Abstract: A seat structure includes a seat frame having two side frames and front and rear frames, a planar elastic member stretched between the front and rear frames, a three-dimensional net overlaid on the planar elastic member, two covering materials sewn to opposite side edge portions of the planar elastic member, respectively, and a first cushioning material (14) disposed on each of the two side frames and covered with one of the covering materials. The planar elastic member has upper and lower layers at a location close to the front frame with a predetermined space created between the upper and lower layers.

Abstract: A chair, in particular an office chair, comprising: a base structure, a seat support structure, articulated to the base structure around a transverse axis, an adjustable elastic device to apply an elastic force between the base structure and the seat support structure, a manually operated adjustment device for varying the distance between said adjustable elastic device and said transverse axis.

Abstract: A drawer slide and drawer slide adjustment mechanism. A drawer slide includes an aperture about which a camming mechanism or lever is attached to, or operates on, the drawer slide. A screw or pin may be placed through a portion of the camming mechanism and through the aperture. Movement of the camming mechanism results in movement of a drawer with respect to the drawer slide during installation.

Abstract: A floor panel for a raised access floor system, including a shallow metal pan with a bottom wall and a shallow upwardly-opening compartment. The bottom wall has a plurality of first hollow projections projecting upwardly therefrom, which projections adjacent upper ends thereof having sidewardly projecting rib structure. The bottom wall also has a plurality of microfeatures which project upwardly through a lesser extent. The number of microfeatures is substantially greater than the number of projections. The pan side walls and bottom wall are free of openings therethrough. A mass of solidified concrete fills the compartment. The floor panel is supported on a pedestal having a base which has clamping and mounting features integrated thereon for engaging grounding wires and cable management members.

Abstract: An adjustable lumbar support, for use in the back rest of a seat, includes a flexible band which in use extends longitudinally across the back rest so that opposite ends of the band are adjacent respective opposite sides of the back rest and further includes adjusting means operable to vary the extent to which the flexible band is able to curve rearwardly relative to the seat back rest. The flexible band includes a plurality of elongate members which are spaced along, and extend transversely with respect to, the longitudinal extent of the band, and a respective resiliently compressible bridging element joining together successive elongate members.

Abstract: Window well assembly of the type adapted for below soil grade attachment to a foundational structure adjacent a basement window or the like. The assembly includes a bottom member adapted to provide a drainage site, and an upstanding generally arcuately shaped wall surrounding said bottom member and having a pair of laterally opposed upstanding edge boundaries. The upstanding wall has an interior surface facing said basement window and exterior surface facing away from the window for anchoring the assembly in said soil. The exterior surface comprises at least one arcuately shaped gripping rib. Each gripping rib comprises an inclined protruding top wall sloping upwardly proceeding radially inwardly from the exterior surface toward the interior and a generally horizontal bottom wall.

Abstract: A seat, in particular a vehicle seat, preferably an aircraft passenger seat, has seating components such as a sitting part (20), a back rest (22), and a leg rest (24). The positions of these components, particularly their inclination relative to each other, is adjustable by at least one operating device (32), and by a control device (40) with at least one control component, preferably manually actuatable. The control device (40) is provided with at least one function element (48, 50) which makes certain that the control device and/or control component cannot be activated unintentionally. In addition to the control device, such as one in the form of an operating component or operating key, another structural component (function element) is present as a switching component. Operation of the function element in the form of a connection process is necessary to cause activation of the control device for initiation of an operating process.

Abstract: An injection-molded housing for a handheld portable electronic device employs a minimal number of parts. The housing, made of a thermoplastic elastomer, is watertight, buoyant and exceptionally rugged. Principal components of the housing snap together without the need for adhesive bonding or fasteners using a tongue-and-groove closure mechanism.

Abstract: A device for opening and closing a movable furniture part, in particular a drawer, door or shutter includes two trigger and drive units which each have a trigger member controllable by the action of an external force and a drive member coupled to the trigger member for moving the furniture part and one or more locking members for locking the furniture part in the closed position and release of the furniture part as a function of the action of an external force on one or more trigger members. The two trigger and drive units are coupled to one another synchronously and substantially without play by a path- and force-transmitting means.

Abstract: A method for assembling a case (5), such an integral play station, a simple screen for a DVD reader or for a play station, a loudspeaker or other . . . , on a cushion (2) such as a headrest or a seat back cushion, fitted with a protection cover (4). This method is characterized in that it consists in fastening the case (5) directly on the protection cover (4), before mounting said cover (4) on the cushion (2).

