Enclosure Type Patents (Class 297/184.14)
  • Patent number: 11945591
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aircraft passenger seat, comprising a frame intended to be fastened to a floor of an aircraft passenger cabin, a seat base movably mounted on the frame, and a movably mounted seat back. The aircraft passenger seat is characterized in that at least one rail is fastened to the frame and in that the seat base is slidably arranged on the rail by means of guide elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: ZIM Aircraft Seating GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Lueck, Uwe Salzer
  • Patent number: 11821227
    Abstract: A temporary shelter is configured to accommodate a human user. The temporary shelter includes a solid floor joined to a canopy housing with a support structure. A plurality of solid floor cavities is arranged in the solid floor. A plurality of canopy walls is joined to the canopy housing, and adjacent to the solid floor, and the support structure. A chair fits into the plurality of solid floor cavities. The human user can be accommodated within the support structure on the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Inventor: Gregory Burnett Mickens
  • Patent number: 11801941
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a suite, in particular for an aircraft cabin, comprising: a seat, an ottoman, and a storage cupboard, the suite further comprising a movable table capable of assuming: a stowed state in which the movable table extends in a vertical plane, in which the movable table is arranged between the cupboard and the ottoman, and a deployed state in which the movable table extends in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignees: Safran Seats, Safran Seats GB Limited
    Inventors: Oscar Ruiz, Arthur Glain, Yann Cavereau, Paul Wills, Rachel James, James Woodington, Shaun Kilbane, Ryan Jones
  • Patent number: 11700945
    Abstract: A portable sunshade configured for removable connection to a chair backrest has first, second and third sections removably connected to one another. The first section having a pair of first frame tubes, a pair of first cross tubes, a pair of second cross tubes, and joint connecting the first and second pairs of cross tubes to the frame. The second section is removably mounted to one end of the first section and has a pair of second frame tubes, a first fabric panel supported by the second frame tubes, and a pair of first hinge mechanisms connecting end portions of the second frame tubes to respective first end portions of the first frame tubes of the first section so as to permit the second section to undergo pivotal movement relative to the first section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Inventor: Bernadette Geselle Moore
  • Patent number: 11679700
    Abstract: A seat (1) for transport vehicles with an articulated frame (2) capable of moving and changing shape between a neutral position N and a comfort position C, which comprises a headrest portion (21) mechanically linked by means of a connector (22) to a connection area of a backrest portion (23) that changes the height position thereof as the frame (2) moves from the neutral position N to the comfort position C thereof, the connector (22) being suitable for this change in height position to be transmitted, by means of mechanical drag, to the headrest portion (21), the headrest portion (21) being mechanically linked by means of an upper guide unit (31) of a guide system to the chassis (4) which is configured such that the inclination of both the headrest portion (21) and the backrest portion (23) increase the inclination thereof with respect to the vertical as the frame (2) moves from the neutral position N to the comfort position C thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: FABRICACION ASIENTOS VEHICULOS INDUSTRIALES, S.A.
    Inventor: Vicenzo Silipo
  • Patent number: 11247596
    Abstract: A system for generating a vibration of a seat of a vehicle in sync with music outputted from an audio device using an electric motor included in the seat to adjust the seat in forward and backward directions and upward and downward directions includes: an electric-motor multiple-control circuit configured to receive a signal of a seat position adjustment switch and a signal of an audio switch, generate a driving current required to vibrate the seat, and output the driving current to an electric motor. The electric motor receives a signal from the electric-motor multiple-control circuit and generates a motor torque while being driven, and the generated motor torque is transferred to the seat to generate a target vibration in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyoung Jin Chang
  • Patent number: 11234527
    Abstract: A folding chair includes front and rear supports that fold and/or retract into central beams to reduce the space occupied by the chair in a folded configuration. A backrest is coupled to the central beams with a hub that allows an angle of the backrest relative to the central beams to be selected and for the backrest to be folded flat relative to the central beams. One or more actuators and pin actuators may control the relative movements of the backrest, front support, rear support, and central beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Sunflow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Hsu Besner, Jeffrey Servaites
  • Patent number: 10596842
    Abstract: A vehicle mounted printer station is made up of a printer secured to a support surface tray that includes an adaptor capable of attaching the tray and printer to the top of a vehicle seat. The support surface is preferably a rectangular shaped plate with front, back and side edges along with top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface is attached to the adaptor, the adaptor includes at least one attachment rod for securing the support surface to the vehicle seat. The attachment rods are sized to be received into receptacles provided in the top of a vehicle seat designed for the vehicle headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LEM Solutions, LLC
    Inventors: William D. Cottrell, Kenneth B. Wiseman, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10172456
    Abstract: A work and discussion space includes two installation blocks that are positioned opposite one another. Each installation block accommodates two people and includes a vertical partitioning structure, two seats positioned against the vertical structure and separated by at least one module for storing professional and/or personal accessories, and a work surface each associated with a seat. The work surfaces are movable between a position that is distant from, and a position that is close to, the corresponding seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Bryony Gaschy, Jessie Storey
