Chairs and seats inventions 12/08

20080315634 - Motor vehicle seat provided with an air supply device: A motor vehicle seat, in particular for an open motorcar, having an air supply device for supplying an air flow from an air output opening to the head, neck and shoulder area of a passenger. The air supply device includes a heating or cooling system for heating or cooling the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080315635 - Rear end collision shock absorbing unit, reclining device, and framed structure of vehicle seat: A rear end collision shock absorbing unit wherein there are provided one-side member rotating in synchronization with either one side of the seat back side and the seat cushion side between members that turn mutually to enable tilting, and the other-side member rotating in synchronization with the other side, and... Agent: Michael L. Crapenhoft C/o Hiroe & Associates

20080315636 - Integrated vehicle seat with active head restraint system: A seat back for a vehicle seat is provided. The seat back has a frame, a head restraint, and an active head restraint system. The frame provides structure for the seat back and is adapted to be mounted within a vehicle. The frame has a back support portion to support... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080315637 - Motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat, having a covering secured to a supporting structure aligned with a central region by anchoring components located essentially along the perimeter of a base of a positioning recess.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080315638 - Apparatus and method for attaching a child car seat to luggage: An apparatus and method for attaching a child car seat (14) to luggage (12) is provided, including at least one strap (16) extending from an upper region of the luggage for attachment to a top (20) or back (22) portion of the child car seat, or to a separate strap... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080315639 - Foam seat with sensor: The invention relates to a foam part for a vehicle, in particular for a seat cushion, wherein the foam part comprises a first partial area and a second partial area, which are connected together in one piece along a connecting area. The first partial area comprises a first surface and... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20080315640 - Vehicle seat: In a vehicle seat with a backrest arranged on a mount and on which at least one head restraint is arranged, an intermediate space formed between a lower delimitation of the head restraint and an upper delimitation the backrest can be covered by a cover device. To reduce a disadvantageous... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080315641 - Three-piece knit form-fit slipcover: A multi-piece slipcover for a piece of furniture having a base including a back, a seat, and a pair of armrests, and one or more seat cushions and back cushions that are unattached to the base. A base cover of the multi-piece slipcover includes one or more panels for covering... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080315642 - Knit form- fit slipcover for a recliner: A knit form-fit cover for a recliner chair having a base, a backrest, a seat, a pair of armrests and a footrest. The cover includes panels for covering the backrest, left and right armrests, the seat and the footrest. A seat panel includes a fastener having ends attached to lateral... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20080315643 - One-piece dress cover for aircraft seat: A one-piece upholstery cover that covers all the visible surfaces of a typical seat such as seatback cushion, seat pan cushion, seat pan extension cushion, leg rest cushion, and leg rest extension cushion. A seat covering system is also disclosed. The seat covering system includes a single elongated piece of... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080315644 - Accessory car seat cushion: A portable back support cushion (10) having two securing tie strings (22), and (20). The upper cushion portion (12) has a convex cervical support (24) that adequately supports neck structures. The middle cushion portion (18) has a flat surface with a longitudinal elevated thoracic support (14) that adequately supports mid-section... Agent: Betty Jane Briscoe

20080315645 - Chair capable of being firmly stacked: A chair capable of being firmly stacked comprises a seat; at least one supporting leg being connected to a bottom of the seat, the supporting leg including a resisting section and a wheel assembly; one end of the resisting section being connected to a bottom of the seat and another... Agent: Koh-tuang Hock

20080315646 - Chair capable of being firmly stacked: A chair capable of being firmly stacked comprises a seat; at least one supporting leg being connected to a bottom of the seat, the supporting leg including a resisting section and a wheel assembly; one end of the resisting section being connected to a bottom of the seat and another... Agent: Koh-tuang Hock

20080315647 - Base for a child safety seat: A base for a child safety seat adapted for use with an adult seat in a vehicle which has a substructure adapted for being positioned on the adult seat bottom. A pair of attachments are selected from the group of the adult seat at the seat's junction between the seat... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080315648 - Headrest for child seat: A headrest assembly is adapted to be disposed on a child seat. The child seat includes a seat frame. The headrest assembly includes a mounting member connected to the seat frame, and a headrest plate including a mounting seat attached to the mounting member and including a pair of resilient... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20080315649 - Child restraint with swiveling juvenile seat and seat-back lock: 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

