Chairs and seats inventions 04/08

20080093895 - Collapsible adjustable pool chair: A collapsible adjustable pool chair that has a seat assembly and a back assembly. The seat assembly has a pair of supports hinged in the middle forming a scissors frame, and a flexible covering over the top of the frame forming a folding seat. The back assembly has a pair... Agent: Mesmer & Deleault, PLLC

20080093896 - Convertible stool: A convertible stool is interchangeable between a utility function which has a seat movable up and down and has casters as feet at the end of legs connected with the seat through an upstanding member. In a second use, the casters are replaced by feet to give stability to the... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080093897 - Chair for various devices or equipment: This particular invention relates to furniture, more specifically to office furniture. The main difference is the unique construction of the frame, which has space between its two levels under the seat, enable the chair to carry different kind of mechanical-, electronic- and digital devices or equipment. It also has an... Agent: Mr. Leo Siemann

20080093898 - Bicycle seat device: A bicycle seat device includes a seat body having a narrow front portion, a wide rear portion, two spaced-apart hole portions provided in the wide rear portion and corresponding in position to the left ischium and the right ischium, respectively, of a rider, top and bottom faces, a base seat... Agent: Osha Liang L.L.P.

20080093899 - Motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat has a seat height adjustment device for adjusting a first part of the motor vehicle seat in relation to a second part. At least one crash element is arranged between the first part and the second part, which in the event of a collision, prevents or... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080093900 - Cushioned seat protector: A cushioned, articulated seat protector for vehicle seats or the like having mid-section and upper members with articulated panel sections and padded side panel members with a non-slip exterior, as well as a lower member having at least one pocket panel.... Agent: John E. Reilly

20080093901 - Headrest cover: A vehicle headrest, including a plurality of panel members and at least one closure, wherein at least one of the plurality of panel members includes a decorative motif.... Agent: Ethan D. Civan

20080093902 - Stadium chair and frame: The present invention relates to a stadium chair for use with bleachers. The chair includes a frame having a seat portion and a back portion, a seat cushion, and a backrest.... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080093903 - Reclining device: A reclining device capable of controlling angles of a seat back of a vehicle is provided. A ratchet plate is superposed on a base plate such that the ratchet plate is rotatable relative to the base plate. An operation shaft is rotatably disposed on the rotation center axis of the... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080093904 - Chair with tilting seat: A chair with a tilting seat and a back piece carried by a back support, wherein a bearing block is provided, in which an eccentric cam can rotate, a rod passes eccentrically through the eccentric cam and is connected to it without the ability to rotate, and at one end... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20080093905 - Back rest for a chair: A back rest for a chair with a back support and a back surface secured to the back support and able to swivel about a two-axis joint. The joint has a joint plate connected to the back surface, an element made of an elastic material that supports the joint in... Agent: D. Peter Hochberg Co. L.p.a.

20080093906 - Method of manufacturing a motor vehicle seat, and a seat manufactured by implementing the method: A manufacturing method for manufacturing a motor vehicle seat, which method comprises: (a) providing an adjustment mechanism of a first side and an adjustment mechanism of a second side, each of which is provided with a control member and with a locking mechanism; (b) coupling the two control members together... Agent: Miller, Matthias & Hull

20080093907 - Twin recliner for automotive seats: The present invention provides a twin recliner operable manually for permitting selective position of a seat back with respect to the seat cushion through a range of reclined positions to a selected use position. Said twin recliner comprising: a master and a slave recliner, a shaft arm member with a... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080093908 - Moveable armrest: A moveable armrest is provided that pivots from a standard use position to a stowed position behind the backrest of a vehicle seat. The armrest pivots about a horizontal axis for movement from a horizontal position along the side of the seat to a vertical position along the side of... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20080093909 - Structure for a chair: An improved structure for a chair which allows separation of the main-body, seat portion from the base portion to facilitate long distance transportation of the chair, and to provide simple and easy joining of the two together later on through opposing socket and connector fittings at the place of intended... Agent: Charles I. Brodsky

