Seat Associated Patents (Class 224/275)
  • Patent number: 10086724
    Abstract: A partition assembly for a motor vehicle seat comprises a stabilizer sub-assembly configured to connect to the motor vehicle seat, and a panel sub-assembly connected to the stabilizer sub-assembly. The stabilizer sub-assembly can comprise one or more flexible rods connected to a headrest. The panel sub-assembly can comprise a fabric or rigid sheet braced by a plurality of flexible rods. Additionally, the partition assembly can further comprise a strap connected to the panel sub-assembly for wrapping around a bottom of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Inova Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas Geraty
  • Patent number: 10086767
    Abstract: A feature shown as trim piece or tab intended to provide a barrier or obstruction for items placed on top of the trim piece are disclosed. An interior trim component includes multiple substantially parallel ribs each configured to engage a track to facilitate movement of the interior trim component along the track. The interior trim component also includes a substrate having an outer surface and a rear surface. The outer surface is configured to face an interior of a vehicle and the rear surface is coupled to the substantially parallel ribs. The interior trim component further includes a barrier or obstruction extending upwardly from the outer surface while in an open position. The barrier or obstruction is configured to engage an item adjacent to the outer surface to block movement of the item relative to the interior trim component. The barrier or obstruction is configured to retract into a retracted position that facilitates movement of the interior trim component relative to a proximate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jason Mathew Hipshier, Tyler James Newkirk, Nikhil Shashikant Rane, Alex D Vandertol
  • Patent number: 10077592
    Abstract: A console box includes a box body that includes an opening portion, a lid supported by a hinge shaft on the box body, and an opening/closing mechanism that tilts the lid. The opening/closing mechanism includes a main rack that includes an engaging portion and a sub-rack that includes an engaged portion. When the lid is tilted between an opened position and a closed position, the engaged portion engages the engaging portion and restricts sliding of the sub-rack on the main rack. When the lid is further tilted from the closed position in a closing direction in which the lid closes the opening portion and when the lid is further tilted from the opened position in an opening direction in which the lid opens the opening portion, the engaged portion is disengaged from the engaging portion to cancel the restriction imposed on the sub-rack by the main rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: TOYODA GOSEI CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Roy C. Thorsell, James R. Sand
  • Patent number: 10066425
    Abstract: A console apparatus for an automobile includes: a console main body (11), disposed between a left seat and a right seat of the automobile; arm rests (15a, 15b), supported at the console main body (11) in a manner of being capable of sliding in the front-rear direction of the automobile; a locking unit, locking the forward slide of the arm rests (15a, 15b) when the arm rests (15a, 15b) are located at a moving rear end position (P2); an unlocking unit, unlocking the arm rests (15a, 15b) locked by the locking unit at the moving rear end position (P2) according to an unlocking operation; and a force applying unit, applying a forward force to the arm rests (15a, 15b) when the arm rests (15a, 15b) are located at the moving rear end position (P2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Naoki Saikawa, Takaaki Sakaguchi
  • Patent number: 10053890
    Abstract: A holder for a two-wheeler lock, in particular of the type of a folding lock, has a support region for contacting a tube section of a two-wheeler, and a mount which comprises at least one first holding section and one second holding section, wherein the first holding section and the second holding section are spaced apart from one another and define a reception opening for the two-wheeler lock, and wherein the first holding section includes an angle with the second holding section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignee: ABUS AUGUST BREMICKER SÖHNE KG
    Inventor: Martin Hommel
  • Patent number: 10040397
    Abstract: A split center console assembly includes a front end wall, a rear end wall, and first and second opposing side walls, each cooperating to define a storage compartment. The assembly includes a split cover for selectively providing access to the storage compartment. The split cover includes a pivoting driver armrest and a pivoting passenger armrest. Each armrest includes an upper support surface configured to provide arm support when the split center console assembly is in a closed position, a side edge support surface configured to provide an arm support when the split center console assembly is in an open position, and a lower surface. At least one pivot hinge is provided, defining an arm portion extending a distance from a pivot axis and configured to pivotally couple the respective armrest to the storage compartment. In various aspects, each pivot axis is offset a distance from the side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Stuart R. Wuerthele, Cristian Farcas, Benjamin David Jimenez
  • Patent number: 10029793
