Chairs and seats inventions 10/07

20070246974 - Transfer unit for individuals with partial or total disability: A transfer system for individuals with a partial or total disability is disclosed whereby, the system is configured to be relatively portable. The system comprises a collapsible frame that is configured to be disassembled and stored in a relatively transportable case such that persons suffering from a partial or total... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20070246975 - Vehicle seat: The present invention relates to a vehicle seat (1) comprising a seat element (2) having at least one central region (2a) and at least one edge region (2b, 2c). The central region possesses an outer air-impermeable and water-vapor-permeable seat cover (30) and a cushion element (7) under the seat cover... Agent: Gore Enterprise Holdings, Inc.

20070246976 - Device for removably fitting to prams carrycot seats and carrycots being provided with an articulated handle: This device includes anchoring mechanism being actuated by a rope and fitted to respective attachments being provided on the pram. The device has two portions namely being a first one (1) being provided at the lower end of the handle and having a cavity (5) in an angularly tiltable arrangement... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070246977 - Support rail for a bicycle saddle shell: The invention relates to a support rail for a bicycle saddle shell of the type that presents two portions (1′, 1″) perfectly symmetrical in relation to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the saddle. Thanks to its particular shape, both professional and touring cyclists are able to find the saddle... Agent: Bucknam And Archer

20070246978 - Ventilative cycle saddle: A bicycle saddle has a base frame and a pad covered on the base frame. The base frame has a narrow front portion with a plurality of first lower ventholes and a wide rear portion with a plurality of second lower ventholes. The pad has a plurality of first and... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20070246979 - Active material actuated headrest assemblies: Active material actuated headrest assemblies and their methods of operation are described herein. The headrests include an active material incorporated in a frame member, a bag, gear device, or the like, wherein the active material actuates upon receipt of an activation signal.... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20070246980 - Phlebotomists chair cover: A disposable cover for a phlebotomists chair includes a covering, wherein the covering is adapted to cover a portion of the phlebotomists chair. The covering also comprises a peripheral edge and an attachment member comprising a band of material generally disposed along at least a portion of the peripheral edge... Agent: Paparella & Associates, PLC

20070246981 - Passenger seating arrangement: The present invention provides an aircraft passenger seat assembly that includes: (a) first and second seats selectively movable between upright and reclined positions and adapted for being positioned beside and at inwardly-facing angles relative to each other; (b) a center console having a relatively wide aft end and a relatively... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070246982 - Child protection system for motor vehicles: A child protection system comprises a back rest, a back support on the seat back, a head rest component of the back rest which is displaceably mounted on the back support, a first adjusting mechanism which is used to adjust the position of the head rest component in relation to... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20070246983 - Materials handling vehicles having seats with pivoting backrests: A compressive member is used to bias a seat backrest into a predetermined position, generally upright as illustrated, relative to a seat base with the compressive member deforming to enable the seat to be pivoted by the application of force to the backrest. When used on a materials handling vehicle... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20070246984 - Chair having an automatically adjusting resistance to tilting: A chair having an automatically adjusting resistance to tilt. The chair includes a back support, a frame, a base and a back pivot member, which is pivotally mounted to the frame, and a seat, which is also pivotally mounted to the frame, such that an occupant of the chair adjusts... Agent: Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

20070246985 - Easy entry seat track release mechanism: A sea assembly for an automotive includes a seat cushion and a seat back pivotally coupled to the seat cushion. A riser mechanism extends between the seat cushion and a vehicle floor. The riser mechanism includes spaced apart front, center, and rear legs each pivotally movable at opposing upper and... Agent: Clark Hill, P.C.

20070246986 - Seating furniture with lift mechanism: An article of seating furniture is provided with a lift mechanism. The article can be a chair with a base and a seat that is pivotally connected to the base. A back is coupled to the seat and may be either fixed to the seat or rotatably coupled to the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070246987 - Seat swiveling device of a vehicle: A seat swiveling device of a vehicle comprises a stationary base, a movable base, a vehicle seat assembly and a swing lever. The movable base has a second pivot shaft for supporting the swing lever so that the swing lever is pivoted. The stationary base has a guide hole for... Agent: Morgan & Finnegan, L.L.P.

