Abstract: A vehicle seating system includes a support feature coupled to a sidewall within a cargo space of a vehicle. A seating assembly is coupled to the support feature. The seating assembly is rotatable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The seating assembly includes a seat base having a proximal end coupled to the support feature and a distal end. The distal end of the seat base is disposed adjacent to the sidewall in the stowed position. The seating assembly also includes a leg support coupled to the distal end of the seat base. The leg support is operable between a storage position and a support position.

Abstract: A seat connection mechanism and a seat employing that mechanism where the mechanism is constructed from a combination of metal, for example extruded or cast, plastic bushings and plastic covers to create a fully enclosed tilt mechanism for seats which is reliable, easy to maintain and allows for easy removal of seats for repair thereof so long as the person removing the seat knows the removal process. Thus vandalism is inhibited and a relatively economical bracket and seat is provided with substantial durability and reliability.

Abstract: A convertible seating system for a marine vessel that is movable between a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration is provided. The convertible seating system includes a backrest component that is pivotably coupled to a recessed compartment formed in a deck portion of the marine vessel, and a seat component that is pivotably coupled to the recessed compartment. The seat component is flush with the deck portion when the convertible seating system is in the stowed configuration and the deployed configuration. The seat component further pivots upwardly from the deck portion to permit the backrest component to pivot upwardly from inside the recessed compartment in the stowed configuration to outside the recessed component in the deployed configuration.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are disclosed to help the elderly or physically impaired individual standing up from a chair, a bench, a wheel chair, a toilet seat, a commode, a rollator seat, a walker seat, or a car seat. The disclosed apparatus to generate lifting thrust for individual to stand up from a chair has a base, a slidable seat pivoted mounted on the base and a lifting spring to reserve the energy on sitting down and release the saved energy on standing up.

Abstract: A vehicle seat assembly, a biasing mechanism, and a method of installing a vehicle seat assembly are provided. A first end region of a torsion spring is for fixed connection to a vehicle frame bracket mount such that the seat back rotates relative to the first end region of the spring about a transverse axis. A second end region of the torsion spring is offset from the transverse axis. A support bracket is connected to the seat back, with the intermediate region of the torsion spring supported for rotation by the support bracket. A block supported by the support bracket and offset from the transverse axis, with the block contacting the second end region of the torsion spring to bias the spring when the seat back is in a first, use position.

Abstract: A beam seating assembly has a frame supporting a seating surface. A beam secures to a first support and extends in a longitudinal direction. A channel is located the beam free of the first support. The frame has a lower portion with a connector that is insertable into the channel transverse to the longitudinal direction and the connector, once inserted into the channel, is retained from removal out of the channel in a direction. The connector is insertable into a first portion of the channel and a second portion of the connector rotatable into a second portion of the channel and then slidable away from the first portion such that the first and second portions of the connector are retained within the channel but are slidable in the longitudinal direction until the connector is fixedly secured to the beam. The frame is made in certain aspects from a flat plate.

Abstract: Outdoor seating furniture is provided, which includes at least one seat element arranged on a frame with a seat surface and a reverse side, wherein, in a basic state, the seat surface is oriented downwards and, in a functional state, the seat surface is oriented upwards. The seat element as part of a pivot bearing is pivotably mounted about the longitudinal axis of a transverse strut of the frame and is stabilized by force of gravity, force of spring, magnetic force and/or an electromechanical actuator in the basic state.

Abstract: A system and method allow for a platform to be collapsed and moved in a vehicle. In one embodiment, a wall rail platform system disposed in a vehicle includes a collapsible platform. The collapsible platform has a position, which is a collapsed position or an un-collapsed position. The system also includes a rail and a carriage. The carriage is attached to the collapsible platform. The carriage is vertically moveable along the rail. The system further includes a soldier restraint system having a seat assembly and a single point release system.

Abstract: A vehicle seat according to the present invention may include a seat cushion that is composed of a stationary cushion portion and a movable cushion portion, in which the movable cushion portion is capable of being tilted so as to be low in a getting in/out side while being raised with respect to the stationary cushion portion, and a cushion tilting mechanism that is disposed under the seat cushion and is configured to tilt the movable cushion portion while raising the same with respect to the stationary cushion portion.