20080093910 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat, which prevents a passenger from sitting thereon in an uncomfortable seat state is provided. An interference bar is received in receiving hole formed in the headrest. The interference bar extends from the receiving hole when the headrest is rotated forward in the seat back. When the headrest... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20080088158 - Seat back structure of vehicle seat: In a seat back structure, an auxiliary frame having a pressure receiving portion and a headrest mounted thereon is movably provided in seat back frame via guide element and link element. The guide and link elements are respectively disposed in upper and lower portions respectively of the auxiliary and seat... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080088159 - Vehicle seat having backrest width adjustment and intergrated seat airbag: A vehicle seat having a backrest, which has a backrest middle part and backrest side parts, which extend forward laterally from the backrest middle part and are provided for lateral body support is described. The backrest side parts each have an internal section connected to the backrest middle part and... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080088160 - Translatable and rotatable passenger seat: A passenger seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back operably coupled to the seat bottom. The passenger seat is translatable fore-and-aft and side-to-side in a horizontal direction, and is rotatable about a vertical axis so as to be oriented in any desired horizontal direction. The passenger seat is... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080088161 - Backrest recline mechanism for juvenile seat: A juvenile seat includes a seat base, a reclinable backrest, and a backrest lock. The backrest lock can be operated by a caregiver to allow for a change in the angular orientation of the reclinable backrest.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080088162 - Juvenile seat with adjustable table: A juvenile seat includes a base formed to include a seat bottom and a feeding table mounted for movement on the base toward and away from a juvenile seated on the seat bottom of the base. The feeding table can be locked to the base in one of several extended... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080088163 - Chair, in particular office chair: A seat, in particular an office chair, has a synchronous mechanism with a weight-adapting mechanism. An automatic adaptation of a spring force acting on the synchronous mechanism depends on the weight momentarily exerted on the seat. Therefore, the spring force is transmitted to the synchronous mechanism via a lever whereof... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080088164 - Adjustable seat: An adjustable seat (1) incorporates a moveable squab element (4). The squab element may be moved from an initial position in which the squab element is flush with the remaining parts of the vehicle seat to a first intermediate position and then to a subsequent second position. The squab is... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080088165 - Vehicle seat comprising a height-adjustable seat frame: A vehicle seat includes a height-adjustable seat frame which has at least two seat frame parts which can be moved relative to one another and at least one gas spring arranged between the seat frame parts for height adjustment purposes. The seat includes a control device that acts upon the... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20080088166 - Aircraft seat: An aircraft seat includes a hollow seat structure that is made from a single layer of a reinforced composite material. In a unitary construction, the seat structure has a seat portion and a backrest, and it is formed with a convex surface that is located under the seat portion. A... Agent: Nydegger & Associates

20080088167 - Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle: A seat reclining apparatus for a vehicle, comprises a rail member attached to a vehicle body so as to be aligned approximately along a curve described by a pivotal movement of a seat back, a slider attached to the rail member so as to be slidable, a lock apparatus for... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080088168 - Vehicle seat, in particular a sports seat: The invention relates to a vehicle seat (1), in particular a sports seat, with a seat cushion (3) and a backrest (5) which may be pivoted and locked relative to the seat cushion (3), comprising a handle (29) for unlocking the backrest (5) and at least one belt passage (11)... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20080088169 - Fastener systems for seat cushions: Touch fasteners are provided, including a sheet-form base, a plurality of male fastener elements extending upwardly from the sheet-form base, and a foam, bonded to the sheet-form base. Seat cushions and methods of forming seat cushions are also provided.... Agent: Fish & Richardson PC

20080088170 - Belt buckle holder of static type safety belt of construction equipment seat: A belt buckle holder of a static type safety belt of a construction equipment seat is disclosed, in which a safety belt buckle is stored at a certain portion when a buckled static type safety belt is unbuckled, so that it is possible to prevent an operation part(consisting of buttons... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080084094 - Foldable chair with extensible legs: The present disclosure relates to a foldable chair having an expanded use configuration and a collapsed storage configuration. The foldable chair includes front and rear legs, a seat back coupled to the front legs, and a seat bottom mounted to pivot relative to the front and back legs.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080084095 - Ventilation system for seat: A climate controlled seat assembly comprises a chamber defined by a substantially fluid impermeable layer, the fluid impermeable layer having a first side and second side, the first side comprising a plurality of openings, a support structure positioned within the chamber, the support structure being configured to substantially maintain the... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080084096 - Heating apparatus for seat cushion of car: A heating apparatus includes a carbon fiber heating layer placed in a positioning jacket which is mounted in a seat cushion, a conducting coupler electrically connected to the carbon fiber heating layer, and a control switch electrically connected to the conducting coupler. Thus, when the connector of the control switch... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.a.

