Patents Examined by Rodney B. White
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Patent number: 11882940Abstract: A cushion body for sitting is provided which can offer good feeling of sitting even to many unspecified users of various body shapes and allow them to be seated more comfortably. A cushion body for sitting (1) includes: a base part (2) having a sitting surface (S1) formed of a curved surface that is curved concavely to support, from below, the buttocks of a seated person in a seated posture; and a pair of side supporting portions (3) each having a side supporting surface (S2) formed of a curved surface that is curved continuously from the sitting surface (S1) of the base part (2), where the pair of side supporting portions (3) project from sides of the base part (2) such that the side supporting portions (3) can be bent and deformed by a load applied to the side supporting surfaces (S2), so as to support both the left and right parts of the buttocks of the seated person in the seated posture.Type: GrantFiled: August 4, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: JSP CorporationInventor: Seishiro Murata
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Patent number: 11882939Abstract: A modular furniture system is for a variety of purposes and includes at least one furniture base module consisting of a backrest element, a seat base module, two upholstery elements and a plurality of foot elements. The backrest element and the seat base module are capable of being connected and fastened by the foot elements without the use of tools, so that the furniture base module is capable of being packed ready for assembly in a shipping carton with low dimensions, in particular with dimensions up to 120 cm×60 cm×60 cm, and with a reduced weight, in particular with a weight of less than 30 kg.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: VETSAK GMBHInventors: Max Gansow, Marco Heimann, Hubertus Kläs, Thomas Kirn
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Patent number: 11871848Abstract: A deflectable folding bracket according to the present invention includes a base and a plurality of supporting members movably connected to the base. The base includes an upper base and a lower base. The supporting members include three or more lower supporting members connected to the lower base and three or more upper supporting members connected to the upper base. The base further includes a deflection mechanism arranged between the upper base and the lower base, and the deflection mechanism includes an elastic member connected to the upper base and the lower base. In a case where the elastic member elastically deforms, the upper base deflects relative to the lower base. Since the deflection mechanism is arranged between the upper base and the lower base, the upper base can deflect relative to the lower base, which improves comfort and interest of portable furniture with the folding bracket.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Lili Wang
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Patent number: 11871851Abstract: The invention relates generally to a lightweight, collapsible, and portable wheeled seat, e.g., a wheeled office chair or stool, for travel, storage, and mobility. The seat includes a seat base member and a seat surface member collapsible between an open, extended position, which is configured to provide a seating surface, and a collapsed, closed position. The seat surface member includes a central seating surface member fixed to the seat base member that has an outer perimeter, and a pair of oppositely disposed and generally u-shaped seating surface members pivotally secured to the seat base member. Each of the generally u-shaped seating surface members include a pair of leg portions that extend from a base portion thereof, or an inward directed perimeter and a portion of each inward directed perimeter has a shape that substantially complementarily corresponds to a shape of a portion of the outer perimeter of the central seating surface member.Type: GrantFiled: December 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Inventor: Robert W. Smith, Jr.
