Pivotally Movable Seat Patents (Class 297/141)
  • Patent number: 10982467
    Abstract: A T-link hinge for hingeably connecting first and second members comprises a link portion having a T-shaped cross-section including a top region and a bottom region, wherein the top region has a width greater than a width of the bottom region. The link portion comprises first and second thru holes formed in the bottom region of the link portion adjacent each the respective first and second ends of the link portion. Each of the first and second members to which the link portion is to be mounted includes thru holes. In an assembled configuration of the link portion and the first and second members, the thru holes formed on the first and second members axially align with the pair of thru holes in the link portion and are connected by first and second pins.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Nemo Equipment Inc.
    Inventors: Camon Brensinger, Patrick McCluskey, Zackary Kamen
  • Patent number: 10821872
    Abstract: A portable multiple grill assembly includes a trailer that is towed behind a vehicle. A fire pit is coupled to the trailer for containing an open flame. A plurality of cooking grills is each coupled to the trailer. A table is coupled to and extends outwardly from the plurality of cooking grills. A plurality of chair units is each slidably coupled to the trailer. Each of the chair units is slidable into a deployed position to have a user sit thereon. A venting unit is coupled to the trailer to vent smoke from cooking grills thereby inhibiting the user from being exposed to the smoke. A display is coupled to the trailer and the display is elevated above the fire pit and the cooking grills to be visible to the user when the user is seated on the one of the chair units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Steven Bates, Alisa Ware
  • Patent number: 10111523
    Abstract: A workplace system has at least two workplace pieces of furniture that make a work surface available. The workpieces of the furniture are connected to one another by a rotary movable connection. The rotary movable connection runs along a floor. Each workpiece of the furniture has a V-shaped foot with two foot sections oriented at an angle ? relative to one another. The feet are arranged adjacent to a lower end of a standing leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: aeris GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Caratiola, Dietlind Walger-Hutter
  • Patent number: 9839287
    Abstract: A portable trailer having a frame connected to a plurality of table supports and a lower support member. The table supports are connected to a table assembly and the lower support members are connected to sea assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Inventor: Adam R. Hansen
  • Patent number: 9066584
    Abstract: A portable workstation can be folded so as to be readily portable as a cane, and has a seat portion and a table/tray portion for holding a book, electronic device, or lunch box, among other things. The workstation has a main leg pivotably connected to a pair of legs. An umbrella can be connected to the workstation in the folded condition of the workstation, and can be opened and adjustably positioned in the unfolded condition of the workstation. While outside, a user may need protection from the elements, such as from the sun, rain, sleet, or even snow, and can deploy the umbrella. Additionally, the umbrella can serve to prevent glare from electronic devices by shielding them from direct sunlight. A flashlight assembly can be plugged into the cane handle in a fixed orientation to provide light to the workstation table/tray when turned on.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Inventor: Nelson Anshy Li
  • Patent number: 8911010
    Abstract: A swingable and pivotable seating system includes a base portion, a swing arm, a seat and a control system. The swing arm is pivotable about a generally vertical first pivot axis and has a first end pivotally mounted at the base portion and a second end opposite the first end. The seat is pivotally supported at or near the second end of the swing arm and pivotable about a generally vertical second pivot axis. The control system controls pivotal movement of the seat about the second pivot axis responsive to a degree of pivoting of the swing arm about the first pivot axis. The seating system may include a desk portion, and the control system may limit pivotal movement of the seat when the seat is near the desk portion and may allow greater pivotal movement of the seat when the seat is swung away from the desk portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2014
    Assignee: Irwin Seating Company
    Inventor: John P. Conner
  • Patent number: 8408640
    Abstract: A portable table and seating combination is disclosed. The combination includes at least a first portion of a hinge attached to a tabletop portion. The tabletop portion includes at least a top surface, and a plurality of edge portions extending from the top surface. The top surface in combination with the plurality of edge portions forms a seating confinement compartment. The combination further includes at least a retractable leg support attached to the tabletop portion. The retractable leg support resides adjacent the seating confinement compartment, and in an extended position the retractable leg support, supports the tabletop portion at a predetermined distance above a surface. The combination also includes at least a seating portion configured for confinement within the seating confinement compartment. In a first embodiment, the seating portion is an integrated seating portion. In an alternate embodiment, the seating portion is a freestanding seating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Inventor: Ravi K. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 8371646
