Patents Examined by Timothy J Brindley
  • Patent number: 12280873
    Abstract: A portable electronic device holder for a passenger seat includes a base plate, a back plate pivotally attached to the base plate, and at least one movable arm attached to the back plate. The back plate may be adjustable relative to the base plate over a range of approximately 0° to 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: David Morales Morales, Daniel A. Chavarria Garcia, Rodolfo Nevarez Gonzalez
  • Patent number: 12280697
    Abstract: Disclosed is a low-posture zero-gravity seat frame capable of being adjusted in multiple directions. A first left front connecting rod has a lower end hinged to a left slide rail front bracket and an upper end hinged to one end of a second left front connecting rod, and the other end of the second left front connecting rod is hinged to a front horizontal tube. A second toothed plate driving device is able to adjust the height of a seat framework through the movement of a rear horizontal tube. A seatbelt retractor is disposed below the seat framework. The seat frame can realize zero-gravity adjustment, occupies a small space, and can fulfill low-posture seat arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MAGNA SEATING RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (CHONGQING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang Tang, Peng Qin, Jie He, Shulin Li
  • Patent number: 12280877
    Abstract: A seat back assembly for a passenger seat, such as but not limited to an aircraft passenger seat, includes a seat back and a backrest assembly. The backrest assembly includes a backrest and a headrest. The backrest is movable relative to the seat back between a stowed position and a deployed position. The headrest is supported on the backrest and is movable relative to the backrest between a stowed position and a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventor: Simon Cesar Arzaga Olivas
  • Patent number: 12280703
    Abstract: An interior automobile accessory, including a removable guard removably connected to a seat of an automobile to prevent items from falling off the seat, a plurality of cylinder prongs angularly disposed away from the removable guard with respect to a direction, an anchored base removably connected to the seat to receive the plurality of cylinder prongs therein, and a plurality of straps removably connected to the anchored base and extending from the anchored base a crevice between a seat base and a back rest to fasten the anchored base to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Inventor: Dakota Linger
  • Patent number: 12275475
    Abstract: A telescopic apparatus comprises a first tube, a second tube configured to be telescopically coupled to the first tube, and an electric cable connector provided to one of the first tube and the second tube. The electric cable connector is configured to be detachably coupled to an electric cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: SHIMANO INC.
    Inventors: Toyoto Shirai, Yuki Sakagawa, Norikazu Taki, Akihiro Nozaki, Noor Ashyikkin Binti Mohd Noor, Kentaro Kosaka
  • Patent number: 12268310
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for catching spills are disclosed. The apparatus comprises a drop tray and a high-chair including one or more legs and a high-chair seat. The apparatus further comprises the one or more legs that may be connected to the high-chair where one or more legs may raise the high-chair seat above a floor. Moreover, the apparatus comprises the drop tray that may be disposed above the floor and underneath the high-chair seat. The drop tray may surround the one or more legs of the high-chair where the drop tray may include an upper peripheral edge above and surrounding a base. Furthermore, the drop tray may include one or more sidewalls extending between the upper peripheral edge and the base. Moreover, the base may affixed to the one or more legs of the high-chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: CATCHY BABY IP PTY LTD
    Inventor: Bradley Cohen
  • Patent number: 12269377
    Abstract: A vehicle seatback folding device includes: a cushion bracket; a back side frame rotating on the cushion bracket; a spring mounting bracket coupled to rotate integrally with the back side frame around a hinge-coupling part; a return spring for applying, to the back side frame, elastic restoring force for rotating the back side frame in the folding direction of a seatback; and a reverse spring supported in a state in which a first end portion is caught by the spring mounting bracket and a second end portion is caught by a first spring support end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Cheol Hwan Yoon, Kyeong Ju Kim, Hwa Young Mun, Jung Bin Lee, Jun Sik Hwang
  • Patent number: 12269375