20080315650 - Pneumatic lordosis support: A pneumatic lordosis support (1) consists of a cushion (3), which is integrated into the backrest (2) of a seat. Laterally of a vertical center line (7), the cushion encompasses horizontal connections (8) between a front side and a rear side of the cushion (3). The cushion (3) is composed... Agent: Winstead PC

20080315651 - Gardening chair having movable support surface: A gardening chair configured to facilitate increase access to the area proximate thereto for a user. The gardening chair further includes a stationary base that is configured to provide structural support. Pivotally attached to the base is a sitting platform configured to receive a user thereon. Pins are utilized to... Agent: Raymond M. Galasso Galasso & Associates Lp

20080315652 - Actuator for a motor vehicle with a gear case: The actuator for a motor vehicle has an electric motor having an output shaft. A gear comprising a spindle nut and a gear case is connected to the output shaft. A spindle engages the spindle nut. A bracket forms an at least partial surrounding grip abut the gear case. A... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080315653 - Automatic headrest activation gear: A head restraint system includes a vehicle seat comprising a seat back and a seat bottom. The system further includes a head restraint guide positioned in the seat back. The head restraint guide is adapted to hold a head restraint at a selectable position. The system further includes a first... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080315656 - Hinged mounting for a motor vehicle seat and with a circular blank: The hinged mounting for a seat back hinge of a motor vehicle seat has a first hinge arm and a second hinge arm; it further has a circular blank that is interposed between said hinge arms. The circular blank has a first circular blank plate that is connected to the... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20080315654 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat (1) is provided with a seat part (2) and a backrest (3), which may be folded from a substantially upright position of use (G) by the action of a spring device (6) into a substantially horizontal loading position (L), a spring force (F1) oriented in the direction... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080315655 - Vehicle seat with a seat tilt adjustment combined with a fold flat mechanism with a return function: A vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat bottom includes a forward section and a rear section. The seat back is pivotably mounted about the seat bottom. The seat back is positionable in a reclined position and a folded position. The pivotable link system characteristically... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080315657 - Seat headrest: A headrest support assembly capable of moving a headrest simultaneously in an up/down and fore/aft position. The headrest support assembly is located in a seat back and includes a headrest frame mounted on a support bracket, the support bracket includes a first and second guide track spaced apart from one... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20080315658 - Adjustable, locking armrest for chair: An armrest that is infinitely adjustable is provided by the combination of a pin and slot arrangement for adjusting the arm in one direction and a second pin and slot arrangement for angularly adjusting the arm in a different direction, the second pin being in the form of a locking... Agent: Bradley N. Ruben

20080315659 - Cinch/lock of leg to ensure engagement: A seat assembly for a motor vehicle includes a seat cushion and an output shaft rotatably coupled to the seat cushion. An actuator is fixedly coupled to the seat cushion and operatively coupled to the output shaft for rotatably driving the output shaft. A front leg is operably connected to... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20080315660 - Sling chair construction having non-weight bearing material and method of constructing same: A chair construction includes a chair frame with a seat portion and a back portion and a flexible envelope that encompasses the chair frame. The envelope includes first and second layers having a first selected width between first left and right edges. The first and second layers are constructed of... Agent: Westman Champlin & Kelly, P.A.

20080315661 - Chair having adjustable weight proportion accepting elements: A seat includes a tray, a net mounted on the tray and a supporting device provided between the tray and the net. Thus, when a user sits on the seat, the net takes a proportion of the user's weight while the supporting device takes another proportion of the user's weight.... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20080315662 - Arrester device for an adjustable vehicle seat: An arrester device for an adjustable vehicle seat with at least one locking rail running parallel to an adjusting direction and having periodically arranged locking lugs and locking openings includes a locking unit which includes a plurality of locking pins with a cylindrical shaft. The locking pins are guided independently... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20080315663 - Restraint belt for children: The belt can be pulled out of the housing against a spring force, and the length of the belt is fixed by inserting the belt buckle into the holder.... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20080309128 - Seat insert, in particular for a seat of a motor vehicle or an airplane: The invention relates to a seat insert (10), in particular for a motor vehicle or an aeroplane seat (30). Said insert is provided with a gas-tight covering (11). The covering (11) at least partially encloses a volume (14) and has an inner surface (12) and an outer surface (13). Also,... Agent: Stephen B. Salai, Esq. Harter, Secrest & Emery LLP

20080309129 - Child carrier seat sun shield: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to sun protection for children and provide a novel and non-obvious child carrier seat sun shield for protection against the sun. In an embodiment of the invention, a sun shield cover can be provided. The sun shield cover... Agent: Carey, Rodriguez, Greenberg & Paul LLP Attn: Steven M. Greenberg, Esq.

