Horizontally Slidable (e.g., Drawer) Patents (Class 297/188.11)
  • Patent number: 11058962
    Abstract: An amusement ride for locating on a ground leading to a ledge of a drop off has a pair of rocking boom, an axle, spokes and a passenger carrier. The pair of rocking booms are pivotally mounted near the ledge of the drop off. The axle is carried between the ends of rocking booms and when the rocking booms are tilted outboard of the ledge, the axle is suspended out over the empty space past the drop off. The spokes extending radially away from the axle to connections with the carrier. The axle is driven by a drive system to swing the carrier, from large arcs to full 360° revolutions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2021
    Inventor: Darrell M. Henley
  • Patent number: 10993541
    Abstract: Furniture that is convertible between a seat position and a bed position is described. The furniture includes a first bed section with a first platform supporting a first cushion, and a second bed section with a second platform, a second cushion, and a partition disposed between the second platform and the second cushion. The first platform is configured to pivot relative to the second platform. The first cushion is thicker than the second cushion. When the furniture is in the bed position, a top surface of the first cushion is substantially coplanar with a top surface of the second cushion and the partition is spaced from the second platform by a first distance. In the seat position of the furniture, the distance between the partition and the second platform is less than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: American Leather Operations, LLC
    Inventor: Thomas A. Garland
  • Patent number: 10405661
    Abstract: A chair (1) having at least one sensor (2) for the qualitative and/or quantitative acquisition of a physical parameter indicating the occupation of the chair (1) by a person. Two methods are provided for assessing a state of occupation of a chair (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: LA HAIR CONSULTING GROUP GMBH
    Inventor: Lisandro Adler
  • Patent number: 10239434
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a backrest and a seat base connected to the backrest. The seat base includes a first cushion portion and a second cushion portion with an insert space between the first cushion portion and the second cushion portion. A cushion and console assembly is disposed in the insert space. The cushion and console assembly includes a liner base, an armrest assembly and a displacement connection between the armrest assembly and the liner base. The displacement connection guides a movement of the armrest assembly relative to the liner base between a stowed position, in which the armrest assembly upper surface forms at least a part of a center seat cushion, and an armrest position, with the upper surface raised upwardly and at a changed angle relative to the first cushion portion and the second cushion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: ADIENT LUXEMBOURG HOLDING S.A.R.L.
    Inventors: John Gomez, Walter Merchant, Emery Jay Zadina, Mark Milner
  • Patent number: 9908623
    Abstract: A wall mounted stowage compartment for a passenger cabin of an aircraft includes a housing having a rearwardly facing wall mounted to a forwardly facing interior monument wall. The stowage compartment is located under an aft most passenger seat adjacent to the forwardly facing interior monument wall. The stowage compartment includes a stowage compartment drawer, and a protective breathing equipment compartment is mounted to a side wall of the aircraft cabin monument, and includes a forwardly facing edge that follows a contour of the forwardly facing wall of the aircraft cabin monument extending from a forwardly facing recess to the floor of the cabin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank E. Hashberger, David R. Benton
  • Publication number: 20140368006
    Abstract: A child seat includes a seat body, and a first and a second support respectively assembled with the seat body via a first and a second connection. The seat body has a seating surface and a bottom surface below the seating surface, and the first and second support are extendable below the bottom surface. The child seat has a first configuration in which the child seat is attached to a support frame at an elevated position above a ground surface, and a second configuration in which the child seat is converted to a booster seat standing independent of the support frame, the first and second support respectively extending forward from the first and second connection in the first configuration, and the first and second support respectively extending rearward from the first and second connection so that the child seat stands on the first and second supports in the second configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Applicant: WONDERLAND NURSERYGOODS COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Andrew J. TAYLOR, Anthony V. RUGGEIRO, Curtis M. HARTENSTINE, Robert E. HAUT, Kyle S. MASON
  • Patent number: 8905484
    Abstract: A functional chair is capable of storing articles such as shoes, shoe brushes, umbrellas, canes and the like by utilizing a narrow space effectively, and can be used as a chair for senior citizens and for children to sit and put on shoes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Inventor: Hyong-Taek Kim