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Patent number: 11857084Abstract: A chair includes a frame having a front transverse element defining a first hinging axis and a rear transverse element defining a second hinging axis; a seat having a front section hinged with the frame about the first hinging axis; and a backrest hinged with the frame about the second hinging axis, wherein the backrest includes a backrest support having a bottom transverse element defining a third hinging axis, and wherein the backrest support is hinged with a rear section of the seat about the third hinging axis.Type: GrantFiled: March 17, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
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Patent number: 11858393Abstract: A cushion member 301 is a cushion member made of flexible resin or rubber and used for a passenger seat 300, and includes a porous structural body 1, and a top skin 330 serving as at least a surface FS on a seated person side among surfaces of the passenger seat and integrated with the porous structural body.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Archem Inc.Inventors: Taichi Itabashi, Taisuke Yonezawa, Yoshiyuki Takahashi
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Patent number: 11857081Abstract: A load bearing surface includes a woven fabric surface and a carrier (18) overmolded onto the fabric surface. Portions of the woven fabric are bonded to the carriers (18) o as to remain fixed relative to the carrier during normal loading conditions and during abnormally high loading conditions. Other portions (14) of the woven fabric are bonded to the carrier so as to remain fixed relative to the carrier during normal loading conditions and to move or slip within the carrier, or to rupture, during abnormally high loading conditions.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.Inventors: Craig Martin Oomen, Randy James Sayers, Manfred Mueller
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Patent number: 11850195Abstract: Joystick chair is an input device for interaction between the user and computer. It enables the movement of the user in games. The invention is used by placing feet on the platform (3) and sitting or leaning on the seat (23). Command for turning is achieved by rotating the seat (23), either to the left or to the right. Command for forward movement is issued by pulling the left or right controller (36, 41) with fingers, while the command for backward movement is issued by pushing the left or right controller (36, 41) away by palms. Control handles for lateral movement (49, 56) are separated from the forward-back controls that are located on the controllers (36, 41). Other commands are achieved with buttons on the left and right controller and they are accessible with thumbs. The software allows the modifications of all available actions of the invention.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: NeuroSync Laboratories, LLCInventors: Zoran Stajic, Vuk Pusic, Rados Radenkovic, Nenad Dunjic
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Patent number: 11849857Abstract: A cover material fixing device includes: a first fixing member that is formed in a plate shape so that the first fixing member is connected to a first cover material at a first connection portion of one end portion and has an insertion portion formed at the other end portion; and a second fixing member that is disposed on a groove portion of a fixed member, is provided along the first fixing member, and includes a holding portion holding the insertion portion. The insertion portion is inserted and engaged with the holding portion so that the first cover material is fixed to the fixed member and the insertion portion of the first fixing member includes a rotation restricting portion for the holding portion.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.Inventor: Tsubasa Hitomi
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Patent number: 11849861Abstract: A chair armrest is revealed. The chair armrest includes an armrest support, an armrest pad body, a connection body, and a connecting member. The armrest pad body has a mounting slot with an opening facing downward while the mounting slot has a depth and a shape. The connection body is provided with a thickness and a shape which are corresponding to the depth and the shape of the mounting slot. Thus the connection body can be mounted and positioned in the mounting slot. The armrest support and the connection body of are connected by the connecting member. During assembly of the chair armrest, the armrest support is connected to the connection body by the connecting member while the armrest pad body is affixed with the armrest support into one part by the connecting member. Thereby production cost is reduced.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: ATEC INTERNATIONAL TEAM CO., LTD.Inventors: Te-Chun Chen, Fu-Ming Chen
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Patent number: 11850105Abstract: A tilting seat for operators in a controlled environment, particularly for surgeons and the like, comprising a saddle, a chest support, a forehead support and a leg support connected to a base standing on the ground, such that the saddle, the chest support, the forehead support and the leg support are integrally movable with rotation about a horizontal-axis joint placed below the saddle, keeping the space over the joint free from movable elements while in use, guaranteeing the substantial lack of contamination in such space.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Inventors: Piero Giovanni Nicola Maria Bruni, Giampiero Campanelli, Marta Cavalli
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Patent number: 11844440Abstract: A chair having a chair base (1), a seat part (5, 6, 7, 8) connected thereto, a backrest (9, 16, 17) connected thereto, the seat 5 part (5, 6, 7, 8) pivotable about at least one horizontal or inclined horizontal axis and the backrest (9, 16, 17) are spatially adjustable. The seat part (5, 6, 7, 8) has at least three seat elements (5, 6, 7) that can be adjusted in relation to one another and whose operating positions can be adjusted individually.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: Hans Schüller, Flaviu Bragoi, Daniel Drotleff
