Chairs and seats inventions 12/07

20070296251 - Device for conducting air in order to provide air conditioning for a body support device: The invention relates to a device (100) for conducting air in order to provide air conditioning for a body support device, particularly one in a vehicle seat. According to the invention, the device (100) is also provided with at least one adjustment device (7) for adjusting at least one contact... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20070296252 - Occupant restraint passenger seat assembly with load-sensing energy absorption feature: A passenger seat for a multi-passenger motor vehicle having a body with a seat-mounting includes a seat frame mountable to the seat-mounting surface, and a rear seat frame engaged with the seat frame. A front frame is engaged to the seat frame and is located forward of the rear seat... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20070296253 - Foldable bleacher seats: A foldable seat for a bleacher seating arrangement includes a seat or seat structure fixedly disposed at a deck portion and a back portion or backrest pivotally disposed at a rear portion of the seat portion. The back portion is pivotable between an upright position, where a person may sit... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20070296254 - Child seat safety system: The present invention comprises an infant carrier and a mating base which combine to form an infant carrier/car seat combination. The infant carrier has a seat belt system within it to properly secure the infant. When the infant carrier is attached to the base, and the infant carrier seat belt... Agent: Michael R. Kahn

20070296255 - Steerable walking rocking horse: A rocking horse has two arcuate members or rockers which can held in spaced relation to a supporting surface during a portion of the rocking cycle by stirrups. During this portion, the rockers can move with respect to the stirrups and hence with respect to the supporting surface to take... Agent: Joseph B. Taphorn Hagan Farms

20070296256 - Modular contour support apparatus: A four way lumbar support for an automobile seat includes a wire array (16), a fixed frame (20), and a basculating arm. When in its extruded position, the basculating arm (50) exerts pressure on the wire array (16) thus providing lumbar support to the seat occupant at that point. A... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070296257 - Seat fold actuator: An actuator configured to actuate a member. The actuator optionally including capabilities for storing and releasing kinetic energy. The actuator being suitable for use in any number of environments, including but not limited to facilitating seat folding operations.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070296258 - Rear seat extended fold and kneel reconfiguration: A vehicle seat assembly of the present embodiment is positionable in a vehicle passenger compartment and attachable to a vehicle floor. The seat assembly includes a seat bottom, a seat back, and a five-bar linkage assembly pivotally attaching the seat back to the seat bottom. The five-bar linkage assembly includes... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070296259 - Adjustable chair construction: An adjustable chair construction is described which is particular in that the backrest is linked to the seat by means of at least one hinge construction, where said hinge construction on the seat comprises at least one first projecting member (23) having a curved or linear top section on which... Agent: James C. Wray

20070296260 - Head rest assembly: A head restraint arrangement with a hinged head restraint (1) is proposed, which is suitable in particular for use with rear seats of vehicles, so that by folding down the head restraint (1) on the one hand it can be ensured that the head restraint (1) is moved from the... Agent: Husch & Eppenberger, LLC

20070296261 - Leaning molds system: The leaning molds system is a structure suitable for leaning where the individual instead of seating, leans against it. It comprises two molds, a back support mold with a convex surface and a resting mold with a convex surface or arm rest, both mounted to a vertical supporting surface. The... Agent: Carla Ferrari-lugo Law Office

20070290527 - Folding device for a highchair: A folding device for connecting legs of a highchair includes first and second folding members, a toothed wheel, and an actuator. The first folding member is formed with a positioning groove, and the second folding member is formed with a position limiting unit. The toothed wheel includes a wheel body... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20070290528 - Collapsible highchair with locking device: A collapsible highchair with a locking device includes a first frame, a second frame which is pivotally connected to the first frame in “X” shape, a seat portion pivotally connected to upper sections of the frames, a backrest connected to the upper section of the first frame, a locking device... Agent: Bacon & Thomas, PLLC

20070290529 - Two-step connecting element: The present invention concerns a device in a chair (1), especially a chair with an adjustable back of the chair (2) and head rest (3), in that in between a section of the head rest (3) and an attachment section on the chair construction is arranged a connecting element (18)... Agent: Seyfarth Shaw LLP

20070290530 - Seat recliner bench for motor homes or the like: A reclining bench seat for a recreational vehicle has a frame on which a seat part and a backrest part are arranged. The backrest part can be pivoted between a sitting position and a lying position. In the lying position, the rear of the backrest part is arranged so as... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070290531 - 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... Agent: Workman Nydegger

20070290532 - Combined sensor and heating element: The invention relates to a combined sensor and heating element (1) which is particularly suitable for a motor vehicle seal. Said sensor and heating element comprises a sensor mat which comprises a carrier film (2) and a cover film (3), sensors (6) which are arranged between the carrier film (2)... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20070290533 - Heated seat for a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a heated cushion (100) for a vehicle seat, comprising an upper part (110) having a first and a second main surface and a lower part (130) having a first and a second main surface. The parts (110, 130) are arranged with their first main surfaces one... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20070290534 - Seat: In one embodiment, a seat includes a stiff substantially continuous first sheet suspended at three points on a stiff substantially continuous second sheet. In one embodiment, the first sheet defines a generally flat first wing and a first nose projecting forward from a center of the first wing, the second... Agent: Ormiston & Mckinney, PLLC

