Tiltable Seat Patents (Class 297/167)
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Publication number: 20140327279Abstract: A motor vehicle seat including a seat part and a foldable seatback including a rear face configured to be situated in a substantially horizontal position when the seatback has been folded. The rear face of the seatback includes an attachment mechanism configured to engage with an independent tray, to hold the tray in an erect position on the rear face once the seatback has been folded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: November 6, 2014Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Yves Rouxel, Herve Folliot
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Publication number: 20140319885Abstract: A motor vehicle seat including a seat part and a foldable seatback including a rear face including a tray, the seatback configured to be folded onto the seat part to bring the rear face thereof into a substantially horizontal position. The tray is affixed against the rear face of the seatback and is held against the face by a locking mechanism including an actuating member, and a pressure exerted on the actuating member releases the tray such that the tray can be removed from the seatback.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2012Publication date: October 30, 2014Applicant: RENAULT S.A.S.Inventors: Yves Rouxel, Herve Folliot
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Patent number: 8870279Abstract: A passenger seat recline mechanism including a fixed seat frame member supporting a pivot shaft about which a seat back link and a tray table link independently pivot, a seat back pivotally connected to the seat back link such that the seat back link pivots forward as the seat back reclines, and a tray table leg pivotally connected to the tray table link such that the tray table link pivots along with the seat back link when the tray table leg is stowed and pivots independently of the seat back link when the tray table leg is deployed.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: October 28, 2014Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Ryan J. Suhre, Jeffrey W. Hontz
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Patent number: 8851564Abstract: A chair with a foldable desk includes a support leg having a crossbar. A seat plate installed above said support leg includes an upper seat, a lower cover and a coupler into which the crossbar is rotatably inserted. The seat plate rotates between a vertical position and a horizontal position. A back installed above a rear side of the seat plate is capable of tilting forward and rearward with tilting means. A desk installed above a side of the support leg includes an upper plate with an attachment member on its bottom. The upper plate may swing between an upper position and a lower position within an angle range.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2011Date of Patent: October 7, 2014Inventor: Won ho Seo
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Patent number: 8833847Abstract: A vehicle seat including: a seat back in which a seat body is supported by a seat frame; a backboard provided on a rear surface of the seat back; and a cloth member covering a surface of the backboard, wherein the backboard is attached to the seat frame to have a convex shape in which a center part of a surface thereof protrudes.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2012Date of Patent: September 16, 2014Assignee: Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki KaishaInventor: Kunio Nishiyama
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Publication number: 20140167457Abstract: A tray table for use with a passenger seat of a transportation vehicle is provided. The tray table may be moveable between a deployed position and a stowed position relative to a seat. The tray table may include a storage compartment for storing belongings of a passenger. A lid may be provided for covering an opening of the storage compartment. A portion of the lid may be transparent such that contents of the storage compartment may be readily viewed by a passenger when the tray table is in the deployed position. A portion of a storage compartment bottom may be transparent such that contents of the storage compartment may be readily viewed by a passenger when the tray table is in the stowed position. The tray table may have any number of storage compartments and a single lid or multiple lids may be used to cover the storage compartment openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: June 19, 2014Inventor: Udo W. Schultheis
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Publication number: 20130001988Abstract: A passenger vehicle is provided with a seating row oriented in a passenger compartment and adjacent to a storage compartment. The seating row has a seat back that is pivotally connected to a vehicle body. A battery is disposed within the storage compartment. A tray is provided with a forward end that is pivotally connected to the seat back, and a rearward end that is supported slidably on the vehicle body. The tray is movable in a fore-and-aft direction as the seat back pivots on the vehicle body between a collapsed position and an upright position. The tray is disposed over the seat back and the battery when the seat back is in the collapsed position for providing a raised platform that extends into the passenger compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2011Publication date: January 3, 2013Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventor: Marc Jonathon Lucas
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Patent number: 8336957Abstract: A tray table assembly comprises a table body, at least one arm, and at least one table stop. The at least one arm is pivotally coupled to the table body. The at least one arm is also pivotally coupled to a pivot shaft interior to at least one location where a passenger seat back is pivotally coupled to the pivot shaft. The at least one table stop is fixedly coupled to the pivot shaft adjacent the location where the at least one arm is pivotally coupled to the pivot shaft. The tray table assembly may be coupled to a passenger seat back comprising a recess and may be configured to substantially fit within the recess.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2010Date of Patent: December 25, 2012Assignee: Zodiac Seats US LLCInventors: Philippe Roy, Jeffrey P. Wegenka
