Detachable Or Movable For Seat Occupancy Patents (Class 297/184.11)
  • Publication number: 20080111404
    Abstract: The present device protects a tree stand attached to a tree comprising a fabric member having a first and mating edges. The first edge includes a channel and the mating edge is divided into three sections. The first and third sections are parallel to the tree and the second section is disposed between the first and third sections. Further, the second section includes a channel. The fabric member is configured to cover a portion of the tree stand with the mating edge against the tree. The device includes two securing members each having connectable aids. A portion of the first securing member is disposed within the first channel and a portion of the second securing member is disposed with the second channel. Additionally, the device includes a connecting member having a first end that engages the first securing member and a second end that engages the second securing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: May 15, 2008
    Inventor: Donald J. MYERS
  • Patent number: 7213878
    Abstract: A cover for a baby stroller is disclosed. The cover includes thermally insulated panels for retaining warmth for use in cold weather. The front panel includes an umbrella-shaped window with zipper access to allow the baby to be removed from or replaced into the baby stroller. The use of a rear zipper and top and bottom pull strings allows the cover to be attached to a range of baby strollers. By varying the manufactured dimensions of the panels of the cover, covers can be supplied for a very broad range of baby strollers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: T & C Innovators, Inc.
    Inventor: Christina Delapaz
  • Patent number: 7204551
    Abstract: A cushion intended for outdoor use includes a pouch or pocket for receiving and preferably concealing the protective shroud. The shroud, when removed from pocket, covers all or substantially all of the cushion. If the cushion is associated with a supporting frame, the shroud may be sized to envelop substantially all of the cushion and the frame. The shroud is made of a material which will protect the cushion from environmental hazards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Woodard, LLC
    Inventor: David L. Kahan
  • Patent number: 7118172
    Abstract: A backpack chair which allows the user to carry a chair on their back while still having the packing ability of a backpack. Embodiments of the backpack chair include a collapsible chair frame which opens into a chair and collapses into a backpack frame. A seat panel attached to the collapsible chair frame provides support for the user when the frame is opened into a chair. A pack container is attached to the seat panel and a flap is also attached in order to close the pack container and provide shade for the user when the collapsible chair frame is being used as a chair. The collapsible chair frame is also configured to form a stand for the backpack in order to provide ease of packing and unpacking the pack container. Shoulder straps are attached directly opposite the pack container on the collapsed collapsible chair frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Inventor: Mari Pattison-Sheets
  • Patent number: 7048333
    Abstract: A collapsible sun shade adapted to be used with a chair is disclosed. The shade is made of spring steel or equivalent material and is adapted to be affixed to cover the seat portion of a lounge chair. The shade is unfolded under the force of the compressed spring and attached to the chair to provide shade over the seat of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2006
    Inventor: Robert E. Martinez
  • Patent number: 7004539
    Abstract: A spectator rain shelter for personal use at outdoor events for protection from inclement weather includes a portable housing made of a transparent material with a retractable front opening to serve as a window, thereby allowing a person to avoid getting rained on during inclement weather while still enjoying the event they are attempting to watch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Inventors: Douglas Hansen, Micki Hansen
  • Patent number: 7000625
    Abstract: This invention is the only sun protection cover to fit strollers, carriages, joggers and baby/toddler car seats. The design and fabric combination allows babies and toddlers visibility and maximum protection while at the same time providing excellent front and cross ventilation. On a windy day, when using the cover attached to carriage, stroller or jogger, the cover continues to maintain its shape, essential to providing continued UVR protection for the baby or toddler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Protect-A.Bub USA, LLC
    Inventors: Karen Joan Dickson, Rachel Blakeman
  • Patent number: 6908148
    Abstract: A collapsible sunshade shelter encloses a child safety seat. A pair of side walls each have a side shade fabric attached to a frame perimeter and a top shade fabric between the frames. The frames each comprise a flexible tension member normally in a frame configuration but adapted for collapsing by twisting and folding into concentric smaller frames. A tie pulls in the front bottom edges while stretching out the top edges of the frames. Inwardly angled back extensions of the side frames are pushed inward by the vehicle seatback to push out the top front frame edges. A top frame may be inserted between the side panels to maintain the panels apart. A front shade panel may be attached by zippers or hook and loop fasteners. Loop-type fabric around the frames receive hook patches from the front panel to hold it open in any desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Inventors: Sonny S. Wang, Kelly C. Tang
