Patents by Inventor Fernando Smit
Fernando Smit has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 11931658Abstract: A frame for a simulator includes first and second guides and subframes for a seat and for a steering wheel which are slidable in the frame along the guides. The subframes include fixation devices. Each fixation device includes a fixation member which extends on either side of the respective guide and which has a recess through which the guide protrudes. The fixation member is pivotable about an axis oriented perpendicularly of the guide between a release position, in which mutually opposite edges of the recess lie at a distance from the guide, and a fixation position in which the edges engage on mutually opposite sides of the guide. A subframe slidable along a guide for use in such a frame. A fixation device for use in such a frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: 11896912Abstract: A frame for a simulator includes a support for pedals, a support for a manual control unit and a support for a seat, and at least two elongate frame parts extending on either side of the supports and connected thereto. The support for the manual control unit and the seat support are displaceable in longitudinal direction of the frame. The support for the manual control unit and the seat support can here be displaceable in opposite directions in order to form a space therebetween. A simulator comprising such a frame, where a seat is mounted on the seat support, a manual control unit is mounted on the support for the manual control unit, and pedals are mounted on the pedal support.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: 11805909Abstract: A seat, particularly a rocking chair, includes a frame, a seat surface and a backrest. The frame includes two lower frame parts extending forward from the backrest and each having a curved progression which is convex in downward direction. The seat can have with stop members arranged close to a front outer end and/or close to a rear outer end of each lower frame part. The stop members can be resiliently deformable. Additionally or alternatively the lower frame parts can each be covered on an underside thereof with a resilient and/or damping material. This resilient and/or damping material can comprise a shaped part connected to the relevant frame part. The stop members can be integrated in the shaped part. A stop member and a shaped part intended for application in such a seat.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: 11576492Abstract: A shell for a seat, particularly for a simulator, includes a seat surface, a backrest and side parts. The shell includes two or more shell parts connected releasably to each other. The shell parts are connectable to each other along a dividing plane. The dividing plane can run substantially parallel to or enclose a small angle with a plane which connects a front side of the seat surface to an upper side of the backrest, and the shell parts can extend substantially equally far from the dividing plane in a direction transversely thereof. A method for transporting a shell for a seat includes: providing two shell parts which can be connected releasably to each other to form the shell; placing the shell parts in each other; and placing the shell parts which are placed in each other in a packaging.Type: GrantFiled: February 21, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: 11547214Abstract: A seat, particularly for video games, includes a collapsible frame which carries a seat surface and a backrest. The frame includes a first part carrying the backrest and a second part configured to carry a console for a steering wheel or joystick for controlling a video game. These parts are connected pivotally to each other by a hinge. The hinge includes a first load-bearing body on which the first frame part is mounted, and a second load-bearing body on which the second frame part is mounted. The hinge has locking means for fixating the first and second frame parts in a desired position relative to each other. A hinge for application in such a seat.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Publication number: 20220361675Abstract: A seat, particularly a rocking chair, includes a frame, a seat surface and a backrest. The frame includes two lower frame parts extending forward from the backrest and each having a curved progression which is convex in downward direction. The seat can have with stop members arranged close to a front outer end and/or close to a rear outer end of each lower frame part. The stop members can be resiliently deformable. Additionally or alternatively the lower frame parts can each be covered on an underside thereof with a resilient and/or damping material. This resilient and/or damping material can comprise a shaped part connected to the relevant frame part. The stop members can be integrated in the shaped part. A stop member and a shaped part intended for application in such a seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Publication number: 20220265049Abstract: A seat, particularly for playing video games, includes a tubular frame, a seat surface and a backrest. The seat surface and the backrest are formed by a piece of cloth tensioned in the frame, and the frame includes two lower frame parts extending forward from the backrest and each having a curved progression which is convex in downward direction. Each lower frame part can have a front outer end and a rear outer end, and the two lower frame parts can be connected to each other close to their front outer ends and close to their rear outer ends by front and rear transverse frame parts, which can each have a curved progression which is convex in upward direction. A tubular frame and a cloth are configured for application in such a seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Publication number: 20220219077Abstract: A frame for a simulator includes first and second guides and subframes for a seat and for a steering wheel which are slidable in the frame along the guides. The subframes include fixation devices. Each fixation device includes a fixation member which extends on either side of the respective guide and which has a recess through which the guide protrudes. The fixation member is pivotable about an axis oriented perpendicularly of the guide between a release position, in which mutually opposite edges of the recess lie at a distance from the guide, and a fixation position in which the edges engage on mutually opposite sides of the guide. A subframe slidable along a guide for use in such a frame. A fixation device for use in such a frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Publication number: 20220176257Abstract: A frame for a simulator includes a support for pedals, a support for a manual control unit and a support for a seat, and at least two elongate frame parts extending on either side of the supports and connected thereto. The support for the manual control unit and the seat support are displaceable in longitudinal direction of the frame. The support for the manual control unit and the seat support can here be displaceable in opposite directions in order to form a space therebetween. A simulator comprising such a frame, where a seat is mounted on the seat support, a manual control unit is mounted on the support for the manual control unit, and pedals are mounted on the pedal support.