Detachable Fabric Component Patents (Class 297/440.11)
  • Patent number: 11845557
    Abstract: A springless lower closeout system for a passenger seat includes left-side and right-side seat spreaders defining a lower aft portion of the passenger seat between them. Each seat spreader includes a restrictive channel extending along the left and right sides of the seat spreader, oriented toward the lower aft portion of the passenger seat. A dress cover extends in a taut state between the left-side and right-side seat spreaders. The dress cover includes cord elements on its left and right edges, the cord elements insertable into the left-side restrictive channels to directly connect the dress cover to the seat spreaders, closing out the lower aft portion of the passenger seat. A zipper or fastener connecting the dress cover and either edge may be partially unfastened to adjust the tension of the dress cover and facilitate attachment or removal of the cord elements to or from the restrictive channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Ryan J. Suhre, Stephen A. Puglisi, Neil M. Ralph, Lazaro E. Martinez, Bradford M. D'Alessio
  • Patent number: 11724727
    Abstract: A framework includes axially spaced apart stands each including a front extremity and a rear extremity extending upright between an upper end and a lower end, the front extremities, the back extremities, the upper ends, and the lower ends defining the framework's front section, rear section, top, and ground-engaging bottom, respectively, and an axle and a rung intermediate the top and the bottom, the axle between the front section and the rear section and coupled between the stands and the rung coupled between the back extremities. A load-supporting roller carried by the axle intermediate the top and the bottom between the front section and the rear section is above the rung and configured to rotate. The framework defines a load-reception area open to the roller between the stands along the rear section from the rung to the top and along the front section from the top to below the roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Steven B. Lillo
  • Patent number: 11700922
    Abstract: Embodiments of chair systems incorporating trekking poles include a low-back design employing fixed-length trekking poles, and a high-back design employing adjustable-length trekking poles that allow for adjusting the recline angle of the chair. The chair system generally includes a tubular frame that releasably engages a flexible seat. The tubular frame includes a front hub and a rear hub spaced one from the other by a cross bar, plus front and rear footings which stabilize the chair system on the ground or undersurface. A V-shaped upper support extending from the front hub supports and holds open the leg portion of the flexible seat, while the trekking poles are releasably engaged with and extend upwardly from the rear hub to support, and hold open and upright the back portion of the flexible seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Jon Kief Davis
  • Patent number: 11700943
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a base, a plurality of retractable arms connected to the base, and a plurality of legs connected to the base. The base includes a support defining an inner cavity and a locking assembly received in the inner cavity. The support includes an upper receiving portion connected to the arms and a lower receiving portion connected to the legs. An end of each leg connected to the lower receiving portion is arranged with leg teeth. Leg teeth of the plurality of legs are engaged with each other to allow the plurality of legs to move synergistically. In this way, the user may not operate each leg respectively when unfolding or folding the foldable chair, operations performed on the foldable chair may be simplified, and the user experience may be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Lili Wang
  • Patent number: 11653773
    Abstract: A detachable baby bouncer is provided, including a U-shaped connecting tube having two connecting ends; a left support foot including a first connecting rod and a first support rod, the first connecting rod detachably connected to one connecting end; a right support foot including a second connecting rod and a second support rod, the second connecting rod detachably connected to the other connecting end; two connecting bases, one detachably connected to the first support rod, the other detachably connected to the second support rod; a U-shaped backrest tube including two first bent tubes and a connecting sleeve, one end of the first bent tube detachably connected to the connecting sleeve, the other end detachably connected to the connecting base. The technical solution of the present disclosure is intended to provide a detachable baby bouncer with a reduced packaging volume, a reduced packaging cost, and an increased container loading quantity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: La-Di-Da Baby Toy Co., Ltd
    Inventor: Junru Wang
  • Patent number: 11548597
    Abstract: Tension-stabilized furniture structures and frame assemblies to form simplified flat packing furniture that eliminates all fasteners, welds and braces. Simplified assembly of pre-tensioned structures providing improved stability, uniformity of support and visual aesthetics. The seat cover material can be netting, fibrous material or textiles. The seating system includes outwardly angled side rails having the profile of furniture, such as seats, couches, chaise lounges, ottomans and the like. The angling of the side rails secures their connection to supporting cross rails with the application of a fitted cover sleeve. The sleeves slidingly engage the frame assembly and provide tension to the frame assembly resulting in highly stable furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: David Salz
