Table Pivotally Connected To Seat Patents (Class 297/173)
  • Patent number: 12056298
    Abstract: An apparatus and method including a means for adjusting the angle of a pointing input device. The pointing input device relies on an input surface for the purpose of calculating cursor position. The means for adjusting the angle of the pointing input device may include computer software stored in a computer memory, and implemented by a computer processor. The computer software may provide suggested angle changes on the computer screen to improve input precision of the pointing input device. The computer software may be configured to implement the suggested angle changes, with the pointing device; and wherein after the suggested angle changes are implemented with the pointing input device, the computer software enables a user, through a user interactive device, to determine what affect the suggested angle changes had on accuracy of the pointing input device, through data displayed on the computer screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Inventor: Brandon Duncan
  • Patent number: 11882941
    Abstract: A chair structure with electronics support frame includes: a chair body, which includes an armrest; and an electronics support frame, which is located at one side of the armrest. The electronics support frame includes a mounting piece, a foldable pedestal, a claw part, a drive mechanism, and an image capturing device. The mounting piece is formed with an opening. The pedestal is arranged on the mounting piece. The pedestal includes multiple support arms rotatably connected to each other. The pedestal is switchable between a folded condition and an expanded condition. The claw part is arranged at one end of the pedestal and rotatable relative to the pedestal. The drive mechanism is electrically connected with the pedestal and the image capturing device. The image capturing device identifies a face position toward which the claw part is moved by the drive mechanism driving the pedestal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: OXTI PTE LTD
    Inventor: Chih-Feng Ho
  • Patent number: 11529001
    Abstract: The present highchair apparatus includes first, second, third, and fourth legs that begin to bend outwardly from a sitting receptacle from a location at the bottom of the sitting receptacle to provide a wide foot print for the high chair apparatus. The first, second, third, and fourth legs extend incrementally further away from each other from the location at the bottom of the sitting receptacle to distal ends of the legs where feet are engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Regalo International, LLC
    Inventors: Mark A. Flannery, William D. Butterfield
  • Patent number: 11338765
    Abstract: A lateral shock absorber includes a protective fender and a locking mechanism. The protective fender is pivoted to a base of a child car safety seat and pivotally switchable between a folded state or an unfolded state relative to the child car safety seat. The locking mechanism is for selectively engaging with the protective fender to restrain the protective fender from switching to the unfolded state or disengaging from the protective fender to allow the protective fender to switch to the unfolded state when the protective fender is located in the folded state. The protective fender includes a driving block, a supporting block and a combining assembly. The driving block is pivoted to the base, and the supporting block is pivoted to the driving block and engages with the driving block by the combining assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: Bambino Prezioso Switzerland AG
    Inventor: Hong-Bo Chen
  • Patent number: 10835046
    Abstract: Outdoor furniture for an exterior of a home includes a piece of outdoor furniture with a fortified drop box contained therein. The fortified drop box has a lid configured to open for gaining access to the fortified drop box. The lid of the fortified drop box is also configured to close for sealing the fortified drop box. A locking mechanism is included with the fortified drop box that is configured for securing the fortified drop box with the lid closed. The locking mechanism of the fortified drop box is also configured to selectively unlock for accessing the fortified drop box through the lid. Wherein, the piece of outdoor furniture containing the fortified drop box is configured and shaped like functional outdoor furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Inventor: John J. Chasnis, II
  • Patent number: 10710724
    Abstract: An aircraft lounge assembly that includes an enclosure having a rear wall, first and second side walls and a forward wall that cooperate to define a seating area. The lounge assembly also includes first and second seats positioned in the seating area, and a first dividing wall positioned between the first and second seats. The first dividing wall divides the seating area into a first seat section and a second seat section. The front wall includes a shared entrance space defined therein. A first seat path is defined between the shared entrance space and the first seat section and a second seat path is defined between the shared entrance space and the second seat section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: C&D ZODIAC, INC.
