base pin disposed in the pivoting plate base hole, a locking pin adapted to be removably disposed in the pivoting plate locking pin hole, and an actuator pin disposed in the actuator hole. The pivoting plate is pivotally connected to the base at the pivoting plate hole, the cap end of the actuator is pivotally connected to the pivoting plate at the actuator hole, the piston end of the actuator is pivotally connected to the item of equipment, and the base locking pin hole and the pivoting plate locking pin hole are aligned when the locking pin is inserted therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Kolberg-Pioneer, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Engel, Joe Rust
  • Patent number: 9320360
    Abstract: An adjustable armrest for a chair is disclosed herein and comprises an assembly of a mounting plate, a support column, an anti-rotation feature, and two arms. The adjustable armrest's mounting plate is positionable laterally and rotationally about the support column when the anti-rotation feature is disengaged, and is restrained when the anti-rotation feature is engaged. The anti-rotation feature restrains the position of the mounting plate by restraining the rotation of the two arms and is preferably controlled via an actuator button.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Inventor: Nathaniel David Bauer
  • Patent number: 9138057
    Abstract: A massage chair includes a seat for allowing a subject for treatment to sit thereon; a reclinable backrest; left and right arm treatment sections provided for treating arms; a base frame; a seat rail, provided at each of a top left end and a top right end of the base frame, for supporting a seat frame as a framework of the seat such that the seat frame is movable in a front-rear direction; an arm rail for supporting an arm support as a framework of each arm treatment section, such that the arm support is movable in the front-rear direction; and an association mechanism, provided between the seat frame and each arm support, for, when the seat frame is moved forward along with a reclination of the backrest, converting the forward movement of the seat frame into the rearward movement of the arm support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: FUJI MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS MFG. CO., LTD
    Inventor: Takeshi Furutani
  • Patent number: 9115521
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle accessory having a pivotal element that can pivot about an axis on a generally fixed support element is provided with a mechanism having an extension on one of the elements offset from the axis and projecting angularly of the axis and a brake on the other of the elements. This brake has a pair of brake shoes flanking the extension and shiftable between a clamping position gripping the element and preventing movement of the element relative to the brake in at least one angular direction and a release position permitting movement of the element relative to the brake both in and against the one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Ralph Nuss
  • Patent number: 9050917
    Abstract: An inclinable headrest includes a base bracket including first and second side walls, a ratchet gear, and a lock gear movable for engagement with the ratchet gear. Both ratchet and lock gears are disposed inwardly of the first and second side walls. The lock gear has a connecting hole. The first side wall of the base bracket has an opening defined at a location where the connecting hole of the lock gear exists, and a connecting region defined near to that opening. Provision of those opening and connecting regions allows direct and quick connection by a worker's hand of a tension spring between the lock gear and base bracket from the outside, such that the worker can directly engage one end of the tension spring with the lock gear's connecting hole through the opening, while directly engaging the other end thereof with the base bracket's connecting region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: TACHI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hideo Tobata, Takayuki Yoshiga, Yutaka Sodeno
  • Patent number: 9022328
    Abstract: A center armrest supporting structure for supporting a swivelable center armrest in a vehicle has an arm support which can be swiveled about a swivel axis into a lower use position and into an upper rest position. Console parts of the vehicle are connected to the arm support by bearing bolts. A stop bolt limits the swivel path of the arm support at least in the use position. A latching bolt prevents unintentional backward swiveling out of the use position and/or the rest position. A latching element has a sliding guide surface along which the stop bolt or the latching bolt slides when the arm support is swiveled A spring element is disposed between the frictional latching element and the bearing bolt, wherein the spring element produces a frictional force between the sliding guide surface and the stop bolt or the latching bolt, which counteracts the swivel movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: F.S. Fehrer Automotibe GmbH
    Inventor: Matthias Mayer
  • Patent number: 9016793