Abstract: A clock spring assembly includes a first member pivotally coupled to a second member about a pivot axis. The first member defines an inner space and the second member also defines an inner space. At least a portion of the second member is disposed within the inner space of the first member. A support member is disposed within the inner space of the second member and is coupled thereto. A pivot shaft is coaxial with the pivot axis and pivotally couples the first and second members together. A clock spring is disposed within the inner space of the second member and is wound around the support member. The clock spring extends between a first end engaged with the support member and a second end engaged with the first member. The clock spring biases the first member to pivot relative to the second member about the pivot axis.

Abstract: A seat for a vehicle constructed so that a side seat is provided on an opposite side of a center seat may include a first hinge shaft to which a center seat back of the center seat may be rotatably coupled for folding the center seat back forwards, a second hinge shaft to which a side seat back of the side seat may be rotatably coupled for folding the side seat back forwards, and a folding actuator assembly selectively engaging the side seat back with the center seat back, wherein the folding actuator assembly locks the center seat back to the side seat back when the side seat back may be folded, and releases the center seat back from the side seat back to fold only the center seat back when the center seat back may be folded.

Abstract: A self-stowing jumpseat consists of a seat frame that is deployed by pulling the seat frame out of a pocket formed in the edge of a bulkhead. Once the seat frame has been deployed and locked in position, the seat pan is folded down to enable a user to be seated. The seat pan is spring-loaded to fold up, so that when the user vacates the seat, the seat pan automatically folds up into the closed configuration. As it does so, an interlock lever attached to the seat pan trips the seat frame locks from their locked to their unlocked positions. The seat frame has a retraction mechanism that urges the seat into the pocket. Accordingly, as soon as the seat pan interlock lever releases the seat frame locks, the retraction mechanism causes the folded seat frame to move into the stowed position within the bulkhead.

Abstract: In a vehicle seat, a first slide mechanism disposed on a side wall side of the vehicle compartment is provided with a hinge mechanism having a biasing member that flips up a seat body toward the side wall, and a second slide mechanism disposed on the inner side of the vehicle compartment is provided with a coupling/decoupling switching mechanism for locking or unlocking the mutually coupled second slide mechanism and seat body. The seat body is flipped up by the biasing member when the coupling/decoupling switching mechanism is in the unlocking position. A flip-up position detecting unit is provided for detecting a predetermined flip-up position of the seat body within a slidable range of the seat body, and the coupling/decoupling switching mechanism is switched to the unlocking position when the flip-up position detecting unit detects the flip-up position.

Abstract: In various embodiments, a seating apparatus includes a seat member, a front leg assembly, a rear leg assembly, one or more attaching members for attaching the seating apparatus to a proximate structure and a rebound apparatus for returning the seat member from a deployed state to a retracted state. In various embodiments, the seating apparatus may further include a rebound regulation means, for regulating the rebound response of the seat, delivered by the rebound apparatus.

Abstract: A clock spring assembly includes a first member pivotally coupled to a second member about a pivot axis. The first member defines an inner space and the second member also defines an inner space. At least a portion of the second member is disposed within the inner space of the first member. A support member is disposed within the inner space of the second member and is coupled thereto. A pivot shaft is coaxial with the pivot axis and pivotally couples the first and second members together. A clock spring is disposed within the inner space of the second member and is wound around the support member. The clock spring extends between a first end engaged with the support member and a second end engaged with the first member. The clock spring biases the first member to pivot relative to the second member about the pivot axis.

Abstract: A folding seat system for use with a vehicle includes, but is not limited to, a seat body including a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back is rotatably mounted to the seat bottom such that the seat back can be folded over the seat bottom. A hinge is connected to the seat body and is configured to attach to the vehicle. The hinge is further configured to permit the seat body to rotate approximately 180° in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle between a forward position, an intermediate position, and a storage position when the seat back is folded over the seat bottom. A biasing member biases the seat body towards the storage position when the seat body is in the forward position.

Abstract: A seat comprising a seat pan (12) and a support structure, wherein the seat pan (12) is pivotally coupled to the support structure (8) about a first pivot axis (pi) provided across substantially the front of the seat pan (12), such that the seat pan (12) may be pivoted about the said first pivot axis (pi) in use, and the angle of the seat pan (12) relative to the support structure (18) may thus be adjusted. The seat further comprises a backrest (14), the backrest being coupled (p2) to substantially the rear of the seat pan (p12). Also provided is pneumatic apparatus for use with a seat, comprising one or more inflatable cushions for supporting a user in use.

