Chair Or Seat Patents (Class 211/119.007)
  • Patent number: 10443640
    Abstract: A portable table assembly includes a table that may to support items. A plurality of fasteners is provided and each of the fasteners is movably coupled to the table. Each of the fasteners may be selectively coupled to a chair thereby facilitating the table to be accessible from the chair. Each of the fasteners is movably coupled to the table. Thus, the plurality of fasteners may accommodate a variety of chair sizes. A first coupler is attached to the table. The first coupler may engage an item thereby facilitating the table to be selectively coupled to the item. A leg is hingedly coupled to the table an the leg is selectively positioned in a deployed position. Thus, the leg may abut a support surface thereby facilitating the table to be horizontally oriented with respect to the support surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Inventor: Greg Balk
  • Patent number: 10219631
    Abstract: A backrest mounted item hook and drink holder including an arm member which is extendible from a first recess within a rearward side of a backrest portion of a chair body to hang a purse or other item therefrom and a drink holder rack extendible from a second recess within the rearward side. The drink holder rack also has a pivotable upper portion with a convex exterior side and a central aperture and a pivotable lower tray portion which has a bottom end to support a lowermost end of a bottled drink container thereon while an uppermost end of the bottled drink container is retained within the central aperture. When each of the arm member and the drink holder rack is in the retracted condition, the chair body is stackable atop another chair body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Inventor: Filemon Jimenez
  • Patent number: 9433290
    Abstract: One- and two-part shelf extensions for expanding the depth of existing wire shelving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventor: Norman Davis
  • Patent number: 8851345
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening device for connecting a unit (120) to two mutually spaced headrest bars (101b, 101c) of a vehicle seat (101), comprising a first coupling element (102, 102a) for receiving a second coupling element (103, 103a) arranged on the unit (120) as well as a first fastening element (105) arranged on the first coupling element (102, 102a) and a second fastening element (106) moveably connected to the first fastening element (105), by way of which fastening elements the first coupling element (102, 102a) can be fastened to the headrest bars (101b, 101c). The first fastening element (105) and the second fastening element (106) are supported on the headrest bars (101b, 101c) and can be moved relative to each other in parallel to a connecting line (100) extending approximately horizontally between the centers of the headrest bars (101b, 101c).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Kinetix AG
    Inventors: Peter Ackeret, Juergen Siegfried Skott
  • Publication number: 20130180940
    Abstract: An auxiliary support to be installed onto a chair armrest is disclosed. The auxiliary support includes a first adjusting arm that is able to pivot up and down and has one end formed as a rotating end that is vertically connected to a connecting end of the armrest, a second adjusting arm that is able to pivot up and down and forward and backward and has one end formed as a rotating end that is transversely connected to a connecting end at an opposite end of the first adjusting arm, and a supporting tray that is connected to an opposite end of the second adjusting arm and is adjustably inclinable for supporting a portable device (e.g. a tablet computer or a book). Thereby, a user sitting in the chair can put the portable device on the auxiliary support and operate it comfortably.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Inventor: Hsuan-Chin Tsai
  • Publication number: 20110133523
    Abstract: A tray apparatus is described. The tray apparatus includes a collapsible tray. The collapsible tray includes an inner horizontal support. The tray may also include a plurality of outer horizontal supports. The tray also includes a plurality of collapsible extensions. The collapsible extensions are configured to lock into a perpendicular position from the horizontal supports. The tray also includes a plurality of hinged connectors. The hinged connectors connect the inner and outer horizontal supports with the collapsible extensions. Additionally, the apparatus includes a vertical support. The vertical support is connected to the tray assembly by a tray clutch assembly. The tray apparatus may be attached to a chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2011
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventor: Kenneth Reed Crowe
  • Publication number: 20080230494
    Abstract: A device and method for storing a youth potty seat on an adult toilet assembly. The device includes a support bar, a hook connected to the upper portion of the support bar, and at least one peg attached to the lower portion of the support bar. The hook is effective for hanging the support frame from the upper rim of a toilet tank, and the peg is effective for suspending a child's potty seat. The method comprises hanging the hook from the upper rim of a toilet tank and hanging a youth potty seat from the peg; thereby storing the youth potty seat on the adult toilet assembly. An extension bar may be provided to extend the length of the support bar. Multiple pegs may be used.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 25, 2008
    Inventors: Sueann Galt, Kimberly Ann Conover Rossetti, Frederick Michael Rossetti
  • Patent number: 6170680
    Abstract: A rack for holding hairdressing tools including a U-shaped shelf that is detachably connected to and behind a back of a chair intended for hairdressing by means of connectors. The shelf includes several compartments for holding different hairdressing tools and is so sized and curved that an inner wall thereof is suitable for closely locating behind the back of a hairdressing chair. The connectors are connected to the inner wall of the shelf at suitable positions and each includes a supporting arm for supporting the shelf thereon, a clamping arm, and an elastic pressing plate. The clamping arms and the pressing plates cooperate with one another to clamp the back of the chair between them, so that the shelf is connected to and behind the back without occupying additional room and located at a height that allows a hairdresser to get the tools in the shelf without bending frequently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2001
    Inventor: Chih-Chiang Hung