Abstract: The present invention is a sub-cabinet readily insertable and removable from a larger decorative cabinet. The invention is comprised of a box-like structure having at least three panels perpendicularly disposed with respect to a floor panel and attached thereto, a lift vertically disposed within the box-like structure and fastened thereto, and a control module disposed within the box-like structure and fastened thereto. The control module receives commands from a limit switch so as to stop the lift motion when filly retracted or extended. Furthermore, the control module regulates electrical power to a display device fastened to the lift based upon the direction of travel of the support unit. The control module receives function commands from either a wireless remote or a switch. An alternate embodiment of the present invention further comprises a safety strip attached about an edge along one or more panels adjacent to a movable lid hinged to a decorative cabinet.

Abstract: A housing for a telecommunications system is described. The housing contains a housing base for accommodating modules and module frames, and a covering shroud connected releasably to the housing base and, with the housing base, encloses the modules and the module frames. The covering shroud has a casing plate forming at least part of the covering shroud, and plastic moldings connected, in part, to the casing plate and/or the housing base. Some of the plastic moldings can be lined up in a row one beside another to form a wall surface of the covering shroud.

Abstract: A track device includes an outer track having two stops, a middle track slidably mounted in the outer track, the middle track having two slots that provide a passage to the outer track, and an inner track slidably mounted in the middle track. A resilient member includes an engaging portion securely mounted to the middle track and two legs respectively extending through the slots of the middle track. Each leg has an engaging section. When the middle track and the inner track are pulled outward to an extent that the middle track is pulled outward to a predetermined position, the engaging sections of the legs respectively abut against the stops of the outer track to thereby prevent inward movement of the middle track.

Abstract: A water deflecting apparatus is provided for a fixture mounted on a wall. The apparatus comprises a mounting plate having a front and a back. A protrusion extends outwardly from the front of the mounting plate, the protrusion having an aperture for extending about the fixture, a bottom and a top which slopes downwardly to at least one side of the opening when the apparatus is mounted on the wall, thereby deflecting water towards said at least one side of the opening. A passageway extends downwardly from the top towards the bottom thereof and is spaced-apart from the opening, thereby deflecting water away from the fixture.

Abstract: A seat structure includes a seat plate, a backrest plate adjustable in inclination angle, and a bridging member covering up a flexion portion between the seat plate and the backrest plate for bridging the seat plate and the backrest plate smoothly. The bridging member is a member shaped like a thin flat plate having a flexural elasticity and stably supports a baby's buttocks while dispersing a body pressure with its entire surface. This structure can provide such a seat structure that can prevent local loads from acting on the buttocks both in the form of a bed and in the form of a chair.

Abstract: There is disclosed an insert suitable for placement within a seat of an automotive vehicle. The insert preferably includes multiple layers, one of which includes a heater for providing an occupant of the seat with warmth. The insert also preferably includes a blower or air pump for providing ventilation and/or cooling to the seat occupant.

Abstract: Each panel of an interlocking construction system comprises: first and second sheathing members; at least one framing member secured between the sheathing members; a male and/or female panel side edge. The male panel side edge includes splines, each extending from between the sheathing members distally beyond the side edges, substantially perpendicular thereto. The female panel side edge includes a opposing pairs of parallel grooves, one on each sheathing member and extending proximally from the second side edge substantially perpendicular thereto. The female panel edge may engage a male panel edge of another similarly adapted panel with the splines of the other panel received within the grooves of the female panel edge. The male panel edge is adapted for engaging a female panel edge of another similarly adapted panel with the splines of the male panel edge inserted into grooves of the other panel.

Abstract: A housing with paneling elements, at least one of which is embodied as a door panel and can be fixed on the housing in a closed position and an opened position. If threaded receivers, which are oriented toward each other, are positioned on two oppositely located panel elements at least in the connecting area with a vertically adjoining panel element, and fastening elbows are connectible with the bearing receivers in adjustable angular positions by clamping screws having an adjustment knob and can be fixed in place, then the housing can be easily attached to a fastening surface and its angular position can be adjusted.

Abstract: A seat (chair, stool, etc.) has a seat base with a contoured front that is recessed in the middle. The recess extends towards a seating center and/or in a downward direction, creating an open area for seated person. The open area is located under the body part around the testes of a seated male person so that the dispersion of body heat from that area via air circulation will not be blocked by the seat base, and at the same time, the pressure between the testes area and the seat base will be reduced or eliminated, thereby improving the physiological condition for sperm, and in turn, may increase sperm activity and may reduce the possibility of infertility.

Abstract: An adjustable seat belt rerouter system includes a cord, a cord length adjustment mechanism, and a shoulder belt guide. The shoulder belt guide is slidingly connectable to the shoulder belt. The seat belt rerouter system includes a means for attaching a first end of the cord to the shoulder belt guide and a means for attaching a second end of the cord to a vehicle attachment point. When the cord first end is attached to the shoulder belt guide and the cord second end is attached to the vehicle attachment point, the cord length is adjustable with the cord length adjustment mechanism for rerouting and holding the shoulder belt away from a vehicle occupant's neck and face.