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Patent number: 11844434Abstract: An ergonomic chair has a back support member and means for arranging and supporting legs of the user in an asymmetric configuration, with a first leg extending in front of a body of the user and a second leg aligned with or extending behind the body of the user. An angle between the first and second legs in a side view can be at least 30 degrees. The means for arranging and supporting legs can comprise one or more fixed structures that support the first leg in a first orientation, or one or more dynamic structures that can be positioned by the user to support the first leg in a first orientation. In some embodiments, with the legs of the user in the asymmetric configuration, a centerline of the user is offset from a centerline of the back support member with respect to a lateral direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Inventors: Carolyn G. Catan, Helen L. Catan, Ruth Catan
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Patent number: 11839311Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a chair including a multi-channel sound system, and more particularly, to a chair including a multi-channel sound system capable of providing a sense of space and a three-dimensional effect to a user who sits in the chair through sounds output from a plurality of channels.Type: GrantFiled: January 18, 2023Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: TROUND INC.Inventor: Jea Bum Park
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Patent number: 11839303Abstract: A movable chair device and a chair assembly are provided. The movable chair device includes a chair mechanism and a transmission mechanism. The transmission mechanism includes a primary transmission component and an intermediate transmission component. The primary transmission component includes: a fixing member, a first swing arm, a second swing arm and a first linkage member. The first linkage member is enclosed with the first swing arm, the second swing arm and the fixing member to form a closed-loop connecting rod mechanism. The intermediate transmission component includes a first transmission arm, a second transmission arm and a third transmission arm.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2022Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: HAINING HELI MACHINERY & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiqi Sun, Xiaozhao Zhang, Qiu Xu
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Patent number: 11832733Abstract: An orthopedic device; the orthopedic device includes a cushion having a left side and a right side having different heights to level and correct a lateral pelvic tilt in a seated user. In one embodiment, the left side and the right side may each include pads for supporting respective buttocks of the seated user seated with lateral pelvic tilt. In another embodiment, the cushion may be used for supporting just one buttock of the seated user seated with lateral pelvic tilt. A method for diagnosing lateral pelvic tilt and for using the orthopedic device to correct the lateral pelvic tilt is also disclosed herein. The orthopedic device is useful for relieving, or at least substantially relieving, back pain and pressure associated with lateral pelvic tilt.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Inventor: Linda Salter
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Patent number: 11834006Abstract: A vehicle seat console has at least one vehicle-side guide element and at least one seat-side guide element which is arranged parallel to the vehicle-side guide element. The vehicle seat console also has at least one longitudinal adjustment device which is acted upon by a drive device and is designed to produce a relative adjustment between the vehicle-side guide element and the seat-side guide element. A force-limiting device with a force-limiting element is provided between the longitudinal adjustment device and the vehicle-side guide element and/or between the longitudinal adjustment device and the seat-side guide element. The force-limiting element has a first deformation section which deforms under the effect of a force acting thereon above a specified force threshold. The force-limiting element has a second deformation section which is guided by a deflecting assembly.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AktiengesellschaftInventors: Andreas Huf, Sylvia Kleindl, Fabian Koehler, Robert Martin, Robert Painer, Martin Unger
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Patent number: 11832734Abstract: A chair includes a seat, a backrest, and an elastic link. The seat supports a user's buttocks, wherein the backrest supports the user's back, the elastic link elastically connects a side portion of the seat to a side portion of the backrest, the seat includes a seat free end formed at a rear portion thereof without being connected to the backrest and the backrest includes a backrest free end formed at a lower portion thereof without being connected to the seat.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI LIVART FURNITURE CO., LTD., JINWON CO., LTD., Studio Weber and AssociatesInventor: Jeffrey Allen Weber
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Patent number: 11825949Abstract: A chair that provides movement side-to-side about a first pivot axis positioned above the seat plane allows the user a wide range of dynamic movement, but does not require constant or excessive action on the part of the user to maintain a desired position.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 28, 2023Inventor: Michael David Collier
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Patent number: 11819130Abstract: A novel form of furniture where various types of seating arrangements which can be provided with interchangeable hexagon shaped cushions to achieve swivel chair, sofa and stool configuration. The assembly allows easy to assemble and disassemble structure where multiple configurations can be achieved with slide adjustments. The assembly allows enhanced air circulation, easy removal and placement of cushions, easy storage, interchangeable cushions and allows user to replace or service individual cushions without the need to replace the entire furniture piece. The cushions are also interchangeable for aesthetic choices where user can create different color combinations based on their aesthetic preference. Cushion units can be replaced to change its visual appearance without the need to replace the entire chair.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2022Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Inventor: James Piatt