Headrest Patents (Class 297/220)
  • Patent number: 5816657
    Abstract: A vehicle seat headrest assembly includes a substantially U-shaped support member having first and second ends and a middle portion between the first and second ends. A headrest pouch is attached to the middle portion and pivotable about the middle portion for selective attachment to one of the first and second ends for head support adjustment. The headrest pouch includes a pocket formed therein for receiving a pillow. Preferably, a reversible attachment member is secured to a distal end of the headrest pouch for attaching the headrest pouch to the selected end of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 6, 1998
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Robert L. Hecht, Donald A. Lux
  • Patent number: 5802643
    Abstract: A slipcover with inflatable pillow is provided for furniture comprising a first sheet having an outer layer of fabric attached to an inner layer of thermoplastic, a second, smaller sheet attached to the inner layer of the first sheet so as to form an inflatable pillow, a valve located in at least one of the sheets so as to enable the pillow to be inflated, and a backing layer attached to the first sheet along an edge so as to create a pocket-shaped slipcover with the inflatable pillow in the interior of the slipcover whereby the slipcover can receive a portion of the furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1998
    Assignee: Printmark Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Alexander Sloot
  • Patent number: 5798163
    Abstract: A temporary tarp-like barrier assembly which includes a plastic sheet thermally and mechanically fastened to loop-like hangers made from reclosable fasteners. The plastic sheet is sandwiched between engaging portions of the interlocking members of the hanger so that the plastic sheet is supportable from a pole or rod from the loop-like hanger. In addition, disclosed is a kit for providing a temporary tarp-like barrier which includes a plastic sheet and at least one loop-like hanger. The hanger is made from a reclosable fastener having a first portion and a second portion with each respectively having a plurality of interlocking members. The plastic sheet is sandwichable between engaging portions of the interlocking members of the hanger so that the plastic sheet is supportable from the loop-like hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 25, 1998
    Inventor: Peter N. Gold
  • Patent number: 5746472
    Abstract: A wind deflecting cover for use with a convertible vehicle with a front seat area and a rear seat area. Further provided is a vinyl canvas situated about the rear seat area and depending therein for directing in an upward direction a draft normally directed to the front seat area. As such, a standard oncoming head wind may direct it rearward away from the front seat area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1996
    Date of Patent: May 5, 1998
    Inventor: Arthur A. Rogers
  • Patent number: 5664840
    Abstract: A motor-vehicle headrest has a hollow housing having a front face and a back face, at least one mounting rod seated in the housing and adapted to be secured to a motor-vehicle seat back, and a body of soft cushion material on the front housing face. The back face is formed with a peripheral backwardly open groove and is substantially free of cushioning. A flexible cover sheet overlies the cushion body and has an outer edge engaged in the groove. A stiff rear cover has a forwardly directed rim tightly fitted in the groove and retains the cover edge therein. The housing is formed of a pair of joined-together cup-shaped parts. The groove is formed with teeth engaging and holding the cover-sheet edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 9, 1997
    Assignee: R. Schmidt GmbH
    Inventor: Wolfgang Stenzel
  • Patent number: 5655813
    Abstract: A seat cover which fits the contour of a seat having a headrest. The cover includes a flexible headrest pocket which can be folded inwardly into the rest of the cover in order to fit the contour of a seat not having a headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 12, 1997
    Assignee: Saddleman, Inc.