20080309130 - Bicycle seat lock: Bicycle apparatus for use with a bicycle that includes a bicycle seat post, the apparatus including at least one bicycle seat support member, a pair of locking members mechanically linked to the bicycle seat support member, and a lock adapted to lock the locking members to each other, wherein in... Agent: David Klein Dekel Patent Ltd.

20080309131 - Seat back structure of vehicle seat: In a seat back structure, an auxiliary frame having a headrest mounted thereon is provided independently of a seat back frame and movable via link element and guide element along a predetermined path with respect to the seat back frame. The guide element includes: a bracket having one end pivoted... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080309132 - Method for improving blood circulation: A method for improving blood circulation of seated or lying persons, wherein vibrations are released locally into the areas of the body of the seated or lying person, which are susceptable to blood stasis, by at least one vibration device (5) disposed beneath the sitting or lying surface with a... Agent: Berenato, White & Stavish, LLC

20080309133 - Side airbag for reclining seats: The present invention relates to a side airbag module intended for holding back, in the event of an impact, the occupant (13) of the seat (15) of an automotive vehicle with a reclining backrest (19) by means of suitable means including an adjustment knob (31), comprising a cushion (11) configured... Agent: Ladas & Parry LLP

20080309134 - Integrated base assembly: A sofa includes a furniture base assembly that is easily assembled without the need of a jig or fixture, provides for a reduced number of component parts, and provides for aesthetically pleasing base assembly joints. In one embodiment, the front rail member and the back rail member are integrally formed... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080309135 - Six bar mechanism and control for chair: A chair according to embodiments of the present invention includes a base; a first linkage pivotably coupled to the base, a seat pivotably coupled to the first linkage, a second linkage pivotably coupled to the seat and pivotably coupled to the base, a back comprising a substantially upright portion and... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Patent Docketing

20080309136 - Seat device for vehicle: A seat device for a vehicle includes a lower frame, a slide mechanism, a reclining mechanism for supporting a seatback relative to a seat cushion with a reclined angle and holding the seatback to a predetermined position, a slide lock mechanism for restricting the movement of the lower frame and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080309137 - Rail adjustment system for a motor vehicle seat: The invention relates to a rail adjustment system for a motor vehicle seat, wherein the rail adjustment system includes an electromotive spindle drive and a threaded spindle that can be coupled to a flexible drive shaft for the longitudinal adjustment of a rail pair. The rails of said rail pair... Agent: King & Spalding

20080309138 - Automotive seat reclining system: A cross member assembly for adjusting a reclinable vehicle seat includes a joint. The joint permits the cross member assembly to deflect during a vehicle impact if the reclinable vehicle seat is occupied.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080309139 - Headrest device in a chair: A headrest device of a chair in which a headrest can be stably supported by a headrest frame and the operation for mounting a vertically moving member of the headrest is easily performed. Guide grooves are formed in the side faces of guide rails at the front faces of the... Agent: Joel D. Skinner, Jr. Skinner And Associates

20080309141 - Adjustable arm for chair: A chair arm adjustment device according to embodiments of the present invention includes an arm pad base slidably coupled to the arm support, the arm pad base sliding substantially horizontally in two degrees of freedom with respect to the arm support within a range of motion of the arm pad... Agent: Faegre & Benson, LLP Patent Docketing

