Common Rocker Arm Carries Opposed Footrest Patents (Class 297/74)
  • Patent number: 6547332
    Abstract: A constant engagement linear recliner assembly is provided for implementation with a seat assembly. The constant engagement linear recliner assembly includes a recliner rod in constant mesh engagement with a gear system. As the gear system is caused to rotate, the recliner rod moves linearly with respect to the linear recliner assembly. The linear motion of the recliner rod translates into pivotable motion of a seat back relative to a seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2003
    Assignee: Fishers Dynamics Corporation
    Inventor: Srinivas Pejathaya
  • Patent number: 5197925
    Abstract: A children's swing comprises a generally rectangular strap-like seat having a flat resilient main body and a pair of tubes extending along the underside of said body adjacent to the longitudinal edges thereof. A pair of hangers project from the opposite ends of the tubes, each hanger having a pair of arms which diverge a distance comparable to the spacing of the pair of tubes and parallel end segments which extend from those arms an appreciable distance into the ends of the tubes. A pair of flexible inextensible connector segments are positioned in the pair of tubes and the opposite ends of the connector segments are attached to adjacent ones of the hanger end segments. The connector segments are shorter than the tubes so that these attachments are all recessed into the tubes and only small portions of the hangers project beyond the ends of the seat body, thereby minimizing the changes of the swing causing injury. A method of assembling the seat is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: Hedstrom Corporation
    Inventor: Joel C. Cunard