    Abstract: A portable electronic device holder incorporated in a seatback of a passenger seat. The device holder includes a shelf and a release latch arranged to hold the respective bottom and top edges of a portable electronic device for hands-free use. The latch holds the shelf in a stowed position flush with the seatback and releases to allow the shelf to rotate away from the seatback for use. The shelf is positioned apart from a tray table, when present, so that the device holder and tray table can be deployed and used at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Francis Xavier L. Garing, Robert J. Henshaw, Adam Britton, Kosta Gianakopoulos
  • Patent number: 10023088
    Abstract: A console for a vehicle interior is disclosed. The console comprises an armrest assembly and a storage compartment. The armrest assembly for the console is configured to facilitate comfort for vehicle occupants. The armrest assembly is adjustable between a lowered position and a raised position. The armrest assembly is also configured to facilitate access to the storage compartment. The armrest assembly may be configured to move between an open position and a closed position. The armrest assembly may provide a tambour door configured to facilitate access of the storage compartment. The storage compartment is accessible when the armrest or tambour door is at the open position; the storage compartment is covered when the armrest or tambour door is at the closed position. The console may also provide a cover (e.g. a shroud) configured to cover the storage compartment when the armrest is between the lowered position and the raised position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Shanghai Yanfeng Jinqiao Automotive Trim Systems Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Rick Alan Anderson, Randy William Nurenberg, Kenneth Daniel Sherburn
  • Patent number: 10023091
    Abstract: A vehicle, including a driver assistance device with the aid of which an autonomous driving mode without driver intervention may be carried out in an autopilot mode, and including at least one storage element for storing objects, such as a cup holder and/or a storage table, which is adjustable between a position of non-use and at least one position of use. The driver assistance device is assigned a control unit, which enables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is activated and disables an adjustment of the storage element into the position of use when the autopilot mode is deactivated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Lennart Bendewald, Linn Hackenberg, Bjoern Strasdat, Valentin Rex
  • Patent number: 9981589
    Abstract: A vehicular console box includes a console body that is open on an upper side and that is attached to a floor panel of a vehicle. The console body includes a bottom portion that is positioned on an upper surface of the floor panel and sidewall portions that each stand from a corresponding one of two ends in a vehicle width direction of the bottom portion. The sidewall portions include rails that extend in a front-rear direction, the rails supporting a drink holder so that the drink holder is slidable in the front-rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Ryusaku Senda
  • Patent number: 9973665
    Abstract: A sensor adjustment system includes an exterior housing configured to hold a directional sensor inside the housing. The directional sensor is configured to obtain data outside of the housing along a boresight of the directional sensor. The system also includes one or more fasteners configured to be operably coupled with the directional sensor inside the housing. The one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated in order to change an orientation of the boresight of the directional sensor. The one or more fasteners are configured to be actuated from outside of the housing while changing the orientation of the boresight of the directional sensor inside the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: GE LIGHTING SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Koushik Babi Saha, Thomas Clynne, Jonathan Robert Meyer
  • Patent number: 9937867
    Abstract: A deployable and expandable storage assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. That storage assembly includes a panel, an expandable linkage assembly and a cover. The cover is carried on the expandable linkage assembly and is displaceable between a stowed position toward the panel and a deployed position projecting from the panel so as to define a storage space and an access opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Santiago Manuel Parra Becerra, Maria Fernanda Villanueva Ochoa
  • Patent number: 9925898
    Abstract: A console armrest for a vehicle may include a cover device configured to selectively cover a console box and coupled to the console box to be rotatable, an upper support device connected to the cover device to be rotatable in an up and down direction of the vehicle, and a lower support device configured to be drawn out from the cover device to a rear side, in which when the lower support device is drawn out from the cover device, a support space may be formed between the lower support device and the cover device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Hoon Sup Shin
  • Patent number: 9919655
    Abstract: Embodiments of an under seat capture device are described. Some embodiments include a first chute for aligning below a gap between a center console and a vehicle seat, a first platform component that is coupled to the first chute for receiving an object, and an actuator that is coupled to the first platform component that causes a change in position of the first platform component to guide the object received by the first platform component to a desired location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Cassandra R. Grant, Jonathan C. Hall