  • Patent number: 6789557
    Abstract: A portable and collapsible sunshade apparatus which can be conveniently folded up and carried in a bag so that the sunshade apparatus can be easily transported to the beach or other locations for attachment to a beach chair or lounge chair through use of a novel attachment clip. The universal clip enables any type of sunshade apparatus to be attached to any type of beach chair or lounge chair at any desired height above the occupant of the chair and at any desired angular orientation relative to the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Inventor: Gene Wahl, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6726277
    Abstract: A vehicle seat and steering wheel sunshade including a main covering and at least one side panel. The main covering includes a front portion for covering a steering wheel region of a vehicle, a rear portion for covering a seat back region of a vehicle seat, and an intermediate portion between the front portion and the rear portion for covering a seat region of the vehicle seat. The at least one side panel depends from the main covering for providing enhanced covering of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas J. Samaha
  • Publication number: 20040075310
    Abstract: A heatproof car seat arrangement includes a seat panel having a seat contacting layer for placing on a seat support of a car seat, a back panel having a back contacting layer and a radiation shield layer overlappedly attached thereto, wherein the back panel is capable of folding between a driving position and a shading position. At the driving position, the back panel is folded towards to a back support of the car seat, so that both the seat and the back contacting layers provide a cooling surface for body-contacting with a driver to sit thereon, and at the shading position, the back panel is folded forwardly for covering on a steering wheel and shading the seat contacting layer while the radiation shield layer faces upwardly for blocking heat entering into a driving chamber of the vehicle so as to keep the driving chamber in a cooling manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Jianping Wang
  • Publication number: 20040075309
    Abstract: A vehicle seat and steering wheel sunshade including a main covering and at least one side panel. The main covering includes a front portion for covering a steering wheel region of a vehicle, a rear portion for covering a seat back region of a vehicle seat, and an intermediate portion between the front portion and the rear portion for covering a seat region of the vehicle seat. The at least one side panel depends from the main covering for providing enhanced covering of the vehicle seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Inventor: Thomas J. Samaha
  • Patent number: 6702374
    Abstract: A protective cover for child carriers having a rigid, concave shell is configured to shield the child from projectiles such as balls, rocks, and the like. The shell also comprises a plurality of openings that are dimensioned to permit air to flow freely therethrough while the cover shields the child from projectiles. The cover also comprises at least one attachment device which is adapted to detachably affix the cover to most conventional child carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Inventor: Martin T. Kams
  • Publication number: 20040007904
    Abstract: A protecting medical-treatment chair which can generate a protective air curtain and a negative air pressure inside the chair by applying the suction and discharging effect generated by the medical level air-suction and cleaning equipment to make the user of the protecting medical-treatment chair isolated and prevent contact between the user of the chair and the air outside the chair; particularly, by applying the push and pull effect of the air flow the air exhaled by the user of the chair can be sent to the medical level air-suction and cleaning equipment for filtration and sterilization, and than the clean air are discharged from the air suction and cleaning equipment for recirculation and generating the air-curtain shield by the protecting medical-treatment chair.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2003
    Publication date: January 15, 2004
    Inventors: Chin-Liang Lin, Hsiu-Chen Yu
  • Patent number: 6666221
    Abstract: A chair provides a chair seat portion and a chair back portion and an umbrella assembly adapted for mounting on the chair back portion. The umbrella assembly includes a receiver tube adapted for receiving an umbrella post to support the umbrella in an upright attitude. The receiver tube provides a pair of L-shaped ears extending from an exterior surface, and the chair back portion provides a mounting block engaged on a rear surface of the chair back portion. The mounting block is adapted for receiving the pair of L-shaped ears within a corresponding pair of L-shaped holes within the mounting block so as to stabilize the umbrella assembly on the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Inventor: Tamme Glanise Booth
