Tandem Patents (Class 297/243)
  • Patent number: 6574923
    Abstract: An arrangement for a grandstand having a series of sections, each section having a pair of sloping joists each provided with a number of vertical seating beam pillars and a number of walkways between the joists. Fastening and securing devices are provided at an upper part of each seating beam pillar. The fastening devices are provided with first locking devices capable of receiving second locking devices provided at the ends of seating beams intended to be mounted between two opposite seating beam pillars on the joists. One of the locking means has a resilient element. The first locking device is provided with a female member and the second locking device is provided with a male member. The resilient element allows connection of the male and female members with one another to lock the members in their connected positions. The resilient element has at least one tongue provided in connection with one of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Sit Down Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Pär J Johnsson, Lars I Johnsson, Bo Johnsson
  • Publication number: 20030094839
    Abstract: A chair has upper and a lower seating positions in tandem, such that the first occupant's legs encompass the second occupant in the lower seating position, whose head rests on the waist area of the first occupant. The second seating position is curvilinear or use in a normal, or reclined manner, and also has a removable backrest for insertion into holes between the first and second seats. Both seating positions are independently supported for one occupant use of the complete chair. The second seating position includes an extendable and retractable footrest, the extension operation being pneumatically assisted. A paper towel dispenser is attached proximate one or more armrests with door access for loading paper towels and storing miscellaneous items, the dispenser also having a top cavity for positioning a remote control. In another embodiment, the first seating position includes a reclining seat back, with the adjustment being pneumatically assisted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventor: Stanley L. Murkey
  • Publication number: 20030057751
    Abstract: The Dude Tandem has been developed to assist a companion of a person in a motorized wheelchair or scooter to travel with them at the rear of their vehicle on a seat. It will relieve the companion of any discomfort or fatigue from walking and trying to keep up. The Dude Tandem is a new device, which has been welcomed by the public as a much needed convenience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2001
    Publication date: March 27, 2003
    Inventors: Charles Marshall Smith, John Charles Smith
  • Patent number: 6070896
    Abstract: A main seat of a motorcycle has a rear section with an improved outer appearance, and an increased supporting strength. The main seat is supported at the rear side frame through a fixing member fixed at a rising section at its rear. The seat fixing structure is constructed such that the fixing member is integrally provided with an ornamental plate section extending along the outer circumferential edge at the rear surface of the rising section. As a result, the seat fixing member improves the visual appearance of the rear section of the seat, and improves the supporting strength of the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 1998
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Terunari Saiki
  • Patent number: 6068334
    Abstract: Integrated with the structure of a motorcycle whose engine is supported on a frame between a front wheel turnable by a handlebar and a rear wheel guarded by an aerodynamically-contoured rear fender are a rumble seat and directional front signal lights. The rumble seat which accommodates a passenger is incorporated in a separated section of the fender behind the saddle for seating a driver whose hands grasp the handlebar. The rumble seat is provided with a hinged backrest having a rear section which when the backrest is folded down over the seat then merges with the contours of the fender to conceal the seat. The right and left arms of the handlebar each terminate in a hilt having one branch which functions as a heated handle for a hand of the driver and an adjacent second branch which acts to shield the hand and houses a lamp for a directional signal light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2000
    Inventor: Paul Bonfilio
  • Patent number: 5997088
    Abstract: A vehicle seat, especially for single-track vehicles such as motorcycles, etc. The vehicle seat has a backrest that serves as a true backrest in its upright position and serves as an extra seat in a folded position. According to the invention, the tilt of the backrest can adjusted when it is in the upright position. This is accomplished by an adjusting shaft with an eccentric pin. The adjusting shaft also secures the backrest in its folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 7, 1999
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rudolf Stark, Helmut Diehl, Peter Gadner
  • Patent number: 5975629
    Abstract: A vehicle seat having a bladder with more than two inflatable chambers and an integral control flap, all of one piece, integral construction. To maximize inflatable volume of each chamber, each chamber preferably has a sidewall portion that is generally perpendicular. The control flap has passages in communication with the chambers and valving for selectively controlling inflation of the chambers. Valving preferably includes pinch valves having a generally T-shaped body with legs that pinch passages in the control flap to retain gas in a chamber and selectively inflate or deflate the chamber. The bladder is connected to a gas supply having a pump in communication with a reservoir for storing a charge of pressurized gas in the reservoir so that the pump need not immediately operate when gas is needed to inflate a chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Inventor: James R. Lorbiecki
