Abstract: A chair construction having a molded plastic shell that is interconnected with a sled-base type supporting structure in a manner that simplifies the manufacture of the chair and at the same time produces a durable construction that can withstand continuous, normal classroom type use. The supporting structure includes specially formed rear legs, the upper portions of which are interconnected with the back support of the molded plastic shell using a specially designed tube end connector mechanism. More particularly, the molded plastic shell includes integrally molded connector tabs to which the rear legs of the supporting frame of the chair are connected by means of the connector mechanism.

Abstract: An extra seat back 7 is arranged behind a regular seat 4, 5 of a vehicle in such a manner that the extra seat back 7 can take a first position embedded in a recess of a luggage floor, a second position rised up from the luggage floor, and a third position of a full-flat state.

Abstract: A tilting device having a simple structure, made up of a small number of components and fabricated with few man-hours and a device for moving a headrest forward and backward which is constructed by adding a few components to this tilting device, is provided. The tilting device comprises a stay (10), a ratchet member (20) fixed to a horizontal part (11) of the stay (10), a tilt adjusting member (30) connected axially and rotatably to the horizontal part (11), a first torsion coil spring (40) connected to the horizontal part (11) of the stay (10) so that it may bias the tilt adjusting member (30) in the opposite direction to the rotation, a check member (50) so fitted axially to the tilt regulating member (30) as to engage with the ratchet member and to prevent the reverse rotation of the tilt adjusting member, a second torsion coil spring (60) so provided as to bias the check member and a cover (80) inside which the tilt adjusting member (30) is fixed.

Abstract: An office swivel chair is provided comprising a foot with a center column extending upwards therefrom, wherein the center column may be variable in length and/or spring mounted, a seat carrier is secured at the upper end of the center column, a seat top pivotable around a horizontal axis close to the front edge of the seat top, is connected with the seat carrier, and is biased by a spring arrangement with an upwards directed force, and a back rest attached at least one upwards extending lever which is articulately connected with the seat carrier at a first link point under the seat top, and spaced therefrom is articulately connected with the underside of the seat top at a second link point wherein, both link points comprise swivelling axes in parallel with the seat top swivelling axis. The length of the lever between the first link point and the second link point is variable by displacing the first link point and/or the second link point in the direction of the lever.

Abstract: A vehicle seat adjuster having a single rail and an integral recliner mechanism on each side of the seat. The rails are secured to the floor by generally conventional floor supports. The recliner mechanisms each include rollers positioned both above and below the corresponding rail. Forward and rearward adjustment of the seat is obtained by moving the recliner mechanisms along the rails. In addition, each integral recliner mechanism includes upper arms that form the upright portions of the seat back frame. A seat back, preferably a molded seat back, is attached directly to the upper arms of the integral recliner mechanism.

Abstract: A vertically adjustable, multi-position chair arm assembly includes a flat metal support bracket having a generally straight uppermost section. The chair arm assembly further includes a plastic shell housing mounted on the generally straight section of the support tube. The single piece shell housing retains a pair of mating sleeves which seat and lock in the draft angle of the shell housing. The uppermost section of the metal support bracket is enclosed by a molded plastic cover. The mating sleeves provide a channel for receiving and retaining the plastic covered section of the metal support bracket. The sleeve channel provides a plastic to plastic interface whereby the total material tolerances are significantly reduced and thereby minimizing wobble. A locking mechanism housed within the shell housing is in positive locking engagement with a punched locking rack formed in the metal support bracket.

Abstract: A infant carrier base positionable on a vehicle seat for coupling and uncoupling with respect to an infant carrier. The base has an upper surface for the receipt of an infant carrier thereon and a lower surface for being received upon the seat of a vehicle. The base has a foot end, a head end, and generally parallel side walls therebetween. Coupling mechanisms on the base are cooperable with an infant carrier including a first coupling mechanism and a second coupling mechanism. The first coupling mechanism includes an inverted J-shaped hook extending upwardly from the foot end of the base. The hook is provided with an upwardly extending recess with an upper surface beneath the central portion of the hook adapted to receive the upper edge at the foot end of an infant carrier therein.

Abstract: A headrest for a motor vehicle seat has pivoted lateral headrest elements which can be turned into a use position from a storage position is a headrest body. In order to comply with safety standards regarding support and freedom of vision and to satisfy multifunctional headrest requirements, the lateral headrest elements are integrated in the headrest body surface contour in the storage position and can be swung or pivoted out of the headrest body contour by a swinging or pivoting movement.

Abstract: A chair seat tilt lock comprises a slider riding along a track on the seat and an abutment extending from chair seat post. The slider is spring biased into registration with the abutment to block the chair against tilting and may also be moved away from the abutment so that the chair is then free to tilt. The slider is mover by a lever arm connected to the slider by a co-axial cable with an enlargement at the end of the inner cable which allows the cable to be releasably press fit into a skeleton key-shaped passageway through the slider.

Abstract: The invention relates to a children's safety seat, particularly for the carrying of more than one child. It includes a children's safety seat to be securely and releasably attached to anchorage points in a motor vehicle when positioned on an existing seat of the vehicle. The seat can be provided with a back portion and a base portion which are sub-divided to provide a plurality of individual seats. The seat has integral members to enable it to be anchored in position.

