Patents Examined by Tania Abraham
  • Patent number: 10744905
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly includes a backrest, a seat including a seat surface, and a partition. The seat is movable between a seat folded position in which the seat surface is disposed along a front surface of the backrest and a seat unfolded position in which the seat surface faces up. The partition to be disposed adjacent to a side surface of the backrest includes a fixing portion and a movable portion. The fixing portion includes a base portion that extends along the side surface and a projecting portion projecting from the base portion farther than the front surface. The movable portion is movable between a folded position adjacent to the base portion and the front surface and an unfolded position away from the base portion and the front surface. The movable portion includes an armrest surface that faces up when the movable portion is in the unfolded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, HINO MOTORS, LTD., TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki Marubayashi, Naotake Hashimoto, Kenji Gondo
  • Patent number: 10743669
    Abstract: A seat pad (10) of the present invention includes a placement surface (11). A lateral slit portion (15) which extends from an outer side of the seat pad (10) toward an inner side thereof is formed in a first lateral direction (B1) along the placement surface (11), and at least a portion of the lateral slit portion (15) gradually becomes larger from the outer side of the seat pad (10) toward the inner side thereof in a thickness direction (H) orthogonal to the placement surface (11) along the first lateral direction (B1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kenji Kumagai, Yoshiyuki Takahashi, Toshimitsu Shinohara, Taisuke Yonezawa
  • Patent number: 10736429
    Abstract: The present invention is a drawer that is easily accessible on a chair by a disabled person or elderly person who has difficulty with standing or sitting. The drawer is on the side of the chair. The drawer can be reached while the person is sitting. There is a cover over the drawer, and the cover opens sideways. The present invention can be applied to multi-use sofas with armrests on both sides. The present invention can utilize electronic locking on one or both sides of the drawer near the top of the drawer. The present invention can also utilize biometric fingerprints as a means of locking. The present invention allows access to the drawer using only one's arms, so no standing up is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Inventor: Beangsuk Kang
  • Patent number: 10729249
    Abstract: The present invention offers a type of chair cushion and its supporting structure, and belongs to the technical field of chair manufacture. It solves the problem of unreasonable design in prior art. The chair cushion and its supporting structure comprise a pair of side boards and a bottom board. The undersides of the pair of side boards are provided at both sides of the bottom board to form a mounting cavity in which are provided several elastic supporting components. Each elastic supporting component includes several vertical springs of identical size and shape and a first flexible cladding. All springs in each elastic supporting components are arranged in at least one row and cladded in the first flexible cladding. The advantages of the chair cushion and its supporting structure lie in that the elastic supporting components formed by the first flexible cladding that clads at least one row of springs promote the strength for supporting person's hip weight on the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: ANJI GRAND ORIENT FURNITURE CO., LTD
    Inventor: Guoliang Shen
  • Patent number: 10717377
    Abstract: A vehicle seating arrangement includes at least one seating assembly. The at least one seating assembly includes a seat-base and an armrest. The armrest is operably coupled to the seat-base and configured for articulation in at least one of a forward, rearward, upward, and downward direction relative to the seat-base. The armrest enables the seating assembly to transition between captains' chair, loveseat, and bed configurations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Johnathan Andrew Line, Brian Robert Spahn, Benjamin Yilma, S. M. Akbar Berry, Kevin Wayne Preuss, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Daniel Ferretti
  • Patent number: 10696198
    Abstract: A seating assembly for a vehicle includes a seat base pivotally and slidably coupled with a seatback and a support frame operable between a deployed position and a collapsed position. The support frame includes a first member that is pivotally coupled with a bottom portion of the seat base and pivotally coupled to a lower frame member fixedly attached to a floor support and a second member that is slidably coupled with a bottom portion of the seat base, pivotally coupled with the first member, and slidably coupled with the floor support. The support frame also includes a kickstand pivotally coupled to the floor support and slidably coupled to the seat base. The kickstand is operable between a forward position and a rearward position, wherein the kickstand is biased to and lockable in the forward position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Andrew Line, Spencer Robert Hoernke, Marcos Silva Kondrad, Amaury Diaz Serrano, Daniel Ferretti, Jerry R. Brown, Paul Iacoban
