Relatively Collapsible Bottom, Rear Legs, And Integral Back And Front Legs Patents (Class 297/55)
  • Patent number: 11297946
    Abstract: A chair (10) has a composite structure (14) attached to a frame (12). The composite structure includes a plastic plate (16) having an edge (22), and a metal plate (18) having a peripheral crimp (21) including a gap (20), with the edge of the plastic plate inserted into the gap and with the peripheral crimp clamped onto the edge of the plastic plate, to attach the plastic plate onto the metal plate. The composite structure provides a seating surface of the chair. The composite structure maximizes the advantages of both the plastic plate and the metal plate, with each plate compensating for the disadvantages of the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: NEW-TEC INTEGRATION (XIAMEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 11147379
    Abstract: A chair comprises a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. The seat comprises an upholstered seat cushion disposed on the seat. The upholstered seat cushion comprising a cushion layer carried by a backing and covered by a layer of upholstery. The layer of upholstery extends over the cushion layer and the backing, and wraps around a perimeter of the backing. A snap connection attaches the backing of the upholstered seat cushion to the seat. The snap connection comprises resilient hooks extending from backing of the seat cushion and into holes in the seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Matthew Pectol
  • Patent number: 10470575
    Abstract: A folding chair comprising: a first structure including a pair of front legs and a backrest, a second structure including a pair of rear legs movable with respect to the first structure between an open position and a closed position, and a seat movable about an articulation axis between a lowered position and a raised position, wherein the seat comprises: a support frame pivoting about said articulation axis between a lowered position and a raised position, a seating element movable with respect to the support frame along a direction transverse with respect to said articulation axis, and at least one transmission mechanism configured to move the seating element along said direction between a first position corresponding to the lowered position of the support frame and a second position corresponding to the raised position of the support frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: PROCORD S.P.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 10136729
    Abstract: A folding chair includes a seat, a back, an interlinking device, a front leg, and a rear leg. The seat, the back, the interlinking device, the front leg, and the rear leg are interlinked. The seat includes at least one guiding portion, and the interlinking device includes at least one actuating member, which is movably coupled to the guiding portion. A user can fold or unfold the folding chair by a single-handed operation, such as pushing or pulling on the back or pulling a handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Inventor: Yuan-Chun Lin
  • Patent number: 8967710
    Abstract: A folding device is configured at the pivot between the rear leg frame and the front leg frame of a high chair and allows a user to complete folding process by pressing a driving member. When the driving member is pressed, an engaging member of the folding device moves correspondingly to an unlocked position, so that the rear leg frame disengages from and pivots about the front leg frame. The high chair can then be folded easily for the user, and the structure of the invention is simpler than the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Qu Hu, Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 8870278
    Abstract: A reinforcing arrangement for reinforcing a joint portion between two support units of a foldable furniture object, comprising a first mounting unit which comprises a first mounting body and a first guiding member outwardly protruded from the first mounting body mounting on the first support unit; a second mounting unit which comprises a second mounting body and a second guiding member or a second guiding groove complimentary to and moveably engaging with the first mounting unit to define a maximum extending angle of movement, thereby the first and second support unit are guided to lock into position at an unfolded position at the maximum extending angle and to unlock at a folded position; and a connecting unit pivotally connecting the first support unit and the second support unit between which the two mounting units are positioned, thereby the joint portion is reinforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Inventor: Frank Tsai
  • Patent number: 8851561
    Abstract: A convenient telescopic folding chair includes a front foot, back cushion, rear foot, seat cushion, and telescopic rods arranged between the rear foot and the seat cushion. The front foot pivots on the rear foot by connecting components. The back cushion is inserted into two ends of the front foot. The rear foot connects the seat cushion through two telescopic rods arranged to two ends of the rear foot. The seat cushion is further connected to the front foot through connecting components. The seat cushion includes a tube frame and a cushion. The cushion is fixed to the frame will two plugs formed to two lateral sides of the cushion inserting into two ends of the frame so as to form a convenient, space-saving, light and fine folding chair.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Inventor: Tsung-Chieh Huang
  • Patent number: 8794703
    Abstract: An adjustable folding chair is configured to include a central chair portion defining a pair of seat back mounting sections, a pair of front leg mounting sections, a pair of rear leg mounting sections, and a seat surface. A seat back is mounted on the seat back mounting sections for vertical movement to position the seat back at a desired position above the seat. Front and rear leg extensions are mounted on the front and rear leg mounting sections for vertical movement. A locking mechanism is housed in a horizontal strut in the front and rear leg extensions to control the positioning thereof. The locking mechanism includes a pair of opposing spring-biased locking pins and an actuator connected thereto that projects from the strut for engagement by the user. Such a chair construction permits the seat surface to be oriented in a plurality of discrete positions for comfortable utilization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Inventors: Allan Bateman, Cathie Capobianco
