Abstract: A headrest device includes a stay member having a pair of vertical supporting bars adapted to be supported on a seat back of a vehicle seat and a horizontal supporting bar connecting the pair of vertical supporting bars, and a frame member having a connecting portion rotatably mounted on the horizontal supporting bar with a friction force existing between the horizontal supporting bar and the frame member. The frame member is provided with a slit extending along the connecting portion of the frame member and having ends extending towards the connecting portion. The portion of the frame defined by the slit can be resiliently deformed in the peripheral direction of the horizontal supporting bar and serve as a fulcrum point for adjusting the strength of the rotational friction force of the connecting portion.

Abstract: A portable seating device for providing a user with a small, collapsible stool that would be lightweight and portable. The portable seating device includes comprises a plurality of telescoping legs. A band is couplable to the plurality of legs to hold the medial portions of the telescoping legs together to permit spreading of top and bottom portions of the plurality of legs into a supporting position. A seat member is couplable to the top portions of the plurality of legs such that the seat member is held in a spread position when the plurality of legs are in the supporting position whereby the seat member is adapted for supporting a person sitting on the seat member. A line is coupled to the bottom portion of each of the plurality of legs to form a loop for preventing the bottom portions of the plurality of legs from spreading beyond the supporting position.

Abstract: In a fastening device (101) for a child's seat on a vehicle seat, in particular on a motor-vehicle seat, having at least one fastening element (109) which can be moved between an operational position and a parking position and which can be secured in the operational position, an interlocking element (113) is provided which locks the fastening element (109) in the operational position.

Abstract: A pair of foldable rear seats for a motor vehicle includes a support stub fixed to the vehicle and a pair elongated support arms pivotally connected to the support stub. A pair of seat bottoms are pivotally connected to each of the respective support arms, such that each seat bottom is pivotable between a vertical folded position and a horizontal open position. Further, a pair of seat backs are each pivotally connected to a rear portion of each respective seat bottom in order to fold into the respective seat bottom from an open position. A headrest is slidably disposed on each seat back. Furthermore, a pair of seat legs are each pivotally connected to the seat bottom at an outer portion thereof so that when the seat bottom is in the open state, the seat leg, in its open position, extends from the seat bottom to the vehicle floor.

Abstract: A dental treatment chair assembly with a treatment chair for keeping a patient in sitting position or in supine position, characterized by a treatment chair (bed) having a headrest for holding the head of a patient, and a backrest for holding the back and the waist of the patient, and instrument connection ports detachably connected to a dental treatment instrument which are disposed at the back or the side of said headrest, or at the back or the side of the backrest near by the headrest. In the preferred embodiment, the headrest is inclinably supported by the backrest, and a projecting part turning above is provide for compensating an estrangement between the headrest and the backrest.

Abstract: Slide rail for vehicle seat comprising two profiles, a latch and an unlocking device moveable into an active position to hold the latch in the unlocked position in order to allow the seat to slide forward, this unlocking device being then held in its active position by a pivoting hook. On this hook is mounted a pivoting actuator finger designed to retract elastically without causing the hook to pivot when it passes over a fixed stop when the seat slides forward, and to pivot in the opposite direction by releasing the hook when it meets the stop during a rearward movement of the seat.

Abstract: A chair including a frame, a seat pivotally mounted on the frame, a spring construction effectively positioned between the seat and the frame, a first selectively actuatable latch positioned between the seat and the frame effective to maintain the seat latched in a less inclined position on the frame, a second selectively actuatable latch positioned between the seat and the frame effective to maintain the seat latched in a more inclined position on the frame against the bias of the spring construction, a foot rest pivotally mounted on the frame and movable between retracted and extended positions, and a cable secured to the foot rest for selectively retracting the foot rest to the retracted position.

Abstract: A chair back upright tilts about a pivot axis with respect to a chair seat plate and has a protrusion on the bottom portion thereof. When the occupant of a chair reclines, the protrusion on the back upright and a stop plate make contact with each other. The contact stops the tilting of the back upright. A lever handle, fixedly attached to the stop plate, can be rotated thereby providing more or less tilting of the back upright before contact between the protrusion and the stop plate occurs.

Abstract: A foldable chair has a plastics seat pad, a plastics backrest, and a chair frame having a pair of metal front leg tubes and a pair of metal rear leg tubes. Each metal front leg tube and the corresponding metal rear leg tube are connected together. The plastics backrest has two lateral posts inserted in the metal front leg tubes. A support bar has two positioning ends connected to the metal front leg tubes. Two U-shaped frames are disposed on two positioning ends of the support bar. Each U-shaped frame is connected to the corresponding metal front leg tube and the corresponding metal rear leg tube. Each metal front leg tube has a blocking bar to block the plastics backrest.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly is provided with a seat frame supporting a seat cushion, a pair of lateral slide units longitudinally spaced to each other and coupled to the seat frame for lateral sliding movement of the seat cushion, and a pair of longitudinal slide units laterally spaced to each other and adapted to be fixedly secured to a floor panel of a vehicle body for longitudinal sliding movement of the seat cushion. The lateral slide units is coupled to the longitudinal slide units. Also, the lateral slide units include front and rear stationary rails, which are longitudinally spaced to each other and supported with the longitudinal slide units, and front and rear movable rails, which are longitudinally spaced to each other and held in engagement with the stationary rails for the lateral sliding movement of the seat cushion, respectively, and the front and rear movable rails of the lateral slide units form a part of the seat frame.

