Abstract: A motorcycle backrest system for providing a removable backrest for a motorcycle. The motorcycle backrest system includes a backrest, a pair of front legs extending downwardly from the backrest, a pair of receiver members attachable to a motorcycle for receiving the lower ends of the front legs and a pair of rear legs extending from the front legs at an angle. Each of the rear legs includes an engaging end formed to catchably receive a corresponding pair of spacer members attached to the motorcycle.

Abstract: A high-rigidity recliner according to the present invention comprises an upper actuating member attached to a seat base, and a lower actuating member attached to a seat back and is characterized by the upper actuating member supporting a pair of symmetrical lock gears fixedly interposed between a cam and a lower actuating member. Outer gear parts of the lock gears engage inner gear parts of the lower actuating member, whereby any clearances between the outer gear parts and inner gear parts are eliminated and any irreular engagement of the outer and inner gear parts is prevented. The lock gears lock or release the lower actuating member by rotation of the actuating cam. The simple structure of the present invention reduces the number of parts, the time for assembly, and the cost of manufacturing. Additionally, forming the outer and inner gears by blanking improves strength and durability of the recliner.

Abstract: A drawer organizer for partitioning the interior space of a drawer having at least two opposed walls includes a male member, a female member, and a biasing member. The male member has a base including at least one substantially flat end wall and a body extending from the base. The female member has a base including at least one substantially flat end wall and a body extending from the base and defining a housing having an open end. The biasing member is supported within the housing. The male member is received through the open end and operatively retained relative to the housing. The biasing member generates a biasing force acting between the male and female members to bias the male and female members in opposite directions relative to one another such that the end walls are braced against two opposed side walls of the drawer.

Abstract: A healthful cushion comprises an outer shield member, a plastic pad, a first cushion member and a second cushion member. The outer shield member provides six cloth strips, which is sewed to form a shape of cross with a central section and four outward extending sections. The central section has a plurality of openings and each of the cloth strips having a secure part at both ends thereof for being adhered to each other. The plastic pad is attached with a Velcro part and provides magnetic pieces on the Velcro part. The first cushion member is a quadrilateral bag corresponding to the central section of the outer shield member with crystals being stuffed inside. The second cushion member provides the same configuration as the first cushion member with soft stuff inside. The first cushion member, the second cushion member and the plastic pad are wrapped with the outward extending sections of the outer shield member.

Abstract: A suspension seat assembly for an office chair is provided which has a support frame and a suspension fabric connected about its periphery to the frame. The fabric is first laid across the frame and then the peripheral edges of the suspension fabric are secured in place on the frame by over-molded trim. The suspension fabric may also be formed as a multi-layer composite comprising an aesthetic upper layer, a stretchable suspension layer and an optional cushion layer therebetween. The suspension layer is a fabric-type material which is preferably air permeable and resilient to support the weight of a chair occupant.

Abstract: A vehicle seat (1) as a head-rest (5) which is mounted for movement about a horizontal axis defined by a bar (7) depending arms (12) extend downwardly into the back of the seat and carry a pressure plate (13) at a position behind the torso of the occupant of the seat so that pressure applied to the pressure plate (13) will cause the head-rest (5) to move forwardly. The pressure plate (13) is pivotally connected (14, 15, 16, 17) to the arms (12) to enable the arrangement to pivot to the maximum extent in a situation where the rear part of the seat is rigid, for example if the seat is a rear seat in a motor vehicle.

Abstract: A reconfigurable chair arranged for ease of operation by an elderly or disabled person, to change configuration to assist a person in sitting and standing, to limit the risk of a person becoming trapped in the operating mechanisms thereof and/or comprising means for sensing an abnormal load condition.

Abstract: The folding chair with a movable shade includes a back support frame and a flexible back support, a seat support frame and a flexible seat and a cross frame member pivotally mounted between the back frame and the seat support frame to provide an angular seating position for the user. A shade member includes a shade frame and a shade element. The shade member is pivotally mounted to a top portion of the back support frame. A control member coupled either to the shade frame or the back support frame establishes the angular shade position of the shade with respect to the back support and the seat support.

Abstract: A vehicle seat with a backrest (16) that has a backrest cushion (18) and a rear backrest cover (20), and an air-handling device that is associated with the backrest (16) and is connected to an air distribution device (30, 32) in the seat. The rear backrest cover (20) is at least partially air permeable, and covers at least one passage (27) of the air-handling device (23). The air exchanged between the environment and the air-handling device (23) passes for the most part through the air-permeable regions of the backrest cover (20).

Abstract: The motorcycle seat saddle is a motorcycle passenger seat extension device designed to widen the seat to increase the passenger's comfort and sense of security while riding and ultimately enable longer rides. The seat saddle has two covered, cylindrical pads attached to the ends of a sturdy but flexible, rectangular panel member. In use, the panel rests on top of the motorcycle passenger seat with the cylindrical pads on either side, comfortably expanding the total surface area of the top of the seat. When the passenger mounts the seat saddle, the passenger's weight presses the cylindrical pads both downward and inward, securing the saddle to the seat. When not in use, the seat saddle can be easily removed and the two cylindrical pads rolled inwards together beneath the flexible rectangular member to render the seat saddle more compact for storage purposes.

