Patents Examined by Francis K. Zugel
  • Patent number: 4822099
    Abstract: To turn a seat to a reverse position within a narrow space, a rotary seat is composed of a turntable, a thigh support frame, a hip support cushion disposed on the turntable, and a thigh support cushion disposed on the thigh support frame. Simultaneously when the thigh support frame is pivoted upwardly from an original position together with the thigh support cushion, a latch mechanism is released via a latch releasing mechanism, and the turntable and the thigh support frame become rotatable with the thigh support cushion remaining pivoted upwardly. The turntable is then latched into a reversed position when the thigh support frame is pivoted back down to the original position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1988
    Date of Patent: April 18, 1989
    Assignee: Fujikiko Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshitaka Negi, Hiroshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 4819987
    Abstract: An extendable footrest or legrest for a passenger seat or the like including a pressure relief system which permits retraction of the footrest upon the application of a predetermined load. The footrest is supported by a hydraulic actuator that is supported by springs that are compressed by the predetermined load to activate the actuator and allow retraction of the footrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 11, 1989
    Assignee: Weber Aircraft
    Inventor: Calvin R. Stringer
  • Patent number: 4818016
    Abstract: A hook-on type baby chair intended for use with a tabletop is comprised of a chair, frame assembly and latch means. The frame assembly itself is comprised of (1) a pair of anchor members secured to the baby chair and dimensioned to overlie the tabletop, (2) a pair of vertical arm members extending from the anchor members to a seat portion of the chair and (3) a pair of grip members with gripper feet on one extremity to contact the underside of the tabletop and pivotably attached to the vertical arm members for movement. A latch means is associated with the anchor members and grip members to secure the baby chair to any thickness tabletop, yet allow ready disengagement therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1989
    Assignee: James F. Mariol
    Inventors: John V. Mariol, David W. Rice
  • Patent number: 4815391
    Abstract: A computer desk comprising a pair of U-shaped frames of which one is longer than and pivoted to the other, two pairs of wheels disposed on the ends of the limbs of each U-shaped frame, two boards engagably disposed on the top of the inverted U-shaped frames and height adjusting device. The height adjusting device comprises three length adjustable rods connecting between the frames and between the boards and the frames. Adjusting the length of the adjusting rods changes the height of the boards and the angles of the boards with respect to the plane of the horizon so that the height of the desk is adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Ton Li Enterprises Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yu Lee
  • Patent number: 4815175
    Abstract: A strap fastener for releasably connecting a belt to the body of a bag comprises a base plate adapted to be mounted on the body of the bag, and a cover plate pivotably connected to the base plate and releasably lockable on the base plate. The cover plate has at least one slot for the passage therethrough of the belt and receptive of a presser projection of the base plate. When the cover plate is locked on the base plate, the presser projection is received in the slot and urges the belt against a portion of the cover plate defining the slot to retain the belt on the strap fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo K. K.
    Inventor: Kazumi Kasai
  • Patent number: 4815789
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to assemblies and sub-assemblies for incorporation into a chair, to a chair kit that comprises these assemblies and sub-assemblies, and to the chair itself. It includes substantially rectangular seat and back cushion sub-assemblies for incorporation into a chair. The seat and back cushion sub-assemblies may be readily removed from and replaced onto the chair itself, thereby facilitating the replacement of a rigidifying inner foam pad. The invention also includes a novel means of securing cushions to the chairs. This means comprises a rigid, substantially rectangular seat frame member having laterally opposed slots along its inner portion. At least one fixedly secured and at least one movably secured screw-receiving leg is attached to this seat frame member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1989
    Assignee: Marcus Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Fred Marcus
  • Patent number: 4813740
    Abstract: An automotive seat back cover includes an improved closure member that permits fastening the cover to the seat back upon the imposition of a force urging two plastic snap members together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Ronald R. Yon, Donald H. Munroe
  • Patent number: 4813739
    Abstract: A portable sun visor is attachable to an infant car seat. The visor includes metal rods positionable in the car seat adjustable tilt assembly and further includes straps for facilitating a precise positioning of the visor over an infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Inventor: Laurie E. Miller
  • Patent number: 4813741
    Abstract: A car seat having a forward and rearward sliding mechanism for sliding a seat cushion in a horizontal direction, a reclining mechanism for inclining a seat back in a forward or rearward direction and a walk-in mechanism comprising means to associate the forward and rearward sliding mechanism with the reclining mechanism so that when the reclining mechanism inclines the seat back in the forward direction, the seat cushion is urged to move in a forward direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fumio Miyauchi
  • Patent number: 4813751
    Abstract: A vehicle utility console has a rectangular frame defining two separate compartment cavities of relatively different depth. An upstanding flange at the rear end of the frame is adapted to engage a seat back and is secured thereto by a seat belt drawn against the flange. One compartment is relatively shallow and is adapted to ride on the seat. The other compartment of greater depth is contiguous thereto and is located so as to downwardly depend forward of the seat. The entire utility console is of an integral molded composition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Inventor: Melvin C. Fenn
  • Patent number: 4813744
