Abstract: An article of furniture is disclosed. The article of furniture comprises a stool configured to be used on a generally horizontal surface such as a floor. The stool comprises a seat and a base comprising a rounded bottom surface configured to rest upon the floor. A mass is positioned beneath the seat so that the base is at equilibrium in a first tilted orientation relative to the floor. The base can be tilted to second tilted orientation relative to the floor by tilting the rounded bottom surface of the base relative to the floor.

Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel configurable ottoman. The configurable ottoman comprises a pair of rear legs, a pair of leg connectors each coupled to a rear leg, a pair of stub front legs each coupled to a leg connector, a pair of hinged front legs each coupled to a stub front leg to form an ottoman frame, and a support surface coupled to the ottoman frame having the pair of rear legs coupled to the support surface and the pair of hinged front legs coupled to the support surface.

Abstract: An inflatable two-chambered rectangular ottoman with attached shoulder strap and pocket is an inflatable bladder constructed from polyvinyl-chloride material with heat sealing for assembly. The two chambers allow for flexibility in firmness of support and height either as a footrest with one chamber inflated or as an ottoman with varying levels of support dependent upon which side the ottoman rests on the floor. Additional support is provided in the ottoman by additional ribbing on each side also made from polyvinyl-chloride material. The ottoman has a velour surface on five sides. The sixth side is two-layered non-velour polyvinyl-chloride material with an opening on one of the shorter sides to form a pocket. Attached to the inner layer of the non-velour PVC side are the two ends of the attached adjustable carrying strap. The strap can be placed inside the pocket when in use on the floor.

Abstract: The technology herein provides a modular mobile workstation with storage capacity. The apparatus has a modular shell that can be used for a variety of purposes, including, but not limited to, a stool and low table combination, a table and coat-rack combination, and a high table combination. The modular shell encloses a removable inner shell that can be used to store goods while traveling with the unit. Two large wheels may cap the respective ends of the shell and allow the apparatus to roll freely behind a user. A multi-use handle may also be included with the apparatus. The handle may be collapsible and may be secured to the apparatus by a securing scarf, which also may serves to hold the interlocking pieces of the outer shell together.

Abstract: A substantially spherical frameless chair comprising an at least partially gas permeable outer liner, an at least partially gas permeable inner liner positioned inside of the outer liner, and a plurality of polyurethane foam pieces having a density between approximately 1.0 and approximately 3.0 pounds per cubic foot retained within the inner liner. The outer liner includes a first end component having a substantially circular peripheral geometry, a second end component having a substantially circular peripheral geometry, and an intermediate component having a substantially rectangular peripherical geometry wherein the first and second end components are secured to the intermediate component to, in turn, form a substantially spherical outer liner.

Abstract: A cushion, a system of cushions, and a method for stacking cushions are provided. The cushion may have two sections or may be integrally formed. The cushion may have an opening within the lower section of the cushion to receive a portion of another cushion. When placed upon a second similarly structured cushion, a system of cushions results. The cushions may be stacked for the purposes of height manipulation, space conservation, or the like. The cushions may also be transported from one location to another by providing wheels on the cushion or by a dolly.

Abstract: Seat that comprises an envelope containing incompressible filling pieces, such as polystyrene balls. In addition, this seat comprises a bottom wall and side walls made of a rigid, semirigid and/or impermeable material, and an upper wall of which at least a part is made of an elastic and permeable material, the filling pieces occupying the totality of the volume defined by the bottom, side and upper walls.

Abstract: A substantially spherical frameless chair comprising an at least partially gas permeable outer liner, an at least partially gas permeable inner liner positioned inside of the outer liner, and a plurality of polyurethane foam pieces having a density between approximately 1.0 and approximately 3.0 pounds per cubic foot retained within the inner liner. The outer liner includes a first end component having a substantially circular peripheral geometry, a second end component having a substantially circular peripheral geometry, and an intermediate component having a substantially rectangular peripherical geometry wherein the first and second end components are secured to the intermediate component to, in turn, form a substantially spherical outer liner.

Abstract: An arrangement for the temporary fixing of an object on a vehicle seat which is equipped with a safety belt is provided. For implementing such an arrangement via the simplest devices, a hanging hook is disposed in front of the seat surface of the seat cushion and, on the front side of the seat cushion facing away from the backrest, is arranged below the seat surface. In the area of its lap belt section, the locked safety belt is pulled over the object situated on the seat surface and is hung into the hanging hook via its belt strap.