20070246988 - Adjustment structure of chair backrests: The present invention provides an adjustment structure of the chair backrest. The adjustment structure includes a sliding end of the first part of the backrest, and the guiding sliding seat of the second part of the chair backrest. A positioning component is placed on the pre-determined part of the guided... Agent: Egbert Law Offices

20070246989 - Adjustable headrest: An adjustable headrest assembly for a seat includes a frame, a front bracket adjustably moveable toward and away from the frame, and a linking mechanism for guiding the movement of the front bracket. A rack having teeth is mounted to the frame. A locking member is rotatably coupled to the... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070246990 - Abdominal support swivel chair: An abdominal support swivel chair is comprised of a support base with a plurality of leg arms having casters and radiating about the base frame in a common horizontal plane. An adjustable center post assembly extends vertically from the center of the support base and along a central vertical axis.... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070246991 - Footrest: Disclosed is a footrest for a handrail. The footrest includes an attachment portion configured to receive the handrail. The footrest further includes a vertical offset portion and a foot receiving portion.... Agent: Rader, Fishman & Grauer PLLC

20070246992 - Scented utility cushion: A utility cushion that includes a scenting agent disposed upon the cushion and a cover material. When the cover material encases the cushion, the cover material is made at least partially permeable to the scenting agent such that the application of pressure to the cushion will cause the scenting agent... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20070246993 - Chairs of a chairlift having protection against sliding out: In order to prevent individuals from sliding or falling out of a chair of a chairlift, irrespective of their size and sitting position, the seat surface has regions of increased slip resistance. Either the seat surface has a higher level of slip resistance in the region of its front edge... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20070241589 - Rocking reclining chair: A furniture item includes a support member and a rotatably pinned mechanism operable in rocking and reclining motions. The mechanism includes first and second side plates; a first pair of forward link members each rotatably connected to one of the side plates; a pantograph linkage set connected to the first... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20070241590 - Furniture system: A furniture system includes a desk having an upper surface and a pair of opposed depending ground-engaging side walls, at least one of the side walls defining means for storing books or the like. An overlay overlying the desk top provides a surface for erasable writing thereon. At least one... Agent: Arnold S. Weintraub

20070241591 - Table and seating arrangement: A table and seating arrangement includes a tabletop defining a longitudinal direction and having an edge. A frame mounts to an underside of the tabletop and includes risers and laterally extending portions. Casters or wheels mount to the frame and provide for easy rolling transport of the table and seating... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070241592 - Tie strap for climate controlled seat: A conduit for a climate controlled seat assembly. A first port is at a first end of the body and is in communication with the fluid passage. A second port is at a second end of the body and is in communication with the fluid passage, An attachment device comprising... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20070241594 - Anti-whiplash safety apparatus: An anti-whiplash device attaches to existing vehicle head restraints and provides an elastic pocket or cavity in which impact absorbing pads are placed. The pads may be pre-sized so that the thickness of the additional impact absorbing material can be easily determined. The use of the impact absorbing pads reduces... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20070241593 - Headrest for a vehicle seat: A headrest for a vehicle seat includes a stationary support part, and an impact element which can be moved relative to the latter. The impact element is mounted on the support part via a lever system which can be at least partially decoupled, so that it permits different sequences of... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070241595 - Haptic vehicle seat: A haptic seat and system for use in imparting sensations to an occupant thereof. The haptic seat may be used to alert passengers of various operating conditions with some sort of tactile sensation, such as a vibration, pulse, shake, or other inducement that involves the occupant's sense of touch.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070241598 - Front seat child seat and restraint device known as \"stay secur seat\": A device for use in vehicles for infants called a Stay Secur Seat. This device is comprised of a seat; an essentially vertical belt system to augment the existing seat belt; a means to connect the vertical belt to the seat; a means to removably connect the vertical belt to... Agent: Ritchison Law Offices, PC John D. Ritchison

20070241597 - Baby/child support: There is provided a baby support (10) having a base (11) and a support portion (12). The support portion has a back portion (13) and a pair of side portions (15, 16). The baby support (10) has a waist harness for retaining a baby (31) in the support. The baby... Agent: Arthur G. Schaier Carmody & Torrance

20070241596 - Child travel restraint system: A child travel restraint system having a child safety seat adapted to be removably connected to a vehicle seat and a supplemental child restraint adapted to be stowed with the child safety seat, with the supplemental child restraint further adapted to be separated from the child safety seat and removably... Agent: Stephen E. Arnett Perkins Coie LLP

20070241599 - Chair flexpad support arrangement: A chair support arrangement for permitting tilting of a chair seat and chair back assembly by a sitter thereon. The assembly comprises a chair base having a chair support arm extending therefrom, and a flexpad support arrangement secured to the chair support arm. The flexpad support arrangement comprises a compressible... Agent: Donald M. Halgren

20070241600 - Liftable seat in a vehicle: A liftable seat in a vehicle includes: a base frame; a seat cushion frame disposed on the base frame and to which a seat cushion is coupled; a seat back frame coupled to the seat cushion frame which is foldable in a forward direction and to which a seat back... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070241601 - Detachable swivel apparatus for a beach chair: A detachable swivel apparatus for a beach chair including a load-distributing platform for positioning upon the ground and saddle pivotally secured atop the platform. The saddle has a rectangular plate with a keyhole at each of its corners. A number of mounting clips are releasably secured to the saddle for... Agent: Stephen R. Greiner, Esquire Greiner Law Offices, P.C.

