Chairs and seats inventions 06/06

20060138808 - Collapsible easy chair: This invention discloses a leisure time use easy chair, especially for use in the garden or camping. The chair includes a back, a seat, and a leg rest, with a piece of fabric stretched over the surfaces being formed by these elements, a pair of armrests, and a base with...

20060138809 - Convertible article and method: A method and apparatus reversibly converting a chair into a basketball goal. Four operating modes are disclosed. A first mode in which the article is configured as a basketball goal, a second mode in which the article is configured as a chair within an upwardly extended backboard, a third mode...

20060138810 - Modular comfort assembly for occupant support: A modular comfort assembly is disclosed. The modular comfort assembly is adapted for installation within an occupant support. The occupant support includes a surface, which has a recess therein. The modular comfort assembly includes a ventilation diffuser allowing for flow of air through the diffuser. The diffuser has an outer...

20060138811 - Cushion for a vehicle seat: A cushion has a cushion core, particularly made of a foam material, and an air-permeable and moisture-permeable covering layer that covers the core. To improve the climate comfort by ensuring good removal of moisture from the area between covering layer and cushion core, longitudinal and transverse grooves, spaced apart from...

20060138812 - Seat air conditioner for vehicle: A seat air conditioner for a vehicle seat includes a blower unit which has a blower fan and an air discharge duct, a vibration isolation unit arranged between the blower unit and a cushion member of the seat, and an accordion duct which is arranged between the air discharge duct...

20060138813 - Secure life jacket container: A secure life jacket container assembly includes a hollow container defining a storage volume which receives a life jacket in a packed condition. A cover is attached to the container with a tamper-evident sealing material. Removal of the cover causes an irreversible change in the sealing material which provides an...

20060138814 - Monolithic container holder: A monolithic container holder has a top surface and a receptacle depending from the top surface. The receptacle includes a generally bottom planar wall, a pair of end walls having a height extending between the top surface and the bottom planar wall, and a pair of side walls. Each side...

20060138815 - Forward position bicycle passenger seat: A passenger bicycle seat which supports a passenger on a bicycle and it mounted forward of the operator's seat and is mounted by a box plate. The passenger bicycle seat has stationary foot pedals and a T bar handle grip for the passenger. The passenger bicycle seat is secured by...

20060138816 - Occupant protection system: An occupant protection system is provided in which gas from a gas generator flows through a duct and into an airbag smoothly even with a gas generator that emits a jet of gas in non-axial directions relative to the duct. The airbag disposed under a seat cushion and the gas...

20060138817 - Energy absorbing seat recliner assembly: An energy absorption system for a seat assembly includes a first housing plate and a second housing plate defining coaxial elongate apertures having a first end and a second end. A torsion bar is fixed for movement with the seatback and is slidably received within the elongate apertures and a...

20060138819 - Remote operated infant/child car seat: An infant/child car seat having a shell with a seat belt releasably secured to the shell by a release button, and a transponder that remotely activates the release button to release the seat belt from the shell....

20060138818 - Seat lock: An apparatus is disclosed for inhibiting an unauthorized person from occupying a seat. According to one aspect, a lock is operatively attached to the seat of a foldable chair to prevent unfolding of the chair. Further, the lock allows the chair to unfold upon obtaining an input code that matches...

20060138820 - Universally adjustable slipcover for dining room chairs: A dining room chair slipcover arrangement has a pair of seat panels to cover each side of a seat while leaving an uncovered area. Each panel extends a full depth of the seat to a point below a front end of the seat. A chasuble covers the uncovered area of...

20060138821 - Chair backrest: Provided is a two-sectional ergonomic chair backrest comprising a vertical backrest support, an upper back unit releasably secured to the backrest support, a waist unit including a front waist member, an intermediate frame, and a rear plate releasably secured to the backrest support, and a bent, resilient connecting member including...

20060138822 - Contour motorcycle seat: A contoured motorcycle seat. The contoured motorcycle seat includes one or more depressions for a rider and/or passenger to help relieve genital, back and neck pain. It also includes one or more air channel vents that vent the one or more depressions to help prevent heat build up and one...

20060138823 - Detachable children vehicle seat: A detachable children vehicle seat, comprises a base and a backrest pivotally connected together by a connection mechanism. The connection mechanism includes a transverse latching bar and a restriction tab in the back of the seat. A cross section of the latching bar has two edges of short and long,...