Abstract: A plurality of sections placed in a stack to form a stool. The stool can be put in the well of the automobile between the front and back seat. Certain of the sections can be left in the well, and others on the back seat for the child to sit on and place his feet on the sections of the well. The sections are temporarily held together against lateral displacement by various devices. In all of the forms the device has an opening for receiving the hump in the floor of the automobile. In another form, the device is somewhat in the appearance of a table forming a first section, and a second section stacked with the first section.

Abstract: There is disclosed an upholstered article of furniture in the form of a pouffe (10) which comprises a base (11), a single scrap rubber tire, or a stack of rubber tires, mounted generally horizontally on the base, upholstery (13), and padding (14) arranged at predetermined locations between the tire and the upholstery.

Abstract: Knee pads which are to be worn while a person is working on a surface in a kneeling position have a first section provided with a first portion to be attached to a lower leg and a knee seat to accommodate the knee cap and the upper portion of the tibia, a second section connected to the first section and having a seat for a buttock and the adjacent portion of the upper leg and a support engageable with the surface when the user is kneeling with body weight transferred to the surface by the knee pad rather than through the knee joint.

Abstract: A ventilation seat substantially includes a housing with a lateral wall having passages for air ventilation, a fan which is adapted to be driven by a motor and rotatably mounted in the housing, and a seat member mounted on the housing. By means of providing a plurality of holes at the seat member in communication with the inside of the housing, cool air reaches the thighs, hip, sides, back and front parts of a person on the seat.

Abstract: A supporting device for use in a kneeling-like sitting posture having means for simultaneously supporting the seat and ankle portions of the user. Means are also provided to support the leg portions of the user.

Abstract: A dual use cushion and container are provided and adapted for a first use with a shipping carton. The container has a cover or lid at the top and a handle on the side. The cushion includes a retaining tab and can be folded so that it can be placed within the shipping carton along side the container. When in the shipping carton, the cushion cushions the container during shipment. After shipment, the cushion and container can be removed from the shipping carton, and the cushion placed on top of the lid of the container to form a cushioned seat. The retaining tab of the cushion can be engaged with the handle of the container to hold the cushion in place on top of the container's lid. In addition to its use in holding the cushion in place on top of the seat, the handle can be used to carry the container.

Abstract: This stool is adaptable for many uses, and it includes a hollow outer box, in which is slidably received an inner box, that is elevatable in height by linkage arms and a liftwire. The arrangement also includes a pair of pins for being positioned in openings of the outer box, so as to render the inner box secure at any desired height.

Abstract: An inflatable toy which when inflated has the contour of a hassock. The toy features a cylindrical envelope and inner radially-extending planar baffles, these elements being composed of soft limp flexible material such as a thermoplastic plastic. When the toy is inflated by introducing air under mild pressure into the envelope, the top and bottom walls of the envelope are distended so as to assume the contour of the top and bottom of a hassock, i.e. with a central bulge and discrete radial outward bulges. This configuration is formed by disposing the baffles vertically and mutually angularly spaced, each of the baffles extending radially from near the central axis of the envelope and terminating short of the periphery of the envelope, with rectilinear attachments of the top and bottom edges of each of the baffles to the top and bottom walls of the envelope. The baffles are tautened by outward force exerted on the top and bottom walls between the baffles, by the pressure of the inflating air.

Abstract: The invention comprises an ottoman with means for automatically elevating the cushioned top of the ottoman to any desired height. The ottoman includes remote control means for actuating the elevating means.

Abstract: An ottoman convertible having a base, lower cushion and upper cushion. As an ottoman, the lower and upper cushions are stacked on top of the base. When the unit is assembled as a bed, the upper cushion is placed directly on the base while the lower cushion rests on the floor beside the stacked base and upper cushion. In this arrangement, the top surfaces of the upper and lower cushion are coplanar. A bolster may also be provided which may serve as a back rest on the ottoman to convert it to a chair, and which may also be placed on the floor in alignment with the base and upper cushion and with the lower cushion to form an inclined head rest for the bed.

Abstract: An upright cylindrical housing having closed ends is provided with a wall diametrically and longitudinally divided intermediate its ends to define a stationary wall portion and a movable wall portion. The movable wall portion forms a door slidably disposed in circular tracks formed by the respective end of the housing to cover and uncover an access opening formed by the divided wall. The housing is transversely divided by a plurality of partitions arranged in vertically spaced relation to form a plurality of compartments. Each of the partitions rotatably support a circular upwardly open fishing tackle receiving tray with each of the trays being movable outwardly through the access opening with respect to its supporting partition by a radial slot formed in the respective partition.