  • Publication number: 20140252819
    Abstract: A chair or other piece of furniture can include a built-up frame including at least a portion of a premade plastic chair, such as an off-the-shelf plastic lawn or deck chair. The frame can have a seat and a backrest shaped to accommodate a person. Cushioning material can be installed over the frame. A cover can be installed over the cushioning material. Another kind of frame including plastic can be used instead of the built-up frame. The cover can be affixed to the frame or can be a removable slip cover. The cover can include sports jersey material and can be made from stock unstitched jersey pieces. A drawer, plush ornament, recess, or sports equipment can be provided at a lower supporting portion of the chair. Feet made of sports equipment can be attached to the bottom of the frame. A backrest opening can receive a piece of sports equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Inventor: Jose Bernardo Andrade
  • Publication number: 20140132045
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat for use with a passenger seat includes a base and a drawer. The base is adapted to boost a child relative to an underlying vehicle seat. The drawer is coupled to the base to move into and out of a drawer-receiving cavity formed in the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Inventors: Robert O Brady, Erik A Holmen, Robert E Karnick, JR., Alexander A Hussain, Steven D MacFarlane
  • Patent number: 8678493
    Abstract: An emergency equipment system comprising an elongate member, an emergency equipment package, and a cutter. The elongate member may have a first end and an angled end. The emergency equipment package may have a sleeve on one side capable of receiving the elongate member from the angled end. The cutter may be attached to a side of the elongate member and may be capable of cutting the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Bret L. Lamoree, Mark E. Wentland, James P. Schalla, Phillip J. Bobzien
  • Patent number: 8496291
    Abstract: An emergency equipment system comprising an elongate member, an emergency equipment package, and a cutter. The elongate member may have a first end and an angled end. The emergency equipment package may have a sleeve on one side capable of receiving the elongate member from the angled end. The cutter may be attached to a side of the elongate member and may be capable of cutting the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Bret L. Lamoree, Mark E. Wentland, James P. Schalla, Phillip J. Bobzien
  • Patent number: 8333428
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a seat frame, a leg frame and a side accessory arrangement. The side accessory arrangement includes a sliding frame provided on the leg frame at a position underneath the seat frame, and a side accessory coupled with the sliding frame, and is arranged to slide between an idle position and an operation position when the leg frame is in the unfolded position, wherein in the idle position, the side accessory is inwardly slid with respective to the leg frame through the sliding frame to hide in the receiving cavity, wherein in the operation position, the side accessory is outwardly slid from the receiving cavity with respective to the leg frame through the sliding frame for allowing a user to put an object on the side accessory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Inventors: Shou Qiang Zhu, Edward Zheng
  • Publication number: 20120313406
    Abstract: An aircraft passenger seat having a primary seat (1) having a seat back (3) and a seat pan (4), and a secondary support surface (5) located or locatable opposite the primary seat (1), the passenger seat being able to adopt each of an upright configuration, a reclined configuration and a substantially flat configuration, such that in the reclined configuration, the primary seat (1) is reclined relative to the upright configuration and the secondary support surface (5) is angled upwardly towards the primary seat (1) to support the lower leg(s) of a passenger seated in the primary seat (1); and in the substantially flat configuration, the secondary support surface (5) is substantially horizontal and the seat back (3), the seat pan (4), and the secondary support surface (5) form a substantially flat and continuous surface where the secondary support surface (5) is rotatable about an axis between the reclined and substantially flat configurations, the axis being translated between the reclined and substantially fl
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: British Airways Plc
    Inventors: Martin DARBYSHIRE, Matthew Round, Asa Dancy Herring, III, Dennis Isaac Waldrip, Marc Schatell, Alen Wyss, Gregory Hall, Walter Sutcavage, John Lovingood, Dan Alford
  • Publication number: 20120205949
