Patents Examined by Milton Nelson
  • Patent number: 11447202
    Abstract: A bicycle seat cover for a bicycle seat with a rigid substrate and a cushion thereon, includes a stretchable polymeric layer forming a top surface, a seat horn cover, a seat conforming sidewall, and a partial seat bottom surface covering and integral honeycomb cells extending from an underside of the top surface, each cell closed at its top by the top surface and open at its bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Delta Cycle Corporation
    Inventor: Errol Drew
  • Patent number: 11439235
    Abstract: A seat tilting device includes: a bottom plate secured to a seat base; a top plate secured to a seat; a pivot connecting the top plate to the bottom plate; a compression spring surrounding the pivot; and a compression ring surrounding the compression spring, wherein there is space between a bottom surface of the top plate and a top surface of the compression ring such that the top plate may tilt on the pivot until it contacts the top surface of the compression ring and the movement of the top plate is resisted by the compression spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Artco-Bell Corporation
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Taylor, II, Mark E. Stenftenagel, Richard K. Joutras
  • Patent number: 11420545
    Abstract: A manual valve device including: a plurality of air bags provided inside a vehicle seat; a valve main body including a plurality of flow passages communicating with the plurality of air bags, respectively; a plurality of valve bodies movable inside the valve main body so as to open and close the plurality of flow passages, respectively; a plurality of valve shafts coupled to the plurality of valve bodies, respectively, and configured to be manually operated to move the plurality of valve bodies in a stroke; and an operation lever configured to press any one of the plurality of valve shafts or any combination of the plurality of valve shafts in an axial direction, in which the operation lever includes an adjustment mechanism configured to adjust an air flow rate per unit time flowing in the plurality of flow passages by changing a stroke amount in the axial direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, MIYAMA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuya Inoue, Tomochika Shibuya
  • Patent number: 11420539
    Abstract: The invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising a backrest element having a first contact surface which is arranged within a first imaginary plane, and a seat element having a second contact surface which is arranged within a second imaginary plane which is defined by a longitudinal axis and a width axis of the vehicle seat, wherein the first imaginary plane and the second imaginary plane intersect in an intersecting axis, wherein the backrest element is pivotable relative to the seat element about a rotational axis, wherein an inclination angle of the backrest element extends between the first imaginary plane and a central axis which runs perpendicularly to the second imaginary plane, wherein, in a first position of the backrest element, a distance along the longitudinal axis between the rotational axis and the intersecting axis is at least 60 mm, wherein, in the first position of the backrest element, the inclination angle is substantially 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: GRAMMER AG
    Inventor: Erwin Haller
  • Patent number: 11420697
    Abstract: Disclosed is a sitting structure including a child seat and fixable to a bicycle for adults in such a way as to guarantee safety and comfort for the child placed on the child seat and the adult who drives the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Inventor: Gilberto Casagrande
  • Patent number: 11412854
    Abstract: A self-stopping mobile chair system comprising: a chair including a base, a joint and a seat coupled to the base via the joint to allow a movement of the seat relative to the base between a fore position and an aft position; a locking mechanism configurable between: an engageable state in which the locking mechanism locks the seat upon the seat being in a rated position between the fore and aft positions, the seat movable toward the rated position to be locked by the locking mechanism, and a disengaged state in which the seat is movable between the fore and aft positions unhindered; and an actuator connected between the seat and the locking mechanism to configure the locking mechanism either in the disengaged state upon the seat bearing a force or in the engageable state absent the force. There is also provided a movement stopping system for a mobile chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: LPA MEDICAL INC.