    Inventor: Scott Savian
  • Patent number: 10285504
    Abstract: A foldable chair comprises an annular frame, a first support leg, and a second support leg. A first end of the first support leg is hinged to a first fixed rear position of the annular frame. A second end of the first support leg is hinged to a second fixed rear position of the annular frame. A first end of the second support leg is slideably hinged to a first front portion of the annular frame, so that the first end of the second support leg is slideable along the first front portion. A second end of the second support leg is slideably hinged to a second front portion of the annular frame, so that the second end of the second support leg is slideable along the second front portion. The first support leg is pivotally hinged to the second support leg through an intermediate connecting position thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Xiamen Innovation Metal Products Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Juyoung Jin
  • Patent number: 9604724
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes a seat with a seating surface and a top bunk disposed adjacent to the seat. The seat and the top bunk are configurable between a first configuration and a second configuration. In the first configuration, the seat accommodates a user in a seated position and the top bunk is stowed. In the second configuration, the seat and the top bunk form a bunk bed configured to accommodate users in prone positions. In the first configuration, the seating surface is disposed at a first predetermined height. In addition, in the second configuration, the seating surface is disposed at a second predetermined height that is lower than the first predetermined height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: BOMBARDIER INC.
    Inventors: David Savard, Rene Bardier, Michael Oleson, Alfredo Suarez
  • Publication number: 20150123431
    Abstract: A platform assembly mountable on a back rest of the chair with a mounting feature and including a platform rotatable connected to a frame member engaged to the back rest of the chair by the mounting feature. The frame member can extend above the mounting feature to position the platform at a useful height, while extending below the mounting feature to engage the back rest to stabilize the platform. The platform can be rotated into a deployed position such that the platform extends outward from the rear of the chair to provide a writing surface or a support surface for an electronic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventor: Mustafa A. Ergun
  • Publication number: 20150054313
    Abstract: First and second U-shaped cross-members each include a front portion, a rear portion, and a cross bar connecting the front portion to the rear portion. The front and rear portions of the cross-members are pivotally connected with each other at central portions thereof. Left and right frame side assemblies are pivotally connected to the cross-members and have lateral portions that extend generally parallel the cross bars of the cross-members. The cross-members are mutually movable from a generally X-shaped setup condition in which the cross bars of the cross-members are transversely spaced apart from one another and the lateral portions of the left and right frame side assemblies also are transversely spaced apart from one another, to a generally flat collapsed condition in which the left and right frame side assemblies are nested within an envelope defined by the collapsed cross-members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Applicant: GCI OUTDOOR, INC.
    Inventor: Daniel R. Grace
  • Patent number: 8955905
    Abstract: A seating assembly is described with a seat member, attached to which is an attachment assembly which can support adjustable arms that support a work surface. The seat member attachment or attachment assembly is includes a plate and a seat mounting assembly. A first adjustable arm is attached to the seat member by a first connecting means. The attachment assembly includes a seat bar member that can be fixed to the seat member and mounting assembly to permit rotation of the adjustable arms around an axis that is perpendicular to the seat member. The mounting assembly has a male component that is adapted to mate with a female component in the first connecting means and a plate member that attaches to the bar member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Neutral Posture, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Boenigk, Anthony K. Chapman, Suzanne M. Wich, Larry D. Johnson, Jerome J. Congleton
  • Patent number: 8939500
    Abstract: An ergonomic workstation that includes a base; an effective hip axis affixed to the base; a seat bottom that rotates about the effective hip axis; a seat back that rotates about the effective hip axis; an effective shoulder axis positionally fixed to the seat back; an effective elbow axis positionally fixed to the seat back; a monitor support having a monitor mount that rotates about the shoulder axis; and an input device tray support configured such that an input device tray on the support rotates about the elbow axis. As the workstation moves through a broad range of operational zones, it maintains a fixed eye-to-monitor distance and fixed angle between the user's head and the monitor throughout a significant portion of the range of motion, and a fixed distance from the user's elbow to an input device throughout the entire range of motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: SV Tool Corporation
    Inventors: Che Voigt, John M. Speicher
  • Patent number: 8919873