    Abstract: A seat stool including a top surface and a plurality of legs supporting a bottom surface which terminate in a caster or wheel roller assembly for easy moving about, with open side compartments for storing bottles of nail polish, nail polish remover, alcohol and acetone, for example, as employed in pedicure and hand/nail administrations, and with a pull-out drawer for storing files, clippers, cuticle cutters, cotton balls and permastone implements employed in such administrations, and being constructed of a strength for characteristic fabrication to support a salon nail technician sitting on the top surface in administering to a client.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Quoc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120204341
    Abstract: A sterilizing machine of any appropriate type enclosed within a pull-out drawer positioned in a pedicure salon chair forward of its water basin and below its footrest in the occupation of dead space characterizing prior art pedicure chair base designs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Inventor: Quoc Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20120091765
    Abstract: A storage assembly for use with a chair. The chair has a seat supported by a framework such as one or more legs. The storage assembly includes at least one storage unit, preferably a plurality of storage units, each having at least one storage feature, such as a recess, drawer, hook, container or case. The storage assembly is attachable to the seat or the supportive framework of the chair below the seat of the chair, and does not protrude substantially therefrom. In an embodiment with a plurality of shelves, the shelves are connected to a support structure such as a pair of side walls. One or more leg attachments operably couple the assembly to one or more chair legs. For example, a leg attachment may connect a wall to a leg. As each shelf is connected to the wall, the leg attachment couples the shelf to the leg, via the wall. The leg attachment may be a pivoting, telescopic arm with a clamp, a belt, snap fit, integrally molded or other suitable connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: April 19, 2012
    Inventor: Stephen Carroll
  • Patent number: 8132856
    Abstract: An article of furniture for storing and powering electronic equipment including a seating area, at least one slidable drawer located under the seating area, and a power source located within the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2012
    Inventors: Edward Earl Wilson, Patrick Priest
  • Patent number: 8056978
    Abstract: A convertible seating unit for a motor vehicle is provided. The convertible seating unit comprises a seat having an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge. The convertible seating unit further includes a back support comprising a first back support panel and a second back support panel. Each of the first and second back support panels has a first edge and a second edge, and an upper surface and a lower surface. The second edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the first edge of the second back panel to define a first hinge axis. The first edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the seat proximate the rear edge of the seat to define a second hinge axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Shivers, Rex Lin, Juan Carlos Intriago Velez, Adina Klein, Sujoy Chandra, Randal Hong
  • Publication number: 20110227374
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a seat frame, a leg frame and a side accessory arrangement. The side accessory arrangement includes a sliding frame provided on the leg frame at a position underneath the seat frame, and a side accessory coupled with the sliding frame, and is arranged to slide between an idle position and an operation position when the leg frame is in the unfolded position, wherein in the idle position, the side accessory is inwardly slid with respective to the leg frame through the sliding frame to hide in the receiving cavity, wherein in the operation position, the side accessory is outwardly slid from the receiving cavity with respective to the leg frame through the sliding frame for allowing a user to put an object on the side accessory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Inventors: Shou Qiang Zhu, Edward Zheng
  • Patent number: 8002349
    Abstract: A chair provisioned with an apparatus for converting solar energy to power electrical devices which comprises the chair having a seat member and a backrest member to support a person thereon. A mechanism stored in the chair, is for converting the solar energy into electrical energy. At least one socket in the chair is electrically connected to the solar energy converting mechanism, wherein at least one of the electrical devices can plug into the at least one socket to receive the electrical energy therefrom.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2011
    Inventor: Paul M. Pizzuto
  • Patent number: 7914074
    Abstract: A rear seat assembly for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a support frame having a pair of spaced frame rails extending along the length of the vehicle and a body mounted on the support frame. The rear seat assembly comprises a rear seat including a rear seat cushion. The rear seat defines a left seat sections a center seat section and a right seat section. The rear seat has a first end section supported on one of the frame rails and a second end section supported on the other frame rail. A frame member is mounted to the body. The frame member is positioned generally beneath the center seat section of the rear seat. The frame member is configured to provide additional support to the center seat section. The frame member at least partially displaces the rear seat cushion to raise an occupant of the center seat section and balances a thickness of the rear seat cushion under an occupant of one of the left and right seat sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Derek Shane Lindsay