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Patent number: 8167366Abstract: An automobile seat including a seating portion, a back that can be folded onto the seating portion and including a rear face at least partially covered by a member defining a tablet and that can be brought into a substantially horizontal position. The member defining the tablet includes a rotary tray mounted on the rear face of the back so as to pivot about a first axis substantially perpendicular to the rear face to be moved into a position in which a portion of the rotary tray laterally protrudes from the rear face of the back.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2008Date of Patent: May 1, 2012Assignee: Renault S.A.S.Inventors: Bruno Charpentier, Jean-Christophe Riou
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Patent number: 8091958Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: June 26, 2009Date of Patent: January 10, 2012Assignee: Aichi Co., Ltd.Inventor: Taku Kumazawa
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Patent number: 7784862Abstract: A tray table assembly for a reclinable seat that includes a tray table support arm including a support arm guide member and a slot for receiving a seat frame guide member therein for providing vertically translation of the assembly with seat movement, a support arm guiding member defining a guiding surface and an assembly stowing detent, a tray table pivotably attached to the tray table support arm, and a mechanical stop for limiting rotating of the tray table support arm.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2008Date of Patent: August 31, 2010Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.Inventors: Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Jadon Clay Gutierrez
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Patent number: 6860550Abstract: A bucket seat fold out diaper changing table located within a vehicle. The table provides a surface for use while changing the diaper or clothing of an infant or for other activities and objects that require a surface area. The table is configured as a plastic molded seat back of a bucket seat. The table includes a surface member that provides a surface area, a first open end and a second open end. A first panel and a second panel are arranged within the surface member. The first panel slides out of the first open end of the surface member and retracts back into the surface member via the first open end. The second panel slides out of the second open end of the surface member and retracts back into the surface member via the second open end. The first panel and the second panel are used to provide additional surface area for facilitating the changing of an infant or other activity requiring table surface area.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2002Date of Patent: March 1, 2005Assignee: DaimlerChrysler CorporationInventor: Francis Wojcik
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Patent number: 4630862Abstract: A dental treatment chair including a seat, a backrest tiltably attached to the seat, and a drive means for tilting the backrest. The chair includes a unit table which stays horizontal and moves and up and down as the backrest tilts, and the table is further connected to the backrest by a longitudinal shaft and a support shaft so that it can freely rotate in a horizontal plane. By means of this structure, an operator can take a position convenient to access treatment tools and to take a position opposite to the unit table in response to each tilting phase of the backrest.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 1984Date of Patent: December 23, 1986Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Morita SeisakushoInventor: Minoru Watanabe
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Patent number: 4511178Abstract: Improved constructions for mounting seat back tray tables to the frames of vehicle seats permit the tables to be quickly removed and replaced by authorized persons without the use of tools. Small studs on each side of the seat pivotally support apertures in the lower ends of the tray table legs. The legs may be deflected toward each other to release their mounting engagement with the studs but means are provided to prevent such release by unauthorized persons. In one embodiment, release can only be accomplished when the seat back is in its forward "break-over" position. In such position, the legs can be lifted so that a frame-mounted stud having a cylindrical end interrupted by a pair of opposed flats will pass from a small opening in the leg through a slot narrower than the small opening to a larger opening. In a second embodiment, a torsion tube joining the leg ends has a spring-loaded pin and slot connection to one leg so that the leg can be slightly axially retracted along the tube to accomplish release.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 1982Date of Patent: April 16, 1985Assignee: PTC Aerospace Inc.Inventor: Edward J. Brennan
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Patent number: 4431231Abstract: A reclinable-seat and foldable-table assembly comprises a seat having a backrest pivotable about a horizontal axis from an upright position to a reclining position, and a table pivotable with the backrest from its upright position to its reclining position. The table is further movable from a folded non-operative position against the rear side of the backrest to an open operative position for use by the occupier of the seat to the rear of the backrest. The assembly further includes blocking means effective, when the table is moved to its open operative position, to block the backrest from being pivoted to its reclining position.Type: GrantFiled: October 16, 1981Date of Patent: February 14, 1984Assignee: Golan Industries Ltd.Inventors: Amos Elazari, Moshe Levin
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Patent number: 4141586Abstract: A vehicle seat with a pivotable backrest connected arrestably with the seat part in selectable positioning, the backrest carrying at least one seat accessory part. As a seat accessory part - carrier at least on one of the sides of the backrest a parallelogram is provided with two connecting rods extending in the longitudinal direction of the back. The parallelogram comprises a first connecting rod which is a part of the pillow carrier of the backrest, which part is pivotal about the pivot axis of the backrest, and a second connecting rod which on the one hand is articulated at an unchangeable position relative to the pivot axis of the backrest and on the other hand is articulated to a connection part of the parallelogram which in turn is pivotally connected with the first connecting rod. The seat accessory part which is to be carried is supported at least in its position of use on both connecting rods pivotal relative to the latter.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 1977Date of Patent: February 27, 1979Assignee: Recaro GmbH & Co.Inventors: Walther Goldner, Helmut Wall