20060138824 - Child safety seat: A child safety seat, including a seat body having a seat bottom and a seat back. A vehicle seat attachment assembly is carried by the safety seat for securing the safety seat to rigid anchorage units carried by a vehicle proximate to a vehicle seat. The attachment assembly has a...

20060138825 - Infant car seat with adjustable base platform: An infant car seat with an adjustable base platform provides a variable angle of tilt for the seat. The base platform has a visual indicator showing the degree of tilt that has been selected. This visual indicator can include a clear plastic window in the base platform, through which a...

20060138826 - Infant carrier: An infant carrier includes a body and a strap connected to the body at at least two attachment points. The body includes a bottom panel and a non-rigid side wall having a lower edge connected to the bottom panel. The infant carrier also includes at least one fastener on the...

20060138827 - Swing chair and child-care chair: A detachable rocking chair (1) comprises rocking rods (21) and (22) supported by a base member (10) so that they can rock and a seat body (30) detachably supported by the rocking rods (21) and (22). The seat body (30) can be detached from the base member (10) and stand...

20060138828 - Infant swing seat: The apparatus is an infant seat that has reduced depth for shipping and recline controls that permit control of the seat during the reclining adjustment. The seat is constructed so that the deepest part of the seat fits into the rest of the seat for packaging, but locks into its...

20060138830 - Barrel shaped chair of a racing car: A chair of a racing car includes a main body, and a strengthening support member used for strengthening the main body; liquid fiberglass is applied on the main body and over the strengthening member such that the strengthening member will be secured on the main body after the liquid fiberglass...

20060138831 - Slider clip support: An ergonomic support system for a seat has a resilient seat suspension platform with a pair of side margins and a plurality of transverse wires. Ergonomic supports are mounted on the seat adjacent to and/or within the side margins. A bracket has a slot extends along the bracket. One end...

20060138829 - Transmission amplifier assembly for a bowden cable and method of using the same: A bowden cable transmission device (10′) is provided between the bowden cable actuator (16) and the lumbar support member (14) of an adjustable lumbar support assembly (12). The bowden cable transmission device converts movement of a first wire portion (52) of a bowden cable (18) attached to the bowden cable...

20060138832 - Lumbar support, cushion for seat, and seat structure: In order to provide a lumbar support which conforms to the curve of the spinal column so as not to give a feeling of incompatibility or other unpleasant feeling, and is easily adjusted to meet a user's preference, a lumbar support 10 of the present invention is structured such that...

20060138833 - Chair control for synchronized movement of chair seat and back, and chair having same: A chair seat adjustment mechanism has a support, a back bracket for attachment to a chair back and a seat plate for attachment to a chair seat. The back bracket is pivotally mounted to the support at a first pivot. The seat plate, which extends above the support, is pivotally...

20060138834 - Dynamic chair: The present invention provides a dynamic chair having a deterministic motion path that allows a variety to different paths to be selected depending of needs of user. By changing the ratio between drive wheels that control the pitch and roll of the seat, motion paths can be selected to help...

20060138835 - Wheelchair, particularly electric wheelchair: Disclosed is a wheelchair, particularly an electric wheelchair, comprising a frame (20), at least one steerable wheel (3), two non-steerable wheels (5) which are connected to the frame (20) at a wheelbase (R), and a seat (10) that is fastened to the frame (20) and is provided with a back...

20060138836 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat includes a seat back supported to a body floor of a vehicle, a seat cushion pivotally supported to the seat back so as to be tipped up relative to the seat back, a leg member pivotally supported to a lower portion of the seat cushion, at least...

20060138837 - Mobile joint suitable for a sitting device: The present invention relates to a mobile joint (1) with spring resistance, suitable for a sitting device, comprising a first and a second joint element (10, 20), which are pivotally connected by a shaft (3), to allow tilting of the sitting device caused by the displcement of the users weight,...

20060138838 - Repositionable seat assembly for a vehicle and a method of operating the same: A seat assembly includes a frame operably attached to a vehicle. A seat bottom is operably attached to the frame. The seat bottom is repositionable between a seating position and a stowed position. A seat back is operably attached to the frame. The seat back is repositionable between a seating...