  • Patent number: 5927801
    Abstract: An auxiliary bicycle seat is provided which has a seat, a forward brace, and a rear downward bifurcated brace which eliminates lateral instability associated with typical auxiliary seat designs. The rear downward brace straddles an upper horizontal bicycle bar or an auxiliary bar and further mounts securely to the lower structural support bars of a bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 1998
    Date of Patent: July 27, 1999
    Inventor: Mallory F. Miree
  • Patent number: 5890759
    Abstract: A child bicycle seat and suspension apparatus has a housing that connects to a bicycle frame only at a seat post. The child seat is mounted to a suspended swing-arm connected to the housing at a fulcrum point for motion in the vertical axis. Torque converting levers are connected to the swing-arm assembly, and a horizontal adjustable shock is connected to the levers and to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 6, 1999
    Inventor: David B. Ross
  • Patent number: 5800014
    Abstract: A children's bicycle seat for positioning of a child behind the handlebars of a conventional bicycle. The child's bicycle seat includes a pair of handlebar clamps and a handlebar support post bracket for securing a main frame structure to the handlebar of the bicycle in a three point stance. The upper frame member is adjustable in a horizontal plane allowing for the secure positioning of a children from nine months to four years of age. Adjustable foot supports also accommodate the various sized children that are positioned within the seat. The seating structure is formed from a single piece of fabric having preformed apertures allowing securement to the frame when the frame is in a disassembled state. The seat is attached to foot supports to prevent the child's legs from impacting the rotating wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Inventor: Anthony F. Musso, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5713629
    Abstract: A convertible seat for a motorcycle in which a solo seat optionally conceals a passenger seat within a cavity. The passenger seat may be wholly enclosed within the solo seat or withdrawn and secured to the motorcycle fender for use. A pair of tracks may be included for maintaining the passenger seat in position when extended. A fastener permits securing the passenger seat to a fender of the motorcycle, and the passenger seat is configured to preclude accidental total withdrawal from the solo seat. The solo seat may include a flexible flap for enclosing and concealing the passenger seat within the operator seat when the passenger seat is not in use. Alternatively, the rear end of the passenger seat may be shaped to conform to the rear opening in the operator seat to mask the presence of the passenger seat when not in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 3, 1998
    Inventor: Thomas Plackis
  • Patent number: 5697671
    Abstract: The seat of a motorcycle is enlarged in size and made more comfortable for long distance riding by a removable seat enlarger which nests over and substantially covers the seat and which provides an extended and more comfortable seating surface. The enlarger includes a rigid frame which is shaped to closely embrace the seating surface and upper sides of the seat, and is secured thereon by releasable securing means. The enlarger may have a front which provides additional back support for the driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 16, 1997
    Inventor: Alan D. Shavitz
  • Patent number: 5667232
    Abstract: A sissy bar assembly including a backrest portion and a pair of latching mechanisms mounted on the backrest portion for securing the backrest portion to a motorcycle mount upon movement of the backrest portion toward the mount. The backrest portion includes a pair of side plates each having front recesses engageable with the front mounts, and rear recesses engageable with rear mounts. The latching mechanisms each include a latch member mounted on the side plates movable for pivotal movement between an unlatched position, in which the front recesses are engageable and disengageable with the mounts, and a latched position, in which the front recess is held in engagement with the mounts. The latching mechanisms further include a locking member movable relative to the latch member between an unlocked position, in which the latch member is movable between its latched and unlatched positions, and a locked position, in which the latch member is held in the latched position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 1995
    Date of Patent: September 16, 1997
    Assignee: Harley-Davidson Motor Company
    Inventors: Donald Michael Gogan, Stephen L. Galbraith, Geoffrey Thomas Williams
  • Patent number: 5653500
    Abstract: A bicycle seat assembly to be mounted to a childrens bicycle. The assembly includes a seat which is mountable upon a bracket. The bracket, in turn, is mounted to the seat post of a bicycle, so that the seat is effectively mounted to the bicycle. Additionally, a second bracket, engageable with the first bracket and the bicycle, may be included to provide additional stability of the bicycle seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 5, 1997
    Inventor: Anthony Amore
  • Patent number: 5605368