    Abstract: An adjustable armrest includes a housing with opposite walls. Each of the walls has a bore formed in it. The boxes support a pivot pin with a gear so that the armrest is pivotable on the pin. A ratchet with a pawl is pivotably connected to and carried by the armrest. The ratchet is also configured so that the pawl may engage the gear to define incremental ratcheting movement of the armrest on the pin when the armrest is pivoted in one direction. There is also provided a cam ring selectively movable with the armrest for rotational engagement with the gear. The cam ring has an exterior cam surface that contacts a portion of the ratchet and pivots the ratchet clear of engagement with the gear when the armrest is pivoted in another direction. The new armrest incorporates fewer components lowering cost of production, improving torsion force and load bearing capabilities, improving life of the furniture piece and strengthening armrest and furniture piece assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Atwood Mobile Products, LLC
    Inventors: Tim Roeglin, Hari Sunkara
  • Publication number: 20150102641
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a first seating unit having a backrest, which includes a front side and a back side. An armrest I operably coupled with an intermediate portion of the back side and is configured for use by a passenger seated in a second seating unit disposed behind but laterally offset from the first seating unit. The armrest is moveable between an in-use position, wherein an upper surface of the armrest is generally horizontally positioned and available to support the passenger, and a stowed position, wherein the armrest is generally adjacent to a rear face of the backrest of the first seating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Teresa Mendicino, Torsten Gerhardt, David Woodhouse, Lewis Blaber
  • Patent number: 8967722
    Abstract: In one aspect, the subject embodiments are directed to a seat that includes a seat bottom and a seat back, wherein the seat back is pivotable with respect to the seat bottom about one or more pivots. A linkage assembly is employed that is coupled to each of the one or more pivots. The linkage assembly includes a linking component that has a first location mounted to the seat bottom and a second location mounted to the seat back. A cam is coupled to the seat back location, wherein a dowel is permanently affixed to the cam. An end distal from the cam, a pin extends perpendicularly from the dowel and is angled at between 20 and 70 degrees upward from a plane formed by an arm channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Norco Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan Neterer, Ron Dick
  • Patent number: 8967724
    Abstract: A chair assembly includes a four-bar linkage assembly including a first linkage member and a second linkage member each having a U-shaped cross-sectional configuration that cooperate to form an interior space, a third linkage member and a fourth linkage member, wherein the linkage members are pivotably coupled to on another such that an upper end of the four-bar linkage is vertically adjustable between a raised and lowered positions, an arm rest assembly supported on the upper end of the four-bar linkage assembly, and a locking assembly including a first locking link having a first surface and a second locking link having plurality of teeth corresponding to a plurality of vertical positions of the four-bar link located between the raised and lowered positions, wherein the locking links are movable between locked and unlocked positions, and wherein the first and second locking links are located within the interior space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert J. Battey, Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Nathan McCaughan, Pradeep Mydur
  • Patent number: 8960801
    Abstract: A multi-functional structure for armchair armrest pad comprises an armrest frame connecting unit, a block slider, a movable fixing unit, a rotary positioning unit, a fixing unit, an inclined movable unit, a pressing unit, an armrest pad and a top board, wherein the unlocked position can easily get when pressing the pressing unit, thus the armrest pad can be adjusted to the front, back, left, right, and be rotated to the right and the left, and the locked position can easily get when letting go the pressing unit, thus the armrest pad can be fixed and remained the angle which is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Inventor: Jung-Hua Hu
  • Patent number: 8944512
    Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for continuous inclination adjustment of a component part of a vehicle, in particular a pivotable vehicle armrest, pivotable about a pivot axle. The apparatus is configured to lock various angles of inclination in a first pivoting direction and unlock them when a pre-settable angle of inclination is reached and/or exceeded. This allows the pivotable component part of the vehicle to be moved back into a starting position contrary to the first pivoting direction. The continuous inclination adjustment apparatus has a sleeve freewheel device for setting the continuous inclination, a coupling device for coupling and uncoupling the sleeve freewheel device and a control device for actuating the coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Grammer AG
