Patents Examined by Laurie K. Cranmer
  • Patent number: 7425040
    Abstract: An outdoor vehicle seat is formed by placing a cushioning material on a bottom plate, and covering them with a surface skin, and fixing a surface skin end portion onto the bottom plate. Further, a highly water absorbing, highly moisture absorbing, and highly expanding member is arranged between the surface skin end portion and the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuichi Honma
  • Patent number: 7419211
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, especially an aircraft passenger seat, has seat components such as the seat part, backrest and at least one console (10) which laterally borders the seat part, which forms an armrest, and which has a holder (12). In the holder (12), at least one display screen (14, 16) can be lowered in to its rest position. The screen can be moved by an adjustment part (18) out of the rest position into the position of use and vice versa. In the position of use for a seat occupant, data displayed on the display screen can be viewed. The functional possibilities are expanded to the extent that the console holder is used to store the display screen, by which a seat occupant can access information, whether in the form of a television program or movie, or in the form of computer displays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Recaro Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Stefan Schikora
  • Patent number: 7419217
    Abstract: A reclining device of two-point hinged type including a reclining plate element having one end connected via first lock mechanism with lower hinge point about which the reclining plate element is inclined and another end connected via second lock mechanism with upper hinge point about which a seat back is foldable forwardly. A forward inclination limit point is defined to limit forward rotation of the reclining plate element. Bifurcated flexible wire cable is arranged between unlocking plate and the first and second lock mechanisms, such that operation of the unlocking plate causes synchronized unlocking operation of both first and second lock mechanisms, whereupon the reclining plate element is automatically rotated to the forward inclination limit point, thereby allowing the seat back to be foldable relative to the upper hinge point in the thus-inclined reclining plate element down to a non-use position, with the backward side thereof extending along a substantially horizontal line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co. Ltd.
    Inventor: Takanori Ishizuka
  • Patent number: 7419218
    Abstract: A seat assembly is provided for supporting an occupant above a floor in an automotive vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat back operatively coupled to a seat cushion for movement between a generally upright seating position and a forwardly folded flat position with the seat back overlying the seat cushion. The seat assembly also includes a fold flat mechanism. The fold flat mechanism includes a guide track extending between a forward end and a rearward end. A control link has a first end pivotally and glidingly coupled to the guide track for sliding movement between the forward and rearward ends while pivoting thereabout and a second end pivotally coupled to the seat back for pivotal movement thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2008
    Assignee: Intier Automotive Inc.
    Inventors: Carl J. Holdampf, Robert I. Homier, Gregory L. Eilers
  • Patent number: 7413254
    Abstract: A portable, easily assembled and disassembled three-legged stool or stool kit includes a seat with a quick-release leg-fastening assembly, three legs having keyhole slots to engage with the quick-release leg-fastening assembly, and a substantially planar leg bracket oriented below and parallel with the seat that has three symmetrically-oriented elongated slots to receive and orient the legs. At least one of the legs has multiple, spaced-apart sets of opposing grooves for supporting a removable, cantilevered platform such as a footrest or a drink holder. When assembled, the legs are oriented in a structurally strong and rigid fashion to support the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Inventor: Noel W. Petre, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7413253
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a head rest for a vehicle seat in a motor vehicle. The head rest consists of an attachment (8) arranged on top of the back rest of the vehicle seat, a protective cushion (4) and one or several supporting arms (5, 13) which protrude from the attachment and support the protective cushion (4). The supporting arms are at their one end (7) pivotably attached to the attachment about a lower pivoting shaft (9), and the attachment exhibits a locking mechanism which in its use position for the head rest holds the locking arms pivotable locked about the first pivot shaft relative to the attachment. A release mechanism can, when activated, release the locking mechanism for pivoting of the supporting arms together with the protective cushion about the pivot shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Kongsberg Automotive AB
    Inventor: Rune Karlberg
  • Patent number: 7410215
    Abstract: An articulating massaging chair is provided that includes a support frame; a seat pivotally connected to the support frame by a seat pivot; and a backrest pivotally connected to the support frame by a backrest pivot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: Human Touch, LLC.
    Inventor: Hans Dehli
  • Patent number: 7407232
    Abstract: A seat for a child 1 includes a seat portion 10 on which a child can sit, and a pair of armrests 30 disposed on right and left sides of the seat portion 10, each armrest 30 having a relatively larger thickness. Each of the armrest 30 has a body member 32 and an upper half member 33. The upper half member 33 is attached to the body member 32 through hinge mechanisms 35 and 36, such that the upper half member 33 can be pivoted outward. The pivotable upper half member 31 can be moved outward relative to the hinge mechanisms 35 and 36. An upper surface 31a of the pivoted upper half member 31 of the armrest 30 and an upper surface 32a of the body member 32 of the armrest 30 are flush with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Combi Corporation
    Inventors: Yukio Sakamoto, Akira Okahashi
  • Patent number: 7404601
    Abstract: This invention relates to a light-weight foldable chair for leisure with seat and backrest loop capable to be folded once, which can be used in households, outdoors, in a courtyard, in a park and at the beach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2008
    Inventor: Libin Chen
  • Patent number: 7401854
    Abstract: A stackable folding chair has a seat and a back pivotably attached to the rear edge of the seat. Front legs are pivotably attached at right and left edges of the seat. Rear legs are pivotably attached to the bottom of the seat. Armrests are pivotably attached to the seat back and adjustably attached to the front legs. The rear legs are pivotable relative from an extended position a folded position in which the rear legs are substantially parallel to and beneath the seat. Adjustable attachment of the armrests to the front legs allows the angle of the seat back to be adjusted as well as enabling the front legs and seat back to fold substantially parallel to the seat. The stackable folding chair preferably injected molded from plastic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2008
    Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.
