Laterally Collapsible Patents (Class 297/42)
  • Patent number: 11812862
    Abstract: A foldable rocking chair, including a foldable chair frame, a seat cushion cloth and two rocking bars, wherein the seat cushion cloth is detachably installed on the chair frame, and the two rocking bars are installed on left and right sides of the chair frame, respectively; each of the rocking bars includes an upper rocking bar, a torsional spring base, a lower rocking bar and a bottom tube, the upper rocking bar and the lower rocking bar are rotatably connected to both ends of the torsional spring base, and an upper end of the upper rocking bar is rotatably connected to a rear end on the left or right side of the chair frame; and each of the bottom tubes is placed on the ground and includes a front bottom tube and a rear bottom tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG PRIDE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Benlong Sun
  • Patent number: 11808027
    Abstract: A living space is disclosed including one or more adjustable or reconfigurable rooms. A room may be made reconfigurable by including fixed walls and a frame that is mounted to move in a first direction between a first position coextensive with the fixed walls and a second position that is extended relative to the fixed walls. The room may further include panels mounted in the frame configured to move in a second direction, orthogonal to the first direction, to seal off a front of the room. In examples, the panels may store against the frame when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Impact Urban, LLC
    Inventor: Nolan Zail
  • Patent number: 11659930
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes backrest rods hinged to a seat unit, leg units, armrest units, a first foldable rod unit, and a linking rod unit. Each leg unit includes a sleeve member connected to the seat unit and slidably sleeved on a rear leg rod connected to the seat unit. Each armrest unit is connected to one of the leg units and one of the backrest rods. The first foldable rod unit is connected between the backrest rods to move the backrest rods. The linking rod unit includes an end connected to the first foldable rod unit, and another end pivotally connected to one of the backrest arm units, or one of the sleeve members of the leg units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 11659931
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a chair back unit, two side leg units, a chair cover unit, a foldable rod unit, and a linking rod unit. The chair back unit includes back rods that extends in a top-bottom direction. The chair cover unit has ends secured to the side leg units, and other ends respectively and slidably sleeved on the back rods. The foldable rod unit is pivotally connected between the back rods and is operable to move the back rods toward or away from each other. The linking rod unit includes an end that is pivotally connected to the foldable rod unit, and another end that is pivotally connected to the chair back unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 11540634
    Abstract: A cross rocking chair having a chair fabric, a seat frame assembly, a support frame assembly and connectors. The seat frame assembly has two cross tubes, two square seat frame armrest tubes and two backrest support tubes. A cushion and a backrest of the chair fabric are mounted at upper ends of the cross tubes and the backrest support tubes. The support frame assembly has two support frame units each having a support bottom tube. Rear ends of bottom tubes of the seat frame armrest tubes are bent upwards, and front ends of the bottom tubes are arranged on the support bottom tubes. Two ends of each connector are rotatably connected to the top of the bent rear end of the bottom tube of one seat frame armrest tube and the rear end of the corresponding support bottom tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang Pride Leisure Products Co,. Ltd.
    Inventor: Benlong Sun
  • Patent number: 11389000
    Abstract: A reclinable director chair having a chair cloth, a seat frame assembly and a support frame assembly. The seat frame assembly having two cross tubes, two square seat frame armrest tubes and two backrest support tubes, wherein the cross tubes are connected and fixed between the two seat frame armrest tubes in a cross manner. One backrest support tube is disposed at the rear end of each seat frame armrest tube, and a cushion and a backrest of the chair cloth are mounted at upper ends of the cross tubes and on the backrest support tubes, respectively. The support frame assembly having two support frame components. Each support frame component comprises a bottom support tube and a connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG PRIDE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Benlong Sun
  • Patent number: 11376173
    Abstract: A kit of parts which when assembled will provide a wheeled chair and include a central frame member to which all other elements are connected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Inventors: Jay Foonberg, Allen Herbert Rosoff
  • Patent number: 10240275
    Abstract: A chute fabricated of a polymer has an arcuate leading edge, an arcuate trailing edge, a left edge, a right edge, a top surface, and a bottom surface. The chute has a centerline extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The centerline is equally spaced from the left edge and the right edge. The chute is curved with an axis of rotation parallel with and elevationally above the centerline and spaced from the centerline and the top surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Inventor: Darell F. Groves
  • Patent number: 9993082