  • Patent number: 9902338
    Abstract: A holding device (5) for a mobile device (6) in a motor vehicle, which holding device is arranged so as to be easily accessible by vehicle occupants in the region of an interior furnishing item such as a control panel, a center console or the like in the passenger compartment (1) of the motor vehicle and includes a visible receiving element (7) for the mobile device, wherein the receiving element, by means of an insertion opening (8), surrounds a relatively slim housing body of the mobile device. To optimize the holding device, the receiving element has an insertion plate (11) which contains an orifice (34) of the insertion opening and can be inserted into an opening of the interior furnishing item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: WIRKNER GMBH
    Inventor: Marco Wirkner
  • Patent number: 9888779
    Abstract: A covering and enclosure assembly for coupling a blanket to a back of a chair includes a shell defining an internal space. The shell is configured to couple to a back of a chair. A closure is coupled to and positioned in a front of the shell. A blanket is positioned in the internal space of the shell. The shell is configured to couple to a back of a chair. The closure is positioned in the front, such that the closure is configured for opening and closing. The blanket is configured to be accessed by a user through the closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Inventor: Zachary Welsh
  • Patent number: 9851050
    Abstract: An umbrella mounting system for PURPOSE includes a cart that may be urged along a support surface. The cart has a plurality of horizontal members. An umbrella is provided that has a shaft and a canopy. A mounting unit is removably coupled to the cart. The mounting unit insertably receives the shaft such that the canopy is positioned over the cart. Thus, the umbrella shades an area around the cart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Inventor: Luis Cano
  • Patent number: 9827921
    Abstract: A cargo area protection system for a vehicle defining a cargo area and comprising a seat assembly has a sheet member and a spreader member. The spreader member is arranged to engage at least a portion of the seat assembly. The sheet member is supported by the spreader member such that at least a supported portion of the sheet member is in a desired position with respect to the cargo area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Inventor: Wallace K. Green
  • Patent number: 9802070
    Abstract: A vehicle accessory support assembly for vehicles having a pair of opposed parallel seat rails, the vehicle accessory support assembly comprising a bar having a longitudinal axis, a first end portion and a second end portion, a first grip supported by the first end portion of the bar and configured to grip a first one of the pair of opposed parallel seat rails, a second grip slidably coupled to the second end portion of the bar and configured to grip a second one of the pair of opposed parallel seat rails and at least one support projecting from the bar, the support configured to support a vehicle accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Inventor: Simon David Gray Wehr
  • Patent number: 9776572
    Abstract: A console device provided lateral to a vehicle seat on a vehicle floor, the console device includes a console box provided with a container portion having an open top and a lid provided on the console box to open and close the container portion. A clearance allowing conditioned air to flow out toward a person sitting on the seat is provided between an upper end of a lateral surface of the console box and a lateral end of the lid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroshi Mizobata, Yasuhiro Kato, Fumitoshi Akaike
  • Patent number: 9701251
    Abstract: A cargo area for a vehicle includes a package tray behind the rear seat having an upper surface and a lower surface. The package tray is rotated about an axis to uncover the cargo area. The cargo area further includes a container detachably or permanently attached to the lower surface of the panel. The container may define one or more receptacles that are accessible when the panel is raised and lowered when the package tray is lowered to a horizontal orientation above the cargo area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Kathleen M. Parlow, Nicholas Alphonse Billardello
  • Patent number: 9694867
    Abstract: A lockable bicycle rack system includes a mounting clip and a rack configured to detachably couple to a bicycle frame. The rack includes a body, a lid pivotally coupled to the body between an open position and a closed position, and a locking mechanism. The mounting clip is coupled to the rack and includes a base component adapted to couple to a container, a rack receiving gap, and a lever arm having a rack latch that extends at least partially across the rack receiving gap when the lever arm is in a locked position. A side member of the body extends through and is locked within the rack receiving gap when the rack latch is in the locked position, and a side member of the lid prevents the lever arm from leaving the locked position when the lid is in the closed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: Bell Sports, Inc.