    Abstract: A portable table and seating combination is disclosed. The combination includes at least a first portion of a hinge attached to a tabletop portion. The tabletop portion includes at least a top surface, and a plurality of edge portions extending from the top surface. The top surface in combination with the plurality of edge portions forms a seating confinement compartment. The combination further includes at least a retractable leg support attached to the tabletop portion. The retractable leg support resides adjacent the seating confinement compartment, and in an extended position the retractable leg support, supports the tabletop portion at a predetermined distance above a surface. The combination also includes at least a seating portion configured for confinement within the seating confinement compartment. In a first embodiment, the seating portion is an integrated seating portion. In an alternate embodiment, the seating portion is a freestanding seating portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Inventor: Ravi K. Sawhney
  • Patent number: 8091958
    Abstract: A chair includes a seat body, a front leg, a rear leg, and a leg receiver. The seat body has a seating face for a person to sit on, and a backrest for a person to lean against. One end of the front leg is attached to an underside region which is underside of the seating face of the seat body, in such a manner that the one end of the front leg is capable of being rotated in relation to the seat body. One end of the rear leg is rotatably attached to the seat body at a position closer to a backrest side than a position at which the one end of the front leg is attached. The leg receiver is arranged on a floor surface. The respective other ends of the front leg and the rear leg are rotatably attached to the leg receiver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
  • Patent number: 7703844
    Abstract: A protective shroud for a swing arm includes a housing made of two shroud sections that are snapped together around the base of a fixed seating arrangement. The assembled shroud includes two rectangular openings on its sides configured to allow the swing arms of the fixed seating arrangement to pivot on their axes within the shroud. The rectangular openings also include grooves on their upper and lower edges configured to receive a slidable rectangular shield member with a circular opening in its center. The rectangular shields fit over the opposed swing arms and slide within the grooves in the shroud halves as the swing arms pivot, thereby restricting access to the pinch points of the swing arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Krueger International, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Gevaert
  • Publication number: 20100001557
    Abstract: A folding table assembly comprising a base including a wall surrounding a hollow interior for containing a folding table, the folding table moveable between a folded and an unfolded position and a jack moving the folding table between the folded position inside the hollow interior of said base and an unfolded preferably substantially horizontal position removed from the hollow interior, wherein operation of the jack permits the folding and unfolding of the table.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventor: Kaveh Valaei Khiabani
  • Patent number: 7611193
    Abstract: A table and seating arrangement includes a tabletop defining a longitudinal direction and having an edge. A frame mounts to an underside of the tabletop and includes risers and laterally extending portions. Casters or wheels mount to the frame and provide for easy rolling transport of the table and seating arrangement. Seating assemblies having two stools mount to the framework on linkages that provide for moving the seats from a use position with the seats extended beyond the edge of the tabletops and engaging the ground to a storage position wherein the seats are raised and retracted to be inward from the edges of the tabletop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Sico Incorporated
    Inventors: Richard C. Bue, John M. Elliott, Kendall A. Kragenbring
  • Patent number: 7591506
    Abstract: A seat for a child that is engageable to an edge portion of a table and that is tuckable to an out-of-the-way position under the edge of the table. The seat includes jaws for engaging a base of the seat to the table. The seat includes a child seat frame on which the fabric of a child seat is engaged. Between the base and the child seat frame is provided a slide and a pivot. The slide permits the child seat frame to be drawn to and away from the table. The pivot permits the child seat frame to drop down in a swinging fashion and then, beyond the ninety degree bottommost point of the swing, continue its swinging so as to swing upwardly to a position underneath the table where the child seat frame is engaged in an out-of-the-way position underneath the table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: Regale International, LLC
    Inventor: Mark A Flannery
  • Patent number: 7370909
    Abstract: A protective shroud for a swing arm includes a housing made of two shroud sections that are snapped together around the base of a fixed seating arrangement. The assembled shroud includes two rectangular openings on its sides configured to allow the swing arms of the fixed seating arrangement to pivot on their axes within the shroud. The rectangular openings also include grooves on their upper and lower edges configured to receive a slidable rectangular shield member with a circular opening in its center. The rectangular shields fit over the opposed swing arms and slide within the grooves in the shroud halves as the swing arms pivot, thereby restricting access to the pinch points of the swing arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2008
    Assignee: Krueger International, Inc.
