Chairs and seats inventions 06/08

20080150328 - Foldable, height-adjustable, and slantable seating device: A foldable, height-adjustable, and slantable seating device and method of unfolding, adjusting the height, adjusting the slant, and folding the same are disclosed. In one embodiment, a foldable, height-adjustable, and slantable seating device includes: a seat portion; a back portion; a seat frame; a back frame comprising two rear legs;... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080150329 - Recliner lift chair with power lift and reclining units: A lift chair includes: a base; a seat; a backrest; at least one ottoman; a lift-reclining mechanism attached to the base and to the seat; a backrest reclining mechanism coupled with the lift-reclining mechanism and attached to the seat, the backrest and the ottoman; a lift power unit attached to... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20080150330 - Convertible seat assembly: A seating assembly is made up of both fixed and positionable components. The assembly in a first position provides in a back-to-back relation respective oppositely facing seats. In a second position the assembly provides a substantially horizontal lounge a portion of which is withdrawn from a stored position below the... Agent: Olive & Olive, P.a.

20080150331 - Seat assembly of body-building machine: A seat assembly of a body-building machine comprises a seat portion having a cushion and a seat tube combined to a lower side of the cushion; a retaining seat having a hollow portion at a lower side thereof; the hollow portion having a plurality of embedding grooves; each embedding groove... Agent: Chao-chuan Chen

20080150332 - Stand tube assembled device: A stand tube assembled device; comprising: a seat rod portion; the seat rod portion having at least one sliding groove; the sliding groove being engaged with a front clamp portion and a rear clamp portion; each of the front clamp portion and rear clamp portion having at least one slot... Agent: Chao-hu Chen

20080150333 - Quick-assembly stool: A portable, easily assembled and disassembled three-legged stool or stool kit includes a seat with a quick-release leg-fastening assembly, three legs having keyhole slots to engage with the quick-release leg-fastening assembly, and a substantially planar leg bracket oriented below and parallel with the seat that has three symmetrically-oriented elongated slots... Agent: Eric W. Cernyar, P.c.

20080150334 - Detachable upholstery furniture: Detachable upholstery for use and application in the context of furniture, and furniture adapted to receive detachable upholstery. Furniture components having a frame comprising at least one piece of upholstery fabric, and means securely engaged with the frame of the furniture component for temporarily and securely engaging the upholstery fabric... Agent: Frank J. Bonini, Jr.

20080150335 - Child car seat cover: A child car seat cover is disclosed. This device provides an easily removable, cleanable and adjustable cover for a child car seat that restricts the passage of food, dirt and liquids to the car seat material. The device is comprised of multiple layers of fabric, strap covers, strap openings and... Agent: George R. Reardon

20080150336 - Back support device: A back support device is disclosed that comprises a lumbar portion having a surface for supporting a lumbar region of a body, a thoracic portion having a surface for supporting a thoracic region of a body, and a connecting member for connecting the lumbar portion and the thoracic portion and... Agent: Polster, Lieder, Woodruff & Lucchesi

20080150337 - Vertebral column support apparatus and method: The methods and apparatus taught herein provide an elongated spine support member integrated into or attached to a chair for providing improved back support. According to one embodiment of a chair, the chair comprises a seat, back and elongated spine support member. The back includes inner and outer sections. The... Agent: Mr. Mark R. Bilak

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20080150339 - Seat storage actuator: An electric vehicle seat storage structure for moving a seat between a seating position and a storage position is provided. The seat storage structure includes a frame having an axle positioned along a rear portion of the cushion and having a seat gear mounted to the axle. An actuator is... Agent: Adam K. Sacharoff Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament&rubenstein,pc

20080150340 - Backrest unit for a motor vehicle seat: The invention relates to a backrest unit for a motor vehicle seat, in particular a rear seat comprising a backrest and support connected thereto. A guide rail is arranges on the rear surface of the backrest on an x-z plane. A slide is movably mounted on the guide rail and... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080150341 - Center armrest with parallel adjustment capability: An armrest for motor vehicles, especially a center armrest, is provided that includes an upper part and a lower part. These two parts of the armrest are connected to each other by two articulation arrangements. Each of the articulation arrangements has two degrees of freedom, namely a rotational axis and... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20080150342 - Composite seat back structure for a lightweight aircraft seat assembly: An aircraft passenger seat configured in accordance with an embodiment of the invention utilizes composite materials to achieve significant weight savings relative to conventional seat designs. The seat includes one or more lightweight composite support legs, a lightweight composite seat pan, and a lightweight composite seat back structure. The support... Agent: Tung & Associates / Randy W. Tung, Esq.