    Abstract: One embodiment of an apparatus for assisting a diver in putting on and removing diving accessories may include a seating platform. The seating platform may be adapted to be rested on a surface for enabling the diver to sit thereon. The apparatus may also include a support platform coupled with the seating platform. The support platform may be adapted to be rested on the surface for supporting the diving accessories thereon, thereby allowing the diver sitting on the seating platform to put on and remove the diving accessories.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Inventor: Jorge Gonzalez
  • Publication number: 20140361584
    Abstract: A seating assembly is described with a seat member, attached to which is an attachment assembly which can support adjustable arms that support a work surface. The seat member attachment or attachment assembly is includes a plate and a seat mounting assembly. A first adjustable arm is attached to the seat member by a first connecting means. The attachment assembly includes a seat bar member that can be fixed to the seat member and mounting assembly to permit rotation of the adjustable arms around an axis that is perpendicular to the seat member. The mounting assembly has a male component that is adapted to mate with a female component in the first connecting means and a plate member that attaches to the bar member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Boenigk, Anthony K. Chapman, Suzanne M. Wich, Larry D. Johnson, Jerome J. Congleton
  • Patent number: 8905471
    Abstract: A self-storing table that is pivotally mounted to a collapsible chair such that when the self-storing table is down, it does not interfere with the closing of the collapsible chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Cohesion Products, LLC
    Inventor: Gerald Tang
  • Publication number: 20140339861
    Abstract: A rotatable tray is installed on a child seat for accommodating a container, and the rotatable tray includes a platform, a fixing base, a positioning base, a resilient component and a supporting base. The platform includes a communicating chamber, and the fixing base is fixed in the communicating chamber. The positioning base includes a first engaging portion, and the positioning base is slidably disposed in the communicating chamber. The resilient component is disposed between the fixing base and the positioning base. The supporting base is connected to the platform, an engaging base protrudes from an end of the supporting base, and a second engaging portion is disposed on the supporting base. The engaging base is pivoted in the communicating chamber so that the platform can rotate relative to the supporting base. The resilient component drives the first engaging portion to selectively engage with the second engaging portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Inventors: Ruibin Chen, Xiao-Jian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20140327277
    Abstract: A removable tray device is disclosed that offers a simple and easy way to eat or drink when sitting outside. The removable tray device comprises a tray component, an attachment assembly for securing the tray component to a folding chair, and a swivel component secured to the tray component for allowing the tray component to rotate horizontally or vertically. The attachment assembly is typically a spring and latch mechanism permanently secured to the front leg of the folding chair. The swivel component is typically a swivel joint which affixes the tray component to the spring and latch mechanism and allows the tray component to rotate horizontally about the front leg with the spring and latch mechanism, and rotate vertically down when not in use. The tray component further comprises a pair of opposing cut-out notches to further secure the tray component to the folding chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 6, 2014
    Inventor: Jill Dudik
  • Patent number: 8870280
    Abstract: A fully articulable table apparatus for personal use is configured for attachment to a chair, such as a recliner chair. In one embodiment, the table apparatus has a mounting bracket configured to attach to the chair and a mounting post configured to attach to the mounting bracket. The table apparatus also includes an elbow that has a vertical leg configured to rotatably connect to the mounting post. The table apparatus also includes a swing arm having an outer circumferential notch formed on a proximal end of the swing arm which is configured to rotatably connect to a horizontal leg of the elbow. The table apparatus also includes a hinge configured to rotatably connect to a distal end of the swing and a table portion configured to rotatably connect to the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Human Touch, LLC
    Inventor: Hans Dehli
  • Patent number: 8864223
    Abstract: A collapsible quad chair has a frame selectively moveable between a collapsed configuration of the chair and a use configuration of the chair, and a fabric frame cover attachable to the frame to define a back portion and a seat portion of the chair. A support is coupled to the frame and a plate is mounted on the support. The plate is sized and shaped to provide a user sitting in the chair with a surface suitable for allowing the user to rest a dish of food while eating a meal while sitting in the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: American Recreation Products, LLC.
    Inventors: Nels Larson, Erin Doubleday, Matt Wagner
  • Publication number: 20140300148
    Abstract: A tray table assembly for a passenger seat including a horizontal rail arranged alongside the seat, the horizontal rail having a length extending from the seatback to a position forward of the seat, a carriage assembly configured to travel horizontally along the rail, and a tray table attached to the carriage assembly, the tray table configured to pivot between a vertical orientation in which the tray table is stowed alongside the seatback and a horizontal orientation in which the tray table is positioned forward of the seatback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: B/E AEROSPACE, INC.