20070241602 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: In a fitting (5) for a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having two by themselves fully functional, adjacent single fittings (11, 20) defining two parallel axes (A, B), the single fittings (11, 20) are substantially axially aligned with respect to each other along the common first... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070241603 - Armrest locking mechanism: An adjustment device for a vehicle component includes a first locking toothing and a rocking lever, the rocking lever being able to be set in a stable locking position and a stable release position as a result of a control element acting on a spring.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070241604 - Seat pad for vehicle: Seating comfort is improved in a seat pad for vehicles includes a pad main body having a bottom dented upward to form a concave portion and having an insert arranged in the concave portion. The seat pad for vehicles 10 includes a cushion pad. The cushion pad includes a pad... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20070236053 - Tool for providing support to the human upper body when having to lean over to work: A tool is provided for supporting the human upper body when having to lean over to work. The tool comprising a platform member for supporting the human upper body in a leaning position thereby reducing back muscle strain and fatigue; a cushioned pad secured to an upper surface of the... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070236054 - Chair for extended seating periods: In order to provide comfort during prolonged seating periods and facilitate proper sitting posture, a 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.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070236055 - Ground based portable seat: A ground based portable seat which is capable of elevating the user up and off the ground and provides for a variable seating position independently or in combination with an object on terrain of varying slopes and undulating surfaces. A frame structure includes first and second generally U-shaped frame members... Agent: Theodore J. Gausman

20070236056 - Reconfigurable infant activity center: An infant activity center comprising: (a) an infant-activity center tray having an infant seat; (b) a ring having a cushion extending across the diameter of the ring; and (c) a plurality of repositionable pylons concurrently mounted to the ring and the tray, the repositionable pylons being repositionable between a use... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20070236057 - Handle supported and height adjustable lounge chair: A lounge chair assembly having a seat portion, pivotally associated back portion, and further pivotally associated lower leg portion. Each of the seat, back and leg portions includes an outer frame to which is secured an inner user supporting covering. Pairs of spaced apart and downwardly extending legs, either four... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20070236058 - Collapsible folding chair with umbrella: A seating device which includes a frame and webbing bridging the frame to create a horizontal surface and back to support the torso of a user. The frame includes at least one tubular member oriented vertically as constituting at least a portion of the back of the seating device. A... Agent: Dergosits & Noah LLP

20070236059 - Teacher's chair: Disclosed is a chair that includes a support assembly. The support assembly should have a seat that is positioned on its top and should also have a back rest extending upward from the support assembly adjacent a side of the seat. Also, at least one storage compartment can be in... Agent: Nath & Associates

20070236060 - Submersible table and seat assembly for use in a swimming pool: A submersible table and seat assembly suitable for use in a swimming pool. The submersible assembly includes a base, a table, and seats. The base has a hollow interior capable of being filled with a flowable material in an amount sufficient to enable the submersible assembly to rest on the... Agent: Hartman & Hartman, P.C.

20070236061 - Low cost adjustable and foldable car seat: This invention relates generally to a juvenile belt positioning booster car seat which folds, has an adjustable back height, and has folding armrests which ships in a minimally sized carton thereby reducing shipping and warehousing costs and which has a smoother exterior surface and enclosed height adjust mechanism to prevent... Agent: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20070236063 - Overmolded thin-profile lumbar support: An adjustable lumbar support has a guide wire assembly and a support basket, at least one of which comprises overmolded plastic components, wherein the support basket is slidably engaged with the guide wire assembly, and at least one actuator operably engaged with the support basket.... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070236062 - Trim foam lumbar: A seat support includes a lumbar, a foam pad, trim wires, and an actuator. The lumbar is supported by and actuated between trim wires which are embedded within the seat's foam pad. The actuator is connected to and adjusts the lumbar relative to the foam pad. The foam pad preferably... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070236064 - Longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat: A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat includes a displacement sensor (21), which can interact with a seat rail, and a control signal emitter (41), which can be displaced in relation to the displacement sensor (21). The relative movement of the signal emitter (41) in relation to the displacement sensor... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070236065 - Motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat comprising a seat frame, a backrest, a longitudinal rail guide, a fixing device for locking the longitudinal rail guide in a pre-set longitudinal seating position, a coupling mechanism which is able to move together with the seat frame in the longitudinal rail direction, a memory unit,... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20070236066 - Task chair: The present invention relates to task chairs that support the body of the user in healthy positions while the user performs various tasks over extended sitting periods and that provide independent and independently adjustable support to the lower and the upper back.... Agent: Peacock Myers, P.C.

