Abstract: A plastic bell fountain cup includes a bottom surface, and a side wall formed integrally with and extending upwardly from the bottom surface. The side wall has a lower portion adjacent the bottom surface, an upper lip portion defining a top opening of the cup, and a radially outwardly expanded portion located between the lower portion and the upper lip portion. The radially outwardly expanded portion has a maximum diameter larger than a diameter of the bottom surface and larger than a diameter of the top opening. The side wall has a substantially uniform thickness throughout the lower portion, the radially outwardly expanded portion, and at least a part of the upper lip portion.

Abstract: An adjustable planar sled or support base for a seat assembly which can be selectively adjusted in its length for changing the distance between the seat assembly and a fixed station such as a machine or the like. The planar sled or support base comprises a base plate including a recessed bed opening toward the front end of the support base and an adjustment plate member slidably engaged within the recessed bed and having an end extending outwardly therefrom. The adjustment plate member has a connecting device at the outwardly extending end for anchoring the seat relative to the machine. The adjustment plate member is movable in the bed for adjusting the length of the support base. The base plate includes fasteners to releasably secure the adjustment plate member in the recessed bed to maintain the selected length of the support base.

Abstract: A mobile folding stage unit has right and left platform sections pivotably mounted in side-by-side relation to a frame, corresponding sets of roller wheels mounted to the frame, pivot brackets mounted to the bottom of the platform sections, support brackets mounted to the frame to which the platform sections are pivotably mounted via the pivot brackets, and pivot legs pivotably mounted to an eccentric position on the corresponding pivot brackets and slidable in pivotable bearing guides mounted to the frame adjacent the corresponding roller wheels. When the platform sections are folded to the vertical position for storage, the pivot legs are lifted above the wheels, and when they are opened to the horizontal position for use, the pivot legs are lowered to lift the wheels out of contact with the ground.

Abstract: A combination ganging and stacking bar assembly for chairs. The bar assembly comprises a pair of substantially identical bar members each adapted to be secured between a pair of front and rear legs of the chair. The bar members each have integral offset medial segments extending outwardly of the plane of the outwardly facing surfaces of the legs of the chair. The offset medial portions of a pair of said bar members having cooperating male and female connecting structure for releasable ganging together a pair of such chairs in side-by-side relationship. Each bar member having bumper pads secured thereon on opposite sides of the medial segment constructed and arranged to engage leg portions of the chair below it in a stacked formation of like chairs.

Abstract: A folding multi-pot holder has a holder member pivotably supported over a se member by opposing sets of legs pivotably mounted to the opposite ends of the base and holder members. The pivot points of each pair of legs are offset from each other by the thickness of the legs so that the legs can be pivotally folded to a flat, horizontal position for storage. In the preferred embodiment, the base member and holder member both have the same thickness which is twice the thickness of the legs so that the entire assembly folds flat to a single thickness for storage. Support members are provided for bracing the holder member at intermediate positions and have upright tabs that lock the holder member and legs in the vertical position during use.

Abstract: A bumper edge guard for the perimetric e of seating furniture including a resilient foam insert for positioning about at least a portion of the perimeter of a support member of the furniture and encasing at least one edge of the portion of the perimeter of the support member and a substantially flexible protective member for securing to the support member and enclosing the foam insert between the support member and the protective member.

Abstract: A chair having a seat portion connected to a backrest portion which are to be upholstered and an edge guard for the perimetric edges of the backrest portion including a substantially rigid support member for providing structural support to the backrest portion, a transparent substantially flexible tube positioned about the perimetric edges of the support member and having an interior channel therein, a core member positioned within the interior channel of the tube, a transparent substantially flexible protective member positioned over the tube and a first fastening member for securing the protective member to the support member with the tube being captured therebetween so that the core member is visible through the tube and the protective member.

Abstract: A high density stacking chair having a unique construction permits interaction between a frame member and a chair shell. The frame member is formed of a unitary construction, and the chair shell is formed of a singled piece of molded plastic material. The chair shell includes a seat portion and a back portion joined integrally to the seat portion and extends upwardly therefrom. Fastening members are provided for securing the support straps joined to the frame member to the seat portion of the chair shell. Locking devices are provided for securing the support straps to the back portion of the chair shell. The locking devices define pivot points about which the back portion rotate outwardly when the seat portion of the chair shell is deflected forwardly and the back portion of the chair shell is deflected rearwardly so as to force outwardly under stress the frame member.

Abstract: A bumper edge guard for the perimetric edges of seating furniture including a resilient foam insert for positioning about at least a portion of the perimeter of a support member of the furniture and encasing at least one edge of the portion of the perimeter of the support member and a substantially flexible protective member for securing to the support member and enclosing the foam insert between the support member and the protective member.

Abstract: A detachable anchoring device for a seat assembly which is attached through a support member to a substantially planar sled support base having a quick release connector assembly capable of releasably connecting the planar base in a desired position with respect to a fixed station. The quick release connector assembly includes a bracket connected to a machine or service counter and a connecting member for releasably connecting a first portion of the planar base to the bracket, the planar base remaining substantially in contact with a portion of a planar floor surface during connecting to the bracket. Locking means may be included to prevent inadvertent disengagement of the anchoring device.

Abstract: A chair including a seat assembly having depending leg members and a hollow support frame having at least two open ends terminating beneath the seat assembly and a pair of upstanding, spaced apart hollow frame members arranged to provide a backrest frame part for the chair having at least two open ends extending beneath the seat assembly and in registry with the ends of the support frame, and flexible spring members secured between each pair of members to provide an articulated, flexible spring backrest for the chair beneath the seat assembly. Each flexible spring member includes an elongated, flat or blade spring member having its opposite ends secured within a holder member which is closed at one end and open at its opposite end for inserting the spring into the holder.

Abstract: A lid to cover a liquid holding container includes a circular rim portion for engaging the container rim and a cover opening for permitting liquid to pass in and out of the container. A support is centrally situated in the cover, the support having an upper margin situated at least as high as the circular rim portion. A closure member is formed unitarily with the cover and configured to seal the cover opening. A hinge permits the closure member to be pivoted between a position where the closure member is engaged in the cover opening and a position where the closure member is displaced from the cover opening. The hinge is molded unitarily to the upper margin of the central support in the cover.

Abstract: A chair which includes a seat frame having depending leg members and a pair of upstanding, spaced apart members arranged to provide a lower backrest part for the chair and an upper backrest frame part having a pair of spaced apart depending members in registry with the upstanding members, said members being hollow with open extremities, and flexible spring means secured between each pair of members to provide an articulated, flexible spring backrest for the chair. Each flexible spring means includes an elongated, flat or blade spring member having its opposite ends secured within a holder member which is closed at one end and open at its opposite end for inserting the spring into the holder. The open ends of each holder have stop flange formations protruding outwardly thereon which, when the holders are spaced apart at their open ends with a slight gap therebetween, effect limitation of the angle of flexure of the spring by engagement of the flanges one with the other.