Abstract: A free standing shelving system including a plurality of shelves and a plurality of spindles for supporting the shelves, some of the shelves being arranged in endwise adjacent relation whereby the shelving system has some abutting shelf ends and some free shelf ends. The shelves each have like corner openings in all four corners with one spindle at each corner opening at the free end of the shelves and one spindle at the contiguous corner openings in endwise abutting shelves. The spindles are disposed in endwise aligned relation with their axes at the virtual corners of the shelves and the spindles have end faces on their adjacent ends that overlap the shelves adjacent the corner openings.

Abstract: A head support particularly for use with motor vehicle seats is disclosed. The head support comprises a padded support member which is mounted on a pair of support bars, the later being fixedly secured to the back of the vehicle seat. The padded support comprises a body having a U-shaped cross-section which is adjustably swivellingly connected to the support bars by means of molded connecting bodies which, in turn, are vertically adjustable along the support bars. The connecting bodies and adjusting and swiveling mechanisms are located interiorly of the padded support to provide maximum safety for the vehicle occupants.

Abstract: An airline passenger seat is disclosed wherein a seat divider is provided with a lightweight, high strength filler which may be formed of hard foam plastic. The filler is secured to the seat divider on the free end of a row of airline passenger seats for providing a treadboard support and is capable of absorbing high stresses and transmitting them to the seat divider.

Abstract: A seat construction is comprised of a relatively rigid support, a first cushion supported at its bottom surface on the support and having a recessed portion formed in its bottom, a second cushion supported at its bottom surface on the support and contained within the recessed portion of the first cushion, the first cushion being made of a resilient material of a relatively high density and compression characteristic and the second cushion being made of a resilient material that is softer and has a lower compression characteristic than the first cushion and a cover enclosing the outer surface of the first cushion and secured to the support.

Abstract: A rotatable seat support assembly for supporting a vehicle seat or the like for swiveling movement in opposite directions. A seat pedestal means carries a support tube, around which is fixedly mounted a lower bearing ring. A seat support means having a central plate is mounted around the support tube and carries an upper bearing ring. A plurality of ball bearings is operatively mounted between the bearing rings. A stop plate is fixedly mounted over the upper bearing ring, and it is attached to a support plate that is fixedly mounted in the support tube. A stop member is fixedly carried on the central plate of the seat support means for limiting the rotative movement of the seat support means about the support tube. A releasable cam locking means is carried on the seat support means for releasable locking engagement with a slot formed in the stop plate.

Abstract: A back cushion assembly for a chair, including a back cushion portion on which is mounted a central, longitudinally disposed spine support cushion. A transversal lumbar support cushion is adjustably mounted on the back cushion portion in a position below the longitudinally disposed spine support cushion, for selective adjustment, up and down longitudinally of the back cushion portion, and toward and away from the back cushion portion.

Abstract: A bus chair pillow sleeping device for use by travelers in a vehicle, such as a bus, train or airplane, in order that a passenger may rest his head thereupon in a comfortable manner; the pillow device including a hood for fitting over the top of the chair backrest, the hood having straps secured thereto, which attach to a pillow holder containing a pillow, the pillow holder having strps for extending over the person's shoulder for support, and the pillow holder being enclosed within a washable pillow case.

Abstract: Chair frames are formed from identical tubular frame components having tubular studs projecting laterally therefrom in a mirror image arrangement and crimped to telescope into the ends of tubular stretcher members. The crimped portions of the studs provide two abutting walls increasing the anchoring capacity for stretcher carried screw fasteners which are threaded therein to lock the stretchers to the studs. The ends of the stretchers abut the frame to cover any weld beads joining the studs to the frames. All of the tubular components are electroplated.

Abstract: In an automobile seat assembly comprising a rail provided on a body floor, a bracket slidably mounted on the rail and carrying a seat, a pair of locking elements mounted on the bracket and resiliently biased into locking engagement with the rail, an adjusting lever mounted on the bracket for swinging movement about an axis, and a pair of outrigger elements mounted on said lever for swinging movement about a second axis. Actuation of the lever in one direction causes disengagement of one of the locking elements and one of the outrigger elements from the rail, the other outrigger element functioning as a fulcrum member for supporting the second axis against displacement whereby the first axis and therefore the bracket are displaced with respect to the rail.

