Patents Examined by Sarah B. McPartlin
  • Patent number: 11771236
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a support frame of a child seating device having unfolding and folding joints, bearing bases, a first stand and a second stand. The bearing base is formed on the unfolding and folding joint; the first stand is assembled with the unfolding and folding joints, the second stand is assembled with the unfolding and folding joints, and the second stand is connected pivotally to the first stand with the aid of the unfolding and folding joints. With the aid of the bearing bases, the support frame of the child seating device of the disclosure can be detached from or engaged with different child carriers, so that the support frame of the child seating device of the disclosure has multiple modes of use. In addition, the disclosure also provides a child seating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Manqun Cheng
  • Patent number: 11766138
    Abstract: A child booster seat assembly includes a base seat and an upper seat. A first seating area is formed on the base seat. The upper seat is detachably installed on the base seat. The upper seat can be installed on the base seat installed on an adult chair at a higher position or detached from the base seat and installed on the adult chair at a lower position, which allows a caregiver to adjust an elevated height of the upper seat easily. Furthermore, when the upper seat is detached from the base seat, the upper seat and the base seat can be used independently and respectively installed on two adult chairs for accommodating two children at once.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Mountz, Jerry S. Ingraham, John E. Huntley, Nathanael Saint
  • Patent number: 11766129
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to the field of footrests. More specifically, the present invention relates to a footrest device designed to screw into a ground surface. The footrest is comprised of a foot board that has an anti-skid texture, that allows a user to rest his or her feet in an inclined position. The footrest is further comprised of a conical structure attached to a ball bearing at a top end, wherein the conical structure is screwed into the ground surface to secure the footrest. Further, a user can place the footrest in a variety of locations with various heights depending on their preference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Inventor: Renae Katz
  • Patent number: 11766127
    Abstract: A detachable swivel tin chair comprises a seat, chair leg and tray, the tray comprises an upper connecting tray, a lower connecting tray and a rotating device. The rotating device comprises a first connecting piece, a ball bearing and a second connecting piece. The first and second connecting piece rotate relative to each other through the ball bearing, the seat is fixedly connected to the upper end of the upper connecting tray. The chair legs include four supporting legs, the upper end of the legs are provided with an arc-shaped folded edge, which is provided with three first screw holes, the lower end of the lower connecting tray is provided with second screw holes. A long annular reinforcing rib is welded on the middle and lower sections of the supporting leg and connecting pieces are welded at the middle and lower sections on the inner side of the supporting feet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Anji Hengfeng Bamboo and Wood Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhenjie Xu
  • Patent number: 11766137
    Abstract: A child carrier includes a booster seat and a leg assembly. The leg assembly is detachably installed on the booster seat. The leg assembly includes an upper support and a lower support. The upper support is detachably installed on the booster seat. The lower support is detachably installed on the upper support. The child carrier is in a high chair mode when the lower support and the upper support are respectively installed on the upper support and the booster seat to connect the leg assembly to the booster seat, the child carrier is in a youth chair mode when the upper support is installed on the booster seat and the lower support is detached from the upper support, and the child carrier is in a booster mode when the upper support is detached from the booster seat to separate the leg assembly from the booster seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Peter R. Tuckey
  • Patent number: 11759019
    Abstract: A privacy device for use with an individual chair or seating arrangement. The privacy device has a pivotal interior lid that will allow the individual to have a visual and audio barrier while being seated in the chair. The lid can be held in various positions without the use of extraneous locking members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: John Billman
  • Patent number: 11759018
    Abstract: A chair has a metal base, a matrix of metal tubes having a common outside and an inside diameter, welded orthogonal to the metal base, extending vertically, and a matrix of posts matching the matrix of metal tubes, the posts bored for a portion of a length of each post, with each post engaged over one of the metal tubes. The chair is characterized in that one row of posts along one edge of the metal base comprises posts of a height greater than other posts, and forms a backrest for the chair, and in that the remaining matrix of posts, of a lesser height than the posts forming the backrest, are of a common height, and form a seat surface for the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Vincent Horn, Jane Ellen Bube
  • Patent number: 11751699
    Abstract: A booster seat (1) for children comprising a frame (2) composed of a front structure (3) and a rear structure (4), the front structure (3) comprising a lower base portion (5) and an upper backrest portion (6), the rear structure (4) being rotatably attached to the lower base portion (5); a seat portion (8) rotatably attached to the upper backrest portion (6); a tray (9) comprising a pair of lateral arms (11); the tray (9) being rotatably attached to the upper backrest portion (6) for the tray (9) to be commuted between a use configuration in which the tray (9) overhangs the upper backrest portion (6) and a stored configuration in which the tray (9) is substantially parallel to the upper backrest portion (6); the booster seat (1) being adapted to be commuted between an open configuration and a closed configuration whereby, in the open configuration, the lower ends of the lower base portion (5) and the lower ends of the rear structure (4) are spaced apart from each other, with the seat portion (8) substantially
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Artsana S.p.A.
