Abstract: A flexible base board for a chair, easily bends into a desirable shape. The base board fits more appropriately to the body of the person seated on the chair following the shape of the person's body without pressing the back, etc., thereby providing the person with good sitting comfort. The flexible base board is used for the backrest, etc. of a chair. The base board has an upper shell (4), an intermediate shell (5), and a lower shell (6). A large number of holes (14) having substantially the same size are substantially uniformly formed in the entire shell (6). Also, a large number of holes (15) are formed in the entire surface of the intermediate shell (5), and each hole (15) has a greater transverse width than a hole (14) in the upper shell (4) and the lower shell (6).

Abstract: A seat mount with integrated adjustment that includes a seat base with integrally molded slide bearing receiving pockets that each receives an integrally formed slide bearing of one piece and unitary construction that engages apertures formed in a seat mount that preferably is a seat slide plate or seat mounting plate.

Abstract: The invention provides a seating apparatus having a reclining movement with a corresponding seat lift movement. The apparatus further provides a seating support surface having increased comfort comprising a shaped diaphragm with a series of calculated openings provided throughout.

Abstract: It is a seat that basically consists of a structural cover that is split into compartments that, in the specific case of a sofa, has different cavities for the backrest, seat, armrest and other parts of the sofa, in such a way that bags filled with a lightweight material can be fitted into and adjusted inside these cavities, so that these bags are really the elements that serve to reinforce the sofa as a whole, thus obtaining a low-cost and lightweight product that is easy to transport because of its slight volume as a result of it being possible to dismantle it before transporting it, which sets it apart from most conventional sofas, which have to be moved in their completely assembled form. The bags can be composed of a single compartment or several, in which case each compartment may in turn be filled with different materials in order to obtain different degrees of flexibility.

Abstract: A vehicle seat includes a structural element of a backrest. A through-loading opening is provided in the element. The element includes a metal plate with a reinforcing plate secured to it. A channel in the element is provided in at least some of its circumference or periphery. The channel is hollow and a reinforcing profile is inserted into the channel.

Abstract: At a side portion 22 of a seat back frame, not only does a rear first extending portion 52 bend and extend from a frame side plate portion 30 toward a seat back inner side at an obtuse angle, but also, in a vicinity of a central portion of a rear flange portion 50, a rear second extending portion 54 bends and extends from the rear first extending portion 52 further toward the seat back inner side. Therefore, even if a relatively large load toward a rear of a vehicle acts on the seat back frame and compressive stress is generated at an intermediate portion of the rear flange portion 50 in a heightwise direction of a seat back, it is difficult for cross-sectional collapsing to arise, and the load can be effectively supported at the frame side plate portion 30. There can be provided a seat back frame for a vehicle which can suppress an amount of bending deformation at the time of a rear collision, without leading to an increase in weight.

Abstract: A seat includes a seat portion and an attached seat back portion and an attached uniform including a uniform top fitted over the seat back portion and a uniform bottom fitted over the seat portion. The uniform top and the uniform bottom support uniform adornment that identifies the members of a group, profession, organization, or establishment.

Abstract: An office chair is provided having a contoured back assembly comprising a back frame and a suspension fabric. The fabric is attached to the back frame through a spline wherein the back frame has a three-dimensional contoured shape formed by overlapped frame rings with the fabric being joined thereto by a spline. The fabric is secured to the frame by a machine wherein the fabric is first stretched from the outer edge of the fabric and then is clamped to a frame surface in the pre-tensioned or pre-streched condition. The fabric edges are allowed to hang loose and then fixed in the frame by a spline. Once secured, the fabric is unclamped from the frame.

Abstract: A wheelchair sit-system with a three dimensional anatomical shape, which can accomplish an equal as well as an unequal pressure/load distribution, stabilize the pelvic base and trunk, compensate sit pathology, and be individually adapted on the basis of treatment of specific sit complaints/impairments. The wheelchair sit system (i.e., a sit cushion and a backrest) is developed methodically via inventory of the three dimensional pelvis/trunk measures; design a three dimensional drawing of basic sit cushions and backrest models in three sizes (S, M and L); specification of the sit pathology of the pelvis and trunk; and modification of the designed three dimensional basic sit cushion and backrest models on the basis of sit pathology. A product development trajectory results in nine sit cushion models in three sizes (S, M and L); six backrest models in three sizes (S, M and L); one generic sit cushion, with inserts, in three sizes (S, M and L); and one generic backrest, with inserts, in three sizes (S, M and L).

