Patents Examined by Anthony D. Barfield
  • Patent number: 12194899
    Abstract: A child restraint system is provided. The child restraint system includes a main body and an adjustable headrest assembly. The adjustable headrest assembly is installed on the main body. The adjustable headrest assembly includes at least one rail and a head support portion. The at least one rail is movably disposed on the main body and movable between a lower position and an upper position relative to the main body. The head support portion is movably disposed on the at least one rail. Besides, a related adjustable headrest assembly is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Kyle S Mason, David A Lehman
  • Patent number: 12194901
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an apparatus comprising: a backrest; a side impact protection block movably fitted to the backrest between a folding position and an unfolding position; and a self-locking structure fitted to the side impact protection block or the backrest, the self-locking structure being configured to block the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position. The self-locking structure comprises a self-locking member and a self-locking reset member, the self-locking member being fitted to the backrest or the side impact protection block, the self-locking reset member being configured to apply a force to the self-locking member to drive it into an extended position that blocks the side impact protection block in the unfolding position from switching to the folding position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Daliang Zhang, Hongbo Chen
  • Patent number: 12195185
    Abstract: An assembly kit for an aircraft seat comprising at least one mounting unit, at least one backrest which is fixedly coupled with the mounting unit in a state when assembled and ready for flight, and at least one connection module, via which the backrest is in particular oriented rigidly in a position relative to the mounting unit in the assembled and ready-for-flight state, and the connection module comprises at least one adjusting element, by means of which the backrest is orientable respectively in at least two different backrest adjustment angles relative to the mounting unit without requiring new approval, and/or comprises at least two connection elements, by means of which the backrest can be fixedly mounted respectively in at least two different backrest adjustment angles relative to the mounting unit, the at least two connection elements being mountable without requiring new approval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Juergen Rebmann, Thomas Drenzeck
  • Patent number: 12194903
    Abstract: A kinetic seat assembly includes a primary seat back frame, a secondary seat back frame, and an upper pivot mechanism coupling the secondary seat back frame to the primary seat back frame. The upper pivot mechanism includes a bracket, and a pivotable link extending from a pair of opposite sides of the bracket and interconnecting the bracket and the primary seat back frame. A first end of each of the pivotable links is pivotally attached to the bracket, which is coupled to the secondary seat back frame, and an opposite second end each of the pivotable links is pivotally fixed to the primary seat back frame. The secondary seat back frame is permitted to move in a kinetic seat vertical direction relative to the primary seat back frame as the pivotable links permit the bracket to move in the kinetic seat vertical direction relative to the primary seat back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Todd Rupert Muck, Charles P. Patterson, Peter J. Moegling, Matthew R. Speck, Leon T. Toma
  • Patent number: 12194900
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a side protection part. The seat shell has a seat portion, a backrest portion and a sidewall, the sidewall protruding forward from the backrest portion and having a front edge. The side protection part is disposed adjacent to the sidewall at an inner side thereof and extends along the inner side of the sidewall from a location adjacent to the seat portion toward a top of the backrest portion, wherein the side protection part has a first and a second major surface opposite to each other, and an edge portion connected with the first and second major surface, the edge portion having a rib that protrudes from the second major surface and lies adjacent to the front edge of the sidewall of the seat shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiao Long Mo
  • Patent number: 12185843
    Abstract: A folding chair is provided including an upper hinge seat, a plurality of support legs, a lower hinge seat and a plurality of upper support rods. Each of the plurality of support legs having an upper end portion rotatable connected to the upper hinge seat and a lower end portion for supporting on the ground, and each of the plurality of upper support rods having a lower end portion rotatably connected to the lower hinge seat. A middle portion of each support leg is rotatably connected with one of the plurality of upper support rods. The upper hinge seat and the lower hinge seat are connected directly or indirectly when the folding chair is in unfolded state, and the upper hinge seat and the lower hinge seat are separated from each other when the folding chair is in folded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: WITH-U E-COMMERCE (SHANGHAI) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunliang Yuan, Shengyong Yang
  • Patent number: 12187372
    Abstract: A liftable seatpost includes an outer tube, an inner tube, and a bushing. A protrusion is provided at the outer surface of the inner tube. The bushing is disposed between the inner and outer tubes and includes an upper sleeve and a lower sleeve. The upper sleeve has an upper baffle ring with a first engaging portion. The lower sleeve has a lower baffle ring with a second engaging portion engaged with the first engaging portion of the upper sleeve. The edges of the upper and lower sleeves are abutted against each other, and the outer surface of the upper baffle ring is flushed with the outer surface of the lower baffle ring. Thus, the position corresponding to the bushing will not protrude too much and affect the appearance, and the stress transmitted from the protrusion of the inner tube to the upper sleeve can be effectively distributed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: J.D COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Yu-An Lin
  • Patent number: 12179648
    Abstract: A passenger-seat-cushion-member manufacturing method including a step of shaping the porous structural body by using a 3D printer; and a step of coupling the filling body side coupling part including the shaped porous structural body to the seat body side coupling part, to fill the seat body with the filling body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Archem Inc.
