Chairs and seats inventions 03/08

20080073950 - Locking structure of an active headrest: An active headrest with a locking structure includes an active headrest frame positioned at an inner frontal surface of a seatback frame, an armature supporting the active headrest, optionally a suspension installed below the armature, a frame supporting member installed at an inner frontal surface of the seatback frame, the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080073952 - Vehicle seat assembly with air bag seam rupturing means: A vehicle seat assembly with a frame, a seat pad, and an air bag assembly housing an inflator and a folded air bag that is inflated by the inflator to unfold and project outwardly from the seat through the air bag release seam when the air bag seam is in... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080073953 - Chair having built-in audio speakers and a slide-out compartment for a portable digital storage and playback device: A chair for the home or office having a seat, a back rest and a pair of tubular chair arms at opposite sides of the seat to support respective arm rests. A slide-out compartment is built into the arm rest of one of the pair of chair arms. The slide-out... Agent: Law Offices Of Morland C Fischer

20080073954 - Children car seat cover and protective pouch cushion: The present disclosure provides a cover that can be removably applied to an infant or children's car seat. The seat cover is integral with a carry pouch that the car cover can be folded into and stored in when not in use. When the cover is thus stored in the... Agent: West & Associates, A PC

20080073955 - Slipcover with separate cushion cover: A slipcover assembly has a slipcover with a back, seat, arm and lower portions for covering the various surfaces of a piece of seating furniture, as well as a separate cushion cover for covering one or more cushions of the furniture and for tightly engaging the cushions for a neat... Agent: Notaro And Michalos

20080073956 - Bench for children: A bench for seating a number of children includes a shelf and a number of seating stations. Each seating station has an opening formed in the shelf and a seat assembly removably mounted to the shelf in engagement with its opening. In one possible arrangement, each seat assembly is slidingly... Agent: Patrick R. Scanlon Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

20080073957 - Child seat: A child seat comprising a seat portion, a back support and shoulder belts extending through at least one opening in said back support. The opening is movable relative to the seat portion from at least one first position to a second position, and vice versa. The child seat furthermore comprises... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080073958 - Rocking chair and anti-skid base: Longitudinal and rotational movement of a rocking chair during the rocking motion is substantially prevented with a rocking chair having a pair of transversely-spaced, generally longitudinally extending rockers that converge at a first angle. A base is provided having a pair of transversely-spaced, generally longitudinally extending channels that converge at... Agent: Seldon & Scillieri

20080073959 - Device for shortening brake activation reaction time: The invention provides an under-thigh support and restrainer for use in combination with a driver's car seat. The device is made in the form of a triangular pillow that is attached to the car seat cushion and supports the driver's leg in a position required for the minimal time needed... Agent: Sergey Anikin

20080073960 - Seat device: A tilt mechanism portion is connected to an front downward-extending portion of a side frame (cushion side fame) of a seat cushion so as to move vertically the seat cushion. A rear downward-extending portion of the cushion side frame is supported at a support pin of a base side frame.... Agent: Nixon Peabody, LLP

20080073961 - Reclining mechanism for vehicle seats: A reclining mechanism for a vehicle seat is disclosed with a guide plate pivotally connected to a pivotal plate, which has two internal gear segments. A cam is pivotally connected to the pivotal plate, and has a pair of pawls. Two lock elements are translatable relative to the guide plate,... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080073962 - Reclining mechanism for vehicle seats: A reclining mechanism for a vehicle seat is disclosed with a guide plate pivotally connected to a pivotal plate, which has two internal gear segments. A cam pivotally connects to the pivotal plate, and has a pair of pawls. Two lock elements cooperate with the guide plate, and have an... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080073963 - Dual release headrest: A headrest assembly in combination with a vehicle seat assembly, the combination including a vehicle seat assembly having a seat bottom and a seat back assembly connected to the seat bottom. The combination also includes a headrest assembly connected to the seat back assembly. The headrest assembly has a head... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080073964 - Armrest and method of making the same: An armrest includes a longitudinal core body having a substantially planar bottom surface, a non-planar top surface, and two opposite lateral surfaces. The non-planar top surface rises upwardly from the lateral surfaces to a middle of the top surface of the core body. A top veneer layer has a top... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080073965 - Multifunctional armrest assembly for chair: An armrest assembly for a chair includes an armrest support, a slide seat mounted on the armrest support, a first slide mounted on the slide seat, a second slide mounted on the first slide, a rotation member mounted on the second slide, a retainer mounted on the rotation member, a... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080073966 - Vehicle seat assembly having a hardness gradient via hollowed sections and/or protrusions: 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 plurality of intrusions extending from... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080073967 - Seat belt retractor mounting system: A seat belt retractor mounting system for a vehicle seat includes a bracket having a first sidewall and a second sidewall. A generally planar plate is located generally parallel to and spaced apart from the first sidewall of the bracket. The plate is coupled to the second sidewall. In addition,... Agent: Eley Law Firm Co.