Abstract: An office chair is provided having a contoured back assembly comprising a back frame and a suspension fabric. The fabric is attached to the back frame about its periphery wherein the back frame has a three-dimensional contoured shape formed by overlapped frame rings with the fabric being joined thereto. The fabric is secured to the frame by a machine wherein the fabric is first stretched from the outer edge of the fabric and then is clamped by a front frame section in the pre-tensioned or pre-streched condition. The fabric edges are allowed to hang loose and then fixed in the front frame section. Once secured, the fabric is unclamped from the front frame section, and then this sub-assembly is affixed to the rear frame ring to complete the assembly of the back frame.

Abstract: A portable, easily assembled and disassembled three-legged stool or stool kit includes a seat with a quick-release leg-fastening assembly, three legs having keyhole slots to engage with the quick-release leg-fastening assembly, and a substantially planar leg bracket oriented below and parallel with the seat that has three symmetrically-oriented elongated slots to receive and orient the legs. At least one of the legs has multiple, spaced-apart sets of opposing grooves for supporting a removable, cantilevered platform such as a footrest or a drink holder. When assembled, the legs are oriented in a structurally strong and rigid fashion to support the seat.

Abstract: An air spring for a vehicle seat. The air spring includes a plurality of air spring components which delimit at least one air spring chamber. The air spring forms an intake air connection and a discharged air connection for controlling the height and/or level of the vehicle seat, wherein the air spring furthermore has, for controlling the height and/or level of the vehicle seat, a valve device which is integrated in the air spring or in at least one air spring component.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite component comprising an insert made of expanded metal surrounded by foamed material, particularly a steering column collision protection element.

Abstract: The leaning molds system is a structure suitable for leaning where the individual instead of seating, leans against it. It comprises two molds, a back support mold with a convex surface and a resting mold with a convex surface or arm rest, both mounted to a vertical supporting surface. The leaning support surface of said resting mold is positioned at a predetermined distance so that an average person will be able to lean without seating. The molds fit like puzzle pieces to create different patterns. The system becomes part of the public landscape by transforming vertical surfaces, particularly walls, of crowded spaces by making them both functional and aesthetically pleasing.

Abstract: Method for manufacturing a hinge mechanism including: a movable flange and a stationary flange; holding means for ensuring holding of the stationary and movable flanges. The method includes the following steps: the holding means are applied to the stationary flange, a portion of the holding means being in radial contact with an outside portion of the movable flange, the holding means are fastened to the stationary flange, at the same time, a clamping pressure is applied to the holding means, this clamping pressure being directed radially in order to apply a radial pressure of the holding means on the movable flange, so as to take up the play in the hinge.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a seating system that includes a seat back (20) with one or more plastic panels (22) that extend across a lateral distance of the seat back (20). The seat back (20) preferably includes one or more reinforcements (30) attached to the plastic panels (22).

Abstract: A head restraint of a vehicle seat has at least one elastically deformable container integrated therein. The container is at least partially filled with filling bodies and gas. An abrupt evacuation of the gas in the event of a crash changes the collision impact characteristics of the head restraint.

Abstract: An inflatable bladder supports the body of a person and relieves pressure on a portion of the body not engaging the bladder. The bladder has at least one rear chamber adapted to receive and maintain a first charge of fluid. At least one front chamber supports the legs of the person and has two support legs. The support legs are spaced apart from each other to form a channel between the support legs. The channel is sized and shaped for placement beneath a portion of the body to relieve pressure on the portion. The front chamber is adapted to receive and maintain a second charge of fluid separately from the rear chamber.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a seating system that includes a seat back (20) with one or more plastic panels (22) that extend across a lateral distance of the seat back (20). The seat back (20) preferably includes one or more reinforcements (30) attached to the plastic panels (22).

Abstract: A woven fabric structure for outdoor furniture use is provided. The woven fabric structure is a blended fabric containing a coated multifilament yarn and an elastomeric yarn that is resistant to water, ultraviolet, heat degradation or other significant outdoor exposure. The elastomeric yarn is provided in the fill direction and the coated multifilament yarn is provided in the warp direction. Additionally, the coated multifilament yarn can be combined with a yarn such as spun acrylic, polyester, nylon yarn, texturized filament yarns; or other uncoated filament yarns.

Abstract: An elastic element of support of a part of the body is characterized by the fact that when applied singularly or in a plurality of pieces on the frame of a chair or other similar apparatus makes totally flexible in every direction the parts of the apparatus which are in contact with the body of the user.

