Including A Substantially Upright Post Slidably Inserted Into An Elongated Recess Patents (Class 297/440.21)
  • Patent number: 6488339
    Abstract: In a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, having a seat substructure (3) and a backrest (6) which is to be fastened to the seat substructure (3), the backrest (6) can be fastened to the seat substructure (3) by means of a quick-fitting connection (10, 13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2002
    Assignee: Keiper GmbH & Co
    Inventors: Holger Finner, Rolf Schüler
  • Patent number: 6474743
    Abstract: A wheelchair back support assembly is both lightweight and sturdy, is designed to be inexpensively retrofit to an existing wheelchair of tubular frame construction, is designed to comfortably support the back of wheelchair user's of different sizes and having different physical characteristics and also flexes and moves relative to the wheelchair in response to movements of the back, shoulders and arms of the wheelchair user to thereby provide comfortable dynamic support to the back of the wheelchair user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2002
    Assignee: Crown Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ruth Harker, Brian Cummings, Robert Sparacio, Jill Sparacio
  • Patent number: 6450575
    Abstract: A detachable stacking chair includes a chair bracket for seating people and two front legs fastened to two sides of the chair bracket having respectively first fastening sections and second fastening sections formed thereon, and a pair of rear legs having first anchor sections and second anchor sections located thereon matching respectively the first fastening sections and the second fastening sections. The first anchor sections and the second anchor sections may be fastened respectively to the first fastening sections and the second fastening sections through first and second fasteners to compete a chair. The rear legs are detachable from the chair bracket and the front legs for stacking separately to save storing space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Inventor: Lausan Chung-Hsin Liu
  • Patent number: 6250718
    Abstract: A chair including a seat, a support member, an outwardly extending projection and a chair back. A support member extends upward adjacent a rear portion of the seat. An outwardly extending projection is attached the support member. The chair back includes front, back, top and bottom surfaces. The chair back has a cavity opening downwardly toward the bottom surface and an aperture is the back surface. The aperture extends in a direction from the cavity to the back surface and communicates with the cavity. The top portion of the support member extends into the cavity and the projection extends into the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Herman Miller Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Newhouse, Marc A. Gierz
  • Patent number: 6241317
    Abstract: A modular chair includes a seat unit, a back unit that is mounted removably on the seat unit, and two armrest units that are mounted respectively and removably on the left and right sides of the seat unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventor: Jimmy Wu
  • Patent number: RE37026
    Abstract: A pivot assembly for a structured vehicle seat assembly accommodates loads applied to the seatback through a safety belt restraint system carried by the seat assembly. The pivot assembly includes a connector member including an upper portion extending into a hollow channel defined by the seatback frame. The connector member is fixedly attached thereto. The pivot assembly further includes a housing attached to a lower seat structure for movement therewith between fore and aft positions. The connector member is pivotally mounted to the housing to thereby permit the seatback to rotate relative to the lower seat structure between a generally upright position and a reclined position. The pivot assembly further preferably includes a drive arrangement for rotating the connector member about a pivot axis. The pivot assembly functions to efficiently and effectively transfer loads from the seatback to the lower seat structure, and in turn, to the vehicle structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Fisher Dynamics Corporation
    Inventor: John F. Whalen