  • Patent number: 10696238
    Abstract: In certain embodiments, a mobile entertainment system includes a screen assembly with a display and a signal generating device. A housing pivotally coupled to the screen assembly can have a lower portion, an upper portion, and a housing cavity sized and shaped to receive the screen assembly. The upper portion can receive at least a portion of the signal generating device. At least a portion of the screen assembly can rotate through an opening in the lower portion. A shell can receive the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: VOXX INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION
    Inventor: Chung Lung Chang
  • Patent number: 10696410
    Abstract: A seat assembly includes a seat cushion, a backrest, and a headrest moveably coupled to a back of the backrest. The headrest is configured to be moved between a stowed position in which the headrest is retained within a portion of the backrest and a deployed position in which the headrest is configured to support a passenger in a forward resting position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Wilcynski, Ethan Lee, Chevy Ho
  • Patent number: 10694851
    Abstract: A multifunctional grandstand chair includes a chair frame, a cushion movably arranged on the chair frame, and backrest cloth. The chair frame includes a base frame, a backrest tube and two foot supports, which are respectively pivoted to two sides of the base frame and capable of being inwards folded onto the base frame or outwards unfolded to support the base frame. The multifunctional grandstand chair further includes fixed connecting pieces connected between the base frame and the foot supports to limit the maximum unfolding angle of the foot supports. When the multifunctional grandstand chair needs to be transformed into a grandstand chair structure, the foot supports are folded onto the base frame. When the multifunctional grandstand chair needs to be transformed into a common chair, the foot supports are unfolded to be supported on the ground.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SUNSHINE LEISURE PRODUCTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaohui Zhu, Xuefeng Zheng
  • Patent number: 10687627
    Abstract: An anti-closure device for use with a self-folding seat, including a seat portion and a tensioning system. The seat portion includes a first anchor that is adapted to be removably coupled to a seat of a self-folding seat, a second anchor that affixes to the seatback of the self folding seat or the seat portion of the adjacent seat, and the tensioning system is attached at a first end to the first anchor and at a second end to the second anchor. When installed on a self-folding seat, the tensioning system maintains force against a natural bias of the seat of the self-folding seat to fold closed, thereby holding the seat in an open state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Inventors: Quentin Walsh, Jr., Tara Walsh
  • Patent number: 10688892
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a support base having a stop, a sliding carriage, a rotary platform having a follower part, and a child seat. The sliding carriage is slidable relative to the support base between a retracted and an extended position, and the child seat and the rotary platform are rotatable together relative to the sliding carriage and the support base between a forward and a rearward facing position. While the sliding carriage is in a position other than the retracted position, a rotational movement of the child seat and the rotary platform is limited by a contact between the follower part and the stop that keeps the child seat and the rotary platform apart from the forward facing position, and the stop is located outside a travel path of the follower part when the sliding carriage is in the retracted position for rotation of the rotary platform to the forward facing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Robert Scott Anderson, James M. F. Hutchinson, Clyde V. Harmes
  • Patent number: 10682937
    Abstract: A tarpaulin-shaped protection element for a backrest of a vehicle seat having at least one securing hook in a single piece with the protection element and which is used to secure the protection element to a strut structure of a vehicle seat. The protection element includes at least one cut-away tab bent outwards from a plane of the protection element and has a free end for forming the securing hook. The tab includes a retaining section for blocking the tab on the strut structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Fabian Jockel, Tina Bauer
  • Patent number: 10682929
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustment device for adjusting the inclination of the backrest (14) of a seat (10) of a vehicle, which allows to perform both quick adjustments of large angular amplitude and fine adjustments. According to a possible embodiment of the invention, the adjustment device comprises separate control elements (20, 22) for performing quick adjustments and fine adjustments, respectively, of the inclination of the backrest (14). According to another possible embodiment of the invention, the adjustment device comprises a single control element (20) for performing both quick adjustments and fine adjustments of the inclination of the backrest (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: MARTUR SUNGER VE KOLTUK TESISLERI TICARET VE SANAYI A.S.