Abstract: A brace arm for connection to a crossarm of a utility pole. The brace arm includes an elongated wooden strut having a pole bracket at one end and a crossarm bracket at the other end thereof. Each of the brackets are injection molded of plastic or other polymeric material to the end of the strut. The injection molding of the brackets to the ends of the strut causes the brackets to be firmly fixed to the strut. Each end of the strut includes a passage therethrough for receipt of mold material during the injection molding process, and each bracket includes a finger of material which extends into the passage in each end of the strut.

Abstract: An adjustable backrest has a series of adjustable straps extending across a front opening cavity of a backrest support. The straps are held in a locked, fitted position by a series of buckles at one side of the backrest which engage and lock the straps. Each strap is acted on by a bias arrangement and urges the straps to a drawn position across the front open cavity. This drawn position is an initial setup position that allows fitting of the backrest for a particular user.

Abstract: An improved chair for supporting intersecting wires forming a wire mesh at a pre-selected elevated position above a bearing surface during formation of a concrete slab is constructed having a base member shaped to rest on the bearing surface, a compressible support structure having a lower section affixed to the base member, a middle section and an upper section affixed to a setting shaped to support the wire mess at the elevated position. The chair is constructed having an improved compressible, generally bell-shape support structure having two pairs of opposing arched-shaped openings in the middle section forming two intersecting arches, each arch having a pair of opposing flexible legs that bow outward when a pre-determined load is applied to the upper section. The support structure further having a strengthening plate affixed on an interior surface of the upper section of the support structure formed by the intersecting arches.

Abstract: A seating unit includes a seat, a back, a base, and a motion control having a plurality of flexible supports for operably supporting the seat and back on the base. The flexible supports are movable in a generally fore-to-aft direction but stiff in a generally vertical direction, and further the flexible supports have end sections projecting generally outward from said base for operably engaging the seat and/or back, so that when the flexible supports flex in the fore-to-aft direction, they provide for directed movement of the seat and/or the back. In one form, the flexible supports form leaf-spring-like beams with resiliently bendable ends that flex in a slightly angled fore-aft direction to provide a predetermined synchronized path of movement of the seat and back.

Abstract: A height-adjustable armrest for a chair includes a body, a coupling seat, and an adjusting device mounted to the coupling seat. The body includes an arm support section for supporting an arm of a user. The body further includes a tubular section having a vertical slot with a plurality of vertically spaced positioning grooves. The coupling seat includes a longitudinal hole so as to be mounted around the tubular section of the body. The adjusting device includes a push button and a positioning member having a positioning section that is releasably and selectively engaged in one of the positioning grooves. The positioning section of the positioning member is disengaged from the positioning grooves when the push button is pushed, allowing adjustment of a height of the body.

Abstract: An office chair armrest includes a support rod, a base, a locating seat, a mounting seat and an upper cover, wherein the base has a chamber having at least one guide rail each provided with engagement grooves; the locating seat has a recess having engagement grooves and at least one engagement block for engaging in on of the engagement grooves of the base by means of resilience of a spring; the mounting seat has at least one engagement block for engaging in one of the engagement grooves of the locating seat by means of resilience of a spring, thereby enabling the office chair armrest to be adjusted to move forward, backward, leftward or rightward by a user himself according to his own need to be in a proper position or at a proper angle that is comfortable for his arm to be rested on.

Abstract: A sliding guide rail assembly (20, 20a, 20b) is provided for slidably mounting a drawer or equipment (10) within a cabinet or chassis. The rail (33a) is formed from a sheet metal into a T-shaped section onto which a sliding means (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) fits and slides smoothly thereon. Guides (50, 120, 150, 160) also formed from a sheet metal into C-sections fitting over the sliding means (40, 40a, 40b, 40c) and operable to slide smoothly therewith. This enables the drawer/equipment mounted on the slide (20, 20a, 20b) to be drawn in and out with little effort or wear and tear.

Abstract: A mounting device for an infant's safety chair has at least two holding frames and a bracket. Each holding frame has an attaching base secured under the infant's safety chair and a U-shaped tube slidably and rotatably mounted on the attaching base. The U-shaped tube is composed of multiple sections adjustably connected with each other. The bracket is a U-shaped strip secured under the infant's safety chair to hold the U-shaped tube when the holding frame is pressed down parallel with a bottom face of the infant's safety chair. By adjusting the sections, the U-shaped tube can be clamped to an original adult's seat even in different vehicles to provide an excellent positioning efficiency to the infant's safety chair.

Abstract: A live recovery storage structure for holding bulk material includes a housing having a side boundary wall with an inverted substantially U-shaped or V-shaped transverse cross section that extends between a first end wall and an opposing second end wall. The housing bounds a chamber adapted to receive bulk such that the bulk material rests against the side boundary wall. An elongated tunnel wall extends within or below the housing, the tunnel wall bounding a tunnel. At least one opening is formed on the housing so as to provide fluid communication with the chamber. A dispenser assembly is mounted on the tunnel wall so as to proved controlled fluid communication between the chamber and the tunnel.

Abstract: Elderly and handicapped persons may have difficulty exiting some chairs. Raising the chair off the floor a few inches may make it easier for such a person to remove themselves from the chair. A chair elevating device is disclosed, having a raised surface on which to set a chair's legs and removable pegs. The removable pegs can be removed to accommodate the chair's legs and transverse cross members while helping to secure the chair to the chair raising device.