Abstract: A reclining chair including a support base, a chair seat rotatably coupled at its forward portion to the support base, a substantially vertically disposed coil spring provided adjacent the forward portion of the seat and between the seat and the support base such that the coil spring is pivotally coupled to the seat portion and the support base at its ends, an apparatus for pivoting one end of the coil spring about another end of the coil spring and an offset crank for driving said apparatus.

Abstract: A seat back frame of a vehicle seat is formed out of a sheet iron blank into a pressed piece of sheet iron. The seat back frame is provided with a main region and with a border oriented transversely to the main region. The border is composed of merging portions, and has a top border, a left and a right bent corner border and a left and a right lateral border. A left and a right stiffening bead is provided and located in an upper end region of the corresponding lateral border and in a portion of the main region a) that is directly adjacent the upper end region and that is b) in the neighborhood of the corresponding corner border.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat for an open-top motor vehicle has a seat cushion part and a backrest which is provided with a pertaining headrest. In an upper area of the backrest, for reducing undesirable draft phenomena for a seat occupant, at least one air outflow device which has an assigned air outflow nozzle of an air supply device is arranged. The air outflow device is vertically adjustable with respect to the backrest and can be secured in an adjusted vertical position.

Abstract: A collapsible workstation includes a seat and table. The table is connected to the seat and defines a working surface adapted for supporting articles above the lap of a user in an in-use position spaced apart from the seat. The table is movable from the in-use position to a non-use collapsed position adjacent the seat for storage and transport. An elongated connecting arm interconnects the seat and the table to enable movement of the table between the in-use position and the non-use collapsed position.

Abstract: A vehicle seat back comprises firstly a rigid frame having first and second side uprights and top and bottom cross-members interconnecting the first and second side uprights, and secondly a resilient supporting sheet fixed to the rigid frame and placed so as to come directly into contact with the back of a user. The supporting sheet forms a bag that is fitted onto the rigid frame over its first side upright so as to cover the top and bottom cross-members and the first side upright, the resilient supporting sheet being fixed to the second side upright.

Abstract: A chair is adapted to form a sitting surface and a sleeping surface and comprises a chair back and a seat. The chair back and seat are relatively movable to form the sitting surface and the sleeping surface. In the event that there are any questions related to this amendment or to the application in general, the undersigned would appreciate the opportunity to address those questions directly in a telephone interview to expedite the prosecution of this application for all concerned.

Abstract: An armrest includes an armrest body made of a wood material different from oakwood, an upper veneer layer made of oakwood and having a bottom connecting surface covering an upper surface of the armrest body, and two lateral veneer layers, each of which is made of oakwood and has an inner lateral surface covering a respective lateral surface of the armrest body. The ratio of a maximum thickness of the upper veneer layer to the maximum total height of the armrest, which is at least 2¼ inches, is at least 0.1. The ratio of a minimum thickness of each lateral veneer layer to the minimum total width of the armrest, which is at least 1½ inches, is at least 0.1.

Abstract: A seat provided with an air bag module, including a seat back having a back pad, a seat back frame for supporting the back pad, and a trim cover covering the back pad and the seat back frame, the back pad having a cavity, an air bag module having an air bag and an inflator for causing the air bag to be inflated and developed, the air bag module being accommodated in the cavity of the back pad and attached to the seat back frame, the trim cover having a sewing portion acting as a breaking portion broken according to an inflation and development of the air bag, first and second stay cloths provided in the trim cover by sewing the first and second stay cloths together with the sewing portion of the trim cover, terminals of the first and second stay cloths being taken into the cavity of the back pad so as to wrap the air bag module, and a support wire system arranged at the back of the air bag module for pulling and supporting the first and second stay cloths, the support wire system coupled to the terminals of t

Abstract: A chair, in particular office chair, comprises a pedestal; a seat support supported thereon by a chair column and having front and rear seat support elements which are interconnected by a pivot axis; a seat supported on the seat support elements; a backrest fixed to the rear seat support element; and an adjustable-length energy storing device which is articulated to the seat support elements at a distance from the pivot axis thereof, sing for adjustment relative to each other of the backrest and the seat, with one seat support element being equipped with a receptacle for the upper end of the chair column. The receptacle on the seat support element is articulated to the seat support element by way of an articulated axis which is parallel to the pivot axis of the front and rear seat support element.

Abstract: An arrangement for supporting a rotation adjustment mechanism of a rotary body in a vehicle seat, wherein the rotary body is supported between a bracket fixed to the seat and a hinge element having no rotation adjustment mechanism. A part of the bracket is provided within the rotary body and disposed substantially at a central vertical line of that particular rotary body. The rotation adjustment mechanism is attached on such part of the bracket, whereas on the other hand, the hinge element is disposed in one of two symmetrical lateral sides of the rotary body relative to the afore-said central vertical line. Hence, a load applied to the rotary body is mainly received by the bracket and escaped therethrough to the vehicle seat.