Patents Examined by David E Allred
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Patent number: 12022962Abstract: The present invention provides a protection net apparatus fixed to a baby chair having a tray, comprises: a plurality of net supporting parts fixed to different positions of the tray and each including a clamp portion fixing the net supporting part to the tray; and a supporting rod portion coupled to the clamp portion and extending outwards; a net part including a net with an edge having an inner edge, an outer edge located on an opposite side of the inner edge, and lateral edges each connecting between ends of the inner edge and the outer edge; and a receiving pocket attached to the net on an outer edge portion adjacent to the outer edge in a direction that an opening of the receiving pocket heads toward the inner edge and receiving a top end of the supporting rod portion through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Inventor: Dong Jin Kim
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Patent number: 12024075Abstract: The disclosure provides for a system that includes a seat mounted in a vehicle. The seat includes a base, a back support, a hinge, and a seat belt integrated into the seat. The back support is capable of rotating relative to the base and thereby reclining. The hinge is between the base and the back support and is configured to lock the back support in positions in relation to the base. The seat belt has a shoulder portion and a lap portion and is attached to the seat at a shoulder anchor in the back support and a base anchor in the base. When a generated torque, created from a forward force applied by the shoulder portion of the seat belt, exceeds a threshold amount of torque, the hinge is configured to unlock and back support is configured to rotate forward from a reclined position towards an upright position.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2023Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Waymo LLCInventors: Thomas Daniel, Daniel Lynn Larner
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Patent number: 12024253Abstract: A dropper post may include an outer tube and an inner tube slidable relative to the outer tube between an extended position and a retracted position. A spring cartridge may include an axially extending cylinder containing a combination of a liquid and a gas and having a sliding surface and a piston with a sealing portion dividing the cylinder interior to provide a first chamber and a second chamber. Moving the inner tube toward the retracted position expands the first chamber. When inner tube is in the extended position the sealing portion is at least partially submerged in the liquid, the second chamber contains a layer of the gas above a layer of the liquid and the first chamber contains the liquid and when the inner tube is in the retracted position the first chamber contains the liquid and a layer of gas between the liquid and the sealing portion.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: D3 Innovation Inc.Inventor: Jonathan Staples
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Patent number: 12016805Abstract: A support device has a main support surface for a person's body, including an auxiliary device influencing the main support surface shape. The auxiliary device includes: a group of supports supporting the main support surface, positioned on the side of the main support surface facing away from the body-supporting side, the supports each including a sub-support surface; an adjuster for each sub-support surface influencing the height of each sub-support surface. The device also includes a monitor for each sub-support surface monitoring the height of the respective sub-support surface; and a programmable control unit controlling the adjuster. The supports include an elastically bendable plate connected to the adjuster. The bending plate is connected to the sub-support surface to influence its height depending on the extent of bending imposed by the adjuster. The adjuster includes an electromotor on the concave side of the bending plate.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignees: HANS VOORWINDE BEHEER B.V., TINKE 7 MEI B.V.Inventors: Hans Voorwinde, Cornelis Willem Tinke
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Patent number: 12012020Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback and a child seat tether anchor supported by the seatback. The child seat tether anchor has a first member fixed to the seatback and a second member rotatably supported by the seatback. One of the first member and the second member defines a cavity with internal threads and the other of the first and second member is received in the cavity and has external threads engaged with the internal threads. A strap is on the second member. An energy absorber is in the cavity. The energy absorber is compressible relative to the first member and the second member.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Saeed D. Barbat
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Patent number: 12004637Abstract: A water bottle seat includes a water bottle cap including a cap body that is configured to attach to a water bottle body, and a seat platform that is attached to the water bottle body. The cap body has a central axis. The seat platform extends in a plane that is transverse to the central axis, and the seat platform extends radially from the central axis a greater distance than the water bottle cap.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventor: Jackson Langseth Perrault
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Patent number: 11998123Abstract: An infant care apparatus includes a base; a drive mechanism disposed on the base; a controller electronically coupled to the drive mechanism; and a support device coupled to the drive mechanism. The support device is configured to be moved in both a horizontal and vertical direction relative to the base by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism is controlled by the controller to move the support device in a plurality of motion profiles relative to the base.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Thorley Industries, LLCInventors: Frederick Karl Hopke, Henry F. Thorne, Mary J. Koes, Robert D. Daley
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Patent number: 11987152Abstract: A slide for a vehicle seat, comprising a female rail having at least one vertical side wall, a male rail also having at least one vertical side wall, mounted to slide relative to the female rail, the female rail surrounding the male rail with the vertical side wall of the female rail facing the vertical side wall of the male rail, a position sensor comprising a means for measuring the surrounding magnetic field fixed to the vertical side wall of the male rail by means of a spring member, and arranged between the substantially planar wall of the male rail and the substantially planar wall of the female rail and oriented towards the substantially planar wall of the female rail.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: May 21, 2024Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'AutomobileInventors: Guillaume Petot, Fabrice Petit, Wang Chen
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Patent number: 11981437Abstract: A ventilated adjustable headrest may include an adjustable metal insert, a nozzle fixedly attached to the adjustable metal insert. The nozzle may be in fluid communication with a perforated covering and one or more cushion elements. The nozzle may be telescopically coupled to one or more ventilation ducts. The one or more ventilation ducts may be configured to receive forced air from a ventilation system at an air inlet, and may be configured to deliver the forced air to the nozzle.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Boguslaw Strzalka, Dariusz Sapija