    Inventor: Antonella Festa
  • Patent number: 11744377
    Abstract: A submergible stool includes a body having a top, a bottom spaced from the top, and a sidewall extending between the top and the bottom and defining an enclosed interior cavity extending between the top, the bottom, and the sidewall. A first aperture is formed in the sidewall proximate the bottom and extends from the enclosed interior cavity to an exterior of the stool. A second aperture is formed in the sidewall proximate the top and extends from the enclosed interior cavity to an exterior of the stool. The apertures are positioned such that when the stool is placed in a body of water, water will flow into the interior cavity through the first aperture, air will be forced out of the second aperture, and the stool will sink to a bottom of the body of water in an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Ledge Lounger, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Anderson, David Bier
  • Patent number: 11737569
    Abstract: The presently claimed subject matter is directed to furniture elements. Further, the presently claimed subject matter concerns a furniture covering element configured with a cushioning arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignee: KETER HOME AND GARDEN PRODUCTS LTD
    Inventors: Yaacov Haham, Gali Kudin Amar, Hannah Spaander
  • Patent number: 11738672
    Abstract: A vehicle seat power consumption control device and method therefor, may reduce a voltage supplied to a heating wire or air blower provided in a vehicle seat based on at least one of a position of the vehicle seat, body information related to an occupant, and power consumption time (operation time of a heating wire or an air blower) of the vehicle seat to reduce power consumption of a battery while maintaining a sensory temperature of an occupant at a certain level, improving fuel efficiency of the vehicle. To this end, the vehicle seat power consumption control device may include a sensor that obtains an angle of a vehicle seat and a controller that adjusts a voltage supplied to an electric device provided in the vehicle seat according to the angle of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dong Hoon Lee, Doo Ri Kim, Yo Han Kim
  • Patent number: 11731721
    Abstract: A saddle for a bicycle can be configured to provide improved vibration isolation performance. The saddle can include a saddle body. The saddle can include a plurality of isolators. The plurality of isolators can be operatively connected to the saddle body. Each of the plurality of isolators can include a stack of a plurality of conical springs. The stack of the plurality of conical springs does not include a central shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Paul A. Gilmore, Umesh N. Gandhi, Ryohei Tsuruta, Brian J. Pinkelman
  • Patent number: 11723469
    Abstract: An ergonomic method for working in confined work spaces is disclosed. The method, in some cases, includes the steps of: a) providing a support structure that is generally in the configuration of a rectangular prism having six faces, a length, width, and a height in which the length, width, and height differ from one another so that the structure provides three different height positions when the support structure is placed on the floor of the workspace; b) placing the support structure with one of its faces in contact with a contoured floor surface in a confined work space; and c) sitting or standing on the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Eric Fowler, Michael Hayes, Kevin Eversley
  • Patent number: 11723466
    Abstract: An easily assembled chair armrest is revealed. The easily assembled chair armrest includes an armrest support, an armrest pad body, and at least one fastening member arranged between the armrest support and the armrest pad body. The fastening member includes at least one first fastening portion and at least one second fastening portion which are aligned and pressed vertically to fit and connect with each other. One of the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion is disposed on a top support surface of the armrest support while the other is arranged at a first mounting space of the armrest pad body. While being assembled to form the chair armrest, the armrest support is connected with the armrest pad body to form one part by vertical fastening of the first fastening portion and the second fastening portion of the fastening member. Thus manufacturing cost is reduced relatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: ATEC INIERNATIONAL TEAM CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Te-Chun Chen, Fu-Ming Chen