  • Patent number: 8721003
    Abstract: A chair may include a seat, a chair back and a frame that may be connected to the seat and/or chair back. The chair back and the frame may include engaging portions and/or receiving portions that may be sized and configured to contact, abut, engage and/or interlock with each other to connect the chair back to the frame. The engaging portions and/or receiving portions may be sized and configured to connect the chair back to the frame using a friction, interference and/or snap fit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 13, 2014
    Assignee: Lifetime Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Donald Waite, Ed VanNimwegen, Rich Howe
  • Patent number: 8678700
    Abstract: A foldable furniture includes a retention structure including a left retention coupler and a right retention coupler coaxially and overlapping with the left retention coupler side-by-side in a rotatably movable manner via a pivot joint. The left retention coupler includes at least a left retention member protruding towards the right retention coupler. The right retention coupler includes at least a right retention member protruding towards the left retention coupler, wherein when the foldable furniture is pivotally folded at an unfolded position, the left and right retention couplers are coaxially rotated at an opposite direction until the left and right retention members are biased against each other. Therefore, the retention structure enhances the structural supportive force of the foldable furniture to evenly distribute the loading force on the foldable furniture so as to enhance the stabilization of the foldable furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Inventor: Frank Tsai
  • Publication number: 20130320651
    Abstract: A collapsible chair includes a collapsible seat having a front portion and an opposing rear portion and a collapsible back. The collapsible back includes a first back support member and a second back support member. Each of the first back support member and the second back support member includes an arcuate portion extending toward the front portion of the collapsible seat. A back membrane is coupled to the back support members and spans a distance between the back support members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Strongback, LLC
    Inventor: Laurence Lougee
  • Publication number: 20130264846
    Abstract: A portable hand wrapping station provides a durable and practical solution for a trainer to wrap a fighter's hands. The hand wrapping station can be used by boxers, mixed martial artists, or any sports athlete where one's hands are wrapped. The hand wrapping station is designed with a padded forearm rest and a seat specifically designed for a straddle position to allow the fighter to sit comfortably while their trainer wraps their hands using a convenient tool drawer to store and lay out various tools and supplies, such as tape, gauze, scissors and the like. The cushioned chair provides comfort and stability for the fighter as they get their hands wrapped.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Calogero LoGrasso
  • Patent number: 8506008
    Abstract: A foldable seat structure includes a front foot part and a horizontal pole of a height across the front foot part engaged with a rear foot part. A first forward extending part and a second forward extending part are mounted on a horizontal pole of the rear foot part, to be jointed with a corresponding holding part of the front foot part. A screw is used to restrict the joint position. The front foot part is further jointed to a back frame with a back pad and a chair cushion on a front of the rear foot part. The screw of the holding part and the first and second forward extending parts can be unlocked to facilitate the rear foot part to be cross-folding with the front foot part to greatly reduce size for the package to be sold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2013
    Assignee: Oasyschair Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Toung-Chun Pan
  • Patent number: 8454093
    Abstract: A folding or stacking chair has a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. One or both of the seat and the backrest has a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic knitted mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an open-end hoop coupled between the frame sides. An open-end of the hoop faces in a front or a back orientation for the seat, or a top or a bottom orientation for the backrest, with sides of the hoop attached to the frame sides. The sheet of mesh or textured plastic has a finished edge spanning the open-end of the hoop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2013
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventor: Richard D. Smith
  • Patent number: 8419121
    Abstract: A folding device is configured at the pivot between the rear leg frame and the front leg frame of a high chair and allows a user to complete folding process by pressing a driving member. When the driving member is pressed, an engaging member of the folding device moves correspondingly to an unlocked position, so that the rear leg frame disengages from and pivots about the front leg frame. The high chair can then be folded easily for the user, and the structure of the invention is simpler than the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nursery Goods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen-Qu Hu, Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 8360514
    Abstract: A folding device is configured at the bottom of rear leg frame and at the pivot between the rear leg frame and front leg frame of a high chair. The folding device allows a user to complete folding process by pressing a button at the bottom of the rear leg frame. When the button is pressed, a rotator in the housing of the folding device rotates correspondingly and drags connected steel wires to move horizontally inward. The other ends of the steel wires further connect to engaging parts at the pivots and engaging between the front leg frame and the rear leg frame and retract the engaging parts so that the rear leg frame disengages from and pivots about the front leg frame. The high chair may be folded with one-foot operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shun-Min Chen, Wen-Qu Hu, Xiao-Jian Zhang