    Inventor: Steven C. Gevaert
  • Patent number: 6641213
    Abstract: A seat attachment for attachment to the side of a desk has a retractable support arm with a seat at one end that is movable between a stored position closely adjacent to the side of the desk and an outwardly extended deployed position to provide an auxiliary seating surface. In a first embodiment, the support arm is slidably received in a generally rectangular outer housing secured horizontally to the side of the desk, and is movable relative thereto between a stored position within the outer housing and an outwardly extended position disposed horizontally a distance above the surface of a floor. In a second embodiment, a support arm is pivotally connected to a generally rectangular outer housing secured vertically to the side of the desk, and is movable relative thereto between a stored position within the outer housing and an outwardly pivoted extended position disposed horizontally a distance above the surface of a floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Inventor: Lloyd Kuhn
  • Patent number: 5988738
    Abstract: A seat group element is used primarily in the hotel trade and restaurant trade, e.g., in beer gardens, bistros and the like establishments. The seat group element in question is designed in such a way that a seat and a table are provided simultaneously on a frame which can be set up on a floor or the like surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1999
    Inventors: Veit Blessing, Martin Roder
  • Patent number: 5758860
    Abstract: A radiator support includes a rigid inner tube member, a rigid outer tube member, and a rubber elastic member. The rigid inner tube member has a radial through concavity formed through the inner peripheral portion in the radial direction, or the rigid outer tube member has a radial through concavity formed through the outer peripheral portion in the radial direction. The rubber-elastic member has a convexity formed at least on one of the inner peripheral portion and the outer peripheral portion. The convexity extends inward or outward, and fits into the radial through concavity of the rigid inner tube member to inwardly project from the inner peripheral portion thereof, or into the radial through concavity of the rigid outer tube member to outwardly project from the outer peripheral portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1998
    Assignee: Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd.
    Inventors: Masahiko Hanazaki, Kohei Hori, Masayuki Shikuya
  • Patent number: 4569555
    Abstract: An improved table structure includes a seating assembly having pivotably mounted elongated extension arms movable between a folded position and a extended position, table support structure providing flat upper surface area upon which to support table top means, the support structure including leg members which are supported to extend upwardly in a converging pattern to provide a wider base area as compared to the upper area enclosed by the leg members, the support structure having upper pairs of brace members which enclose and support the upper portions of the leg members against movement, and the extension arms of the seating assembly enclose and support the lower portions of the leg members against movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: February 11, 1986
    Inventor: James F. Lehman
  • Patent number: 4067606
    Abstract: A trolley table has a chassis mounted on casters and adapted to support generally horizontally a table-top or tray which may be detachable, and a seat articulated to the chassis to pivot between folded and unfolded positions, the trolley table being so constructed and arranged that with the seat folded it can be nested together with other trolley tables.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Inventors: Pierrette Desmoulins nee Fouchereau, Guy Desmoulins
  • Patent number: 4052100
    Abstract: A collapsible combined table and seat assembly, wherein the seats are supported by a leg and the table is supported by members extending between the legs and the ends of the table. The latter members are pivoted on the table and on the legs to permit collapse of the assembly. A sleeve in close fitting sliding relation is mounted on each member to overlie the pivot between the leg and the member to prevent movement at said pivot during use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1976
    Date of Patent: October 4, 1977
    Assignee: Franklyn M. Markus
    Inventors: Edwin Nikitits, Jean Guy Demers