    Inventors: Bryan Welch, Yvon St-Onge, Normand Chamberland, Martin Belanger
  • Patent number: 11414193
    Abstract: A tray table folding mount for use on an unfolded tray table on an aircraft that incorporates a headrest attached to an upper support attached to an intermediate member. The intermediate member is attached to a lower planar member that is placed over the tray table. The headrest includes a nose relief aperture that receives the nose of the passenger when his forehead and face are resting in the headrest. The upper support, the intermediate member, and lower planar member are easily assembled or disassembled and stored in a compact configuration. In one embodiment, the upper support and intermediate member are pivotally connected, and the intermediate member is pivotally connected to the lower planar support. Formed on the planar member is an edge engaging lip that captures an edge on the tray table. Also mounted on the intermediate member is a ledge configured to hold a viewing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventor: Steven Olson
  • Patent number: 11407338
    Abstract: A portable child safety restraint system is provided. The portable child safety restraint system includes a child safety seating system and a backpack. The child safety seating system includes a seat bottom that is connected to a seat back such that the seat bottom is rotatable from an open position to a closed position. The child safety seating system is entirely removable from the backpack or permanently secured to or within at least one enclosure of the backpack. A method of securing a child in a portable child safety restraint system is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Inventors: Brett Tyson Selly, KaLeigh Brett Selly
  • Patent number: 11396337
    Abstract: An adjustable seat assembly for a tilting vehicle includes a seat pan configured to be secured in a fixed position with respect to a frame of the tilting vehicle, at least one cushion unit arranged on the seat pan and forming a seat surface, and at least one adjustment device by which the seat surface is transferable from a low seat position into at least one raised seat position. In addition or alternatively, the at least one adjusting device may alter an inclination of the seat surface relative to the seat pan. The cushion unit has at least one base cushion secured in a fixed position on the seat pan, and at least one adjustable cushion which is movable relative to the base cushion by the adjustment device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Guido Beuting, Joerg Seiler, Rainer Wamser
  • Patent number: 11390193
    Abstract: A top rod adjusting mechanism is disposed between a base and a top rod of a child safety seat. The top rod adjusting mechanism includes a transverse frame, a threaded rod and a nut. The transverse frame is movably disposed on the base and installed on the top rod. The threaded rod rotatably passes through one of the transverse frame and the base in axial limitation. The nut is installed on the other of the transverse frame and the base and threadedly sleeved on the threaded rod. When the threaded rod and the nut rotate relative to each other to generate relative sliding movement, the transverse frame drives the top rod to move relative to the base. The top rod adjusting mechanism has advantages of simple structure and easy operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Mo
  • Patent number: 11389005
    Abstract: A foldable massage chair, including a face pillow assembly for supporting a user's head, a chest pillow assembly for supporting the chest, a handrail assembly for supporting wrists, a front support piece, a seat cushion assembly, a main supporting frame, a kneeboard assembly, and back and a front supporting leg assemblies. When using this chair, it is placed in an expanded or use position, so a user may sit on the seat cushion and lean on the massage chair, completely exposing his back, waist, and hips for a masseur to massage. When the chair needs to be put away, it is possible to fold the chair into a collapsed position by folding the seat cushion assembly, front support piece, chest pillow assembly, and handrail assembly. Also, the front and back supporting leg assemblies are folded underneath and towards the main supporting frame. Consequently, the size of the entire chair decreases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI XINTANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD
    Inventor: Chuankui Du
  • Patent number: 11389009
    Abstract: A chair for particular use in clinical or hospital environments has a frame to which a support material is secured. The support material may form a chair back and/or a seat for the chair to provide support to the chair occupant. The support material may be made from a textile of interwoven strands wherein some of the interwoven strands include copper containing particles such as copper iodide or copper oxide within the textile fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: VIA, INC
    Inventor: John Charles Hepler
  • Patent number: 11390194
    Abstract: A child safety seat comprising a seat body and first and second side wings depending from the seat body, the first and second side wings each comprising an outwardly facing exterior surface, an impact energy absorbing device depending from at least a part of the exterior surface of the first and second side wings, the impact energy absorbing device comprising a hollow and/or gas, liquid, gel or other energy absorbing material filled shell of deformable material formed by blow moulding, comprising an outwardly facing surface and an inwardly or occupant facing surface, and a plurality of energy absorbing elements in the form of recesses extending into the shell from the inwardly facing surface toward the outwardly facing surface: wherein the impact absorbing system is adapted to absorb impact through a combination of the shell plastically or elastically deforming, cushioning, rupturing, deflating or bursting, and the plurality of energy absorbing elements cooperatively plastically or elastically deforming, cush
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: BRITAX CHILDCARE PTY LTD.
