Patents Examined by Rodney B. White
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Patent number: 12042060Abstract: Disclosed is a lumbar supporting system of a chair and a chair having the same, and an object to be achieved by the present disclosure is to provide a lumbar supporting system of a chair and a chair having the same, which are capable of accurately supporting a user's waist according to the user's body type by adjusting a height and depth of a lumbar pad by using a vertical operating force.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: PATRA CO., LTD.Inventors: Jae Gyu Jung, Baek Joo Kang
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Patent number: 12029319Abstract: A swingable chair chassis comprises a rocker seat including a chamber defined between a bottom wall and a peripheral wall. The bottom wall includes a slot extending in a front/rear direction. A lid is securely mounted to a bottom of the seat and the rocker seat. A supporting seat is disposed in the chamber of the rocker seat. The supporting seat includes a central portion having an insertion hole coupled with chair post. The supporting seat includes an arcuate supporting face formed on an upper side thereof and abutting against a lower face of the lid. A plurality of elastic elements is disposed between the bottom wall of the rocker seat and the supporting seat and provides movement elasticity when the rocker seat swings forward or rearward relative to the supporting seat. The supporting face abuts against the lower face of the lid during swinging movement of the rocker seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Inventor: Chang-Chen Lin
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Patent number: 12030411Abstract: A child seat comprising: an outer shell supporting an inner shell therein, the inner shell and the outer shell together defining a child protection region within the seat; an adjustment mechanism disposed between the inner shell and the outer shell defining a trajectory of movement for the inner shell relative to the outer shell, wherein relative movement between the inner shell and the outer shell along the trajectory of movement adjusts a size and a shape of the child protection region of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.Inventors: Quentin G. Walsh, Mitchell L. Shellenberger, Brandon Hoover, Mark Matthew Messner
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Patent number: 12030546Abstract: A protective cover for use in connection with seated persons or pets in a moving conveyance protects the seated person from the effects of environmental elements, such as sun, rain and wind, motion effects, noise, interaction with other people and airborne contaminants, while providing a calming and restful environment for rest or sleep. The protective cover may incorporate antimicrobial treatments or materials to reduce organic load on the exposed side of the cover and the number of washings.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: FLIPFORT LLCInventors: Sarah Filipovitz, Ellen Velez
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Patent number: 12029329Abstract: Provided is a storage mechanism for a seat table enabling improved handleability at the time of storage with a relatively simple configuration. One aspect of the present disclosure is a storage mechanism for a seat table used by combination with a seat. The storage mechanism for the seat table includes a held portion provided to the seat table, and a holding portion provided to a storage portion where the seat table is stored. The held portion includes at least one attracted magnet. The holding portion includes at least one attracting magnet attracting the at least one attracted magnet, and at least one repelling magnet repelling the at least one attracted magnet.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hiroyuki Suzuki
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Patent number: 12024296Abstract: Described are passenger seat reclining systems having a seat pan; a seat back fixed with respect to the seat pan; and at least one spreader. Motion track segments of the spreader may cause a particular recline motion. For example, the motion track segments may cause the seat body to rotate about an axis adjacent to the headrest during transition from an upright position to a reclined position of the passenger seat. Additionally or alternatively, the motion track segments may be configured such that the seat pan translates down and forward when the passenger seat transitions from an upright position to a reclined position, and such that the seat back is constrained to undergo less than less than 3 inches (7.62 cm) of rearward translation in recline travel when the passenger seat transitions from the upright position to the reclined position.Type: GrantFiled: May 30, 2019Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: SAFRAN SEATS USA LLCInventors: Reza Mansouri, Romain Tranier, Foek Le, Charles Michael Parker, Gokul Ramarathnam, Amen Omoragbon