    Inventor: Gianfranco Costantino
  • Patent number: 10674833
    Abstract: An adjustable highchair. The adjustable highchair includes attachments for seating multiple children simultaneously for convenience when seating multiple children for feeding or other activities. An interchangeable chair assembly is attachable to a height adjustable stem. Each chair assembly includes one or more seats that support a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Inventor: Devon Fredankey, Sr.
  • Patent number: 10667624
    Abstract: A cover for creating a sterile sitting environment is provided. The cover includes a front, a side, and the back. The front and the back are connected by the side so as to create an internal volume bounded by the front, the back, and the side, which internal volume is accessible via an opening. The back of the cover can be larger than the front of the cover. The back of the cover can include a central opening. The central opening can be sized and shaped to allow a user to access a portion of a seat, such as a media device, through the central opening. The cover can include a support member positionable below the back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Inventor: Keely Watson
  • Patent number: 10661693
    Abstract: A footrest for being supported upon a bulkhead of a vehicle, the footrest comprising a support member comprising a storage compartment for receiving and carrying one or more documents or portable electronic devices and a foot member, wherein the foot member is pivotably coupled to the support member such that the foot member is movable between stowed and deployed states and means for releasably retaining the foot member in the deployed state relative to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Thompson Aero Seating Limited
    Inventor: Keith Newell
  • Patent number: 10654539
    Abstract: A bicycle child seat includes a seat body for accommodating a child therein and a fixation adapted to couple the bicycle child seat to a bike. The seat body includes a multi-layer structure with at least a first layer and a second layer made from different materials. The first layer is adapted to at least partially cover the second layer and to at least partially support the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Thule Sweden AB
    Inventors: Joline Karelse, Gert-Jan Van Breugel, Albert Nieuwenhuis, Jort Nijhuis
  • Patent number: 10647035
    Abstract: Provided are a vehicle seat member in which even when a foamed resin molded body forming the vehicle seat member shrinks after being demolded, influence of the shrinkage behavior on a frame member embedded in the foamed resin molded body can be prevented, and thus a change in the position of a protrusion, which serves as a part to be anchored to a vehicle body, of the frame member can be prevented, whereby the vehicle seat member can be attached to the vehicle body side easily and reliably, and a vehicle seat including such a vehicle seat member. A vehicle seat member includes a foamed resin molded body and a frame member integrally formed therewith, the frame member including a body portion embedded in the foamed resin molded body and protrusions each protruding from the body portion and having a tip end protruding outward from the foamed resin molded body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Sekisui Plastics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yushi Sakakibara
  • Patent number: 10647236
    Abstract: A latch assembly for a seating assembly includes a dual cam latch positioned on a sector arm. The sector arm includes first and second pins. The first pin operably couples a structural cam to the sector arm. The structural cam is operable between blocked and removed positions. An adjustment cam is operably coupled to the structural cam and the sector arm by the first pin. A locking hook is operably coupled to the sector arm by the second pin and is rotatable between a locked and unlocked positions. A return spring operably couples the locking hook with the structural cam. The locking hook is rotated to the unlocked position when the structural cam is drawn to the removed position. When the locking hook is rotated to the unlocked position, the sector arm is movable into a pitched position to provide entry space rearward of the seating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Michael Kish, Macit Aktas, Jeffrey Gabalski
  • Patent number: 10640021
    Abstract: A cushion cover for a ventilation seat includes: a first adhesive layer including an upper surface coupled to a lower surface of a cushion part of the ventilation seat, the lower surface of the cushion provided with an air flow channel; a non-permeable layer made of a non-permeable material and including an upper surface coupled to a lower surface of the first adhesive layer to block the air flow channel of the lower surface of the cushion part from outside; and a protective layer coupled to a lower surface of the non-permeable layer to direct friction between the non-permeable layer and a seat structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: HYUNDAI DYMOS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Do Hyung Kim, Taek Jun Nam, Ho Sub Lim