    Inventor: Colleen Kirkpatrick
  • Patent number: 5611123
    Abstract: The holder is a plastic tube split lengthwise into substantially mirror image halves forming two opposed clamping members hingedly connected by spring operated handles which activate opening and closing of the clamping members to engage a towel or other items hanging on a support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 18, 1997
    Inventor: Darin Prizzi
  • Patent number: 5538323
    Abstract: A neck rest for an automobile seat comprised of an attachment portion having an open first end and an open second end. The open first end has an elastic band secured therein surrounding a periphery thereof. The open first end is dimensioned to be positioned over a headrest portion of a car seat. The device contains a flexible extension portion having an open first end and an open second end. The open first end is integral with the open second end of the attachment portion. The device contains a cushion portion having an open first end, a closed second end, and an intermediate extent therebetween. The open first end is integral with the open second end of the flexible extension portion. The intermediate extent has a moldable pillow secured therein. The cushion portion is positionable against the headrest of the car seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 1995
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1996
    Inventor: James O. Henkel
  • Patent number: 5478136
    Abstract: A doughnut plate type stop member is fixed to an opening edge of a stay hole formed on a skin. A concave groove is provided at a predetermined position of a stay of an insert. The stay extending from a base portion is disposed to protrude outward by inserting through the stay hole upon disposing the base portion of the insert in the skin. The stop member is engaged with the concave groove. Upon securing the foregoing condition, a foamed plastics material is poured into the skin, and a headrest is produced by providing a foamed plastic unit integrating the skin and the insert by means of a foam molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 26, 1995
    Assignee: Inoac Corporation
    Inventors: Nobuo Takeuchi, Hiyoshi Ishikawa
  • Patent number: 5452939
    Abstract: A method and an upholstery cover for fabricating an upholstered product which includes the steps of providing an upholstery cover having a hollow interior space and at least one positioning member having a portion thereof extending from the cover; positioning the cover adjacent to or against a foam molding fixture; securing the positioning member to the foam molding fixture to retain a portion of the cover in a predetermined location relative to the fixture; filling the hollow interior space of the cover with a liquid foaming agent; subsequently releasing the positioning member from the fixture; removing the filled cover from the fixture and finally, removing the extending portion of the positioning member from the cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 26, 1995
    Assignee: Hoover Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Neal J. Kupisz, Sandra L. Smith
  • Patent number: 5443303
    Abstract: This device relates to a headrest for a motor vehicle seat, which consists of a head-piece and a holder. The headpiece comprises the supporting frame assuming a stress-bearing function and an upholstery body providing a padding effect. The holder is single-strutted, can be inserted into the back-rest of a motor vehicle seat, and is preferably height-adjustable. With respect to the latter, it is hinged to the head-piece, so that this can be adjusted in frictional engagement to different angular positions with respect to the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1995
    Assignee: C Rob. Hammerstein GmbH
    Inventors: Heinz Bauer, Burckhard Becker, Ernst-Reiner Frohnhaus
  • Patent number: 5401075
    Abstract: A closure for an opening in a trim cover of an upholstered article. The closure includes a pair of elongated clips with one clip attached to one edge of the trim cover opening and forming a receiving pocket with an open end and the other attaching clip joined to an opposite edge of the trim cover opening and has a barb shape projection for insertion into the receiving pocket of the first clip. The barb shaped projection and the receiving pocket have mating shoulders that engage one another once the barb shaped projection is inserted into the receiving pocket to prevent release of the barb shaped projection and to hold the edges of the trim cover together whereby the opening in the trim cover is closed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Hoover Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis R. Venuto, Amy R. Sutton
  • Patent number: 5370446
    Abstract: A side headrest for the upper sides of seats to constrain the head of a user comprising a chair having a generally horizontally oriented seat portion with a rear edge and having a generally vertically oriented back portion with a lower edge adjacent to the rear edge of the seat portion and an upper edge adapted to support the head of a user, the back portion having side edges extending from the lower edge to the upper edge; a short pivot shaft rotatably coupled with respect to each side edge adjacent to its upper edge; a long support shaft coupled to each pivot shaft, the pivot shaft adapted to rotate the support shaft between a lower generally horizontal orientation and a raised generally vertical orientation; limit means for limiting the rotation of each pivot shaft and support shaft; and elastomeric over the pivot shaft and support shaft for providing softness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Inventor: Ludovico E. Bancod
  • Patent number: 5326151
    Abstract: A cover member for a vehicle seat component in which the opening the cover member is closed by the use of a cable tie having integral fastening features. The cable tie and a portion of the cover member material is gathered around a protruding frame member of the seat component, providing a secure, yet neat appearing closure for the cover member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1994
    Assignee: Hoover Universal, Inc.
    Inventors: William M. Smith, Marie T. Brooks
  • Patent number: 5294171
    Abstract: A safe multi-functional foldable leisure chair composed of a chair frame body, a chair pad disposed thereon, and a waters guiding pad, wherein the water-guiding pad is optionally detachably disposed on the chair frame body, permitting the leisure chair to alternatively serve as a shampooing chair; the chair frame body being composed of a plurality of frame members which are connected by pivot means and formed with stopper blocks, whereby when not used, the chair frame body can be folded into a flat and small body for easy storage, and when folding the chair frame body, the stopper blocks form an obstacle at a bending corner to keep a space between the frame members for protecting the hands of the user from being clamped and injured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1994
    Inventor: Min-Liang Horng
  • Patent number: 5281000
    Abstract: An adjustable chair support supplement has a foam material main body which is surrounded with a fabric covering and provided with straps for selected securement to the back of a chaise lounge or similar support. A fabric support pocket may be added for supporting the covered foam body to the top of a chaise lounge. The covered foam member forms a padded layer which may be selectively secured with the strap to different parts of the chaise lounge back so as to adjust supplemental user support as desired.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: Span-America Medical Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Robert E. Ackley
  • Patent number: 5277475
    Abstract: A one-piece back support for a chair. The support includes a substantially integral backing member having a front side, a back side, and top and bottom edges. The backing member defines, on its front side, a substantially vertical, concave channel. The channel communicates with the bottom edge of the backing member and terminates proximate the center of the backing member. The channel is sized and shaped to receive a "T"-shaped support member so that the backing member is supported by the support member. The backing member, in view of the manner of mounting, can be pivoted about the support member, the channel including laterally extending notches. Such notches project from the main channel portion at its end generally centrally located within the backing member. The "T" portion of the support member is, thereby, received within the channel and notches. The support also includes means to limit the extent to which the backing member can be pivoted with respect to the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1994
    Assignee: Engineered Components, Inc.
    Inventor: Timothy R. Brandes
  • Patent number: 5244249
    Abstract: A lawn chair includes a main frame assembly, a pillow frame, a pillowcase, a rear leg frame, a seat frame assembly, two elongated adjustment members and two positioning rods. The main frame assembly includes a backrest frame, a front leg frame and a curved first supporting rod mounted pivotally on the backrest frame at two ends thereof. The pillow frame is attached to an upper end portion of the backrest frame and is covered by the pillowcase. The rear leg frame is connected pivotally to an upper end portion of the front leg frame. The seat frame assembly includes two parallel straight rods connected pivotally to an intermediate portion of the rear leg frame at rear end portions thereof, and a curved second supporting rod mounted pivotally on front end portions of the straight rods at two ends thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 1992
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1993
    Inventor: Chun-Chu Tseng
  • Patent number: 5234252
    Abstract: An adjustable seat cover (10) for a vehicular bucket seat. The seat cover (10) comprises a backrest envelope (12) for covering a seat backrest (18) including an elastic section (42) for allowing the backrest envelope (12) to conform to seats of varying size. A seat bottom envelope (64) for covering a seat bottom (56) is attached to the backrest envelope (12) and includes elastic retaining bands (82) to create a snug fit across the seat bottom (56). Adjustment straps (46) are attached to the backrest envelope (12) and securely tighten the backrest envelope (12) around the headrest (28) and other areas of sharply varying width contour in the backrest (18). The adjustment straps (46) are adjustably connected together with hook and loop retainers (52) attached to the adjustment straps (46).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Assignee: Sagaz Industries, Inc.