20070290535 - Vehicle safety seat: A vehicle safety seat may comprise, among other things, a vehicle seat having a seat base configured to be mounted to a support surface of a motor vehicle, and a roll sensor mounted to the seat base. The vehicle seat may be a suspension seat. The vehicle seat may have... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070290536 - Pop-up display: A pop-up display suitable for use in a seat back of an occupant seat, such as but not limited to those employed within vehicles to carry vehicle occupants. The display being configured to pop-up from the seat back in response to mechanical and/or electrical stimulation. The mechanical actuation optionally being... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20070290537 - Recliner: A recliner includes a backrest, a seat, a leg and a reclining apparatus. The reclining apparatus includes a base, two ears and a rear support. The base is installed on the leg. The ears are pivotally installed on the base on one hand and pivotally connected to the seat on... Agent: Wpat, PC Intellectual Property Attorneys

20070290538 - Spine tensioning support chair: A chair has two independent body supports which move in similar rotation and inverse elevation to one another to change from a chair configuration, one support higher than the other, to a spine tensioning apparatus, supports near equal in elevation. Preferably body supports are spaced apart from one another such... Agent: Brian A. Walter

20070290539 - Chair: A chair is equipped with a leg column 1, a seat 3, and a back support 4. An intermediate supporting member 9 is fitted to an upper end of the leg column 1, the seat 3 and a back frame 5 are fitted to the intermediate supporting member 9, and... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath (dc)

20070290540 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a fitting (10) for the seat of a vehicle, particularly a motor vehicle, comprising a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) which is mechanically linked to the first fitting part (11), a locking eccentric, and a running eccentric (131), wherein the running eccentric... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070290541 - Footrest of one-legged seating device: A footrest of a one-legged seating device includes a fixation device and a ring frame. The fixation device is integrally molded of plastic and includes a hub having a central hole and a plurality of spokes around the hub. The ring frame is a metal tube shaped into a ring.... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20070290542 - Cushion body and manufacturing method for a cushion body: A cushion body is provided with a core material formed by a melamine resin foam body, and a surface layer material formed by a polyurethane resin foam body in which an expandable graphite is dispersed, and covering a periphery of the core material. A through hole extending along a thickness... Agent: Crompton, Seager & Tufte, LLC

20070290543 - Motorcycle passenger connector: Motorcycle Passenger Connector is a double harness design to link a motorcycle passenger and a motorcycle operator. The preferred embodiment of the invention utilizes a connector with clasps and two harnesses with straps and a connector chain. To use the preferred embodiment of Motorcycle Passenger Connector, the motorcycle operator and... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20070284919 - Vehicle seat with pivotable flap: In a vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, having a seat structure (3), a backrest structure (5) and a flap structure (10) that can be releasably locked with the backrest structure (5) in a use position and that can be pivoted relative to the backrest structure (5)... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20070284920 - Tablet arm for nesting chair: According to various embodiments of the present invention, a tablet arm for a nesting chair including a first rigid support member affixed to a nesting chair, a second rigid support member swivelably coupled to the first rigid support member, a tablet rotatably and slidably coupled to the second rigid support... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Patent Docketing

20070284921 - Device for the articulated linking of handles to infant seats, carrycots and the like: The handle is made up by a rigid element having the shape of an inverted U and being fit to be articulatedly linked to the sides of the infant seat or carrycot. This device includes a locking element to lock the different positions of the handle and to be actuated... Agent: Merchant & Gould PC

20070284922 - Vehicle seat structure: A vehicle seat structure, which comprises a seat cushion (10), a seat back (20) connected to a rear end of the seat cushion (10), and a downward displacement suppression device (70, 80, 90, 100) operable, when a rearward load is input into the seat back (20), to suppress a downward... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20070284923 - Method of controlling a seat: v

20070284924 - Fitting for child safety seat: There is provided a fitting for a child safety seat for use with a vehicle seat comprising a body; provided to said body, a first connector for connecting to an anchorage of a child safety seat; and provided to the body and spaced from the first connector, a second connector... Agent: Mcgrath, Geissler, Olds & Richardson, PLLC

