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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat base and a selectively vertically adjustable seatback coupled to the seat base. The selectively vertically adjustable seatback including a first frame component coupled to the seat base and a second frame component connected to the first frame component, the second frame component being shiftable relative to the seat base.

Abstract: A seat leg assembly for a passenger seat, the seat leg assembly including: a seat leg member comprising a unitarily formed fitting member; and a plurality of stud members coupleable to the fitting member, wherein each of the plurality of stud members is formed of a material having an ultimate strength of at least 75 KSI.

Abstract: Proposed is a vehicle recliner including a mobile flange including a support part located in the center of a placement space and configured to protrude upwards from a lower surface thereof, the support part being formed in a multi-step structure having a different outer diameter for each step, a cam having a corresponding step formed thereon, the corresponding step corresponding to the multi-step structure of the support part, and a gear plate eccentrically pressed by the cam so that an external gear thereof meshes with an internal gear of the mobile flange.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a side frame of a seat back frame has a front wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a front edge of a plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching an upper frame, and a rear wall that is formed so as to be bent inward continuously from a rear edge of the plate-shaped portion and forms a curved region extending vertically from around the rotating shaft and reaching the upper frame, and an inner edge of the front wall has a projecting piece that spreads to the inside from a virtual outline corresponding to a shape of the upper frame and is superimposed on the front wall of the upper frame from the rear. This provides a vehicle seat that can contribute to improvement of the work efficiency when assembling a seat back frame.

Abstract: A seat assembly is provided with a seat frame and a seat support. A plurality of linear actuators or a camshaft are supported on the frame and oriented toward the seat support surface to each provide a localized percussive massage upon the seated occupant. Alternatively, a guide is supported upon the seat frame. A plurality of massage plates is provided on the guide. A plurality of massage nodes is each provided on one of the plurality of massage plates so that compression upon each massage plate flexes a region of each massage plate to extend each massage node forward to provide a localized massage upon the seated occupant.

Abstract: A dropper post assembly can include an outer tube and an inner tube with a lower end that is within the outer tube and include a tube engagement. A spring cartridge assembly can include: a cartridge tube providing a cylinder; a piston movably received within the cylinder to provide a first chamber a lower side of the piston and a second chamber between the piston; a cartridge rod; and a second engagement member configured to releasably engage the tube engagement member thereby fastening the cartridge tube to the lower end of the inner tube so that the cartridge tube is axially fixed to the inner tube and movable with the inner tube relative to the outer tube.

Abstract: A seat for an aircraft includes at least one seat-portion structure; and an understructure. The understructure includes at least one guide element comprising a guide groove. The guide groove includes a first portion and a second portion, called the inclined portion. The seat further includes at least one seatbelt attachment and at least one attachment support. The seatbelt attachment is mounted rotatably with respect to the attachment support via an attachment shaft. The attachment support is mounted rotatably with respect to the seat-portion structure via a support shaft. The head of the attachment shaft is arranged inside the inclined portion of the guide groove when the seat is in an upright position.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle in which user convenience may be improved by implementing various postures with a simple configuration is provided. The seat for a vehicle includes a pair of support rails coupled to the vehicle and arranged to be spaced apart from side to side, a first slide unit slidably installed back and forth on the support rail, a second slide unit slidably installed back and forth on the first slide unit, a pair of cushion side frames spaced apart from side to side, a first link member connecting the cushion side frame and the first slide unit, and a second link member connecting the cushion side frame and the second slide unit.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seating assembly includes a conventional common seat back frame, a plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies each having a unique configuration, a plurality of corresponding seat back panel and closeout assemblies, and an adapter carrier coupled with the common seat back frame and disposed between the forward soft trim carrier assembly and the corresponding seat back panel and closeout assembly. The adapter carrier includes a composite upper portion and a pair of depending frame attachment brackets coupled with a lower inboard and outboard lateral side of the composite upper portion of the adapter carrier. The pair of depending frame attachment brackets are coupled with a pair of opposed lateral side rails of the common seat back frame. The adapter carrier has a unique configuration corresponding with one of the plurality of forward soft trim carrier assemblies and the seat back panel and closeout assemblies.

Abstract: According to an aspect of the presently disclosed subject matter, there is provided a head support assembly attachable to a seat comprising a right frame member and a left frame member. The head support assembly comprising: a right support post and a left support post; a right coupler and a left coupler, articulatable respectively to the right frame member and to the left frame member, and configured for independently arresting the right support post and the left support post, respectively, in a manner facilitating tilting the support post at least partially about a pitch axis extending between the right coupler and the left coupler; and a head support unit articulable to a right top portion of the right support post and to a left top portion of the left support post.