Patents Examined by Milton Nelson
  • Patent number: 11577634
    Abstract: A vehicle interior system of a vehicle includes first and second seating assemblies and a roof positioned vehicle-upward of the first and second seating assemblies. A first head restraint of the first seating assembly is pivotably coupled to the roof and operable to pivot relative to the roof about a first pivot axis between a stowed position and a use position vehicle-downward of the stowed position. A second head restraint of the second seating assembly is coupled to the roof and operable to pivot relative to the roof about a second pivot axis between a stowed position and a use position vehicle-downward of the stowed position. The first pivot axis is not parallel to the second pivot axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Rene Diephuis, Michael John Harmon, Andrew Brand, Ryan Wayne Warner, Andrew Smith
  • Patent number: 11576499
    Abstract: A baby bouncer comprising a telescopic base, a seat, and an insert. The telescopic base comprises an outer shell portion and an inner extending portion located at least partially within the outer shell portion; an adjustable upper support pivotally coupled to the telescopic base; a connection limb having a first end operatively coupled to the adjustable upper support and a second end operatively coupled to the inner extending portion; an actuation pedal for adjusting an angle of the adjustable upper support in relation to the telescopic base; and a safety lock disposed on the telescopic base. The bouncer seat has a receiving area and an attachment pocket. The removable insert is received in the receiving area of the seat and receives an infant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The ERGO Baby Carrier, Inc.
    Inventors: Edward William Skilnick, Kevin Dann Scheiferstein, Eric William Childs, Rodney V. Telford
  • Patent number: 11576801
    Abstract: A topical treatment for anorectal disorders with and without utilization of a contoured seat cushion with a temperature-adapted or electrical stimulation element that can provide hot or cold temperatures or electrical stimulation to the anorectal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Inventor: Robert S. Cutler
  • Patent number: 11571996
    Abstract: Examples herein describe a vehicle seating system. The vehicle seating system may include a rail mounted to a vehicle roof and supported by a vehicle frame. The vehicle seating system may include an anchor system movable along the rail, the anchor system including: a locking device that locks the anchor system in a position along the rail; and a heating, vacuuming, and air conditioning (HVAC) port in communication with a HVAC duct within the vehicle roof. The vehicle seating system may include an interchangeable seat module that connects to the anchor system to suspend the seat module above a floor of the vehicle, wherein the seat module connects to the HVAC port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shinji Maeshiro
  • Patent number: 11571995
    Abstract: A seat configured for removably securing to a track includes a quick-release fitting for operation by hand to releasably secure a bottom end of a seat leg to a floor-mounted track for facile adjustment and removal of the seat. A threaded stud includes a shaft portion arranged through an opening in an end of the seat leg and a radially extending base. A pivot mechanism has a through-hole arranged around the shaft portion of the threaded stud. A first transverse member and a second transverse member each extend transversely from the pivot mechanism in opposite directions along a pivot axis. A lever is configured to pivot about the pivot axis causing the threaded stud to move up or down via the pivot mechanism, which raises and lowers the radially extending base for alternately securing the seat leg to the track and releasing the seat leg from the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Textron Innovations, Inc.
    Inventor: Brent William Last
  • Patent number: 11571069
    Abstract: A seating unit system is provided to mount seats to a nose of a balcony. The seating unit system includes a balcony mount beam secured to the nose of the balcony. The balcony mount beam includes a front plate and a return. The front plate has an upwards extension. The seating unit includes one or more seats. Each seat has a balcony mount stanchion and a front rail socket connected to the balcony mount stanchion. The balcony mount stanchion includes a hook feature and a balcony mount beam bracket. The hook feature attaches to the upwards extension of the front plate and the balcony mount beam bracket attaches to the return. The front rail socket is configured to receive a front rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: Hussey Seating Company
    Inventors: Paul-Jacob Michael Richmond, Christian Harvie
  • Patent number: 11560231
    Abstract: A seating assembly may employ one or more of: a seat stagger, a seat overlap, and a seat angling to offer significant width and comfort gains and reduce the negative impact of width and leg room gains on seating density. With one seat of a pair staggered forward with respect to the other seat each may then be moved laterally and overlap (as seen from the front). The seating positions may be further improved by angling each seat away from their center arm rest area, reducing the encroaching effect of the overlap by pointing the passenger away from the overlap, reducing the visual impact of the staggered seating by pointing the passenger away from the nearest seat ahead, and improving leg room by directing the passenger's legs forward at an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: ACLA Studio LLC
    Inventors: Victor Carlioz, Matthew Cleary
  • Patent number: 11554695
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Inventors: Kelly M. Whalen, Eric D. Daume, Paul D. Nguyen, Michael J. Wilms, Ganesh Narayanan
  • Patent number: 11548416
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brose Fahrzeugteile SE & Co. Kommanditgesellschaft, Coburg
    Inventor: Dakota Stapleton
  • Patent number: 11548417
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Britax Romer Kindersicherheit GMBH
    Inventors: Richard Frank, Janis Conrad
  • Patent number: 11547214
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.
    Inventor: Fernando Smit
  • Patent number: 11540635
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: SCIENCE ROAD INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventor: Itaru Nishino
  • Patent number: 11541786
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Devin J. Coakley, Nathan W. Heisey, Jason H. Johnson
  • Patent number: 11534000
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Westfield Outdoor, Inc.
    Inventors: Jordan Cook, Darin M. Webb
  • Patent number: 11535130
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Tetsuya Nagai, Kohshi Katoh, Takashi Sugimoto, Osamu Oda, Masatoshi Hada
  • Patent number: 11529897
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teppei Ito
  • Patent number: 11528996
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Inventor: Thomas Pierce
  • Patent number: 11523688
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Restful Pump, Inc.
    Inventors: Micolene Boddie, Blake Sama
  • Patent number: 11517114
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Allan Peter Leia, Lisa Ann Pedscalny, Craig Michael Drummond, Herbert Walter Bentz, Christopher Pond, Michael Robert Foster
  • Patent number: 11511819
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Specialized Bicycle Components Holding Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Philip Alan Primeaux, Garrett Yale Davis Getter, Christopher Yu