20080150343 - Seat back of automotive seat with back board: A back board having a main wall region and two lateral wall regions is securely attached to a rear side of a seat back. In such combination of seat back and back bord, two presser elements, fixed to the rear side of seat back, are respectively in pressing contact with:... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080150344 - Guest positioning assembly: A guest lap bar locking assembly for releasably positioning a lap bar within a water ride at an entertainment park includes a lap bar locking assembly that is dimensioned and configured to provide continuously variable position locking of the lap bar.... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080150345 - Guest positioning assembly: An entertainment apparatus for at least one guest, includes a vehicle, at least one guest support located on the vehicle and a lap bar assembly. The lap bar assembly may include at least one lap bar that is located proximal to the at least one support and that is configured... Agent: General Electric Co. Global Patent Operation

20080150346 - Closure bar for a chair of a chair lift and chair of a chair lift having the closure bar: A closure bar for a chair of a chair lift includes regions having an increased non-slip capability in order to prevent people from slipping out of the chair. At least a region of the closure bar pointing downwards when in a closed position has the higher non-slip capability. A chair... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080143152 - Insert duct piece for thermal electric module: A climate control device comprises a housing, the housing having a first intake port, a first exhaust port, and a second exhaust port, wherein the first exhaust port opens in a different direction than the second exhaust port. A fan is disposed within the housing and is configured to draw... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080143153 - Seat rod of a bicycle: A seat rod of a bicycle, comprises a seat rod having an assembly portion at a top end thereof; a lateral side of the assembly portion having a first sliding groove; and a top of the assembly portion having a second sliding groove which is communicated to the first sliding... Agent: Sheng-chen Lin

20080143154 - Seating apparatus for use on a vehicle having a flat carrying area: Seating apparatus (40) for use on a vehicle having a flat carrying area (42), which seating apparatus (40) comprises a frame, at least two seats (46, 48) mounted on the frame, and securing means (44) for releasably securing the seating apparatus (40) on the flat carrying area (42) of the... Agent: Jason D Shanske Iandiorio & Teska

20080143156 - Chair-side multimedia communication system: A chair-side patient communication system for use with a chair having at least one armrest, the system including a display screen and light mounted in association with the chair, a computer system coupled to the display screen; a controller mounted in the armrest of the chair for controlling the computer... Agent: Seed Intellectual Property Law Group Pllc

20080143155 - Child seat canopy illumination and media projection: A juvenile product includes a seat having a seating area supported by a part of the juvenile product, a canopy positionable over at least a portion of the seating area and having an underside that faces the seating area, and a projection system carried on the juvenile product. The projection... Agent: Lempia Braidwood Llc

20080143157 - Method for manufacturing school bus seat with energy absorber and using same: A method and an apparatus for manufacturing an envelope style bus seat back cushion includes the steps of opening a hinged mold and then spraying the cavity of the mold with an elastomeric skin. The hinged mold includes first and second sides having a cavity in each of the sides.... Agent: Woodling, Krost And Rust

20080143158 - Amusement device: The seat assembly further includes a belt construction with two shoulder straps and an adjustable length mechanism associated with each shoulder strap to allow for adaptation of the length of the shoulder straps to the size of the passenger in the lowered position of the bar construction such that the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080143159 - Walk-in sliding seat of a tip-up type: The present invention provides a tip-up type walk-in sliding seat structure, comprising: a seat cushion; a cushion roller provided at a front part of the seat cushion; a striker coupled to a rear part of the seat cushion; a seat back having a latch which is coupled to the striker... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080143160 - Device for limiting the adjustability of a vehicle seat: A device for limiting the adjustability of a component, in particular, a vehicle seat is provided. The device has an adjustment range, running in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle wherein the adjustment range comprises a first forward partial range and a second rear partial range. If the component is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080143161 - Operator's seat of work vehicle: The present invention aims to increase the storability around the operator's seat and reduce labor for reverse rotation in a work vehicle in which the operator's seat is formed to be reversely rotated. The operator's seat support member is disposed on the machine frame of the work vehicle so that... Agent: Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.l.l.c.