    Inventors: Joerg Girbinger, Erwin Himmelhuber
  • Publication number: 20150028645
    Abstract: An adjustable armrest having a base and an armrest that are coupled together through an articulating joint assembly. The joint assembly includes a body with a first articulating ball joint and a second articulating ball joint. The first articulating ball joint is coupled to the armrest with the second articulating ball joint being coupled to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Inventors: James Henry Baas, Wesley D. Mersman
  • Patent number: 8931847
    Abstract: Multiple features of seating assemblies are detailed. Innovations in or to tray tables, luggage bars, arm rests, seat backs, and seat frames are included, with features being incorporated into seating assemblies either separately or in any combination. The assemblies are configured principally for passenger aircraft but may be used elsewhere as appropriate or desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Zodiac Seats France
    Inventors: Jeremy Cailleteau, David Da Silva
  • Publication number: 20140354026
    Abstract: An armrest, in particular for office chairs, comprising a support bracket (16) connected to the chair, a tube (34) connected to the vertical part (24) of said bracket, and an arm support pad, characterised in that the tube presents at one end a flange (36) comprising rotation guides for a plate (66), said plate presenting an aperture (66) for the insertion of the lower end of the tube and being provided with rotation guides (38) cooperating with said flange (36) for the rotation of said plate (66) about said tube (34), said plate (66) and said pad (80) being constrained by mutually cooperating slide guides (74, 78) which enable said pad (80) to translate relative to said plate (66) with said flange (36) interposed between them.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2013
    Publication date: December 4, 2014
    Applicant: IMARC S.P.A.
    Inventor: Claudio Gorgi
  • Patent number: 8876213
    Abstract: An armrest is pivotally coupled to a seat back for movement between a stowed position and a use position. The armrest comprises a support frame and a cam. A memory mechanism is coupled to the support frame for actuation between an unlocked condition providing selective adjustment of the armrest in the use position and a locked condition for retaining memory of the use position upon pivotal movement of the armrest between the stowed position and use position. The memory mechanism includes an elongated memory bar fixedly secured to the support frame, a guide member slidably coupled to the memory bar, and a wedge plate slidably and pivotally coupled to the memory bar for movement between a slide position to allow sliding movement of the wedge plate along the memory bar and a wedge position for lockingly wedging the memory bar between the wedge plate and the guide member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Magna Seating, Inc.
    Inventors: Omar D. Tame, Xiao Jun Wei
  • Patent number: 8876212
    Abstract: A seat adjustment apparatus for a vehicle includes a first bracket, a second bracket defining an accommodating void with the first bracket, a pawl, and a pawl reverse spring, The pawl includes a ratchet portion, a pawl side reverse wall portion, and a pawl side return wall portion, the ratchet portion allowing a relative rotation of the first and second brackets in a first direction and prohibiting a relative rotation of the first and second brackets in a second direction in a case where the pawl is biased to rotate in a normal direction, the pawl side reverse wall portion allowing the relative rotation in the second direction so that the pawl is reversed by being biased to rotate in a reverse direction, the pawl side return wall portion bringing the pawl to be returned by being biased to rotate in the normal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Aisin Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yukifumi Yamada, Naoki Goto
  • Publication number: 20140265508
    Abstract: An arm support for a personal mobility vehicle can include a first member having a first end that defines a first cavity, and a first attachment member that extends through the first cavity so as to define an axis. The arm support can further include a second member having a first end that is disposed within the first cavity such that the second member is pivotally attached to the first member by the first attachment member. The arm support can further include an actuator that extends through the first end of the second member and through the first cavity. The actuator can be operatively coupled to the second member such that actuation of the actuator causes the second member to pivot about the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Pride Mobility Products Corporation
    Inventors: Michael Grant, John Carminati, Matthew Tolan
  • Publication number: 20140246891