20080309140 - Armrest adjusting device: An armrest adjusting device for adjusting armrest of chairs includes a hollow armrest seat and a guide plate is fixedly inserted into the armrest seat. A movable member is movably received in the armrest and includes a push end which includes tapered surfaces to control two rods to be removably... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20080309142 - Vehicular seat: In a vehicular seat 10 according to this invention, since a back shell 32 covers a back frame 31, as in the case where the shape of a seat back is formed of the urethane pad, the shape of the seat back is not easily changed. Thus, the passenger can... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080309143 - Vehicle seat construction: A vehicle seat includes a foam cushion, a flexible cover at least partially defining the outer surface of the vehicle seat, and a spacer fabric. The spacer fabric includes a first fabric panel operatively connected to the flexible cover, a second fabric panel operatively connected to the foam cushion, and... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080309144 - Frame assembly of automotive seat: In a frame assembly of an automotive seat, two lateral frame members of a seat back frame are respectively rotatably connected to two base frames via a reclining device, and a securing frame is connected between the two lateral frame members of seat back frame. Two hinge brackets are respectively... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080309145 - Furniture with decorative fasteners: A method of assembling an upholstered furniture piece comprising decorative fasteners comprising providing an underlayment material layer, a foam material layer and a covering material layer. The foam material layer is positioned between the underlayment material layer and the covering material layer. The covering material layer extends beyond the underlayment... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20080303318 - Personal seated resting support: The present invention relates to a resting support (10) for supporting portions of a resting person (1) in a forwards leaning seated position, and to a method of using such a support. The resting support (10) comprises at least one supporting section (9, 35) including a main supporting section (9)... Agent: Michael F. Krieger Kirton & Mcconkie

20080303319 - Quick-mount frame structure, particularly for bicycle saddles or similar supports, process of making such structure and saddle incorporating same: A quick-mount frame structure, particularly for bicycle saddles and similar supports. The structure comprises at least one shell (2) having a top user-supporting surface (6) and a bottom surface (7), said shell (2) having a front portion (8) and a rear portion (9), saddle rails (3) for attachment of said... Agent: Themis Intellectual Property Counsel

20080303320 - Adjustable seat support: There is provided an adjustable seat support for a bicycle. The adjustable seat support has a front and a back orientation corresponding to the front and the back of a bicycle. The adjustable seat support includes a seat connecting mechanism for connecting a seat with the adjustable seat support. There... Agent: Paul Steven Schranz

20080303321 - Base for a child safety support: A base (1) for a child safety seat to be used with an adult seat in a vehicle equipped with ISOFIX loops comprises an upper moulding (2) and a lower moulding (3) screwed and clipped together. The upper moulding comprises a pair of front humps (8) and a pair of... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20080303322 - Travel stool for children: A collapsible stool for use by children for at least one of reaching a urinal, a toilet bowl, a sink and as a seat comprising a pair of generally rectangular and substantially flat members for standing and setting on. Each generally rectangular and substantially flat member having a predetermined length... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20080303323 - Ergonomic support structure for human body parts and method of manufacturing same: An ergonomic support structure, particularly for supporting parts of the human body. The structure (1) comprises a main body (2) with a viscoelastic insert (2) permanently anchored thereto. The main body (2) has at least one first layer (4) made of a material selected from those having a relatively low... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080303324 - 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

20080303325 - Child seat for vehicles: A child seat which can be fastened to a vehicle seat of a vehicle by means of a fastening system comprises a child belt system for securing a child sitting on the child seat apparatus for coupling a vehicle seat belt system, which has a belt strap and a belt... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080303326 - Vehicle seat with variable firmness: A vehicle seat includes a frame, a flexible cover, and a material that is sufficiently mounted with respect to the flexible cover such that the material resists displacement of at least part of the flexible cover with respect to the frame. The material is characterized by a first state in... Agent: General Motors Corporation Legal Staff

20080303327 - Vehicle seat lift structure: A vehicle seat having a lift structure for adjusting the position of the seat employs a load transfer link (9) to transfer the loads applied to the seat from a lift link (3) and an upper support (2) to a pivot bracket (7), which is typically coupled to the floor... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080303328 - Decreased skin shear device: A device that can be attached to any existing reclining type device such as chairs and beds that will eliminate shear forces on the user's body regardless of the level of movement. The primary components of the device are a seat plate, a seat slide plate, a back plate and... Agent: Kevin D. Mccarthy Roach Brown Mccarthy & Gruber, P.C.