20080143162 - Support element for seating furniture: An office chair has a seating element with an upright tubular element (3) and a base, the seating element being connected to the base by means of the support element (1) so as to be swiveled and reset. Rubber buffers (19, 24) are provided between a connecting element (2) of... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20080143163 - Vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat: A vehicle seat, particularly a motor vehicle seat is provided that includes a seat part structure (3), at least one backrest support (8) which is hingedly connected to the seat part structure (3) in a blockable manner by means of at least one fitting (7), and a backrest structure (4)... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, Pc

20080143164 - Modular ergonomic chair: A modular ergonomic chair capable of accommodating a variety of users and uses that includes a) a chair base, b) a support column coupled to the chair base, c) a seat base, including a seat base pivot, with the seat base coupled to the support column, d) a seat, including... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080143165 - Extendable and retractable leg rest: An extendable and retractable leg rest includes a first member which is mounted for rotation to a support. A second member supporting a footrest is coupled to the first member and slides relative to the first member as the first and second members rotate, extending away from the first member... Agent: Ip Group Of Dla Piper Us LLP

20080143166 - Modular barstool: A furniture unit includes several components configured to be coupled together to form a modular barstool.... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20080143167 - Bus module and method: The invention provides a bus module for including seats with seatbelts into existing monocoque buses; a method for fitting the module, and a kit for use in the method of fitting the module.... Agent: Mark D Miller Kimble, Macmichael & Upton

20080136220 - Cushion table structure of passenger seat: Disclosed is a cushion table structure of a passenger seat for a vehicle, which includes a seat back and a seat cushion, the structure comprising: (a) a division rotating part which is a divided portion of the seat cushion and has a rotatable structure; (b) a fixed type table and... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080136221 - Air supply mechanism for a vehicle seat, and method for the operation thereof: The present invention discloses an air supply mechanism for a vehicle seat (12), and a method for the operation thereof. The air supply mechanism comprises a control device (24), for driving a fan (38) and a heating element (39) connected downstream of the fan (38). When the air supply mechanism... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080136222 - Bicycle seat: A bicycle seat includes a seat base and a bladder assembly mounted to the seat base. The bladder assembly includes an inner bladder surrounded by an outer bladder and at least partially ringed by a ring bladder. Each bladder can be filled to a desired pressure for any type of... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c Attn: Patent Intake Customer No. 64046

20080136223 - Energy absorbing seat anchor restraint system for child safety seats: An energy-absorbing deformable structure to attach a child safety seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle comprises a bracket. The bracket includes a base configured to be coupled to the mounting portion of the vehicle, a metal strap positioned in the base such that a first end of the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080136224 - Energy absorbing seat anchor restraint system for child safety seats: An attachment assembly for securing a child safety seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle is provided. The attachment assembly may include a guide having a channel, and a metal strap positioned in the channel of the guide in a retracted configuration such that a free end of the... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080136225 - Energy absorbing seat anchor restraint system for child safety seats: A child safety seat tether anchor for securing a child safety seat to a mounting portion of a vehicle is provided. The child safety seat tether anchor may comprise a metal strip configured to be coupled with the child safety seat, an engagement structure having a surface where the engagement... Agent: Alleman Hall Mccoy Russell & Tuttle, LLP

20080136226 - Method and apparatus for detecting the presence or absence of a person on a flexible support: A method and apparatus is disclosed for sensing when a person is disposed on or arises from a support that flexes or sags when a person is disposed thereon. Such supports include beds, supports for a mattress or a seat, such as a sling-type seat found on wheelchairs. In one... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.c.

20080136228 - Remote quick release locking mechanism: The invention relates to a remote mechanism and systems including a remote mechanism for securing a chair to a game machine and for effecting release of the chair from the game machine. The present mechanisms and systems are adapted to be used in conjunction with conventional and novel quick release... Agent: Kaplan Gilman Gibson & Dernier L.l.p.