    Abstract: The functional chair includes a backrest support, a backrest, a rotation axis, two rotation plates, an operation rod, a massage roller, and an armrest. The backrest is fixed to the backrest support and has a plurality of operation holes perforated at both sides of the front surface in a zigzag pattern, the rotation axis is fixed to a center of the rear surface of the backrest. The two rotation plates have multiple finger-like extensions formed at horizontally the same location as the operation holes and face while not interfering with each other so as to allow each of the finger-like extensions to rotate on the rotation axis through a rotation sleeve. The operation rod is fixed to the opposite side of each finger-like extension on each of the rotation sleeves and emerges to the front direction of the backrest through each operation hole when each rotation plate rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 4, 2014
    Inventor: Moon Seok Yang
  • Patent number: 8777317
    Abstract: An armrest device including a stationary shaft 2, fixed to a seat frame, an armrest body 7 in which the stationary shaft 2 is inserted and which is rotatable, a lock spring 3 made of a coil spring tightly wound around the stationary shaft 2, with one end of the coil spring serving as a stationary-side hook 3a locked to the armrest body 7, and the other end of the coil spring serving as a free-side hook 3b A hook-supporting part 12 that supports the free-side hook 3b such that the free-side hook 3b is raised in the axial direction of the stationary shaft 2, a hook-fitting part 13 that enlarges the diameter of the lock spring 3 by dropping the free-side hook 3b on the hook-supporting part 12 downward in the axial direction of the stationary shaft 2, a plate 11 for a hook, where the plate 11 projects from the armrest body 7, and a cam member 5 on the stationary shaft 2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2014
    Assignee: NHK Spring Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Makoto Saito, Takashi Morimoto, Ken Suzuki, Toshikazu Numazawa, Hideko Kitamura
  • Publication number: 20140183923
    Abstract: An armrest device for a vehicle seat, in particular for a flight passenger seat, having an armrest that is connected to a seat component via a joint unit such that said armrest can be swiveled about a swivel axis. The armrest device comprises a locking unit for locking the joint unit, which has a bearing unit that is provided for the mobile mounting of the armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: July 3, 2014
    Applicant: RECARO AIRCRAFT SEATING GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventor: Andreas Itzinger
  • Publication number: 20140175850
    Abstract: An adjustable armrest includes a housing with opposite walls. Each of the walls has a bore formed in it. The boxes support a pivot pin with a gear so that the armrest is pivotable on the pin. A ratchet with a pawl is pivotably connected to and carried by the armrest. The ratchet is also configured so that the pawl may engage the gear to define incremental ratcheting movement of the armrest on the pin when the armrest is pivoted in one direction. There is also provided a cam ring selectively movable with the armrest for rotational engagement with the gear. The cam ring has an exterior cam surface that contacts a portion of the ratchet and pivots the ratchet clear of engagement with the gear when the armrest is pivoted in another direction. The new armrest incorporates fewer components lowering cost of production, improving torsion force and load bearing capabilities, improving life of the furniture piece and strengthening armrest and furniture piece assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: June 26, 2014
    Applicant: ATWOOD MOBILE PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: TIM ROEGLIN, HARI SUNKARA
  • Publication number: 20140167478
    Abstract: An adjustable armrest for a chair is disclosed herein and comprises an assembly of a mounting plate, a support column, an anti-rotation feature, and two arms. The adjustable armrest's mounting plate is positionable laterally and rotationally about the support column when the anti-rotation feature is disengaged, and is restrained when the anti-rotation feature is engaged. The anti-rotation feature restrains the position of the mounting plate by restraining the rotation of the two arms and is preferably controlled via an actuator button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: Holland Plastics Corporation, d.b.a. Anderson Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Nathaniel David Bauer
  • Publication number: 20140167479
    Abstract: To provide a core for armrest, the core including a stopper pin for restricting rotation, and exhibiting higher resistance to loads. A core for armrest includes a framed body being made of resin, a stopper pin being made of metal, the stopper pin being subjected to insert molding in the framed body so as to protrude a leading-end side thereof toward an outer side of the framed body, and being hooked onto a stopper of a seat, thereby being restricted from rotating, and a rib being integrally molded onto the framed body inside the framed body, and being disposed so as to overlap with respect to a base-end face of the stopper pin in an axial direction of the stopper pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2014
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: TOKAI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventor: Shoji SANAE
  • Patent number: 8702174