  • Patent number: 11363887
    Abstract: A bleacher seat having a cloth cover, tube insertion sleeves and a bleacher seat support assembly. The bleacher seat support assembly has two foot pad tube assemblies, two back tubes, four tube plugs, four seat tubes, a middle cross tube, two connectors, and two elastic ropes. Each connector is of a four-way connecting port structure. Horizontal connecting ports of the two connectors are respectively connected to two ends of the middle cross tube, front connecting ports of the two connectors are respectively connected to the foot pad tube assemblies, two upper connecting ports which are internally communicated with each other are formed in the upper end of each connector, each upper connecting port is connected to the lower end of one seat tube, and the upper end of each rear seat tube is connected to one back tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG PRIDE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Benlong Sun
  • Patent number: 10856662
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a frame and a membrane attached to the frame. The membrane includes elastomeric filaments. The membrane includes different regions with different stiffness. The membrane may form a part of a seat or a backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
    Inventors: Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Claudia Plikat, Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Roland Rolf Otto Zwick, Andrew Keith Hector, John Fredric Aldrich
  • Patent number: 10793034
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback. The seatback includes a main frame and a sub-frame suspended from the main frame. The sub-frame is configured to swivel with respect to the main frame. The sub-frame includes a first lateral member, a second lateral member separated from the first lateral member by a distance, and a reinforcement member coupling the first lateral member with the second lateral member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Carlos David Gonzalez Uribe, Kohshi Katoh, Hikaru Sato
  • Patent number: 10729250
    Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Haworth, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
  • Patent number: 10569672
    Abstract: An adaptive tensile control system includes a covering couple to a motorized retractor operable to release and retract the covering in response to control signals. An adaptive seat suspension includes a flexible suspension mat coupled to a motorized retractor operable to release and retract the flexible suspension mat in response to control signals. A method includes adapting the size of a support in a seat and adapting a covering overlying the support. A device includes an inflatable bolster within a seat having a covering. An apparatus includes a seat back and a seat that includes foam having a variable surface and a seamless covering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Andrew W. Kooker, John J. Baker, Jonathon Folks, James G. Griffin, II, Jun Wooung Jeong, Craig Ogden, Lukas Satas, Zachary Segraves, Ben Walker, David Yates
  • Patent number: 10433655
    Abstract: A positioning device for a supporting cloth has two first connecting rods and two second connecting rods. The two first connecting rods are respectively disposed on a frame. Each one of the two first connecting rods has two supporting portions formed on two ends of the first connecting rod. The second connecting rods are respectively disposed on the frame and are both adjustably connected to the two first connecting rods to form a ring-like member. A distance between the two second connecting rods is adjustable. Each one of the second connecting rods has two protruding portions respectively formed on the two ends of the connecting rod. The two protruding portions are each inserted into a respective supporting portion. The positioning device is applied to be disposed on the frame for fixing a supporting cloth easily and increasing an elastic support effect of the supporting cloth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Inventor: Yun-Cheng Hsiao
  • Patent number: 10362875
    Abstract: First and second U-shaped cross-members each have legs connected by cross bars and pivotally connected with each other at central portions thereof, and are mutually movable from a generally X-shaped setup condition in which the cross bars are transversely spaced apart, to a generally flat collapsed condition. Right and left frame side assemblies respectively are pivotally connected to the first and second cross-members at terminal ends of their respective front and rear portions and by at least one lost motion linkage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: GCI OUTDOOR, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Grace
  • Patent number: 10111535
    Abstract: An edge structure for a body support surface configured to provide generally rigid support for a suspension component, such as a load bearing fabric, while being flexible in response to a direct load, such as an occupant sitting directly on the edge structure. The edge structure is configured to have a substantially greater moment of inertia in the direction of loads applied by the suspension component than in the direction of direct loads. In one embodiment, the edge structure includes an arrangement of main beams and segmented beams. In another embodiment, the edge structure may include a beam with flex grooves. The flex grooves may be filled with a resilient material. In another aspect, the edge structure may include separate sections molded directly to the suspension component. The sections may be rotated and joined to form a peripheral edge structure. Rotation may place the suspension component under tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: DAHTI, INC.