    Inventor: Stewart Wallach
  • Patent number: 5150945
    Abstract: A vehicular safety seat for a child may be exposed to the sun to such an extent that certain portions will be hot enough to burn a child. A removeable cover is provided that covers all areas of the seat when unoccupied. Because the cover must be applied and removed while holding the child, special structure is provided so that these tasks may be performed with one hand. A combined storage pouch/pillow is attached to the upper or backrest portion of the cover. While the upper portion of the cover remains attached to the safety seat, the balance of the cover may be removed from the seat and stuffed into the pouch with one hand to form a soft pillow for the child's head. The position of the pouch may be adjusted on the cover to accomodate the child's growth. The balance of the cover may be removed from the pouch and applied to completely cover the child seat with one hand.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1992
    Inventors: Patricia C. Aupperlee, Beth R. Wiswell
  • Patent number: 5147110
    Abstract: The invention is a removable, lightweight and durable headrest assembly which can be affixed to a wide range of vehicle seats. The removable headrest assembly includes a sheet of fabric material connected at its upper end to a flexible housing for receiving a cushion and forming a headrest. When the headrest assembly is installed, the flexible tail of the sheet extends along the surface of a seatback and is inserted through the gap formed between a seatback and seat bottom portion and has means to secure it around a blocking roll which is used to anchor the headrest into position. Different sized blocking rolls can be used for front seats and back seats in vehicles as necessary. Alternative embodiments of the invention include lumbar pads and/or cushioned seatback capes to enhance comfort and safety.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 1990
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Inventor: Charles S. Syers
  • Patent number: 5139310
    Abstract: A headrest with a decorative board attached to its rear side. The decorative board is formed with a gripping hook member in its inner wall, and on the other hand, the body of headrest is at its rear surface formed with a cut-away area through which is exposed a part of securing rod embedded in the headrest body. The gripping hook member is snap fitted over such exposed part of securing rod in the headrest body, whereby the decorative board is firmly attached to the rear side of the headrest at a given position precisely.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Tachi-S Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yoshikazu Itoh
  • Patent number: 5114204
    Abstract: A sunshade is deployed horizontally across the vehicle's interior and covers the top of the dashboard, front and rear seats, and the space, or a portion thereof, between the upper edge of the back of the rear seat and the rear window of the vehicle. In the preferred embodiment, the sunshade comprises a flexible cover supported in place by one elongated arm in the front portion and two foldable elongated arms in the rear portion. The flexible material includes an adjustable envelope-style cover for the car seat headrests and an appropriately elevated portion which accommodates the steering wheel. The remaining portion of the flexible material is generally flat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Inventor: Alfredo P. Bernardo
  • Patent number: 5005901
    Abstract: A removable cover for a seat, particularly an automobile or other vehicle seat, the seat having a seat portion and a back portion, is made of a pliable material and has a back covering portion, a seat covering portion and, formed on an exterior surface of the cover, a pocket. The back covering portion, seat covering portion and pocket are integral, and the back covering portion and the seat covering portion are receivable in the pocket when the cover is not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 9, 1991
    Assignee: Seatector Hawaii, Inc.
    Inventor: Brian Hinde
  • Patent number: 4877288
    Abstract: A lounge chair cover includes an elongated panel of fabric having lateral edges and end borders. Back or end flaps are secured to the panel at the end borders and partially along the lateral edges to define inwardly directed pockets at the ends of the panel. The pockets are dimensioned to be inserted over the ends of a standard multiposition lounge chair so that the panel covers the entire top surface area of the chair while the back or end flaps cover only the outermost portions of the underside of the chair, elastic bands being used to snug the flaps against the chair. Additional pockets are formed in the back flap for convenient storage of miscellaneous articles. A cover flap depends from the back flap border and contains a hidden pocket for the storage of valuables out of sight. A pillow pocket is formed in the panel near one end for the slidable insertion of an inflatable pillow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: October 31, 1989
    Inventor: Susan Lee
  • Patent number: 4848836
    Abstract: A headrest for use in vehicles comprising a headrest frame, a pair of headrest stays fixed to the headrest frame, a pad material for enclosing the headrest frame, and a surface skin material provided with an opening at the underside thereof and serving to cover a headrest pad assembly formed by enclosing the headrest frame with the pad material, wherein cut-away holes for allowing the headrest stays to pass there-through are formed at one of both opposed rims of the opening and one of strip-like male and female fasteners which is divided into three parts is attached to the one rim which is divided into three parts because of the cut-away holes, while the other of the male and female fasteners which is divided into two parts at the center thereof is attached to the other rim of the opening of the surface skin material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1989
