Abstract: A contoured armcap for multi-seat occupant usage may include a top surface and a raised surface. The raised surface may be configured to separate the top surface into two areas. The raised surface may be offset from the top surface at a select height. The raised surface may be continuously coupled to the top surface via a set of sides. At least one side of the set of sides may be defined by a contour line. The two areas may include a first area configured to support a portion of an arm of a first seat occupant in a first aircraft seat coupled to a shared armrest including the contoured armcap. The two areas may include a second area configured to support a portion of an arm of a second seat occupant in a second aircraft seat coupled to the shared armrest including the contoured armcap.

Abstract: A self-contained portable toilet includes a hollow, parallelepiped base. Attached to the base is a collapsible support stand and a top cover. The base has a cutout through which an access door is disposed. An aperture and a bar allow a roll of toilet paper to be disposed in the base. A toilet paper cover protects the toilet paper. A top cover is hingedly disposed on a top side of the base and has an open position and a stored position. When the top cover is in the open position, a removable toilet seat can be placed on the top side of the base and an interior lip of the top cover. A storage slot houses the removable toilet seat. A handle allows for transport of the self-contained portable toilet. A rubber strap locks the top cover in the stored position.

Abstract: A wheelchair bed insert device facilitates transfer of a person from a bed to a wheelchair. The device includes a bed frame having an open space extending into a lateral side of the bed frame. A mattress has a slot therein aligning with the open space of the bed frame when the mattress is positioned on the bed frame. A chair frame is positionable in the open space. A chair pad is coupled to the chair frame occupying the slot in the mattress when the chair frame is positioned in the open space of the bed frame. Chair wheels are coupled to the chair frame wherein the wheels facilitate transport of a person seated on the chair pad.

Abstract: A chair that facilitates user ingress and egress has a chair support structure and a seat, a backrest, and at least one armrest coupled to the chair support structure. A lower portion of the armrest is coupled to the chair support structure and an upper portion of the armrest is coupled to the lower portion to allow rotation of the upper portion with respect to the lower portion around a horizontal axis that splits the armrest into the two portions. The upper portion can be placed in an upright position above the lower portion and a folded position alongside the lower portion by rotation of the upper portion around the horizontal axis. The upper portion can be locked in the upright position with a locking mechanism that can extend through both the lower portion and the upper portion to prevent rotation of the upper portion around the horizontal axis.

Abstract: An airplane passenger seat device includes a seat part, which has a seat surface, a seat direction and a main body, which abuts an aisle in a installed state in a means of transportation and which, in a usage position, laterally covers the seat surface in a region that is lateral to the seat surface with respect to the seat direction. It is proposed that the passenger seat device has a bearing unit for moveably mounting the main body, which is provided to move the main body from the usage position into a release position by way of a movement relative to the seat surface, which causes the region lateral to the seat surface to be released.

Abstract: The invention relates to an arm rest arrangement for a seat, in particular for a vehicle seat, with an arm rest which is pivotably connected by means of a bearing axis to an arm rest support, wherein a latching and adjusting device is provided for setting an angle of inclination between the arm rest and the arm rest support in a usage position and for folding down the arm rest from the usage position into a non-usage position, wherein the latching and adjusting device is mounted so as to be rotatable in a rotary element within a housing of the HI armrest and the latching and adjusting device is mounted so as to be rotatable about its longitudinal axis (L) in the housing for setting of the angle of inclination.

Abstract: A portable, foldable chair that configures to a straight-back chair, a bed, and a recliner, while also providing standard seat height.

Abstract: An armrest is pivotally coupled to a seat back for movement between a stowed position and a use position. The armrest comprises a support frame and a cam. A memory mechanism is coupled to the support frame for actuation between an unlocked condition providing selective adjustment of the armrest in the use position and a locked condition for retaining memory of the use position upon pivotal movement of the armrest between the stowed position and use position. The memory mechanism includes an elongated memory bar fixedly secured to the support frame, a guide member slidably coupled to the memory bar, and a wedge plate slidably and pivotally coupled to the memory bar for movement between a slide position to allow sliding movement of the wedge plate along the memory bar and a wedge position for lockingly wedging the memory bar between the wedge plate and the guide plate.