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2020Publication date: June 9, 2022Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Publication number: 20220087435Abstract: A seat, particularly for video games, includes a collapsible frame which carries a seat surface and a backrest. The frame includes a first part carrying the backrest and a second part configured to carry a console for a steering wheel or joystick for controlling a video game. These parts are connected pivotally to each other by a hinge. The hinge includes a first load-bearing body on which the first frame part is mounted, and a second load-bearing body on which the second frame part is mounted. The hinge has locking means for fixating the first and second frame parts in a desired position relative to each other. A hinge for application in such a seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Patent number: 10912387Abstract: A seat includes a seat surface and a central leg with feet close to an end remote from the seat surface. The feet are movable between a transport position substantially parallel to the leg and an operative position extending substantially radially from the leg. Several feet are connected to each other by at least one connecting element extending from the leg. A method includes supplying a central leg with feet in a transport position directed substantially parallel to the leg, supplying at least one connecting element, moving the feet from the transport position to an operative position extending substantially in radial direction from the leg, and connecting at least several feet to each other using the connecting element, wherein the connecting element extends at a distance from the central leg.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2017Date of Patent: February 9, 2021Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Publication number: 20200397143Abstract: A shell for a seat, particularly for a simulator, includes a seat surface, a backrest and side parts. The shell includes two or more shell parts connected releasably to each other. The shell parts are connectable to each other along a dividing plane. The dividing plane can run substantially parallel to or enclose a small angle with a plane which connects a front side of the seat surface to an upper side of the backrest, and the shell parts can extend substantially equally far from the dividing plane in a direction transversely thereof. A method for transporting a shell for a seat includes: providing two shell parts which can be connected releasably to each other to form the shell; placing the shell parts in each other; and placing the shell parts which are placed in each other in a packaging.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 21, 2019Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Patent number: 10821354Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling a video game, comprising a seat, at least one operating member connected to the video game, means for displacing the seat and the at least one operating member relative to each other and means for fixing the seat and the at least one operating member in a number of different positions relative to each other. According to an aspect of the invention, the fixation means are form-fitting. The fixatin means can here comprise a gear rack and a toothed block for placing into engagement therewith. The toothed block and the gear rack can be movable toward and away from each other in the direction of their toothing or be pivotable relative to each other parrallel to the toothing. According to another aspect of the invention, the displacing means comprise a pair of mutually parallel rails and a pair of bearing blocks slidable therealong.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2015Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: F.SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Publication number: 20190254433Abstract: A seat includes a seat surface and a central leg with feet close to an end remote from the seat surface. The feet are movable between a transport position substantially parallel to the leg and an operative position extending substantially radially from the leg. Several feet are connected to each other by at least one connecting element extending from the leg. A method includes supplying a central leg with feet in a transport position directed substantially parallel to the leg, supplying at least one connecting element, moving the feet from the transport position to an operative position extending substantially in radial direction from the leg, and connecting at least several feet to each other using the connecting element, wherein the connecting element extends at a distance from the central leg.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2019Applicant: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando SMIT
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Publication number: 20170056763Abstract: The invention relates to a device for controlling a video game, comprising a seat, at least one operating member connected to the video game, means for displacing the seat and the at least one operating member relative to each other and means for fixing the seat and the at least one operating member in a number of different positions relative to each other. According to an aspect of the invention, the fixation means are form-fitting. The fixatin means can here comprise a gear rack and a toothed block for placing into engagement therewith. The toothed block and the gear rack can be movable toward and away from each other in the direction of their toothing or be pivotable relative to each other parrallel to the toothing. According to another aspect of the invention, the displacing means comprise a pair of mutually parallel rails and a pair of bearing blocks slidable therealong.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2015Publication date: March 2, 2017Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: D679914Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2011Date of Patent: April 16, 2013Assignee: F. Smit Holding B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: D691822Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2012Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignee: F. Smit Holding B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: D932549Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: F. SMIT HOLDING B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: D988407Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: F. Smit Holding B. V.Inventor: Fernando Smit
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Patent number: D1016171Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2021Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: F. Smit Holding B.V.Inventor: Fernando Smit