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly convertible between a use position and a non-use position. The vehicle seat assembly includes a seat with a seat cushion support, a seatback, a base that connects to a vehicle, a front pivot linkage supported by the base by a first joint and pivotally connected to the seat cushion support by a second joint, and a rear foot pivotally supported by the base by a third joint. A pivoting movement of the rear foot about the third joint is lockable. The rear foot is connected to the seatback by a fourth joint. The vehicle seat also includes a fifth joint that connects the seatback to the seat cushion support, wherein the fourth joint is a latch and the fifth joint provides a free pivot, and wherein the fourth joint is latched when the seat moves from the use position to a boarding non-use position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kurt Leon Kormos, Rabindranath Persad, Thomas J. Susko, Frank Glenn Walega
  • Patent number: 12269563
    Abstract: A modular seating assembly includes a top backrest portion, a seat support structure, and a bottom seating portion. The top backrest portion includes a backrest frame, a first backrest cushion, a backrest gap, and a second backrest cushion. The seat support structure includes a pair of supports connecting the top backrest portion and the bottom seating portion to one another to form the modular seating assembly. The bottom seating portion includes a seat apex section including the second backrest cushion, and a seat base section on which the seat apex section is disposed when the bottom seating portion is in a closed position. The seat apex section is configured to rotate away from the seat base section when the bottom seating portion is in an open position. The modular seating assembly includes a storage region formed within the bottom seating portion of the modular seating assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: PONTOONSTUFF, INC.
    Inventors: James Myers, Jason Begin, Karl Biewald
  • Patent number: 12269383
    Abstract: A ventilation and heating apparatus for a child seat is provided. A ventilation mat with an embedded heating wire is mounted on a body of the child seat, so ventilation air is discharged toward a child's body through the ventilation mat in summer or when ventilation is required, and heating wire embedded in the ventilation mat is driven in winter, thus providing a comfortable seating environment for a child sitting on the child seat, and improving the sitting comfort of a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, Poled Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jeong In Baek, Yong Chul Jang, In Ju Lee
  • Patent number: 12257934
    Abstract: A seatback-folding device for emergency escape for vehicles is equipped with a simply structured mechanism for emergency escape. A locking operation at the time of unfolding of a seatback of a second-row seat and an unlocking operation at the time of folding of the seatback of the second-row seat are performed by ascending/descending of a shaft caused by operation of a lever, thereby not only enabling an occupant sitting on a third-row seat to quickly fold the seatback of the second-row seat and thus to easily secure an emergency escape route, but also reducing the number of components, weight, the number of assembly processes, and manufacturing cost compared to a related art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INC.
    Inventors: Sang Min Kim, Jung Bin Lee, Byung Mo Kim, Jun Kyu Kim, Jae Sung Lee
  • Patent number: 12257935
    Abstract: According to at least one aspect of the present disclosure a car seat having an adjustable headrest is disclosed. The car seat comprises a shell; an adjustment portion coupled to the shell, the adjustment portion having a plurality of grooves; a headrest portion slidably coupled to the adjustment portion; at least one prong coupled to the headrest portion, the at least one prong configured to fit within a groove of the plurality of grooves; a handle; and a fixing member coupled to the handle, the fixing member being configured to retain the at least one prong in a fixed state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: MONAHAN PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventors: Manpreet Singh Sokhi, Robert Scott Anderson, Stephen Alan Kender
  • Patent number: 12257938
    Abstract: Disclosed is a headrest device for a vehicle. The headrest device may include a stationary headrest portion coupled to a seatback of the vehicle and formed to extend upwards. The stationary headrest portion may be located at a rear of a head of an occupant. The headrest device may include a movable headrest portion coupled to the stationary headrest portion so as to be slidable in a vertical direction, the movable headrest portion may be located in front of the stationary headrest portion. The headrest device may include an actuator including a first side coupled to the fixed part, and a second side coupled to the movable headrest portion. The actuator may be configured to cause the movable headrest portion to slide in the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Inventors: Tae Hee Won, Jun Ho Lee, Hae Il Jeong, Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 12258085