  • Patent number: 8322785
    Abstract: Collapsible articles of furniture comprise at least one leg assembly including a first leg and a second leg, each with an upper leg segment and a lower leg segment coupled together by a link. The two links are pivotally connected to each other for movement between an open position wherein the first and second legs cross each other to form a generally X-shaped configuration and a closed position wherein the upper and lower leg segments are aligned, the upper leg section of the first leg receivable within the lower leg section of the second leg and the upper leg section of the second leg is receivable within the lower leg section of the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: GCI Outdoor, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Grace, Scott J. Kasper
  • Publication number: 20120248830
    Abstract: A foldable seat structure includes a front foot part, a horizontal pole of a default height cross the front foot part engaged with a rear foot part. A first forward extending part and a second forward extending part are mounted on a horizontal pole of the rear foot part, so as to be jointed with a corresponding holding part of the front foot part. A screw is used to restrict the joint position. The front foot part is further jointed to a back frame with a back pad and a chair cushion on a front of the rear foot part. The screw of the holding part and the first and the second forward extending parts can be unlocked to facilitate the rear foot part to be cross-folding with the front foot part to greatly reduce size for package to be sold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventor: Toung-Chun Pan
  • Patent number: 8267469
    Abstract: A folding chair device having a seat that is mounted atop a seat support, wherein the bars of the seat support interconnect to form a border around the edges of the seat, with pivot mechanisms disposed in the support bars that engage the seat support, wherein the pivot mechanisms pivotally connect the support bars, having hinges disposed in the support bars allow the bottom portion to be folded upwardly, having sleeves on the support bars adapted to slide along the support bars and temporarily cover the hinges to prevent the hinges from folding, and a second frame with braces joining the sides, with pivot mechanisms in the braces which engage the side bars to pivotally connect the side braces respectively to the seat support, having hinges which allows the bottom portion to be folded upwardly or inwardly and sleeves adapted to slide and temporarily cover the hinges to prevent folding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: Abdulhamid F. Adan
  • Patent number: 8186754
    Abstract: A worker's body support includes a base assembly which is preferably made of two spaced channel members. An upright assembly also preferably made of two spaced channel members is pivotally mounted at its lower end to the base assembly. An angular adjustment structure is pivotally mounted to the base assembly and is selectively mounted to one of a number of different locations to the upright assembly to adjust the angular orientation of the upright assembly. A seat is mounted to the upright assembly and is movable to a plurality of different locations and orientations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2012
    Inventor: Steven Sharrow
  • Patent number: 8162389
    Abstract: A folding chair including a seat frame, a leg frame hinged to the seat frame, a hinge mechanism between the seat frame and the leg frame, a quick-release locking mechanism for releasably locking the seat frame with respect to the leg frame, and a supplemental locking mechanism including an orifice in one of the seat frame and the leg frame, an opening in the hinge mechanism aligned with the orifice when the chair is unfolded, and a fastener extending through the opening in the hinge mechanism and into the orifice to secure the seat frame to the leg frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2012
    Assignee: New Products LLC
    Inventor: Ronald B. Cohen
  • Patent number: 8141943
    Abstract: Children's chair having a height adjusting device and a folding device completes folding up by height adjusting. A first leg frame of the children's chair includes a first upper leg and a first lower leg capable moving relatively. When operating the height adjusting device to adjust the first upper leg relative to the first lower leg, an actuator on the first upper leg pushes a slider of the folding device, which locates at the pivot of the first leg frame and a second leg frame. The slider then interferes with a coupler locating at the second leg frame to disengage from a base mounted on the first leg frame. The second leg frame is then rotatable relative to the first leg frame and may be folded to a folding position. The children's chair is easy to perform height adjustment and folding movement by simply operating a button at the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2012
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Jun-Jie Hu, Wen-Qu Hu, Shun-Min Chen
  • Patent number: 8056969
    Abstract: Collapsible articles of furniture are provided which have at least one leg assembly which includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has a first upper leg segment and a first lower leg segment coupled to the upper leg segment by a first link and the second leg has a movable second upper leg segment and a fixed second lower leg segment coupled to the upper leg segment by a second link. The two links are pivotally connected to each other for movement between an open position wherein the first and second legs cross each other to form a generally X-shaped configuration and a closed position wherein the upper and lower leg segments are aligned with each other and the upper leg section of the first leg is received within the lower leg section of the second leg and is aligned with and telescopically received within the lower leg section of the first leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: GCI Outdoor, Inc.