20080136227 - Vehicle seat sensor assembly: A seat assembly includes a frame, a cushion and a sensor assembly. The cushion is positioned on the frame and includes a top surface and a bottom surface. The sensor assembly includes a capacitive sensing element and is positioned on one but not both of the top surface and bottom... Agent: 3m Innovative Properties Company

20080136229 - Compartment for integrating an electronic device in a child motion device: A child motion device has a frame assembly and a seat supported by the frame assembly and capable of movement with a child occupying the seat. A housing is provided on a part of the frame assembly. A receptacle is provided in the housing and is positioned spaced from and... Agent: Lempia Braidwood Llc

20080136230 - Aircraft passenger seat with a display monitor including a reading light: A personalised reading light (11) for aircraft passenger seats (3) is disclosed. The reading light forms part of a personalised visual display monitor assembly (5) that is mounted to aback (7) of a passenger seat. The reading light is mounted to direct light rearwardly into a space immediately in front... Agent: Sughrue Mion, Pllc

20080136231 - Infant and child car seat for thermally conditioning a body: Disclosed is both an apparatus and method for thermally conditioning a body in an infant or child car seat. The apparatus includes an envelope containing a phase change material and an insert compartment residing within the car seat adapted to receive the envelope wherein the envelope resides within the insert.... Agent: Steven L. Schmid

20080136232 - Head rest and harness adjustment for child car seat: A car seat includes a vertically adjustable head rest and harness support apparatus that will properly locate the position of the harness relative to the child in response to the positioning of the head rest. The head rest is movable along a curved track to provide horizontal clearance with respect... Agent: Miller Law Group, Pllc

20080136233 - Infant car seat caddy: The present invention features an infant car seat caddy, which is configured in the fully extended or raised position. The present invention comprises a first support assembly and a second support assembly, which are joined by a series of braces pivotally attached thereto. The first and second support assemblies which... Agent: Nw-ip-law

20080136234 - Reversible child car seat with separable base member: A car seat includes a seat member on which the child is transported and a separable base member that is mounted to the vehicle seat via the vehicle seat belt which is passed through side openings in the base member and trapped in a belt latch apparatus to secure the... Agent: Miller Law Group, Pllc

20080136235 - Child automotive/aircraft/transportation harness restraint system: A child's vehicular transportation add-on, adjustable harness restraint system, front and/or rear facing modes, consisting of flexible materials and hardware components as means for safely securing the child in the vehicle directly to the latches or seat/seat back frames or head rest/head rest posts including flexible materials to support the... Agent: Mary L Aaron

20080136236 - Operational mode control for a child device: A child device capable of implementing a plurality of device functions includes a plurality of operational components, each operational component being configured to implement at least one of the plurality of device functions. The child device further includes a control circuit coupled to the plurality of operational components to direct... Agent: Lempia Braidwood Llc

20080136237 - Seat of vehicle: This seat of a vehicle is provided with: a center supporting block having a first supporting surface for supporting an occupant; side supporting blocks that are arranged at both sides in the width of the center supporting block, and having a second supporting surface that more protrude than the first... Agent: Rankin, Hill & Clark LLP

20080136238 - Chair: A chair comprises a seat portion for enabling a user to sit on the chair and support means for supporting the seat portion. The seat portion is movable between a plurality of different height positions on the support means, and includes locking means adapted for engagement with and disengagement from... Agent: Young & Basile, P.c.

20080136239 - Synchronizing mechanism for a chair: A synchronizing mechanism for a correlated seat/backrest movement of an office chair has a base carrier, which can be placed on a chair column, a seat carrier and a backrest carrier. In order to provide a synchronizing mechanism in which there is no need to adjust a spring force in... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080136240 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat includes a seat part, a backrest, and at least one shell structure comprising a plastic material and having foam padding on a side on which an occupant sits. The at least one shell structure is arranged on frame parts provided on at least one of the seat... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20080136241 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: A fitting (10) for a vehicle seat, more particularly for a motor vehicle seat, comprises a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) that is in geared connection with the first fitting part (11), a driver (21) and wedge segments (27a, 27b), which at least partly define a... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Pllc

20080136242 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a fitting (10) for a vehicle seat, more particularly for a motor vehicle seat, comprising a first fitting part (11), a second fitting part (12) that is in geared connection with the first fitting part (11), an eccentric (27a, 27b; 127; 327) that is rotatably mounted... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, Pllc

20080136243 - Structure for movement of rear catch of double folding seat for vehicle: A structure for movement of a rear catch of a double folding seat for a vehicle. The seat includes a seat frame with a front mounting structure which is fixed by a hinge coupling part including a front catch; and a rear mounting structure, including a striker and a rear... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080136244 - Quick release armrest assembly for a bath chair: A quick release armrest assembly includes at least one holder, an armrest and at least one resilient sheet. Each one of the at least one holder is bent and has a through hole. The armrest is connected to the at least one holder and has at least one end. The... Agent: Elizabeth Chien-hale

