Spring Clamp Patents (Class 297/401)
  • Patent number: 11849858
    Abstract: A pillow assembly for a chair is disclosed. The pillow assembly includes a pillow and clip assembly. The clip assembly is attached to the back of the pillow and is biased toward the back of the pillow such that a restorative force may secure the pillow to a chair. A grippy part may be disposed on the clip assembly to enhance securing the pillow in a desired position. The attached clip part may also have a protruding tab for a user to easily grasp the clip assembly. The clip assembly can slide over a complementary part on a chair, and is biased to secure the pillow in a desired position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Sunflow, Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie Hsu Besner, Jeffrey Servaites
  • Patent number: 11759029
    Abstract: The invention discloses a quick release pillow including a pillow core, a pillow cover encapsulating the pillow core, and at least one hook connected to the pillow cover. The hook includes a fixing portion and a hook portion connected to each other and spaced apart. The fixing portion is configured to be connected to the pillow cover. The hook portion is configured to be detachably hung on a baby carriage. The invention not only achieves quick assembly and disassembly of the quick release pillow, but also saves time of assembly and disassembly, such that the use of the quick release pillow is more convenient. The invention also discloses a baby carriage with the quick release pillow. A covering layer of the baby carriage has at least one fastener for selectively hanging the quick release pillow, such that the use of the baby carriage is also more convenient and flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Wonderland Switzerland AG
    Inventors: Anne Beeftink, Martijn Hans Van Gelderen
  • Patent number: 10286822
    Abstract: A headrest assembly is provided herein. A mounting assembly is pivotally coupled to a seatback. A frame is movably coupled to the mounting assembly. A locking device is coupled to the mounting assembly and is movable between an unlock position to enable at least one of translational displacement and rotational displacement of the frame, and a lock position to retain the frame in a selected position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Raul Ezequiel Alvarez Ruiz, Cuauhtemoc Quiroz Garfias, Alfonso Hickman Guevara
  • Patent number: 8033603
    Abstract: A vehicle seat neck protection device (8) that protects and supports the nape of the neck (4) of a user wherein the device (8) has a body (27) of a predetermined size and shape and a convex surface (6) for positioning the device (8) behind the nape of a neck (4), a rear wall (10) located on the body (27) and at least one securing means (7) located on the rear wall (10) for securing the vehicle neck protection device (8) to at least one post (3) of a vehicle headrest (1). The body (27) may include a cushion area (12) that forms the convex surface (6) and a dense area (11) located between the cushion area (12) and the rear wall (10). In the alternative, an inflatable bladder (17) may form the convex surface (6) wherein a user may selectively adjust the degree of inflation of the bladder (17). The bladder (17) may also be automatically inflated upon strong impact against the vehicle itself. The device (8) may be retroactively fit onto an existing vehicle headrest (1) or may built-into a vehicle headrest (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Inventor: Clifford Bruce Meert
  • Patent number: 6935695
    Abstract: A portable traveller headrest is provided. The portable traller headrest includes a bar that may be articulated so that it can be folded onto itself, the ends of said bar having transversal holes to fix the bar to a seat with a fixing mechanism that adapts to different thickness of a top edge of various seats and fixes the bar to a backrest of the seats by pressure and at a desired height chosen by the user. Headrest elements, which comprise thin plates made of a rigid material and have a cushioned cover, can be connected, disconnected and rotated in discrete positions relative to the bar . The fixing mechanism is hingedly mounted in holes located on the bar, thereby requiring little space for storing the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2005
    Assignee: Veme, S.A.
    Inventors: Jose Antonio Carta Gonzalez, Gerardo Garces Martin
  • Patent number: 6644747
    Abstract: First and second head supports are releasably attached to the side edges of a child safety seat. Each of the head supports has a cushion section positioned on the inner side of the seat back and a clamp arm positioned on the outer side of the seat back, with the clamp arm having a proximal end attached to the cushion section. The spacing between the clamp arm adjacent the proximal end of the cushion section is approximately equal to the width of the seat back. Preferably, the cushion section is generally cubical, with first and second headrest faces, permitting use of the head supports on seats having backs with side edges generally parallel to the seat back center section, as well as seat backs having side edges generally perpendicular to the seat back center section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2003
    Inventor: Eugene H. Jones
  • Patent number: 5800019
    Abstract: A headrest for use in combination with a seat back structure, including a clamp having a plurality of attachment sites and being detachably attachable to a side or top of the seat back structure; and a cushion detachably attachable to the clamp at any one of the attachment sites, at varying locations and angles. The clamp is D-shaped and has a rounded front portion bearing the plurality of attachment sites, and a back portion. Each attachment site is tubular and is interiorly threaded. The cushion has an external threaded portion and is attachable to the clamp by threading the threaded portion into a selected tubular portion to a desired depth to effect a desired headrest location and angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Inventor: Thomas D. Knightlinger
  • Patent number: 5007678
    Abstract: A chair back height adjustment mechanism includes an inner, generally rectangular bracket defining a pair of laterally spaced sockets adapted to receive a pair of chair back supports. An inner shell defines a plurality of guides which receive glides or tabs formed on the bracket. The bracket defines a rack portion facing the inner shell. A release handle is pivotally mounted on the inner shell. The handle defines teeth engageable with the rack portion of the bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 16, 1991
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: Larry DeKraker
  • 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