  • Patent number: 6655736
    Abstract: A retractable seat cover for providing temporary protection to a seat, such as an automotive seat or piece of furniture, includes a housing, a roll of fabric, a retraction mechanism, and a strap. The housing has a slit for enabling the fabric to be extended from the housing through the slit or be retracted into the housing through the slit. The fabric, which may be waterproof, moisture repellent and/or have anti-bacterial properties for providing additional protection to the seat, is used to cover the upholstery of the seat. The retraction mechanism includes a spring roller mechanism and a button for controlling rotation of the roll of fabric. The strap is attached to a top portion of the fabric and is used to secure the seat cover to the seat, such as a headrest of an automobile or the top of a piece of furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Inventor: George Gabriel Arenas
  • Patent number: 6637815
    Abstract: A boat seat cover for protecting the boat seat from the outside elements. The boat seat cover includes a container having a longitudinal opening being disposed through a side wall thereof; and also includes a spring-loaded spindle being rotatably disposed in the container; and further includes a cover member including a sheet of material being carried about and retractably extended from the spring-loaded spindle and also having an outer edge; and also includes a fastening assembly for fastening the sheet of material to the boat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Inventors: Gary J. Louque, Linda Louque
  • Patent number: 6520573
    Abstract: A chair for a cableway system has a load-bearing framework on which seat surfaces are fastened, a load-bearing bar with a top end at which a clamping apparatus for coupling to a supporting and haulage cable and running rollers are attached. Side panels or the like are disposed at the two lateral ends of the chair. A closure bar and, if appropriate, a covering hood, can be pivoted about spindles which are aligned at least approximately horizontally in the operating position of the chair. The closure bar and/or the covering hood can be pivoted from the open positions into the closed positions counter to the action of at least one adjusting spring. At least one of the side panels or the like is formed with a cavity in which at least one adjusting spring is arranged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: Innova Patent GmbH
    Inventor: Manfred Ă–sterle
  • Patent number: 6517153
    Abstract: An all weather protective cover for infants includes a cover which is configured for mounting on an infant carrier. The cover preferably has an inner cover layer and an outer cover layer. The inner layer forms mesh windows, while the outer layer selectively covers the windows. The cover also preferably includes a mechanism for holding toys in front of an infant to keep the infant entertained while within the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Inventor: Marvelee Brewer
  • Patent number: 6481791
    Abstract: A child car-seat/carrier cover for protecting a child from the elements of the environment. The child car-seat/carrier cover includes a sheet of material having a hole being disposed through near a top end thereof and being adapted to allow a user to extend one's hand therethrough, and further having an opening being disposed through a central portion thereof; and also includes an elastic band being securely attached to the sheet of material for tightly fitting the sheet of material about a car seat/carrier; and further includes a flap member being securely attached along an edge forming said opening in the sheet of material and being fastenably closed over the opening with fasteners; and also includes a pocket assembly being securely attached to the sheet of material for holding and storing items.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Inventors: Mylene Facchini, Roberto Facchini
  • Patent number: 6447067
    Abstract: An assembly includes a seating unit, and a pair of legs. The legs each engage and support a bottom of the seating unit, and include a protruding attachment member that slides mateably into a pocket in a rear of the seating unit. When the fasteners are installed, the protruding attachment member cannot be removed from the pocket. By this arrangement, the protruding attachment member and pocket form part of a retaining structure for retaining the leg to the seating unit. A back screen releasably fits between the leg and the back, and is retained by the protruding attachment member against the back. The screen can be shipped disassembled from the seating unit, and assembled on site to provide a privacy function while complimenting the chair's architectural appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Otto N. Williams, Jon H. LeFors, Jess A. Sorel
  • Patent number: 6446981