    Inventors: Ian Lawrence Frost, Kristopher Charles Moulton
  • Patent number: 8851564
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Won ho Seo
  • Publication number: 20140252811
    Abstract: A tray assembly for an associated automotive vehicle has front, first and second side-by-side seats separated by a console. The tray assembly includes a tray mounted to a side of one of the seats or to the console between the front seats. A mounting assembly receives the tray for movement between a first, storage position spaced from the seat portion of the second seat alongside one of (i) a side of the second seat and a (ii) a top of the console, and a second, deployed position wherein at least a portion of the tray is configured to rest on at least a portion of the seat portion of the second seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kelly Michael Whalen
  • Publication number: 20140225402
    Abstract: A computer component mounting apparatus configured to be coupled to a chair and to support a computer component, such as a laptop, a computer monitor, or a keyboard. The computer component mounting apparatus includes a mounting post defining a swing axis, an elbow including a vertical leg and a horizontal leg, a swing arm assembly, and a deck tilt mount. The vertical leg of the elbow is rotatably coupled to the mounting post about the swing axis. The swing arm assembly is rotatably coupled to the horizontal leg of the elbow about a tilt axis. The deck tilt mount is rotatably coupled to the swing arm assembly about a pitch axis. A keyboard support, a computer monitor support assembly, or a laptop table may be coupled to the deck tilt mount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Inventor: Hans Dehli
  • Patent number: 8789882
    Abstract: A high chair comprising a seat (4), a backrest (3), a footrest (5), a crotch post (11), which is journalled in the chair for pivoting between a raised user position in front of the back rest and a lowered position, and a table (13) arranged on the crotch post (11), wherein the side (91) of the table (13) facing the back rest, when the crotch post is in a user position, together with the back rest forms a substantially closed formation (92) for safe-keeping of a child in the chair and wherein the table (13) in the lowered position of the crotch post is arranged to lie beyond the upper surface of the seat (4) and beyond at least part of the upper surface of the foot rest (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2014
    Assignee: BabyBjorn AB
    Inventor: Hakan Bergkvist
  • Patent number: 8763538
    Abstract: A folding table is provided that includes: a table frame that enables a table body to move between the in-use position and the stowed position, that is disposed within the table body, and that supports the table body; a support member that pivotably supports the table frame; and a lock, provided in a position where the support member and the table frame are linked, that holds the table frame in the in-use position and prevents the table frame from pivoting. The lock has: a retaining member in which an engagement groove is formed; a pivoting member capable of engaging with and disengaging from the engagement groove; and a lock biaser that biases the pivoting member in the direction of engagement with the engagement groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: TS Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Koji Fukuhara
  • Patent number: 8720990
    Abstract: A combination bench and table may include a platform that is movable between a bench configuration and a table configuration. The platform may form a backrest in the bench configuration and a table in the table configuration. The platform may be supported by a cantilever support member that extends upwardly at an angle and a connecting assembly preferably connects the platform and the cantilever support member. The connecting assembly may allow the platform to pivot about an axis and the axis may be disposed proximate a front edge of the table and the lower portion of the backrest. The axis may also be generally vertically aligned with a midpoint of a connecting member of the frame. Further, the axis may be generally horizontally aligned with a lower edge of the backrest when the combination bench and table is disposed in the bench configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Kevin Boydston
  • Publication number: 20140117726
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a seating apparatus, and more particularly to a combined table and chair. We describe a seating apparatus comprising a table (25), a chair (26) and a table base (16) wherein the table comprises a table top (10) and a table leg (11) defining an axis about which axis said table top is rotatable with respect to the table base; wherein the chair is mounted for rotation with said table top about said axis. In a preferred embodiment, the chair comprises a seat (21) and a chair frame (31) upon which the seat is mounted, wherein the frame includes at least one floor-engaging leg (22). Preferably, the table leg has upper and lower ends, the lower end being mounted for rotation upon the table base and the chair frame is mounted upon the table leg at a point intermediate the upper and lower ends thereof. More preferably, the chair frame is mounted substantially adjacent the lower end of the table leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventor: Charles Keen
  • Publication number: 20140110976
    Abstract: A self-storing table that is pivotally mounted to a collapsible chair such that when the self-storing table is down, it does not interfere with the closing of the collapsible chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Cohesion Products, Inc.
