Patents Examined by Timothy J Brindley
  • Patent number: 11998119
    Abstract: An outdoor chaise lounge may include a frame, multiple legs coupled to and extending below the frame to support the frame, a seat member coupled to the frame to enable a user to sit or lay on the seat member, a lock-box fixedly supported by the frame that enables a user of the outdoor chaise lounge to store and lock items therein. The lock-box may include a lock-box door inclusive of a user interface that enables a user to lock and unlock the lock-box. A door member may be coupled to the seat member and have a closed position and an open position such that when said door member is in the open position, the user has access to the user interface on the lock-box door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: Loungera IP LLC
    Inventors: Michael Edelman, Eric Birenberg
  • Patent number: 11993915
    Abstract: An operator's cab includes an operator's seat provided on a floor surface, a control lever that is provided laterally to the operator's seat and is operated at least toward the operator's seat, and an armrest that includes an upper surface and is provided laterally to the operator's seat in the rear of the control lever. A front portion of the upper surface is larger in width than a rear portion of the upper surface. The front portion of the upper surface includes an inclined portion. With the floor surface being defined as the reference, the inclined portion decreases in height toward the operator's seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: KOMATSU LTD.
    Inventors: Hideaki Miyamoto, Makoto Sasaki, Hiroaki Tanaka, Norihiro Iwahashi
  • Patent number: 11987908
    Abstract: The invention describes a seat belt (10) for a motor vehicle comprising a webbing (12) that includes plural layers (26, 28, 30) at least one layer (26) of which comprises an electric heating element (26). The invention further describes a method for manufacturing such seat belt (10).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: ZF AUTOMOTIVE GERMANY GMBH
    Inventors: Martina Rausch, Anna-Lena Weber Geb. Prott
  • Patent number: 11980578
    Abstract: Disclosed is a toilet chair (1) comprising a chair back (2) including a head part (3) and a bottom part (4) and a seat (5) comprising a front part (6) and a rear part (8), wherein the seat (5) further comprises a toilet opening (7) through which a user may go to the toilet. The bottom part (4) and the rear part (8) are arranged next to each other and the bottom part (4) is arranged to be displaceable outwards in a direction towards the front of the chair (1) and the rear part (8) is arranged to be displaceable upwards in a direction towards the front of the chair (1). Methods for aiding a person in getting undressed or dressed by means of a toilet chair (1) and use of a toilet chair (1) is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: DAN-REHAB A/S
    Inventor: Jacob Falck Hansen
  • Patent number: 11975637
    Abstract: Proposed herein is a reclining apparatus for a seat, which secures coupling between a cap and a gear plate through a uniform position adjustment of the cap when the cap of a recliner is assembled, secures operation performance between components, and prevents a bearing from being deformed and separated due to an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HYUNDAI TRANSYS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Sung Chul Kim, Dong Hyeon Son
  • Patent number: 11975636
    Abstract: A backrest of a vehicle seat comprises a backrest frame, at least one headrest attachment rod, and a backrest upholstery. The backrest upholstery comprises at least one rear central shell, fixed to a rear face of the backrest frame. The rear central shell comprises at least one hole traversed by the at least one headrest attachment rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: FAURECIA Sièges d'Automobile
    Inventor: Roger Ofner
  • Patent number: 11975678
    Abstract: An assembly includes a bed having a reclined position in which the bed is elongated along an axis A. The bed includes a first side and a second side with the axis A between the first side and the second side. The bed in the reclined position has a first end and a second end spaced from each other along the axis A. The bed includes an occupant support surface between the first end and second end. The assembly includes an airbag that is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position. The airbag is housed in the first end in the uninflated position. The airbag in the inflated position has an arch shape between the first side of the bed and the second side of the bed. The arch is elongated along the axis A from the first end toward the second end above the occupant support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: S. M. Iskander Farooq, Mohammad Omar Faruque, Dean M. Jaradi
  • Patent number: 11975639
    Abstract: A seat back frame is provided with a plurality of upright members, and at least one cross member interconnecting the plurality of upright members. At least one of the plurality of upright members has a weakened region to control deformation of the seat back frame in an impact condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventor: Masayuki Niwa