20080067840 - Eating surface with interchangeable accessories: An eating surface assembly comprising a tray for supporting food items thereon; a socket integrally formed in the tray; a receptacle; and a plug integrally formed on the receptacle. The plug is adapted for mating with the socket in the tray for releasably securing the receptacle on top of the... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20080067841 - Headrest control apparatus and method: A headrest control apparatus has a rear radar sensor, a PCS-ECU, a headrest drive mechanism that supports a headrest and drives the headrest relative to the vehicle in its longitudinal direction, a motor, a capacitance sensor, and a headrest control portion that controls the motor. The headrest control portion executes... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080067842 - Headrest-mounted monitor: A monitor adapted for mounting in an automobile headrest is provided. A screen structure of the monitor is pivotable about an upper edge thereof, such that the monitor occupies little volume within the headrest. A viewing angle of the screen structure is independently adjustable by a viewer, such that the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080067843 - Child's booster seat: A booster seat, including a seat bottom for being supported on an upper surface of a vehicle seat, with first and second latches carried by respective lateral first and second sides of the seat bottom for securing the seat bottom to the upper surface of the vehicle seat by a... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080067844 - Reclining group: Child safety seat to be placed in a vehicle, comprising at least one movable section. The movable section is provided for displacement in the first direction and prevented from displacement in the second direction, when a predetermined weight is exerted on the child safety seat, preferably on the movable section.... Agent: Christian D. Abel

20080067846 - Anti-rebound bar for child safety seat: A child safety seat assembly, including a base for being positioned on a vehicle seat bottom. An anti-rebound bar is carried by the base and extends outwardly and upwardly from a foot end of the base for engaging a seat back of the vehicle seat to which the seat is... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080067845 - Carry handle seat latch for child safety seat: A child safety seat assembly, including a base for being positioned on a vehicle seat bottom. The base includes an Isofix-type latch for attachment of the base to an Isofix bar of the vehicle seat, and a separate seat belt lock-off for allowing the base to be secured to the... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080067847 - Legless chair: A legless chair includes a seat, a seatback having its bottom side connected to the seat, and a flexible member backwardly extending from a rear side of the seat. When the user sitting on the seat forces his/her back against the seatback to tilt the legless chair backwards, the flexible... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080067848 - Chair having a synchronizing mechanism: The invention relates to a seat comprising a lower frame which is placed on the floor (1) and on which a synchronous mechanism (2) is mounted. A horizontal fixed main rotational axle (D1) and a horizontal secondary rotational axle (D2) that can be pivoted about the main rotational axle (D1)... Agent: Mccarter & English, LLP

20080067849 - Apparatus and method for moving persons between a sitting and a standing position: The invention relates to an apparatus for moving persons from a sitting to a standing position and vice versa. The invention also relates to a supporting structure provided with such an apparatus. The invention further relates to a method. for moving person from a sitting to a standing position and... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20080067850 - Backrest for a chair: Backrest (2) for a chair, for example a wheelchair, a vehicle chair, a office chair or the like, which backrest has a lower (2a′) and an upper end (2b′), and a general longitudinal direction which extends between the lower and the upper end. The backrest comprises an upper part (2b)... Agent: Holland & Hart, LLP

20080067851 - Stored energy control mechanism: An energy storage mechanism for folding seats for vehicles and the like includes an energy-storing component such as a spring that assists in moving the seat or other component. The mechanism provides for relatively small user input forces and distances, yet provides a relatively large force acting over a relatively... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080067852 - Patient chair: A back for a patient chair with which a patient may be moved from a generally upright sitting position to a generally supine position comprises a back shell and a cushion. The back shell has a front surface, a back surface, a top, a bottom, opposed first and second outer... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080067853 - Seating elements and seat base constructions: A seating system and in particular a seat base which comprises a support member which is arranged to support the ischial tuberosities of a user so as to cause the pelvis to move to an open position.... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080067854 - Seat assembly pivot bushing: A pivot bushing for insulating a pivot shaft and component pivotally mounted to a seat assembly of an automotive vehicle. The pivot bushing comprises a circumferential planar rim having an inner surface defining a bushing aperture and an outer surface defining a bearing surface. The inner and outer surfaces extend... Agent: Mr. Robin W. Asher Clark Hill, P. L. C.