    Inventor: Timothy P. Coffield
  • Patent number: 10016060
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a frame and a membrane attached to the frame. The membrane includes elastomeric filaments. The membrane has a first region with a first stiffness and a second region with a second stiffness. The second stiffness is greater than the first stiffness. The membrane may form a part of a seat or a backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Claudia Plikat, Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Roland Rolf Otto Zwick, Andrew Keith Hector, John Fredric Aldrich
  • Patent number: 9480339
    Abstract: A seat with pelvic support having a seat bottom, a panel of elastomeric material retained under an initial tension spanning a framework of the seat bottom, and a resiliently deflectable pelvic support structure retained in spaced relation from the panel of elastomeric material. The resiliently deflectable pelvic support structure provides supplemental support to the seat occupant when the panel of elastomeric material is sufficiently deflected. The resiliently deflectable pelvic support structure can be formed by a plurality of resiliently deflectable fingers. The fingers, which can have different deflection resistances to establish hyper-localized resistance control, can project outboard from a central member or inboard from the framework. A U-shaped rigidifying member can be secured to the framework, and a seat back can retain a support and positioning member in a fixed angular orientation relative to the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Inventor: Sava Cvek
  • Patent number: 9326612
    Abstract: Disclosed is a collapsible chair for leisure which includes: rear support poles 112 having insert parts 113 inserted into first coupling holes 102 formed in a main body 101; seatback support poles 111 connected to the insert parts 113 of the rear support poles 112; sub support poles 125 having insert parts 126 inserted into second coupling holes 103 formed in the main body 101; first seat support poles 121 connected to the insert parts 126 of the sub support poles 125; couplers having insertion holes 123, and first and second connect parts 122a and 122b formed at opposite ends thereof; second seat support poles 124 connected to second connect parts 122b of the couplers; front support poles 131 inserted into the insertion holes 123 of the couplers 122; and first and second elastic cables 115 and 128 for elastically connecting the support poles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: OSUNG DURALUMIN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hyun-gil Kim
  • Patent number: 9327835
    Abstract: A seat for an airplane is provided that makes it possible to absorb, in the event of a frontal impact of the airplane, the rocking to which a passenger in a seat located behind the seat is subjected. The backrest of the seat is provided with a reinforcing strip placed behind the backrest. The seat portion can also be provided with a second reinforcing strip placed under the seat portion. The reinforcing strip includes knitted or woven textile. In the case of knitting, the yarn used has a high tenacity, and the knitting stitch can advantageously be the Jersey stitch. In the case of weaving, the weft and warp threads have approximately the same tenacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: EXPLISEAT
    Inventors: Benjamin Jacob Saada, Jean-Charles Marcel Samuelian, Vincent Tejedor
  • Patent number: 9033421
    Abstract: A chair has a seat support (101), a seat portion (13), a back portion (15), and a supporting frame. The supporting frame is formed by a castored base (11), a height adjustment mechanism (17), and a main transom (21). The seat portion (13) is selectively moveable relative to the supporting frame, with the seat portion having a locked configuration and a released configuration. The back portion has a back frame (25) and a compliant cover (61). The back frame has hook features for receiving a portion of the compliant cover (61). The back portion (15) is reclinable relative to the supporting frame between an upright position and a reclined position. A recline mechanism has deformable members operatively connecting the seat portion and the supporting frame. A recline resistance mechanism is selectively engageable to resist movement of the back portion toward the reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Paul Michael Wilkinson, Kent Wallace Parker, Peter Alan Tierney, Lyall Douglas Stewart, Gregory William Baum
  • Publication number: 20150091352
    Abstract: A collapsible beach chair includes upper tubes, leg tubes, a central tube connector, a seat back and a fabric support base. Lower ends of the upper tubes fit into upper holes in the tube connector, and upper ends of the leg tubes fit into lower holes in the tube connector. Upper ends of the upper tubes fit into first tube receptacles in the seat back, and ground ends of the leg tubes bit into second tube receptacles in the support base. The upper holes are disposed in an upper portion of the tube connector that swivels over a lower portion into which the lower holes are bored. The upper portion and the attached upper tubes swivel about a shaft that passes through the upper and lower portions but does not extend above or below the tube connector. The fabric support base prevents the leg tubes from sinking into the sand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 2, 2015
    Applicants: Zinus, Inc., FIMAX International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Youn Jae Lee