    Inventors: Tony M. Ton, Robin Samson, Joseph William Brody
  • Patent number: 9588406
    Abstract: A multidirectional camera mount allows quick, easy and safe rotational adjustment of camera orientation and/or position. An upper side of the multidirectional camera mount can include upper mounting tabs attached to a camera, camera housing or other device. A lower side of the multidirectional camera mount can include lower mounting tabs which can be affixed to various objects, while static or during numerous physical activities. The multidirectional camera mount can allow the upper mounting tabs to rotate relative to the lower mounting tabs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: SWIVIT, INC.
    Inventor: Jason Y Morlon
  • Patent number: 9586535
    Abstract: A vehicle interior trim assembly includes a passenger compartment, a first trim assembly, a second trim assembly and a flexible seal member. The first trim assembly is fixedly installed within the passenger compartment and has a first surface. The second trim assembly is fixedly installed within the passenger compartment and has a second surface adjacent to the first surface of the first trim assembly. The first surface and the second surface are spaced apart from one another defining a gap therebetween. The flexible seal member is attached to the one of the first surface and the second surface. The flexible seal member extends along the gap between the first and second surfaces contacting both the first surface and the second surface thereby covering the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignee: Nissan North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Darin Dalton, Ashley Tennant, Michael Eberlein
  • Patent number: 9550569
    Abstract: A frame has a first frame portion configured to sit on a base of a vehicle seat and demountably receive a machine. A second portion of frame is coupled with and extends substantially upright from the first portion. The second portion is adjacent and bears against a back of the seat. Extending across the second portion from side to side is a lateral frame element. The lateral frame element enables the frame to be secured on and to the seat by way of a conventional seat belt. The frame also includes a pivoting support shown in this embodiment as a tray for supporting a box of capsules which are dispensed by the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Raindance Systems Pty Ltd.
    Inventor: Robert Andrew Stevenson
  • Patent number: 9539949
    Abstract: A hanger assembly for suspending items from a seat in a vehicle includes a hanging unit that may be removably coupled to the seat. The hanging unit may have a plurality of items supported thereon such that the items are suspended from the seat. The hanging unit comprises a mount coupled to the seat. A plurality of hooks is movably coupled to the mount and each of the hooks may have the items suspended thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Inventor: John Nuako
  • Patent number: 9544028
    Abstract: Technologies and implementations for Doppler frequency shift compensation are generally disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: EMPIRE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT LLC
    Inventor: Kazimierz Siwiak
  • Patent number: 9533647
    Abstract: A seat for a motor vehicle includes a seat bottom having a seat cover, an upholstery and a support structure, and a seat back having a seat cover, an upholstery and a support structure. Two lateral support parts are fastened to a front section of the support structure of the seat back for increasing the lateral support of an occupant on the seat. The lateral support parts are fastened to the support structure of the seat back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventor: Jonas Eisenbraun
  • Patent number: 9527420
    Abstract: A seat assembly is provided that includes a seat cover having a base panel with a rear-facing surface and first and second opposing lateral extremities. The seat cover has a first panel that is secured to the base panel and at least partially overlays the base panel. The first panel has a first free end that defines a first pocket that opens toward the first lateral extremity. The seat cover also includes a retaining member that is secured to the base panel and at least partially overlays the base panel. The retaining member is spaced laterally on the base panel from the first panel and is configured with a free midportion that can be selectively liftable away from the base panel. The free midportion is aligned with the first pocket for retaining an object between the first panel and the retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Taryn E. Dyle, Bruce L. Stone