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Patent number: 12022949Abstract: A drive motor-linear actuator system, for use within, for example, powered chairs, comprises a single drive motor provided with a pair of output drive shafts, and a pair of laterally spaced, left and right-side linear actuators operatively engaged respectively with the pair of output drive shafts. In this manner, the single drive motor can simultaneously actuate both linear actuators in a synchronized manner. The linear actuators are disposed near the opposite left and right sides of the chair so as to provide enhanced stability to the chair while reducing the weight and cost of the chair since only one single drive motor is required to drive both linear actuators.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: HIDDEN LAKE 822, LLCInventor: Stephen R. Lake
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Patent number: 12022958Abstract: A folding chair frame structure includes left and right supporting frame units, front and rear connecting frame units, and a pair of armrest supporting rods. A top of each armrest supporting rod has a spherical head. Each armrest supporting rod has an engaging groove below the spherical head. A pair of armrest rods is pivotally connected to respective rear parts of the left and right supporting frame units. A front end of each armrest rod has a joint. A lower end of the joint has an accommodating chamber. A side wall of the accommodating chamber has at least one receiving opening. An engaging plate is detachably inserted in the receiving opening. The engaging plate has a through hole. When the spherical head is inserted in the accommodating chamber and passes through the through hole, the engaging plate is engaged with the engaging groove.Type: GrantFiled: November 1, 2022Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Inventor: Dexing Zhang
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Patent number: 12024297Abstract: An actuation mechanism may control the movement of an aircraft seat between an upright position and a bed position. The aircraft seat comprises a back rest and connected seat pan with an actuator for moving the seat between an upright position and a bed position. The seat pan comprises a cam follower (32). The cam follower (32) is arranged to move along a first cam path (38) when the aircraft seat is moved from the upright position to the bed position. It is further arranged to move along a second cam path (40) when the seat is moved from the bed position to the upright position.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Safran Seats GB LimitedInventors: Christopher Shiels, Clive Pearce, Louis Flanagan
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Patent number: 12022950Abstract: An oscillation mechanism for a seat or a backrest of a chair or of an armchair is provided. The oscillation mechanism has a seat coupling, a backrest coupling, and a functional body made in a single piece of plastic material and consisting of a flexible unit portion, the functional body being elastically deformable by bending for the oscillation of the seat and of the backrest.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2020Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignee: Donati S.P.A.Inventor: Armando Donati
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Patent number: 12016461Abstract: A compactly packageable sofa includes a seat back, a seat cushion, two arm panels and a zippered flap. In the assembled state of the sofa, the seat cushion and the seat back are held between the arm panels, and the zippered flap is attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion. The seat back does not contact the seat cushion in the assembled state of the sofa. In the compact state of the sofa, the seat back, the seat cushion and the arm panels are not attached to one another. Instead, the arm panels fit inside a compartment under the seat cushion. The flap is not attached to both the seat back and the seat cushion in the compact state of the sofa. In the compact state, the sofa is contained in a packing box whose width is only slightly greater than the depth of the seat cushion.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Zinus Inc.Inventors: Jongwan Ha, Youn Jae Lee
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Patent number: 12016463Abstract: The present application relates to sofa with a turnable backrest, including a sofa seat frame, a backrest body, and an extension mechanism, wherein the backrest body is connected to the sofa seat frame through the extension mechanism; the extension mechanism is configured to turn and flatten the backrest body from a backrest position of the sofa seat frame to a position above a sitting position, and configured to turn the backrest body back to the backrest position.Type: GrantFiled: September 20, 2023Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: JASON FURNITURE (HANGZHOU) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Yuanfeng Feng, Renfei Wang, Linlin Wu, Zhiyu Wang
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Patent number: 12016468Abstract: A seating module for use with a chair frame includes a perimeter frame member. A resilient internal platform is attached to the perimeter frame member at a static portion. An upper seat cushion is disposed on top of a resilient internal platform. The resilient internal platform is biased to an original shape that defines a resting position. Upon a patient resting upon the resilient internal platform, the resilient internal platform deflects in a downward direction toward a seating position and contemporaneously exerts an upward biasing force that assists the patient in reaching a seated position and also assists the patient in moving upward from the seated position.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Inventors: David Shipman, Cynthia Tripp