    Inventors: Daniel R. Grace, Scott J. Kasper
  • Patent number: 8038221
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides. The hoop includes inner and outer plastic mating hoops with the mesh extending over an outer perimeter of the inner hoop and into an interface between the inner and outer hoops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 8033598
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 8033612
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth, Spencer Posey
  • Patent number: 8029059
    Abstract: A folding and stacking chair system includes a plurality of folding and stacking chairs having an unfolded seating position in which the chairs are configured for sitting upon, and a folded and stacked position in which the chairs are folded and stacked together. Each chair has a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. The seat and the backrest each have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held between the backrest supports of the frame sides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Mity-Lite, Inc.
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Patent number: 8025332
    Abstract: The invention relates to an item of transformable furniture, more particularly to an item of furniture transformable from a chair into a desk and vice versa, from a desk into a chair. The item of transformable furniture comprises a first plate (5) and a second plate (6), linked to each other by a hinge joint (4), where said two plates can rotate respectively round first and second horizontal (2, 3) axes so that the plates can be moved from a first position as seat and back, respectively, to a second position as front panel (17) and worktop (18), respectively, and vice versa. Said plates are linked by said first and second horizontal axes to a supporting construction, which consists of at least three interconnected folding elements (1, 1?, 19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2011
    Assignee: ORT Joint Stock Company
    Inventors: Mladen Minkov Tsonev, Ilian Vladimirov Milinov
  • Patent number: 7988228
    Abstract: A foldable frame comprises a front leg frame and a rear leg frame, each having one or more leg units foldable or detachable with one another. The front leg frame and the rear leg frame are rotatable with each other such that the foldable frame can be folded to a small size. The foldable frame also utilizes a receiving frame pivotally or steadily configured on the frame body for receiving the detachable infant carrier. A recliner apparatus is further configured between the receiving frame and the frame body for adjusting the receiving frame together with the infant carrier to different reclining angle for convenient use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Zong-Wang Cui, Zhi-Ren Zhong, Nathanael Saint
  • Patent number: 7938484
    Abstract: A foldable chair includes a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a seat and a backrest. The front legs and rear legs are hinged together to form a scissor-shape. The seat is hinged with the rear legs rotatably through a connecting piece fixed on the back of the seat. Each of the front legs has a connecting sleeve which can be slid along the front leg. The connecting sleeves are hinged to the seat. A protrusion is disposed on each front leg to stop the connecting sleeve to slide downwardly and keep the seat on unfolded position. The seat of the foldable chair can slide upwardly along the front legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 7896431
    Abstract: A foldable frame comprises a front leg frame and a rear leg frame, each having one or more leg units foldable or detachable with one another. The front leg frame and the rear leg frame are rotatable with each other such that the foldable frame can be folded to a small size. The foldable frame also utilizes a receiving frame pivotally or steadily configured on the frame body for receiving the detachable infant carrier. A recliner apparatus is further configured between the receiving frame and the frame body for adjusting the receiving frame together with the infant carrier to different reclining angle for convenient use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Wonderland Nurserygoods Company Limited
    Inventors: Zong-Wang Cui, Zhi-Ren Zhong, Nathanael Saint
  • Publication number: 20110025104
    Abstract: A connecting structure comprises a tubular connection joint and a tubular pipe-shaped cardboard tube for integral engagement with the tubular connection joint. The tubular connection joint is generally curved-shaped and has an insertion portion and a lock projection disposed along a curved inner surface of the insertion portion. The pipe-shaped cardboard tube has an oblique front end portion configured to be inserted into the tubular connection joint so that the oblique front end portion engages between the lock projection and the curved inner surface of the insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Inventors: Yasuda Fusao, Matsumoto Masaki
  • Publication number: 20110006564
    Abstract: This invention is a backrest for collapsible or foldable chairs that provides ample and comfortable back support for a seated person. The backrest consists of a Collapsible Back Support Curve that, when incorporated properly into a collapsible chair, is easy to set-up, collapse, store and transport, and it is visually appealing and durable. The invention is incorporated into collapsible chairs by shaping the chair back-rest support members in parallel gradual curves that force a membrane taught between them, evenly along their length, when in an open (non-collapsed) position. The invention, although a stationary part of a chair without complicated moveable parts, is designed to fit people of different heights and different back-arch preferences.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: January 13, 2011