Abstract: A seat self-lifting device for a portable chair is mounted between a seat frame and a front leg of the portable chair. The seat self-lifting device includes a rotary axle, a spiral spring and a fixing rod. The rotary axle passes through the front leg and connects with a connecting plate mounted on the seat frame. The fixing rod is perpendicularly disposed on the front leg. The spiral spring has a first end connected with the rotary axle and a second end wrapped around the fixing rod. When the seat is deployed, the rotary axle is rotated along a direction and the spiral spring is deformed to accumulate a resilient force. When the user leaves the seat, the resilient force of the spiral spring rotates the rotary axle along a reverse direction for flipping the seat to a collapsed state.

Abstract: A seat (1, 41, 61) for stadia, auditoria and the like is disclosed. The seat has a fixed backrest (2, 42) pivotable between a horizontal use position and a vertical standby position. A spring (33) or other resilient means urges the seat (5, 45) into the standby position. A damping mechanism such as a viscous grease damps the motion, preferably in both directions. Mounting straps (51, 52, 71, 72) enable a body (45) to be clamped to a spine (7, 47). By lightly tightening the straps, the position of the seat on the spine can be subject to small final adjustments before final tightening.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes: a frame part, which is lockable in its rear region on a rear foot or on the chassis side and is pivoted in a front hinge in a swiveling manner; a seat back pivoted in a seat back pivot on the frame part in a foldable manner; and a seat part for accommodating a user, which is adjustable downward into a lowered position when the seat back is folded forward. The seat part may be interlocked with the frame part in its lowered position, whereby the front lock of the frame part is released. Three positions may be set: a use position for accommodating a user, a functional position, in which the seat back is folded forward, and a storage position, which is adjustable from the functional position by releasing the rear lock of the frame part, interlocking the frame part with the seat part and folding forward about a front rocker.

Abstract: A stowable seat assembly is provided for use with a vehicle having a floor and a recess formed therein. The assembly includes a seat and a pivot tube adapted to be secured to the vehicle floor, with the seat being operatively pivotal about the pivot tube between a first, collapsed position and a second, stowed position with the seat being at least partially stowed within the vehicle recess. The seat passes through a third, upright position intermediate the first and second positions as the seat is pivoted between the first and second positions. The assembly further includes a torsion rod mounted on the pivot tube and free to twist, with the torsion rod being operatively coupled to the seat during pivoting of the seat toward and away from the third, upright position.

Abstract: A stool is provided for placement in a closet and which may be selectively extended or stored away. The stool comprises a horizontal support and a seat rotatably attached to the horizontal support. A first leg is attached to the horizontal support, and a swing arm is rotatably attached to the horizontal support. A second leg is attached to the swing arm at an end opposite from the horizontal support. A mounting flange pivotally connects the horizontal support to a closet partition or wall. The three pivot points (i.e., the seat, the swing arm, and the horizontal support) allow for the stool to be selectively moved between a storage position in which the stool is stored in the closet and a use position.

Abstract: A folding chair includes two pairs of intersected legs. A traverse pivot rail interconnects the intersections of the two pairs of legs. Two support mechanisms are spaced along the pivot rail, each support mechanism comprising an upper hole. Two cylinder pads are anchored in the upper holes. Two fastening mechanisms each include an upper section and a lower section, each section having a half tube mating and coupled to each other with the pivot rail passed therethrough. A seat is pivotably secured to the pivot rail by fasteners threaded through the upper and the lower sections and into the seat. In a use position, the seat is adapted to exhibit an elastic, downward movement as buffered by the cylinder pads. In a folding operation, the seat is turned about the pivot rail until being stopped by a chair back.