    Inventors: Taichi Itabashi, Nobuyuki Azakami, Yukiko Yamaguchi
  • Patent number: 12172560
    Abstract: An automotive seat cover made from a three-layer laminated elastic material having a first outer moisture-wicking antimicrobial layer, an interior waterproof layer, and a second outer moisture-wicking antimicrobial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Inventor: Casey Chavez
  • Patent number: 12167798
    Abstract: An ergonomic chair comprising a seat, a lower leg support, a chest support and a hip support. The seat is configured to support the posterior thigh and/or buttocks of a seated user, the seat being configured to urge the hip of the seated user in a forward direction. The lower leg support is configured to support the anterior side of the lower legs of the seated user. The chest support is configured to support the chest of the seated user in a forward leaning position of the seated user. The hip support is configured to support the anterior hip of a seated user as the seat urges the seated user's hip forwardly towards the hip support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: Native Bionics Scandinavia AB
    Inventors: Mikael Signarsson, Martin Bolter, Martin Kramberg, Izabela Cierlik
  • Patent number: 12157404
    Abstract: A child safety seat and a side impact protection device. The side impact protection device comprises a fixed seat assembled on the backrest and a side impact protection block pivotally coupled to the fixed seat via a pivot shaft. The side impact protection block has at least an extended position and a retracted position during a pivoting process around an axis of the pivot shaft in respect to the fixed seat, one of the fixed seat and the side impact protection block has a locking structure, and the other one of the fixed seat and the side impact protection block has a cooperative locking structure being cooperating with the locking structure, the locking structure is automatically locked with the cooperative locking structure when the side impact protection block is pivoted to the extended position around the axis. The side impact protection device is simple in structure and easy in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Daliang Zhang, Ruyi Li
  • Patent number: 12157575
    Abstract: A seat that can be converted between an upright position and a bed position, includes a mechanism for deploying an armrest, The mechanism includes a first guide connection comprising a first roller mechanically connected to the moving part associated with the seat-cushion portion, the first roller collaborating with a first slot formed in the armrest, and a second guide connection comprising a second roller mechanically connected to a fixed part, the second roller collaborating with a second slot formed in the armrest, such that a movement of the seat-cushion portion of the seat as the seat transitions from the upright position to the bed position causes the armrest to move from the up position to the down position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats
    Inventors: Bruno Lopez, Mouna Souissi Zouaoui
  • Patent number: 12145730
    Abstract: A system may include a vehicular seat assembly including first and second seat support beams, a seat pan, a bar, a fabric seat back, and at least one detachable attachment means. The fabric seat back may have a first end and a second end. The fabric seat back may be secured at the first end to the bar. The fabric seat back may have an expandable seat back section secured at the second end to the seat pan. Each detachable attachment means may be secured at a first detachable attachment means end to the seat pan and may be secured at a second detachable attachment means end to a portion of the fabric seat back located between the first end and the second detachable attachment means end. When all detachable attachment means are in the detached state, an effective length of the fabric seat back may extend.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: AMI INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Martin Shawn Day, Douglas Alexander Foisie
  • Patent number: 12146583
    Abstract: A pneumatic valve includes a housing, a first port, a second port, and a third port, each in communication with an interior of the housing, a coil assembly coupled to the housing, a plunger axially movable within the housing between a first position and a second position in response to electrical current being driven through the coil assembly, and a permanent magnet configured to retain the plunger in at least one of the first position or the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Leggett & Platt Canada Co.