Abstract: A stand for use by an artist to hold all his necessary painting equipment including palette, paints, brushes and the like; the stand including a pedestal having sideward spreading feet at its lower end, and the upper end of the pedestal having mounted thereupon, a horizontal flat board and a box-like tray adjacent one edge thereof.

Abstract: A contoured foam seat characterized by having a foamed seat and back member with grooved-out portions to give a raised area whereby the seat has contoured body fitting aspects.

Abstract: A chair adapted to be packaged, transported and sold in knocked-down (disassembled) fashion and constructed of extremely lightweight and inexpensive components while providing a chair of more than adequate structural strength for normal usage. A pair of uprights are formed from an extremely lightweight relatively soft plastic material such as foamed polystyrene (polyurethane foam) preferably having imbedded therein either cardboard discs or a flat cardboard sheet generally conforming to the outline of each upright for yielding added structural strength; the uprights each being provided with coaligned openings for receiving paper tubes to collectively define an assembled chair frame. The discs or the sheet define the base of each opening.

Abstract: Limb support apparatus for use on a wheel chair and which incorporates a positioning bracket slidably and rotatably movable from a fixed support position where it supports a foot or leg calf to an out of the way stowage position without requiring the movement of a leg being positioned on the wheel chair. Opposed flexible legs are rotatably and slidably movable over a base member to allow the positioning bracket to be easily maneuvered to a particular position and retained in such position by the biasing force of the flexible legs.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat assembly and a height adjuster for altering the displacement of the seat assembly from the vehicle. The vehicle seat includes a support assembly which connects the seat assembly to the vehicle. The support assembly includes a plurality of pivoting members which bear the seat assembly. The height adjuster includes a biasing member which operates the pivoting members to elevate the seat assembly. The height adjuster also includes structure for selectively locking the pivoting members against movement, whereby elevation of the seat assembly is arrested.

Abstract: A cap adapted for use with an elongated rail having a pair of opposed lateral surfaces includes a support member having laterally opposed walls which extend along the lateral surface of the rail. A resiliently compressible material is disposed over the support member and held in place by a cover. Opposed marginal portions of the cover are bent around respective troughs formed by the walls of the support member, and each marginal portion is retained within the associated trough by a spline. The walls of the support member bias the cover into frictional engagement with the lateral surfaces of the rail to retain the cap on the rail.

Abstract: A cantilevered seat for a transit vehicle having a seat shell and a back pan molded from polycarbonate structural foam plastic. The seat shell has contoured into its front surface two seat recess areas and two back recess areas. The seat shell is an integral member having a front panel with a laterally extending flange formed around its periphery. The rear surface of the seat shell has plurality of integrally molded horizontal, diagonal, and vertical structural rib members. Substantially in the center of the seat shell is a major vertical structural rib member and the matrix formed by said vertical, diagonal, and horizontal rib members is symmetrical about said major vertical rib member whereby the seat shell can be used either as a right hand mounted or a left hand mounted cantilevered seat. The back pan has integrally molded channels on its inwardly facing surface for receiving the vertical and horizontal rib members extending outwardly from the rear surface of the seat shell.

Abstract: Wall fixture including a rail having downwardly-directed slots formed on its outer surface and a shelf element having angular fins which fit into the slots for locking it to the rail.

Abstract: A unitary chair of relatively stiff corrugated paperboard formed from a single die-stamped and scored blank, characterized in that it constitutes a base including side panels provided with a pair of opposed slots which are adapted to receive and to lock in interengagement the free ends of both a pivotal seat panel and a pivotal back rest panel. The slots are formed at the junctures of the seat supporting edges of the side panels with the back rest supporting edges of the side panels.

Abstract: A vehicle seat having a seat portion for sitting upon and a back portion for resting against. Formed in the seat portion adjacent the juncture of the back and seat portions is a transverse drainage member. A horizontally disposed cross-ventilation member is formed in the back portion adjacent the juncture of the back and seat portions.

Abstract: Optimal body weight distribution and excellent sacro-lumbar support is provided by a chair which changes configuration automatically to support the body in any sitting posture. The chair seat is mounted on a pair of laterally spaced-apart, elongated, substantially parallel seat supports disposed lengthwise of the chair, and the seat has sleeves that are received telescopically on the seat supports for sliding movement such that the seat slides forward and backward, relative to the chair back. The back tilts independently of the seat to conform to the sitting posture of a person sitting in the chair.