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Patent number: 12011098Abstract: A cushion assembly for supporting a sitting or reclining person includes a cushion formed with a cushion aperture. The person may suspend a part of their body within the void space of the cushion aperture to avoid contact pressure between the cushion assembly and the suspended body part. An optional cushion insert may be positioned in the cushion aperture. The cushion insert is formed with a bilobate insert aperture and an insert ridge projecting into the insert aperture has a first insert aperture lobe extending away from a first side of the insert ridge and a second insert aperture lobe extending away from a second side of the insert ridge. The cushion insert modifies a size and perimeter shape of the void space in the cushion aperture.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Inventor: Cynthia Gomez
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Patent number: 12011099Abstract: A chair is provided with a seat support frame which may be comprised of at least two tubes spaced apart by a polymer connector. The seat support frame supports a foam cushion and the frame may be embedded in the foam and may include flexible supports across the support frame also embedded in the foam. A rigid panel has a cavity and the rigid panel is arranged adjacent an outer surface of the foam cushion with at least part of the foam cushion positioned within the cavity, wherein the rigid panel is affixed to the support frame and an inner surface of the rigid panel faces the outer surface of the foam cushion.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Series International, LLCInventor: Alvaro Mauricio Olarte
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Patent number: 12004661Abstract: An outdoor chair is provided that can include a seat, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a backrest, and a pair of armrests. The pair of front legs and the pair of back legs can both depend from the seat. The backrest can be disposed adjacent to the seat. The pair of armrests can be coupled to the front legs and the backrest, where each armrest can be coupled to the backrest with a flared protrusion. The rear legs can include an angled leg extension and the seat can include a plurality of horizontal slats.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: FINDLAY MACHINE & TOOL, LLCInventor: Nickolas Reinhart
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Patent number: 12005812Abstract: A wire harness connected to a sensor is positioned on a back surface of a pad of a vehicle seat supported by a panel. The vehicle seat (1) includes a panel (4); a pad (11, 51) supported by the panel; a skin material (12, 52) covering a front surface of the pad; and a sensor (32) provided between the front surface of the pad and the skin material for acquiring information on a seat occupant, wherein the pad is provided with a through hole (35, 58) passed from the front surface of the pad to a back surface of the pad, and a recess (45, 61) formed in the back surface of the pad and connected to the through hole, the wire harness connected to the sensor extending in the through hole and the recess.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2023Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Hidetoshi Ozawa, Naohiro Sasaki
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Patent number: 12004663Abstract: Elements of the present disclosure provide chair apparatus comprising: a seat comprising: a top portion configured to contact at least a portion of a user of the chair apparatus, and a bottom portion; a back support secured to the bottom portion, the back support configured to contact at least a portion of the user of the chair apparatus; a chair base comprising: a cylinder, a first end of the cylinder securing to the bottom portion of the seat, a cylinder base secured to a second end of the cylinder, one or more legs secured to the cylinder base; a table system comprising: a table arm revolvably secured to the cylinder such that the table arm is configured to axially rotate independently and undisturbed around the seat and the back support, and a table portion hingedly connected to the table arm and positioned above the top portion of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: L2 Furniture, LLCInventors: Lawrence Hough, Leonte Benton
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Patent number: 12004650Abstract: A facilitated entry and exit seating system allows a person to rest in a hair salon style chair without the obstruction of a footrest. The seat portion rotates so that the footrest is at the side of the seat. The person enters and the seat is rotated to allow for use of the footrest.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2018Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventor: Scott W. Brooks
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Patent number: 12004656Abstract: A power shop stool that is battery powered and is a personal lifting device. The combination of components leads to a small compact device and allows a worker to adjust the seat height from 6? to 24? from floor lever in a vertical up and down fashion and it has the capability of stopping anywhere in between 6 inches and 24 inches.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Inventors: Eric Brittingham, Kevin Ferguson