Abstract: A seat having a seat surface and a backrest also includes a reboard seat frame which is pivotably mounted in the lower region of the backrest and/or in the connecting/transition region of backrest and seat surface. At least one part of the cushion of the backrest is connected to the reboard seat frame and can pivot with this reboard seat frame. The reboard seat frame in a stowed position is arranged essentially parallel to the backrest and can pivot from the stowed position into a reboard in-use position in which it occupies an angular position between the planes of the backrest and of the seat surface. In the reboard in-use position, the part of the cushion of the backrest which is connected to the reboard seat frame forms the seat surface of a reboard child seat.

Abstract: A motor vehicle seat is provided that includes, but is not limited to a backrest, which may be pivoted from an essentially upright usage position into an essentially horizontal non-usage position and which has at least one wing rest, which includes, but is not limited to a support part and a cushion part fastened on the support part. The support part is linked on a middle backrest part in such a way that the wing rest may be pivoted, in the non-usage position of the backrest, from a lower armrest non-usage position around the pivot axis extending in the seat direction into an upper armrest usage position to implement an armrest. In the armrest usage position, the cushion part is situated above the middle backrest part while implementing an intermediate space between the cushion part and the middle backrest part. The support part has a cover plate, which covers the intermediate space in one transverse direction. Furthermore, a seating configuration is provided having such a motor vehicle seat.

Abstract: A safety seat assembly includes a seat body and an armrest device. The seat body includes a seat portion and an armrest support disposed on a lateral side of the seat portion. The armrest device includes an armrest component connected pivotally to the armrest support, and a locking component disposed between the armrest component and the armrest support, coupled movably to the armrest component, and rotatable with the armrest component relative to the armrest support between first and second positions. The locking component is movable to engage the armrest support for retaining the armrest component at the first position. The armrest device further includes a control component operable between a locking position for preventing disengagement between the locking component and the armrest support, and an unlocking position for permitting disengagement between the locking component and the armrest support.

Abstract: An armchair mechanism that includes a toothed pawl and cam mechanism which allows the armrest to rotate in an arc greater than 90 degrees and into a first angular position. The armchair mechanism further includes a lockout member which locks the armrest in a design position and a stowed position. During a first angular portion of movement along the rotation arc, the armrest can be secured in several discrete angular positions whereas movement of the armrest in the first angular position is one-way so that the armrest can only rotate upward and be secured in any one of the several discrete angular positions.

Abstract: The disclosure generally describes a chaise longue having a base structure that supports a backrest section, a footrest section and an intermediate section. The intermediate section is connected between the backrest section and the footrest section. The base structure can include a first movable support that supports the backrest section and can articulate about a first stationary transverse axis. The base structure can also include a second movable support that supports the footrest section and can articulate about a second stationary transverse axis.

Abstract: A convertible chair is disclosed that has pivotable side cushions for pivoting between a lowered position and a raised position. A frame includes a generally horizontal seat, as well as a pair of pivot supports each fixed to a respective side of the seat. Two sets of bars are included, each bar being pivotably supported at one end thereof to one of the pivot supports and pivotably supported thereby. Each set of bars are fixed to and support one of the side cushions. In the lowered position the side cushions each provide additional seating area, whereas in the raised position an outer edge of the each cushion may be used as an armrest for a person sitting in the chair.

Abstract: A stowable chair armrest for a seat assembly which includes a armrest portion connected to the seat assembly through a restricted movement rotating joint which has limited rotation about a horizontal X and Y axes, the Y-axis being parallel to the length of the armrest portion and positioned above the plane of the seat cushion whereby the armrest portion is rotatable about the Y-axis approximately 180° from an elevated position of the armrest to a retracted position. When the armrest is in its use position, it cannot rotate downward about its Y-axis. However, the arm rest can be lifted upward 10° about its X-axis, wherein a flat blade connecting the armrest to a spherical pivot becomes aligned in a longitudinal chamber having a circular cross-section thus permitting the armrest portion to rotate 180° about its Y-axis to its stowed position.

Abstract: A therapy mat table has an upper surface and removable mat. A portion of the mat and a separate plate is rotatably mounted within the flat top so as to be capable of being selectively raised and lowered to form a seat back for a patient reclining or sitting on the pad on an elongated side edge of the table. The table may also include transfer bars which help to move a patient on and off the table or when moving to a standing position or while simply standing. The table may further include a stowable foot stop, which prevents backward movement of the patient's feet when the patient is standing between the transfer bars. The table may also include a knee blocker, which helps to limit or prevent buckling of the patient's knees when the patient is standing between the transfer bars.