    Abstract: A vehicle having a plurality of seats is generally provided with a plurality of seatbelt units and a seat sliding device for adjusting the positions of a first seat and a second seat located rearward of the first seat. The sliding device of the present invention comprises a pair of continuous rail members for guiding the first and second seats in a lengthwise direction of the vehicle. Each of the rails extends across the first and second seats. First and second sliders on the rails carry the first and second seats, respectively, so that both the first and second seats are movable substantially throughout the lengths of the rail members in the lengthwise direction. A first and second latch mechanisms are provided for positioning the first and second seats in place on the rail members, respectively. The first and second latch mechnisms are provided on the first and second sliders so as to be moved together with the corresponding sliders, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: February 25, 1997
    Assignee: Mazda Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Kohji Noma, Osamu Kishi, Minoru Toyota
  • Patent number: 5533783
    Abstract: A divided seat for a motor vehicle, especially for a motorcycle, is described in which both seat parts are removable and mountable independently of one another. Mounting is accomplished by a central locking mechanism controlled by a central lock. With the seat part for the passenger removed, the part of the vehicle body located below is used as an elongated luggage rack or storage area. This storage area can be provided with a cover that closes a container located beneath for tools and the like. A separate locking block permits locking this cover when the seat part is removed, likewise using the central lock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1996
    Assignee: Bayerische Motoren Werke AG
    Inventors: Thomas Harms, Karl-Heinz Abe
  • Patent number: 5417449
    Abstract: A tandem stroller includes two side frames having a pivotal locking assembly for locking the side frames in an open configuration and for permitting the side frames to be folded in a lengthwise direction of the stroller, each side frame including a main side tube and a rear side tube pivotally connected to the main side tube at an intermediate portion thereof; a connecting frame for connecting the side frames together in parallel, spaced relation, the connecting frame including two lengthwise support rods pivotally connected to the main side tube and the rear side tube of each side frame and a first transverse connecting bar for connecting the lengthwise support rods together; a front seat formed at a front portion of the connecting frame, the front seat including a front seat bottom extending between the lengthwise support rods, and a front seat back pivotally connected to the lengthwise support rods; and a rear seat formed at a rear portion of the connecting frame, the rear seat being positioned substantial
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Inventor: Louis Shamie
  • Patent number: 5401076
    Abstract: In combination with a wheelchair having rigid frame members, a detachable child's seat which includes a seat portion, a frame of rigid members attached to and supporting the seat portion, and devices for selectively attaching and detaching the child's seat to the frame members of the wheelchair. The child's seat may be constructed with armrests, a seatback, a footrest, a seat belt and anti-tipping struts. The child's seat mounts on a wheelchair in a position which provides the occupant of the wheelchair with an unimpeded field of view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Inventor: Kimberly C. Dunlap
  • Patent number: 5370441
    Abstract: A baby chair is disposed on a rack of a wheeled cycle for supporting children and includes a board fixed on the rack, the chair further includes a cushioning device disposed between the chair and the rack for cushioning the chair in order to absorb shocks and vibrations transmitted to the chair body, the children seated on the chair may feel comfortable and will not be hurt by the shocks and vibrations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 6, 1994
    Inventor: Shi-Wen Chuang
  • Patent number: 5338096
    Abstract: A locking device for a front seat of a double stroller which is capable of locking the front seat after it is turned around 180 degree from a forward position to a backward position includes two engage posts to engage or disengage from a notch of a locating block and a notch of a hook plate fixed on each of two seat locating rods of a main frame of the double stroller so as to lock or unlock the front seat immovable or movable after it is turned around.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1993
    Date of Patent: August 16, 1994
    Assignee: Taiwan Charwell Enterprise, Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Mien-Cheng Huang
  • Patent number: 5330215
    Abstract: A center-mounted passenger seat for mounting on either a men's or women's style adult bicycle in which the passenger is situated between the saddle and handlebars of the adult bicycle. The passenger seat comprises a seat for carrying the passenger and a supporting bracket attached to the seat. The supporting bracket is engaged with both the seat tube and the top tube of the bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 1993
    Date of Patent: July 19, 1994
    Assignee: All American Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Morrie Bishaf, John Faulhaber
  • Patent number: 5290088
    Abstract: One or more recesses formed in the back of the back rest for the front seat of a tandem seat assembly for mounting a control panel and related chassis therein for passenger control of the communications, entertainment and other systems installed on the vehicle. The control panel may be electrically parallel to the driver's dash board, as well as containing independent systems and controls, thereby providing the capability for the passenger to safely control the intercommunications and entertainment systems of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 1, 1994