    Abstract: A cart including a body, at least two wheels, and a frame. The body has an upper surface and a lower surface. The at least two wheels are operably coupled to the body. The frame includes a generally planar and substantially rigid upper member and at least one leg support member. The leg support member is coupled to the upper member and is releasably coupled to the body. The frame is positionable in a first configuration, wherein the upper member is substantially disposed over the upper surface of the body thereby forming a cover, and a second configuration, in which the frame is decoupled from the body and placed on a generally horizontal surface thereby forming a table. The frame includes means for releasably coupling the at least one leg support member to the body without the use of tools. A table includes a generally planar and substantially rigid first member, and leg support members. The first member substantially extends between and connects the leg support members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2002
    Assignee: The Little Tikes Company
    Inventors: Gerald C. Wise, Cristina N. Gerwitz, Mark S. Coats
  • Patent number: 6374555
    Abstract: A deck product comprising a composite and a base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2002
    Inventor: Jay Gusler
  • Publication number: 20020043828
    Abstract: The chair for a cableway system has a load-bearing framework on which seat surfaces are fastened, a load-bearing bar with a top end at which a clamping apparatus for coupling to a supporting and haulage cable and running rollers are attached. Side panels or the like are disposed at the two lateral ends of the chair. A closure bar and, if appropriate, a covering hood, can be pivoted about spindles which are aligned at least approximately horizontally in the operating position of the chair. The closure bar and/or the covering hood can be pivoted from the open positions into the closed positions counter to the action of at least one adjusting spring. At least one of the side panels or the like is formed with a cavity in which the at least one adjusting spring is arranged. The adjusting spring is articulated, on the one hand, on the load-bearing framework and, on the other hand, on the closure bar and/or on the covering hood.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Inventor: Manfred Osterle
  • Patent number: 6371553
    Abstract: A sunshade for casual seating of the type including a reclining beach chair or lounger, a patio chair and a cot, each of which is collapsible to a compact package, in which a sunshade canopy fixed with a fabric covering is secured in a manner to be collapsible along with the casual seating when the seating is closed to a compact package, and in which the canopy can be rotated open to an angle either horizontal to the ground or tilted to the ground, being then secured in position by a pin which restrains wind gusts from blowing the canopy upwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2002
    Inventor: Larry Tang
  • Patent number: 6253977
    Abstract: A removable seat cover is provided for a rear passenger accommodating part of a motorcycle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2001
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Martin Greger, Edgar Heinrich, David Robb
  • Patent number: 6244286
    Abstract: A collapsible canopy device for attaching to a bleacher-type seat. The collapsible canopy device includes a pair of support arms, each having end portions with an attachment structure. At least one spanning arm has a pair of ends adapted to removably couple to the attachment structures. A pair of securing means secure the support arms to a bench. Each of the securing means has a base portion, a first elongate member and second elongate member. Each of the elongate members has a first end and a second end. The first end of the elongate members is integrally coupled to the base portion of the securing means to form a generally U-shaped configuration. Each of the second ends of the first elongate members is fixedly coupled to an end of the support arms. A panel hangs on each of the support arms and spanning arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Aleandro M. Russo
  • Patent number: 6209953
    Abstract: A cover for an infant car carrier seat of the type which is open facing upward in an inclined position. The cover fits over the upper perimeter of the infant car carrier, to fully enclose the infant reclining or in an inclined position in the carrier. The cover has an opening which is selectively closeable with a flap which can be quietly removably secured across the opening. The opening is aligned with the approximate region of the infant's face, so that the infant can breath easily, and can see out from the cover, and others can see in when the flap is open.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventors: David Mackay, Tracey Mackay, Elaine K. DeBilzan
  • Patent number: 6209611
    Abstract: A collapsible cover apparatus for mounting to a wheel chair to protect the occupant of the wheel chair from the weather. The collapsible cover apparatus includes a pair of frame support bars. Each of the frame support bars is elongate and each of the frame support bars is releasably couplable to a wheel chair. A plurality of brackets are slidably mounted in the frame support bars. A plurality of covering support bars support the covering. Each of the covering support bars generally has a U-shape which includes a base portion, a first leg portion and a second leg portion. Each of the leg portions has a free end that is fixedly coupled to one of the brackets. A fastener fastens the cover member to the frame. The fastener is fixedly coupled to an inside surface of the panels and fixedly coupled to each of the covering support bars.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2001
    Inventor: Wayne Johnson