Patents Examined by Tania Abraham
  • Patent number: 12727673
    Abstract: A base frame assembly and a chair are disclosed. The base frame assembly includes a frame body, a lifting connecting structure, a translation connecting structure, a backrest connecting structure and a control handle. The lifting connecting structure is used for driving the frame body to lift up or down. The translation connecting structure is used for driving the frame body to move back and forth and/or move left and right. The backrest connecting structure is used for driving a backrest to rotate relative to the frame body. The control handle is movable and/or rotatable in at least three different directions, to respectively drive the lifting connecting structure, the translation connecting structure and the backrest connecting structure through different motion trajectories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: ZHONGSHAN MEISIHE FURNITURE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Liyi Guo
  • Patent number: 12728776
    Abstract: A seat comprises a seat cushion pad (20) including an air flow passage (21), and a blower connected to the air flow passage (21). The seat cushion pad (20) comprises a pad body (100), and a cover member (200) disposed on an upper surface of the pad body (100) to form the air flow passage (21) between the pad body (100) and the cover member (200). The cover member (200) comprises a first cover member (210) disposed on the upper surface of the pad body (100), and a second cover member (220) disposed on an upper surface of the first cover member (210). The first cover member (210) is fixed to the pad body (100), and the second cover member (220) is fixed to the first cover member (210) and to the pad body (100).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2026
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Atsushi Okimura, Tatsumi Konno, Wataru Nishii, Yuji Nakano, Hiroshi Izawa, Hiromi Taniguchi
  • Patent number: 12714228
    Abstract: A detachable and adjustable chair canopy is configured to provide shade for a seated user while allowing a chair to be used in both upright and reclined positions. The canopy includes a first frame attachable to the chair back by tool-less clamp assemblies and a second frame supporting a canopy panel pivotally connected to the first frame. Each clamp assembly includes a resilient C-shaped clamp and a locking hub that permits rotation of the canopy relative to the chair and selective locking at a desired orientation. A pair of pivot couplers are slidingly mounted on the first frame and pivotally connected to struts extending to the second frame, each pivot coupler having a hand-operated toggle lever for selective locking. The canopy can be folded to a compact stowed position behind the chair back without removal and reoriented to maintain shading coverage across multiple reclining positions of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: Netstores USA, LLC
    Inventor: Vinod Patel
  • Patent number: 12703271
    Abstract: A reclining device includes a guide bracket that is fixedly attached to one of a seat cushion and a seatback, an internal gear that is fixedly attached to the other and is shiftable for relative rotation to the guide bracket, at least a pair of lock gears that are respectively movable along a guide part provided on the guide bracket and includes external teeth meshable with internal teeth of the internal gear, and a cam that shifts the lock gears along the guide part between a lock position at which the relative rotation is regulated and an unlock position to release lock. The external teeth of the lock gear each have a shape including an indentation portion on a tooth surface closer to the guide part in a tooth thickness direction so as to define a gap between the tooth surface closer to the guide part and an internal tooth of the internal gear when the lock gears are in the lock position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2026
    Assignee: DELTA KOGYO CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Hiroki Oshimo
  • Patent number: 12697906
    Abstract: An example includes a device having a base platform, a seat platform, and a swivel joint. The base platform is configured for affixation to an occupant seat of a motor vehicle. The base platform has a first and second base retainer component. The seat platform has a seat portion and a back portion. The seat platform has a first and a second seat retainer complement. The swivel joint couples the base platform and the seat platform and permits relative motion of the base platform and the seat platform about a rotary axis and constrain motion on other axes. At a first position of the base platform relative to the seat platform, the first seat retainer complement aligns with the first base retainer component. At a second position of the base platform relative to the seat platform (second position different than the first position), the second seat retainer complement aligns with the second base retainer component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2026
    Assignee: CYBEX GmbH
    Inventors: Phillip Andrew Przybylo, Steven Gregory Marcus
  • Patent number: 12686307
    Abstract: An armrest assembly for a vehicle seat may have at least one rest element and a support element which is connected to the rest element. The rest element may be adjustable relative to the support element between at least one resting position, one stowage position and/or a plurality of comfort positions. At least one first adjustment unit may be provided and configured to hold the rest element so as to be movable in at least two degrees of freedom in each assumable and/or assumed position on the support element. A seat having the armrest assembly is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2026
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventor: Michal Martinka
  • Patent number: 12679256
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure an apparatus for retaining a shoulder strap in an infant car seat is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a shell configured to retain a shoulder strap on at least three sides including a first side, a second side, and a third side, the first and second sides being opposite each other; a securing mechanism rotatably coupled to the first side and configured to extend between the first side and the second side in a first position; and a first housing coupled to the first side and configured to accommodate at least a portion of the securing mechanism in a second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2026
    Assignee: MONAHAN PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Carl J. Sukeforth, Eric Howard Perlman, Trung Q. Phung, Stephen Alan Kender
  • Patent number: 12667204
    Abstract: An outdoor seat includes a frame, a seat cushion, a back cushion, and a cover. The frame includes a rear rail that defines a rear bottom portion of the frame. The back cushion includes a drop cloth that has a bottom section which includes a storage pocket. The cover is secured to the drop cloth within the storage pocket. The cover has a packed state in which the cover is enclosed in the storage pocket and a deployed state in which the cover envelopes the frame, the seat cushion, and the back cushion therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2026
    Assignee: Terrace Living Co., Inc.
