With Mirror Patents (Class 297/185)
  • Patent number: 11399632
    Abstract: A pedicure foot stand has a housing with a first portion and a second portion defining an interior cavity. The second portion can be coupled in multiple configurations relative to the first portion, or can be decoupled from the first portion, to provide different angles at which a user's foot is supported on the second portion during a pedicure treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: OJIP, LLC
    Inventor: Sarah Gibson Tuttle
  • Patent number: 10384578
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly is provided herein. The vehicle seating assembly includes a seatback coupled to a seat-base. A head restraint is connected to the seatback. A display is disposed within the head restraint. A visor is configured to extend over a top portion of the display. The visor may be movable between a stowed position and a deployed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Phillip Kerry Muldowney
  • Patent number: 9155398
    Abstract: Articles of furniture with a system of heating and cooling that can be integrated into a building environmental control network are provided. The heating/cooling system of the article has surfaces of a porous or non-porous, moisture-permeable material allowing convective and evaporative heat exchange from the body surface to the environment. The material covers a plenum that has reflective surfaces to reduce radiant losses and low-wattage fans to circulate air that convectively cools the occupant. Resistance heating may be incorporated at key occupant contact areas in the seat and backrest. Temperature, occupancy and other sensors can be incorporated. A control interface controls the actions of the heating/cooling system of the article and can interact with a network server to transmit measurements of environmental temperatures and occupant selection of control settings that are useful for control of the building's indoor environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: Edward A. Arens, Hui Zhang, Wilmer Pasut
  • Publication number: 20130147239
    Abstract: A headrest includes a first part referred to as the lower part, equipped with a connecting unit enabling an adjustable connection of the headrest to the seat back of a pilot seat, and a second part referred to as the upper part, located opposite the lower part, as well as a front face intended to serve as a support surface for the head of a user. A receptacle, connected to the mask, stores an oxygen mask and/or a supply line. The upper part of the headrest forms a hinged cover on the lower part of the headrest and it closes the receptacle. A seat, a cockpit, and an aircraft include such headrest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Publication date: June 13, 2013
    Applicant: Airbus Operations SAS
    Inventor: Airbus Opertaions SAS
  • Patent number: 7600879
    Abstract: A rear seat viewing system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The rear seat viewing system includes a mirror attached to a mirror mounting device. The mirror mounting device may retract the mirror into an exterior surface of a rear seat in a stowed position and extend the mirror outside of the exterior surface of the rear seat in an employed position. A linkage mechanism attached to the mirror mounting device can allow horizontal and vertical adjustment of the mirror.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Brian Reynolds
  • Patent number: 7380877
    Abstract: A child seat (10) with a seat shell (12) and with a backrest (14) is described. The seat shell (12) is designed with a lap-belt guide (18) for a vehicle lap belt. The backrest (14) has a head restraint (20) with lateral flanks (22), a respective diagonal-belt guide (26) for a vehicle diagonal belt of a vehicle three-point belt being provided on the lateral flanks (22). The diagonal-belt guide has a slot (28) which is open to the front, does not clamp the belt and has a belt-retaining section (30). The belt-retaining section (30) directly and immediately adjoins the front-side slot opening (32) of the slot (28). A spring-loaded closure element (34) is provided on the front-side slot opening (32), the closure element enabling the vehicle diagonal belt to be threaded in a simple manner through the slot opening (32) into the slot (28) and blocking the slot opening (32) in its normal closure position in a spring-loaded, prestressed manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Assignee: Concord GMBH
    Inventors: Walter König, Uwe Schobert
  • Publication number: 20040174050
    Abstract: The chair provided comprises three platforms or rounds that are separated by two ball bearing filled turntables. The top platform is a seat, and the bottom platform shall be furnished with a sturdy base or legs to elevate the chair off the floor. From the center or middle platform projects outward and upward an arm which is capable of holding a small appliance, such as a mirror. To this center platform should also be fixed a knob or handle. Thus, the chair provided allows the user to sit first in the chair with the appliance positioned behind the user and then to use the handle or knob to make the appliance rotate clockwise or counter-clockwise around the user. Additionally, the seat rotates freely from the appliance. In this invention both seat and appliance can rotate freely until a useful position is found. This chair is particularly useful when placed in front of another mirror and allowing the user a 360 degree view of themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2003
    Publication date: September 9, 2004
    Inventor: Andrew Walter Raquet
  • Patent number: 6779900
    Abstract: A device is described for observing an infant in a rear facing safety seat located in the rear seat of a motor vehicle. A rear seat mirror has a front reflecting surface and a back surface. A mirror positioning structure is connected to the back surface by a v-shaped arrangement of support surfaces. A mirror attachment assembly includes at least one strap having a secured end connected to at least one of the back surface and the mirror positioning structure, and a free end having a fastener capable of connecting to a tether anchor associated with the rear seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Blue Ridge International Products Company
    Inventor: Patricia Nolan-Brown
  • Patent number: 6672659
    Abstract: A toy that is easily convertible between a toy lounge chair and a toy vanity for a doll. The toy has a main body with a base and a pair of sides with a number of movable sections secured to the base. The main body has two faces, one of which forms portions of the lounge chair and the other of which forms portions of the vanity. A separate leg assembly is selectively moved to act as a support for the lounge chair or the vanity. The movable sections are rotatable so as to reveal face portions that form a mirror and a box-like compartment or drawer of the vanity, or a seat back, seating base and a single or two piece leg rest for the lounge chair. The leg assembly may be hingedly attached to or be formed separate from the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard J. Melohn, Yukha Ann Mo