  • Patent number: 7845033
    Abstract: A medical examination table is provided. The medical examination table comprises a base providing a storage area, a patient support movable independent of the base between a lowered position and a raised position, and a lift mechanism coupled to the patient support for moving the patient support between the lowered position and the raised position. The patient support comprises a backrest and a seat. Movement of the patient support independent or separately from the base and without interfering with the storage areas within the base may allow for the efficient use of the examination table as a storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2010
    Assignee: The Brewer Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jack A. DeBraal, Michael J. Marchant, Mark E. Jensen, Michael Bargiel, Michael F. Hoft, Richard Walters
  • Publication number: 20100231011
    Abstract: A rear seat assembly for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a support frame having a pair of spaced frame rails extending along the length of the vehicle and a body mounted on the support frame. The rear seat assembly comprises a rear seat including a rear seat cushion. The rear seat defines a left seat sections a center seat section and a right seat section. The rear seat has a first end section supported on one of the frame rails and a second end section supported on the other frame rail. A frame member is mounted to the body. The frame member is positioned generally beneath the center seat section of the rear seat. The frame member is configured to provide additional support to the center seat section. The frame member at least partially displaces the rear seat cushion to raise an occupant of the center seat section and balances a thickness of the rear seat cushion under an occupant of one of the left and right seat sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2009
    Publication date: September 16, 2010
    Inventor: Derek Shane Lindsay
  • Patent number: 7753441
    Abstract: A multifunctional fisherman chair includes a chair with pivotally attached seat and back sections selectively articulated between folded and unfolded positions. Such a chair further has a support frame connected to the seat section and spaced from the back section respectively. Such a support frame is selectively adapted between collapsed and extended positions in such a manner that the support frame lays generally coplanar with the seat and back sections when adapted to the collapsed position. The present invention further includes a mechanism for holding the plurality of existing fishing rods adjacent to the seat section in such a manner that the existing fishing rods extend upwardly and forwardly therefrom. A mechanism is included for automatically notifying a user when a fish takes bait from at least one of the plurality of existing fishing rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Inventor: Oscar Gray, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7726738
    Abstract: A child car seat device for facilitating insertion of a child into the infant car seat in a vehicle includes a base being positioned on a seat of the vehicle. The base includes a top wall, a bottom wall and a perimeter wall that extends between the top wall and the bottom wall to define an interior space of the base. Each of a pair of side walls of the perimeter wall has a seat belt aperture that extends therethrough to permit a seat belt to be extended through the base to secure the base to the seat. A seat assembly is rotatably coupled to the base. The seat assembly receives and supports the child. The seat assembly is rotatable through approximately 180 degrees to facilitate the child being inserted into and removed from the seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2010
    Inventor: Ryon J. Rice
  • Patent number: 7712827
    Abstract: A cycle saddle structure comprising a base and a container is provided. The base has a front crotch portion and a rear supporting portion. The container is adapted to slide on the bottom portion of the rear supporting portion between an open position and a closed position with respect to the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: International Bicycle Products Corporation
    Inventor: Tsai-Yun Yu
  • Patent number: 7658442
    Abstract: A chair (10) includes a frame (11) which carries a seat (29). Opposed track assemblies (30) depend downwardly from branches (12, 13) of the frame (11) and slidably carry a drawer (40). The drawer (40) is thereby positioned below the branches (12, 13) and below the seat (29) by a substantial distance so that items in the drawer which extend above the upper surface of the drawer do not engage the seat (25). Branches (14, 15) of the frame (11) may carry a tray (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: Whiteside Mfg. Co.
    Inventors: Kirt E. Whiteside, Terry L. Whiteside, Kristin C. Mays, Don Brimhall, George Wolber, Shane Obitts
  • Publication number: 20100007163
    Abstract: A nested seating unit for use in a motor vehicle is provided. The nested seating unit comprises a first seat having a seating surface and a second seat having a seating surface. The nested seating unit is adjustable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first seat and the second seat have a first lateral distance between them, and in the second position, the first seat and the second seat have a second lateral distance between them. The first lateral distance is greater than the second lateral distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2009
    Publication date: January 14, 2010
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Almeida, Siddartha Butalia, Young Eun Choi, Kyle Holland, Ajmal Shamsudeen
  • Patent number: 7644988
    Abstract: A highchair assembly includes a seat supported by a plurality of legs with an upstanding back wall and opposite first and second side walls. An access device is mounted to one of the side walls. The access device has an upper end located generally at the one side wall and the lower end for placement on a support surface. A child can enter and exit the highchair through use of the access device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Inventor: Raphael John Kolenko
  • Publication number: 20090295201
    Abstract: A convertible seating unit for a motor vehicle is provided. The convertible seating unit comprises a seat having an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge. The convertible seating unit further includes a back support comprising a first back support panel and a second back support panel. Each of the first and second back support panels has a first edge and a second edge, and an upper surface and a lower surface. The second edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the first edge of the second back panel to define a first hinge axis. The first edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the seat proximate the rear edge of the seat to define a second hinge axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: International Truck Intellectual Property Company, LLC
    Inventors: Sarah Shivers, Rex Lin, Juan Carlos Intriago Velez, Adina Klein, Sujoy Chandra, Randal Hong
  • Publication number: 20090241263
    Abstract: A medical examination table is provided. The medical examination table comprises a base providing a storage area, a patient support movable independent of the base between a lowered position and a raised position, and a lift mechanism coupled to the patient support for moving the patient support between the lowered position and the raised position. The patient support comprises a backrest and a seat. Movement of the patient support independent or separately from the base and without interfering with the storage areas within the base may allow for the efficient use of the examination table as a storage area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Jack A. DeBraal, Michael J. Marchant, Mark E. Jensen, Michael Bargiel, Michael F. Hoft, Richard Walters
  • Patent number: 7581786
    Abstract: A combination chair includes a chair body, which has a front opening, a hard bottom board supported on the flexible bottom panel of the chair body, two reinforcing plates detachably connected between the front and back panels of the chair body by hook and loop materials, a hard top board supported on the reinforcing plates, a cover member covered on the chair body for a person to sit thereon, and a storage box inserted through the front opening into the inside of the chair body between the two reinforcing plates for keeping things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Inventor: Wen-Tsan Wang
  • Patent number: 7513000
    Abstract: A medical examination table is provided. The medical examination table comprises a base providing a storage area, a patient support movable independent of the base between a lowered position and a raised position, and a lift mechanism coupled to the patient support for moving the patient support between the lowered position and the raised position. The patient support comprises a backrest and a seat. Movement of the patient support independent or separately from the base and without interfering with the storage areas within the base may allow for the efficient use of the examination table as a storage area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2009
    Assignee: The Brewer Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jack A. DeBraal, Michael J. Marchant, Mark E. Jensen, Michael Bargiel, Michael F. Hoft, Richard Walters
  • Publication number: 20080265634
    Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a seat frame having a seat portion and a cover skirt covering the frame below the seat portion to form a footwell termination at a front region of the cover skirt. The front region of the cover skirt includes a pair of side walls, a front wall, and a back wall. The side and front walls are articulately connected and the side walls are foldable and coupled between the front and back walls. The front wall is displaceable away from the back wall to a pulled-out position in which the side walls are unfolded and the side walls, the front wall, and the back wall together form a storage compartment. The front wall is diplaceable toward the back wall to a pushed-in position in which the side walls are folded and lie between the front and back walls and the front and back walls meet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2008
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventor: Patrick Verhee
  • Patent number: 7309101
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a folding ottoman which is convertible to a chair having the usual seat and back rest. A seat frame extends between a pair of opposing arm panels. A storage compartment is slidably connected to the arm panels below the seat frame. The storage compartment is adapted to slide outwardly relative to the seat frame in response to a pulling force applied thereto so as to enable a user to gain access to a storage space at the interior of the storage compartment. A flip-up back rest is pivotally connected to the pair of arm panels by way of a pair of machine bolts extending therebetween. The back rest is rotatable relative to the seat frame from a horizontal, closed position lying atop the seat frame at which the ottoman is established to a vertical, open position standing upwardly from the seat frame at which the chair is established.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2007
    Assignee: True Seating Concepts, LLC
    Inventor: Alan L. True
  • Patent number: 7278683
    Abstract: An adjustable child seat includes a backrest and a seat base and may be used with or without the backrest. The child seat includes adjustable arm rests. The height of the backrest and the depth of the seat base are also adjustable. The connection between the backrest and the seat base is configured to prevent unintentional separation but allows simple and intuitive separation when desired. A belt guide operating in either a seat belt locking mode or a seat belt free mode is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2007
    Assignee: Graco Children's Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Daniel J. Brunick, Charles E. Crane
  • Patent number: 7240943
    Abstract: An improved door and drawer assembly for use with a seat on a passenger vehicle. The door and drawer assembly are installed in the passenger vehicle independent of the seat and thus not physically connected to the seat frame. Any load that is applied to the seat frame during movement of the vehicle or caused by passenger movement or support is not imposed on the door and drawer assembly. Accordingly, the operation of the door and drawer assembly is not adversely affected by the loads imposed on the seat frame. Alternatively, the drawer assembly can be excluded so that the door assembly can provide access to an area under the seat in which emergency equipment, such as a life raft bag assembly and life vests, can be stored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2007
    Assignee: B/E Aerospace, Inc.
    Inventors: John Williamson, Sreekanth Chintapudi
  • Patent number: 7207625
    Abstract: Disclosed is a chair that includes a support assembly. The support assembly should have a seat that is positioned on its top and should also have a back rest extending upward from the support assembly adjacent a side of the seat. Also, at least one storage compartment can be in sliding communication with the support assembly. And the disclosed chair can also include a clothes-hanger positioned on a top portion of a back surface of the back rest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Mooreco, L.P.
    Inventors: John C. Hardt, II, Rolland M. Low
  • Patent number: 7128369
    Abstract: The portable combination cooler and cushioned seat is a cooler and seat combination configured for easy and quick attachment to a standard stadium bench. The cooler has an insulated six-sided housing with a drawer for storing food and beverages. Attached to the top of the housing is a set of seat mounting brackets, each with a collapsible back support, which facilitates mounting onto a standard stadium bench seat. A folding cushioned seat is attached to the top of the seat mounting brackets. The housing also includes a retractable table, an elastic side pouch and a detachable carrying strap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2006
    Inventors: Karen L. Boggs, John R. Weeks, III
  • Patent number: 7014242
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the car mattress. The car mattress in the present invention has the effects to move and fix freely the drawer unit and footing devised on the upper side of the body and to remove the bad smells in the drawer unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventor: Hyuk Jong Kim
  • Patent number: 7008013
    Abstract: A structure for securing a cup support element in a seat cushion of automotive seat, the cup support element being of the type comprising a body portion and a slide support member slidably inserted in the body portion for supportively receiving drinking cups or the like. A protection plate having securing pieces of a rigid yet elastic property is provided in such structure, and the cup support element is connected via the protection plate with a known wire frame assembly provided in the seat cushion, such that the securing pieces of the protection plate are connected with the known wire frame assembly, thereby allowing those particular securing pieces to be bendable by a downward load applied to the seat cushion and thus protecting the cup support element as well as the protection plate itself against deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hikonori Okamoto
  • Patent number: 6793232