    Inventor: Zhenyong Shen
  • Patent number: 12654815
    Abstract: A portable boat mounting device configured to be secured to a fixed seating area of a boat, is described. The portable mounting device includes a swivel seat assembly affixed to one or more mounting brackets. The swivel seat assembly includes a seat base affixed to one or more mounting brackets. The swivel seat assembly includes a mounting plate, affixed to the seat base forming a connection to each other with a rotational relationship about a common axis. The mounting plate includes a plurality of mounting slots configured to receive a fastening device. The mounting plate includes a seat base comprising one or more mounting slots configured to receive the fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Inventor: Quintin Speers
  • Patent number: 12643439
    Abstract: A device for preventing mis-rotation including: a blocking portion; a mount having a bottom wall, a first side wall and a second side wall configured to form an accommodating space; a stopper pivotally arranged between the side walls and at least partially accommodated in the accommodating space to pivot between a locking position in which the stopper is clamped with and stopped at the blocking portion direction and a releasing position in which the stopper and the blocking portion are released; and a pushing assembly arranged on the bottom wall of the mount and at least partially accommodated in the accommodating space, the pushing assembly being capable of sliding on the bottom wall under an action of external force, so as to pivot the stopper from the locking position to the releasing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Qinrui Wei, Yingzhong Chen
  • Patent number: 12643441
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a base, a seat body and a spin lock mechanism. The seat body is movably disposed on the base and switchable relative to the base between two different positions. The spin lock mechanism includes a pivoting component and a locking component. The pivoting component is pivotally connected to one of the base and the seat body. A driving slot is formed on the pivoting component. The locking component is for engaging with and disengaging from the other of the base and the seat body and movably passes through the driving slot along a direction substantially parallel to an engaging direction and a disengaging direction of the locking component. The locking component can be driven by pivoting movement of the pivoting component to disengage from the other of the base and the seat body to allow switching movement of the seat body relative to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Bruce L. Williams
  • Patent number: 12622525
    Abstract: A chair includes a plurality of legs, a seat, at least one seat extension member movably connected to the seat, a back support connected to the seat via a frame, the back support having at least one cavity, at least one back support extension member movably received in the at least one cavity, an arm support, and a connector extending between a first seat extension member from among the at least one seat extension member and the arm support, the connector connecting the first seat extension with the arm support. A method of using the chair includes moving the at least one seat extension member away from the seat to widen an area of the chair used for sitting, and/or moving the at least one back support extension member away from the back support to widen an area of the chair used for supporting a user's back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Basem Motea Abdullah Abdo, Mohanad Basem Motea Abdullah Abdo
  • Patent number: 12622829
    Abstract: The sofa with hydraulic stand assistance device is a therapeutic device. The sofa with hydraulic stand assistance device is adapted for use with a patient. The sofa with hydraulic stand assistance device is a mobility assistance device. The sofa with hydraulic stand assistance device assists the patient while sitting into and getting up from a chair. The sofa with hydraulic stand assistance device includes a chair structure, a hydraulic structure, and a control circuit. The hydraulic structure and the control circuit mount in the chair structure. The hydraulic structure provides the motive forces necessary to assist the patient in sitting into and getting up from the chair structure. The control circuit controls the operation of the hydraulic structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2026
    Inventor: Cody Long
  • Patent number: 12611973
    Abstract: A headrest height adjustment mechanism connected to a slider fixed to a headrest, comprising: an integral engaging member, for positioning the headrest; a connecting member, a first end of the connecting member is pivotally connected to the slider, and the second end of the connecting member is connected to the engaging member; an operating member, connected to the engaging member to operate the engaging member; and an elastic member, abutted between the connecting member and the slider. The headrest height adjustment mechanism according to the application can adjust the height of the headrest in a simpler and effective manner, and has reliable locking and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2026