  • Patent number: 10159342
    Abstract: A work and discussion space includes two installation blocks that are positioned opposite one another. Each installation block accommodates two people and includes a vertical partitioning structure, two seats positioned against the vertical structure and separated by at least one module for storing professional and/or personal accessories, and a work surface each associated with a seat. The work surfaces are movable between a position that is distant from, and a position that is close to, the corresponding seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Bryony Gaschy, Jessie Storey
  • Patent number: 9428932
    Abstract: A portable personal seating barrier comprising of at least three poles and at least one panel, the barrier being capable of demarcating an individual seating space while also blocking out sensory stimuli from other people in close proximity and affording additional privacy to the user thereof. In certain embodiments, the panel retracts and expands telescopically, while in other embodiments the panel may be pleated or rolled around a core. This arrangement creates a portable device that can be used in a variety of settings, such as public buses, trains, airplanes, classrooms, and testing centers. The device can be free-standing and may not need to be physically attached to any structure, and thus provides a seat and a privacy/sensory barrier from others.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: Sensory Shield LLC
    Inventor: Lisa Margaret Daly
  • Patent number: 9226473
    Abstract: A universal, robust, cost effective, portable kennel and pet safety enclosure for use in vehicles which distributes deceleration forces across as large an area of the pet's body as possible and gently arrests the forward motion of a pet to protect them from bodily harm in the event of a sudden vehicle deceleration event and which may also be used outside of vehicles as a portable kennel. The enclosure also protects the vehicle interior from smells, stains, or scratching caused by a pet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Inventor: Jonathan Hoffman
  • Patent number: 9169020
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger suite including one or more privacy walls arranged to define a seating area and a living area positioned to the side of the seating area, the seating area including a seat configured to achieve a horizontal bed position and the living area including at least one amenity for use by a passenger in the suite, the living area having a length substantially less than a length of the seating area such that the suite overlaps another suite in a longitudinal direction, and wherein an entrance to the suite is defined by a break in the one or more privacy walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Russell Kroll, Suzuko Hisata, Francis X. Garing, Alexander Nicholas Pozzi, Glenn Allen Johnson, Robert J. Henshaw, JaeHun Gu, Benjamin D. Stephens
  • Patent number: 8991411
    Abstract: A screen tent apparatus for beach chair that includes a netting apparatus disposed to overlie a pair of bowed frame members, said bowed frame members attachable to each of a first bar and a second bar releasably securable to the respective head and foot of an extant beach chair, wherein the netting apparatus concavely situates a roof section overlying said beach chair and a pair of side sheets vertically encloses each side of said beach chair, whereby a user is enabled screened comfort in the outdoors and entry of insects to the beach chair and a user seated thereupon is preventable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Inventor: Jospeh Neuman
  • Patent number: 8991914
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a device for providing a changing room and/or bathroom space on a watercraft. More specifically, a lounge chair is configured to open either manually or with aid of gas or air shocks in certain embodiments to reveal a changing room and/or bathroom space. On opening, a header bracket is released and deployed, in certain embodiments with aid of gas or air shocks, whereby the privacy curtain's substantially opaque and lightweight fabric is deployed around the revealed space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Premier Marine, Inc.
    Inventor: David L. Grovender
  • Patent number: 8882035
    Abstract: A class divider in an aircraft between a first seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a first kind and a second seating arrangement that comprises of seats of a second kind. The divider comprises a primary partition wall member that extends upwardly from cabin floor level and that is positioned facing said first seating arrangement and a secondary partition wall member that extends from divider contiguous portions of a seat of said second kind positioned in said second class. The seat of said second kind bridges space between the secondary partition wall member and the cabin floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Inventors: James Dominic France, Alistair Pilditch, Maurice Trevor Benner
  • Patent number: 8752889
    Abstract: A bench system having a first and second panel mounted atop a first and second leg and a third and fourth leg, the panels are separated by a gap, the first leg and third leg and the second leg and fourth leg are pivotally connected via a pivot component, the legs are adjustable in length via an adjusting means, a sheet atop the panels, straps attached to the sheet at a first and second side, an extension sheet having a first and second side edge, and a top edge, wherein the top edge or a portion thereof is removably attached to the fourth side of the sheet via an attachment means, the first and second side edges of the extension sheet extend past the legs and sheet, and a pole on each side edge of the extension sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Inventors: Joe A. Nievinski, Jason Wojnowiak
  • Publication number: 20130341976
    Abstract: A configurable seating device comprising a first portion configured to engage at least one object when in an open position, a second portion operably connected to the first portion, and a third portion operably connected to the second portion, wherein, when in the open position, a user is accommodated by the configurable seating device a distance above a ground surface, and the third portion is configured to contact the ground surface and is capable of supporting a weight of the user accommodated by configurable seating device is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: MULTISEAT, INC.