20080303329 - Chair or a bed having a seat, a backrest and an armrest as well as use thereof: A chair (1), in particular a dentist's chair, which has a seat (3) and a backrest (2) which are connected with each other by means of a hinge (6) consisting of two movable parts in the from of an inner ring (8) and an outer ring (7) disposed concentrically therewith.... Agent: William J. Sapone Coleman Sudol Sapone P.C.

20080303330 - Vehicle seat, in particular motor vehicle seat: A vehicle seat (1), in particular a motor vehicle seat, is provided including a seat substructure (5), a seat cushion (31, 33) with a seat shell (31) and an inclination adjuster (21) with a drive (43). The inclination adjuster (21) with drive (43) is used to change the inclination of... Agent: Mcglew & Tuttle, PC

20080303331 - Vehicle recliner: Disclosed herein is a seat recliner for a vehicle, in which gear teeth can be engaged tightly without any moving space at the time of adjusting the rotation angle of the back of the seat installed in a vehicle. In the seat recliner for the vehicle comprising a holder equipped... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080303332 - Vehicle seat connection: A vehicle seat comprises a seat bottom with a frame with a slot or a pivotal connection. A seat back has a frame with the other of the slot and the pivotal connection to cooperate with the seat back for collapsing the seat back upon the seat bottom. A receiver... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080303333 - Appartus for a portable head rest and seat cover: v

20080303334 - Height adjustable headrest for a vehicle seat: There is provided a device for fixing a component, in particular a headrest and particularly in or on a vehicle whereby the component includes at least one fixing bar. The fixing bar may be displaced relative to the device in a first direction essentially parallel to the longitudinal extension thereof.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080303335 - Armrest and armrest mechanism: An armchair mechanism that includes a toothed pawl and cam mechanism which allows the armrest to rotate in an arc greater than 90 degrees and into a first angular position. The armchair mechanism further includes a lockout member which locks the armrest in a design position and a stowed position.... Agent: Butzel LongIPDocketing Dept

20080296936 - Item of transformable furniture: The invention relates to an item of transformable furniture, more particularly to an item of furniture transformable from a chair into a desk and vice versa, from a desk into a chair. The item of transformable furniture comprises a first plate (5) and a second plate (6), linked to each... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20080296937 - Seat with retractable tray: A seat cushion having a pull-out tray is disclosed. The seat cushion is configured to flex so as to conform to the contour of a support surface, such as a stadium seat. The tray is configured to hold food, beverages and other articles.... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20080296938 - Child booster seat tuckable under the table: A seat for a child that is engageable to an edge portion of a table and that is tuckable to an out-of-the-way position under the edge of the table. The seat includes jaws for engaging a base of the seat to the table. The seat includes a child seat frame... Agent: Robert J Jacobson Pa

20080296939 - Methods and systems for providing comfort to an occupant of a vehicle seat: A vehicle ventilation system, the system may include a generating source of compressed air; a receiver to receive and store the generated compressed air; a plurality of tubular members formed or extending through a cushion of the vehicle seat to a location proximate a contact surface of the seat, wherein... Agent: Dobrusin & Thennisch PC

20080296940 - Adjustable jockey seat assembly: A jockey seat assembly is adapted to be used on a motorized vehicle and includes a saddle seat having a substantially inverted U-shaped configuration. A height adjusting mechanism is provided for the seat and has an upper frame mounted beneath the saddle seat, a lower frame adapted to be secured... Agent: Andrus, Sceales, Starke & Sawall, LLP

