Patents Examined by Milton Nelson, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11352085
    Abstract: A child bike seat includes a seat body having a seat shell for accommodating a child therein and a support structure for supporting the seat shell. The support structure includes two parts, with an edge portion of the seat shell disposed between the two parts of the support structure for holding the seat shell on the support structure. A method of assembling a child bike seat includes providing a frame part, arranging a seat shell for accommodating a child therein on the frame part, mounting a cover part to the frame part such that an edge portion of the seat shell is disposed between the frame part and the cover part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Markus Nordangärd, Gustav Mauritzson, Germund Larsson, Albert Nieuwenhuis, Reinoud De Jong
  • Patent number: 11350735
    Abstract: An integrated collapsible table and stool, comprising two table plates (10), two bench boards (20) and a hinging frame (30), wherein the table plates (10) are rotatably hinged to the hinging frame (30), the hinging frame (30) is movably connected to the table plates (10) and the bench boards (20) on the same side of the hinging frame (30) by a pair of supporting frames (40); the supporting frames (40) are symmetrically arranged at the front and rear ends of a fixing panel (36); the supporting frames (40) comprise vertical shafts (42), table plate supporting rods (44) connected to the upper end portions of the vertical shafts (42) and bench board supporting rods (46) connected to the lower end portions of the vertical shafts (42); the vertical shafts (42) are rotatably connected to the hinging frame (30); the bottoms of the bench board supporting rods (46) are used for support on the ground, and the tops of the bench board supporting rods (46) are connected to a cross bar (48); the cross bar (48) is rotatably
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 11350753
    Abstract: A furniture item comprises various components for assembly thereof. The furniture items include a substantially flat seat portion, a substantially flat back portion, connectors for securing the flat seat portion to the flat back portion, and a plurality of legs for attachment to the seat portion. Cushions are provided and may be configured to form barriers for use adjacent the seat portion and the back portion when packed in a container. Additionally, compressed and sealed cushions may also be provided to form barriers for use adjacent the seat portion and back portion when packed in a container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: NOBLE HOUSE HOME FURNISHINGS, LLC
    Inventor: Siew Kin Tham
  • Patent number: 11344137
    Abstract: An infant seat is convertible between at least a rocking configuration and a chair configuration. The infant seat includes a seat for supporting an infant and a base supporting the seat. The base includes a rocker member with first and second portions pivotally coupled to one another by a hinge, where each of the first and second portions include a curved rocking surface. The second portion is pivotable about the hinge between first and second positions relative to the first portion. In the first position, the curved rocking surface of the second portion is adjacent to the curved rocking surface of the first portion to support the base on a floor and permit rocking of the base on the floor. In the second position, the second portion extends between the seat and the floor to support the seat and inhibit rocking of the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: ADEN & ANAIS, INC.
    Inventors: Alexis Jaffre, Grace Galapo, Sharon Gillett
  • Patent number: 11338712
    Abstract: A vehicle seat which can restrain displacement of a duct from a pad is provided. The vehicle seat includes a blower, the pad (P) including an air passage formed therein and a hole (B2) communicating with the air passage, the duct (100) connected to the hole (B2) and configured to connect the blower and the air passage, and a holding member (150) connected to the duct (100). The duct (100) includes a first tubular portion (133) positioned in the hole (B2), and a first flange (134) extending outward from the first tubular portion (133). The holding member (150) includes a second tubular portion (151) connected to the first tubular portion (133), and a second flange (152) extending outward from the second tubular portion (151). The first flange (134) and the second flange (152) hold the pad therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuichiro Hoshi, Kazuki Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 11338707
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a pivoting function about a vertical axis, the seat comprising a pivoting assembly) with a base, a rotating ring mounted on the base by means of a hinge mechanism interposed between the base and the rotating ring, a seating portion frame connected to the rotating ring, directly or via a raising mechanism and/or longitudinal rails, the hinge mechanism allowing rotation, about a vertical main axis, of the rotating ring relative to the base and blocking any substantial movement in the other degrees of freedom, namely the other two rotations and the three translations in an orthogonal reference system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Gérald Garotte, Bertrand Touzet
  • Patent number: 11330906
    Abstract: A folding chair includes a left central support rod, left front support rod, left rear support rod, left central leg terminal, left front leg terminal, left rear leg terminal, left limiting element, left sliding element, left limiting sliding element, left connecting element, right central support rod, right front support rod, right rear support rod, right central leg terminal, right front leg terminal, right rear leg terminal, right limiting element, right sliding element, right limiting sliding element, right connecting element, first connecting rod, second connecting rod, third connecting rod, fourth connecting rod, fifth connecting rod, sixth connecting rod, seventh connecting rod, eighth connecting rod and weight-bearing unit. The folding chair can be folded up like an umbrella and thus takes up little space and is portable and can be unfolded to demonstrate high stability and high load-bearing capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: SPORT DIVERSIONS INC.
    Inventor: Wen-Hao Tsai
  • Patent number: 11330909
    Abstract: The lovemaking apparatus includes a table having a slidable platform pivotally mounted in a U-shaped opening defined in an end of the table and a wheelchair having a chair assembly that is pivotally mounted on a wheelchair frame. The wheelchair may be rolled to the platform end of the table so that the seat and leg rest portion of the chair assembly is below the free end of the platform, linear actuators may be actuated to pivot the platform at an angle using switches mounted at the platform end of the table, and the platform may be slid downward towards the seat of the chair assembly of the wheelchair. Linear actuators mounted on the wheelchair frame may be actuated to tilt the back of the chair assembly rearward and raise the seat of the chair assembly upward to position partners for sexual relations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: GIFTEDNESS AND CREATIVITY COMPANY
    Inventor: Abdulrahman M. A. Al-Bannai
  • Patent number: 11332057
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat part, a back part, and an armrest pivotally supported by the seat part. The armrest includes an armrest body and a position adjustment mechanism that is capable of adjusting the armrest body between at least two positions including a deployment position in which the armrest body is deployed above the seat part and a retraction position in which the armrest body is retracted to be positioned adjacent to the seat part. An upper surface of the armrest body in the retraction position is coplanar with an upper surface of the seat part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rikiya Oyama
  • Patent number: 11325511
    Abstract: A seat heater mounted to a seat includes: a heating wire; a base material provided with the heating wire and having air permeability; an excessive temperature rise prevention element that prevents an excessive temperature rise of the heating wire; and an auxiliary heating wire that heats the excessive temperature rise prevention element, in which air permeability in an auxiliary heater area provided with the auxiliary heating wire is lower than air permeability in a heater area provided with the heating wire, so that heat dissipation in the auxiliary heater area is suppressed to enable a temperature of the excessive temperature rise prevention element to rise efficiently to follow the temperature rise of the heater area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomohisa Hayakawa, Takaaki Hyoudou
  • Patent number: 11319011
    Abstract: An apparatus adjusting saddle angle for bicycle includes an elastic member forward a central axis in a longitudinal direction of a seat post, a lower body coupled to the seat post and protruding forward to support the elastic member, and an upper body including a saddle coupling portion to the saddle, supporting upper end of the elastic member on upper portion, and hinge-coupled to the lower body to rotate in rotation axis such that the saddle angle is changed for the lower body fixed to the seat post by external force. The elastic member and the rotation axis are in front and rear of the centerline of the lower body, respectively. The saddle coupling portion is in front of the centerline of the lower body and rear of the elastic member, and above the rotation axis. Thus, saddle angle is easily adjusted to improve user's convenience and riding comfort.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: CREVEN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Joon Hyuk Kim
  • Patent number: 11304531
    Abstract: A volumetrically efficient mechanism for raising and lowering sitting assemblies to provide ready access below them. A scissors assembly is selectively moved from a collapsible to an extended (raised) configuration by an electric motor with a telescopic arm that acts on hingedly mounted U-shape frames. The distal ends of the frames include wheels that ride over a lower support assembly. The telescopic arm is mounted to one of the distal upper member of the frames and the motor is rigidly mounted to the upper end of the other U-shape frame or to the lower support assembly causing them to selectively move between the two extreme configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Guillermo Lopez
  • Patent number: 11304532
    Abstract: A sofa can be knock-downed without a tool. The sofa includes left and right armrests, a front frame, a seating and a back. The sofa is provided with stowage compartments, each of which is joined by a bolt hole plate located on the frame construction with a bolt connecting medium, and serving as sofa stabilizers are four sofa legs which are placed on at the bottom of the left and right arm frame construction of the sofa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Inventor: Dedy Gunawan
  • Patent number: 11307556
    Abstract: A control system for cinema seats and a method for controlling cinema seats, including: a plurality of seats; and an actuation device, configured for driving each of the seats to be folded or unfolded. The control system for cinema seats further includes: a control signal transmitter; control signal receivers, configured to be arranged corresponding to one or more of the seats; the control signal transmitter is configured to communicatively connect with each of the control signal receivers, the control signal receiver is electrically connected to one or more of the actuation devices, and each of the control signal receivers can retain a used record of the actuation device, and each of the control signal receivers receives a control signal from the control signal transmitter to control one or more of the actuation devices to drive one or more of the seats to be folded or unfolded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: LIMOSS (DONGGUAN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Christian Gassner