    Inventors: Michael W. Hanagan, John Lazzeroni
  • Patent number: 5263730
    Abstract: A stroller arrangement includes an elongate planar platform, having first and second seat members arranged in an aligned relationship relative to one another, with a first seat positioned forwardly of a rearward most seat mounted to the platform structure. The arrangement is directed to include a surrounding framework relative to the seat structure, having a rearwardly projecting handle, with rear wheels of a first diameter at a rear distal end of the platform, with a forward pivotally mounted wheel at a forwardmost end of the platform and frame assembly for pivotal mounting relative to the framework, with the forward wheel of a second diameter less than a first diameter of the rear wheels permitting ease of maneuverability of the organization in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1993
    Inventors: Douglas R. Roach, Louise A. Roach
  • Patent number: 5221106
    Abstract: An umbrella stroller includes two side frames, each having a main side tube and a rear side tube pivotally connected to the main side tube at an intermediate portion thereof; a bottom scissor frame foldably connecting the side frames together; two upwardly inclined support rods pivotally connected at rear ends thereof to lower ends of the rear side tubes, and pivotally secured to a lower end of a respective main side tube; a rear seat supporting assembly supporting a fabric seat between the pair of side frames and above the bottom scissor frame, the rear seat supporting assembly including two horizontal seat support bars, each hinged at a rear end thereof to an intermediate point of a rear side tube, and extending forwardly therefrom with a substantially horizontal orientation in the open configuration, a connecting bar pivotally connected between each horizontal seat support bar and the respective upwardly inclined support rod, and a back support; and a front seat supporting assembly for supporting a fabric
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 22, 1993
    Inventor: Louis Shamie
  • Patent number: 5190306
    Abstract: The present invention provides a bicycle passenger transportation system including an auxiliary seat for mounting on the horizontal bar of the bicycle forwardly of the rider's seat, a passenger footrest and a supporting harness extending between the passenger and the rider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 2, 1993
    Inventors: Leonard G. Nauman, Dale E. Stenberg
  • Patent number: 5104188
    Abstract: A bicycle seat for a child, adapted for removable engagement with a horizontal cross bar on an adult bicycle is provided. A unitary seat includes a seat portion which may be provided with a backrest, and a lap belt, and there are downwardly depending compartments in front of the seat having adjustable bottom plates to provide foot support for a child carried in the seat. A handle bar is provided in front of the child, as is a removable headrest. Locking means are provided below the seat for releasable engagement with a bicycle cross bar, between the adult seat and the handle bars thereof. The child is thus able to enjoy a secure ride in close communication with the adult bicycle rider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1990
    Date of Patent: April 14, 1992
    Inventor: Malcolm Jefferson
  • Patent number: 5094315
    Abstract: A scooter having an improved seat, fuel tank and storage compartment arrangement. The seat is divided into a front portion and a rear portion with the rear portion being hinged and affording access to a storage compartment positioned beneath it with the opening closed by the rear seat portion being inclined at an acute angle to the horizontal. A fuel tank is positioned beneath the front seat and has a fill neck which is accessible through an opening at the side of the seat. This opening is closed by a closure member that is moveable between a closed position and an opened position. Either directly or remotely positioned latching arrangements are disclosed for the closure member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 10, 1992
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Norio Taki, Hiroyuki Aoki
  • Patent number: 5052704
    Abstract: An auxiliary seat for bicycles of elongated, generally cylindrical shape and having a slot running lengthwise of the seat body. The slot opens at its lower end through the material of the body and has a closed upper end, within the interior of the seat body. The auxiliary seat is mounted on the horizontal bar of a bicycle by simply slipping the slot over the bar until the closed upper end of the slot is brought into firm, embracing engagement with the bicycle bar. No special tools, brackets, or hardware are required for installation or removal of the auxiliary seat. The seat is mounted on the horizontal bar of a bicycle, forwardly of the main seat for secure and safe support of a passenger, such as a child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1989
    Date of Patent: October 1, 1991
    Assignee: Alan Design, Inc.
    Inventor: Leonard G. Nauman
  • Patent number: 5033761
    Abstract: A carriage assembly (10) for babies, infants and small children comprises a frame (12) to which wheels (98) are attached to move the carriage. A handle (74) is also attached to the frame for pushing and pulling the carriage. A multi-tiered seating assembly is mounted on the frame and includes a seat (34) for at least one occupant on each tier of the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1989
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1991
    Assignee: Angeles Nursery Toys, Inc.