  • Patent number: 11970097
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a panel arranged as a trim part on a structure of the vehicle seat by means of a panel holder so as to be fixed to the seat structure. Provision is made that the panel holder includes, in addition to a primary frame, a crash-modified auxiliary frame, which frames are made of formed wires, wherein the auxiliary frame, in the assembled state of the panel holder and the panel, is arranged in a critical region of the panel where a high crash force acts on the panel in the event of a crash.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steffen Maciej, Marcel Reps
  • Patent number: 11970093
    Abstract: There is provided a vehicle seat that allows detection of forgetting to mount a bracket for centering in a recliner with a limited space along a seat-width direction. One aspect of the present disclosure is a vehicle seat including a recliner mounted to a back frame. The recliner includes a recliner plate, a recliner main body configured to pivot the back frame relative to the recliner plate, a bracket fixed to the recliner plate, and a hinge pin penetrating the recliner main body, the recliner plate, and the bracket. The recliner plate includes a confirmation hole not overlapping the recliner main body. The bracket includes a body portion having a first through hole, and a detection target portion extending from the body portion to the confirmation hole and overlapping the confirmation hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Yuki Kawabata, Yoshihiro Murase
  • Patent number: 11958426
    Abstract: A seat restraint system includes an over-the-shoulder (OTS) restraint and a lap restraint. The lap restraint includes a lap restraint enclosure defining an interior space and having an opening through the lap restraint enclosure, a track disposed in the interior space, and a movable assembly engaged with the track and configured to move along the track. The movable assembly includes an extension from the interior space, through the opening, and to an external space outside of the lap restraint enclosure. The movable assembly also includes engagement feature coupled to the extension and configured to be coupled to the OTS restraint in an engaged configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: UNIVERSAL CITY STUDIOS LLC
    Inventors: Sabrina Andreina Yepez, Rachel Wilcox
  • Patent number: 11958391
    Abstract: A support portion for a seat assembly includes, in some configurations, a first main portion and a second main portion disposed such that a gap is provided between the first main portion and the second main portion. In some configurations, the support portion includes a plurality of first extensions projecting from the first main portion away from the gap; the support portion includes a plurality of second extensions projecting from the second main portion away from the gap; the first main portion and the second main portion are configured to extend along opposite sides of a spine of a user such that the gap is aligned with said spine; and/or the plurality of first extensions and the plurality of second extensions are configured for connection with a seatback frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Wu Pan Zagorski, Francesco Migneco, Sajad Arabnejad, Michelle A. Pereny
  • Patent number: 11958386
    Abstract: A power supply mechanism for a long-stroke seat has a wire harness accommodation box having at least one accommodation space and at least one opening; a drag chain bent and accommodated in the accommodation space, where a first end of the drag chain is relatively fixed to the wire harness accommodation box, and a second end of the drag chain passes through the opening and is slidably disposed in a slideway of a lower slide rail of the seat; a wire harness threaded in the drag chain, where a first end of the wire harness passes through a first end of a wire harness channel and the opening to be connected to a power supply, and a second end of the drag chain passes through a second end of the wire harness channel to be connected to an upper slide rail of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Yanfeng Adent Seating Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hui Zhang, Yong Long, Jingjing Shi, Qiuwei Zhang, Dingyu Wang
  • Patent number: 11952126
    Abstract: Described are passenger seats having a seat frame and a seat bottom slidingly and pivotally attached to the seat frame that, when the passenger seats are reclined, are configured to articulate forward from an upright configuration of the passenger seat to a second seat position corresponding to a reclined configuration of the passenger seat. The seat bottom can include an aft articulating mechanism that defines a declining first path in an aft-to-forward direction to cause the aft end of the seat bottom to drop when the seat bottom articulates forward; and a forward articulating mechanism connected with the seat bottom near a forward end of the seat bottom that defines a second path shaped to cause the forward end of the seat bottom to move upward when the seat bottom articulates forward, such that the seat bottom tilts aft in response to articulating forward when the passenger seat is reclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Safran Seats USA LLC