20060138839 - Flip and slide seat assembly: A vehicle seat recliner assembly is provided. The assembly generally includes a base, a drive link, a support bracket and a carrier link. The drive link is supported on the base for pivotal displacement between a first position and a second position. The support bracket is located rearward of the...

20060138840 - Tilt and swivel chair and mechanism therefor: The invention provides a chair and mechanism to permit occupant swivelling, bouncing, and tilting. The chair mechanism also provides tilt limitation using a keyhole tilt delimiter. The keyhole orientation follows rotation of the chair. A bearing assembly (preferably using race bearings) facilitates simultaneous swivelling and tilting....

20060138841 - Seat back structure and seat for vehicle: A seat back structure includes a back frame and a flexible sheet-like member. The back frame formed into a frame-like skeleton of a seat has a fixing portion. The flexible sheet-like member is provided within the back frame so as to support a back portion of a passenger. The flexible...

20060138842 - Side rail for a vehicle backrest: Backrest side rail for a vehicle seat, with a lower mounting configured to provide for a jointed connection to a fitting component on the side of the seat frame, as well as a module system with a backrest side rail of this type in order to enable the design and...

20060138843 - Forwardly movable vehicle seat with an underframe and two pairs of rails: The forwardly movable vehicle seat has an underframe including a longitudinal adjusting device that has two pairs of rails, two catch devices and one actuation lever for actuating the catch devices. The vehicle seat further has a seat pan that is carried by the underframe. The seat pan includes a...

20060138844 - Seat assembly with seat back lockout: The seat assembly (10) includes a seat cushion (12) and seat cushion frame. A riser mechanism secured to the seat cushion (12) and is operatively coupled to the floor of the vehicle. The seat assembly also includes seat back (14) and seat back frame. A recliner mechanism (20) is coupled...

20060138845 - Armest height-adjusting device: An armrest height-adjusting device has a collar (10) fixed to an arm frame (8) and a spring (11). The spring (11) includes a coil portion (11A), provided around the collar (10), a first leg portion (11B) engaging with the seat back frame (5), and a second leg portion (11C) received...

20060138846 - Passenger seat with adjustable seat depth: A passenger seat, an aircraft passenger seat in particular, has seat components such as a seat frame (20), a backrest (12), and a seat cushion carrier (30) with seat cushion (16). The seat depth between backrest (12) and a seat front edge (26) can be varied by an adjustment mechanism...

20060138847 - Collapsible bassinet/infant seat with canopy: The infant product of the invention is of the type having an infant receptacle suspended from a frame. The infant product is foldable between a deployed position for use and a compact configuration for shipping and storage. In the assembled configuration, the infant receptacle is convertible between a bassinet configuration...

20060138848 - Juvenile vehicle seat with quick-connect backrest: A juvenile vehicle seat includes a seat base and a backrest. The backrest is mounted on the seat base and includes a seat back that is retained in an upright fixed seat-forming position relative to a seat bottom included in the seat base....

20060138849 - Chair having a suspension seat assembly: A suspension seat assembly for an office chair is provided which has a support frame and a suspension fabric connected about its periphery to the frame. The fabric is first laid across the frame and then the peripheral edges of the suspension fabric are secured in place on the frame...

20060138850 - Safety seat tether system: A guide mechanism for a safety seat tether includes a guide and at least one seat back attachment for securing the guide to a seat back. The guide is configured and positioned so as to prevent substantial contact of the tether with a top end of the back seat. The...

20060138851 - Vehicle passenger safety devices: A vehicle passenger safety device for use on vehicles such as airplanes and automobiles. In each embodiment of the invention, the device includes a seat strap assembly and a body strap assembly that are attached to a back-support portion. The seat strap assembly is adapted to secure the device onto...

20060138852 - Tongue and seat belt apparatus employing the same: During ordinary use (i.e., a non-collision state) a webbing guide and a locking bar are biased in the counter-clockwise direction by the biasing force of the bar spring and are held in their initial positions so that spaces are set. Since a webbing passes through the spaces, a tongue can...

20060131935 - Dust-proof decorative accommodating assembly for electronic device: A dust-proof decorative accommodating assembly for electronic devices includes a main body joined with side bodies and a front body, and an accommodating space between the side bodies and the front body. The front body has a front cushion body at one side thereof, the front cushion body has an...

