Abstract: A two-part seat assembly for a motorcycle like vehicle has an operator's seat that is hingedly mounted to enable adjustment of its angle of inclination, and thereby to enable alteration of the operator's body attitude. Skirt portions are provided on the operator's seat to conceal the mechanism by which adjustment of the seat position is achieved, and to hide the frame parts and the concavity in which the operator's seat resides.

Abstract: A carrier for children, adaptable for use in different vehicles and for providing maximum safety for the child rider. The carrier includes a base section and backrest section. The backrest section may pivot on the base section to provide adjustable angular back support to the rider. A protective cover may be secured to the backrest section, protecting the head and upper torso of the rider. The carrier may be especially adapted to fit on a bracket arrangement mounted to a bicycle, allowing the carrier to be used effectively on a bicycle.

Abstract: A chair, suitable for aircraft or other transport, which is convertible into a berth, comprising in combination(a) a seat base,(b) a back rest, movably mounted on the rear portion of the base so as to be capable of being reclined from the erect, sitting position into a substantially horizontal, stretched berth position,(c) a leg rest, mounted at the front portion of the base, and capable of being moved from an unobstructive position under the base into a substantially horizontal berth position, and(d) a supporting means for retaining and locating the base berth in a sitting position and alternatively in a predetermined berth position;wherein the supporting means is adapted and located so as to permit in use a second, chair to be stretched and moved into a berth position underneath said first chair, whenever the latter is in the elevated berth position with the rests in the stretched state; and in particular to such pair of chairs and rows thereof providing compartmental arrangements.

Abstract: A motorcycle having a frame with front and rear wheels thereon, and an engine supported between the wheels. A driver's seat is mounted on the frame between the engine and above the rear wheels. The seat is supported by a hinge connection to the frame to be movable between a raised position lin which equipment located under the seat is accessible and a lowered driving position. A resilient member, such as a fluid damper, is connected between the seat and the frame so as to be energized when the seat is lowered and to apply lift force to the seat in a subsequent opening operation. The hinge connection is movable between a forward and a rearward position, and in the forward position the seat is held in its lowered position, whereas when the hinge connection is moved to the rearward position, it is released for being moved to its raised position. A grip member is secured to the seat and to a depending cover thereon and supports elements of the releasable holding system of the seat with the frame.

Abstract: A two-piece combined child carrier and cargo container is provided for mounting upon a cycle having wheels. The unit includes a bifurcated open-topped container that is adapted to straddle a wheel of the cycle. The container has two downwardly extending side portions that are connected by an intermediate bridge portion. The unit also includes a top member that is movable between a first position in which it serves as a cover that overlies the container and a second inverted position in which the top member is partially inserted into the container and is adapted for use as an infant seat.

Abstract: A combination fuel tank and carrying rack for a motor driven cycle with a rectangular tank having a fill pipe on the top with a cap and a gravity type fuel system. The top of the tank includes vertical side legs with slots and parallel rubrails to attach items for transporting. The tank further contains undercarriage arms and struts attaching directly to the motorcycle through fasteners provided thereon. Other embodiments include a travel trunk mounting channel attached rotatably to the side legs and a backrest with a cushion on the forward end.

Abstract: The present universal bicycle load carrier has a generally rectangular horizontal load carrying surface about four or five inches wide which extends from the upper front portion of a bicycle frame toward the frame below the seat. It includes a notch which precisely fits the thicker front portion of virtually any bike, and the carrier is held in place below of the large "crown" nut located at the upper front portion of the frame, with the top of the carrier near the notch engaging the rearwardly angled heavy upper front portion of the frame. Other features include arrangements for (1) securing the carrier to the bar of a man's bike; (2) securing the carrier to the rear frame member of a woman's bike; (3) holding a foot rest; (4) carrying books etc.; and (5) carrying a baby seat. The carrier may be quickly installed and removed without tools.

Abstract: The invention relates to a rack for a vehicle. The rack comprises a seat for holding goods or a person and side walls for containing the goods or the person on the seat. Carriers for a gun or the like are connected to the side walls. A device is also connected to the side walls for allowing the person to rest his or her leg thereon and also for guarding rear tires of the vehicle from having mud and the like splashed thereon. The rack is mounted to and, preferably, used in combination with an all-terrain type of vehicle.