    Assignee: Ikeda Bussan Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toshio Masui
  • Patent number: 4797934
    Abstract: A speaker headrest is composed of a frame and a concave front surface to support the user's head through a cushion and members flanking the frame and rotatably attached thereto. Speakers contained in these flanking members are pressed against the user's ears when the user's head is moved backward to rest against the frame, thereby pushing lever plates attached to the flanking members backwards and causing the flanking members to rotate around their supporting axes of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1989
    Inventor: Fred M. Hufnagel
  • Patent number: 4773707
    Abstract: A headrest attachment of a plurality of interconnected cushion members adapted to be wrapped around a seat headrest to provide a larger and closer surface area behind the user's head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1988
    Inventor: Peter S. Vadala
  • Patent number: 4725094
    Abstract: A towel or cover for covering a lawn chair or sand chair, which cover has a kangaroo-type pocket provided in the head or upper portion of the cover. The kangaroo-type pocket is positionable in one of two positions, one being in front of the chair for forming therein a pillow by providing clothing or other soft material in the pocket, and the other being positionable in the rear of the chair for storing other articles and the like therein. The head portion of the towel includes a hood-type member for telescopingly receiving therein the top portion of the chair which it covers. The hood portion is also defined by a pair of stretchable rectangular-shaped gussets to allow the hood portion to stretchably fit over any type and size of chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Inventor: Stephen I. Greer
  • Patent number: 4320922
    Abstract: The invention is a seat cover that can be stored when not in use or when not needed without the complicated process of totally removing it from the seat. The invention consists of a rollable seat cover that will self-wind when activated. The seat cover is fitted into and stores within the head rest on the seat. The seat cover also crosses over and covers the head rest as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 1980
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Inventor: Alexanderos Meritis
  • Patent number: 4274673
    Abstract: A disposable adjustable headrest which can be used either as a headrest, a pillow or a cushion. According to one aspect of the invention, at least a pair of pillow units are placed in a common pillowcase. The pillow units are preferably elongated, made of resilient material and disposed in the common pillowcase at a manually adjustable distance from each other. When disposed an appropriate distance away from each other in the common pillowcase there is formed a convenient headrest supporting both sides of the back of the head of a person sitting in a chair and having placed the pillowcase against the front of the seat back or, when the pillow units are disposed close to each other in the pillowcase they form a voluminous headrest pillow arrangement for supporting one side of a head or, alternatively, for forming a convenient cushion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 23, 1981
    Inventor: Harry P. Kifferstein
  • Patent number: 4253701
    Abstract: A removable and disposable back and head sheet attachable by an edge to the top of a chair or seat back and draping over the front of the seat back for engagement with the back of the head of a person sitting in the chair or seat of a mass transportation vehicle. The head and back sheet of the invention is provided with an arrangement indicating clearly whether the sheet has been placed in use by or for a person having sat in the chair or seat such that another person intending to sit in the chair or seat is informed whether the back and head sheet is fresh or used, and the personnel in charge of cleaning the vehicle is enabled to change and replace only the sheets which have been used. The use or non-use of the back and head sheet is indicated by unfolding a fold, breaking a seal and unfolding a fold, or by any other indicator such as a detector of body heat, perspiration or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 3, 1981
    Inventor: Harry P. Kifferstein
  • Patent number: 4206945
    Abstract: A removable and disposable back and head cloth or sheet attachable by an edge to the top of a chair or seat back and draping over the front of the seat back for engagement with the back of the head of a person sitting in the chair or seat. The head and back sheet of the invention may be used singly or in combination with an additional back and head sheet of a conventional design, and is arranged for use in combination with removable disposable headrests which are attached to the head and back sheet by means of adhesive or by being placed in a pocket provided in or formed by the head and back sheet of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 10, 1980
    Inventor: Harry P. Kifferstein
  • Patent number: 4178038
    Abstract: This invention relates to a headrest for a medical treatment table wherein the headrest comprises a rigid headrest base and a main headrest body of a cushionlike mass of soft material and replacement or washing of the headrest when stained or damaged is facilitated by at least an exterior portion of the main headrest body of a cushionlike mass of soft material being made detachable with respect to the headrest base and wherein the head of a patient is more comfortably rested on the headrest by the center recess being formed in the main headrest body and gently raised portions being formed on the left and right of the recess and the circumferential edge of the headrest is made thin and flat to increase a range of operation within which an operator handles materials such as instruments, drugs, etc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 11, 1979