  • Patent number: 11299069
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprises: a seat base; a first side member is affixed to a base at a first side of the base; a second side member is affixed to the base at a second side of the base, opposite the first side of the base; a slider slidably received in the base; a seat back assembly is rotatably coupled to the first side member and rotatably coupled to the second side member; a linkage rotatably coupled to the seat back assembly and rotatably coupled to the slider; a first lower seat lifting mechanism comprising a lifting bracket, wherein the lifting bracket is rotatably coupled to the first side member at a first end of the lifting bracket; and a second lower seat lifting mechanism comprising a bracket rotatably coupled to the base and a link arm rotatably coupled to the bracket and rotatably coupled to the slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: VOLVO CAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Setterberg, Lars Modh
  • Patent number: 11297947
    Abstract: A wall-proximity reclining seating unit includes: a frame having a back member and a pair of arms; a backrest; a seat; a footrest; a reclining mechanism connected between the frame, backrest, seat, and footrest, the reclining mechanism configured to move the seating unit between: (a) an upright position, in which the footrest is retracted below a forward portion of the seat; (b) a TV position, in which the backrest substantially maintains its angle, the seat substantially maintains its angle, and the first footrest is disposed in front of the seat; and (c) a fully reclined position, in which the backrest is disposed at a shallower angle, the footrest remains positioned in front of the seat, and the seat is moved forward of its position in the TV position; and a linear actuator comprising an energizing unit, a rail, and a carriage connected with the reclining mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Ultra-Mek, Inc.
    Inventor: Marcus L. Murphy
  • Patent number: 11297951
    Abstract: A chair is realized which takes specific measures to suppress movement of a seat in a front-rear direction when the seat swings in the front-rear and the left-right directions with respect to a support base. For the purpose, the chair wherein a seat 5 swings in the front-rear and left-right directions with respect to a support base 2, the chair is configured such that swinging of the seat 5 in front-rear direction with respect to the support base 2 is capable of being suppressed at one or a plurality of predetermined positions, or arbitrary position via operation of operation member 152.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignees: KOKUYO CO., LTD., TAKANO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toshiki Yajima, Takao Sugano, Yojiro Kinoshita, Kenta Shiozawa, Tomoaki Ichikawa, Kensuke Nakamura
  • Patent number: 11299077
    Abstract: A sensor disposition structure in a seat includes a cushion pad and a board-like member which is disposed under the cushion pad. A concave is formed in an upper surface of the board-like member, and a sensor is disposed in the concave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Soichiro Kamei, Hiromi Taniguchi, Koji Onuma
  • Patent number: 11297956
    Abstract: An orthopedic baby seat including an inflexible base, having a triangular planar cushion, of a flexible support material, wherein the base tapers towards a front end in a substantially fish-tail-shaped planar configuration. The base is configured to receive and support a baby's bottom. The seat further includes a back support, extending upwardly from and at least partially around the base, in a C-formation and to a height of at least to a bottom of the baby's ribcage, with an opening of the C-formation directed towards the front of the seat. The back support includes at least one layer of a flexible sheet material, having a number of spaced, upwardly extending retaining formations, and a number of elongated battens, retained by the retaining formations and extending longitudinally upwardly from the base, providing a rigid, vertically, and flexible lateral support to a baby.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Inventor: Lizhan Boshoff
  • Patent number: 11292365
    Abstract: An adjusting device for a vehicle seat may have a first adjustable assembly, a second adjustable assembly, and an electric motor. The electric motor may be operatively connected both to an adjustment gearing of the first adjustable assembly as well as to an adjustment gearing of the second adjustable assembly by at least one output shaft. A motor support may be provided which receives the electric motor, and the motor support may be secured to the two adjustable assemblies via a respective adapter. The motor support may have a metal material as a single piece. The adapters may be made of a non-metal material. A method for assembling the adjusting device may include first securing the adapters to the respective paired adjustable assembly. The motor support may be connected to the adapters in an additional step.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Thorsten Schuermann, Andreas Hoffmann, Tamas Poczik, Ivica Stanic, Oliver Kuntz