    Abstract: An incrementally adjustable armrest associated with a seatback having an armrest supported in pivotal fashion to a frame location of the seatback. At least one sector is fixed to the seatback frame and supports a pivotal location associated with the armrest. A plurality of teeth are located along a circumferential edge extending location of the sector corresponding to a range of adjustment associated with the armrest. A plurality of pawls are arranged in a stacked relationship and are pivotally secured to the armrest at a location such that additional teeth associated with the pawls are biased in an engaging direction against the sector. A teethed pattern associated with a selected pawl individually seats within a circumferential location associated with the sector teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2014
    Assignee: BAE Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stanley D. Pacolt
  • Publication number: 20140103691
    Abstract: A handicap accessible bar stool may include a main chair unit. The main chair unit may include a chair sub frame, a back cushion, a seat cushion, and at least one armrest. At least one footrest may attach to the chair sub frame. The at least one footrest may be adjustable in position and distance from the chair sub frame. A post which may move telescopically may be attached to the chair sub frame and a floor base plate. The main chair unit may rotate around the post. The post may be placed over lock down handle pegs and secured by a plurality of lock down handles. The main chair unit may also include a seat belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Inventors: Stephen G. Boyd, Joseph Accetta
  • Publication number: 20140077568
    Abstract: A multi-functional structure for armchair armrest pad comprises an armrest frame connecting unit, a block slider, a movable fixing unit, a rotary positioning unit, a fixing unit, an inclined movable unit, a pressing unit, an armrest pad and a top board, wherein the unlocked position can easily get when pressing the pressing unit, thus the armrest pad can be adjusted to the front, back, left, right, and be rotated to the right and the left, and the locked position can easily get when letting go the pressing unit, thus the armrest pad can be fixed and remained the angle which is adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Inventor: Jung-Hua Hu
  • Patent number: 8662594
    Abstract: Arm-rest, adjustable in inclination, in particular for vehicles, comprising: —a fixed part 2, intended to be connected to the frame of the vehicle; —a movable part 3, hinged to the fixed part 2 around a rotation axis X by —hinging means 10, 43, 53 to move between a lowered angular position and a raised angular position; and —a system for adjusting the inclination of the movable part 3 between the aforesaid lowered position and the aforesaid raised position. The invention is characterized by the fact that the system for adjusting comprises at least one freewheeling bearing 20, chosen from the rolling-contact or cam type, associated to the hinging means 10, 43, 53 so as to allow the movable part 3 to rotate around the axis X only in the direction of rotation which from the lowered position leads to the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: Clerprem S.p.A.
    Inventor: Francesco Faccin
  • Publication number: 20130307308
    Abstract: A chair that facilitates user ingress and egress has a chair support structure and a seat, a backrest, and at least one armrest coupled to the chair support structure. A lower portion of the armrest is coupled to the chair support structure and an upper portion of the armrest is coupled to the lower portion to allow rotation of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion around a horizontal axis that splits the armrest into the two portions. The upper portion can be placed in an upright position above the lower portion and a folded position alongside the lower portion by rotation of the upper portion around the horizontal axis. The upper portion can be locked in the upright position with a locking mechanism that can extend through both the lower portion and the upper portion to prevent rotation of the upper portion around the horizontal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: KRUEGER INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Danny Ray Hankins, Scott J. Williams, Stephen Robert Hess, Timothy G. Hornberger
  • Patent number: 8480177
    Abstract: An arm-rest device is constituted by including the following: an armrest body to be installed to a seat rotatably upward/downward; a ratchet mechanism including stationary-side first ratchet teeth, and movable-side second ratchet teeth rotating integrally with the armrest body; coiled springs for urging those in such a direction that they press one another; releasing cam units for releasing the ratchet mechanism from the meshing; elastic claws and a flanged portion for retaining that release; cut-offs for returning the ratchet mechanism to the meshing. And, the armrest body is made of resin, thereby integrally molding the second ratchet teeth at the time of its molding. It thus becomes an armrest device that is lightweight as a whole, whose assembly can also be done with less man-hour requirements, whose feeling of use is also satisfactory, and which is inexpensive and small in size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Assignees: Tokai Chemical Industries, Ltd., Rebirth Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seiji Kobayashi, Takeshi Mizutani