    Inventor: Ray G. Kelly
  • Patent number: 5025883
    Abstract: A motorcycle provided with a central trunk and left and right trunks at the rear portion of the vehicle body. The vehicle body frame of this motorcycle is composed of a main vehicle body frame at the front and a rear vehicle body frame that can be detachably mounted to this main vehicle body frame. The rear vehicle body frame constitutes a trunk assembly jointly with a central trunk, a left trunk, a right trunk and other equipments such as lamps, and after the above-mentioned trunk assembly has been formed preliminarily as one unit outside of a main assembly line, it is detachably mounted to the main vehicle body frame on the main assembly line. Accordingly, the work on the main assembly line becomes little and simple, and a productivity is improved. Upon replacement of a rear wheel tire, it is only necessary to dismount the entire trunk assembly together with the rear vehicle body frame without individually dismounting a large number of equipments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1989
    Date of Patent: June 25, 1991
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Shigehisa Morinaka, Tai Nakashima, Takeshi Yamazaki, Kazuo Morishima, Yoshiaki Kashio, Giichiro Akimori
  • Patent number: 4969658
    Abstract: A child's bicycle seat is set forth wherein an elongate split post is securable to a horizontal support shaft of an associated bicycle with forward arcuate legs surrounding an associated forward steering post of the bicycle wherein the arcuate legs terminate in securement legs oriented generally parallel to one another to receive a threaded fastener therethrough. The cylindrical seat support shaft includes a rear downwardly depending plurality of tabs for securement of a further fastener with a medially positioned downwardly depending pair of flanges spaced between the rear tabs and the forward arcuate legs secured integrally and orthogonally downwardly from the seat support shaft with an aligned pair of hexagonal apertures therethrough to receive a hexagonally cross-sectional configured bolt. The hexagonal bolt is directed through one of a series of hexagonal apertures through foot brackets to enable the foot brackets to be rotated for height and orientation relative to the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1989
    Date of Patent: November 13, 1990
    Inventors: Mathias Levarek, Andrew A. Kerr
  • Patent number: 4858947
    Abstract: A foldable tandem seat baby carriage including a pair of wheeled front legs, a pair of wheeled rear legs, and, in the operative position, two pairs of horizontal longitudinal bars extending between the legs. A U-shaped push handle connects pivotally with the rear of the upper bars, and the free ends of the push handle substantially abut the rear legs about midway along their length. Locking means interengage the push handle with the rear legs in the extended position and bars in the horizontal position to provide tandem multiple seat construction. Release of the lock by foot pressure on a transverse bar extending between the rear legs causes the push handle to move downwardly and forwardly and the two legs to collapse and fold towards each other to be substantially parallel with the push bar in the folded position. The two pairs of parallel longitudinal bars collapse to be substantially parallel towards each other in the folded position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: A B Oriental Trading Co., Inc.
    Inventors: David T. Yee, Eric Lin
  • Patent number: 4805938
    Abstract: A device is provided for connecting two baby strollers together consisting of a pair of bracket units spaced apart and clamped between frames of the baby strollers so that one person can operate the strollers simultaneously for transporting two babies therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 21, 1989
    Inventors: Thomas Redmond, Regina Redmond
  • Patent number: 4804221
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a motorcycle seat including a single seat or a double seat provided with a side support portion in each of both right and left sides which is adjustably constructed the distance between an operator's or a passenger's waist sides and the side support portions. It can easily adjust the supporting pressure to their waist sides and therefore, such an arrangement can realize any suitable space adjustment to accommodate the difference from the operator's or the passenger's size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1988
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1989
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Terunari Saiki
  • Patent number: 4747238
    Abstract: Portable terrace installation with seats, including one or more sections, each section comprising a pair of sloping joists and a number of upright seating beam pillars connected to the sloping joists. A corresponding number of parallel and horizontal seating beams connected to the pillars are provided and extend between opposite beam pillars on the pair of joists. Each seating beam has opposite ends and has a height which is greater than its width. A flat floor surface extends between the seating beams and is connected to the joists, and a number of free standing trestles are provided for supporting the joists. A first connecting element is provided on the side of the beam pillar facing the seating beam, with the first connecting element extending essentially vertically along that side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1988
    Assignee: Sit Down Aktiebolag
    Inventors: Ulf Wikstrom, Ruben Madsen
  • Patent number: 4735456
