Patents Examined by Milton Nelson, Jr.
  • Seat arrangement for a means of transport
    Patent number: 11285845
    Abstract: A seat arrangement for passenger transport, wherein the seat arrangement can be arranged on the vehicle by a fastening device. The seat arrangement is intended and suitable for providing a sitting position at standing height, wherein the seat arrangement comprises at least one frame element. The frame element is arranged on the fastening device by at least one mounting shaft, wherein the at least one frame element can be pivoted relative to the fastening device about a pivot axis extending along a width axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventors: Dominik Meier, Sebastian Wegmann
  • Seat assembly
    Patent number: 11285060
    Abstract: A seat assembly for a mobility scooter has a seat portion for supporting an operator of the mobility scooter in use and a yoke arranged to receive the seat portion. The yoke has a mounting formation for mounting to a support member of the mobility scooter such that the yoke is removably mounted atop the support member and the seat portion is removably mounted atop the yoke in use. The yoke also has an attachment formation for releasable attachment of an arm-rest and a back-rest for the seat portion. The seat portion can be lifted off the yoke as a first component. The yoke can be lifted off the support member as a further component when removing the seat assembly from the mobility scooter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Autochair Limited
    Inventor: Andrew Richard Thorpe
  • Child restraint carrier and locking mechanism thereof
    Patent number: 11279267
    Abstract: A child restraint carrier includes a seat body, a headrest and a locking mechanism. The headrest is movably installed on the seat body. The locking mechanism is for allowing or restraining a movement of the headrest relative to the seat body. A position of the headrest relative to the seat body can be adjusted easily by the locking mechanism to fit a child. Therefore, the present invention has an advantage of easy adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Clyde S. Harmes, V, James M. F. Hutchinson
  • Child carrier for luggage
    Patent number: 11278129
    Abstract: A child seat for luggage is provided that can be quickly and easily attached and removed from standard wheeled suitcases with extendable handles so that a child can be securely seated on the top of the luggage and wheeled around. The child seat includes a rear member, padded seat, side portions, side portion straps, a lap strap, shoulder straps, and a seat strap that attaches to the non-extendable handle. The child seat is light and flexible enough to be conveniently stored when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Inventor: Nancy Rendinaro
  • Child safety seat with belted pivot link
    Patent number: 11273735
    Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat adapted to be secured with a safety belt of a vehicle, comprising a seat shell for receiving a child; and a seat base for being placed on a seat of the vehicle. The seat base comprises a base member coupled to the seat shell; a pivoting component connected pivotably to the base member; and an engaging member configured to engage with the safety belt of the vehicle, wherein the engaging member is coupled to the pivoting component such that a movement of the engaging member in a certain direction relative to the base member causes the pivoting component to pivot away from the base member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: Britax Römer Kindersicherheit GmbH
    Inventor: Thomas Kaiser
  • Seat apparatus for vehicle
    Patent number: 11273731
    Abstract: A seat apparatus for a vehicle is provided, wherein a base bracket and a moving bracket are mounted to a body floor to lift and lower a seat, and a seat track is mounted to the moving bracket to move the seat in forward and rearward directions, so that the seat is moved and lifted and lowered. Accordingly, since the lifting/lowering structure of the seat is mounted to the body floor, space is secured below the seat, so indoor atmosphere is improved due to the increase of the space efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Daechang Seat Co., LTD-Dongtan
    Inventors: Hyung Jin Park, Guk Mu Park, Byeong Kwang Kim, Sang Uk Yu, So Young Yoo, Seon Chae Na, Byung Yong Choi, Myung Soo Lee, Chan Ki Cho, Gyeong Jae Lee
  • Shafted recliners dual decoupling system
    Patent number: 11267374
    Abstract: An occupant support adapted for use in a vehicle includes a seat bottom coupled to a floor of the vehicle and a seat back configured to pivot about a seat-back pivot axis relative to the seat bottom between an upright position and a folded-forward position. The occupant support further includes a seat-motion controller configured to control movement of the seat back relative to the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Faurecia Automotive Seating, LLC
    Inventors: Dmitriy Zelmanov, Wojciech Smuk, Boris Biletskiy
  • Furniture and method for assembling furniture
    Patent number: 11266246
    Abstract: An article of furniture includes a seat frame, first and second spaced apart seat connectors, a plurality of elongated seat panels, first and second spaced apart back post connectors, and a plurality of elongated back panels. The seat connectors and the back connectors include an upper bulbous member and a body. The panels include first and second spaced apart channels therein with cutouts extending from the channels and opening onto a surface of the seat panels. The channels of the seat panels are receivable on the upper bulbous members of the spaced apart seat connectors to form a seat, and the channels of the back panels are receivable on the front bulbous members of the spaced apart back connectors to form a back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: TELESCOPE CASUAL FURNITURE, INC.