  • Patent number: 8944514
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention are directed to a child support device configured for providing an adjustable seating space for a child. According to various embodiments, the child support device includes one or more seat inserts configured for being secured within the child support device's seating space. The seat inserts may be positioned at various locations within the seating space in order to reduce the volume of the seating space and provide additional support for a child seated therein. In various embodiments, the seat inserts are secured to the child support device such that they remain in a fixed, supportive position within the child support device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Kids II, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeff Tadin, Mark Mendes, Jessica L. Kostyniak
  • Patent number: 8931849
    Abstract: The invention relates to seating furniture comprising two frames arranged at a distance to each other on a support, between which frames a seat part and a backrest part can be mounted, and the frames have one upper frame part and a lower frame part each which mechanically immobilize the seat part and the backrest part a the sides thereof. The upper frame part and the lower frame part are clamping elements that can be braced with each other. At least one clamping element has a laterally extending recess on each edge which recess forms a frame groove in which a respective engaging element provided on the edges of the seat part and of the backrest part can be mounted by way of a frictional connection to the upper frame part and the lower frame part. The recess has an undercut portion which forms a stop for holding the clamped engaging element by a form fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2015
    Assignee: Kusch + Co. GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dieter Kusch, Robert De Le Roi, Karl-Heinz Seipp
  • Patent number: 8919884
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel single sling chair. The single sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Numark Industries Company Limited
    Inventor: Clifton Shao-ming Lee
  • Patent number: 8899686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a collapsible chair including a cylindrical main body 101 which is a major component of a collapsible chair, front and rear support poles 111 and 131 which support the main body 101 at a predetermined angle on front and rear side, respectively, seat back poles 121 and seat support poles 141 which are connected to the main body 101 to extend forward and upward, and a seat 151 whose opposite end portions are fixed by the seat back poles 121 and the seat support poles 141. The main body 101 has coupling holes 102 formed on opposite end portions thereof at a predetermined angle, first insertion holes 103 formed on opposite end portions thereof at a predetermined angle and an interval with the coupling hole 102.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Osung Duralumin Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hyun-Gil Kim
  • Publication number: 20140265514
    Abstract: A foldable infant positioner with a softgoods seat is a seating apparatus that includes a softgoods seat and a hardgoods foldable support structure. The support structure includes a seat support that is movably coupled to a ground engaging section so that the support structure can move between a deployed configuration and a stored configuration. The seat may be removably secured to the seat support by folding a top portion of the seat over and around the seat support and then coupling the seat thereto. The seat may also have a front flap which extends beneath the seat and prevents an infant's feet from directly contacting the support surface when an infant is disposed in the seat, in an upright seated position, thus preventing the infant from pushing down on the front flap and tipping the infant positioner over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Devin J. Roberts, Kurt J. Huntsberger, Brian F. Murty
  • Patent number: 8794701
    Abstract: A backrest for a chair, including a bag-like upholstery material, with which a back frame is upholstered by fitting the bag-like upholstery material onto the back frame that has a pair of right and left side frames extending in an up-down direction. A low-friction member is disposed on at least one of an inner surface of both side portions of the upholstery material and an outer surface of the right and left side frames contacting the inner surface of the side portions of the upholstery material, the low-friction member being configured to reduce a sliding resistance in an area of contact between the upholstery material and the side frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventors: Ken Nakayama, Kouichirou Wakizono, Ryou Igarashi
  • Patent number: 8727445
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a supporting structure and a first and a second contoured panel fitted to the supporting structure and respectively defining the seat portion and the backrest of the seat. The supporting structure comprises a first and a second lateral supporting member extending along opposite sides of the seat and joined to one another by a cross-member extending along the join between the seat portion and the backrest. The first and the second panel are covered with respective flexible cover sheets that are fixed securely to the supporting structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: Petra Italia S.A.S. di Marina Bordo & C.
