Chairs and seats inventions 10/06

20060238003 - Table and bench system: A picnic table may include a table and one or more seat members disposed about the table. One end of each seat member is preferably pivotally attached to the table by a support structure so that the seat member may pivot or rotate between various positions relative to the table...

20060238004 - Modular seating system: A modular seating system and installation method includes a plurality of seat assemblies fixedly arranged in rows in a seating facility. The seat assemblies have common support assemblies that support a respective seat portion and back rest of the seat assembly. An arm is adjustably mounted to each of the...

20060238005 - Portable shelter sled: An ice fishing sled includes a base, a plurality of side walls, a crossbar, and a seat. The base has a length and a width. The plurality of side walls are connected to the base, and extend generally normal to the base. The plurality of side walls include opposing side...

20060238006 - Armchair for formation and correction of human spine: An armchair includes a base with a seat placed upon it, a backrest, the arm rest, and a feet platform with adjustable feet fixation limiters. Said seat is able to turn in horizontal flatness and to regulate its height. Said backrest includes at least two back supports, which are independent...

20060238007 - Chair with aid in lying back and getting up: A chair includes a base, a seat, a backrest pivotally connected to a rear end of a seat frame of the seat, and a transmission mechanism including a motor, a telescopic rod actuated by the motor to move in a retracting direction and an extending direction, and a transmission plate....

20060238008 - Chair for spinal deceases prevention and treatment: A chair is intended to serve in the health-improvement medicinal field and refers to the training devices for spinal diseases prevention and treatment. The present chair includes a base, a seat, connected with said base, a device for turning of said seat in horizontal flatness and inclining in vertical flatness....

20060238009 - Tilting mechanism for a chair and a chair having the same: A chair has a backrest and a pair of armrests. A pair of support struts for supporting the backrest is connected to a shaft of a base under a seat. The armrest is supported by an arm post. An operating lever is mounted on the upper front end of the...

20060238010 - Head restraint assembly for a vehicle seat assembly: A head restraint assembly for a vehicle seat assembly including a post to operatively engage a vehicle seat and provide vertical movement relative thereto. The post includes a control leg, a slave leg and a contoured cross member disposed therebetween. Each of the legs has a terminal end and an...

20060238011 - Adjustable armrest with motion control: An armrest includes an armrest support and a subassembly supported thereon for vertical adjustment by a height adjustment device having a rotatable high-lead-angle threaded shaft, a mating nut, and a trigger. The shaft member is rotatable upon a vertical force being placed on the subassembly, and the trigger engages the...

20060238012 - Unknown: A comfort system for a seat, in particular for vehicle and aircraft passenger seats mounted one behind the other in a row, having at least one support component (1) which may be moved from a non-use position to a use position, in which the foot and leg components (3, 5)...

20060238013 - Chair assembly: A chair assembly includes a chair unit having a seat frame, a seat member attached to the seat frame, and a leg support. The seat frame includes front and rear ends, and left and right first arms extending from the front to rear ends. The leg support includes a leg...

20060238014 - Seat with adjustable omnidirectional suspension: A seat includes a bladder assembly having a plurality of pneumatic bladders arranged one within another. The compressibility of each pneumatic bladder is based at least in part on a pressure within the pneumatic bladder, and/or on a thickness of an outer layer that defines the shape of the pneumatic...

20060232108 - Foldable chair having a detachable fabric sheet: A foldable chair includes a frame body having a looped seat frame, and a fabric sheet having a rounded marginal portion. The marginal portion includes a plurality of angularly spaced-apart flaps, each having a sleeve section and a string inserted into the sleeve section. A releasable fastening unit is provided...

20060232109 - Stackable stool: Stackable stool, of those structured into an upper seat (1) and a lower support (2) joined together by a core/column (3), where the seat (1) has a groove (11) and the support (2) has a groove (21). These grooves (11), (21) are placed in opposite directions and are centred with...

20060232110 - Reserved seat control apparatus and system for arenas, stadiums and theaters: There is provided a reserved seat system for stadiums, arenas and theaters to limit the use of reserved seats to those having a specific ticket for that particular seat for that particular event at that particular time. The system employs seats in which the pivoting seating portion can be locked...

20060232111 - External covering material for motor vehicle, motor vehicle seat, and apparatus for producing the seat: In a skin material for a vehicle, a general surface and a predetermined shape having an outer appearance which is equal to a joint portion obtained by actually bonding a plurality of skin materials are formed in a one-piece skin material in accordance with a transcription, and an outer appearance...

20060232112 - Cover: Embodiments of methods, and/or articles for protecting at least a portion of a child seat are disclosed....

20060232113 - Unitary cam for rocker-recliner base assembly: A unitary composite cam member is designed for integration into a rocker chair base assembly. In one arrangement, one cam member resides upon each longitudinal rail of the rocker chair base assembly. Each cam member includes a rigid body and one or more laterally projecting sleeves. The rigid body has...