    Inventor: Laurence Lougee
  • Patent number: 7857379
    Abstract: A folding chair, including a first folding support and a second folding support, the first folding support includes a first front leg, a first back leg and a seat, the upper-end of the first front leg is pivotally connected to the lateral front-end of the seat, the first front leg is pivotally cross-linked with the first back leg, the lateral side of the seat is slidably and pivotally connected to the first back leg; the second folding support includes a second front leg, a second back leg and a second horizontal bearing-rod, connection of the second folding support is similar to that of the first folding support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: New-Tec Integration (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Luhao Leng
  • Patent number: 7784861
    Abstract: A spring locking knob and a fixed stop at the upper ends of the front legs of a chair frame cooperate to restrict movement of a slideset joining the front legs, rear legs and seat support struts of a chair in making the chair with its cover seat more stable and resistant to an inadvertent folding closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2010
    Inventor: Jianrong Deng
  • Publication number: 20100181807
    Abstract: A folding or stacking chair has a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. One or both of the seat and the backrest has a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic knitted mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an open-end hoop coupled between the frame sides. An open-end of the hoop faces in a front or a back orientation for the seat, or a top or a bottom orientation for the backrest, with sides of the hoop attached to the frame sides. The sheet of mesh or textured plastic has a finished edge spanning the open-end of the hoop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2010
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Inventor: Richard D. Smith
  • Patent number: 7753439
    Abstract: A folding chair that may be positioned in a folded position or a working position. The chair includes a front leg assembly that has first and second legs and a rear leg assembly that has third and fourth legs with first and second shafts slidably mounted therein. The first and second shafts are pivotably attached to the front leg assembly. A first cap is mounted on a pivot end of each of the third and fourth legs. A second cap is mounted on a proximal end of each of the first and second shafts. The second caps engage the first caps when the chair is in the working position and the first and second caps are spaced apart from each other when the chair is in the folded position. A locking assembly connects to at least one of the first and second shafts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Idea Nuova, Inc,
    Inventor: Benjamin S. Akkad
  • Publication number: 20100156148
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Publication number: 20100156149
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth, Spencer Posey
  • Publication number: 20100156150
    Abstract: A folding and stacking chair system includes a plurality of folding and stacking chairs having an unfolded seating position in which the chairs are configured for sitting upon, and a folded and stacked position in which the chairs are folded and stacked together. Each chair has a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides each with a backrest support, a front leg and a rear leg. The seat and the backrest each have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held between the backrest supports of the frame sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Publication number: 20100156151
    Abstract: A folding mesh chair includes a seat and a backrest carried between opposite frame sides. The chair has an unfolded seating position in which the seat pivots to extend from the frame sides and bottoms of front and rear legs move apart, and a folded position in which the seat pivots toward the frame sides and the front and rear legs move together. One or both of the seat and the backrest have a continuous sheet of flexible and elastic mesh or patterned open texture plastic held across and substantially covering an opening in an all-plastic hoop fixed between the frame sides. The hoop includes inner and outer plastic mating hoops with the mesh extending over an outer perimeter of the inner hoop and into an interface between the inner and outer hoops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2009
    Publication date: June 24, 2010
    Inventors: Richard D. Smith, Orrin C. Farnsworth
  • Publication number: 20100133303
    Abstract: There is now provided a chair and pack frame combination including telescoping legs, which are pivotably coupled to one another. Front legs are rotatably coupled to a seat frame, the seat frame being adjustable between an up and a down position. The frame also includes a cushion and carrying straps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventor: Robert Schilly
  • Patent number: 7717502
    Abstract: A spring locking knob and a fixed stop at the upper ends of the front legs of a chair frame cooperate to restrict movement of a slideset joining the front legs, rear legs and seat support struts of a chair in making the chair more stable and resistant to an inadvertent folding closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Inventor: Jianrong Deng
  • Patent number: 7641217