    Inventor: Cosimo De Maina
  • Patent number: 8696066
    Abstract: An engaging structure has a first engaging portion and a second engaging portion provided on at least one portion from among a first attaching portion and a second attaching portion, and an engagable portion provided on another portion that is different from the one portion. The first attaching portion is overlapped with the second attaching portion such that the first engaging portion abuts against a first edge of the other portion and the second engaging portion abuts against a second edge of the other portion that is different from the first edge. A support member is engaged with a frame member by one of the first engaging portion or the second engaging portion being hooked onto the engagable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hiroshi Mizobata
  • Patent number: 8646835
    Abstract: The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable chairs. In one embodiment, the portable chair has a sling and a chair frame which includes a first pair of bars and a second pair of bars. Each bar of the first pair of bars includes a joint configured to contact a ground surface. In another embodiment, the chair frame includes a front of bars, a back pair of bars, a pair of joints and a center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, the chair frame includes a front support assembly. In other embodiments, the chair frame includes a pair of lower bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2014
    Assignee: Alite Designs, Inc.
    Inventors: Samuel B. Homans, Tae Wan Kim
  • Patent number: 8523283
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel double sling chair. The double sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction. The double sling chair comprises a chair frame having a back section with an upper rail and a lower cross member, a decorative cross member, and a seat section, a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame, a first fabric back panel having length is coupled to the upper rail and the decorative cross member without having to thread the first fabric back panel to the decorative cross member, a second fabric back panel having length is coupled to the lower cross member and the decorative cross member without having to thread the second fabric back panel to the decorative cross member to form a back rest for the back section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nomark Industries Company Limited
    Inventor: Clifton Shao-ming Lee
  • Patent number: 8485601
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a seat liner and methods associated with the seat liner. The seat liner may include a fabric having an outer periphery, an upper portion, a lower portion, a left side, and a right side. The seat liner may also include a pair of apertures in the upper portion that are configured to receive a pair of restraint belts and an additional aperture in the lower portion configured to receive a buckle. The restraint belts and buckle may couple together to secure a child placed in the seat. The seat liner may further include a chamber disposed at the outer periphery of one of the sides and a padding member removably held within the chamber to cushion the child placed in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: The Boppy Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul Fair, Jamie Kummerfeld
  • Patent number: 8454093
    Abstract: A folding or stacking chair has a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. One or both of the seat and the backrest has a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic knitted mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an open-end hoop coupled between the frame sides. An open-end of the hoop faces in a front or a back orientation for the seat, or a top or a bottom orientation for the backrest, with sides of the hoop attached to the frame sides. The sheet of mesh or textured plastic has a finished edge spanning the open-end of the hoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8454084
    Abstract: The portable chair of the disclosure includes: hubs respectively installed at both left and right sides of the chair; a central support frame connecting both left and right hubs; front and rear leg frames respectively having base ends separably coupled to the lower front and rear outer peripheral surfaces of the respective hubs and respectively having free ends disposed in a manner of radially extending toward the ground surface; front and rear pole frames respectively having base ends separably coupled to the upper front and rear outer peripheral surfaces of the respective hubs and respectively having free ends disposed in a manner of radially extending toward the sky; and a fabric sheet coupled to the free ends of the front and rear pole frames. The structural rigidity is excellent, and the chair may land on the ground surface in a stable posture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Inventor: Jeh-Kun Lah
  • Patent number: 8419135
    Abstract: The invention relates to a seat (1) having a carrying frame (2) and a support unit (8) connected thereto, the support unit having a base frame (6) as well as an elastic cover (10) held thereon made of knitted fabric (11) as an unsupported structure, the cover (10) forming a support surface (9) having a seat region (13) and a back region (12) and being configured continuous between the seat region (13) and the back region (12). The support surface (9) of the cover (10) has a plurality of zones (33 to 38) located consecutively in the longitudinal direction of the cover, of which at least one zone (34) has a greater elastic deformability relative to the other zones (33, 35, 36, 37, 38). In a longitudinal edge region (41) of the knitted fabric (11) there is arranged on both sides of the seating region (13) always an additional strip-shaped edge section (43) of zone (34), having the greatest elastic deformability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignees: Greiner Purtec GmbH, Kobieder Strickmode GmbH, Ludeke Design