    Abstract: A disposable collapsible chair is formed by joining opposing ends of a sheet of material to form a continuous loop, forming four panels, each of which is a side of the chair. Several portions of the bottom part of the panels fold inside of the continuous loop to define legs of the chair. A front panel folds onto the top of the legs to form a seat. Side panels form the arm rests, and a back panel forms a back rest. Additional portions may be added to each of the four panels to form strengthening portions which fold at intermediate lines to strengthen portions of the arm rests, the seat, or the back rest. The various panels and fold lines may be preformed and cut from a substantially rectangular sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1989
    Inventors: Phillip M. Scalisi, Joseph F. Scalisi
  • Patent number: 4810035
    Abstract: A driver holder seat comprising a seat cushion, a seat back and side support members each pivoted on one side of that portion of the seat where the seat cushion and back are crossed each other, and provided with protection portions swelled from the sides of the seat cushion and back to hold the driver's upper and lower halves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Fujio Takahashi
  • Patent number: 4810037
    Abstract: An automotive seat provided with a plurality of seat belts, in which a seat belt storage holder is embedded in the lower end portion of a seat back, with the opened portion of the storage holder being exposed at the frontal surface of the seat back. In such storage holder, the seat belts are neatly stored in a removable manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Genjiro Takagi
  • Patent number: 4809406
    Abstract: An eyeglass fastening device for safely securing eyeglasses to the clothes or other article of the wearer when the eyeglasses are not being used, thereby facilitating the carrying of the eyeglasses in a ready and safe manner, so as to prevent the eyeglasses from dropping or being lost in the even of jumping, running and exercising, wherein a clip-like member is attached to one end of a fastening belt for ready attachment to the clothes of the wearer, and a buckle unit is disposed at the opposite end of the fastening belt so that the eyeglasses can be engaged or disengaged from the fastening belt with ease.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1987
    Date of Patent: March 7, 1989
    Inventor: Sen-Yao Tsai
  • Patent number: 4807936
    Abstract: A cushion for support ribs of tubular furniture comprising a flexible cushioning construction formed in an elongated shape and with a continuous saw tooth seat on one side running from end to end lengthwise and extending inwardly towards a central cavity that similarly extends lengthwise from end to end. The central cavity is of a suitable diameter to envelope and snugly engage the support ribs, with the overall dimensions of the cushion being compatible with installation on support ribs of tubular furniture insofar as clearance between said ribbing and adjacent webbing, and as to overall length. The outer configuration of the cushion may be provided with a cosmetic appearance of an animal such as an alligator or other whimsical likeness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Inventor: Douglas Behrendt
  • Patent number: 4807933
    Abstract: An improved aftermarket headrest which is maintained in an operative position without the aid of screws, bolts, clips and/or mounting brackets and without any modification of a vehicle seat or body. The headrest includes a unitary resilient body having an upper head supporting part, a lower placement maintaining part, a substantially horizontal and planar face separating the upper and lower parts, and a substantially vertical and planar back surface. The headrest is placed and maintained in an operative position by squeezing the lower part of the headrest between an upper portion of a seat-back and an adjacent portion of a vehicle body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Inventor: Daniel R. Alexander
  • Patent number: 4804228
    Abstract: A chair for rendering service to customer includes a base member affixed to a stationary support such as a floor, a seat structure and an adjustment device interposed between the base member and the seat structure for adjusting the vertical distance between the seat structure and the base member. The base member is disposed beside the seat structure seen in a horizontal direction. By operating the adjustment device which includes articulated arms and a pushing member, the seat structure is moved in a vertical direction as the adjustment members of the adjustment device are pivoting about their points of fixation. The articulated arms and the pushing member are preferably arranged to be pivoted in a horizontal plane about a vertical axis in the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Inventor: Osmo Norvasto
  • Patent number: 4804221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motorcycle seat including a single seat or a double seat provided with a side support portion in each of both right and left sides which is adjustably constructed the distance between an operator's or a passenger's waist sides and the side support portions. It can easily adjust the supporting pressure to their waist sides and therefore, such an arrangement can realize any suitable space adjustment to accommodate the difference from the operator's or the passenger's size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Terunari Saiki
  • Patent number: 4800678
    Abstract: A tilt-lock device 3 for rotary tilt-wing windows and doors or the like consists of a tilt-lock plate 4 with lock-webs 14, 15 sitting upon the upright frame bar in the lower frame corner at the lock side and of a locking element 11 associated with the upright wing bar at the lock side sitting at the lower end of a swivel lashing 5. The swivel lashing 5 passes with its bearing pivot 10 through an elongated slot 17 in a U-rail 6 which serves for guidance of the connecting rod 7 . The swivel lashing 5 is releasable for a limited swivel motion at least in the tilt-open switch position and when a locking element 11 engages in a tilt-lock pocket 12 of the tilt-lock plate 4. A flexible bar spring 19 sits with two laterally spaced legs 19b, 19c interconected through a web 19a on the one hand in a mounting support 6, 17 and is clamped on the other hand with its two legs 19b and 19c at the swivel lashing 5 at a distance from the axis of its bearing pivot 10.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 31, 1989
    Assignee: Siegenia-Frank KG
    Inventor: Horst Loos
  • Patent number: 4799733
    Abstract: The seat structure comprises a cushion (1) and a backrest (2) interconnected by a pin in two sections, one of these sections (4) being connected to the cushion and including a semi-bearing (8). The other section (6) is connected to the backrest and to a link (10) pivotally mounted at (12) on a support side wall (14). The pivot pin (12) is located in front of the connecting pin sections (4, 6) so that the backrest which pivots about this pin is swung over toward the front of the seat structure and completely clears the rear of the seat structure, for example for the passage of a rear passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1989
    Assignee: Cycles Peugeot
    Inventors: Serce Beley, Francois Fourrey