20060131936 - Bleacher lumbar support: A lumbar support which forms a commercial grade seat with a bleacher plank, can be retrofitted to any stadium bleacher plank easily, to conform with minimum aisle egress clearance requirements of building safety codes and to provide comfortable seating to the patrons of the stadium....

20060131937 - Double convolution support system: A support system for a seat, comprising a pair of side margins and sets of transverse wires, wherein each set of transverse wires is characterized by a particular convolution pattern. Sets of transverse wires having different convolution patterns are paired in various arrangements to create an expanded traversing region between...

20060131938 - Structure for anatomical suppport with frame and convex cushioned plate for back, headrest and seat, for seating in general, especially seats in motor vehicles, with manual and motor-driven adaption of cushioned plate covexity and position: Structure for anatomical support for the back, headrest and seat components of chairs in general and especially seats in motor vehicles comprising a frame, a convex cushioned plate fitted with sliding means in relation to the frame and pull-push cables, the first end of which is fixed to one or...

20060131939 - Impact absorption structure of vehicle seat: Impact absorption structure is provided in side frame element of seat cushion frame, wherein the side frame element has a vertical planar portion, an upper flange portion and a lower flange portion. A centroidal line is utilized as important factor, which extends along a vertical section of those vertical planar...

20060131940 - Operating mechanism with latching of a pivoting cover for a chair-lift: A chair for an aerial transport installation comprises a pivoting protective cover actuated by an operating mechanism with automatic latching of the cover in the closed position. An operating lever is pivotally mounted on a first pivoting spindle of the cover and operates in conjunction with a latch actuated by...

20060131941 - Two way seat: A seating apparatus includes a torso rest and a semi-seat support or partial support for the seat of the operator of a work vehicle. The torso rest provides support for the torso when the operator leans against the torso rest in a semi standing position and is contoured to act...

20060131942 - Delayed gas spring chair: The invention provides a gas spring adapted for automatically re-adjusting to a predetermined position, the gas spring incorporating a delay mechanism so that the automatic re-adjustment is delayed by a predetermined amount of time. In one embodiment, the delay mechanism comprises a delay valve that. The invention further provides articles...

20060131943 - Seat moving device for vehicle: For this purpose, this invention provides a vehicle seat moving apparatus constructed as follows. Provided on a rotation base 31, for rotating a seat main body 10 between a position where it faces the front side of the vehicle and a position where it faces a door opening, is a...

20060131944 - Chair adjustment mechanism: A chair adjustment mechanism has a pin retaining member (as, for example, a sleeve) with a slot having two laterally spaced pin receptors. Each receptor is partially defined by a peripheral wall of the slot and is further defined by a spring finger that projects along side of the peripheral...

20060131945 - Vehicular seat: A vehicular seat has a seat cushion supported on a floor portion of a vehicle body panel, a seat back divided into a seat back upper and a seat back lower and controlled to be reclined, a seat back upper frame supporting the seat back upper and fixed to a...

20060131946 - Gear drive and linkage for power operated seat assembly: An adjustment mechanism is provided for a seat assembly of an automotive vehicle having a floor. The adjuster mechanism includes a support member, a first leg, a shaft, an arm, a link and a motor. The shaft extends defines a first axis. A first end of the support member is...

20060131947 - Headrest for a vehicle seat: Disclosed is a headrest for a vehicle seat, comprising a cushion support (P) that is retained at the top of a backrest by means of at least one support bar (13) and surrounds a hollow space by means of housing walls (16, 18). The forward housing wall (16) of the...

20060125293 - High chair with collapsible frame: A collapsible high chair frame including a supporting stand, a seat, a connecting device and a positioning means. The supporting stand is provided with a rear and a front supporting leg which are able to shorten the distance to each other. The seat has a base and a back which...

20060125294 - Replaceable stool assembly: A replaceable stool assembly is adapted to be removably mounted to the free end of a tubing of a piece of furniture. The assembly includes a base portion adapted to be removably mounted to the free end of the tubing and defining a plurality of reinforcing ribs disposed on the...

20060125295 - Mobile video system: A video system comprises at least one media player, at least one display, wherein the at least one display is capable of receiving a first video signal and a first audio signal corresponding to a first program from the at least one media player, an assembly housing for supporting the...