  • Patent number: 9511826
    Abstract: This disclosure discussed a kayak. The kayak may have a shell having a hull and a cockpit. The kayak may also have a console approximately centrally located within the cockpit along a widthwise direction of the kayak. The console may have a bottom wall separate from the hull and at least one side wall extending upwardly from a periphery of the bottom wall to at least partially define a storage compartment. The console may also have a replaceable cover. The replaceable cover may have a plurality of apertures of varied dimensions for organizing equipment at least partially staged within the storage compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: Confluence Outdoor, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Eric Nutz
  • Patent number: 9434287
    Abstract: A vehicle tray for retaining food and/or drink items which includes a center slot for receiving a seat buckle in order to stably retain the tray during vehicular movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignee: LEVEL SOLUTIONS, LLC
    Inventors: Tyler Liebowitz, James Harry Delaney
  • Patent number: 9421914
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seatback having an opening defined along a portion thereof. A track is coupled with the seatback adjacent the opening and extends in an imperfect arc. A door comprising a single piece, flexible body is supported by the track and is slidable between an open position and a closed position relative to the opening. The door is moveable through the imperfect arc by flexing of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Alan George Dry, Joseph S. Talamonti, Gunnar Groesbeck
  • Patent number: 9402477
    Abstract: A supplementary organizer and storage device is disclosed in which the device comprises a central portion having a first side and a second side both descending down from the central portion, the first side having a pocket for receiving an object and the second side having a pocket for receiving an object, the central portion for being placed on top of an appliance and the first side and the second side for draping over top of the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Melissa Shih Hwai Chang
  • Patent number: 9387808
    Abstract: A removable media tray assembly and method for a vehicle includes a console structure disposed in the vehicle and defining a storage compartment, and a pivoting support tray removably and complementarily received by the console structure to close the storage compartment and provide a horizontal support surface for supporting an object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christian P. Kearney, Nathan F. Franck
  • Patent number: 9346387
    Abstract: A cup holder assembly includes a housing having a track member, wherein an insert, having first and second sides, is adjustably received on the track member in a vertical manner. The insert is adapted to be positioned within the housing in either an upright or inverted position. The insert thereby provides first and second storage configurations relative to the upright and inverted configuration of the insert within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Eric Rifel, Scott Simon
  • Patent number: 9315157
    Abstract: A holding arrangement for a mobile device in a cabin of a vehicle has a cabin equipment component, a support device arranged on the cabin equipment component, a holding device for holding a mobile device and a covering pane. The support device is designed to receive the holding device and further has an access opening arranged on a side opposite the cabin equipment component. Furthermore, the support device is designed to slidably hold the covering pane for opening and closing the access opening arranged on the side opposite the cabin equipment component in such a manner that the covering pane is movable to a closed position and to an open position, wherein in its open position the covering pane extends beyond the support device. Hereby, an improved holding function and temporary theft prevention may be accomplished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventor: Beatrice Jahn
  • Patent number: 9282226
    Abstract: A square camera housing accommodates a square camera with a substantially square profile. The square camera housing includes a latching mechanism to secure the camera in the housing, a mounting mechanism to secure the housing to a mounting device, and multiple openings in the housing body to accommodate the camera interface. These features allow the square camera to be inserted and secured in the square camera housing in one of a plurality of orientations relative to the square camera housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: GoPro, Inc.