20080061606 - Vehicle seating with storage feature: A passenger seat for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a seat back mounted to a frame. The passenger seat includes at least one storage feature. One of the storage features may be a storage unit positioned underneath the seat bottom which is moveable between a first position in... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080061607 - Portable storage system: A storage system for a seating unit comprising storage means having first and second pannier portions for storing articles. The storage system has securing means in the form of at least one strip of material extending between said pannier portions for securing said storage means to said seating unit. Each... Agent: Young Law Firm, P.C. Alan W. Young

20080061608 - Car seat: There is provided a car seat, including a seat body having a seat back and a headrest having a pair of legs for connecting the headrest to the seat back at the upper side; a load detecting section provided in the seat back, including a movable portion that moves in... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080061609 - Airplane passenger seats with embedded displays and other i/o components for interfacing with passenger laptop computers: A method, system, and device for interfacing with a portable electronic device such as a laptop computer on an airplane, while the laptop computer is stowed in a seat pocket. A keyboard, touch screen display, and electrical interfaces are attached to the back of each display-enabled passenger seat on an... Agent: Dillon & Yudell LLP

20080061610 - Seat cover for automotive vehicle seat: A cover for a seat portion of an automotive vehicular seat, the cover including a panel releasably engageable with an attachment mechanism mounted on the upholstery layer of the vehicle seat. The cover layer overlies the seat surface of the vehicle seat when in the attached position.... Agent: Young & Basile, P.C.

20080061611 - Vehicle seat with cover plate: A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat comprises a seat structure, a padded body supported by the seat structure, a seat cover which at least partially covers the padded body and defines a recess for the passage of a functional unit, a cover plate at least partially covering the... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080061612 - Reclining vehicle infant seat: A reclining infant seat includes a base component having a chair member mounted thereon. The base component includes a pair of motor-driven gears that engage a pair of geared tracks on the lower surface of the chair member whereby operation of the motor moves the chair member upwardly to an... Agent: Kenneth L. Tolar

20080061613 - Method and system for shortening brake activation reaction time: A system for determining the shortest time needed for a driver to switch the foot from the accelerator pedal to the brake pedal in case of emergency and to push on the brake pedal. When the danger-imitating signal lamp is ignited, preferably, at random, the first photo-receiver receives the light... Agent: Sergey Anikin

20080061614 - Backrest-tilting device: A back rest tilting device in a reclining chair formed of less number of parts, simple in structure, easily assembled, and well balanced in layout and energizing force. The energizing means energizing a back rest in an upright direction comprises a rotatingly energizing means with rubber torsion springs using, as... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080061615 - Supporting device: An assembly for supporting a user in multiple positions relative to a surface, the assembly including a frame positioned on the surface, a support being movably coupled to the frame, a first connector extending from beneath the support and being movable with the support as the support moves relative to... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080061616 - Continuous recliner: A tilt adjustment mechanism for a vehicle seat that is used to adjust the angular orientation of a seat back relative to a seat base. The tilt adjustment mechanism has a driver that has two protrusions that are rotated with the driver by a drive shaft. Initially the driver rotates... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080061617 - Seat striker mechanism: A seat assembly for a motor vehicle having a floor and a structural pillar is provided, the seat assembly including a seat bottom frame attached to the floor and a seat back frame pivotally attached to the seat bottom frame. The seat back frame is capable of pivoting between a... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20080061618 - Exercise cushion and uses thereof: Exercise cushion and uses thereof are disclosed. In an exemplary embodiment, an exemplary exercise cushion may include a filler material that is both flexible and resilient. An outer covering is provided over the filler material. An indentation is formed in a front portion of the filler material such that the... Agent: Trenner Law Firm, LLC

20080061619 - Device and method for tightening a safety belt serving to protect occupants in a vehicle: A belt brake is described for a safety belt for protecting occupants in a vehicle, which belt can be wound onto and unwound from a belt drum mounted rotationally about a belt shaft. A method for locking a safety belt is also described. The invention comprises at least one braking... Agent: Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP

20080061620 - Seatbelt assembly for improved belt safety and comfort: An improved ergonomic seatbelt system includes a spool bracket, a longitudinal belt wound about and within the spool bracket. The first and second longitudinal ends of the belt present folded sections. The improved ergonomic seatbelt system provides improved comfort and safety to a passenger. The seatbelt does not require multiple... Agent: Howard & Howard Attorneys, P.C.

20080054685 - Mobility device: A mobility device for use by the elderly or disabled persons, that does not require standing, balancing or walking and is propelled by leg paddling of a user, is disclosed. The mobility device comprises a pair of base members, an inverted U-shaped member disposed between the base members, front legs... Agent: Vladimir Khiterer Khiterer Law Office

20080054686 - Collapsible chair: The present disclosure relates to collapsible chairs in which the backrest, seat, and legrest portions can be folded into a relatively compact configuration. The present disclosure provides a collapsible chair including a backrest having an upper portion and a lower portion, a legrest having an upper portion and a lower... Agent: Kolisch Hartwell, P.C.

