Patents Examined by Milton Nelson, Jr.
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Patent number: 11554695Abstract: A vehicle seat storage system includes a center passenger seat disposed between side passenger seats. The center seat includes a seat base and a seat back. A reclining mechanism mounted to one of side frame members of the seat base allows the seat back to move relative to the seat base. Seat anchors are disposed outwardly of the side frame members for securing a child seat. The center seat has a seating condition where the center seat is attached to a vehicle floor, and a stowed condition where the center seat is unattached from the floor with the seat back folded against the seat base. A vehicle interior sidewall includes a recessed portion configured to receive the center seat in the stowed condition. A lock mechanism provided in the recessed portion releasably engages the center seat when positioned in the recessed portion.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2020Date of Patent: January 17, 2023Inventors: Kelly M. Whalen, Eric D. Daume, Paul D. Nguyen, Michael J. Wilms, Ganesh Narayanan
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Patent number: 11548417Abstract: The invention relates to a child safety seat (100) comprising an integral harness belt (102) for restraining a child in the child safety seat (100), a belt tension monitor (106) adapted for monitoring a belt tension acting on the harness belt (102), a motorized harness belt tensioner (104) comprising a tensioning element (114) driven by an electromechanical actuator (122) and adapted for adjusting the belt tension acting on the harness belt (102), and a controller adapted for controlling the motorized harness belt tensioner (104) to adjust the belt tension to match a first predefined belt tension and for monitoring the resulting belt tension using the belt tension monitor (106).Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2020Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Britax Romer Kindersicherheit GMBHInventors: Richard Frank, Janis Conrad
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Patent number: 11548416Abstract: A vehicle seat including a pivot bracket, a back frame, a linear adjustment mechanism, a striker, and a latch. The back frame is pivotally connected to the pivot bracket and configured to pivot about a pivot axis. The back frame includes a first end spaced apart from the and disposed below the pivot axis. The latch is configured to selectively attach the linear adjustment mechanism to the first end of the back frame so that as the first linear adjustment mechanism translates, the back frame pivots from a first use position and a second use position, and selectively detach the linear adjustment mechanism from the first end of the back frame so that the back frame is pivotable to a non-use position.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, CoburgInventor: Dakota Stapleton
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Patent number: 11547214Abstract: A seat, particularly for video games, includes a collapsible frame which carries a seat surface and a backrest. The frame includes a first part carrying the backrest and a second part configured to carry a console for a steering wheel or joystick for controlling a video game. These parts are connected pivotally to each other by a hinge. The hinge includes a first load-bearing body on which the first frame part is mounted, and a second load-bearing body on which the second frame part is mounted. The hinge has locking means for fixating the first and second frame parts in a desired position relative to each other. A hinge for application in such a seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: 11540635Abstract: Provided is a rocking chair having a seat body for a user to sit on, a support body for supporting the seat body from below, and a connecting mechanism provided between the seat body and the support body to move the seat body along a surface of a sphere centered on a base point above the seat body in response to an external force applied to the seat body. The connecting mechanism is composed of at least three sub-mechanisms, each of which has a circular track section on the support body side, a linear track section on the seat body side, and a connecting section to interlock their movements. The circular track section has a first traveling member and a first guiding member for traveling the first traveling member along a circle.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: SCIENCE ROAD INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventor: Itaru Nishino
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Patent number: 11541786Abstract: An infant carrier is included in a child restraint that may also include a carrier-mount base adapted to be anchored to a passenger seat in a vehicle. The infant carrier includes a shell for holding an infant and a carry handle coupled to the shell and adapted to be gripped by a caregiver.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: January 3, 2023Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.Inventors: Devin J. Coakley, Nathan W. Heisey, Jason H. Johnson
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Patent number: 11534000Abstract: A foldable chair has frames connected to one another by cross supports, bases connected to the frames by base supports and frame supports, with springs secured between the base supports and frame supports to allow for back and forth movement of the frames when a user is seated in the chair. The foldable chair includes a pliant membrane providing a seating surface for supporting the user.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: Westfield Outdoor, Inc.Inventors: Jordan Cook, Darin M. Webb
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Patent number: 11535130Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat cushion configured to support the buttocks of an occupant, a seat back configured to support the back of the occupant, an elastic force adjustment unit configured to adjust elastic force of a lumbar spine support of the seat back configured to support the lumbar spine of the occupant, in a longitudinal direction, and a controller configured to operate the elastic force adjustment unit. The controller is configured to make the elastic force larger in the case where oscillation of the vehicle is large, than that in the case where oscillation of the vehicle is small.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Tetsuya Nagai, Kohshi Katoh, Takashi Sugimoto, Osamu Oda, Masatoshi Hada
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Patent number: 11529897Abstract: A vehicle seat includes right and left side frames 10, and an elastic member (cushion spring 20) run between the right and left side frames 10. The right and left side frames 10 include side walls 11 disposed opposite to each other in a lateral direction, and flange portions (upper flange portions 12) respectively extending laterally inward from the side walls 11, and the elastic member is attached to the flange portions.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2020Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Teppei Ito
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Patent number: 11528996Abstract: A hygienic kit and a method thereof for a hygienic seat location including a stretchable antimicrobial hygienic headrest cover having an ability to conform itself to dimensions of the existing headrest. The cover comprises a stretchable, antimicrobial, a non-mesh fabric configured to provide an impenetrable barrier between a user and the headrest. The headrest has an elastic opening in the back surface allowing the fabric to stretchily fit over an existing headrest. A tray table cover defined by a top panel, a bottom panel, and a sidewall connecting said top and bottom panels thereby creating an opening to a cavity therein is included. A pre-packaged sanitizing wipe is included to sanitize the seating location, and a container is included to encapsulate the pre-packaged sanitizing wipe, the tray table cover, and the stretchable headrest cover, wherein the headrest cover and the tray table cover are compressed.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Inventor: Thomas Pierce