    Inventor: Jacob S. Warren
  • Infant carrier and foldable backrest returning mechanism thereof
    Patent number: 11259649
    Abstract: A foldable backrest returning mechanism including a backrest plate and an elastic returning device is disclosed. The backrest plate has a foldable portion. The foldable portion divides the backrest plate at least into a first plate and a second plate. The first plate and the second plate are foldable relative to the foldable portion. The elastic returning device is assembled between the first plate and the second plate, the elastic returning device provides an elastic force to drive the first plate and the second plate to approach each other relative to the foldable portion for making front surfaces of the first plate and the second plate have a returning tendency to approach toward each other. Accordingly, the present invention can prevent arching of the backrest plate at the foldable portion. Furthermore, the present invention provides an infant carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Liwu Fang, Er-Xue Wang
  • Method and apparatus for a rotatable child safety seat
    Patent number: 11260779
    Abstract: A rotatable child safety seat can include a seat shell for receiving a child therein, a rotating pedestal, and a seat base. The pedestal and seat shell can rotate with respect to the seat base. The pedestal can include a locking pin and the seat base can include a multitude of pin receiving apertures that allow a user to rotate the seat shell and pedestal in either a clockwise or counter-clockwise direction at a number of different angles or positions. The child safety seat can also include two separate seat belt/LATCH tether pathways. One seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided on the seat back of the seat shell and can be used when the child safety seat is in a forward-facing configuration and the other seat belt/LATCH tether pathway can be provided in the seat base and used when in a rearward-facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Brunick, Thomas Jake Mitchell, Andrew Phillip Kitchens, David Hotard
  • Modular transportation seat frame
    Patent number: 11260774
    Abstract: A transportation seat support apparatus includes a frame configured to support a transportation seat. The frame includes an attachment portion configured to attach to a wall of a transportation vehicle, and at least one beam extending from the attachment portion at a first end and terminating at a second end. The transportation seat support apparatus further includes a pedestal configured to support the frame. The pedestal includes at least one leg portion configured to attach to a floor of the transportation vehicle, and at least one aperture configured to telescopically receive the second end of the at least one beam. The at least one beam is slidably movable within the at least one aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Freedman Seating Company
    Inventor: Dimitar Naidenov
  • Recliner heart for seat recliner assembly
    Patent number: 11260777
    Abstract: A recliner heart includes first, second and third locking plates and a pawl. The first locking plate defines a recess. The second locking plate includes a first inner diametrical surface having first teeth formed thereon. The third locking plate is disposed between the first and second locking plates and includes a second inner diametrical surface and an outer diametrical surface. The second inner diametrical surface has a notch formed therein. The outer diametrical surface has second teeth formed thereon. Some of the second teeth are meshingly engaged with some of the first teeth. The pawl is slidably disposed in the recess between a secure position in which the pawl is engaged with the notch of the third locking plate and a release position in which the pawl is disengaged from the notch of the third locking plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: FISHER & COMPANY, INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Firoz Divan Naik, Sapan Mahendra Poptani, Raghu Belagur Sathyanarayanasetty
  • Folding chair with detachable container
    Patent number: 11259639
    Abstract: Portable chairs including a detachable container. The container can be insulated for keeping beverages and food cold for an extended period. The folding chair preferably is designed and constructed for the demands of the outdoors. Various detachable, reconfigurable, and/or interchangeable features including the container, carrying straps, and cup holder. The container can be easily and conveniently attached and detached from the folding chair. The container can have exterior pockets which are welded and sealed to protect items contained within. The straps can have multiple different attachment points which allow multiple different carrying styles and reconfigurations including a backpack type carrying configuration, over-the-shoulder briefcase type carrying configuration, and across the body satchel type configuration, for example.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: PARKIT CO.