20080136245 - Chair with removable leg support: A chair includes a body portion and a leg support portion coupled to the body portion by a removable and adjustable joint that includes first and second halves respectively attached to the leg support portion and the body portion in a removable manner. The first half is rotatable with respect... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080136246 - Safety ski harness for children: A safety harness is provided for use on ski/chair-lifts for restraining a smaller rider. The safety harness comprises a body section having a rear panel, first and second girth panels, and first and second shoulder panels, the panels being configured generally in the form of a vest. The safety harness... Agent: Shoemaker And Mattare, Ltd

20080129089 - 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

20080129090 - Fan module for a vehicle seat and motor vehicle seat with noise insulation: A fan module for a vehicle seat, comprising a housing which defines at least one portion of an air-conducting duct and accommodates an air conveyor providing, in a position of use, an airflow inside the duct. To reduce disturbances caused by noise during the operation of the fan module it... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080129091 - Chair with a built-in sun-protective device: A chair, preferably a beach chair, equipped with a simple, foldable, and lightweight sun-shading device that is integrally connected with or built into the chair and, when not in use, is hidden inside the body of the chair. The sun-shading device comprises retractable rods telescopically fitted into hollow tubular members... Agent: Sergey Sharapov

20080129092 - Cushion plate with pressure adjusting mechanism in use for vehicle seat: A vehicle seat comprises a seat back frame having a pair of side frames, a seat spring mounted between the side frames, a single plate-shaped flexible cushion plate mounted to the seat spring, a seat back cushion provided in front of the cushion plate, a single plate-shaped flexible auxiliary plate... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080129093 - Device maintaining height of an active headrest: A device for maintaining height of a headrest relative to a seatback frame includes: a suspension disposed in the seat back frame, configured to be pushed by a passenger during a crash; a linkage rotatably coupled to the seat back frame and rotatably supporting the suspension; and a fixing link... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20080129094 - Vibro-acoustic system: The present invention is directed to providing a vibro-acoustic system that can be used for an extended period of time by reducing the uncomfortable feeling or sensation of pressure that a user may experience during use. The vibro-acoustic system comprises: a seat having a seatback and a seat proper; a... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080129095 - Back support for seat: An orthopedic back support for displacing a person's weight from the lower area of the spine by providing support for the upper torso and for use with a chair or seat having a seat base and a seat back. A flexible fabric cross piece is connected between vertical members to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080129096 - Back support for seat: An orthopedic back support for displacing a person's weight from the lower area of the spine by providing support for the upper torso and for use with a chair or seat having a seat base and a seat back. A flexible fabric cross piece is connected between vertical members to... Agent: Miles & Stockbridge Pc

20080129097 - Molded plastic universal seat: A molded seat that is formed from plastic and has improved strength and attachment mechanisms. The seat includes a seat back and a seat pan, both of which are constructed from a plastic material. The universal seat also includes an articulated recliner that is connected to both the seat back... Agent: Sabic - 08ct Sabic Innovative Plastics - Ip Legal

20080129098 - Smartfold electronic actuation: An electronic trigger assembly for triggering an actuator, the electronic trigger assembly having a trigger member capable of connection to the actuator. The trigger member may be configured for rotation between a first position and a second position and the trigger member may be able to trigger the actuator as... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.c. / Lear Corporation

20080129099 - Seat reclining mechanism for power wheelchair: A seat reclining mechanism for a power wheelchair implements an actuator and a plurality of linkages mechanistically connected to the seat portion, back portion, arm rests and footrests of the wheelchair to recline the back portion and shift the seat in harmony with the center-of-gravity position of the wheelchair it... Agent: Charles E. Baxley, Esq.

20080129100 - Backrest for a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a backrest for a vehicle seat, with a head support (1) which is adjustable in terms of the height of the head support (1) with respect to the backrest, and with a proximity sensor (5) for detecting the head position of a person sitting on the... Agent: Alix Yale & Ristas LLP

20080129101 - Armrest locking device: An armrest locking device for preventing unintentional unlocking thereof upon a car crash is disclosed. The armrest locking device includes an armrest body defining a receiving space therein, an armrest cover pivotally rotatably coupled to the armrest body for opening and closing the armrest body, a push button provided at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080129102 - Cushion structure: A cushion structure is provided. At least one roller unit is provided on the bottom of a sliding cushion. Corresponding to each of the at least one roller unit is a guiding rail positioned on the top end of a base so as to allow each of the roller unit... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee