Detachable From Chair Structure Patents (Class 297/188.2)
  • Patent number: 6283042
    Abstract: An attachment for a highchair tray provides a clamping bracket adapted to be fixed to a depending front flange of the tray or other desired loacation, characterized by an extended arm with a declined mounting plate remotely positioning a food server so as to not permit access to the server by the child, the clamping bracket removably receiving the arm. The server is integral with the arm and/or mounting plate or can be mounted onto the arm or mounting plate or as a receiving chamber to support a food container remote from the child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2001
    Inventors: Kathie D. Wargo, Walter E. Poe
  • Patent number: 6279798
    Abstract: A storage assembly 10 which is adapted for use within a vehicle of the type having conventional child safety seat anchors or brackets 12, 14, and a conventional vehicle seat 16 including a seat bottom or cushion portion 18 and a backrest portion 20. Assembly 10 includes a storage module 22, and two fastening members 24, 26 which are adapted to be respectively and removably coupled to brackets 12, 14.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Ford Global Tech., Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas William Partch, Wayne Edward Bahr
  • Patent number: 6276752
    Abstract: A protective container for motor vehicle seating which is adapted to hold a child safety seat is provided. The protective container includes a bottom panel having upper and lower faces and peripheral edges, as well as front, back and lateral sidewalls extending upwardly from each of the peripheral edges to define an enclosed, liquid-proof space surrounding a child safety seat receiving location on the upper face. The enclosed, liquid-proof space is adapted to contain liquids and other debris to protect at least a horizontal surface of the motor vehicle seating. Padding is located on the lower face of the bottom panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2001
    Inventor: John C. Conte
  • Patent number: 6257661
    Abstract: A work chair has columnar armrest carriers, which normally serve for the uptake of an armrest. On at least one side of the work chair, however, armrest carrier bears a handbag instead of an armrest. This handbag has a pocket, for example, in which the armrest carrier can be engaged. Alternatively, an armrest or an armrest carrier may be provided with features for carrying a handbag, portable telephone or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: Provenda Marketing AG
    Inventor: Emil Eberle
  • Publication number: 20010003961
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a device for holding a laptop computer further having means for attaching the device to a tray table such as would be found on an airplane train or the like. The present invention discloses a platform for placement thereon of the laptop computer having a foam pad on its lower edge to prevent the computer from falling off the platform and for ergonomic reasons. An elevational member is provided comprising a pivot head which causes the platform to be inclined at an ergonomically acceptable angle. The elevational member attaches to the tray table by means of a mounting member having a recess therein for receiving the pivot head. The mounting member has a wire frame attached thereto which frame attaches to opposite edges of the platform. The lower end of the elevational member is attached to a stand member, or, in an alternative embodiment, a stand member to be placed under the legs of a seated user for securely holding the present invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: June 21, 2001
    Inventors: Ronald Hodge, Teresa M. Hodge, Charles Lewis Letherwood
  • Patent number: 6244481
    Abstract: A seat cushion comprising a large pad with a plurality of pocketed flaps attached thereto and foldable on the pad perimeter over the pad for carrying or away from the pad availing the pad as an unobstructed seat cushion. The flap pockets are directed inward toward the pad such that when the pad is in use as a cushion on a hard chair, such as a student's desk, the pockets are directed upward toward the user for convenient access. The most outside flap shares a zipper with the pad and when closed defines a cavity within in which the other flaps are secured, folded alternately over the pad. The cushion is transported on the user's back in the normal manner of a backpack by two arm loops through which the user may place his arm and shoulders, respectively, thus bringing the pad against the user's back as a cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2001
    Inventor: Kevin Brougher
  • Patent number: 6241313
    Abstract: A child seat for removable attachment to a suitcase includes a collapsible frame structure formed and configured to support a seat base, a back rest, opposite arm rests, and a front leg support extending downwardly from the seat base. A size adjustable harness for securing a child in the seat is fitted to the frame structure on the seat base. Elongate strap members extend from the frame structure and include an upper pair of strap members and a lower pair of strap members, wherein strap segments of each pair of strap members are attachable by clips to form a closed loop about the suitcase. An adjustment fitting enables the strap members to be tightened in order to secure the child seat to the suitcase, thereby permitting the user to conveniently transport the suitcase and seated child, as a unit, through an airport, hotel, along a sidewalk or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Inventors: Randall G. Lenz, Darryl H. Lenz
  • Patent number: 6216927
    Abstract: A mounting device for releasably and securely mounting an entertainment accessory within an automobile having a headrest extending from a seat. The mounting device includes an entertainment accessory and a case that can be releasably attached to the headrest. The entertainment accessory is positioned within the case and the case has a front side, a rear side, and a bottom side. A quick connect device is attached to the case for releasably engaging the headrest. A cover has one edge attached to the case. The cover is movable between a first position and second position. The cover overlaps the bottom side and the front side of the case while in the first position, and the cover serves as a spacer between the seat and the rear side of the case, while in the second position, to orient the case in a generally vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2001
    Inventor: Ronald Meritt
  • Patent number: 6189968
    Abstract: A device for use on a back or seat of a chair to provide an indicia that such chair is in use when a person is not seated in the chair. The device includes an elongated foldable web having a first and second end, the length of such foldable web being sufficient to wrap around the width of the seat or back of the chair. Preferably, an adjustable attachment is provided on at least one end of the foldable web for adjustably attaching such one end to the other end of the foldable web. The attachment is a VELCRO type hook and pile attachment. The foldable web may also include indicia removably attached to the foldable web, e.g., a business card, such indicia indicating that the seat is reserved. The foldable web may be securely wrapped around the back or seat of a chair to reserve the chair when it is not in use. In another embodiment, the device is a continuous elastic elongated foldable web, the length of such foldable web being sufficient to tightly wrap around the width of the seat or back of the chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Inventors: Richard A. Emanuel, John J. Torre