20080084097 - Support for a backrest: A support (10) for a backrest for a saddle-type seat (50) includes a pad mounting (11) secured to an in-use erect stem member (12) a part of which is, at a pivot location (18) remote from the pad mounting, pivotably secured to an indexing mount (19). The latter supports a... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20080084098 - Active head restraint system for a vehicle seat: A vehicle seat is disclosed with a seatback frame for supporting the back of an occupant. A head restraint extends from the seatback frame for supporting the head of the occupant. In one embodiment, a four-bar mechanism is operably connected to the seatback frame and the head restraint for receiving... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c. / Lear Corporation

20080084099 - High chair protective cover: A protective cover for a restaurant-style high chair for children is disclosed. The high chair seat cover provides a barrier system for the top rail contact area of the high chair. This configuration keeps restaurant high chair germs and grime away from babies and toddlers. The protective cover is configured... Agent: George R. Reardon

20080084100 - Synchronous office chair: A synchronous office chair comprising a support (1) firmly connected with a supporting column, a seat base (2) articulated on a tilting axis (4) support with a flange (5) and a backrest (3) with a back bracket (6). The back bracket (6) features a first, second and third cam tracks... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.c.

20080084101 - Forward-biased postural chair: A chair having a back portion that is slidably biased with respect to a seat portion. The back portion slides forward against the occupant's back as the occupant slides forward in the seat. The occupant may set an initial position of the back portion if she or she wishes to... Agent: Bainwood Huang & Associates Llc

20080084102 - Seating furniture item, in particular office chair: A seating furniture item, in particular an office chair, has a seat fastened on a seat support and a backrest fastened to a backrest support, the backrest support being articulatedly arranged on a base support and the backrest support and the seat support being articulatedly connected with each other via... Agent: Michael J. Striker

20080084103 - Armrest, in particular for an office chair: An armrest, in particular for an office chair, preferably has a height-adjustable armrest column and an arm support positioned on the armrest column. In order to improve the operation of an armrest of this type, it is recommended that a multi-function bearing head disposed on the armrest column be fitted,... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080084104 - Portable knock-down laterally extensible bench seat: A portable knock-down seat which telescopically extends laterally to become a bench for use by sportsmen, as a shower chair, as a patient transfer bench, or as a stool. The portable seat comprises a laterally extendable telescopic bottom, a detachable and laterally extendable telescopic back, two detachable and vertically adjustable... Agent: Donald W. Meeker Patent Agent

20080084105 - Vehicle seat: The invention relates to a vehicle seat, in particular for a motor vehicle, wherein the vehicle seat comprises padding and a profile or panel which comprises a padding channel for the fastening of the padding and/or of a cover, and wherein the padding channel comprises a tab which protrudes into... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080079291 - Folding high chair: A folding high chair has a seat assembly, a connection assembly, a support assembly and a rear stand assembly. The seat assembly has a seat and a backrest connecting pivotally to the seat. The connection assembly is mounted on the seat. The support assembly is mounted pivotally on the connection... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080079292 - Organizer attachable to a chair and task utility system and process of providing same: An organizer and utility apparatus that can be attached to a chair comprises a generally horizontal elongate support which can be in the form of a tube or channeled block. The elongate support has one or more holder attachments that can be joined in a permanent fashion or mutually engaged... Agent: Chad Mitchell

20080079293 - Child car seat with alternate mobility attributes: The invention as presently conceived discloses a unique system and method for an improved infant car seat having an integral extra transportation apparatus combining the functionality of a car seat with a stroller into one device. The apparatus generally resembles a conventional infant car seat but with an overhead handle... Agent: Ken Dallara, Law Office Of Ken Dallara