    Abstract: Disclosed are chair frames and foldable chairs. A chair frame includes left and right side frames, each having a front leg, a rear leg, a backrest rod, a seat rod, and a connecting piece. The backrest rod and the seat rod are pivotally connected to the rear leg. The front leg is pivotally connected to the connecting piece movably disposed on the rear leg. The chair frame also includes a pair of cross front supporting rods and a pair of cross rear supporting rods. Each front supporting rod is pivotally connected to the front leg of one side frame and pivotally connected to the seat rod of the other side frame. Each rear supporting rod is pivotally connected to the rear leg of one side frame and pivotally connected to the front leg of the other side frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: Campvalley (Xiamen) Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Kwanjun Choi
  • Patent number: 9822475
    Abstract: A loading device is attachable to the front of a front-loading laundry machine comprising a drum, a drum port and a drum port door for selectively closing the drum port. The loading device comprises a deformable chute mounted on a collapsible frame, and a pair of brackets for mounting the collapsible frame to the laundry machine such that the loading device is configurable between: a use condition in which he collapsible frame is open and the deformable chute is taut for directing laundry through the drum port into the laundry machine, and a storage condition in which the collapsible frame is closed for allowing the drum port door of the laundry machine to be closed. A front-loading laundry machine provided with the loading device located adjacent the drum port. The front-loading laundry machine may be a washing machine or a tumble dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: JENSEN USA INC.
    Inventor: James Christopher Thorpe
  • Patent number: 9451829
    Abstract: A foldable chair frame includes two spaced leg units, two spaced backrest units, a connecting unit, and a linkage unit. Each of the leg units includes a front leg and a rear leg. The connecting unit is pivotally connected between the leg units. The linkage unit includes at least one link module pivotally connected between the backrest units. The link module includes two links each having a first pivot portion pivotally connected with one of the backrest units and a second pivot portion located opposite to the first pivot portion. Thus, the foldable chair frame is folded in its longitudinal direction and is also folded in its transverse direction to reduce its whole volume to the minimum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 9346479
    Abstract: A foldable stroller frame having right and left front, right and left rear legs, and right and left handle supports joined at a right and left folding joints in a manner permitting folding movement about a folding axis between deployed and folded positions. A seat panel connects the front legs and includes a movable portion being movable between first and second positions. A seat back frame is connected to the movable portion at a seat back pivot. Spacing between the seat back pivot and the folding axis is dependent upon the position of the movable portion. When in the first position, the spacing is greatest and precludes frame folding due to interference between the seat back frame and a transverse element between the handle supports. When in the second position, spacing is minimized and frame folding is permissible without interference between the seat back frame and the transverse element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: ARTSANA USA, INC
    Inventor: Matthew J. Ransil
  • Patent number: 8752889
    Abstract: A bench system having a first and second panel mounted atop a first and second leg and a third and fourth leg, the panels are separated by a gap, the first leg and third leg and the second leg and fourth leg are pivotally connected via a pivot component, the legs are adjustable in length via an adjusting means, a sheet atop the panels, straps attached to the sheet at a first and second side, an extension sheet having a first and second side edge, and a top edge, wherein the top edge or a portion thereof is removably attached to the fourth side of the sheet via an attachment means, the first and second side edges of the extension sheet extend past the legs and sheet, and a pole on each side edge of the extension sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Joe A. Nievinski, Jason Wojnowiak
  • Patent number: 8746265
    Abstract: A foldable seat for a rollator or a wheelchair includes a first plate and a second plate. The plates are rotatably moveable between an unfolded position and a folded position. A hinge pivotally connects said first plate to said second plate. An exemplary hinge includes at least a first cylinder integral with said first plate and at least a second cylinder integral with said second plate. The seat further includes a locking/unlocking system configured to be actuated by the user so as to lock, respectively unlock, said first and second plates into, respectively from, said unfolded position and/or said folded position. The locking/unlocking system being at least partially lodged inside said first and/or said second cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Assignee: Invacare International Sarl
    Inventors: Tobias Nilsson, Joseph Van Houtem
  • Publication number: 20140097647
    Abstract: A collapsible and portable rocking chair includes left and right frame side assemblies collectively defining forward and rear leg portions, armrests, and back support members. The chair also includes cross-members connecting the left and right frame said assemblies and collectively defining a seat support in the set-up condition of the chair. The cross members are pivotally connected to one another as well as to the left and right frame side assemblies to facilitate folding of the chair frame to a collapsed condition. Each frame side assembly is supported on a fulcrum point for rocking movement of the chair frame. A rocker mechanism is attached to the chair frame to support the chair during rocking movement and to facilitate rocking of the chair in connection with the user's shifting weight. The rocker mechanism may be provided in connection with a front leg member, a rear leg member, or both.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventor: Daniel R. Grace
  • Patent number: 8496289
    Abstract: A pitman-style foldable frame structure has an innovative and unique assembled design. The frame structure includes foldable panels, a central spindle, lateral frames, oblique connecting rods, a control device, and a central connecting frame. The frame structure offers improvement over the prior art in lowering the material cost and increasing structural support strength and rigidity of the pitman-style foldable frame and achieves practical advancement and better industrial utilization effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Shin Fang Plastic Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan-Ming Chen, Tuan-Yu Chen, Yen-Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20130106145
    Abstract: A folding chair has a left leg and a right leg. A front frame connects the left leg to the right leg, wherein the front frame folds between an open position and a closed position and from a closed position to an open position. A rear frame connects the left leg to the right leg, and the rear frame is foldable. The front frame has a front frame right upper support pivotally connecting to a front frame left upper support, and the front frame right upper support is pivotally connected to the right leg at a front right upper connection. The front frame left upper support is pivotally connected to the left leg at a front left upper connection. The front frame also has a front frame right lower support pivotally connecting to a front frame left lower support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2011
    Publication date: May 2, 2013
    Inventor: Zhaosheng Chen
  • Publication number: 20130057030
    Abstract: A collapsible chair includes a frame having two sidepieces, each having a base portion and a back portion. The base has an upward facing concave edge complementary to a portion of a spherical profile of a seating ball, the base portion further includes a frontal aspect. Each sidepiece has one or more hinges to connect the two sidepieces. The sidepieces, when hinged together, are moveable between a collapsed arrangement and an open arrangement. The chair further includes a cross member having an upward facing concave edge complementary to a portion of the spherical profile of the seating ball. The cross member is configured to mate with the frontal aspects of the two sidepieces so as to stabilize the two sidepieces in the open position. The upward facing concave edges of the sidepieces and the cross member form a triangular cradle that supports the seating ball.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2012
    Publication date: March 7, 2013
    Applicant: BEGIN PILATES, LLC
    Inventor: Maria G. Mankin
  • Publication number: 20130038094
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a portable folding tattoo chair comprising a left part (100) and a right part (200), the left part (100) of the chair comprising a left cushion (101), a left fixing plate (102), a left fixing frame (103) and a left footing support (104); the right part (200) of the chair comprising a right cushion (201), a right fixing plate (202), a right fixing frame (203) and a right footing support (204); the left part (100) and the right part (200) of the chair being rotatable so as to be folded together, the left footing support (104) and the right footing support (204) being rotatable to be folded up. The tattoo chair in unfolding states may provide various auxiliary modes for different tattoo positions. The chair can also be folded after use to save space and transportation cost. The chair can be used as a pushcart to add functionality.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 14, 2013
    Inventors: Michael Chen, Billy Chen, Wen Wei
  • Patent number: 8322785
    Abstract: Collapsible articles of furniture comprise at least one leg assembly including a first leg and a second leg, each with an upper leg segment and a lower leg segment coupled together by a link. The two links are pivotally connected to each other for movement between an open position wherein the first and second legs cross each other to form a generally X-shaped configuration and a closed position wherein the upper and lower leg segments are aligned, the upper leg section of the first leg receivable within the lower leg section of the second leg and the upper leg section of the second leg is receivable within the lower leg section of the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: GCI Outdoor, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Grace, Scott J. Kasper
  • Patent number: 8292361
    Abstract: A collapsible chair has a frame and a cover attaching thereto. The frame has a left side stand and an identical right side stands, which linked by four pairs of scissoring linking bars. A hook frame and a pillar frame are provided pivotally linked to the frame. The pillar frame has side pillars securely formed thereon and the hook frame has hooks defined in an end thereof. The hooks and the pillars are able to engage when the collapsible chair is fully expanded, which makes the collapsible chair self-stable and much safer: a loose or broken soft cover or attachment thereof to the frame will not cause breakdown of the whole frame which may serious injure the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Inventor: Libin Chen
  • Patent number: 8152231
    Abstract: Collapsible seats may be installed on a track or rail system to allow the collapsible seats to move laterally within a vehicle's interior. The track system also may permit removal of the collapsible seats from the vehicle. The collapsible seats may include a seat back with multiple sections joined by flexible hinges that permit folding of the seat pan and seat back in a lateral direction. In certain embodiments, the seat pan or the headrest also may include multiple sections joined by flexible hinges. The flexible hinges may allow the seats to collapse laterally to reduce the width of the seats. The available space for seating or cargo storage may be adjusted by selectively collapsing, expanding, and removing the collapsible seats.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company
    Inventors: Lance Larsen, David McCarthy, Sheldon Watjer
  • Patent number: 8136873
    Abstract: A foldable rest support including a frame has at least four sections articulated together about an axis to which is associated a bearing surface, two of the sections constituting the suspension arms. According to the disclosed embodiments, two other of the sections constituting the feet of the support, each foot having a truncated V shape, and the bearing surface links the sections constituting the suspension arms in order to at least partially cover at least one of the lateral faces of the foldable support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Inventors: Denis Fritsch, Frederic Frilloux
  • Patent number: 8083252
    Abstract: A foldable, cross-frame wheelchair with a foldable seat and foldable seatback. The foldable seat has a first outside edge retained relative to a longitudinal frame member at a second, upper end of a first cross-frame member of the wheelchair frame and a second outside edge retained relative to a longitudinal frame member at a second, upper end of a second cross-frame member of the wheelchair frame. A longitudinal hinge portion is interposed between the first and second outside edges to divide the seat into first and second pivotally coupled members. The hinge portion can be disposed to the obverse side of the first and second members of the seat. The foldable seatback can be divided into upper and lower foldable seatbacks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Inventors: Mary Jo Wagner, Steven Tidcomb
  • Patent number: 8056969
    Abstract: Collapsible articles of furniture are provided which have at least one leg assembly which includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has a first upper leg segment and a first lower leg segment coupled to the upper leg segment by a first link and the second leg has a movable second upper leg segment and a fixed second lower leg segment coupled to the upper leg segment by a second link. The two links are pivotally connected to each other for movement between an open position wherein the first and second legs cross each other to form a generally X-shaped configuration and a closed position wherein the upper and lower leg segments are aligned with each other and the upper leg section of the first leg is received within the lower leg section of the second leg and is aligned with and telescopically received within the lower leg section of the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: GCI Outdoor, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Grace, Scott J. Kasper
  • Patent number: 8047608
    Abstract: A method for implementing a supporting base (1) of a car seat, the latter including said base apt to rest onto a seat of such vehicle and apt to support an upper structure (16) apt to receive and retain a child, the base comprising a first (2) and a second (3) portion, the first sitting portion (2) being apt to rest onto the seat sitting and the second backrest portion (3) being apt to rest onto the backrest of such seat. It is provided to implement such base in at least two sections (20, 21), each section (20, 21) comprising a portion of the base portion and a portion of the sitting portion of the base, said sections being then coupled therebetween and constrained so as to implement the above-mentioned base. The so-obtained base and the seat equipped with such base are also claimed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2011
    Assignee: Artsana S.p.A.
    Inventors: Osvaldo Damiani, Gianluca Merli
  • Patent number: 7967374
    Abstract: A chair that is reconfigurable between a folded and an unfolded configuration includes a first leg having a first end and an opposite second end. An intermediate portion is located between the first and second ends. A second leg has a first end and an opposite second end. An intermediate portion is located between the first and second ends of the second leg. The intermediate portion of the second leg is pivotally connected to the intermediate portion of the first leg. A support member has a first end pivotally connected to the first leg and an opposite second end. A seat frame has a first part pivotally connected to the second end of the support member and a second part pivotally connected to the second end of the second leg. The second end of the support member is adjacent the first end of both the first and second legs in the folded configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: Idea Nuova, Inc.
    Inventor: Benjamin S. Akkad
  • Patent number: 7942476
    Abstract: A collapsible chair frame includes two rear legs and two front legs. A cap is secured to a lower end of each leg. A sheath extends from each cap and continues to receive the related leg when the related cap is lowered beyond the related leg in a collapsed position of the collapsible chair frame. A lower ring is movably provided on each leg. A rear, upper ring is secured to each rear leg. A front, upper ring is movably provided on each front leg. A lateral rod includes a lower end pivotally connected to each lower ring and an upper end pivotally connected to each upper ring. A rear rod, longer than the lateral rods, connects a related cap to a related rear, upper ring. A front rod, as long as the rear rods, connects a related cap to a related front, upper ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Inventor: Kao-San Chen
  • Patent number: 7918495
    Abstract: A director's chair comprises outer frames, connecting units, seat supporting units and back supporting units. The outer frame in square shape comprises with a pair of horizontal units and a pair of vertical units. A seat-supporting-unit connected piece setting under the top right angle of the horizontal unit. A stopper is set inside of each front and rear vertical unit. The connecting units which are pivotally crisscrossed with each other form an arc-shaped and an up-side-down arc-shaped connecting structure. The front protruding end of the seat supporting unit is curved. The back supporting unit comprises a supporting unit and a fitting seat wherein a concave is inside and a movable piece is at the bottom of the fitting seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2011
    Inventor: Gao-Shan Chen
  • Patent number: 7845717
    Abstract: A stool with telescopic legs, including a seat and four legs that have a first two legs disposed on a first side of the seat, and a second two legs disposed on a second side of the seat opposite to the first side. The four legs are of the same length. A first end of each of the four legs is hinged to the seat. The first two legs respectively pivotally cross the second two legs, thereby forming two crossing joints that are connected by a cross beam. The second two legs each has a telescopic rod structure, such that, when the stool is folded, the telescopic rod structure extends, and second ends of the first and second two legs opposite to the first ends are aligned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 7828377
    Abstract: Articles of furniture having a collapsible frame including a support assembly having a pair of collapsible longitudinally extending members coupled for angular movement about a pivot axis between open and closed positions and movable transversely of and through the axis between extended and retracted positions. Also includes mechanism for releasably securing each of the members in extended position and for preventing angular movement of the members from the closed to the open position when either and both of the members are out of extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Inventor: Daniel R. Grace
  • Patent number: 7784861
    Abstract: A spring locking knob and a fixed stop at the upper ends of the front legs of a chair frame cooperate to restrict movement of a slideset joining the front legs, rear legs and seat support struts of a chair in making the chair with its cover seat more stable and resistant to an inadvertent folding closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Jianrong Deng
  • Patent number: 7758111
    Abstract: A foldable chair with a supporting backrest unit includes a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a plurality of interconnected frames, a pair of armrest rods, a backrest rod and a seat unit (30). Each of rear leg rods is installed with a round protrusion and the interconnected frames are pivotally joined between each leg rods. Each armrest rod is engaged between the front and rear leg rods so as to enforce the supporting strength of entire structure. The seat unit comprises a seat fabric and a backrest fabric. Further, the backrest unit includes two sleeves and a backrest rod, wherein the first sleeve is engaged through one rear leg rod while the second sleeve is installed on another end of the backrest rod to engage through another rear leg rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2010
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 7717502
    Abstract: A spring locking knob and a fixed stop at the upper ends of the front legs of a chair frame cooperate to restrict movement of a slideset joining the front legs, rear legs and seat support struts of a chair in making the chair more stable and resistant to an inadvertent folding closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Jianrong Deng
  • Patent number: 7717503
    Abstract: A collapsible chair apparatus includes a frame having a plurality of legs and braces attached to and extending between the legs. The legs are positionable in a stored position positioned adjacent to each other or in a deployed position spaced from each other. A first panel is attached to the legs to define a seat member. A pair of back supports is attached to and extends upwardly from the plurality of legs. The back supports are positioned adjacent to each other when the legs are in the stored position and are spaced from each other when the legs are in the deployed position. A second panel extends between the back supports. A lower securing strap has a first end attached to one of the back legs and is extended around the plurality of legs and coupled to itself by a securing member when the legs are in the stored position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Lisa M. Watson
  • Publication number: 20100013274
    Abstract: A frame structure for a foldable chair comprises a front interconnecting supporting unit, a rear interconnecting supporting unit, a lateral interconnecting supporting unit, an armrest unit, a seat supporting unit, an armrest unit, and a transverse supporting rod. The front interconnecting supporting unit is installed with a front leg unit, a crisscrossed supporting unit. The rear interconnecting supporting unit comprises a rear leg unit, an arc-shaped supporting unit of which one end of each section is curved in shape. Each of the lateral interconnecting supporting unit includes two board members pivotally crisscrossed connected with each other between the front and rear leg unit. Beneath the armrest unit, a gliding rod is extending along thereof and a connecting joint is protruding there from. The transverse supporting rod is formed with a connecting plate, a rod and a connecting joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Publication number: 20100013273
    Abstract: A foldable director's chair comprises a pair of armrest unit and leg frame unit. Each armrest unit and leg frame unit is hollow tube of which the right angle ends extending straightly downward or upward for a suitable length with their opening of the tubes corresponding to each other via a gliding tube connecting through the armrest unit and the leg frame unit. The diameter of the gliding tube is smaller than that of the tube of the armrest unit allowing one end of each gliding tube being able to engaged through the tube of the armrest unit and fixed to each other via nails and first retaining sleeve while another end being engaged through the leg frame unit without being fixed thereto allowing the armrest unit moving straightly upward or downward along the gliding tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 7641276
    Abstract: A frame structure for a foldable chair comprises a front interconnecting supporting unit, a rear interconnecting supporting unit, a lateral interconnecting supporting unit, an armrest unit, a seat supporting unit, an armrest unit, and a transverse supporting rod. The front interconnecting supporting unit is installed with a front leg unit, a crisscrossed supporting unit. The rear interconnecting supporting unit comprises a rear leg unit, an arc-shaped supporting unit of which one end of each section is curved in shape. Each of the lateral interconnecting supporting unit includes two board members pivotally crisscrossed connected with each other between the front and rear leg unit. Beneath the armrest unit, a gliding rod is extending along thereof and a connecting joint is protruding there from. The transverse supporting rod is formed with a connecting plate, a rod and a connecting joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Inventor: Te-Lung Chen
  • Patent number: 7607724
    Abstract: An apparatus including a support structure movable between an erected position and a collapsed position and including a threaded shaft, a first collapsible assembly having a first portion pivotally mounted on the threaded shaft, a second collapsible assembly having a second portion pivotally mounted on the threaded shaft, where at least one of the first and second portions is threadably engaged to the threaded shaft such that the first and second portions are relatively movable toward and away from each other through a rotation of the threaded shaft to move the support structure between the erected and collapsed positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Promen-Aid Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert G. Dickie, Steve A. Copeland
  • Patent number: 7607725
    Abstract: A collapsible support structure for use with a wheeled or non-wheeled chair includes a plurality of pivotally connected rigid poles which are parallel to one another in a collapsed position. Stretchable tension straps are strung on the poles to provide tension therebetween when in an erected position. A first collapsible assembly includes a front hub and four struts pivotally connected thereto. A second collapsible assembly includes a rear hub and four struts pivotally connected thereto. The hubs are slidably mounted on a spar. Four legs are pivotally connected to the spar and respectively to one of the struts. A collapsible seat is connected to first and second seat poles each having first and second telescoping segments, each pivotally connected respectively to one of the struts. Two arm poles are respectively pivotally connected to the first segments and to two back poles, which are respectively pivotally connected to each second segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: Promen-Aid Innovations Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert G. Dickie, Steve A. Copeland
  • Patent number: 7578551
    Abstract: An aircraft seat assembly comprises a continuous row of a plurality of seats including a convertible aisle seat at one end of the row and one or more other seats. The seats are moveable between (i) a first configuration in which all of the seats are positioned in a useable position and a second configuration in which (a) the convertible seat is positioned in an unusable position in the row, (b) said one or more other seats are positioned in a useable position, and (c) the row of seats has a length, along the row, that is less than the length of the row in the first configuration for example by a distance of more than half the width of the convertible seat in the first configuration. The width of said one or more other seats may remain unchanged as between the first and second configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: Airbus UK Limited
    Inventor: Luis Gonzalez LiƱero
  • Publication number: 20090179463
    Abstract: The tent chair includes a folding frame supporting a folding cover, with the frame attached to a folding or portable chair. The chair has a single rearward frame bow which is radially flexible but rigid orthogonal to the lateral bow pivot axis of the chair. A series of similar bows is pivotally attached at or toward the front of the chair. The axially orthogonal rigid rearward bow supports the cover and prevents the forward bows from collapsing the cover forwardly as it is pulled taut. One use of the device is as a hunting blind, with a quick release optionally allowing the cover to be rapidly opened. Other configurations provide for use as a photography blind, a privacy shelter for camping or beach use, ice fishing, as a wheelchair or beach lounge chair cover, etc., and may have sufficient room for more than one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2009