Abstract: An armrest assembly adapted for mounting on the back portion of a motorcycle seat includes armrests that are pivotably mounted for pivoting about horizontal and vertical axes. Pivoting about either axis is possible from the normal position, and pivoting can be effected merely by applying a moment to the armrest about the desired axis. As a result, rapid dismounting during an emergency is readily permitted.

Abstract: An aircraft seating arrangement for an aircraft in which the seats for the pilot and passengers are disposed on first and second pairs of longitudinally extending rails in a fashion that permits the seated occupant to position his seat at a desired location along the fuselage of the aircraft. The rails or tracks are disposed in the floor of the fuselage and roller members cooperate with the parallel tracks and with the seat frames to facilitate sliding the seats back and forth along the rails or tracks. A suitable detent is provided for locking the seat with respect to the rails at the desired location. Also, provision is made for rotating the seat cushion assembly from a normal, horizontal orientation to a substantially vertical orientation when a latching device is released.

Abstract: A universal type locking or support frame is provided adapted for use in automobiles or other type vehicles to support and anchor a child's car bed and/or car seat, which frame includes base means for securing the frame within a vehicle, the base means being preferably deployed under a seat thereof, longitudinal support means, preferably comprising a pair of spaced apart members, pivotally connected to the base means and extending upwards therefrom, and adapted to be preferably deployed in abutting relation to the lower front of the bench portion of the automobile seat under which the base is secured, and extending above such bench portion. The bench portion and the portion of the pair of spaced longitudinal support means extending above same in conjunction with the bench portion of the automobile seat defines an area for supporting and confining a car bed or car set in front to rear or side to side disposition.

Abstract: A motorcycle seat includes a metallic base, a separately formed back rest member of generally L-shaped configuration and a pair of generally L-shaped support rods. These are assembled with the support rods and horizontal portion of the back rest member disposed upon the upper surface of the base and secured thereto, and the rods are also secured to the upstanding portion of the back rest member. Cushion means is disposed upon the base and back rest members and includes a cover extending over the back rest member. The back rest member has a concave transverse cross section and is provided with a multiplicity of recesses in the rearward surface thereof in which buttons disposed on the rearward surface of the cover are substantially disposed.

Abstract: A cantilevered seat for a transit vehicle having a seat shell and a back pan molded from polycarbonate structural foam plastic. The seat shell has contoured into its front surface two seat recess areas and two back recess areas. The seat shell is an integral member having a front panel with a laterally extending flange formed around its periphery. The rear surface of the seat shell has plurality of integrally molded horizontal, diagonal, and vertical structural rib members. Substantially in the center of the seat shell is a major vertical structural rib member and the matrix formed by said vertical, diagonal, and horizontal rib members is symmetrical about said major vertical rib member whereby the seat shell can be used either as a right hand mounted or a left hand mounted cantilevered seat. The back pan has integrally molded channels on its inwardly facing surface for receiving the vertical and horizontal rib members extending outwardly from the rear surface of the seat shell.

Abstract: A bicycle chair for children has a mounting for fixing the chair on the bicycle, and a frame which is to abut against the luggage carrier of the bicycle and supports a rack, for a seat and the back support. The mounting is fixedly mounted on the bicycle in a position immediately ahead of the luggage carrier and the frame also forms a locking device for releasable locking of the frame on the mounting.

Abstract: A shell-shaped children's seat for motor vehicles which is equipped with a headrest terminating in a backrest and with an impact member extending over the width of the shell and resting on the associated shell edge portions within the area of the seating surface; the impact member thereby extends rearwardly up to the transitional area of the backrest and the headrest, is pivotally connected thereat and can be tilted up visor-like after the disengagement of a locking device to facilitate ingress and egress of the seat.

Abstract: A universal type locking or support frame is provided adapted for use in automobiles or other type vehicles to support and anchor a child's car bed and/or car seat, which frame includes base means for securing the frame within a vehicle, the base means being preferably deployed under a seat thereof, longitudinal support means, preferably comprising a pair of spaced apart members, pivotally connected to the base means and extending upwards therefrom, and adapted to be preferably deployed in abutting relation to the lower front of the bench portion of the automobile seat under which the base is secured, and extending above such bench portion. The bench portion and the portion of the pair of spaced longitudinal support means extending above same in conjunction with the bench portion of the automobile seat defines an area for supporting and confining a car bed or car seat in front to rear or side to side disposition.