Abstract: A chair seat that is movable between an upright and a forward position includes a spring mechanism that biases the seat toward the upright position. The spring mechanism includes camming structures that utilize both compressional and torsional forces from the spring to bias the seat toward the upright position. The compression of the spring exerts a positive force that must be overcome before the seat can be moved out of its upright position. The chair seat is constructed from a number of discrete components that are secured together without the use of welding or separate fasteners, such as via snap-fits. The discrete components include positioning tabs, special shapes, and other features that prevent them from being improperly assembled. The components of the chair seat may all be constructed out of suitable durable plastics, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polycarbonate, and glass filled thermoplastics.

Abstract: A chair seat that is movable between an upright and a forward position includes a spring mechanism that biases the seat toward the upright position. The spring mechanism includes camming structures that utilize both compressional and torsional forces from the spring to bias the seat toward the upright position. The compression of the spring exerts a positive force that must be overcome before the seat can be moved out of its upright position. The chair seat is constructed from a number of discrete components that are secured together without the use of welding or separate fasteners, such as via snap-fits. The discrete components include positioning tabs, special shapes, and other features that prevent them from being improperly assembled. The components of the chair seat may all be constructed out of suitable durable plastics, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polycarbonate, and glass filled thermoplastics.

Abstract: A tumble seat for an automotive vehicle wherein provision is made for pivoting a seat cushion frame for the tumble seat about a pivot pin with an axis that is transverse to the fore-and-aft center plane of the vehicle passenger compartment. The pivot pin is fixed to the bracket structure without the need for a threaded fastener. A spring, which is anchored on the pivot pin, has its active end engageable with the seat cushion frame so that a constant tilting torque on the seat cushion frame tends to tilt the seat cushion frame in an upright position when the tumble seat is not in use and when the seat cushion frame is unlatched from its lowered passenger-supporting position.

Abstract: Disclosed is a turning mechanism for a chair seat which comprises a shaft having a square cross section and fixed to the leg of a chair having a seat, a spring disposed to the shaft with an end thereof locked to the shaft and the other end thereof engaged so as to be associated with the turning of the seat of the chair, a stopper inserted into and engaged with the shaft through a square hole defined at the center thereof, a stopper receiver having abutting portions formed thereto and abutted against projections formed to the stopper, a first bush inserted into and engaged with the shaft through a square hole defined at the center thereof; and a second bush inserted into and engaged with the shaft through a square hole defined at the center thereof, wherein the first bush, the stopper and the second bush are contained in the stopper receiver. With this arrangement, there is provided a compact turning mechanism for a chair seat which is lingt in weight and small in size and can reduce an assemblying job.

Abstract: A flip-up type seat has a seat member support, a seat member, and a seat member coupling mechanism interposed between the seat member support and the seat member to couple the seat member to the seat member support in such a way that the seat member can be freely moved between its horizontal seated position and its vertical flipped-up position. The seat member coupling mechanism cause the rear end of the seat member to be moved up and down in the vertical direction and the front end thereof forward and backward in the horizontal direction when the seat member is moved between its seated position and its flipped-up position.

Abstract: An aparatus for raising a seat of a chair includes a pair of arms fixedly secured to both sides of the seat, stationary shaft extending between both legs of the chair, a position determining sleeve turnably mounted on the stationary shaft, a first coil spring fitted onto a larger diameter sleeve portion of the position determining sleeve and a second coil spring fitted onto a smaller diameter sleeve portion of the position determining sleeve. One end of the first coil spring having a higher intensity of resilient force than that of the second coil spring is engaged to the stationary shaft and other end of the same is engaged to the intermediate portion of the position determining sleeve so that the seat is normally urged to turn to the raised neutral position under the effect of resilient force of the first coil spring.

Abstract: A seat for a flight attendant in an aircraft is constructed to be secured to a supporting inner cabin wall. The seat unit includes a seat section tiltably supported in a mounting. The backrest unit includes a backrest cushion with a head cushion. A safety belt system, cooperates with both units, which are preassembled ready for installation. Thus, the conventional frame of the seat is avoided, whereby weight, costs, and space advantages are achieved. It is especially advantageous to provide a double seating arrangement with the seats facing in opposite directions.