  • Patent number: 8480172
    Abstract: A universal reclining armrest system for use with an articulated examination chair. The system includes an armrest adapter having a universal aperture for receiving a post portion of an armrest assembly. The armrest adapter further includes a splined peg for coupling to a pivoting mechanism of an articulated chair. The pivoting mechanism enables the chair to move throughout an operable range of motion while maintaining a fixed rotational position of an attached armrest adapter. The armrest assembly further includes an adjustable joint to provide 360° of rotational adjustment to the armrest relative to the fixed position of the armrest adapter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventors: Jeff Baker, Mike Bradfield, Brad Baker
  • Publication number: 20130147251
    Abstract: An armrest frame including a first portion including a shaft and a single plastic material lining overmolded around the shaft and a second portion including at least one branch attached to the lining. A seat including a backrest and an armrest including such a frame, pivotally connected to the backrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: FAURECIA SIEGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventor: Faurecia Sieges D'Automobile
  • Publication number: 20130113259
    Abstract: An adjustment mechanism (20) for an article of furniture includes a support structure (22) securable to a seat base of the article of furniture. A carrier (24) is displaceably arranged relative to the support structure (22), the carrier (24) being configured to mount a component (12) of the article of furniture. A link assembly (26) interconnects the support structure (22) and the carrier (24). The link assembly (26) comprises at least one linkage mechanism (52) which causes initial, substantially linear motion of the carrier (24) relative to the support structure (22) to become substantially rotary motion as the carrier (24) moves from a first position to a second position relative to the seat base of the article of furniture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Inventor: Charles Wilson
  • Publication number: 20130076096
    Abstract: An incrementally adjustable armrest associated with a seatback having an armrest supported in pivotal fashion to a frame location of the seatback. At least one sector is fixed to the seatback frame and supports a pivotal location associated with the armrest. A plurality of teeth are located along a circumferential edge extending location of the sector corresponding to a range of adjustment associated with the armrest. A plurality of pawls are arranged in a stacked relationship and are pivotally secured to the armrest at a location such that additional teeth associated with the pawls are biased in an engaging direction against the sector. A teethed pattern associated with a selected pawl individually seats within a circumferential location associated with the sector teeth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Applicant: BAE INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventor: Stanley D. Pacolt
  • Patent number: 8403416
    Abstract: The present invention provides for a vehicle armrest assembly mounted to a vehicle seat back movable from a stowed position to a functioning position. The armrest assembly includes an armrest housing having a gas shock disposed within the armrest housing. A pivot bracket is mounted within the armrest housing and in line with the gas shock. The pivot bracket has a first end and a second end. The first end of the pivot bracket abuts the gas shock so as to actuate a nozzle on the gas shock. The second end of the pivot bracket abuts a button. When the button is pressed, the button pushes the pivot bracket, transfers energy through the pivot bracket to the nozzle of the gas shock, and actuates the nozzle of the gas shock thereby permitting movement of the armrest assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Rupert Muck, Robert Joseph Hazlewood
  • Patent number: 8333432
    Abstract: An adjustable sliding armrest that may be extendable in length and varied in rotational position is provided. The armrest generally includes a support member, a slide member, a locking mechanism, and a tilt adjusting mechanism. The support member and slide member are in slidable communication with one another, and the locking mechanism may serve to lock the position of the slide member with respect to the support member. Moreover, the tilt adjusting mechanism may be utilized to selectively increase or decrease the tilt angle of the armrest. Such features allow users of various arm lengths to adjust the armrest to their comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: CVG Management Corporation
    Inventor: Trent J. Cone
  • Publication number: 20120292974
    Abstract: An armrest for a chair having a first member, connected to the chair; a second member selectively rotatable relative the first member; means disposed between the first and second members for resisting the rotational movement between the first and second members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventor: Terry CASSADAY