    Inventor: William E. Adams
  • Patent number: 7396083
    Abstract: A body support system for providing support to a user is provided. In certain embodiments, a body support system comprises a single leg having a first end and a second end; a seat attached to the first end of the single leg; a base attached to the second end of the single leg, the base having a curved surface capable of securely engaging a ground surface at a range of angles; and a strap having a first end and a second end wherein the first end of the strap is attached to the single-legged body support system and wherein the second end of the strap is capable of attaching to a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Inventor: Curtis E. Kasner
  • Patent number: 7396073
    Abstract: A moon chair is configured to collapse in a single movement in which a seat frame is folded while the legs approximate each other. Contemplated moon chairs particularly include those that can be collapsed without separating the seat portion form the leg portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Tofasco of America, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward Zheng
  • Patent number: 7393058
    Abstract: An armrest height-adjusting device has a collar (10) fixed to an arm frame (8) and a spring (11). The spring (11) includes a coil portion (11A), provided around the collar (10), a first leg portion (11B) engaging with the seat back frame (5), and a second leg portion (11C) received in a window portion (41) of the arm frame (8). A diameter of the coil portion (11A) becomes short by the downward rotation of the arm frame (8) and becomes large by the upward rotation of the arm frame (8). The second leg portion (11C) is guided into the hook (24) by abutting against the window portion (41) when the arm frame (10) is rotated upward beyond a predetermined position. When the second leg portion (11C) is engaged with the hook (24), the diameter of the coil portion (11A) is kept in a state of becoming large.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2008
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Misao Omori
  • Patent number: 7384100
    Abstract: A flexible chair that includes a seat member with seat bottom and back rest portions, first and second pairs of legs, and a plurality of cross members. The pair of first legs are pivotly connected to rearward positions of the seat bottom portion and extend downwardly and forwardly from the seat bottom portion. The pair of second legs are pivotly connected to forward positions of the seat bottom portion and extend downwardly and rearwardly from the seat bottom portion, such that the first legs cross the second legs. The plurality of cross members connect the first and second legs together such that the seat member is rearwardly reclinable against a resilient force provided by at least one of the first pair of legs, the second pair of legs and the plurality of cross members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Inventors: Charles O. Perry, Marco C. Perry
  • Patent number: 7374246
    Abstract: The present invention is a cushion. The cushion has a seat cushion and a back cushion that are attached with an attachment element. The cushion is intended to provide comfort to a patron using a stadium seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: Integrated Stadium Seating
    Inventor: Troy Jones
  • Patent number: 7370915
    Abstract: The sheath for receiving a head-rest branch includes at least one wedge disposed in a window formed in a wall of the sheath and adapted to be disposed between the bushing and the branch, said wedge having a thickness greater than that of said wall so that, when the sheath is housed in the bushing and the branch is received in the sheath, the wedge is compressed between the bushing and the branch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: I.T.W. Defrance
    Inventor: Emile Droche
  • Patent number: 7367620
    Abstract: A bicycle seat and a method of attaching same to a bicycle frame are provided wherein the seat includes an elongated, rounded triangular-shaped element having an upper face adapted for receiving a rider. The seat's underside has at least a portion that comprises a depression, and is surrounded by a lower edge. Depending from the underside adjacent a front and rear thereof are elements for affixing front and rear ends of seat rails thereto. The seat rails are recessed into the seat's underside depression, and do not protrude beneath the seat's lower edge. The seat is attached to the bicycle frame using a single-bolt post, by snapping the rails into the post's apertures, adjusting the seat along a longitudinal axis until a desired position is achieved, and tightening the post's bolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2008
    Assignee: American Mentality, Inc.
    Inventor: Ronnie J. Bonner
  • Patent number: 7360831
    Abstract: A motorcycle seat in the form of a tandem seat is assembled from a seat cushion (12), which is produced as a plastic foam molded part, a pad layer (14) of a open pore polyether foam material provided upon the seat surface of the seat cushion (12), a ventilation layer (16) of a spacer fabric provided upon the pad layer (14) and a seat cover (18), which is a breathable and water tight membrane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Inventors: Herbert Schwarz, Jochen Schanz, Karl Heinz Dorn, Monika Dorn
  • Patent number: 7360839
    Abstract: An angle-adjusting apparatus for an office chair includes: a supporting body with an bottom end attached to one side of a seat body of the office chair, a receiving cavity being defined by the front side of the upper portion of the supporting body, a plurality of notches being continuously formed in the front wall of the supporting body; a hollow socket mounted on the supporting body and liftable thereon; a locking shank having a pivot pin disposed at the top thereof and a protrusion at the bottom thereof for fitting into one of the notches, a spring being interposed between the front side of the locking shank and the wall of the hollow socket for providing the locking shank with an elastic pushing force in direction of the notches, a holding portion passing through the through hole of the hollow socket being extended forward from the pivot pin of the locking shank; and an armrest body transversely disposed at the top of the hollow socket and movably connected to the hollow socket so as to perform the ascendi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Inventor: Yung-Hua Chen
  • Patent number: 7357456
    Abstract: An arm rest assembly for a motorcycle passenger seat includes a vertically adjustable mount secured to the typical backrest behind the passenger seat. A U-shaped tubular member includes a medial portion rotatably secured in the mount, and arm rest cushions secured to opposed side arm portions. The U-shaped member is rotatable through an arc of approximately 180° about the axis of the medial portion, the range being limited by stop members joined to the medial portion. The side arm portions extend rearwardly to support baggage, or rotated to an upwardly extending disposition in which the passenger may mount or dismount the passenger seat, to a forwardly extending disposition in which the side arm portions extend to support the arms of the passenger and to provide side support for the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2008
    Inventors: William Freer, Mary Martin