Abstract: A folding seat is disclosed which comprises a base structure, a seat cushion pivotally mounted to the base structure, a seat back pivotally connected to the seat cushion, first springs arranged between the seat cushion and the seat back to bias them toward each other, a second spring arranged between the seat cushion and the base structure, and a guide mechanism for causing the seat back to pivot to its upright in-use position when the seat cushion is pivoted to its horizontal in-use position. The second spring is so arranged that once the seat cushion is pivoted to a certain angular position, further pivoting of the same toward a desired position is automatically carried out thereafter.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for sprung tilting movement of a component such as an inclining mechanism for a tiltable seat. The spring system is formed by at least one spring rod which is rotatably mounted in at least two bearings of which one bearing is stationary in the operating state while the other bearing is rotatable about an axis spatially offset relative to the axis of the spring rod. This results in a simple, light and space-saving construction.

Abstract: A mechanism for connection to a chair and to a base for allowing the chair to tilt forward and backward and from side-to-side relative to the base when the base is supported on a floor. The mechanism includes a support in the form of a housing mounted on a base by horizontal pin for forward and backward tilting movement on the base. A plate is mounted on the support for pivotal movement from side-to-side, the plate adapted to be coupled to the underside of the chair. A pair of torsion bars is carried by the support and serves to exert a spring bias force on the support when the chair is tilted backwardly relative to the base. The two torsion bars can be coupled in a manner to limit the spring bias effect of one of the torsion bars so that adjustments in the spring loading can be made as to the size and weight of a person sitting in the chair.

Abstract: A resilient mounting for a reclining seat, the mounting including a first member to be secured to a supporting base for the seat, a second member to be secured to the seat and which is pivotally connected to the first member, and a torsion bar which forms the pivot for the two members and which provides a return bias when one of the members is tilted relative to the other.

Abstract: A retractable seat structure for movement between an open, extended position and a foldable, retracted position has a frame for mounting within a wall and a seat assembly foldably mounted relative to the frame. An elongate pivot member such as a rod extends across the frame and is secured to opposite frame end members. The seat assembly contains an interior panel member and has brackets secured to opposite rear corner portions of the panel member in order to suspend the seat panel member from the rod for up and down folding movement with the panel member rotating relative to the rod. A resilient member such as a coil spring is sleeved on the rod and has one end nonrotatably connected to the rod and another end extending laterally outward and secured to the seat panel member.

Abstract: A leaf spring integrally formed of resilient sheet material has a transverse, substantially tubular arcuate intermediate portion terminating in opposed, laterally outwardly-extending, substantially flat abutment leaf portions. The tubular portion of the spring is adapted to be circumjacently received about the pintle rod of the usual hinge mechanism hingingly interconnecting the seat with the cover of an ordinary toilet seat assembly, with one leaf member abutting a rear portion at the inside of the seat and the other leaf member abutting a rear portion at the inside of the cover, to resiliently constrain the seat in down position against the reactive force of the cover when in its uppermost or open position, so that the seat can only be withdrawn from bowl position by manual lifting against the reactive force of the spring.

Abstract: Pivotable adjustment mechanism is provided for the connection of two mutually moveable members. Such members can be a seat portion and a base support portion of a chair, two cooperating, shaft forming members of an apparatus, a machine, etc. The adjustment mechanism includes two concentric rings suspended according to the cardan principle. The two rings each have a torsion bar disposed along a diameter of and securely fastened to its ring for adjustment of the latter, the two torsion bars being arranged at right angles to each other. A first member is fastened to the outer ring which is suspended by rotatably mounting the ends of its torsion bar in brackets secured to the inner ring which is axially displaced of the outer ring. The inner ring is suspended by rotatably mounting the ends of its torsion bar in a bracket secured to a second member of the chair, apparatus, machine, etc.

Abstract: An outboard folding seat for sailboats consisting of a hinged seat member pivotable between an inboard position wherein an outside face forms a part of the peripheral boat deck top and an outboard position wherein an inside face forms a seat member.

Abstract: A hinge comprises a first and a second bracket that are at least partially spaced apart. A viscoelastic member is disposed between and secured to the brackets to permit relative rotation between them about an axis that passes through both brackets and the viscoelastic member. At least one of the brackets includes a stop engagable with the other bracket to prevent rotation of the first bracket relative to the second bracket about the axis of rotation in one direction beyond a predetermined relative orientation of the two brackets. Relative rotation between the brackets when the stop is engaging the other bracket occurs about a second rotational axis spaced from the first axis and passing through a point of contact between the stop and the other bracket.