    Inventor: Wieslaw Maciejczyk
  • Patent number: 11383623
    Abstract: A support platform for a child car seat includes a carrier base configured to support a child car seat and a load leg pivotally attached to the carrier base about a hinge point to allow angular displacement between the load leg and the carrier base. The load leg includes a leg member having a first end pivotally connected to the carrier base at the hinge point, and a foot extending from a second end of the leg member and having a bottom surface configured to frictionally engage a floor of the vehicle at a contact point defined along the foot. A leg axis through the hinge point of the load leg and the contact point of the foot defines a load leg angle of between substantially 10° and substantially 25° relative to an axis extending substantially perpendicular to the floor of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Safest Seats LLC
    Inventor: Henry F. Thorne
  • Patent number: 11383626
    Abstract: An improved back support designed for use in a seat, to relieve pressure on the user's back. The improved back support includes a first elongated belt segment and a second elongated belt segment. The first elongated belt segment is formed of a first fastening end, and a second attachment end, and the second elongated belt segment is formed of a first fastening end, and a second attachment end. The first elongated belt segment and the second elongated belt segment are adjoined with one or more straps. An individual strap is suspended from the seat to hold the brace in position and when it has been released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventor: James E. Teague
  • Patent number: 11382437
    Abstract: A rotatable clip-on seat for attachment adjacent an edge of a tabletop comprising a main frame supporting a seat for a child and grip arms extending distally from the seat for positioning atop the table. Moveable clamping arms connect to the main frame and are rotatable about a longitudinal axis between folded and unfolded orientations. When unfolded, the clamping arms extend downwardly from the main frame and forwardly, generally parallel to the grip arms on the underside of the tabletop opposite of the grip arms. User-adjustable clamps connected to the clamping arms include upwardly extendable members to engage the underside of the table to secure the seat frame to the tabletop. The clamps are pivotable about a clamp axis which is parallel to the longitudinal axis to ease installation on the tabletop and to allow frame folding for storage which positions the clamping arms and clamps generally between the grip arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Artsana USA, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. Longenecker, Raymond Evan Good, Stephen J. Wood
  • Patent number: 11376995
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback movable between an upright position and a reclined position relative to a seat base. A track assembly includes a bracket slidably received by a rail. The bracket is operably coupled with at least one of the seatback and the seat base. A rear support assembly is positioned to extend at least partially along the seatback and includes a base operably coupled with the seatback. First and second struts extend downward from the base, and one of the first and second struts is pivotally coupled with a back end of the bracket. An actuator assembly is operably coupled with the base and is configured to move the seatback between the upright position and the reclined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: John Wayne Jaranson, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Patrick Maloney, Johnathan Andrew Line
  • Patent number: 11370334
    Abstract: The present invention provides a rotatable safety seat includes a seat body, a seat base and a rotation component. The rotation component is slidably connected between the seat body and the seat base. The seat body is slid relative to the seat base via simultaneous shifting and rotation. The rotation component is slidably connected between the seat body and the seat base. During slid of the seat body, the seat body is shifted due to the slide, the seat body is shifted because of the slide, so as to move the seat body close to or away from the seat base; in the meantime, the seat body is rotated when being shifted, so that the infant or the child on the seat body is moved close to or away from the caretaker according to the actual demand. The present invention further provides a carrier with the rotatable safety seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Xiao-Long Mo
  • Patent number: 11364821
    Abstract: A seat lifter includes: an inner link for changing a height position of an inner lower arm with respect to a floor of a vehicle; an outer link for changing a height position of an outer lower area with respect to the floor; a coupling rod that couples the inner link to the outer link; a planetary gear mechanism capable of causing the coupling rod to rotate relative to the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm; a drive unit capable of driving the planetary gear mechanism; and a power transmission rod that transmits power of the drive unit to the planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear mechanism is disposed between the inner lower arm and the outer lower arm. The drive unit is disposed outside the inner lower arm in the width direction or outside the outer lower arm in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Naoya Okamoto, Sho Kume
  • Patent number: 11364824
    Abstract: A seat backrest includes right and left side frame segments, a pressure receiving member disposed between the side frame segments movably in a front-back direction, and a cushion pad covering the front of the side frame segments and pressure receiving member. The pressure receiving member includes a main body part, and extending parts extending laterally from both sides of the main body part. The cushion pad includes a back receiving part covering the front of the main body part, and bank parts disposed on both sides of the back receiving part, protruding forward from both sides, and covering the front of the extending parts and side frame segments. A recess is formed at an area, facing a corresponding extending part of the extending parts, of a rear surface of each bank part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shuichi Shimizu