    Inventor: Richard R. Birch
  • Patent number: 8550479
    Abstract: An infant carrier apparatus comprises a support frame, a seat assembly and handle assembly respectively connected with the support frame, a backrest frame, and a child holding accessory. The child holding accessory can be detachably installed on the infant carrier apparatus, supported by the backrest frame and the handle assembly. In one embodiment, the child holding accessory includes a support bracket and an enclosure. For installing the child holding accessory, the backrest frame is adjusted to a position inclined forward. The child holding accessory can be then installed between the backrest frame and the handle assembly, wherein the child holding accessory has two opposite end portions respectively connected with the backrest frame and the handle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Zehua Yi, I-Ting Yeh
  • Patent number: 8517462
    Abstract: A configurable seating device comprising a first portion, the first portion including a strap, wherein the strap is configured to securably engage a structure, a second portion hingedly connected to the first portion, and a third portion hingedly connected to the second portion, wherein the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion hingedly move from a first position to a second position, wherein, when in the first position, the first portion, the second portion, and the third portion are in a substantially vertical alignment, wherein, when in the second position, the second portion supports a user in a seated position a distance above the ground and the third portion extends from the second portion in a direction which elevates the second portion the distance above the ground is provided. Furthermore, an associated method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Multiseat, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard R. Birch
  • Patent number: 8485596
    Abstract: A blanket is featured with a stadium built-in seat. The blanket can optionally further comprise, a hood, air-activated warmer pockets, a fleece interior and an exterior sports (e.g., football field) design. The blanket can be worn while attending outdoor sports events in cold weather, and it is easy to fold and transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Inventor: Kathy J. Martin
  • Patent number: 7802844
    Abstract: An integrated inclement weather garment and chair having a removably mounted garment system designed so as to provide the user improved protection from the elements while providing a lightweight, portable, and stable resting platform. Embodiments of the garment system envelop at least a portion of the user in a protective material, the present invention providing comfort and warmth while allowing freedom of movement necessary to accommodate a variety of outdoor activities including sports spectating, concert events and demonstrations, hunting, fishing, wildlife observation, and other activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2010
    Inventor: Charles T. Vencill
  • Patent number: 7641278
    Abstract: Disclosed is a passenger seat, especially an airline passenger seat, comprising seat components such as a seat part, a backrest, and an armrest (3), at least one of which is movably disposed relative to the other seat components to adjust the position, and a partition (9, 11) that can be transferred between an operational position in which the same extends in a lateral shielding area of the seat and a non-operational position in which the same unblocks the shielding area. The partition is composed of several wall parts (9, 11) which extend in the shielding area in the operational position and interact via a guiding device (43, 45) such that the movement of one wall part (9) during the transfer between the non-operational and the operational position entrains another wall part (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: RECARO Aircraft Seating GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Strasser, Hartmut Schürg
  • Patent number: 7578552
    Abstract: There is disclosed a comfort system suitable for use in a seat of an automotive vehicle. The system preferably includes an air mover in fluid communication with an open space below a trim layer of the seat for providing ventilation, heating and/or cooling to the seat occupant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: W.E.T. Automotive Systems AG
    Inventors: Goran Bajic, Lindy Brennan, Scott Truant, Madalina Onica
  • Publication number: 20090039685
    Abstract: A collapsible user support coupled to a collapsible, walled shelter. Individual and multi-occupant chairs provide a sling chair having a number of pivoting frame pieces that are trained through grommets at a fabric seat and backrest. An independently collapsible shelter or cover framework includes frame pieces that pivot under tension about the collapsible chair. Washer-like members splay the frame pieces away from the chair. The shelter framework supports a surrounding, collapsible fabric cover that can include windows, panel voids and/or doors and/or vents. The chair, shelter framework and fabric cover are organized to collapse and deploy to conditions that partially and completely cover the chair. The fabric cover can be constructed of netting and/or solid and/or three-dimensional fabric panels containing sleeves and pockets to support resiliently bowed stays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2008
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventor: Jeff Zernov
  • Patent number: 7427101
    Abstract: A collapsible user support coupled to a collapsible, walled shelter. One assembly provides a sling chair having a number of frame pieces that are trained through grommets at a fabric seat and backrest fitted to pivot couplers. Armrests are optionally included along with accessory supports and pockets. Pivoting link arms couple to stay or bow pieces of an independently collapsible shelter. The shelter frame pieces mount to pivot couplers and a surrounding multi-panel fabric shelter. The shelter can include windows and/or doors and/or vents with fasteners. The chair and shelter frameworks and fabric shelter are organized to collapse and deploy to several seating conditions ranging from the chair being partially to completely protected from the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: Nature Vision, Inc.
    Inventor: Jeff Zernov
  • Patent number: 7261367
    Abstract: A three position reclining chair having a front panel, arms, a seat cushion and a seat back, has a positioning linkage with interconnected seat support, leg support and seat back linkage groups. The seat support linkage group supports the chair seat for forward movement from the first, closed and erect position, so that initial forward movement of the seat actuates the leg support linkage for extending and rotating leg support members, to provide a second, TV position, and continued forward movement actuates the seat back positioning linkage, to rotate and incline the seat back without rearward movement of any portion thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventors: Robert Barron Duncan, Javier Enriquez, Enrico Panceri, Douglas L. Gasal, W. Clark Rogers
  • Patent number: 7213882
    Abstract: A seating unit (1) comprises a fixed housing (10) containing a primary seat with a reclinable back arranged to recline in such a manner that it remains within the housing. The seating unit is suitable for a aircraft cabin and may further comprise a leg-rest arranged to cooporate with the seating portion to form part of a substantially flat surface when the back is reclined in a substantially horizontal position. The seating unit may further comprise a secondary seat (3) positioned to face the primary seat, the secondary seat having a seating portion positioned to cooporate with the leg-rest of the primary seat to form a portion of the substantially flat surface when the back of the primary seat is reclined in the substantially horizontal position. Privacy between seats and use of available space within an aircraft cabin may be optimised by arranging at least some of the seats in an echelon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2007
    Assignee: British Airways PLC
    Inventors: Ian Dryburgh, Simon Lunn, Russel Mulchansingh
  • Patent number: 7188844
    Abstract: Seating apparatus features a body including a seat and a lid which is pivotable with respect to the body between a retracted position and an extended position in which the lid defines a cover for the seat. In the retracted position, the lid cooperates with the body to enclose the seat against use. The lid is attached to the body at a pivot point which is positioned adjacent to the seat. When the lid is pivoted into the extended position, the apparatus includes a telescopic member positioned between the lid and the body to enable the lid to be supported open. The body includes a plurality of steps and can be fitted with one or more wheels to allow movement of the apparatus and to permit tilting of the apparatus into a position whereat the seat is located uppermost and the steps enable climbing into the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventor: Jason Mark Hinds
  • 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: 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: 6742842
    Abstract: A passenger seat with privacy shell, including a seat base and seat bottom with a seat back carried by the seat base. A recline unit is provided for controlling movement of the seat back and locking the seat back in a desired recline position. An occupant-activated seat back recline control is provided for permitting movement of the seat back a desired position between an upright position and a recline position. A privacy shell is positioned on opposing lateral sides of the seat back and mounted for movement between a retracted position wherein the shell permits unimpeded lateral vision by the passenger seated in the seat, and a deployed position wherein the shell impedes lateral observation of the passenger seated in the seat, thereby providing privacy when desired by the passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: B E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Brian Dowty
  • Patent number: 6722732
    Abstract: A privacy enclosure system including a positionable seat which transforms into a privacy enclosure. A positionable seat containing a nested positionable privacy curtain support and attached privacy curtain positionably rotates about a support structure where subsequently the positionable privacy curtain support is positionally rotated to an upright position to allow full suspension of an attached privacy curtain therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: Premier Marine, Inc.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Menne
  • Publication number: 20040036336
    Abstract: The invention concerns to a mechanism to obtain the complete reclining of a seat, particularly for an aircraft seat, comprising a lower element (3), fixed to the floor, provided with a guide, placed in a substantially rear position; a seat element (7), on which the back (1) and the seat (2) are pivoted, respectively on the rear and frontally, a rocking lever element (12), pivoted in front of said lower element (3), and above the lower part of said seat element (7); and a lever element (16), pivoted, at its rear end (17), on the coupling point (12) between the seat (7) and the back (1), and at its front end (18), on said rocking lever (12); being further provided actuating means (14) that, acting on the rocking lever, cause the operation of the whole mechanism, reclining or lifting the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2002
    Publication date: February 26, 2004
    Inventor: Alberto Veneruso
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20030085597
