Patents Assigned to L.A. Rumbold Limited
  • Vehicle seat
    Patent number: 5857745
    Abstract: A vehicle seat has a seat pan and a seat back which is reclinable from a normal substantially vertical position to a sleeping position in which it forms a substantially continuous surface with the seat pan. A generally vertical partition is located behind the seat and mounted for linear movement between a forward position adjacent to the top of the seat back when in its fully upright position and a rearward position adjacent to the top of the seat back when in its fully reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: L. A. Rumbold Limited
    Inventor: James Akira Matsumiya
  • Intermediate armrest for a row of seats
    Patent number: 5383704
    Abstract: An armrest, for use between adjacent seats in a row of seats, is movable between a deployed position, and a stowed position. The armrest is secured to a carriage which is slidably mounted on a track located between the backrests of the adjacent seats. The carriage movable on the track between an upper position in which the armrest is at a desired level for use and a lower position in which the armrest is level with the seat cushions of the seat. A releasable latching bolt secures the carriage in its upper position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1995
    Assignee: L.A. Rumbold Limited
    Inventors: Reginald F. Granados, Michael J. Robinson
  • Two position adjustable passenger arrangement having cam, plunger, and pivoting lever
    Patent number: 5183313
    Abstract: In an adjustable seating system, allowing variation in the spacing between adjacent rows of passenger seats, e.g. in an aircraft, for use in a passenger vehicle, each row (14, 16, 18) is mounted on a longitudinal seat rail (30) secured to the floor. The seat rail (30) has a series of equally spaced openings (34) along its length for retaining the seating units (14, 16, 18) at any selected lengthwise location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 2, 1993
    Assignee: L.A. Rumbold Limited
    Inventor: Douglas J. Cunningham