    Inventor: Gerald Tang
  • Publication number: 20140110977
    Abstract: A tray attached to a pivot housing, support arm, and armrest clamp may be easily and quickly detached and reattached to an armrest on a chair. The tray may rotate around an arm hub when a stationary lower index plate in the arm hub is displaced from an upper index plate in the index housing. The tray is restrained from rotation when the upper and lower index plates are in contact with one another. The tray may be disconnected from the support arm while the support arm remains clamped to an armrest. The armrest clamp includes a bevel gear driven in rotation by a clamping ring on the support arm. The bevel gear drives rack gear attached to a traveling clamp jaw. Rotating the clamping ring displaces the traveling clamp jaw relative to a stationary clamp jaw, enabling the armrest clamp to securely clamp to an armrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Inventors: Demetrius Madrigal, Bryan Ulrich McClain, Raymond Donald Mueller, Anthony Printis
  • Patent number: 8696056
    Abstract: A seating unit having a seat structure, a base, and optionally a tablet assembly is provided. The seat can turn freely through 360 degrees of rotation. One base includes three or more legs and offset casters. Alternatively, the base includes a pedestal having a tapered gas cylinder. The tablet assembly includes a support arm, a pivot assembly attached to one end of the support arm tablet, and a tablet attached to the pivot assembly. The tablet can rotate horizontally on the support arm. The tablet assembly also includes a mounting assembly attached to the other end of the support arm. The support arm can rotate relative to the seat structure. Rotation of the tablet relative to the support arm and rotation of the support arm relative to the seat structure is constrained by stops in the pivot assembly and tablet mounting assembly, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2014
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M Corcorran, Keith Robert Machin, Cody Jay Holstege, William Carey, Larry Cheng, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Joerg Christoph Student, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
  • Patent number: 8668273
    Abstract: A highchair has a seat device, a bracket device and a table. The seat device has a base, a supporting sleeve and a seat. The bracket device is connected to the seat device and has two connecting segments, a connecting frame and a supporting arm. The connecting segments are respectively connected securely to the supporting sleeve and each has a connecting mount, a button seat, a pressing button and a button spring. The connecting frame connects to the connecting segments and has two inserting segments and a primary frame. The supporting arm is telescopically and pivotally connected to the connecting frame. The table is detachably mounted on the bracket device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Kun Wang
  • Patent number: 8668257
    Abstract: A foldable bracket of a chair contains a positioning rod, a first rotating rod, a connector, a second rotating rod, and a supporting plate. The positioning rod is connected with the chair. The first rotating rod is rotatably coupled with the positioning rod. The connector is joined with the first rotating rod. The second rotating rod is rotatably coupled with the connector, and the supporting plate is connected to the second rotating rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Inventor: Yao-Chuan Wu
  • Patent number: 8628142
    Abstract: A chair includes a base, a seat supported on the base, and a support member having an upper portion and at least one lower portion that is lower than the upper portion. The at least one lower portion of the support member is attached to at least one of the base and the seat. The upper portion of the at least one support member is attached to the at least one lower portion. A portion of the upper portion defines an offset positioned inwardly toward the seat relative to other sections of the upper portion. A tablet is moveably attached to the upper portion such that it is moveable from a first position to a second position. The offset is positioned so it supports the tablet when the tablet is in the second position and transfers a substantial amount of load supported by the offset to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2014
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Hendrik R. van Hekken
  • Publication number: 20130328358
    Abstract: Seating furniture in the form of a bench having a main frame (10) and first, a sitting surface (11) and second, a backrest (12) which are each supported by the main frame, in which seating furniture at least a sitting surface section (13) and a backrest section (14) are formed separately from the subregions (15, 16) of the sitting surface (11) and backrest (12) of the seating furniture situated next to the sections, and the sitting surface section (13) which is pivotably connected to the backrest section (14) can be lifted off from the main frame (10) and, by pivoting the backrest section (14), which is connected to the main frame (10) at its upper free end by means of a hinge (17), can be lifted out together with the backrest section (14) in a horizontal section (14) in a horizontal position at a distance from the sitting surface (11) of the seating furniture, forming an elongate arrangement of the backrest section (14) and sitting surface section (13), wherein a moveable support (19) which can be deployed a
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Applicant: Gusto Products & Services GmbH
    Inventor: Andreas Traut
  • Publication number: 20130320718
    Abstract: Modular furniture includes several members connected together without fasteners or other hardware. While some of the members slide together, some members are locked in place by other members. The modular furniture includes one or more members that engage other members in a twist and lock fashion that helps hold the modular furniture together during everyday use. The twist and lock may be achieved using a substantially L-shaped slot in one member and a corresponding slot in a mating member, which allows the mating member to rotate (twist) within the L-shaped slot. The modular furniture is locked together at several different members and stages of assembly, and includes a final stop member that assures the furniture cannot come apart inadvertently during normal use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventor: Kenny Vernon Cunningham
  • Publication number: 20130292971
    Abstract: A collapsible quad chair has a frame selectively moveable between a collapsed configuration of the chair and a use configuration of the chair, and a fabric frame cover attachable to the frame to define a back portion and a seat portion of the chair. A support is coupled to the frame and a plate is mounted on the support. The plate is sized and shaped to provide a user sitting in the chair with a surface suitable for allowing the user to rest a dish of food while eating a meal while sitting in the chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 7, 2013
    Applicant: American Recreation Products, LLC.