    Publication date: July 16, 2009
    Inventor: William H. FARGASON, III
  • Patent number: 7540568
    Abstract: One aspect is a furniture piece configured for seating. The furniture piece includes first and second contours and a spreader mechanism coupled between the first and second contours. A three-dimensional cover envelope having panels in each of three-dimensions is configured over the first and second contours and the spreader mechanism thereby surrounding the contours and spreader mechanism. The cover envelope is tensioned in each panel creating a simulated cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Assignee: Natura Design Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Behrens, Donald L. Bottemiller
  • Publication number: 20090079235
    Abstract: A chair assembly capable of being stacked vertically and horizontally includes a frame assembled with a turnable seat, a backrest, and armrests; wherein the frame is comprised of two frontal supports and two rear supports; an assembling shaft is horizontally disposed within the frame for holding and allowing the seat to be turned, a positioning rod disposed parallel to the assembling shaft for allowing the seat to be turned upward or downward and keeping the seat upturned or downturned. The assembly and combination of the frame, the backrest, the armrests, and the turnable seat causes that the resulted chair is stacked both horizontally and vertically. Moreover, the disposition of hooks and slots at both sides of the frame further allow the chairs to be aligned and connected together in an orderly manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Inventor: Tsung-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 7497514
    Abstract: A portable bench includes a first seat member, a first back rest member attached to the first seat member, a second seat member attached to the first seat member, and a second back rest member attached to the second seat member. The first back rest member attaches to the first seat member such that at least one of the first seat member and the first back rest member pivots about a first axis. The second seat member attaches to the first seat member such that at least one of the first seat member and the second seat member pivots about a second axis that is at least substantially perpendicular to the first axis. The second back rest member attaches to the second seat member such that at least one of the second seat member and the second back rest member pivots about a third axis that is at least substantially parallel to the first axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: Ramkoh, Inc.
    Inventors: Scott D. Ramsey, Emanuel Kohelis, Aaron Marshall
  • Publication number: 20080265631
    Abstract: The present invention provides a foldable ottoman having a sidewall assembly, a bottom panel, and a top lid. The sidewall assembly comprises a number of sidewalls, wherein adjacent sidewalls are interconnected by flexible hinges so as to enable the sidewall assembly to be moved between a collapsed state and a deployed state. In the deployed state, the sidewall assembly forms a geometric shape. The bottom panel is inserted into the deployed sidewall assembly and is removably supported by a plurality of removable support means. The top lid is placed onto the sidewall assembly and is removably supported thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2007
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventor: Ryan Hans Quicoy
  • Patent number: 7404601
    Abstract: This invention relates to a light-weight foldable chair for leisure with seat and backrest loop capable to be folded once, which can be used in households, outdoors, in a courtyard, in a park and at the beach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventor: Libin Chen
  • Patent number: 7401850
    Abstract: A locking device for a foldable collapsible seat is provided. The collapsible seat includes a plurality of legs. A pivoting mechanism pivotally connects together the plurality of legs. A seat portion is mounted to an upper end of the plurality of legs. A locking device is removably positioned above the pivoting mechanism for wedging apart the plurality of legs and increasing a rigidity of the collapsible seat in an expanded, setup position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Inventor: Thomas G. Micheel
  • Publication number: 20080093895
    Abstract: A collapsible adjustable pool chair that has a seat assembly and a back assembly. The seat assembly has a pair of supports hinged in the middle forming a scissors frame, and a flexible covering over the top of the frame forming a folding seat. The back assembly has a pair of vertical length-adjustable members and hooks for attaching to the side of a swimming pool at the top. The back assembly also has a flexible cover secured between each vertical member. The seat assembly and back assembly are connected with a hinge so that the combined assembly can fold together for storage. The height can be adjusted with the adjustable members to suit different sizes of swimmers or different purposes. The chair can also be used out of the water as a deck chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventor: Samuel J. Deckert
  • Patent number: 7303228
    Abstract: A foldable bench having at least a pair of seat sections pivotally connected together. Pivotally mounted to the other side of each seat section is a leg assembly that is movable from a folded position to an extended position. When the bench assumes an unfolded position a strut extends from a point to a respective leg assembly and when the bench carries a load each strut is held in compression. An interconnecting member connects the two leg assemblies and is generally held in tension when the bench assumes an unfolded position and carries a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2007
    Inventor: John S. Thomas