    Abstract: Two seats (1a, 1b) are mounted on carrier components (15, 16) in such a way that by means of a swinging movement they can be brought from a seating position one behind the other to a lying position one above the other. Synchronously with the swinging movement in the lying position. The seats are completely stretched out in a horizontal position by means of adjustment mechanisms (54, 60a/b, 61a/b, 63a/b, 64a/b, 65a/b, 67a/b, 68b, 70b). The device is especially suited for use in transportation systems. In another embodiment instead of single seats (1a, 1b) rows with two or more seats next to each other may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 1986
    Date of Patent: April 5, 1988
    Inventor: Robert Haefelfinger
  • Patent number: 4725071
    Abstract: A foldable Tandem Stroller includes a main back which can be folded down to form a bed for a single child. A secondary back can be brought to an upright position exposing a seat portion and foot holds for the main back which is then in its lowered position. The main back includes an upright portion which can support the back, and a seat portion, which can support the bottom of a child sitting in the rear of the stroller. The same stroller can thus be used as a Tandem Stroller for two children or as a sleeping stroller or carriage for a single child.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 16, 1988
    Inventor: Louis Shamie
  • Patent number: 4711489
    Abstract: A collapsable, detachable child seat for mounting on a wheelchair having as its basic elements two identical frames supporting a fabric seat which slides into receiving members attached to tubular frame of said wheelchair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: December 8, 1987
    Inventor: Hugh A. Krause
  • Patent number: 4691963
    Abstract: A tandem seat for a two-wheeled vehicle comprises a bottom of hard synthetic resin to be fixed to a vehicle body, a pad of foam material to be placed onto the bottom and a trim cover assembly for covering the pad. In this tandem seat, recessed grooves are formed in the respective sides of the above-mentioned bottom and pad. These recessed grooves extend along the interfaces between the front and rear seat sections of the tandem seat. The trim cover assembly is thrust into the recessed grooves to separate the front and rear seat sections from each other, so that such an appearance like a split seat is obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1987
    Assignee: Tachikawa Spring Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Kunio Mikuniya, Akira Kojima
  • Patent number: 4690237
    Abstract: A rear structure for a motor cycle having a driver's seat and a rear rider's seat, comprises a rear trunk for receiving therein articles, a pair of armrests for bearing rear driver's elbows in a natural posture. The rear trunk includes a backrest for bearing at least a part of the rear driver's back. The armrests are provided independently of said rear trunk. In addition, various utility containers are provided in the rear structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1986
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1987
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogayo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Katsunori Funabashi, Tai Nakashima, Toshiyuki Yamada, Kazuo Morishima
  • Patent number: 4679647
    Abstract: In motorcycles, motor-tricycles, snow-mobiles, etc. provided with a tandem seat so as to enable tandem riding, a rear end of a rear seat cover which covers a rear seat portion of the tandem seat upon single riding, is swingably supported at a fixing portion on the vehicle body side behind the rear seat portion, and there is provided a stopper for restraing the swinging motion of the rear seat cover at a predetermined rising angle when the rear seat cover has been made to swing in the rising direction. This rear seat cover need not be dismounted even upon tandem riding, but it is utilized as a back rest device upon tandem riding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: July 14, 1987
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Katsusuke Komuro
  • Patent number: 4673212
    Abstract: A cycle seat having adjustment capability facilitating adjustment of the contour of the cycle seat to compensate for differences in the crotch, rear buttocks and side buttocks areas of individual anatomies, thereby providing greater comfort to an individual utilizing the cycle seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1987
    Assignees: Don L. Russell, Donna J. Russell
    Inventor: William J. Mayer
  • Patent number: 4632453
    Abstract: Disclosed is an auxiliary support system for a bicycle passenger. A seat mount assembly (12) is affixed to the horizontal tubular frame member (48) of a bicycle between the primary seat (11) and neck (44). A conventional bicycle seat (56) is attachable to the seat mount assembly. A footrest assembly (14) is attached to the neck (44) of the bicycle frame. The footrest assembly supplies support for the passenger's feet while seated on the auxiliary seat. Quick-release harnesses (17) are incorporated into the footrest assembly in order to safely secure the passenger's feet adjacent to the footrest assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 30, 1986
    Inventors: John D. Robbin, John W. Robbin
  • Patent number: 4623187