20080054687 - Reclining office chair: A reclining office chair is provided. The reclining office chair includes a swivel base and an extendable foot panel. The extendable foot panel may be extended by a user sitting in the chair my mechanically engaging at least one of the arm rests of the chair.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080054688 - Reclining office chair cushioning system: A reclining office chair is provided. The reclining office chair includes a swivel base and an extendable foot panel. The extendable foot panel may be extended by a user sitting in the chair my mechanically engaging at least one of the arm rests of the chair.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20080054689 - Bicycle seat: An apparatus and method for supporting the rider of a pedaled device, such as a bicycle. One preferred apparatus includes first and second seat portions independently pivotable about a generally horizontal axis normal to a frame plane of the bicycle to allow, during bike pedaling, substantially unimpeded downward movement of... Agent: Michael P. Mazza, LLC

20080054690 - Occupant classifying device for vehicle seat: An occupant classifying device for a vehicle seat includes an occupant classifying apparatus for classifying an occupant type on the basis of a seating load applied to the vehicle seat, a first load sensor provided at a rear portion of the vehicle seat in order to measure a rear load... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20080054693 - Child car seat pivoting between a utilisation position and at least an installation position and having a latch:

20080054692 - Child car seat pivoting between a utilisation position and at least one installation position and possessing a twin locking mode: According to the invention, the first of said locking elements (32, 601, 71) comprising at least two guiding surfaces (325, 6011, 715, 716, 321, 322, 323, 324, 6012, 6013, 711, 712) configured so as to bring said locking elements into the locked position as soon as said seat (11) is... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080054691 - Web adjuster assembly: Disclosed is a web adjuster assembly to allow tightening of a strap while preventing microslip of the strap when the web adjuster assembly is closed. The web adjuster assembly uses a second plate hingedly biased against a first plate with a strap laced through an opening on the first plate... Agent: Ice Miller LLP

20080054695 - Child restraint with swiveling juvenile seat and swivel-direction controller: A child restraint includes a seat support and a juvenile seat mounted to swivel about an axis on the seat support. The seat support is adapted to set on a vehicle seat.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080054694 - Child restraint with swiveling juvenile seat and swivel-status indicator: A child restraint includes a base and a swiveling juvenile seat on the base. The child restraint is adapted to be anchored to a vehicle seat to transport a child in a vehicle.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080054696 - Infant seat: An infant seat comprising a seat rest, back rest and two side supports and a front post. The front post and the two side supports define grooves for receiving legs of an infant when seated in the infant seat. Bottom surfaces of the groove is elevationally higher than a back... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080054697 - Liftable cover: A structure of a liftable cover includes a cover having a pivoting end and a covering seat that allows the cover to be disposed thereon. The covering seat is formed thereon with a notch. Both sides of the notch are formed with a sidewall for the covering seat respectively. The... Agent: Hdsl

20080054698 - Combination twin adapter mounting plate and a pair of anterior supports: An anterior support device for use with a dental chair is disclosed which can provide support for a user's torso while he is in a forward leaning position. The anterior support device includes an adapter secured to the dental chair and a first pivotable connector secured to the adapter. A... Agent: Wilhelm Law Service, S.c.

20080054699 - Apparatus for preventing actuation of a vehicle seat position adjustment device: An apparatus is provided for preventing actuation of a seat position adjustment device coupled to a vehicle seat that is adjustably mounted to a vehicle seat frame. The apparatus may comprise a stop member mounted to the seat position adjustment device, and at least one biasing member configured to normally... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080054700 - Tilt controls for chairs: A tilt mechanism for a chair includes rotary stop means defining a plurality of selectable tilted positions of the chair seat/back. In another aspect, an anti kick-back feature is provided based. The mechanism includes upper and lower housing parts and a cushioning spring that normally maintains the parts in a... Agent: Bereskin And Parr

20080054701 - Connector connection apparatus: The present invention is to provide a connector connection apparatus to avoid drop of a connector without increase of cost. The connector connection apparatus includes a holder for receiving therein and holding the connector, a receiving portion main body for receiving therein and holding the holder, and a plate for... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080054702 - Vehicle seat assembly having a hardness gradient via \"a\" surface intrusions and/or protrusions: 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 plurality of intrusions extending from... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080054703 - Seat belt shoulder anchor: A seat belt shoulder anchor for a vehicle seat. An anchor member having a web guide is attached to a frame of the vehicle seat. A housing having an opening generally encloses the anchor member and is coupled to the seat such that the web guide extends through the housing... Agent: Eley Law Firm Co.

20080054704 - Toy animal for use with child transportation: A toy animal for use with child transportation such as a motor vehicle or stroller. The toy animal has a body (2). The body (2) has a rear (16) with a slot (4) near the rear of the body. The slot (4) extends from a top (4a) of the rear... Agent: Nolte Nolte & Hunter Christopher B Garvey