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Patent number: 11974678Abstract: A furniture restoration kit comprising a support board enclosed within a vinyl casing and received on opposite ends by a first and second rigid cuffs. An adjustable brace comprises a first and second brace arm each configured to connect to one of a first and second rigid cuff and a tensioning mechanism. A tensioning mechanism provides a connection between each opposite pair of brace arm and rigid cuff and is configured to exert an inward force reducing the distance between opposite rigid cuffs in order to flex the support board outwards.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Inventor: Pierre Heroux
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Patent number: 11975643Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion, a seat back pivotally moveable between an upright position and a reclined position, and at least one upper arm support selectively moveable between a stowed position and an extended position, the at least one upper arm support adapted to provide support for an upper arm of an occupant when the seat back of the vehicle seat is in the reclined position and the at least one upper arm support is in the extended position.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2022Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLCInventors: Nilesh D Mankame, Chin-hsu Lin, Paul W Alexander, Wonhee Michael Kim, Manuel Forero Rueda
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Patent number: 11970132Abstract: A pyrotechnic tightening device 1 of a safety belt unit having a force limiting unit, comprising—a gas generator, and—a piston 19, which is guided in a pipe and which closes a pressure chamber inside the pipe, wherein—a pressure can be applied to the pressure chamber by the gas generator, and—the piston can be driven by the pressure present in the pressure chamber to perform a tightening movement which can be transmitted by means of a force transmitting unit to the safety belt, wherein—the piston is formed in two parts consisting of a main body and a contact part arranged on the side of the main body facing the force transmitting unit, wherein—the contact part has a greater strength than the main body, wherein—the main body surrounds the contact part form fittingly at the end face facing the force transmitting device.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2019Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: AUTOLIV DEVELOPMENT ABInventor: Christian Fischer
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Patent number: 11963619Abstract: A lounge having a matrix mat and a plurality of modules capable of being inserted into the matrix mat. The lounge may include a frame configured as a rigid frame, a modular frame, and combinations thereof. The modular frame may further include a tri-cable suspension. The tri-cable suspension may be attached to a dilator retractor mechanism. The modules may be a mushroom cap module, a spider spring module, a web module, a lighting module, an electronics module, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Inventor: Donald J. Molenda
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Patent number: 11963621Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: James Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark Spoelhof
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Patent number: 11952128Abstract: An arm rest assembly and aircraft passenger seat including the same. The arm rest includes a friction mechanism for resisting abrupt rotational movements of the arm rest. A rotationally fixed frame member defining a rotational axis and receives a rotational member of the arm rest configured to rotate around the rotational axis. A groove formed in an outer circumferential surface of the rotational member seats a O-ring disposed between the groove and an inner circumferential surface of the frame member. Tolerance between the frame member and arm rest is such that the O-ring is held in the groove in a compressed state and frictionally engagement each of the rotational member and the frame member.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Samuel Ponjican, Ryan J. Suhre, Stephen A. Puglisi
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Patent number: 11951950Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly is provided that includes a seat that includes a base and a removable support member pivotably coupled to the base and movable between a closed position and an open position. The vehicle seating assembly further includes a seatback and an attachment assembly disposed between the removable support member and the base.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Eduardo Arturo Aguilar Ruelas, Jonathan Eli Contla Valenzuela, Amparo Sonia Sala Macias, Jessica Yobana Mayo Anzurez
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Patent number: 11952123Abstract: A table device for a vehicle cabin, in particular for a passenger cabin of an aircraft. The table device includes an active surface which is coated with at least one active material that is photoactive and antimicrobial. The table device furthermore includes an irradiation device, which is configured to irradiate the active surface with light. A passenger seat or a vehicle cabin may incorporate such a table device.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBHInventor: Carsten Kohlmeier-Beckmann
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Patent number: 11944200Abstract: A self cleaning chair assembly for suctioning up hair as it is cut from a client includes a base, in which a vacuum module is positioned, and a chair. The chair is rotatably engaged to and is selectively extensible from the base. A tube is engaged to the chair and extends along a rear edge of a seat of the chair. A plurality of openings is positioned in the tube. An intake pipe is engaged to and extends from the vacuum module. The intake pipe extends substantially circumferentially around a lower end of the base. A plurality of apertures extends through the base and into the intake pipe. A hose is engaged to and extends between the intake pipe and the tube. The vacuum module suctions hair trimmed from the client from a surface proximate to the base, through the apertures, and from the chair, through the openings.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Inventor: Kerry Reeves
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Patent number: 11945346Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat crash securing device (1) used for a vehicle seat of a motorized vehicle. The vehicle seat crash securing device (1) comprises a locking device for locking a height of a seat cushion frame. An actuator (3) is actuated in the case of a crash for tightening a belt rope (5). A blocking element in a blocking position holds a locking element of the locking device in an unlocked position. In a releasing position, the blocking element releases the locking element. The locking element is biased by a spring element into the locked position. The blocking element can be moved by a friction force generated by the actuator (3) from the blocking position into the releasing position. Preferably, the friction force is generated by a follower (8) (e.g. a friction wheel (9)), the follower (8) being pressed against the belt rope (5). The movement of the follower (8) is coupled to the movement of the blocking element.Type: GrantFiled: May 5, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: Faurecia Autositze GmbHInventors: Oliver Junk, Dimitri Unrau, Dominik Seitzer, Jörg Meyer
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Patent number: 11945353Abstract: There is shown and described, inter alia, a holder for supporting a headrest, which holder can be fixed in a retaining structure of a vehicle by insertion in a first mounting direction, wherein the holder is formed with a guide passage for receiving a retaining rod of the headrest, and wherein the holder has fixing means for fixing to a retaining structure of the vehicle.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: GRAMMAR AGInventors: Sebastian Schmitt, Stefan Bergler