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Zongwang Cui
  • Patent number: 12600280
    Abstract: A support element having a body defining an outer surface and a rest element mounted in an adjustable manner on the body via an adjustment device that includes a guide element extending over the outer surface of the body. The guide element has a band fastened to the outer surface of the body, the adjustment device including a sliding element integral with the rest element, and being mounted in sliding contact on the band and having a free end extending between the band and the outer surface so as to allow adjustment of the position of the rest element relative to the body by sliding the sliding element on the guide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: FAURECIA SIÈGES D'AUTOMOBILE
    Inventors: Semir Hammadi, Jean-Yves Piederriere, Ahmed Chouah
  • Patent number: 12599249
    Abstract: An anti-rollover structure, applicable to the cot body, includes at least two fixing elements and at least two support elements. The fixing elements are adapted to be mounted on an outer bottom surface of the cot body. The support elements are rotatably disposed at the fixing elements respectively. When the support elements are on a support surface, the support elements are subjected to pressure from the cot body and thereby rotated to protrude protruded from the cot body. A carrying device and a baby carrier are further introduced. The carrying device and the baby carrier each have the anti-rollover structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2026
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventor: Xiaolong Yi
  • Patent number: 12594864
    Abstract: A draw-in bar for holding a cover of a vehicle seat on at least one latching receiving element, the draw-in bar having a profile body. The profile body has at least one first profile section with a basic cross section that is constant along a direction of longitudinal extent of the profile body and at least one second profile section with a safety cross section. The safety cross section projects beyond the basic cross section of the profile body in at least one transverse direction in the second profile section. A cover fastening system for a vehicle seat may have the latching receiving element and the draw-in bar where the draw-in bar is connectable to the latching receiving element by a latching connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: Adient US LLC
    Inventors: Iain David Barlow, Miloŝ Miĉátek
  • Patent number: 12594865
    Abstract: An adjustment device for a seat, which is designed as an extension of a seat plane of the seat. The adjustment device has a length-adjustable adjustment mechanism and at least one elastic tension element. The adjustment mechanism has a central winding roller, multiple sliding rollers, at least one front end part, and at least one rear end part. Each end part is connected to at least one sliding roller. A first end of the at least one tension element is fastened to the central winding roller. The at least one tension element, starting from the central winding roller, touches the sliding rollers. A second end of the at least one tension element is fastened to a fastening element of a supporting body of the seat plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2026
    Assignee: AUDI AG
    Inventor: Dirk Eckenroth
  • Patent number: 12576757
    Abstract: A vehicle seat comprising a guiding device comprising a first articulation portion and a second articulation portion, the first articulation portion has a first articulation surface, the second articulation portion has a second articulation surface, a first stop element and a second stop element, a first backrest, a second backrest comprising a first flange and a second flange, the first flange has a first bore cooperating with the first articulation surface, the second flange has a second bore cooperating with the second articulation surface, the second bore has a circular portion and a notch, the notch of the second bore is configured to allow the passage of the second stop element through the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2026
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Mustapha Younes, Philippe Demptos, Roland Faure
  • Patent number: 12552301
    Abstract: A child restraint comprising an outer seat-support shell adapted to rest on a vehicle seat and to be secured to the vehicle seat for transportation in a vehicle and an inner juvenile seat coupled to the outer seat-support shell. The inner juvenile seat is configured to provide a child-receiving space sized to receive a child therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2026
    Assignee: Dorel Juvenile Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Said S. Nakhla