Abstract: A seat provided with an air bag module, including a seat back having a back pad, a seat back frame for supporting the back pad, and a trim cover covering the back pad and the seat back frame, the back pad having a cavity, an air bag module having an air bag and an inflator for causing the air bag to be inflated and developed, the air bag module being accommodated in the cavity of the back pad and attached to the seat back frame, the trim cover having a sewing portion acting as a breaking portion broken according to an inflation and development of the air bag, first and second stay cloths provided in the trim cover by sewing the first and second stay cloths together with the sewing portion of the trim cover, terminals of the first and second stay cloths being taken into the cavity of the back pad so as to wrap the air bag module, and a support wire system arranged at the back of the air bag module for pulling and supporting the first and second stay cloths, the support wire system coupled to the terminals of t

Abstract: The present invention provides a seat with a vertical rubber panel, which is suitable for use preferably in public buildings such as waiting rooms, bus shelters or railway stations.

Abstract: Disclosed are composite elastomeric yarns comprising a polymeric core, a thermoplastic polymeric sheath disposed about the core and fibers disposed about and mechanically anchored in the sheath. The melting point temperature of the material comprising the sheath is at least about 10° C. and preferably from about 50° C. to about 75° C. lower than the melting point temperature of the material comprising the core. Methods and articles relating to such yarn are also disclosed.

Abstract: In the body pressure disperse-type seat, the occupant side of at least one of a seat part and a seat back part includes a plurality of segments formed of resin, each of the segments includes a body pressure receive plate portion for receiving the pressure of a body and a support pillar portion for supporting the body pressure receive plate portion, and each of the support pillar portions has a spring characteristic which can be set according to the body pressure to be received by the body pressure receive plate portion.

Abstract: An enhanced chair for usage in connection with honoring guests at various celebrations. More particularly, the invention is an improved “Simcha Chair,” or chair traditionally used at Jewish weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, and other affairs, wherein an honoree is seated in a chair and elevated by celebrants above the height of dancing guests. As such, there are inherent safety risks associated with the activity, and the improved chair of the present invention mitigates the incidence of potential damage and injury through the usage of safety belts, a variety of hand grips for both the occupant and lifters, and a variety of shoulder supports for persons lifting the chair.

Abstract: A chair has a seat surface having a front region which is turned downwardly and is pullable rearwardly under the seat surface for reducing a seat depth.

Abstract: The seat back in accordance with the invention, provided more particularly for an active-dynamic seating device 5, comprises a base part 1, a connecting means 2 and a backrest 3. Preferably the base part 1 is configured plate-shaped and its upper side is provided for mounting a foot part 4 of an active-dynamic seating device 5. As an alternative the base part 1 may be secured directly to the foot part 4 of the active-dynamic seating device 5.

Abstract: A molded seat assembly comprises an insert having an upper and a lower surface, a peripheral edge, and a ridge disposed adjacent to the peripheral edge. A seat portion comprised of a plastic material is molded directly to the insert whereby the plastic material contacts the peripheral edge, the ridge, the upper surface melts or softens the peripheral edge, the ridge and the upper surface forming both a cohesive bond and a locking engagement between the seat portion and the insert.

Abstract: A chair including a novel seat construction which includes in the illustrated embodiment a single sheet of fabric having a front support portion of relatively high resistance to resilient deformation and a rear support portion of relatively low resistance to resilient deformation. The differential deformation of the two regions locates an occupant's ischial tuberosity behind the forward support portion which thereby resists forward movement of the sitter from the chair to thus retain the sitter back in its correct position.

Abstract: This invention provides a process of preparing furniture and decorative items prepared from tires and tube and allied wastes comprising:

Abstract: A chair including a seat, a support member, an outwardly extending projection and a chair back. A support member extends upward adjacent a rear portion of the seat. An outwardly extending projection is attached the support member. The chair back includes front, back, top and bottom surfaces. The chair back has a cavity opening downwardly toward the bottom surface and an aperture is the back surface. The aperture extends in a direction from the cavity to the back surface and communicates with the cavity. The top portion of the support member extends into the cavity and the projection extends into the aperture.

Abstract: A plastic contoured seat back includes an inner and an outer shell affixed together. The inner shell includes a three dimensionally curved front surface and a two dimensionally curved back surface. The inner shell may include an internal rib adjacent the top of the shell that is shaped differently from the top edge of the inner shell. The internal rib is adapted to allow the inner shell to be cut adjacent the internal rib so that the inner shell can be varied in shape. The shell may also include indentations on the back side of the shell adjacent the corners of the inner shell. The indentations are dimensioned to receive overlapping fabric that is pulled around the corners such that the fabric on the back of the shell adjacent the corners does not project outwardly more than the fabric elsewhere, despite the over lapping of the fabric at the corners.