20060125296 - Vehicle seat with antisubmarining ramp: In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, with a seat part structure (5), a seat cushion (7) positioned on the seat part structure (5) and an antisubmarining ramp (11) effective at the latest at the beginning of a crash, the antisubmarining ramp (11) is...

20060125297 - Motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat with a seat back has a seat back support and a head support attached to the seat back support by a connection element. The motor vehicle seat increases vehicle passenger safety despite its simple construction by connecting the head support to the seat back support. In...

20060125298 - Motorcycle seat cover assembly: A motorcycle seat cover assembly, wherein the seat cover assembly hides the passenger seat such that it is not observable when not in use....

20060125299 - Lever arm with tactile contour: A plurality of levers each having one end adapted for attachment below a chair seat for controlling separate movements of a chair, each said lever having another end presenting a substantially planar surface terminating at a periphery, said periphery defining a geometric shape different from one another so as to...

20060125300 - Rotary actuator for an adjuster of a vehicle seat: In the case of a rotary actuator for an adjuster of a vehicle seat, in particular of a motor vehicle seat, having a manually actuatable operating element (7), a transmission gearing (11) on which the operating element (7) acts when actuated, and an output element (9) which is rotated at...

20060125301 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: In the case of a fitting for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first part (11), a second part (12) that is rotatable and lockable relative to the first part (11), and a profiled shaft (16), the actuation of which unlocks the fitting (1),...

20060125302 - Vehicle seat reclining device: A recliner device includes a locking pin (4), an operating knob (70) having a boss portion (70a) and a substantially cylindrical portion (70b) coaxial with the boss portion (70a), the substantially cylindrical portion (70b) surrounding the locking pin (4), a first bracket having notches (1a-1c), the locking pin (4) penetrating...

20060125303 - Recliner mechanism: A recliner mechanism for a vehicle seat includes a toothed sector member secured to a seat frame and first and second pivoted pawl members each including a plurality of teeth to engage the teeth of the sector member. The first and second pawl members also each pivot on a cam...

20060125304 - Novel enhanced fundiform seating processes and products: An automatically corrected seating element set optionally incorporates weight adjustment capacity in a substantially fundiform type of seating apparatus. Process for disposing a user and posture—ameliorating products are likewise taught....

20060125305 - Interior weld and improved sling: An interior weld for furniture having a tubular member is disclosed. The weld has a first tubular member and a second tubular member. The first tubular member is adapted to receive the tubular second member. An edge of the tubular second member contacts an inner surface of the first tubular...

20060113826 - Juvenile vehicle seat base with cup holder: A juvenile vehicle seat includes first and second cup holders and a seat bottom located between the first and second cup holders. The juvenile vehicle seat is adapted to be mounted in a restrained position on a seat in a vehicle....

20060113827 - Seat for a vehicle: A seat for a vehicle comprises a seat surface and a monitor arranged on a side of the seat facing away from the seat surface for display of freely variable pictures or symbols, in which the monitor contains an emission layer, containing a light-emitting polymer, and a transparent carrier layer,...

20060113828 - Flip and slide seat assembly: A vehicle seat recliner assembly is provided. The assembly generally includes a base, a kneel latch, a first drive member, a support bracket and a carrier link. The kneel latch is attached to the base. The first drive member is supported on the kneel latch. The support bracket is located...

20060113829 - Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat: In a longitudinal adjuster (3) for a vehicle seat having a backrest that can pivot freely, a first seat rail (13), and a second seat rail (15) relative to which the first seat rail (13) can be displaced longitudinally, a locking device (16) for locking the longitudinal adjuster (3), a...

20060113830 - Dental chair headrest: During the treatment of teeth by a dentist or dental specialist the patient's head rests on a headrest. The position of the head towards the caretaker, as well as the comfort of the patient, are very important for a successful treatment. Such comfort is often prevented due to hairstyling that...

20060113831 - Lovestep: (a). My invention is a Lovestep, use in conjunction with reclining your legs, pedicuering, tying shoes, and as a personal praying alter. (b). Constructed of wood. flexible foam, and cloth. (c). #(5) platform surface are at an angle of 25 degrees upon four said legs, front left #(1), front right...