20060232114 - Cushion plate for vehicle seat: A vehicle seat includes a seat back frame of a rectangular shape having a pair of side frames, upper and lower seat springs mounted between the side frames, and a flexible cushion plate in the form of a single plate attached to the seat springs. The cushion plate has a...

20060232115 - Backrest elevation adjustment assembly: A backrest elevation adjustment assembly is provided, which is mainly composed of an L-shape member, a sliding member, and a multi-step positioning member. A seat supporting board is attached to the horizontal section of the L-shape member and the sliding member, which is attached to a backrest supporting board, is...

20060232116 - Safety lever system in cab of excavator: The present invention relates to a safety lever system in a cab of an excavator, which is capable of preventing an unintended descending of a control box without the operation of the safety lever, and promoting a safer tilting of the control box through a limit means that controls the...

20060232117 - Frame assembly for passenger seat: A passenger seat frame assembly includes first and second seat frames, each defining a curved shape corresponding to the profile of an anatomically-appropriate seat bottom and seat back; a seat base for being attached to a supporting surface, the seat base being disposed centrally between the first and second seat...

20060232118 - Operator seat for an industrial vehicle: An operator seat on an industrial vehicle provides a recess in the seat back for receiving a safety harness or buckle. This allows an operator to comfortably sit in the operator seat while at that same time being attached to the safety harness. In one embodiment, the seat back may...

20060232119 - Device for protecting passengers on the chairs of a chairlift: A chair of a chairlift has at least one seat with a seat surface and a pivotable closing bar. When the closing bar is closed, its crossbar extends across the thighs of a passenger. The crossbar bears a locking mechanism, which reduces the distance between the crossbar and the seat...

20060226682 - Seat cushion construction for reclining chair: A furniture member cushion includes an exterior cover having opposed walls defining an interior cavity and a cushion fill opening. A first slit is created through the cover proximate to the cushion fill opening. A foam cushion member is disposed through the cushion fill opening and substantially fills the interior...

20060226683 - Adjustable lumbar support with extensive configurability: An adjustable lumbar support for a seat having a seat frame is disclosed, the adjustable lumbar support including a floating support plate for providing an amount of lumbar support to a lumbar region of a seat, the support plate having a front surface and a rear surface, the floating support...

20060226684 - Distance adjustment device for chair: A distance adjustment device for a chair includes a guide rail, a movable plate slidably mounted on the guide rail, a movable handle pivotally mounted on the movable plate and having a first end detachably engaged with the guide rail, and a fixed handle secured on the movable plate and...

20060226685 - Pivoting seat: An operator seat for a work vehicle is provided that is pivotable between at least two operating stations....

20060226686 - Spinal protection system for automotive seat: An energy absorption assembly for a seat assembly having a seatback including a first frame and a second frame includes a housing, a torsion bar rotatably supported by the housing in a first rotational direction and in a second rotational direction, and a clutch assembly engaged with the torsion bar....

20060226687 - Mechanism for adjusting the inclination of a motor vehicle seat: A mechanism for adjusting the inclination of a motor vehicle seat, said mechanism comprising: a first cheek plate and a second cheek plate, said second cheek plate being mounted to pivot on the first cheek plate; a locking device for preventing the first cheek plate from pivoting relative to the...

20060226688 - Headrest: In a headrest, a first connecting portion, including a first link and a second link relatively rotatably supported to the first link, is provided between a base portion and a receive portion movable between a first and second positions adjacent to/separate from the base portion. A drive portion drives the...

20060226689 - Headrest with adjustment mechanism: Headrest (3) with adjustment mechanism, for motor vehicles, wherein an angular position of the headrest (3) relative to a backrest (1) of a seat (2), is adjustable. The headrest has two holding brackets (4) which are plugged into holding receptacles (20), the holding receptacles (20) being pivotable to change the...

20060226690 - Tilting head restraint with a use position and a stowed position: A head and restraint assembly for a motor vehicle seat having a seat back includes a support member that is removably securable to the seat back. A body portion including a foam cushion is disposed adjacent the support member. A pivot tube is fixedly secured to the support member. The...

20060226691 - Armrest with height adjustment mechanism: An armrest includes an armrest support and a subassembly supported thereon for vertical adjustment by a height adjustment device having a rotatable high-lead-angle threaded shaft, a mating nut, and a trigger. The shaft member is rotatable upon a vertical force being placed on the subassembly, and the trigger engages the...

20060226692 - Apparatus and a method for assessing an anchorage position: An apparatus for assessing a position of an anchorage of a child restraint anchorage system. The apparatus includes a base, a first slide assembly, and a second slide assembly. The first slide assembly is movably disposed on the base for engaging a seat back. The second slide assembly is movably...

20060226693 - Strap retainer for shopping cart seatbelts: A strap retainer comprising a flexible elongated member is formed in a partially closed loop. The elongated member may have an approximately straight segment near one end, and an L-shaped restraining member is positioned on the elongated member adjacent to the straight segment. The strap fastener has an un-locked, open...