    Abstract: A dropper seatpost assembly is disclosed. The dropper seatpost assembly includes a lower post and an upper post configured to telescopically move with respect to the lower post. The dropper seatpost assembly also includes a translating mechanism configured to maintain an orientation such as a lateral orientation, a rotational orientation, or both a lateral orientation and a rotational orientation of the upper post with respect to the lower post as the upper post telescopically moves with respect to the lower post, the translating mechanism comprising two or more vertically offset features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: Fox Factory, Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua Coaplen, John Ralph Kiffmeyer
  • Patent number: 12252044
    Abstract: Systems and methods for a convertible car seat in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a convertible car seat includes an outer shell having a seat portion and a back portion, a base assembly having a mechanism for mounting the car seat, an adjustable headrest, and an adjustment mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Inventors: Adam Mark Will, Lin Hsin Feng, Hou Jen En, Chou Yu Te, Yu Yung Fu
  • Patent number: 12252048
    Abstract: A seating posture is stabilized for the shoulders of a passenger seated on a vehicle seat. A vehicle seat is provided with a seat back configured to support the seated person from the rear. A shoulder support portion of the seat back configured to support a corresponding one of the shoulders of the seated passenger includes an air cell configured to expand when air is supplied. When the air cell expands, one end portion of the shoulder support portion on the outside in the width direction of the vehicle seat moves more forward than the other end portion of the shoulder support portion on the inside in the width direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kensuke Mizoi, Ryuzaburo Abe, Kenichi Niitsuma, Soichiro Tanaka, Chihiro Muto, Takeshi Ito, Ai Furuta
  • Patent number: 12252049
    Abstract: A method for assembling a tube into a frame part of a vehicle seat comprises the steps of: i) providing a tube such that a first free end of a first side of an end portion of the tube is offset longitudinally relative to a second free end of a second side of the end portion; ii) providing a frame part in the form of a metal plate; iii) arranging the first and second free ends of the tube in contact with the frame part, in two longitudinally offset areas of contact; and iv) successively creating, by means of a same laser, a weld at the first and second areas of contact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventors: Sylvain Roche, David Epaud, Farouk Bouzid
  • Patent number: 12245703
    Abstract: A kit of parts, shippable to an end user in boxes for assembly of the parts by the end user into seating furniture, includes seat bases and seat backs removably attachable to the seat bases; a first armrest with a channel connector having a first channel for slidably receiving a first slide member of a first seat base for securing the first armrest and the first seat base together; and a second armrest with at least a second slide member for slidable insertion into a second channel of another channel connector of a second seat base for securing the second armrest and the second seat base together. Each channel connector secured to the first seat base has a third channel for receiving a third slide member of a slide connector of any other seat base for securing together said other seat base and the first seat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: SOFAWEB.COM INC.
    Inventors: Jordan Milberg, Matthew Milberg
  • Patent number: 12245691
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a connector assembly, the connector assembly comprises: at least two legs, wherein each of the at least legs is configured to be fixed to a sofa component, respectively; a connector, wherein the connector comprises: at least one middle board; one or more arms extending from the middle board, wherein each arm is configured to form a slot for receiving a corresponding leg of the at least two legs of the sofa component; wherein at least one of the one or more arms comprises a flanging tip, and wherein each of the at least two legs has a cross-section shape that is correspond to an inner shape of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignee: Zinus Inc.
    Inventors: Younjae Lee, Munhan Bae, Keunyoung Kim
  • Patent number: 12239241
    Abstract: An infant highchair includes a standing frame including a support platform, a seat pivotally connected with the standing frame and having a seating surface, and a locking mechanism operable to lock the seat in position. The seat is rotatable between a first and a second position, the first position allowing a child to sit in contact with the seating surface, and the second position being suitable to receive installation of a removable child seat over the seat while disabling seating of a child on the seating surface, the seating surface moving around the support platform when the seat rotates relative to the standing frame, the second position of the seat uncovering the support platform so that a removable child seat is installable over the seat at least partially supported in contact with the support platform. The locking mechanism is operable to lock the seat in the first and second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: WONDERLAND SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Jonathan K. Mountz, Nathanael Saint