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Patent number: 11523688Abstract: An adjustable breast pumping flange is provided. The breast pumping flange allows for adjustment of the flange angle relative to a bottle to which the flange connects. This allows for a nursing mother to more comfortably position the flanges and bottles during a pumping session. This increased comfort in turn allows for improved and more efficient milk collection.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 13, 2022Assignee: Restful Pump, Inc.Inventors: Micolene Boddie, Blake Sama
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Patent number: 11517114Abstract: An adjustable bench comprises a seat, a skirt extending from the seat, and a plurality of height adjustable leg assemblies coupled to the skirt. The seat is shaped to be selectively mated with the skirt to provide the bench with either a flat top surface or a sloped top surface.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2018Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Inventors: Allan Peter Leia, Lisa Ann Pedscalny, Craig Michael Drummond, Herbert Walter Bentz, Christopher Pond, Michael Robert Foster
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Patent number: 11511819Abstract: A bicycle saddle includes: a base structure having a top portion; and a cushion coupled to the top portion of the base structure, the cushion including a first lateral side and a second lateral side separated by a longitudinal plane, wherein each of the first lateral side and the second lateral side includes: a first region having a first stiffness; a second region having a second stiffness that is less than the first stiffness; and a third region having a third stiffness that is less than the second stiffness, wherein a perimeter of the second region is at least 75% enclosed within the first region, and wherein a perimeter of the third region is at least 75% enclosed within the second region.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components Holding Company, Inc.Inventors: Philip Alan Primeaux, Garrett Yale Davis Getter, Christopher Yu
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Patent number: 11505159Abstract: A seatbelt height adjuster includes a track elongated along an axis and including a plurality of holes spaced from each other along the axis, a slider slideably coupled to the track, a D-ring supported by the slider, a pin supported by the slider and releasably engageable with one respective hole, and a pyrotechnic actuator supported by the slider and engaged with the pin.Type: GrantFiled: April 24, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLCInventors: Dean M. Jaradi, Huipeng Chen, Mohammad Omar Faruque, S. M. Iskander Farooq, Zhenyan Gao, Robert William McCoy
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Patent number: 11503914Abstract: A system relates generally to a reservable lounge chair and its method of use is disclosed. The reservable lounge chair is capable of restricting unauthorized access, and the reservable lounge chair may be reserved.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Inventors: Tarkan Bastiyali, Viktoriya Bastiyali
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Patent number: 11505093Abstract: A swing seat unit may include a seat which is provided on a fixing frame and swings on the fixing frame; a dome frame which is provided to be spaced from a rear of the seat and extends upward to surround the rear of the seat; a hemispherical swing dome which is provided on an upper portion of the dome frame, swingable on the dome frame, and is opened downward toward a predetermined direction; and a second driving portion which is provided between the dome frame and the swing dome to provide power for swing the swing dome.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yun Jee Lee, Ji Hyun Song, Ran Jeong Park, Seung Chan Jo
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Patent number: 11505099Abstract: The disclosure relates to a seat trim structure for a vehicle seat with at least a mounting element having a plurality of integrated retaining elements, a number of detachable support members, and a number of detachable trim elements. The support members may be detachably arranged to the mounting element and the integrated retaining elements may be configured to detachably retain the number of trim elements to the mounting element.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2020Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: Adient US LLCInventors: John J. Gomez, James D. Biebel, Raza Bashir, Joseph Gasko, Dalibor Dimovski, Kurt A. Seibold, Xin Wei Jolene Ng, John Bleau, Walter Daniel Merchant, Raymond Anthony Iavasile
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Patent number: 11491901Abstract: To improve the seated feeling of an occupant in a seat having partially different hardness, a vehicle seat includes a seat frame, an S spring which is installed on the seat frame and receives a load of an occupant, and a seat back pad which has a plurality of regions respectively formed of different materials and is disposed between a skin material of the seat and the S spring. The S spring is disposed at a position facing a boundary portion which is provided in the seat back pad and is the plurality of regions respectively formed of different materials.Type: GrantFiled: June 3, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Kazunori Hojo
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Patent number: 11490733Abstract: Disclosed is an underframe with an improved structure. The underframe includes an underframe body, an operating handle, a reclining pull rope and a gas spring pull rope, a cushion back-and-forth moving mechanism being installed on the outer side of the underframe body, the operating handle being installed through a left outer wall of the underframe body at a lower end of the cushion back-and-forth moving mechanism, a backrest installed on a rear end of the underframe body through a backrest connecting rod; and a reclining elastic adjusting mechanism is arranged at a front end of an inner wall of the underframe body, a backrest angle adjusting mechanism is arranged at the inner wall of the underframe body on a right side of the reclining elastic adjusting mechanism, a cushion height adjusting mechanism is fixedly connected in the underframe body.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: Zhongshan Meisihe Furniture Co., Ltd.Inventor: Liyi Guo
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Patent number: 11478084Abstract: A system may include a seat assembly. The seat assembly may include a seat base, a seat portion mounted to the seat base, and an armrest assembly configured to be in an up position or a down position. The armrest assembly may include a handle operable by a user to lock or unlock at least one functionality of at least one adjustable seat assembly feature. Operation of the handle may be configured at least to: unlock the at least one functionality of at least one adjustable seat assembly feature while locking the armrest assembly from moving between the up position and the down position.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: AMI Industries, Inc.Inventors: Jason M. Sharpe, Kyle D. Doughty