  • Patent number: 6491403
    Abstract: An assembly for observing an infant in a rear facing child safety seat located on a rear seat of a motor vehicle which includes a mirror and a mirror support arm. The mirror support arm includes a base or lower portion that is configured to be coupled to a child seat or otherwise held in position thereby. An upper portion of the mirror support arm includes a portion that is configured to secure the mirror thereto in an adjustable manner, so that the mirror can be aligned to provide a person sitting in a front seat of the motor vehicle with a line of sight to the infant which line of sight that is directed off the mirror and a rear view mirror that is provided in the front portion of the motor vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2002
    Inventor: Derek A. Edgar
  • Publication number: 20020079603
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of co-injection molding. The method includes mixing a plastic inner material and an endothermic-blowing agent to form a core mixture. A plastic outer material is injected from a first injection unit into a co-injection manifold to create a flow of outer material therethrough. The core mixture is injected from a second injection unit into the co-injection manifold to create a flow of core mixture therethrough. The flow of the outer material and the flow of the core mixture are then controlled through the co-injection manifold and into a mold cavity. The core mixture expands as heat is provided for the endothermic-blowing agent to absorb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 27, 2002
    Applicant: Bemis Manufacturing Company
    Inventors: Peter F. Bemis, Gary Vande Berg, Steven Kolste
  • Patent number: 6367875
    Abstract: An infant carrier is shown that can be used as a rearwardly facing infant car seat either by itself or attached to a separate base support, as a stroller seat, or as a carrier for an infant with an adjustable handle attached between longitudinally opposed ends of the carrier. The separate base support can be belted into a vehicle seat and left in place after the infant carrier is removed. The base support has a vertical portion that rests parallel to the back seat of the vehicle and includes a mirror mounted high enough on the back portion to be visible from the vehicle's rear view mirror when the infant carrier is mounted in the base support. The infant carrier has a handle that can be reciprocated in the axial direction of the carrier to actuate two separate attachment mechanisms for attaching the infant carrier to the base support or to a stroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2002
    Assignee: Mattel, Inc.
    Inventor: David M. Bapst
  • Patent number: 5692800
    Abstract: Provided is a chair comprising: a support platform; a central support column attached to the support platform and orthogonal thereto; a reciprocating gear integral to the support column, the gear having coupled thereto a first axle extending upwards and a second axle extending downwards; an arm attached to the second axle; and a seat attached to the first axle, wherein when the first axle is rotated about its central axis in one direction the gear reciprocates that motion so that the second axle rotates about its central axis in the reverse direction. Generally, an appliance such as a mirror will be attached to the arm, thereby providing a chair that allows a user to sit first in the chair with the appliance positioned behind the user and then rotate the seat of the chair while the appliance counter-rotates until it is in a useful position towards the front of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 2, 1997
    Inventor: Nolan A. Perin
  • Patent number: 5110181
    Abstract: A chair construction in which a rotating seat causes coordinated counterrotation of a mirror secured to an arm extending upwardly from a generally horizontally disposed beam underneath the seat. The chair construction includes a stationary center post protruding through the beam causing the beam to rotate about the center post. Linkage means couple the rotatably mounted mirror arm to the stationary center post of the chair to cause the face of the mirror during rotation of the seat to assume a positon substantially tangential to a circle having its center forward of the center of rotation to the seat. A skirt mounted to the beam rotates with the beam and covers the rotating mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1992
    Assignee: Command Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Luther G. Simjian
  • Patent number: 4702519
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly is disclosed comprising a vehicle seat; a mirror disposed on the rear side of the seat, a cover for the mirror and a means for mounting the cover to the assembly. A second embodiment is disclosed wherein a light is disposed on the rear side of the seat. Preferably, the light is covered when the cover is in a closed position. A third embodiment is disclosed wherein the mirror is movable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Irvin Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lobanoff
  • Patent number: 4681366
    Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly is disclosed, comprising a vehicle seat; a mirror disposed on the rear side of the seat; and preferably a cover for the mirror with a means for mounting the cover to the assembly. A second embodiment is disclosed wherein a light is disposed on the rear side of the seat. Preferably, the mirror or light are covered when the cover is in a closed position. A third embodiment is disclosed wherein the mirror is movable. Preferably the mirror, or mirror and light, assembly is mounted to an apparatus provided for supportingly interconnecting a head restraint with the vehicle seat, either in a fixed position or in a vertically movable arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 1985
    Date of Patent: July 21, 1987
    Assignee: Irvin Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Mark Lobanoff
  • Patent number: 4557520
    Abstract: A chair construction in which a rotating seat causes counter rotation of a mirror secured to an arm extending upwardly from underneath the seat. Cam means disposed in the rotating mechanism of the seat retain the face of the mirror during rotation of the seat tangential to a circle having its center forward of the center of rotation of the seat. The angular adjustment of the mirror face is transmitted from the cam means and a flexible shaft to a rotatably mounted post, forming a part of the upstanding arm, to which the mirror is secured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 10, 1985
    Assignee: Command Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Luther G. Simjian