    Inventor: Steven Ellis Wilcox
  • Child safety seat
    Patent number: 11260778
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat portion, a backrest assembly connected with the seat portion and including a first and a second portion slidably connected with each other and a third portion slidably connected with the second portion, and a backrest adjusting system carried with the backrest assembly and configured to provide a first stage of height adjustment where the first and second portions are locked with each other and the third portion is movable relative to the first and second portions for adjustment, and a second stage of height adjustment where the second portion is locked with the third portion and unlocked from the first portion so that the second portion and the third portion are movable in unison relative to the first portion for adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiao Song Duan
  • Baby car seat track system
    Patent number: 11254244
    Abstract: The baby car seat track system comprises a track, a seat adapter, and a child seat. The baby car seat track system may be operable to couple the child seat to a vehicle seat in a vehicle. The track may be embedded within the vehicle seat running laterally across the vehicle seat and accessible via a crevice of the vehicle seat. The seat adapter may couple the child seat to the track such that the child seat may be repositioned laterally on the vehicle seat and may rotate around a vertical axis. The baby car seat track system may be adapted to make a child more accessible to a user by repositioning and rotating the child seat within the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Inventor: Pierre-Richard Presna
  • Vehicle seat and angle adjustment device thereof
    Patent number: 11247587
    Abstract: A vehicle seat and an angle adjustment device are provided. The angle adjustment device includes an unlock cam, a ratchet wheel provided with internal teeth, and a plurality of slide blocks disposed circumferentially and provided with external teeth. The angle adjustment device further includes a plurality of extension and retraction blocks corresponding to the slide blocks, wherein the extension and retraction block is capable of driving the slide block to move outwards in a radial direction so as to engage the internal teeth with the external teeth. A second elastic member is provided between two adjacent extension and retraction blocks, and two ends of the second elastic member in a deformation direction are respectively connected to the unlock cam and the extension and retraction block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: HUBEI AVIATION PRECISION MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuangqiang Li, Zili Lei, Xianhu Luo, Feng Yin, Wei Deng
  • Latching device
    Patent number: 11247595
    Abstract: A latching device for automotive applications, in particular a backrest latch for the bolting and unbolting of seat backrests in motor vehicles, with a locking mechanism fundamentally comprising a catch and at least one pawl, and with a manually and/or mechanically impingeable unbolting element for the locking mechanism, wherein the unbolting element is a component of an exchangeable unbolting module which defines a latch casing together with a basic module incorporating the locking mechanism is proposed. A latching device where only the unbolting module is adapted to the specific purpose of use is provided, considerably reducing manufacturing, installation and warehousing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Kiekert AG
    Inventors: John Dey, Pat Mullins, Jim Zhuang
  • Vehicle seat reclining device
    Patent number: 11241981
    Abstract: A vehicle seat reclining device includes: a ratchet and a guide assembled to be rotatable relative to each other; a plurality of pawls respectively supported by a plurality of corresponding pairs of guide walls of the guide and configured to mesh with the ratchet; and a cam configured to press the pawls in a radial direction by a biasing force of a lock spring. The guide has: welding dowels configured to be welded to a seat frame, the respective welding dowels being formed between the respective pairs of guide walls; and a hooking hole formed between a specific pair of guide walls, an end portion of the lock spring being hooked in the hooking hole. In a state before the welding dowels are welded to the seat frame, a width between the specific pair of guide walls is larger than a width between another pair of guide walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Hiroaki Teraguchi
  • Armrest device
    Patent number: 11230209
    Abstract: An armrest device is provided in which deformation of an armrest frame is suppressed. The armrest device includes an armrest frame, and a bracket by which the armrest frame is rotatably supported. The armrest frame has, at lengthwise extremities thereof, a base end closer to an axis of rotation and a distal end farther from the axis of rotation. The bracket includes a deformation restriction portion provided protrusively toward the armrest frame, the deformation restriction portion being a portion which faces toward the armrest frame in a direction of the axis of rotation of the armrest frame and which is located on one side of the axis of rotation on which the base end is located, when an armrest is in a use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hidetsune Nonaka
  • Device for adjusting the length of the seat portion of a motor vehicle seat with controlled breaking
    Patent number: 11220193
    Abstract: A device for adjusting the length of the seating portion of a motor vehicle seat, the seating portion comprising a movable seating part, the adjustment device comprising a threaded rod, a rotating nut, and a housing receiving the nut and the threaded rod, the threaded rod comprising a first end in connection with the movable seating part and a second end opposite the first end, the threaded rod and the nut cooperating in rotation to move the movable seating part, wherein the nut comprises a nut weakness area for the breaking of said nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Dominique Folliot