20070284925 - Headrest actuator for juvenile vehicle seat: A juvenile seat includes a base having a bottom seat portion, a lower back section coupled to the base and positioned to lie at an angle relative to the bottom seat portion, and a headrest coupled to the lower back section for up and down movement relative to the base... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20070284926 - Swing: A swing includes: a pair of upright stands having top end portions; a transverse rod having two opposite end portions that are respectively secured to the top end portions of the stands; a pair of pivot sleeves sleeved respectively on the end portions of the transverse rod and rotatable on... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20070284927 - Compact base for a seat with a suspension independent of height adjustment: An object of the present invention is to provide a compact base for a seat with a suspension for a vehicle driver, for use in buses, heavy vehicles or special use vehicles, including excavation vehicles or foresting equipment, in which the operator or driver is subject to vibrations. The present... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20070284928 - Head rest mechanisms and assemblies: Detailed are head rest mechanisms and assemblies containing a flexible collar. Portions of the collar may be moved independently from other portions and may pivot or otherwise move both forward of the seat back and vertically under passenger control. Also described are slide assemblies containing deformable projections for use with... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20070284929 - Motor-vehicle headrest: A motor-vehicle headrest has an upright rod having upper and lower ends, a cushion support pivotal on the upper rod end about a generally horizontal axis between a use position and an stowage position, and a stop fixed on the rod upper end. A latch element is pivotal in the... Agent: K.f. Ross P.C.

20070284930 - Chair having removable back or seat cushion assemblies and methods related thereto: A chair comprising a chair base, a chair frame mounted to the chair base, a back cushion assembly, and a seat cushion assembly, along with related methods, is described. The chair frame includes an upper and lower frame portion. One or both of the back cushion assembly or the seat... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20070284931 - Seat frames having appearance of one-piece construction and seat frames having a back support design derived from the frame: A seat frame is manufactured from a single continuous elongated member or which has the appearance of being formed from a single continuous elongated piece of material. For example, the seat frame may be formed from a single continuous elongated member such as a tube or wire which is bent... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti PC

20070284932 - Castor axle having noise suppression function: A chair includes a leg having a mounting hole, a castor having an end portion provided with an axle mounted in the mounting hole of the leg, and a substantially S-shaped snap ring mounted in the annular groove of the axle and rested on a peripheral wall of the mounting... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20070278832 - Actuator for seat adjusting devices: The invention is related to an actuator, especially for seat adjusting devices with at least one electrical engine having subordinated reduction gear and a disconnecting device for manual operation. The task of the present invention is to provide a generic actuator with a disconnecting device that can be used in... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20070278833 - Locking device for a folding seat in a vehicle: The invention provides a locking device for a folding seat in a vehicle. The locking device includes: a locking plate connected to a first side of a seat frame of the rear seat by a rotating axis; an operating cable one end of which is connected to a center portion... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20070278834 - Workstation module for a reclinable office chair: A workstation comprising a base, a working platform and a supporting member between the base and the working platform is disclosed and used in conjunction with a typical ergonomically adjustable office chair. The workstation includes a pair of leg rests adjustably fixed to the supporting member such that the user... Agent: J. Gordon Thomson

20070278835 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat with a back rest, a height-adjustable head restraint with a head cushion, and a heating device for heating the neck and head region of a seat occupant with hot air. The heating device has an air-guiding duct that is arranged in the head cushion and has a... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20070278836 - Seat recliner for vehicles: Disclosed herein is a seat recliner for vehicles. The seat recliner of the present invention includes a support bracket, which is mounted to a seat frame, a guide holder, which is coupled at a first end thereof to the support bracket, and a slide holder, which is rotatably coupled to... Agent: Robert E. Bushnell

20070278837 - Reclining back mechanism for a seating unit: A seating unit has a base pivotably coupled to a back by a reclining mechanism, which has a pair of arms pivotably coupled to the base side members. The arms are coupled to a rearward transverse member that swings forward and compresses a cylinder actuator as the user reclines the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20070278838 - Armrest: A chair for offices and the like includes at least one armrest that can be folded from a generally upright position to a folded position and visa-versa. The folding mechanism has a thin profile, thereby minimizing the thickness of the armrest and providing an aesthetically pleasing appearance. A cover for... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20070278839 - Chair arm cup holder: An improved chair arm configuration having a generally horizontal arm rest portion from which a bridging portion extends downwardly to a lower cup support portion and with a cup ring member having an opening therethrough supported by the bridging portion forward of the bridging portion and vertically above the cup... Agent: Riches, Mckenzie & Herbert, LLP

20070278840 - System and method for mounting wicker: A method and system for mounting wicker fibers onto furniture frame members; the system involves a flexible securing rod and at least one frame member with a channel configured to retain the securing rod. The frame member provides at least one channel access point along the channel that enables the... Agent: Williams Mullen

20070278841 - backpost unit of wooden dining chair with reclining mechanism: A backpost unit for use in wooden dining chair is disclosed. The backpost unit provides reclining movements for a wooden dining chair of the type having a stationary frame section within which said backpost unit is secured. The backpost unit consists of an interlocking mechanism with minimum components and requires... Agent: Gray, Plant, Mooty, Mooty & Bennett, P.A.

20070278842 - Seat structure: A seat structure includes a board that has a portion rolled up on a periphery of the board. The portion rolled up has a closed cross section with a generally polygonal cross sectional profile.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500