Abstract: A folding collapsible rocking chair includes a chair, two side frame sets at two opposite lateral sides of the chair, and two rockers at the bottom side of the side frame sets, the chair, the side frame sets and the rockers being pivoted to one another so that the rocking chair can be folded up and collapsed when not in use.

Abstract: A mechanism is presented for the constraint-coupled adjustment of seat and backrest of a dental patient chair, whereby the seat-side end of the backrest is guided in a curved guide of the seat carrier, and whereby the seat carrier is pivotably connected to an upper part around a backrest-proximate tilting axis that, given an inclination of the backrest, the seat carrier with seat and leg support is tilted back around the tilting axis and, conversely, is tilted forward when the backrest is raised up. Inventively, a flexible, bendable force transmission element is provided for the constraint-coupling that has its one end secured to the upper part and has its other end secured to the seat-side end of the backrest. The force transmission element is guided over at least one roller in the fashion of a block and pulley and thus produces an adjustment motion effected by constraint-coupling of backrest and seat. A chain that is guided over chain rollers is advantageously provided as force transmission element.

Abstract: A chair includes a base having a hub, radially extending legs connected to and supporting the hub, a vertically extendable gas spring rotatably supported on the hub, and a hub tube sleeve non-rotatably fixed to the hub. A seat includes a housing that engages and is supported on the gas spring for vertical height adjustment, and a sleeve retainer rotatably connected to the control housing and extending downwardly therefrom. The sleeve retainer non-rotatably but slidingly engages the hub tube sleeve. A footrest is supported by the sleeve retainer. The footrest is non-rotatably and slidably connected to the base via the sleeve retainer and the hub tube sleeve, so that the footrest moves vertically with the seat when the seat is vertically adjusted, but does not rotate with the seat when the seat is rotated. The footrest is adjustably supported on the sleeve retainer, so that it can be manually adjusted to change the distance from the footrest to the seat.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes an aluminum lower seat frame with first and second side supports having a thickness of less than four mm throughout a substantial portion thereof. The seat back frame is pivotally connected to the lower seat frame and comprises a contoured structural reaction injection molded (SRIM) material. In an alternative embodiment, the back frame comprises a plurality of glass mat layers enclosed within a molded urethane material. Extra glass mat layers are provided in high stress concentration areas for added structural integrity.

Abstract: In a passenger service unit, particularly in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comfort and service elements such as a reading lamp, a flight attendant call button, a loudspeaker, an air nozzle, an oxygen mask and generator, optical display elements, are integrated into a service column. Feeder lines between a main supply line and the passenger service columns are flexible to facilitate the mounting or placement of the columns as a complement to a passenger seat. The column is positioned in the lateral area of a seat to which the column is allocated.

Abstract: A system for supporting a seat-pan on a chair and for providing movement to an armrest on the chair. The system includes a mounting assembly with an upper rail having a front portion, a mid portion and a rear portion, and a lower rail having a front portion, a mid-portion and a rear portion. The upper rail is pivotally connected to the lower rail in a manner which allows g generally parallel motion of the rails relative to one another. An armrest support is pivotally attached to the mounting assembly, and includes a linkage for indexing movements of the armrest support relative to motion of the position of the upper rail relative to lower rail, so that motion of the upper rail relative to the lower rail produces a corresponding tilt of the armrest support.

Abstract: This seat comprises a backrest armature (28) connected to a seat-part armature (22) by means (34) of articulation about an axis (X) substantially transverse to the seat. The backrest armature (28) carries a substantially transverse rod (56) for attaching a cover covering the backrest padding. This attachment rod, which runs close to the means (34) of articulation, has end extensions (60) forming protections intended to prevent a passenger sitting behind the seat from impacting against the means (34) of articulation. As a preference, each protective extension comprises a bow (60) curved around the axis (X) of articulation substantially parallel to a plane perpendicular to this axis.

Abstract: A lounge chair having a sun tracking positioning mechanism including at least one photo transistor having a lens for focusing sunlight in a straight line path passing through the lens and comprising a motor control circuit that allows a motor to operate for periods of no more than 30 seconds. Should the motor operate for a 30 second period, the system will deactivate. This 30 second cutout allows for controlling of shade times such as when the sun is behind clouds or the like.

Abstract: A load limiting device is used with a vehicle seat belt during a crash to allow a limited and controlled forward motion of a vehicle occupant after the retractor has locked. The load limiting device decreases the forces exerted by the seat belt on the vehicle occupant's torso. The load limiting device has a metal member and means for deforming the metal member associated with the seat belt. Excessive load on the seat belt is transferred to the metal member by deforming the metal member.

Abstract: A saddle construction for a bicycle includes a seat pillar having a saddle support portion and a saddle adjustably mounted on the saddle support portion. A first height adjustment device extends between the saddle and the saddle support portion and is located in a forward region of the saddle for adjusting the height of the forward region of the saddle relative to the saddle support portion. A second height adjustment device also extends between the saddle and the saddle support portion and is located in a rearward region of the saddle for adjusting the height of the rearward region of the saddle. The first and second height adjustment devices operate independently of each other to separately adjust the height at the forward and rearward regions of the saddle.