    Inventors: Nels Larson, Erin Doubleday, Matt Wagner
  • Patent number: 8573688
    Abstract: A seating device (20) includes a fixed seat (24) and a moveable arm (40) pivotally connected at its lower end (44) to a support structure (26). A document shelf (22) is carried on an upper end (42) of the moveable arm (40). In an inactive stowed condition, the document shelf (22) innocuously lays over the fixed seat (24). The document shelf (22) is movable to a deployed condition extending laterally outwardly and upwardly relative to the fixed seat (24) where documents may be held at a convenient reading distance to a person seated on the fixed seat (24). The moveable arm (40) is telescopically extendable. A stop cord (92) limits outward rotation of the moveable arm (40). A recessable joint (46) connects the document shelf (22) to the moveable arm (40). In the stowed condition, the recessable joint (46) tucks below the fixed seat surface. The document shelf (22) includes a back plate (56) and a perpendicular ledge (58).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Inventor: Jon E. Shackelford
  • Patent number: 8459734
    Abstract: An equipment case, briefcase sized or larger, for carrying a laptop computer or other equipment, that opens and separates into two compartments, one forming a seat, the other a table; said equipment case as seat and table stabilized by their coupling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Inventor: Matthew Ballard Herschler
  • Publication number: 20130134744
    Abstract: A fully articulable table apparatus for personal use is configured for attachment to a chair, such as a recliner chair. In one embodiment, the table apparatus has a mounting bracket configured to attach to the chair and a mounting post configured to attach to the mounting bracket. The table apparatus also includes an elbow that has a vertical leg configured to rotatably connect to the mounting post. The table apparatus also includes a swing arm having an outer circumferential notch formed on a proximal end of the swing arm which is configured to rotatably connect to a horizontal leg of the elbow. The table apparatus also includes a hinge configured to rotatably connect to a distal end of the swing and a table portion configured to rotatably connect to the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventor: Hans Dehli
  • Publication number: 20130093221
    Abstract: The invention essentially relates to an aeroplane seat base (110) characterised in that said base comprises: a plate (1) suitable for moving along a horizontal path between an extended position and a stored position, a supporting arm (4) of variable length having a first end (4.1) connected to the seat (8) by means of a first hinged joint having a vertical pin and a second end (4.2) connected to the plate (1) by means of a second hinged joint having a vertical pin, and a guide device (121) controlling the path of the plate (1) following a unique path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: April 18, 2013
    Applicant: ZODIAC SEATS FRANCE
    Inventors: Laurent Ligonniere, Charles Erhmann
  • Patent number: 8419124
    Abstract: A reclining chair is provided. The reclining chair has back, seat, and leg sections. The reclining chair has movable arm rests. In some embodiments, storage units are provided as part of the reclining chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventors: Kenneth L. Kramer, Marshall S. Dahneke, Reed N. Wilcox, Franz Gaag, David T. Schwanemann, Rainer B. Teufel, Peter A. Koloski, Thornton K. Lothrop, Ryan R. Berger
  • Publication number: 20130076082
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide premium seats for aircraft and other passenger transport vehicles that provide extra seat room by providing an improved tray table configuration, which also enhances privacy for each passenger. Certain embodiments also provide an improved outer armrest configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 28, 2013
    Inventor: PATRICK HERAULT
  • Publication number: 20120200124
    Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for supporting computer peripherals on a chair. An apparatus for supporting computer peripherals on a chair includes a support plate, a mounting plate, and a pivoting member. The support plate includes a substantially flat surface for supporting a computer peripheral. The mounting plate includes one or more engagement mechanisms for engaging a side of an armrest of a chair. When the mounting plate is engaged to the side of the armrest the mounting plate is oriented in a substantially vertical plane. The pivoting member couples the support plate to the mounting plate. The pivoting member permits the support plate to pivot relative to the mounting plate between a chair access mode and a peripheral usage mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventor: Shayne Beimborn