    Inventors: Ty Parker, Christopher D. Stewart
  • Patent number: 11950710
    Abstract: A chair, comprising, a backrest, a seat coupled with the backrest, a column coupled with the seat, a linkage statically attached to the backrest and rotatably attached below the seat, a leaf spring statically attached at one end and in direct contact with the linkage to provide a resistance to tilting of the backrest relative to the column, a first structure fixed to the column. A portion of the first structure has an arc shape that includes one or more teeth, and a second structure in contact with the first structure. The chair is configured such that, when a weight is applied to the seat, one or more teeth of the second structure move along the one or more teeth of the first structure to shorten a working length of the leaf spring and provide an increased resistance to tilting of the backrest relative to the column.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Inventor: Aaron Dejule
  • Patent number: 11950709
    Abstract: The invention relates to a backrest support for a seating furniture, in particular for an office chair. In order to provide a piece of seating furniture having a backrest, in the case of which particularly simple and safe installation and removal of the backrest is possible, it is proposed to design the backrest support (2) in two parts, having a first support part (4), which is connectable to a second support part (5) without a tool, with a releasable connection being formed, wherein, in the assembled state, the position of the two support parts (4, 5) with respect to each other can be secured without a tool by means of a lock (6).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Bock 1 GmbH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Hermann Bock, Stefan Ploetz
  • Patent number: 11950700
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a sofa backrest connection structure, including a first member and a second member, the first member includes a first base plate, two guide rails symmetrically arranged on the first base plate, and a limiting part arranged on the first base plate, and the limiting part is provided with a clamping protrusion; the second member includes a second base plate and a first horizontal plate connected to the second base plate, the second base plate includes an insertion part, and the insertion part is provided with a clamping hole matched with the clamping protrusion; after the insertion part is slidably inserted into and fitted with the two guide rails, the clamping protrusion is clamped in the clamping hole; and the first horizontal plate is used for being connected with a sofa seat frame, and the first base plate is used for being connected with a sofa backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Remacro Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Chen, Xiaohong Li
  • Patent number: 11944210
    Abstract: A chair, comprising, a backrest, a seat coupled with the backrest, a column coupled with the seat, a linkage statically attached to the backrest and rotatably attached below the seat, a leaf spring statically attached at one end and in direct contact with the linkage to provide a resistance to tilting of the backrest relative to the column. A first structure fixed to the column, where a portion of the first structure has an arc shape that includes one or more teeth, and a second structure in contact with the first structure, wherein a portion of the second structure includes one or more teeth. The chair is configured such that, when a weight is applied to the seat, the one or more teeth of the second structure, a pivot point at which the backrest is configured to tilt relative to the column, and the linkage are configured to move together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: AARON DEJULE
    Inventor: Aaron Dejule
  • Patent number: 11945343
    Abstract: A car seat includes an actuator capable of changing an orientation of a rest surface of a seat back laterally by turning and moving at least a side portion frame that is part of the car seat frontward and rearward, and a controller configured to exercise control over the actuator. The controller includes a run-time posture support unit configured to execute a run-time posture support control under which when a car makes a turn, the actuator is regulated to cause the rest surface of the seat back to be oriented in a direction of the turn. The run-time posture support unit is configured to regulate the actuator in accordance with a placement of the seat in the car, when the run-time posture support unit executes the run-time posture support control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TS TECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shinji Sugiyama, Akira Miyoshi
  • Patent number: 11939063
    Abstract: A reclining seat including, but not limited to, a seat bottom. The reclining seat further including, but not limited to, a seat back having an upper segment and a lower segment, the lower segment pivotally coupled with the seat bottom via a first pivotal coupling, and the upper segment pivotally coupled with the lower segment via a second pivotal coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Allen Davis, Kerem Caglayan