    Inventors: Johann Moeseneder, Franz Stollberger, Christine Luedeke
  • Patent number: 8403421
    Abstract: A sling chair includes a back frame member having side rails held in substantially parallel relation by a pair of cross bar members. In one embodiment, the cross bar members are generally curved so as to extend away from the back faces of the side rails, forming a concave back structure which can receive a sling member and, eventually, a seated occupant. The cross bar members have a notch allowing for insertion of a flexible rod and sling loop and sling member after assembly of the cross bar members and side rails. Insertion of the flexible rod and sling loop does not require tools. The cross members are adapted to retain the sling member in secure fashion through upper and lower backrest assemblies, resulting in better support and more efficient assembly. This also facilitates separate provisioning of decorative features to improve the chair's aesthetic qualities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Agio International Company, Ltd.
    Inventor: Oliver Wang
  • Patent number: 8322787
    Abstract: A clamping joint for a chair includes a joint coupling a front leg and a rear leg to the seat at an overlap with an inner clamp coupled to the seat and an outer clamp coupled to the inner clamp with the front leg and the rear leg clamped between the inner and outer clamps at the overlap. A finger on one of the inner or outer clamps extends towards the other and disposed between the front and rear legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8317269
    Abstract: A stackable chair has a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8317270
    Abstract: A backrest device for a chair includes two lateral pipe units, each including a backrest mounting pipe member and a coupling pipe member, and a backrest unit. The backrest mounting pipe member has a main surrounding wall defining a surrounding space therein, and a convex groove-defining wall disposed in the surrounding space and defining an engaging groove therein. The coupling pipe member has a coupling surrounding wall coupled to a lower end of the main surrounding wall, and an abutting wall for closing a top end of the coupling surrounding wall. The backrest unit includes a backrest member having opposite lateral portions each forming a rod-receiving loop, and two positioning rods sleeved respectively in the rod-receiving loops. Each lateral portion and a respective positioning rod are retained within the engaging groove of a corresponding pipe unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Taiwan Shin Yeh Enterprise Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chuen-Jong Tseng
  • Patent number: 8297708
    Abstract: An assembling structure for a vehicle seat includes: an assembly frame having a frame shape and configured to be detachably attached to a seat main body of the vehicle seat, the seat main body having a backbone frame having a frame shape; a planar elastic body configured to elastically support a body of an occupant and is stretched on the assembly frame; an elastic latching unit configured to be detachably attached to a part of the backbone frame, the elastic latching unit formed on a part of a periphery of the assembly frame, wherein the assembly frame further includes a hook portion, the backbone frame further includes a portion to be hooked, and the planar elastic body is prevented from moving in an out-of-plane direction of the planar elastic body when the hook portion of the assembly frame is hooked on the portion to be hooked of the backbone frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Hideyuki Abe
  • Publication number: 20120248844
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel double sling chair. The double sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction. The double sling chair comprises a chair frame having a back section with an upper rail and a lower cross member, a decorative cross member, and a seat section, a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame, a first fabric back panel having length is coupled to the upper rail and the decorative cross member without having to thread the first fabric back panel to the decorative cross member, a second fabric back panel having length is coupled to the lower cross member and the decorative cross member without having to thread the second fabric back panel to the decorative cross member to form a back rest for the back section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Clifton Shao-ming Lee
  • Patent number: 8205934
    Abstract: The portable chair frame that supports a sling of the preferred embodiments includes a brace, a first pair of collapsible bars, a second pair of collapsible bars, and two joints that each provide a point of contact with a ground surface. Each collapsible bar has a first end coupled to the brace and a second end that provides a sling interface for the sling. The joints are included in each of the collapsible bars of the first pair of collapsible bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Alite Designs, Inc.