    Inventors: Rudy Lucas Samuels, Evan L. Coons, Joshua P. Davies, William H. Tolbert, Nicholas Streets
  • Patent number: 9222294
    Abstract: A movement restricting apparatus includes a track unit with a guide track that has a non-limit path and a limit path, and a restricting unit with a pin unit that has a pin portion. The pin portion is swingably inserted into the guide track. The pin portion and the guide track make relative movement when a moving unit moves relative to a stationary unit. The relative movement of the pin portion and the guide track is guided by the limit path when the moving unit moves in a first direction and is guided by the non-limit path when the moving unit moves in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Slide Mei Yao International Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tsung-Yao Chen
  • Patent number: 9156409
    Abstract: A device for hanging items of clothing on a vehicle seat part, such as a backrest (1a), a head restraint 1(d) or head restraint holder (1c) of a vehicle seat (1) has a fastening hook (4e, 40e) for hanging the clothes hanger (4a, 4b, 4c, 40a, 40b, 40c, 40b?, 40c?), the fastening hook being movable between an inoperative position, in which the fastening hook (4e, 40e) is entirely or partially accommodated in the clothes hanger (4a, 4b, 4c, 40a, 40b, 40c, 40b?, 40c?) or bears against the latter, and an operative position, in which the fastening hook (4e, 40e) protrudes out of the clothes hanger (4a, 4b, 4c, 40a, 40b, 40c, 40b?, 40c?) to such an extent that the clothes hanger (4a, 4b, 4c, 40a, 40b, 40c, 40b?, 40c?) can be hung on a wardrobe bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Kinetix AG
    Inventors: Peter Ackeret, Juergen Siegfried Skott, Soeren Groth
  • Patent number: 9126538
    Abstract: Vehicles including collapsible cargo containers that collapse beneath tumble seats and methods of collapsing collapsible cargo containers beneath tumble seats are disclosed. A vehicle includes a vehicle floor, a tumble seat pivotably coupled to the vehicle floor, and a collapsible cargo container attached to the vehicle floor and attached to the tumble seat. The tumble seat is pivotable from a tumble-forward position to an upright seating position. When the tumble seat is pivoted from the tumble-forward position to the upright seating position, the collapsible cargo container collapses from a cargo storage configuration to a collapsed configuration beneath the tumble seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR ENGINEERING & MANUFACTURING NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventor: Robert Day
  • Publication number: 20150115009
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for supporting an electronic device, such as a laptop computer, a tablet computer, a smartphone, or an e-reader when travelling on a train or other public transportation. The apparatus is designed to fold into a portable, compact unit when not being used. The apparatus may be hung from a peg in the seatback in front of the user and is capable of folding out into an open position capable of supporting the electronic device. The device includes a seat bracket and two arms which open into a vee in order to support the electronic device. In one embodiment, the arms are telescopic in order to support electronic devices of differing sizes. In another embodiment, the arms have one or more rises which permits the electronic device to be support in a substantially upright position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: Stauber Products LLC
    Inventor: Leo F. Stauber
  • Patent number: 9010597
    Abstract: A device and method is presented that attaches a tablet computer to a vehicle headrest. A two-piece mount has a headrest coupling and a tablet housing. The tablet housing has a rigid core attached to a flexible rim portion that secures the tablet computer within the tablet housing. The rigid core has a circular cavity in the rear. The headrest coupling mounts to headrest posts in a vehicle using hinged arms and locking clips. The headrest coupling further has a circular attachment disk that fits within the circular cavity of the tablet housing. Retractable tabs in the circumference of the attachment disk fit within tracks in the walls of the circular cavity. The tabs prevent accidental separation of the tablet housing from the headrest coupling, and allow rotation of the tablet housing when attached to the headrest coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: BBY Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Amy Prescott, Lawrence Zhou, Roger Widner, Farhad Nourbakhsh, Kris Verstockt, Pei-Yun Yang
  • Patent number: 8985693
    Abstract: An upright sleep support system incorporates a head cushion having a face relief aperture to receive the eyes, nose, mouth and chin of a passenger placing his or her face against the head cushion with a hinged support structure for angular adjustment, sleeves that open in front to support the passengers arms, and a chest cushion on the back of the device. The chest cushion receives the passenger's chest in a forward leaning position. The head cushion is deployable from a backpack and the chest cushion is integrated into the back of the backpack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William J. Purpura, Paula K. Purpura