20070236067 - Latch actuator system: An actuator for a latch assembly for securing a latched member that is linked to a trigger. The trigger may be a shape memory alloy actuating element that is actuated in response to receiving an electrical signal. The trigger may be mechanically reset to a locked state by the latched... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070236068 - Adjustable seat and method for use: A seat for a motor vehicle, includes a backrest part and a seat part. The backrest part is configured to fold relative to the seat part from a normal position into a folded position and vice-versa. A lower seat structure is included and the seat is configured to move relative... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070236070 - Foldable headrest assembly: A foldable headrest assembly for a seat includes a pair of posts engaged with an upper portion of the seat and a frame rotatably supported by the posts. A latch is moveably supported by the frame and includes a release pin. A release mechanism is coupled to the latch for... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20070236069 - Device for stooping car headrests: A device for stooping car headrests is provided. The device includes a housing in which a stay of a car headrest is pivotably coupled thereto, a main spring installed in the housing to bias the stay and the headrest in the forward direction, an arresting member pivotably and resiliently fixed... Agent: Dilworth & Barrese, LLP

20070236072 - Vehicle seat assembly having a hardness gradient: In at least one embodiment, the present invention provides a vehicle seat assembly comprising a cushion having an “A” surface and a “B” surface, a central portion, and two bolster areas, with each bolster area being adjacent the central portion, with the cushion having a hardness gradient between at least... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070236073 - Layered chair back and chair seat: A chair having a base, a seat support mounted on the base, and a seat back support coupled with the seat support. The chair further includes a seat support assembly coupled with the seat support and a back support assembly coupled with the back support. The seat support assembly is... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070236074 - U-shaped seat cushion having thermal transfer unit: A padded seating cushion having a main section at the front end and a pair of arms extending rearwardly therefrom to define a generally U-shaped aperture open and extending to the rear of the cushion to support the user's ischial portions while alleviating direct pressure on the coccyx. The arms... Agent: Richard A. Ryan Attorney At Law

20070236071 - Seat structure: In a vehicle seat 10, a back edge side of a lower layer sheet 50 of a cushion material 20, of which a front edge side is fixed to a front edge side of a sitting portion frame 14, is resiliently connected to a back edge side of the sitting... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20070228780 - Collapsible articles of furniture: Articles of furniture having a collapsible frame including a support assembly having a pair of collapsible longitudinally extending members coupled for angular movement about a pivot axis between open and closed positions and movable transversely of and through the axis between extended and retracted positions. Also includes mechanism for releasably... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20070228781 - Appendage for retrofitting to an office chair for converting same into a computer workplace: An appendage that is retrofittable to an office chair for converting the office chair into a computer workplace; the office chair being characterized by comprising a seat supported by a central column, having a feet assembly attached thereto; Wherein the appendage comprises: a chassis coupled to a seat connector, and... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch

20070228782 - Device for securing items between two adjacent seats: A storage device is provided that secures a plurality of items commonly used by individuals in automobiles. More specifically, in one embodiment the device secures a plurality of items by engaging adjacent seats of an automobile, thus allowing for easy access to the items stored therein, and which includes a... Agent: Sheridan Ross PC

20070228783 - Production method for motorcycle saddles: A production method for a motorcycle saddle, characterised by comprising the steps of obtaining a hollow body by rotational moulding; then filling said hollow body with expanded polyurethane.... Agent: Young & Thompson

20070228784 - Vehicle safety seat: A vehicle safety seat has connections between the seat, seat brackets, and the vehicle floor that allow the safety seat to move rearward, in a controlled fashion, in the event of a rear end collision, thereby reducing the peak level of impact forces normally applied to the seat occupant during... Agent: William H. Hollimon

20070228785 - Arm rest for spa: A spa apparatus includes an internal support structure having a front end and a rear end; a basin coupled to the internal support structure proximate the front end, with the basin including a fluid circulation device; a seat removably coupled to the internal support structure, intermediate the basin and the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20070228786 - Integrated under-seat interior lighting for a motor vehicle seat: A powered adjustable seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a seat, an adjuster mechanism operatively connected to the seat to adjust the seat, a controller operatively connected to the drive motor of the adjuster mechanism to selectively adjust the seat, and a plurality of lights located below the seat... Agent: Richard M. Mescher Porter, Wright, Morris & Arthur, LLP