  • Patent number: 8205938
    Abstract: A seat device, in particular a motor vehicle or airplane seat device, has a table mounting unit. It is suggested that the table mounting unit comprises at least one coupling gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Speh, Jürgen Baumann, Oliver Schweizer
  • Publication number: 20120126587
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2011
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventor: Won ho SEO
  • Patent number: 8167366
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Renault S.A.S.
    Inventors: Bruno Charpentier, Jean-Christophe Riou
  • Publication number: 20120049585
    Abstract: An rear seat table assembly for a vehicle, the rear seat table assembly may include a rear seat table placed in front of a rear seat console, wherein the rear seat table includes an upper table and a lower table which may be selectively foldable around a table hinge portion pivotally connecting the upper table and the lower table, a locking unit arranged in the rear seat console and selectively lock the rear seat table to the rear seat console so as to maintain or release a locking state of the rear seat table, a rotation unit rotatably connecting the rear seat table and the rear seat console for allowing the rear seat table to be fixed after the rear seat table may be rotated upward centering around a rotation axis (axis X) which may be fixed to an upper side of the rear seat console, and a swiveling unit connected between the rotation unit and the rear seat table for allowing the rear seat table to swivel centering around a swiveling axis (axis Z).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2010
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Kim, Hee Sang Park, June Kyu Park, Jung Hwan Yun, Ho Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 8109566
    Abstract: A collapsible desk assembly includes a desk board, an elbow joint, a positioning board, and a connecting portion. The elbow joint has a groove defined therein and is mounted to the desk board. The positioning board has a pin disposed thereon and the positioning board is connected to the elbow joint. The pin is inserted into the groove. A pivoting shaft is extending from the positioning board. The connecting portion has a receiving hole defined therein for receiving the pivoting shaft. A bolt is inserted into the receiving hole and passing through the pivoting shaft, and is threaded to the elbow joint. When the desk board is descended, the positioning board is rotated downwardly and blocking the elbow joint from pivotally bending relative to the connecting portion, such that the desk board is stably suspended beside the connecting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Inventor: Tuang Hock Koh
  • Publication number: 20110316312
    Abstract: A combination bench and table may include a platform that is movable between a bench configuration and a table configuration. The platform may form a backrest in the bench configuration and a table in the table configuration. The platform may be supported by a cantilever support member that extends upwardly at an angle and a connecting assembly preferably connects the platform and the cantilever support member. The connecting assembly may allow the platform to pivot about an axis and the axis may be disposed proximate a front edge of the table and the lower portion of the backrest. The axis may also be generally vertically aligned with a midpoint of a connecting member of the frame. Further, the axis may be generally horizontally aligned with a lower edge of the backrest when the combination bench and table is disposed in the bench configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventor: Kevin Boydston
  • Patent number: 8079553
    Abstract: A peripheral device support assembly. The peripheral device support assembly includes two detachable armrest and support tray adapted to be attached to each arm of an office chair. The detachable armrest and support tray includes a mount for securing the armrest support unit to a chair arm and a first portion hingedly attached to the mount for allowing the first portion to swivel in relation to the mount. The detachable armrest and support tray also includes a second portion pivotally connected to the second portion such that the first portion folds back over a second portion for storage. A tray spans the distance between the second portion of each detachable armrest and support tray to provide additional workspace.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Inventor: Steve Martin