    Inventors: Jianlin Zhang, Milosz Niec, Renato Colja
  • Patent number: 12145485
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell having at least one sidewall, a buffering part connected with the seat shell, the buffering part being movable between a first position corresponding to a stowed state where the buffering part is retracted toward the sidewall and a second position corresponding to a deployed state where the buffering part protrudes sideways from the sidewall, a retaining mechanism configured to hold the buffering part in the first position via a magnetic force, and a release mechanism operatively connected with the retaining mechanism, the release mechanism being operable to release the buffering part from the hold of the retaining mechanism for movement of the buffering part from the first position to the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Da Liang Zhang
  • Patent number: 12145326
    Abstract: In-aircraft seats include plastic components having anti-microbial, metallic reinforcing fibers such as copper or silver. Copper or silver wires are embedded into the plastic at the time or molding to provide both structural reinforcement and anti-microbial properties. At the time of molding, copper or silver wires are disposed in a plastic mold prior to plastic application to ensure the metallic wires are generally disposed toward the surface of the molded part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradford D'Alessio, Thomas Martz
  • Patent number: 12137817
    Abstract: An interlocking mechanism for a seat and a back of a chair is provided. A seat body and a chair chassis are pivotally connected, and a pad plate is pivotally connected with the seat body. Thereby the pad plate is moved around a pivotal connection between itself and the seat body when users sit on the pad plate. While a front side of the pad plate is moved downward, it is inclined to an angle slowly by a pad spring connected with the pad plate. When the use is leaning on the chair back connected with the seat body, the seat body is moved backward with a pivotal connection between itself and the chair chassis. The pivotal connection between the seat body and the pad plate can push the pad plate upward so that the seat body is inclined with the chair back and the user sits more comfortably.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Comfordy Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yu-Ling Wu, Armin Roland Sander, Martin Potrykus
  • Patent number: 12139258
    Abstract: A seat system for a passenger aircraft. The seat system includes a passenger seat frame having a backrest support assembly including a backrest and a spreaders and spar tube assembly; and a seat bottom support assembly. The seat system further includes a solenoid-actuated recline lever assembly including an armrest or center console connected to the spreaders and spar tube assembly; a counter-balanced solenoid actuator positioned in the seat bottom support assembly; and a passenger operated release switch attached between the solenoid actuator and the armrest or center console. The seat system may further include a seat back tray table attached to the back of the passenger seat frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: ZIM IP AMERICA INC.
    Inventor: Jose Pevida
  • Patent number: 12139056
    Abstract: An assembly for a vehicle seat that includes: a support element defining a through opening, a padding element attached at least in part to the support element, and a ventilation system assembled to the support element in fluidic communication with the through opening. An inner surface of the support element and/or an inner surface of the padding element define at least one groove. An inner surface of the groove, the inner surface of the support element, and an inner surface of the padding element define an internal volume there between in fluidic communication with the through opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Faurecia Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Mathieu Cluet, Jerome Planson, Fabrice Charras, Vincent Leguernic
  • Patent number: 12127686
    Abstract: A folding chair is provided. The folding chair includes two mirror-symmetric slant support mechanisms and a linkage mechanism connected between the two slant support mechanisms, where the slant support mechanisms each include two slant support posts and two bottom frame posts; the linkage mechanism includes two linkage posts that cross each other and are hinged; upper ends of the two slant support posts and an upper end of a linkage post are hinged to a first connecting member; first ends of the two bottom frame posts are respectively hinged to the two slant support posts, and second ends of the two bottom frame posts are hinged; lower ends of the two linkage posts are respectively connected to the two slant support mechanisms; the folding chair further includes a pressing mechanism and a cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Inventor: Libin Chen