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Morita Seisakusho
    Inventors: Akio Yada, Naonobu Tsukada
  • Patent number: 4165125
    Abstract: A slipover headrest pillow assembly includes an invaginable open bottom cover having a pocket along the front side thereof, with such pocket initially being exposed for insertion of a foam pillow. The cover is then invaginated to enclose the pillow and to form a support compartment between such pillow pocket and the top and back walls of the cover, such support compartment receiving the top of the seat back when the cover has been slipped over the same to support such pillow assembly in a headrest position. The pocket may include a flap initially hanging freely downwardly to permit the pillow to be inserted in the pocket during assembly and then extending up and over the seat back within the support compartment after installation to enclose the pillow within the pocket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 1978
    Date of Patent: August 21, 1979
    Assignee: National Seating Company
    Inventor: Hugh J. Owen
  • Patent number: 4099772
    Abstract: A seat back is provided with a replaceable headrest cover including an elongated retainer securable to the seat back adjacent the top transverse edge of the headrest portion, a sheet material cover, and a clasp insertable through the retainer and through the cover for positively yet removably securing the sheet material cover to the headrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1976
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1978
    Assignee: American Seating Company
    Inventor: Chester J. Barecki
  • Patent number: 4069781
    Abstract: The invention relates to a protective cover of fibre material such as non-woven material, intended to be applied as a cover on a substructure such as those intended for sitting or lying, for example as an antimacassar for seats, there being at least one row of stitching running across the cover and made as double chain stitching with such thread structures that it forms an attachment for the hooks of a burr strip attached to the substructure. The upper thread of the double chain stitching consists of a relatively highly elastic thread of multifilament type having crimped filaments, the upper thread forming consecutive loops on the lower side of the cover in a known way, while the lower thread of the double chain stitching consists of a cotton or cotton-synthetic thread which is relatively unelastic in relation to the upper thread.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1978
    Assignee: Duni Bila AB
    Inventor: Karl Gosta Bertil Andersson
  • Patent number: 4067609
    Abstract: An improved attaching means for affixing a headrest cover to a mounted fastener on seat backs. The improvement comprises an attachment strip having two portions: a first portion which is secured to the headrest cover, and a second portion which extends from the attachment made by the first portion. The second portion of the attachment strip is flexible and has a plurality of openings sufficient to engage the upstanding hook-like elements of the mounted fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1978
    Assignee: Johnson & Johnson
    Inventor: Irving Stanley Ness
  • Patent number: 4056281
    Abstract: A disposable back seat headrest cover made substantially of relatively inexpensive non-woven materials suitable for a one-time use and adapted to be removably secured to an attachment strip mounted upon and affixed to the back seat fabric in the area where normally a person sitting in the seat would place his head at rest. Both the cover and means affixed to the cover for removable engagement with the attachment strip are preferably made of non-woven fabric materials, the engagement means being in the form of a narrow strip of fibrous material and having a substantially firm yet flexible texture, substantially impregnable and impervious yet capable of engaging the attachment strip fixedly mounted upon the headrest of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 1976
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1977
    Assignee: Acme Mills Company
    Inventor: Leo A. Byrnes
  • Patent number: 4015542
    Abstract: A sleeping car compartment which includes a convertible seat arrangement also usable as a bed includes a headrest positioned on a wall of the sleeping compartment above the back of the seat. The headrest includes a shaped pillow which is releasably held in the headrest position and may be removed therefrom for use on the bed when the seat arrangement is converted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1976
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1977
    Assignee: Pullman Incorporated
    Inventors: Jack E. Gutridge, Patricia A. Raidt
  • Patent number: 4003599
    Abstract: A safety head-rest for an automobile seat or the like is provided with a sliding clasp fastener secured to marginal edges of an opening defined by two substantially identical halves constituting a head-rest body, one of said halves having an aperture for receiving a support post adapted to connect the head-rest to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 1976
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1977
    Assignee: Yoshida Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Ikuo Takamatsu
  • Patent number: D312019
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Inventors: Danny L. Woods, Leah L. Woods