  • Patent number: 11712117
    Abstract: An elevated bench seating support including a top panel, a first brace and a second brace. The first brace is operably attached to the top panel. The second brace is operably attached to the first brace to retain a bench back between the first brace and the second brace when the elevated bench seating support is used in conjunction with a bench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Inventor: Timothy Geehan
  • Patent number: 11707136
    Abstract: An apparatus that supports a user in a variety of positions to comfortably perform tasks, such as applying one or more tattoos to skin of a subject is herein disclosed. The apparatus can be reconfigured to optimally position and support the arms and/or chest of the user. The apparatus includes a vertically movable armrest assembly. Armrests can support the user's forearms while supporting the user's chest such that the user can comfortably perform tasks in front of a chest support of the stool. The armrest assembly can be translated vertically to accommodate the user's body to achieve desired positioning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: InkBed, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Richardson
  • Patent number: 11707135
    Abstract: A frameless furniture assembly adapted to be converted between an unfilled configuration and a filled configuration including: an outer liner having an inner surface and an outer surface; a plurality of pieces of fill material, wherein the fill material is retained within the outer liner; and at least one configuration support member associated with the inner surface of the outer liner. The frameless furniture assembly is preferably adapted to support a human in a seated position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Comfort Research, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel C. George, II, Matthew Jung
  • Patent number: 11708013
    Abstract: A vehicle seat arrangement includes a vehicle seat arranged to be adjusted between a forward facing setup and a rearward facing setup and a seat back rotation axle. A seat back is rotatable around a seat back rotation axle between a forward facing seat back setup and a rearward facing seat back setup. The seat cushion is arranged to be adjusted between a forward facing seat cushion setup and a rearward facing seat cushion setup. The seat back rotation axle may be arranged to be fixed in location and the seat cushion may be arranged to be displaceable horizontally or the seat back rotation axle may be arranged to be displaceable horizontally and the seat cushion may be arranged to be fixed in location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: NINGBO GEELY AUTOMOBILE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT CO.
    Inventors: Oskar Ewehag, Johan Höcks, Christian Forsberg
  • Patent number: 11702286
    Abstract: A widget device for use in delivering products or items stored on a storage unit to a transfer system, is described herein. The widget device includes a shell, a positioning magnet mounted to the shell and deployable to selectively contact the storage unit to hold the widget device at a desired location associated with a corresponding product or item, and a processor programmed to operate the positioning magnet to control a position of the widget device with respect to the storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: HOTBERRY, LLC
    Inventor: Karen Lynnette Montgomery
  • Patent number: 11701987
    Abstract: An adjustment fitting for a vehicle seat for adjusting an inclination of a backrest of the vehicle seat may have a first fitting part connectable to a seat substructure of the vehicle seat. The fitting may also have a second fitting part pivotable about an axis relative to the first fitting part and connectable to the backrest of the vehicle seat. The first fitting part and the second fitting part may be constituent parts both of a gearing unit of the adjustment fitting and of a locking unit of the adjustment fitting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Keiper Seating Mechanisms Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Grit Scholz, Kirubaharan Albert Reginold, Balaji Paramasivam, Arkadius Rock, Daniel Hübner, Mothanna Yasen, Dieter Henkel, Rolf Schüler