20060226694 - Seatbelt apparatus: A seatbelt apparatus is provided which can constrain a passenger by ensuring removal of a slack of a lap belt when two pretensioners are activated under two different time frames. A pretensioner of a seatbelt retractor is activated first, and a shoulder belt and a lap belt are pulled in...

20060220421 - Structure of a chair: A chair includes two lateral supports, a seat connected to the lateral supports, a back, a footrest, and two pivotal bars; the seat has a loop-shape; the back is passed through the seat, and pivoted to rear upper portions of the lateral supports at a middle portion thereof; the back...

20060220422 - Display frame for a seat cover: The present invention includes a display frame useful for displaying covers for automotive seats that the cover is designed to cover. The display frame can be comprised of a series of elements covered in a mesh like material or can be comprised of a shell like molded material. The display...

20060220423 - Seat or armrest attachment: A seat attachment is disclosed. In illustrated embodiments, the seat attachment includes a tablet arm and a tablet arm cupholder. The tablet arm includes a substantially flat work or utility surface and is assembled to a seat cupholder via the tablet arm cupholder. Once assembled, the tablet arm provides a...

20060220424 - Tent chair: The tent chair includes a folding frame supporting a folding cover, with the frame attached to a folding or portable chair. The chair has a single rearward frame bow which is radially flexible but rigid orthogonal to the lateral bow pivot axis of the chair. A series of similar bows...

20060220425 - Stowable table assembly with a tabletop locking mechanism: A stowable table assembly comprising a hinge block, a tabletop, and a support carrying the tabletop. The support is pivotably attached to the hinge block for rotation about a hinge axis. The tabletop is thereby rotatable about the hinge axis between a use position and a stowing position. The tabletop...

20060220426 - Rollover deployed reclining seatback: A vehicle seat system utilizes a rollover sensor coupled to an actuator that is actuated under rollover conditions to rotate either the seatback or the seatback and seat cushion to a protective position such that the head of a seated occupant is brought closer to the vehicle floor when the...

20060220427 - Infant carrier with adjustable harness system: An infant carrier includes a carrier shell including a seating area for a child; and a harness system adapted to connect to the carrier shell and adapted to be adjusted between a first configuration for a smaller child and a second configuration for a larger child. The harness system includes...

20060220428 - Stadium seat: A seat frame of a stadium seat includes a lower cross beam, bench-engaging support arms configured to mount over a top, flat surface of the stadium bench, and upright support members. The upright support members include rounded upper ends that may be rearwardly canted....

20060220429 - Patient chair with a vertically movable seat: A patient chair is provided that includes a chassis with a frame, a seating device intended for a patient and connected to the chassis, and a driving device for moving the seating device relative to the frame in the vertical direction between a lower position and an upper position, wherein...

20060220430 - Pivot mechanism, method for manufacturing it, and vehicle seat incorporating the mechanism: Pivot mechanism incorporating first and second rigid plates interconnected by a hypocycloid gear train, the first plate being formed in one piece with a circular toothing belonging to the hypocycloid gear train. A seat frame is fixed to the first plate by a weld located at the position of the...

20060220431 - Chair control device: A mechanism is provided for an office chair to adjust the tilt of the seat portion relative to the base of the chair. The mechanism includes an adjustable member tiltably mounted on a base, a compression spring bearing on the adjustable member and connected to the base using a retaining...

20060220432 - Examination table: An examination and treatment table having a base (1) adapted to lift and lower a table (2) attached thereto, the table comprises a seat cushion (4) and a back cushion (3), which are individually movable. The table (2) is only attached at one side to the base (1) by means...

20060220433 - Vision improving system for a head restraint: A vehicle seat assembly that is disposable in a vehicle rearward of a front seat includes a seat bottom, a seat back attached to the seat bottom, and a head restraint attached to the seat back and having a head restraint body that is moveable from a raised position to...

20060220434 - Headrest system for a vehicle seat: In a headrest system (11) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having at least one headrest bushing (15) that comprises at its upper end a visible surface (29), at least one headrest rod (12) that can be inserted into the headrest bushing (15), a headrest...

20060220435 - Modular furniture attachment strap: A furniture member strap system includes a first strap having loop members at a first end and hook members at a second end and a first sewn area positioned between the loop members and the hook members. A second strap has opposed ends overlapping each other creating a looped end....

20060220436 - Seat of childcare apparatus: A seat of a childcare apparatus comprises a backrest board having through holes in a thickness direction, a stacked board which has through holes which can be aligned with the through holes, a reflective sheet provided so as to cover the through holes and forming an air layer between the...

20060220437 - Device to temporarily convert a standard chain swing into a toddler swing.: This invention clasps onto a standard chain swing, converting it into a toddler swing. The apparatus has a cloth seat that supports the child across the back, under the arms, and both sides of the upper chest. A chest strap of nylon webbing is sewn into the seat across the...