    Abstract: A reclining seat for use in a vehicle is provided with a back shell at least partially surrounding the back so that between a first upright position and a second reclined position the back shell is capable of independent positioning relative to said back cushion, whereby privacy may be enhanced by the position of the back shell. Preferably, the armrest is selectively moveable from above the seating surface to a position approximately level with the seating surface, and most preferably there is also at least one shoulder privacy panel selectively extendible within an area between the seating surface and the back shell. In certain preferred embodiments the back shell has a range of pivot of about 15 degrees between a first position and a second position. In another aspect of the present invention, a video monitor is integrated into the back shell, preferably independently tiltable from a fist position to a second position, most preferably within a range of tilt of approximately 25-degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Christine Ludeke, Alberto Veneruso
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20020149239
    Abstract: A seating system for use at a dining facility, such as a restaurant or ballroom, includes a plurality of movable seating units, a power supply grid, a computerized controller, and an illuminating path for directing arriving parties to available seating units. Each of the seating units includes an integral booth style seat and table supported on a base with a rechargeable battery and motor driven wheels on a bottom of the base. A wireless communication system provides communication between the controller and each of the seating units. An extendable member on each seating unit connects to the power grid via outlets in a ceiling structure to provide electric power for recharging the battery. The seating units may further be provided with a self-contained air conditioning and heating system and a touch responsive computer screen on the table top for displaying a menu, wherein patrons may place food and beverage orders by touching indicators on the screen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2001
    Publication date: October 17, 2002
    Inventor: Reino Koljonen
  • Patent number: 6354044
    Abstract: A portable viewing booth adapted to accommodate a viewer therein. The viewing booth comprising a chair having a seat portion, a back rest portion, a pair of arm rests, and a leg rest. The portable viewing booth is adapted to be transported on a roller. The portable viewing booth further includes a frame member adapted to cover the viewer seated on the chair, wherein the frame member is adapted to house a screen display thereon, and wherein the frame member is pivotally attached to an upper edge of the back rest portion of the chair, and is adapted to fold and be disposed behind the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2002
    Inventor: Kenneth A. Lagace, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6352309
    Abstract: A sleeper seating unit for an aircraft, and including a primary seat having a seat frame for being stationarily-mounted to the aircraft deck, a seat back for being selectively moved by a seat occupant among fully upright, semi-reclined and fully reclined positions, a scat bottom for moving between retracted and extended positions in coordination with the seat back, and an ottoman for being positioned on the deck forward of the primary seat. The ottoman has a top cushion positioned on a top surface thereof and a leg rest cushion positioned on a side of the ottoman facing the primary seat. The leg rest cushion is movable between positions wherein when the primary seat is in an upright position, the leg rest cushion is positioned at an angle to engage and support the bottom of the feet, and when the primary seat is in a reclined position, the leg rest cushion is in a generally horizontal position adjacent to and forming an extension of the seat bottom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2002
    Assignee: BE Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael T. Beroth
  • Patent number: 6302053
    Abstract: An assembly mountable to the transom of a watercraft, such as a pontoon boat, provides an easy-to-set up, temporarily deployable, changing room or privacy region on watercraft which do not carry an enclosed cabin. A generally Z-shaped frame is rotatably attached to a portion of the boat displaced from the deck. A boater's seat is attached on one side of the frame. A generally U-shaped curtain hoop is rotatably attached to a second side of the frame. When the bracket and seat are rotated toward the deck, the hoop is positioned in a stored position. When the bracket and seat are rotated away from the deck, the hoop can be deployed from its stored position thereby extending an enclosure fabric forming, temporarily, an enclosed privacy region for changing and the like. The fabric support member can be springloaded as can the bracket. Stowing the assembly is easily carried out by pressing the fabric support element against the bottom of the seat. This draws the fabric back against the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Maurell Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph B. Tomczak, Anthony J. Seconsky, Keith Arnold Kobe
  • Patent number: 6263894
    Abstract: A protective cover against insects for babies' and toddlers' enclosures such as cribs, playpens, strollers and the like includes an unstructured tubular body portion and an unstructured dome-shaped hood, both made of insect netting material which “breathes” and is transparent. The tubular body at its upper edge and the hood at its periphery each have a stretchable band or fastener that reduces the effective dimensions of the body edge and hood periphery so that the body may be drawn downwardly over the enclosure and be held in place by the reduced dimension of the edge and the hood is drawn downwardly over the top of the enclosure and its periphery overlaps the top edge of the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2001
    Inventor: Mark LaMantia