20070228787 - Harness pretensioning device for child safety seat: A child safety device for a vehicle including a seat and a harness, a sensor for providing an indication of a vehicle crash, and a take up assembly linked to sensor and the webbing to take up the webbing in response to the indication from the sensor.... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070228788 - Juvenile convertible car seat: A car seat for transporting a child in an automobile is described which is convertible from a rear-facing infant carrier into a forward-facing toddler carrier by the inclusion or removal of a separable headrest. The car seat features a belt adjustment system as well as a crotch belt adjustment system... Agent: Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

20070228789 - Combination lumbar-bolster system: A combination lumbar bolster system for attachment to a vehicle seat frame comprises a lumbar support having a flat position and a deployed position, wherein the deployed position is forward of the flat position; a pair of lateral bolsters each having a resting position and an extended position, wherein the... Agent: Grant D. Kang Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070228791 - Ergonomic systems and devices: Ergonomic systems and devices are disclosed. In accordance with the embodiments of the invention, a system or device includes a traction surface that provides traction and/or support through contact with a portion of a user's body. For example, an ergonomic system includes a backrest cushion. The backrest cushion has a... Agent: Haverstock & Owens LLP

20070228790 - Seating apparatus: The invention is based on a seating apparatus with a settable supporting unit which is provided for integration in a seat component and has at least one pneumatic supporting means and at least one adjustable, mechanical supporting means. The pneumatic supporting means is coupled to the mechanical supporting means for... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20070228792 - Child car seat device with wing components: A child car seat device with wing components includes a seat assembly, a backrest assembly and a headrest assembly, which are connected each other. The headrest assembly includes a headrest body, two headrest wing components, and two pivots passing through the headrest body and headrest wing components. Each pivot is... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070228793 - Theft protection chair structure for motor vehicles: A theft protection chair structure for motor vehicles for minimizing the driving space for the driver, includes: a chair having a chair seat and a chair back connected to the chair seat by a pin-jointed structure; a chair driving structure for driving the chair to go forward or backwards toward... Agent: Pai Patent & Trademark Law Firm

20070228794 - Aircraft passenger seat: An aircraft passenger seat includes a laterally extending support beam, a seat bottom frame rotatably mounted on the beam, a seat back frame, and a recline bracket carried on the seat bottom frame for attaching the seat back frame to the seat bottom frame. The recline bracket has an arcuate... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.

20070228795 - Seat for a driver of a construction machine, as well as construction machine: In a seat (1) for a driver of a construction machine, in particular a road milling machine, with a first seat surface (2) for the driver in a sitting position and a backrest (4), it is provided that the backrest (4) is capable of being tilted towards the front in... Agent: Diller, Ramik & Wight

20070228796 - Rising pivot seat: A seat assembly is provided for supporting an occupant above a floor in an automotive vehicle. The seat assembly includes a seat back operatively coupled to a seat cushion for movement between a generally upright seating position and a forwardly folded flat position with the seat back overlying the seat... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20070228797 - Telescopic support for armrest: A telescopic support is provided for an armrest of a chair. The telescopic support includes a lower tube, an upper tube and a helical spring. The lower tube is installed on the chair. The upper tube telescopically receives the lower tube and supports the armrest. The helical spring is axially... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070228798 - Seat structure with elastic suspension: A seat structure is comprised of a support frame having an elastic fabric sheet secured to the frame along opposed lateral sides of the frame and extends across a top seating portion or front part of a backrest thereof. In one embodiment of the invention one or two extensor members... Agent: Ogilvy Renault LLP

20070228799 - Chair: The chair has a chair body A comprising a seat frame 12, a back frame 22 and a rib that reinforces between the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22, wherein the rib is formed to extend to a side direction so as to be used as an arm... Agent: Westerman, Hattori, Daniels & Adrian, LLP

20070228800 - Seating with comfort surface: A chair includes a base, a seat, a back, and a control operably supporting the seat and back on the base for movement between upright and recline positions. The seat and back include a stiff perimeter frame with opposing perimeter sections, and a plurality of rods each independently bendable in... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070228801 - Chair control: A chair control has a threaded element with a thread extending along an axis. A retainer limits axial freedom of the threaded element and a user control rotates the threaded element. A spring backstop is threaded to the threaded element and a spring with a projection has this projection stopped... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070228802 - Harness tension sensor and crash occurrence sensor: A child safety device for a vehicle including a seat including a shell, a harness including at least one strap for retaining an occupant in the seat, and a sensor between a device on the strap and the seat shell indicating a tension status of the harness.... Agent: Adams Evans P.A.