Abstract: An improved shower chair having washdown surfaces, reconfigurable arrangements, and enhanced safety features. The shower chair includes a backrest that removably attaches to an underside of the shower chair offset from, and arranged below, a seat pan. Removing the backrest exposes an upper support crossbar that runs from one side of the shower chair to the other. The washdown surfaces include a sloped surface arranged in the seat pan that is angled downward from a front of the shower chair toward a rear of the shower chair and a sloped surface arranged in the backrest of the shower chair angled from a rear of the shower chair toward a front of the shower chair under the seat pan. The washdown surfaces provide an unrestricted fluid flow path running from the seat pan to the backrest and then to the floor.

Abstract: A seat back frame for a vehicle according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises: a frame body consisting of a thermoplastic fiber reinforced composite material; a reinforcing agent joined to the inside of the frame body; and a cover sheet joined to the outside of the frame body. According to the present invention, the frame is lightweight while maintaining rigidity and strength like a steel frame, and a cover sheet is joined thereto, thereby enabling a board which is further joined to the seat back frame to be omitted, which leads to the achievement of a slimmed and fabric-integrated seat back frame for a vehicle. Also, a cover sheet is joined to a body frame by using a vacuum adsorption scheme, which leads to the achievement of a method for manufacturing a seat back frame for a vehicle having improved joining force and increased merchantability.

Abstract: Composite components (22, 32) are described herein. An example composite component (22, 32) includes a fill material sandwiched between a first shell and a second shell. The first shell can include a cavity for receiving the fill material. The second shell can include a recessed portion extending into the cavity. The recessed portion can be configured to receive a separate component (16a, 30) of a passenger seat (12).

Abstract: A method of mounting a seat assembly to a vehicle, includes the steps of 1) providing a wire frame assembly having a side rail and engagement features; 2) overmolding a cushion support assembly to the wire frame assembly to form a seat portion assembly, wherein portions of the side rail and the engagement features are exposed; 3) mounting a trim panel to a seat frame within a vehicle interior; 4) mounting one or more support plates having receiving apertures to the seat frame; 5) vertically mounting the seat portion assembly to the trim panel by receiving the exposed portion of the side rail of the wire frame assembly within a clip member of the trim panel; and 6) vertically mounting the seat portion assembly to the support plates by receiving the exposed portions of the engagement features within the receiving apertures of the one or more support plates.

Abstract: A seat assembly includes a wire frame assembly having a support frame with at least one side rail and one or more engagement features. A cushion support assembly is overmolded to a portion of the wire frame assembly. The side rail of the wire frame assembly includes an exposed portion that is not covered by the cushion support assembly. The one or more engagement features of the wire frame assembly extend outwardly from a bottom surface of the cushion support assembly. A trim panel includes one or more clip members that releasably couple to the side rail of the wire frame assembly. At least one support plate includes receiving apertures disposed therethrough to receive the one or more engagement features of the wire frame assembly in a vertical manner.

Abstract: A chair is provided in which a seat-receiving member is provided with outward flanges for regulating upward/downward displacement to support left and right lateral edges of a seat plate. Engaging grooves supported by the outward flanges are provided at the respective left and right lateral edges of the seat plate. Warpage allowable parts in which warpage deformation of the lateral edges is allowed without the upward displacement being regulated by the seat receiving member are provided in regions of the left and right lateral edges of the seat plate, in which the regions are located at a rear side from engagement parts between the engaging grooves and the outward flanges. With this constitution, it is possible to prevent the seat plate from being detached from the seat-receiving member while ensuring that, when an user is seated, the sides of the buttocks of the user are reliably held, and thus improve the seating stability of a seat body.

Abstract: A seating unit includes a rearwardly-open base frame with a pair of uprights on opposite rear side portions in spaced apart positions. A molded back has corner sections with cavities for matably telescopingly engaging the uprights, and a beam section extending between the corner sections for stabilizing the rear side portions when the molded back is engaging the uprights. A seat fastened to the base frame engages the molded back to retain the molded back on the upright sections. A cushion attached by a line of adhesive is perforated inward of the line, such that a majority of the cushion can be pulled off by tearing along the perforation line, allowing quick separation for recycling. The uprights have reduced an upper diameter for aesthetics but extend upwardly sufficiently to support armrest on the back.

Abstract: A stacking chair having a seat, a back support, and a frame for supporting the seat and back support. The frame includes a pair of spaced apart leg members, a back support member, and a seat support member. The leg members have a front portion and rear portion interconnected by a connecting portion to give the leg members a generally U or V shape. The chair further includes a stacking member disposed on each leg member. The stacking member shaped to receive the upper surface of a leg member of a like chair such that the stacking member rests on the connection portion of a like chair and the upper chair in the stack is positioned forward of the lower chair thereby offsetting the stack's tendency to lean back due to the weight and position of the back support thus providing for the stability of a stack of chairs.

Abstract: An auditorium chair comprised essentially of four parts that interconnect creating a frame with a three point stability system. The auditorium chair structure has the following components: fastening with screws, snap tight buttons, or other fasteners, dimensioning in accordance with use in current auditorium chair sizes, and fabrication design enabling efficient shipment while maintaining stability and stacking capability.

Abstract: Provided is a plastic fastening mechanism including an intermediate main body having an axial, shouldered first through hole, two wings each having an axial, shouldered second through hole, and two flexible interconnections each formed between the wing and the main body; and elastomeric first and second elements each shaped to conform to the rear of either the first or second member. The main body is threadedly secured to a chair J-bar and the wings are threadedly secured to chair backrest. The main body of each of another two plastic fastening mechanisms is threadedly secured to the J-bar, and the wings thereof are threadedly secured to chair headrest. Moreover, there are provided two elastomeric mechanisms shaped to conform to the rears of the fastening mechanisms. The elastomeric mechanism includes an intermediate, hollow member, two side receptacles, and second interconnections each formed between the hollow member and either receptacle.

Abstract: An office chair is provided having a contoured back assembly comprising a back frame and a suspension fabric. The fabric is attached to the back frame through a spline wherein the back frame has a three-dimensional contoured shape formed by overlapped frame rings with the fabric being joined thereto by a spline. The fabric is secured to the frame by a machine wherein the fabric is first stretched from the outer edge of the fabric and then is clamped to a frame surface in the pre-tensioned or pre-streched condition. The fabric edges are allowed to hang loose and then fixed in the frame by a spline. Once secured, the fabric is unclamped from the frame.

Abstract: A seating bracket for connection to a base having a top surface and a vertical side surface to support a seat and a back joist adjacent to the seat. The bracket may include a generally horizontal top portion for supporting the seat and a generally horizontal bottom portion for connection to the top surface of the base. First and second generally vertical side portions may extend between and be connected to the top and bottom portions and may support the top portion above the bottom portion. First and second intersecting cross members may extend between and be connected to the top portion and to the first and second generally vertical side portions. Upper and lower back joist support portions may be connected to the first generally vertical side portion adjacent for receiving the back joist and holding the back joist in a generally upstanding position.

Abstract: The invention is of a modular chair assembly system which includes a single chair frame design and, to be used in the alternative, a plurality of sled back chair support members and a plurality of clerical style seat support members and clerical style back support members. Chairs of either sled back or clerical style can be assembled with the use of the single frame style.

Abstract: A chair includes a seat, a backrest mounted to the seat, the backrest including a rear face having two sides, a chassis fixed to an underside of the seat, a leg assembly attached to the chassis, two stays respectively attached to the sides of the rear face of the backrest, and a connecting frame. Each stay has an upper end fixed to an associated side of the rear face of the backrest. The connecting frame has two ends and an extension extending from the connecting frame. The extension is securely connected to a rear end of the chassis. Each end of the connecting frame is fixed to a lower end of an associated stay.

Abstract: A chair, especially an office chair in which a one-piece backrest has forwardly extending arms engaging and secured to armrest portions of a tubular frame. The arms form the armrests for the chair.