  • Patent number: 8960754
    Abstract: A utility vehicle 1 equipped with main frames 11 for forming a framework of a chassis; a ROPS (Roll-Over Protective Structure) 6 provided at an intermediate portion of the main frame in the front-rear direction of a body of the vehicle so as to enclose a cabin 5; a seat 7 disposed inside the ROPS; an engine 20 disposed under the seat; a storage box 30 disposed under the seat and on the outside of the engine in the width direction of the vehicle to store equipment requiring inspection and maintenance; and a lid 40 engaged with a box body to cover an opening 30a for the inspection and maintenance of the equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Maeda, Teruaki Yamamoto, Itsuo Takegami
  • Publication number: 20150041508
    Abstract: A positioning apparatus for seat headrest posts in vehicle is provided, including a retractable rod, two clamping units and a connection joint unit; wherein the retractable rod having an extendible rod able to extend and retract; a locking assembly being disposed on the outer surface of the retractable rod; the locking assembly being able to fasten the position after lateral adjustment of the retractable rod; the two clamping units being disposed on the retractable rod for clamping onto the posts of seat headrest; the connection joint unit being disposed to the end of the extendible rod for engaging an object to be mounted here. As such, when an electronic device, such as, tablet or thin screen display is mounted to the connection joint unit, the position of the electronic device can be adjusted by adjusting the length of the extendible rod for convenient viewing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2013
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventor: Eagle FAN
  • Publication number: 20150034687
    Abstract: Described are personal electronics device mounting structures including a base (12) with an aft surface, wherein the base is configured to fit substantially within a recess (42) so that the aft surface of the base (12) is substantially flush with an aft surface surrounding the recess (42) in a stowed position, and wherein at least a first portion of the base (12) is positioned aft of the recess and at least a second portion of the base (12) is positioned within the recess (42) in a deployed position, and a cradle (14) coupled to the base, wherein the cradle (14) comprises a pair of arms (22) configured to hold a personal electronics device securely in place adjacent a passenger seat back when the base (12) is in the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Timothy W. Terleski, Alexander Gerard Saucier
  • Publication number: 20150034686
    Abstract: An electronic flight bag retention device for use within an airborne vehicle. An electronic flight bag includes a tablet computer that can be retained within an airborne vehicle cockpit by configuring a rigid substrate to retain the electronic flight bag. The rigid substrate can include, for example, three clips upon the edges of the rigid substrate, two of which retain the electronic flight bag. A top edge of the rigid substrate can be angled to form a weight supporting member of the retaining device. Two elongated slots can be formed or cut into the rigid substrate to facilitate a clipboard spring clip insertion through one of the two slots in order to retain the retention device to a cockpit side window clipboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventor: Steven J. Holmstrom
  • Patent number: 8944302
    Abstract: An elongate strap to be used to hold a trash bag in a vehicle has a specially-shaped head rest post catch portion at one end and a specially-shaped bag handle hook portion at the other. The catch portion is placed to partially encircle both head rest posts on a vehicle seat, allowing the strap to drape over the shoulder of the seat so that the hook portion hangs between the seats. The hook portion comprises two spaced-apart funnel shaped cuts which hold the handles of a plastic grocery bag apart for easy disposal of trash by either left or right seat occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Vernon L. Nolan
  • Publication number: 20150021369
    Abstract: A purse securing device (1) having an upper strap (4) having a first strap (5) and a second strap (6) that wrap around a head rest (7) or rear portion (8) of the vehicle seat (2). A lower strap (9) extends vertically downward from the upper strap. When laid flat the upper strap and lower strap create a substantially T-shape. The lower strap attaches to a purse to prevent the purse from tipping over.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventor: Donna L.E. Lehtonen
  • Publication number: 20150003209
    Abstract: A head rest system is disclosed. Said head rest system comprising a head rest assembly comprising a first side, a second side, a top side, a bottom side, a third side and a fourth side. Said top side and said bottom side are not parallel. Said top side comprises a tilted surface comprising a slope angle between said top side and said bottom side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2013
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Austin Harmon, Floyd Harmon