    Abstract: The present invention provides a seat bearing insert for fitting in the bed of a pick-up truck. The insert is of a size to substantially fill and essentially eliminate horizontal movement in the truck bed and includes securing members for attaching to the truck to secure against vertical movement. The insert further includes forward and rearward sitting regions each having a seat for readily converting the truck bed to a sitting area and each seat comprises a seat portion and a backrest portion at generally right angles to one another, extending widthwise across the insert in a forwardly facing direction when fitted in the truck bed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1984
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1986
    Inventor: Aftab Ibrahim
  • Patent number: 4615561
    Abstract: A vehicle seat is provided which comprises a seat cushion, a seat back and a side support fixed to each side of the seat back. Each of the side supports has a recess formed in the rear thereof to allow space for the knees of a passenger sitting in a rear seat behind the vehicle seat of the present invention. Further, a gap may be formed between the side surface of the middle portion of the seat back and the middle portion of the side support and at least one groove may be formed in the seat back. The groove opens into the gap so that air in the interior of the vehicle may flow through the groove by way of the gap thereby cooling the back of the passenger sitting in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1984
    Date of Patent: October 7, 1986
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kaoru Nomura
  • Patent number: 4596301
    Abstract: A tricycle having at least one front wheel and a front fork carrying the front wheel, fuel and oil tanks positioned at the rear of the front fork, comprising at least one longitudinal frame elongated in a longitudinal direction of the tricycle and securely connected at its foremost end to the front fork structure, the fuel and oil tanks being supported on a front portion of the frame, and a rear fender structure having a front tank cover portion and at least one rear fender portion which merges rearwardly out of the front tank assembly cover portion and which is pivotally connected to the frame in the neighborhood of the rear end of the frame so that the rear fender structure as a whole is pivotally movable between a lower angular position resting on the frame and having the fuel and oil tank assemblies enclosed within the tank cover portion and an upper angular position raised above the frame and the tanks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tomoyuki Nagashima
  • Patent number: 4563038
    Abstract: A seat assembly including an operator and a passenger seat for a motorcycle. The operator seat is adjustable in height by actuation of a fluid cylinder fixed at one end to the seat and at the other end to the motorcycle frame. The passenger seat is adjustable fore and aft by means of a track and runner assembly which may be either powered or manually operated. The passenger seat includes a backrest for the operator seat which is advantageously adjustable by this means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 1983
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1986
    Assignee: Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Mutsuo Hirose
  • Patent number: 4527831
    Abstract: A seat arrangement for a motorcycle in which the passenger seat is adjustable relative to the driver's seat so as to increase the view of a passenger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 9, 1985
    Assignee: Yamaha Hatsudoki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Tatsuzo Katsuoka
  • Patent number: 4526421
    Abstract: Improved, lightweight multi-passenger aircraft seating unit utilizes an elongated, generally S-shaped, composite panel to provide the sole support for the seat cushions, the seat back and seat back tray table, the seat belt anchors and the armrests. Front legs and rear legs made of thin sheet metal can be attached directly to the panel by bolts passing through the panel. A downwardly projecting front portion of the panel and an upwardly projecting rear portion, in cooperation with channel-shaped members bonded to the panel's peripheral edges, enhance the rigidity of the panel. The unit provides cantilever support without the necessity for the front and rear tubular stretcher members and the fore and aft support members used in conventional seats. The composite panel has a honeycomb core and its top and bottom skin surfaces are formed of continuous layers of resin-impregnated fibrous material such as graphite fibers, with additional swatches of such material overlying and integrally bonded into the skin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Assignee: PTC Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Edward J. Brennan, William A. Long, Rene J. Brunelle
  • Patent number: 4526422
    Abstract: A sitting device for freely chosen or fixedly attached mounting on a floor and on a subframe, or for attachment to vertical surfaces, said device comprising an array of supporting faces consisting of at least two such faces, neighboring supporting faces having different positions. One of the two neighboring supporting faces may serve to support the posterior of the occupant and the other to support the calf. Alternatively one serves to support the back and the other to support the posterior. The supporting faces comprise a forwardly inclined seat cushion and a calf cushion forming a mutual angle of at least 90.degree.. The supporting faces may be arranged at a distance from each other and with free space between these. They may be mechanically linked with each other. A set of two posterior supports, a common calf support and a common table is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1982
    Date of Patent: July 2, 1985
    Inventors: Hans C. Mengshoel, Svein A. Gusrud