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wheelchair for a patient comprising a support frame, at least two main wheels mounted on sides of the support frame and a seat base disposed upon the support frame. Alternatively, a stretcher topping may be mounted upon a laterally slidable storage compartment that may be affixed to the support frame. The stretcher topping includes a seat base assembly having a removable seat panel stacked upon a potty panel with an aperture formed therethrough and opening into the storage compartment. The potty panel allows for evacuation of the patient while resting in the wheelchair. The seat base and the stretcher topping are configured for selectively raising and lowering the patient between first and second levels. At least one security beam is disposed on the wheelchair and may be configured as a hand hold for steadying the patient when transferring onto and off of the seat base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: O-Matic Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas W. Wing
  • Patent number: 6758519
    Abstract: A seat for use by a person bathing includes a horizontal surface supported by four legs. Each leg is connected to another leg to form a support assembly. Each support assembly is affixed to the underside of the horizontal surface. The seat also includes two guide rails which support a basket mounted on the underside of the horizontal surface. The basket may be slid out from either the front or rear of the horizontal surface. The guide rails are also used to reinforce the seat. In addition, the basket may be affixed to an edge of the horizontal surface to allow access by the user of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2004
    Inventor: Brian Harvey
  • Publication number: 20040090094
    Abstract: An adjustable child seat includes a backrest and a seat base and may be used with or without the backrest. The child seat includes adjustable arm rests. The height of the backrest and the depth of the seat base are also adjustable. The connection between the backrest and the seat base is configured to prevent unintentional separation but allows simple and intuitive separation when desired. A belt guide operating in either a seat belt locking mode or a seat belt free mode is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2003
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Applicant: Graco Children's Products Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce Williams, Daniel J. Brunick, Charles E. Crane
  • Patent number: 6698830
    Abstract: A portable seat and storage apparatus combining the multifunctional capacities of a chair, backpack, and storage device. The device incorporates a frame assembly and back support frame assembly, which cooperate to form an adjustable seating capacity. The apparatus may be a substantially open frame or configured with at least one panel. The seat frame assembly is further configured to define a volume enclosing a storage assembly. The storage assembly may be configured as a single or multicompartmented assembly, and may include a plurality of handles, lids, and drawers. The apparatus may be configured with at least one cooperating storage assembly guide recess and storage guide to guide the storage assembly into proper storage position, as well as a plurality of storage retainers and storage stops to limit the travel of the storage assembly. A plurality of accessory devices may be attached with a plurality of clamp-type accessory holders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Inventor: Ronald K. Gaines
  • Patent number: 6698829
    Abstract: A seat assembly for mounting on a vehicle floor includes a seat bottom and at least one panel movably attached to the seat bottom. The panel is movable between a storage position adjacent the seat bottom, and a deployed position extending outwardly from the seat bottom such that the panel is in a generally horizontal position to form a flat load floor above the vehicle floor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2004
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Nizar Freijy, Robert John Dowell, Paul Cameron Babcock, Dennis John Varga
  • Patent number: 6644523
    Abstract: A storage device for positioning below a rear seat in a pick-up truck. The storage device includes a housing having a bottom wall and a peripheral wall attached to and extending upwardly from the bottom wall. The peripheral wall includes a front wall, a back wall, a first side wall and a second side wall. A pair of intermediate walls extend from the back wall to the front wall and are spaced from each other such that the housing is divided into a first compartment, a second compartment and a third compartment wherein the second compartment is positioned between the first and third compartments. A cover is pivotally coupled to an upper edge of the back wall. The cover is positionable over the housing. The housing may be positioned below a rear seat in a pick-up truck.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: James R. Salas
  • Patent number: 6612649
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat is provided including a cup holder. The cup holder is movable between a retracted position adjacent the seat and an extended position spaced from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Kain
  • Patent number: 6550862
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat is provided including a cup holder. The cup holder is movable between a retracted position adjacent the seat and an extended position spaced from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Kain
  • Patent number: RE40010
    Abstract: A juvenile vehicle seat is provided including a cup holder. The cup holder is movable between a retracted position adjacent the seat and an extended position spaced from the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Cosco Management, Inc.
    Inventor: James M. Kain