    Inventor: Samuel B. Homans
  • Patent number: 8112830
    Abstract: A neck guard for a salon/barber industry sink, wherein the sink has an indentation in a lip of the sink to accommodate a person's neck. The neck guard includes a lower layer, a cushioning layer and a cover layer. The lower layer is flexible and incorporates fasteners such as suction cups configured to removably attach the lower layer to the sink. The cushioning layer is bonded to the lower layer and has a surface that is suitable for having the cover layer attached to it by means such as a low-tack, pressure-sensitive adhesive. The neck guard is sufficiently flexible to wrap around and conform to the indentation in the lip of the sink and to enable attachment of the fasteners to the sink, thereby securing the neck guard within the indentation in the lip of the sink.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Inventor: Kelley Brown
  • Patent number: 8038221
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides. The hoop includes inner and outer plastic mating hoops with the mesh extending over an outer perimeter of the inner hoop and into an interface between the inner and outer hoops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 8038212
    Abstract: A child vehicle seating system, for fitment on a vehicle seat to support and restrain a child, comprises at least one seating component. Each seating component includes a closed frame over which a flexible membrane is stretched to define a support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Space Net Technology Limited
    Inventors: Robert Ian Vickers, Samuel Blackburn Pearce
  • Patent number: 8033612
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth, Spencer Posey
  • Patent number: 8033598
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 8029066
    Abstract: A backrest assembly includes an annular front frame having a front surface on which inner and outer annular flanges are formed, defining a first annular groove therebetween. A plurality of pegs is formed in the annular groove. A net is mounted in front of the front frame in a tightened state and includes a plurality of peg holes. A periphery of the net covers the outer annular flange of the front frame and is received in the first annular groove. Each peg of the front frame extends through one of the peg holes. Inner and annular wall are formed on a front face of an annular rear frame and define a second annular groove therebetween. A plurality of stubs is formed in the second annular groove. Each stub includes a receptacle receiving one of the pegs. Fasteners are extended through engaging holes in the front and rear frames.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Inventor: Tung-Hua Su
  • Publication number: 20110233984
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel single sling chair. The single sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2011
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Inventor: Clifton Shao-ming Lee
  • Patent number: 8020936
    Abstract: An aircraft seat which can receive the load of a sitting person with only a back plate member, using no seat back frame, thus eliminating the need for sacrificing the sitting space, which results from the existence of the seat back frame, and at the same time, allowing the weight of the seat to be reduced, is provided. The aircraft seat (1) on which an aircraft passenger is to sit comprises a seat back (10) made up of a back plate member (11) that a cushion (12) is installed onto a front face (11a) thereof for receiving the back of a sitting person, and a reinforcing member (13) which is disposed on the rear face (11b) of the back plate member (11) for reinforcing the back plate member (11), and said back plate member (11) is formed in the shape of a curved surface which enhances the surface rigidity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: Koito Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Bungo Asami, Kohei Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20100301657
    Abstract: An improved knockdown chair having opposing substantially C shaped support arms, substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement, sock type seating portion cover, front reinforcing member, and bottom reinforcing member, wherein each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms are of laminate construction and have an upper arcuate arm support, front arcuate portion, and substantially straight bottom, the substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement having a tubular seat back and tubular sitting portion telescopically interconnected one to the other, and wherein each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms is opposingly removably fastened to the substantially L shaped tubular seating arrangement, the improvement comprising combination with each of the opposing substantially C shaped support arms of a substantially S shaped reinforcing member of laminate construction removably fastened to the upper arcuate arm support and the substantially straight bottom for reinforcing each of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventor: Ziming Shen