Abstract: A carrier formed of welded rod or tubular metal and mountable on a conventional bicycle above the rear wheel to provide a rigid platform for supporting items of luggage and the like. A child's seat of molded plastic material includes simple means for detachably securing the seat to the carrier so that the device may be selectively used for carrying a child or luggage.

Abstract: A carrier adapted to carry a child on the rear of a bicycle includes a tubular frame and a seat portion attached thereto. Brackets mountable on support members of the bicycle feature quick release attaching means allowing fast, simple mounting and demounting of the carrier from the bicycle, without the use of tools.

Abstract: A combination individual seat mounting and arm rest support with continuous set row backrest for concrete stadium riser installation.

Abstract: A carrier support apparatus is provided for attachment to a bicycle frame and connection to auxiliary structures such as baskets, hampers and the like and which comprises a horizontally oriented support rack adapted for mounting on the rear portion of a bicycle frame. The support rack is provided with an integral biased buttress-engaging latch in the forward narrow neck portion thereof, the sides of the rear portion thereof are tapered rearwardly and outwardly so as to form a wide tapered rear support platform. An auxiliary detachable bicycle seat or carrier element is provided which is adapted for selective snap engagement with the support rack. The bottom portion of the bicycle seat or carrier element is provided with a downwardly extending support rack engaging channel portion adapted for selective mating engagement with the tapered portion of the support rack.

Abstract: A load carrying pallet is provided for use in transporting cargo in aircraft, trucks or railroad carriages, such pallet having an all round extending upstanding rim thus creating a shallow depression on one face of the pallet, this depression accommodating a number of folding seats which are hingedly attached to the pallet in such a way that they can easily be folded to be fully accommodated within the depression, the rear side of the seat and/or other members being flush with the upper edge of the rim surrounding the pallet.

Abstract: This invention relates to an improvement in folding girl's and tandem bicycles. The improvement expands the capability of bicycle folding means into girl's and tandem model configurations and provides a commonality of construction which can be incorporated into men's model configurations. The improvement disclosed is a detent for retaining the articulated latches securely locked thereby avoiding inadvertant release when the bicycle is ridden. An eccentric adjustment is provided to adjust out the looseness in the folding joints to overcome the problems of manufacturing tolerances and normal wear. Also disclosed is a tandem style which is no larger than the single rider model, except that it has provisions for a tandem seat and a tandem set of pedals.

Abstract: A sling type sheet of flexible material is formed with a seat surface, a back surface extending upwardly from the rear edge of the seat surface, and a pair of sides each extending between a corresponding side edge of the seat surface and a corresponding side edge of the back surface. Removable fasteners removably affix each of the sides of the sheet to a corresponding one of the side arms of the handle part of the frame of a baby stroller and removably affix the back surface at its upper edge to the head of such handle part.

Abstract: A seat with integral backrest attaches to a conventional cycle seat frame such that the seat adjusts forward and back on the frame. The frame attaches normally to the conventional cycle seat post. The backrest of the seat is peripherally configured and perforated to receive straps and anchor bands of accessories such as backpacks, bulk containers and sunshades. Horizontal racks on the underside of the seat movably anchor the seat frame to the cycle and afford attachment means for accessory platforms for either cargo or persons. Either is additionally supported from the back of the cycle frame above the rear wheel thereof. The front seat portion has a coupler securing the seat to the cycle frame bar to set the attitude of the seat and to stabilize the seat against transverse motion.

Abstract: A multi-passenger seat is supported by a lower cantilever frame which comprises a horizontal seat frame and an inclined arcuate truss support frame. The horizontal seat frame includes two elongated horizontal stretcher members attached at one end to the wall of a vehicle and at least two cross frame members interconnecting the stretcher members at laterally spaced locations. The inclined arcuate truss support frame is located beneath the horizontal seat frame; and it includes fore and aft inclined arcuate frame members rigidly attached at their upper ends to the stretcher tubes respectively at locations preferably on the aisle side of the transverse center of the horizontal seat frame. The inclined arcuate support frame members extend downwardly from the seat frame and preferably they converge toward each other. They are connected to the wall at locations above the floor of the vehicle.