20080079294 - Adjustable head restraint for a vehicle seat: A vehicle seat and head restraint are disclosed with a head restraint that is mounted to a pair of rods that are fixed relative to the vehicle seat. The head restraint is translatable along the rods and includes a locking mechanism for locking the head restraint at a plurality of... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080079295 - Baseball catcher adjustable seat with attached moving protective barrier and leg guards with detachable under-seat carrier/storage device: This is a new padded adjustable seat with attached movable protective see-through screen barrier, and removable leg guards, as to guard the seated person from serious injury, from objects, such as baseballs propelled at the seated person behind the see-through movable guard, by human or machine generated inertia. Variable degrees... Agent: Charles G Butler Jr

20080079296 - Vehicle seat and passenger's weight measurement device for vehicle seat: A vehicle seat 1 comprises a pair of fixed lower rails 3 fixed on the floor of a passenger compartment, a pair of movable upper rails 4 which are engaged with the fixed lower rails 3 so as to be slidable in a front-and-rear direction with respect to each of... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080079297 - Cover for child car seat: A seat cover for a child safety seat in the nature of a slipcover utilizes a multiple ply cover material having a plurality of separated panels extending from a central expanse of cover material. A back panel and a seat panel extend along a central vertical axis, and a pair... Agent: Kenehan & Lambertsen, Ltd John C Lambertsen

20080079298 - Shapeable wheelchair seatback assembly: The present invention is directed toward a seatback assembly that includes a backrest comprising shapeable material and an adjustable support, the backrest being attached to the adjustable support, the adjustable support being adjustable to alter the curvature of the backrest from top to bottom and then fix the backrest in... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080079299 - Seating support system processes and products thereby including high performance applications and tools: An anatomically corrected seating element set includes improved and enhanced seating tools in an improved type of seating apparatus. Processes for disposing a user and posture ameliorating tools and subcomponent products are likewise caught. Silicone extension elements add substantial benefits and are heretofore undisclosed, within the context of a system... Agent: Greenberg Traurig LLP (la)

20080079300 - Seat device for vehicle: A seat device for a vehicle adapted to adjust a positional height of a seat cushion includes rails, frames supporting the seat cushion, link members, a torque rod connecting link members, a sector gear formed so as to operate together with one of the link members and rotatably supported by... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080079301 - Method and apparatus to enhance proprioception and core health of the human body: A device to actively enhance proprioeption and core strength of its user consisting of a motion control system providing a tilt plate that is dampened with a suspension system to provide a system to deliver an exercise regimen that automatically detects and strengthens core muscles in an unobstrusive manner by... Agent: Hughes Law Firm, PLLC

20080079302 - Adjustable arm assembly for a chair: An adjustable arm assembly for a chair is described including an adjustable arm having a detent actuator to be manually depressed so that elevation of the chair arm can be selectively adjusted relative to the chair seat to accommodate the arms of a user. An elevation adjustment tube to which... Agent: Law Offices Of Morland C Fischer

20080079303 - Passenger seating with variable length seat bottom: A seat bottom assembly for a passenger seat includes a flexible support panel having a left portion and a separate right portion, and a structural support member underlying the support panel. The structural support member is selectively moveable between a first, forward position in which the seat bottom assembly has... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080079304 - Personalized raised-relief inlay: A customized unit of furniture comprising: (a) a base furnishing including at least one of a projection and a recess; and (b) an inlay incorporating a customized indicia, with at least a portion of the inlay including at least one of a corresponding recess and a corresponding projection to engage... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20080079305 - Vehicle seat and method for manufacturing the same: A seat comprises a seat back including a back plate, a cushion member arranged on the side of a seating face of the back plate, a superficial skin member covering the cushion member from the side of the seating face. The back plate includes a back face portion, a ridged... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20080079306 - Wheelchair seat cushion: A wheelchair seat cushion has multi-density regions. The cushion assembly may have a region having a stiffer, higher density proximate the front of the seat cushion assembly beneath the user's thighs to assist the user in exiting the wheelchair. Alternatively, or additionally, an insert member having multi-density regions may be... Agent: Macmillan Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20080079307 - Chair backrest: A chair backrest comprises a closed loop frame, a net, a frame cover, and the subsidiary supporting-arms. The frame includes a protruding loop edge, defining a global frame-net interface with frame fixing holes therein. A loop-like net fixing piece is used for nailing the border of the net onto the... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia