Abstract: Methods and apparatus for creating furniture protection which may be easily installed and removed are disclosed. The stored furniture protection may be designed to function as decorative items for the furniture such as pillows, bolsters and the like. In some examples, the stored furniture protection may take a form as a pillow and then when unfolded may form a lightweight impermeable cover for the furniture.

Abstract: The vehicle seat comprising a seat-bottom frame; a seatback frame comprising at least one first lateral riser mounted pivoting relative to said seat-bottom frame around a transverse axis; a first discontinuous type hinge mechanism with a first side-plate rigidly fixed to the seat-bottom frame and a second side-plate; an intermediate riser mounted on the seat bottom frame, pivoting around the transverse axis, by means of the first hinge mechanism where the intermediate riser and the second side-plate are securely connected in rotation around the transverse axis; where the intermediate riser is fixed to the first lateral riser at a distance from the transverse axis; where the intermediate riser has a stiffness less than the stiffness of the first lateral riser of the seatback frame.

Abstract: A seat assembly may include a seat, a first bladder assembly connected to the seat, a second bladder assembly connected to the seat, and/or an electrical control unit (ECU) configured to independently control the first bladder assembly and the second bladder assembly. The ECU may be configured to maintain a level of inflation of the first bladder assembly to provide a hugging effect to a user of the seat while inflating and deflating the second bladder assembly to guide breathing of said user.

Abstract: An anti-submarine arrangement for a vehicle seat includes an elongated member pivotably attached between opposing members of a seat bottom support structure. A leg is fixedly attached to the elongated member and pivotably attached to a structural portion of the vehicle seat. The elongated member is rotatable forward and downward relative to the structural portion of the vehicle seat. A damper arrangement is attached to the leg and to the structural portion of the vehicle seat. The damper arrangement opposes a forward and downward rotation of the elongated member.

Abstract: A vehicle seat for accommodating at least two users includes: a seating portion frame, a first backrest and a second backrest which are pivotally hinged to the seating portion frame according to a transverse axis via a common hinge. The common hinges includes: a pivot pin comprising at least one central portion having an outer wall, and a housing, having an inner wall, arranged on the seating portion frame, and receiving interiorly the central portion of the pivot pin, by immobilizing the pivot pin. The inner peripheral wall of the housing bears against the outer wall of the central portion. The outer wall of the central portion includes at least one elastically deformable rib so as to be maintained constantly bearing against the inner wall of the housing.

Abstract: A seating assembly having a seating assembly frame that includes a seat frame and a seatback frame. The seating assembly includes an extension member coupled to the seat frame and movable in response to an actuating force between an extended position relative to the seat frame and a compressed position relative to the seat frame and including an end fixedly coupled to the seat frame and an end coupled to an adjustment device disposed on the seat frame.

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.

Abstract: A chair ganging assembly can include a chair ganger bracket connecting two chairs together and an interpersonal shield for supporting an interpersonal shield between two chairs that are ganged together.

Abstract: A seating assembly includes a seatback frame movable between a reclined position, an upright position, and a folded position and having opposing sides defining a central space. Each opposing side includes a non-linear front edge and a non-linear rear edge. A pivot assembly includes a first plate pivotally coupled with the seatback frame. The first plate includes a forward stop. A second plate is pivotally coupled with the first plate and is fixedly coupled with a seat base frame. The second plate includes a post configured to selectively contact the forward stop. A panel is configured to be coupled with the seatback frame to cover the central space and form a planar surface along the seatback frame. The panel includes upper retention hooks and side retention hooks configured to be engaged with the seatback frame.

Abstract: A vehicle assembly includes a vehicle body and a vehicle seat. The vehicle body includes a frame backing member elongated in a length direction of the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat includes a seat base and a seat back connected to the seat base. The seat back is connected to the frame backing member. A mounting bracket is connected to an upper portion of a seat back frame. An energy attenuating member positioned in a space between the seat back frame and the frame backing member interconnects the mounting bracket and the frame backing member. During a crash event the energy attenuating member is configured to collapse between the seat back and the frame backing member to absorb kinetic energy in the vehicle seat when the seat back is driven toward the frame backing member.

Abstract: A seat post assembly includes an outer tube, an inner tube disposed movably in the outer tube, a sealing element disposed on the top end of the outer tube to fill the gap between the outer and inner tubes, and a bushing rotatably disposed on the top end of the outer tube and penetrated by the inner tube. The bushing has an exposed portion located in the sealing element or the outer tube in such a manner that the exposed portion isn't shielded and can be touchable, and a barrel portion coaxially connected with the exposed portion and located in the outer tube and having a bottom abutted against a protrusion of the inner tube for limiting the ascending height of the inner tube. Therefore, the present invention allows a rider to touch the bushing without taking it out, thereby facilitating the total height adjustment of the inner tube.

Abstract: Seat assemblies (200) including structural components (212, 222, 232) made of foam are described. A seat sub-assembly (210, 220, 230) can include a frame (214, 224, 234) and a foam support (212, 222, 232). The foam support (212, 222, 232) can be coupled to the frame (214, 224, 234) for receiving a load on the seat sub-assembly (210, 220, 230), dissipating at least half of the load, and dispersing the load through the frame (214, 224, 234).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a seat frame, including a lower base; an upper base; and a plurality of rotating devices disposed on the upper base or the lower base and including at least one rotating device capable of horizontally rotating the lower base relative to the upper base. The lower base is connected to the upper base. When the rotating devices make the lower base horizontally rotate relative to the upper base, the upper base and the lower base do not fall off each other. A plurality of connecting devices are disposed on the upper base. The present invention eliminates the noise generated in the rotating process; and a telescopic support enables the size of the seat frame to be adjustable, the installation is simple and convenient, the use effect is good, and it is more stable and is suitable for popularization.

Abstract: The present invention is a portable, intelligent, ergonomically adjustable body-seat cushion controlled wirelessly via a smartphone or tablet app. Multiple air bladders embedded in the body-seat cushion inflate/deflate at the direction of the app to manipulate the physical position of the user's neck, back, posterior, legs, and feet in order to: (1) alleviate pressure on the back and sit-bones; (2) lengthen the user from a normal sitting position to a lengthened sitting position; and (3) increase blood flow to the user's extremities. Positioning algorithms in the app use the user's anthropometric data (body measurements) and seat measurements (including available space above and in front of the seat) to generate one or more air bladder fill instructions to lengthen the user. The app then wirelessly transmits the positioning instructions as well as optional motion, temperature, and vibration instructions to one or more wireless receivers in the seat cushion.

Abstract: A passenger seating assembly with an integrated cabin attendant seat (CAS) is disclosed. In embodiments, a CAS folds down from a monument mounted to the cabin floor via a combined track fitting that secures into the left-side or right-side track rail. A group of passenger seats (e.g., two to five) faces opposite the CAS monument and includes left-side and right-side leg assemblies mountable to the track rails via track fittings. One rear portion of a leg assembly attaches to the combined track fitting to integrate the passenger seats and CAS monument, eliminating unused space between the passenger seats and CAS monument.

Abstract: A passenger seat comprises a backrest, a seat element and a size increasing mechanism which is configured to convert a weight acting on the seat element when a user sits in the passenger seat into an increase in the depth of a seat pan of the seat element that can be used by the user from a rest-position depth to a to an operational-position depth.

Abstract: A method of controlling a seat cooling cycle in a vehicle seat includes determining whether a vehicle cooling system is operating. If the vehicle cooling system is operating, then executing a seat cooling cycle such that portions of an occupant-facing surface of the vehicle seat are urged outwardly to create high contact zones between the occupant and the portions of the vehicle seat that have been urged outwardly, and such that areas of reduced occupant contact are defined between adjacent ones of the portions of the occupant-facing surface that are urged outwardly, wherein the areas of reduced occupant contact define low pressure zones that facilitate the flow of air between the vehicle seat and the occupant within the low pressure zones.

Abstract: A seat assembly for use in a vehicle is repositionable between a design seating position, a folded position, and a slouch position. The seat assembly comprises a seatback fixedly coupled to a first recliner bracket, a seat cushion having a cushion bracket, a recliner pivotally connecting a second recliner bracket to the first recliner bracket, and a hockey stick assembly pivotally connected to the seatback and the first recliner bracket through the recliner and the second recliner bracket. The cushion bracket is pivotally connected to the hockey stick assembly and the second recliner bracket through a free pivot joint. The seat cushion is coupled to a track that is slidably coupled to a fixed track. The hockey stick assembly repositions the seatback between the design seating position and the slouch position as the track slides along the fixed track.

Abstract: Proposed is a seat reclining device having a mobile flange that includes: a gear unit having an internal gear; a collar provided at a center of the gear unit; and a flange part connecting the collar and the gear unit to each other, and that is configured such that a radial cross-section of the flange part circumferentially repeatedly changes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to seat systems, and more specifically to seat systems suitable for supporting users sitting in a cross-legged or kneeling position during activities such as meditation. Sitting closer to the ground, cross-legged, and/or kneeling enables the brain to easily enter a parasympathetic mode, providing users of the seat system a greater sense of calmness. The Multi-Angle Knee blocks (MAKs) offer a greater level of hip support for users.