    Abstract: A detachable mobile seat includes a first part connected to a motor; a second part attached to the seat; and two links, each connected to the first part, the second part, and a wheel. The links transfer movement of the first part to the wheels. The first part includes a shaft connected to the motor, and two nuts disposed around the shaft that have screw threads in opposite directions and move along the shaft in response to operation of the motor. Each link includes a first link connected to the second part and to the nut, and a second link connected to the nut and to the wheel. The end of each second link that is nearest the wheel is rotatably connected to a connecting arm that has a rotating bar that rotates the wheel in response to operation of the links.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2010
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yeon Sang Yoo, Ju Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20090146467
    Abstract: A chair may include a seat, a chair back and a frame that may be connected to the seat and/or chair back. The chair back and the frame may include engaging portions and/or receiving portions that may be sized and configured to contact, abut, engage and/or interlock with each other to connect the chair back to the frame. The engaging portions and/or receiving portions may be sized and configured to connect the chair back to the frame using a friction, interference and/or snap fit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2008
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Inventors: Donald Waite, Ed VanNimwegen, Rich Howe
  • Patent number: 7493667
    Abstract: A folding bed or cot particularly for use as a portable medical bed includes a center base portion connected to a support frame. An adjustable frame has first and second sections that can pivot between a horizontal section and an inclined position. A webbing material or fabric is attached to the adjustable frame and the center base portion of the main support frame to support the patient. The webbing is attached to the side edges of the center base portion to form a planar center portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Inventor: Joseph G. Ferko, III
  • Patent number: 7410211
    Abstract: A folding chair with wheels includes a backrest, a seat, a front leg frame and a rear leg frame pivotally connected to both sides of the seat, a plurality of wheel assemblies and a plurality of connection blocks. Each of the front leg frame and the rear leg frame comprises a groove at a side surface thereof. The wheel assembly includes a wheel, a bearing and a threaded stem screwed into the connection block. The connection block has a plurality of connection screw holes, and is screwed onto the grooves of the front leg frame and the rear leg frame by bolts. The wheel assemblies connected with the front leg frame and the rear leg frame are disposed at the external side and the internal side of the folding chair, respectively. Therefore, the wheel assemblies do not interfere with each other when the chair is folded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Inventors: Mei Chuen Lin, Tzu Mei Wang
  • Patent number: 7387334
    Abstract: A folding chair which can be opened from a folded closed position to an operative open position comprising a substantially rectangular open support frame, a lower part of which provides a front support leg when in the open position; a seat portion, a back portion and a lower seat support a lower part of which provides a rear support leg when in the open position; the seat portion, back portion and lower seat support being located within the open support frame and pivoted together and to the frame to allow the seat portion to extend between the lower seat support and the back portion and lower seat support to lie parallel to each other within the rectangular support frame when in the folded closed position, the back portion being pivotally connected to the rectangular support frame through a sliding pivot, the seat portion being pivoted to the back portion and the lower seat support being connected to the lower part of the back support through a pivoted link or links, the lower part of the lower seat support r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2008
    Inventor: Jake Phipps
  • Patent number: 7338116
    Abstract: A folding chair includes front and back legs, a cushion frame, a cushion embedded in the cushion frame and has a hard board having air vents, a sound absorbing foam, and a back cushion connected with the inner edge of the front leg and includes a second hard board. The hard boards have curved surfaces form fitting with the human body. A securing hook has a bent hook to clasp with the cushion frame. An inserting section can make the cushion and a support block to be connecting together. The curved surfaces of the cushion and the back cushion are form fitting with the human body, and the sound absorbing foam can reduce the sound sent out from the air vents when sitting. When a child's center of gravity on the chair is shifted to the back of the cushion, the cushion does not tilt backwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Inventors: Mei Chuen Lin, Tzu Mei Wang
  • Patent number: 7331628
    Abstract: A folding chair with safety folding device comprises a safety hook, a pin, a torsion spring, a bottom cover, a seat, a back, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a front crossbar, a rear crossbar and a pivotal shaft. The safety hook is employed to position the pair of rear legs after the folding chair is unfolded, when the folding chair is being folded, the pair of rear legs can be released safely by pressing the safety hook, thus preventing an undesired pinching injury as a result of improper operation or impact.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2008
    Inventor: Wei-Chi Lin