20080296941 - Air bag deployment system: An air bag deployment system for use in a vehicle is disclosed have a frame, an air bag, a first deployment chute portion, and a second deployment chute portion. The frame is securable within the vehicle for use therein defining a support structure and a channel therethrough. The air bag... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20080296942 - Seat comprising wiring fixed to a support, method for assembling a seat, and use of a flat conductor for the wiring of a seat: The invention relates to a seat, especially for a vehicle, said seat being provided with flat wiring that is easy to mount in and/or on a support.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20080296943 - Vehicle seat: A head rest rear portion is supported to a seat back. A head rest front portion is movable forward and backward between a full-close position that is brought into contact with or close to the head rest rear portion and a full-open position that is a predetermined distance away from... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080296944 - Child seat anchoring device and child seat: A child seat anchoring device for anchoring a child seat to a vehicle body includes first and second tether belts, a connecting member connecting the first and second tether belts, a housing of the connecting member, and first and second shafts in the connecting member. One of the first and... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20080296945 - Seating unit with adjustable lumbar device: A chair includes a lower back frame, a back construction, including a back support attached to the lower back frame, a cushion assembly attached to the back support, and a vertically adjustable lumbar frame positioned between the back support and the cushion assembly. The lumbar frame includes a transition shell... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080296946 - Seat system with shock- and vibration-reducing bladders: A seat system has separate air bladders in the seat bottom and seat back. The seat bottom bladder is in fluid communication with the seat back bladder through a plurality of rigid interconnecting tubes, and valves in the tubes or orifice size can control flow rate of air exchange between... Agent: ShewchukIPServices

20080296947 - Chair device: A chair device which can consist of a multiple part secondary seat mechanism which can be incorporated into an elevator chair which can also have an anti-tipping design feature, and related method. Various exemplary embodiments include one or more of the following: a seat assembly mounted on a support frame... Agent: Newman Law Offices

20080296948 - Seat lock device: A seat lock device for fixing a rotatable seat back of a rear seat to a vehicle body includes: a striker which is disposed in the vehicle body; a lock mechanism which includes a base plate which is mounted to a seat back frame inside the seat back and has... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080296949 - Vehicle seat arrangement: A vehicle seat arrangement includes a rail and a seat body slidably mounted on the rail having a seat component and a backrest pivotally connected to the seat component. The backrest pivots between a generally upright position and a forward tilted entry position. The seat body moves between a sitting... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080296950 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat arrangement includes a seat component that is adapted to be slidably attached to a vehicle and configured to move between a sitting position and an entry position. A backrest is pivotally connected to the seat component and pivots about an axis A between a seating position and... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080296951 - Seat apparatus and vehicle: The present invention provides a seat apparatus having: a seat back; a forward tilt device that allows at least a portion of the seat back to tilt forward; a securing device that secures the seat back at a vehicle body side; and a release strap that is used for releasing... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20080296952 - Automotive headrest: Disclosed herein is an automotive headrest, which is constructed so that the automotive headrest is not tilted, but is displaced in a straight line in only one direction in a rectilinear motion, and is then returned to its original position. The automotive headrest includes a stay rod having vertical parts... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20080296953 - Infinitely adjustable two-way head restraint: A head restraint includes at least one post adapted to engage a vehicle seat. The head restraint assembly also includes a bun which is moveably attached to the at least one post. A locking clasp is fixed relative to the bun and has an open configuration and a closed configuration.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20080296954 - Vehicle armrest positioning assembly: A vehicle armrest positioning assembly (12) for adjustably positioning a vehicle armrest (10) on a vehicle seat frame (14) includes an elongated adjuster (20) that provides armrest positioning and is released by a release actuator (44) a release mechanism (42) to permit angular adjustment of the armrest positioning. The adjuster... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20080296955 - Height adjustable armrest: A vertically adjustable, armrest includes a tubular support constructed for attachment to a chair, an armrest assembly telescopingly positioned in the tubular support, and a height adjustment mechanism slidably received in the armrest assembly. The armrest assembly includes a sleeve and a post. The sleeve includes an opening adapted to... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080296956 - Salon chair having movable foot rest: A novel salon chair having a novel movable footrest assembly with a sliding or pivoting footrest which replaces a conventional rigid tubular one-piece footrest typical of salon chairs. The salon chair includes a chair portion structured for being elevated above a floor surface, the chair portion having a seat portion... Agent: Charles J Rupnick

20080296957 - Retractable footrest: A vehicle seat that embodies a foot support assembly that is movable from a stowed position proximate the seat back to a deployed position wherein the assembly extends rearwardly of the seat. The foot support assembly of the vehicle seat includes a sub-assembly that comprises a pair of side-support members... Agent: James E. Brunton, Esq.

20080296958 - Chair back attachment and method of assembly: A chair includes a lower back frame, a back construction, including a back support attached to the lower back frame, a cushion assembly attached to the back support and a clip wedgingly engaged between the back support and the cushion assembly. The cushion assembly further includes an inner shell which... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP