Chairs and seats inventions 04/09

20090108639 - Seat back mounted load floor system and method of making the same: A load floor system for use with a vehicle seat having a seat bottom and a seat back connected to the seat bottom includes a load floor member adapted for pivotal connection to the seat back and configured to move between a stowed position and a deployed position when the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. Intl. Automotive Components Group

20090108640 - Latch rear seat back operation: A vehicle seat for temporarily enlarging trunkspace includes a seat back and a seat bottom. The seat back is positionable in an upright position and a folded position. The seat back at least partially defines a portion of a vehicle storage compartment. In the folded position, the storage compartment is... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090108641 - Adjustable armchair tray: A multi-functional adjustable tray that mounts on the arm of a chair to provide a comfortably accessible work surface to support a computer mouse and other IO devices.... Agent: Dykas, Shaver & Nipper, LLP

20090108642 - Adjustable bicycle seat assembly: An adjustable bicycle seat assembly includes an adjusting unit which includes a top end member connected to the seat post and an adjusting tube is connected to a lower end of the top end member. An inner space is defined in the adjusting tube and an outer space is defined... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090108643 - Detachable saddle and pad-replaceable saddle set: A detachable saddle and a pad-replaceable saddle set are provided. The detachable saddle comprises a base, a pad and a fastening device, wherein the base has a top surface, the pad has a bottom surface, and the fastening device, disposed between the top surface of the base and the bottom... Agent: Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley, LLP

20090108644 - Saddle: A saddle with proper deformability is provided. The saddle comprises a base, a pad, and a fastening device adapted to fasten the base and pad together. Therein, the materials of the pad comprise Ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA). Thereby, the saddle of this invention is adapted to deform appropriately according to the... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090108645 - Anti-whiplash vehicle system with active head restraint: An active head restraint system includes a fluid driver assembly coupled to a vehicle seat assembly. The fluid driver assembly is actuatable in response to a predetermined movement of the vehicle seat assembly. A fluid driven assembly is in fluid communication with the fluid driver assembly. The fluid driven assembly... Agent: Ratnerprestia

20090108646 - Vehicle seat: A seat back has a seat back frame, a plane spring structure, and a headrest provided at the upper end of a seat back frame. The plane spring structure has left and right side wires, and horizontal wires extending in the horizontal direction. Connection wires are provided between the seat... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz, Goodman & Chick, PC

20090108647 - Device for indicating that a chair is reserved: The present invention is a device for removable application to a seat or chair which incorporates a visual indication that the seat or chair is reserved or taken. Visual indication of chair reservation is achieved by incorporating one or more reservation indicators into the device such as color, wording, artwork... Agent: Bowman & Associates

20090108648 - Exercise furniture device: An exercise device adapted for use with a chair includes a handle arm mounted to an armrest portion by a first connector including a first axis and a second axis disposed substantially orthogonal to the first axis. A resistance element is used with a first end attached to the armrest... Agent: Kevin D. Biggs

20090108649 - System and method for an anticipatory passenger cabin: A system for anticipating the needs of at least one passenger onboard a mobile platform (such as a train, marine vessel, aircraft or automobile) is provided. The system includes a passenger seating area for receipt of the passenger. The passenger seating area includes a seat that has a seat back... Agent: Harness Dickey & Pierce, PLC

20090108650 - Stay dry seat covers: An apparatus for providing a dry seat in a variety of vehicles. The apparatus comprises an elongated housing member having a predetermined shape. A seat cover is disposed as a roll within the elongated housing member. Such seat cover having a first side formed of a first predetermined material and... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090108651 - Health chair capable of freely changing the aromatics: Disclosed is a health-promoting chair having aromatic compound which can be freely replaced. The health-promoting chair has an insertion and separation space 1 at a center portion of a seat of a chair and an auxiliary cushion 10 having a structure in which an aromatic compound pack 9 can be... Agent: Ipla P.A.

20090108652 - Armrest with cup-holder: An armrest with cup holder of the type where the cup holder is integral with a foam padding in a trim cover assembly through a foaming process, wherein the cup holder is inserted in a hole formed in the trim cover assembly. A uniform stretcher protrusion is defined in a... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090108653 - Convertible aircraft passenger seat and method: Aircraft seats are provided which may be convertible between a seating condition and a bedding condition. According to exemplary embodiments, aircraft seats comprise a seat bottom, a seat back, and a pair of arm rests positioned laterally with respect to the seat bottom, the seat back being mounted to the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090108654 - Seating element and seating system: A seating element has an archable element with a first side to face an occupant of a seat when the seating element is installed in a seat and a second side opposite of the first side. A pneumatic arching element is arranged at the second side of the archable element.... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090108655 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a first engagement member moving in association with an upper arm, a second engagement member pivotally moved between a first position and a second position for pivotally moving the upper arm from a first pivot position to a second pivot position and retaining... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090108656 - Adjustable hinge mountings for a motor vehicle seat: An adjustable hinge mountings has a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a toothed quadrant centered on a hinge axis and connected to the first hinge arm, a detent part which has a toothed surface feature cooperating with the toothed quadrant and a control part associated with the detent... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090108657 - Adjustable hinge mountings for a motor vehicle seat: An adjustable hinge mountings has a first hinge arm, a second hinge arm, a toothed quadrant centered on a hinge axis and connected to the first hinge arm, a detent part which has a toothed surface feature cooperating with the toothed quadrant and a control part associated with the detent... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090108658 - Forward tiltable motor vehicle seat with hinge mountings: A forward tiltable motor vehicle seat having a seat carrier, a seat back and a hinge mounting arranged therebetween. The hinge mounting has an upper hinge arm connected to the seat back and a lower hinge arm hinged to the seat carrier about a forward tilt axis. The hinge mounting... Agent: Mccarter & English LLP Cityplace I

20090108659 - Forward tiltable motor vehicle seat: A forward tiltable motor vehicle seat has a seat carrier and a seat back, a hinge mounting is associated with the seat back and comprises an upper hinge arm connected to the seat back and a lower hinge arm hinged about a forward tilt axis to the seat carrier. The... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090108660 - Adjustable armrest and method for the use thereof: An adjustable armrest includes a base member pivotable about a first horizontal axis in a side-to-side direction. An arm support member is connected to the base member. A first latch member includes a plurality of notches, while a second latch member includes a pawl shaped to releasably engage at least... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090108661 - Seat back frame for a vehicle: At a side portion 22 of a seat back frame, not only does a rear first extending portion 52 bend and extend from a frame side plate portion 30 toward a seat back inner side at an obtuse angle, but also, in a vicinity of a central portion of a... Agent: Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner LLP

20090108662 - Seat back with integrated seat belt: The seat back of a motor vehicle seat with an integrated seat belt has a frame having two side parts and an upper base connecting the side parts and an upper belt point provided in proximity to the first upper corner. It further contains an L-shaped supporting body. The supporting... Agent: John Lezdey

20090102248 - Collapsible articles of furniture: Collapsible articles of furniture are provided which have at least one leg assembly which includes a first leg and a second leg. The first leg has a first upper leg segment and a first lower leg segment coupled to the upper leg segment by a first link and the second... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090102249 - Folding seats: A folding seat (10) having a support structure (13), a backrest (11) and a seat base (12) is provided wherein the seat base is pivotally mounted on the support structure for pivoting between a seating position with the seat base extending generally horizontal and the backrest generally vertically, a stored... Agent: Hovey Williams LLP

20090102250 - Evaporatively pre-cooled seat assembly: An evaporatively pre-cooled seat assembly comprising a seat cushion, an auxiliary cooler, and an evaporative cooler. The evaporative cooler includes a plurality of parallel tubular dry channels and a plurality of tubular wet channels. The dry channels and wet channels are arranged such that they alternate from dry channel to... Agent: Delphi Technologies, Inc.

20090102251 - Shape-memory saddle structure, particularly for pedal driven vehicles, and process for making such structure: A shape-memory saddle structure, particularly for pedal driven vehicles, comprising a substantially rigid or semirigid support frame (2), means (4) for connecting said frame (2) to a vehicle, a yielding pad (7) secured to the upper face (S) of the frame (2), and a cover layer (5) laid over the... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090102252 - Cycle seat with adjustable sides: The cycle seat with adjustable sides includes a base plate having a forward and optionally a rearward guide plate thereon. Each guide plate includes laterally adjustable left and right arm extensions, with each arm having a generally vertical wing extending upwardly therefrom. The arms of each pair simultaneously adjust inwardly... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090102253 - Load limiting (energy management) child restraint seat: A child restraint seat which changes the position of the occupant and dissipates kinetic energy during a collision. An exemplary embodiment rearward-facing child restraint seat shifts the occupant to translate forward and/or move from a relatively reclined position to a relatively upright position during a vehicular collision. Additionally, some of... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090102254 - Active head restraint system with actuating system for a vehicle seat: In one embodiment, a vehicle seat has a frame and is adapted to be mounted within a vehicle. The frame has first and second side members. The frame supports a head restraint that is moveable to an extended position providing support during an impact condition. An active head restraint system... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090102255 - Motor vehicle seat: A vehicle seat (1) having an active headrest mechanism (20) actuated by a lower lumbar mechanism (30). A seat back frame (10) mounts the active headrest mechanism (20) and the lower lumbar mechanism (30).... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090102256 - Seat, in particular air passenger seat: The invention relates to a seat, in particular air passenger seat, with seat components, such as a seat part (10) and a backrest (12) with a housing shell (20), which is part of the backrest (12) or which at least partially includes the backrest (12) at the back and which... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090102257 - Child safety seat support apparatus: A support apparatus for a child's safety seat allows the user to adjust the tilt of the safety seat while maintaining a child in a safe position. The support apparatus comprises a base portion, an upper portion connected to one end of the base portion, and a bottom portion connected... Agent: Summa, Additon & Ashe, P.A.

20090102258 - Seat backs for vehicular seats: A seat back for a vehicular seat has a plate member for supporting a back of a pad and an elastic support mechanism for holding the plate member for moving the plate member in a forward and backward direction. The plate member includes a thoracic vertebra avoiding portion having at... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090102259 - Powered furniture: A lift-recliner chair includes a base portion including a load bearing structural support frame having a pair of upstanding rigid side panels. The chair also includes a seat portion pivotally connected to and at least partially supported by the side panels. Moreover, the chair includes a back portion pivotally connected... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090102260 - Powered furniture: A lift-recliner chair includes a base portion and a seat portion pivotally connected to the base portion about a first pivot axis. The chair also includes a back portion pivotally connected to the seat portion about a second pivot axis and an actuator assembly for moving the seat portion with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090102262 - Device for the transmission of a rotation motion with a flexible shaft in a sheath comprising shoulder-forming areas and an inner tube: A device for the transmission of a rotation motion (1) comprising a flexible shaft and a sheath (3), said sheath (3) comprising a core (4), the core (4) comprising at least one shoulder-forming area (6), said area (6) comprising at least three portions, two external portions (7, 8) and a... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090102263 - Seat slide device for vehicle: In a seat sliding device having a lock mechanism disposed within an inner space defined by an upper rail and a lower rail, to tilt a lock lever from the inner space toward the outside of the rails, a torsion bar 40 is used as urging means for urging the... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090102261 - Seat track assembly: This invention relates to a vehicle seat track assembly. The assembly comprises a first track member having an upwardly facing bearing surface and a second track member for attachment to a vehicle seat, the second track member having a downwardly facing bearing surface. A cage is disposed between the first... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090102264 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat has a backrest with a backrest frame, attached to a seat supporting structure, that can be pivoted to a limited extent about a horizontal axis of rotation in order to permit active sitting. To permit active sitting even at high transverse acceleration forces, as occur during the... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090102265 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: A compound fitting (18) for a vehicle seat, especially for an automotive seat, comprises two individual fittings (10, 50) that are arranged axially juxtaposed and in parallel in relation to the flow of force, and that each have at least two fitting parts (11, 12, 40, 51, 52) that can... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090102266 - Headrests for vehicle seats: A headrest for a vehicle seat has a base member attached to a seatback of the vehicle seat, a body frame attached to the base member so as to be capable of tilting, a locking device for locking the body frame with the base member so as not to be... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090102267 - Laceup: This invention is ergonomically designed to make putting on footwear much easier. It is designed at the most comfortable height as well as angle for ones foot to rest while doing up ones footwear. It is also designed to put the foot in a good position to do self pedicures... Agent: Robert R. Larocque

20090102268 - Load support structure: A load support member includes spaced apart beam members, a linking member and a stop member. In another aspect, the beam includes a support surface defining first and second landing regions, which are in contact with and support a membrane. In another aspect, a brace member is secured between laterally... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090102269 - Drop-in seat unit: The present invention provides for a drop-in seat unit as well as a method of manufacturing the drop-in seat unit that does not require the worker to affix one end of the spring to a frame rail and stretch the spring from one of the frame rails to the other... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090102270 - Seat backs for vehicular seats: A seat back for a vehicular seat has a plate member for supporting a back of a pad and an elastic support mechanism for elastically holding the plate member for moving the plate member in a forward and backward with respect to a seat back frame. The plate member includes... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090102271 - Prisoner seat security device: A prisoner seat security device includes a retractable strap which attaches to a prisoner, preferably by a restraint device on the prisoner, such as hand-cuffs. As the prisoner sits in the seat, the strap retracts. The officer can then lock the retraction mechanism so that the strap will not extend... Agent: BatemanIPLaw Group

20090096255 - Powered furniture: A lift-recliner chair includes a base portion, a seat portion pivotally connected to the base portion, and a back portion pivotally connected to the seat portion. The chair further includes an actuator assembly for altering the configuration of the chair including a first actuator for moving the seat portion with... Agent: Harness, Dickey & Pierce, P.L.C

20090096256 - Seat, seat cushion and backrest thereof: A backrest of a seat includes: a pad including a slit air guide hole which penetrates the pad from a front surface of the pad to a rear surface of the pad; a base member for blocking the air guide hole on a rear side of the pad, the base... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090096257 - Sun visor for stroller: A sun visor for a stroller is attachable to the awning (also referred to as canopy) of the stroller and can be removed from the stroller, including a partially transparent light attenuating visor material configured for attachment to a stroller, and a fastener in the form of respective pairs of... Agent: Renner Otto Boisselle & Sklar, LLP

20090096258 - Convenience apparatus for automotive rear seats: A convenience apparatus for automotive rear seats includes: a base gear fixed to at least one of the rear seats, a space between which an arm rest is movably mounted; a driver, which has a driving gear engaged with the base gear and a motor for rotating the driving gear,... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090096259 - Ergonomic support structure made of composite material for human body parts and method of manufacturing same: An ergonomic support structure of composite material, particularly for supporting parts of the human body. The structure comprises a main body (2) with a viscoelastic insert (3) permanently anchored thereto. The main body (2) is made of composite material having a reinforcement member (4) selected from the group of carbon... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090096260 - Kozy baby: An efficient way to cool or warm the body of children while using a car seat, stroller, or baby swing when the surrounding temperature is not comfortable. It is body pillow that is shaped to fit into the car seat, stroller, or baby swing that has three rectangular pockets located... Agent: Cheryl Ann Long

20090096261 - Apparatus for preventing transfer of odors from a vehicle to a hunter: An apparatus for preventing transfer of odors from a vehicle to a hunter from a self propelled vehicle has at least one seat, a floorboard and a steering wheel. A cover for the seat, and/or floor mat and/or steering wheel has a vapor barrier to prevent odors from the seat,... Agent: Sturm & Fix LLP

20090096262 - Regan's swing seat: The nature of the Swing Seat is to protect young children ages 3 and younger by providing a seat that covers the existing seat at parks, schools, etc. It also works by converting a “regular” swing into an infant swing.... Agent: Regan Carpentier

20090096263 - Lumbar support assembly and corresponding seat structure: A lumbar support assembly (2) comprises a support arrangement (3) which may have the form of a wire framework with two side wires (4) and a plurality of transverse wires (6). A Bowden cable arrangement (10) with a single Bowden cable is attached by two plate clips (15, 17) to... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090096264 - Vehicle seating orthotic system and method: A thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis for vehicle is provided which provides back support to a vehicle occupant is disclosed. A vehicle occupant has a thoracic-lumbar-sacral orthosis prepared which represents a cast of his back. The device is placed within a pocket formed in a seat back cover. The original seat back cover... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090096265 - Vehicle seats: A vehicle seat may include a seat main body having a seat cushion, a rotation mechanism that is arranged and constructed to horizontally rotate the seat main body with respect to a vehicle floor, a vertically moving mechanism that is arranged and constructed to vertically move the seat main body... Agent: Patterson, Thuente, Skaar & Christensen, P.A.

20090096266 - Seat frame assembly: A seat frame assembly is disclosed to include a base frame, which has two extension bars arranged in parallel at two sides, a back frame, which has a pivot axle transversely disposed on the middle and pivotally coupled between the extension bars of the base frame, and two support members... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090096267 - Automobile seat: An automobile seat in which spaced apart side brackets of a seat back are individually faced to spaced apart side brackets of a seat cushion, a pivot shaft is penetrated through the brackets and bridged between the brackets, and reclining lock devices are assembled on the axis of the pivot... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090096268 - Seat height control system: The present invention relates to a leveling valve including a first port, a second port, a third port, a valve, and a clutch. The clutch is provided with an engaged position and a disengaged position. At least a portion of the clutch may move relative to the valve when the... Agent: The Ollila Law Group LLC

20090096269 - Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle: A seat reclining apparatus includes a pair of first arms, a pair of second arms, a pair of hinge pins, a pair of reclining mechanisms including a pair of lock mechanisms, each of which includes a cam, the lock mechanism restricting a rotational movement of the seat back relative to... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090096270 - Vehicle seat assembly having walk-in and fold-flat features: A vehicle seat assembly having a sliding seat bottom, a slide lock mechanism, a seat back pivotally mounted to the seat bottom, a pivot lock mechanism, a walk-in pivot release actuator, a fold-flat pivot release actuator and a blocking member. The blocking member moves between first, second and neutral positions.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090096271 - Internally pulling type lift device for chair armrest: An internally pulling type lift device for a chair armrest includes an outer pipe, a guide track, an inner pipe, a follower, a locking member, a pull handle, a control knob, a restoring spring, and a torsion spring. Thus, the guide track, the follower and the inner pipe are encompassed... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090096272 - Ottoman for vehicle seats: An ottoman apparatus for a vehicle seat includes a driving shaft with an end which is tiltably connected to a front end of the seat, and includes a supporting frame connected to the driving shaft so as to be linearly movable over the driving shaft. The supporting frame is movable... Agent: Oliff & Berridge, PLC

20090096273 - Body support structure having a molded elastomeric member: A body support structure includes a support frame having at least first and second opposite side portions and defining an opening therebetween. A molded elastomeric member is connected to the first and second side portions and suspended over the opening. The molded elastomeric member includes a mechanical structure decoupling the... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090096274 - Attachment device: A vehicular seat trim cover attachment device having a plurality of female attachment portions interconnected to one another by at least one connecting portion. The attachment device is preferably flexible in at least two independent planes. Each female attachment portion has a receptacle portion and a base portion. Each base... Agent: Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP (c/o Patent Administrator)

20090091162 - Energy-absorbing device for a vehicle seat: A vehicle seat has an energy-absorbing device connected to a transverse support member of the seat frame. The device has a plurality of rib members configured to plastically deform in response to an impact between an object and the device, thereby absorbing energy from the object. The device has a... Agent: Quinn Law Group, PLLC

20090091164 - Car seat head rest with built-in screen: A car seat head rest, which is adapted for mounting on a car seat having two spaced apart retention slots, includes a head pillow, a display screen supported at the rear side of the head pillow, and an adjustable mounting arrangement including a length-adjustable sliding guider longitudinally supported within the... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090091163 - Vehicle multimedia system for vehicle: A vehicle multimedia system includes a head pillow, a display screen supported at the rear side of the head pillow, a central control, which is adapted for being installed at a predetermined location of the vehicle, electrically linked to the display screen via a connection cable running through one of... Agent: David And Raymond Patent Firm

20090091165 - Removable, reversible, protective hammock-style seat cover: The illustrative exemplary non-limiting embodiments relate to a seat cover that may include such features as a protective first side, multiple front securing straps arranged on a leading edge, and multiple rear securing straps arranged on a trailing edge. The protective cover can be held in place by securing the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090091166 - Seating system using closed cell materials: A seat includes a base portion and a seat portion arranged to communicate with the base. The seat portion is formed at least in part from a varying density closed cell foam polymer resin material.... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090091167 - Child seating system and method: A seating system for a child includes a base. A formed seat is arranged so as to communicate with and selectively rotate about the base. A retention apparatus includes a first handle and the retention apparatus secures the formed seat to the base. A single actuation and substantially continuous movement... Agent: Fitch Even Tabin And Flannery

20090091168 - Seat, in particular for a pram: A seat, in particular for a pram, having a seat back (0) comprising a frame (1) and a covering (2) encompassing the frame (1) with a front side (3) and a rear side (4), characterised in that the covering (2) on the rear side (4) is placed such that a... Agent: Whitham, Curtis & Christofferson & Cook, P.C.

20090091169 - Lumbar support for a motor vehicle seat: A lumbar adjuster for a motor vehicle seat includes a frame which supports the lumbar adjuster and two pivotal bows which intersect in the manner of a pair of scissors, wherein at least one bow is assigned a linearly movable slide for pivoting it. The slide is arranged in the... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090091170 - Chair seat having a resilient seatrest/backrest, method of manufacturing same and carbon fibre material used as a spring: A chair seat adapted to be mounted on or in a frame, and comprising a seat part (4) and a backrest part (5), which parts are functionally separate units, and which are joined by a spring means which allows the backrest part to move resiliently in relation to the seat... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090091171 - Moving seat for vehicles: The invention relates to a moving seat for vehicles, which is characterised in that it is mounted to a gimbal suspension support with one or two shafts, whereby the centre of gravity of the seat and the passenger is located below the suspension shafts. The invention also includes dampers and... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090091172 - Apparatus for adjusting length of seat cushion: An apparatus for adjusting the length of a seat cushion comprises an extension panel, installed on a cushion panel of the seat cushion and spaced apart from the cushion panel. Adjusting units are installed between the cushion panel and the extension panel, and move the extension panel in a forward... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090091173 - Chair: A chair includes a backrest and a seat surface. The backrest is adjustable relative to the seat surface, and the backrest is adjustable in its inclination independently of the position of the seat surface. The adjustment of the inclination of the backrest occurs in a stepless manner and without an... Agent: Van Dyke, Gardner, Linn & Burkhart, LLP

20090091174 - Ergonomic armrest: Disclosed is an adjustable armrest that can readily raised, or lowered, and optionally rotated in a horizontal plane. In one embodiment, the present armrest is released from its use position be raising the front portion of the armrest. The armrest is moved into the desired position and then the front... Agent: Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, L.L.P.

20090091175 - Spa device with leg rests and calf supports: A spa device including a basin with a pair of leg rests hingedly coupled to the basin. Each leg rest pivots from a first unengaged position to a second engaged position. In the engaged position, a client receiving a spa treatment may rest his/her legs on the leg rests. Each... Agent: Ryan Kromholz & Manion, S.c.

20090091176 - Leg cap for folding chair: Leg caps for a folding chair are mounted at lower ends of front legs and rear legs. A cross section of the front leg is the same as that of the rear leg. The leg includes a strip and two curved edges disposed at both sides of the strip respectively.... Agent: Lin & Associates Intellectual Property, Inc.

20090085383 - Vehicle seat having an electronic display mounted thereon: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat back defining a rear side and a display assembly mounted on the seat back. The display assembly includes a display and a housing mounted on the rear side of the seat back. The housing defines a pocket. The seat assembly further includes a... Agent: Macmillan, Sobanski & Todd, LLC

20090085384 - Vehicle seat assembly having layered seating system with attachment member: A vehicle seat assembly has a seat body adapted to be mounted within a vehicle to provide support to an occupant. A seat component is provided adjacent to the seat body. A first attachment member is provided within one of the seat body and the seat component. A second attachment... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090085385 - Child restraint apparatus for a vehicle: A child restraint apparatus connectable to a vehicle and having a chassis with a back portion and a seat portion. A U-shaped guard is pivotally connected to the chassis so as to be movable between an up position and a down position, in the down position the guard forming a... Agent: Dunlap Codding, P.C.

20090085386 - Swivel rocker assembly: A swivel rocker is provided that includes a surface designed to contact a floor so as to facilitate rocking in two directions along a line while limiting rocking in other directions and to inhibit excessive rocking in at least one direction along the line. The swivel rocker also includes a... Agent: Target Brands, Inc.

20090085387 - Device for adjusting the height of a seat for a motor vehicle seat: A device for adjusting the seat depth of a motor vehicle seat includes a base element to be arranged in a manner fixed on the seat framework, a supporting element which is mounted in a longitudinally movable manner on the base element and is intended for supporting a seat user... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090085388 - Chair: A chair has a supporting frame, a seat portion, a back portion, and a recline mechanism. The mechanism moves the seat portion upon a reclining action of the back portion. The mechanism has a rear deformable member and a front deformable member operatively connecting the seat portion and the supporting... Agent: Workman Nydegger 1000 Eagle Gate Tower

20090085389 - Swing chair: A swing chair includes a base frame configured to rest on the floor and a support having a support surface arranged to support for instance a baby or a child, wherein the support is rotatably connected with the base frame by a bearing, wherein the axis of rotation of the... Agent: Gallagher & Lathrop, A Professional Corporation

20090085390 - Positioning apparatus of seat for vehicle: A positioning apparatus of a seat for a vehicle includes a first frame adapted to be supported by a member provided on a vehicle floor and adapted to support a seat cushion, a second frame rotatably supported by the first frame and vertically rotatably supporting the seat cushion, a link... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090085391 - Fitting for a vehicle seat: A fitting has a first fitting part, a second fitting part which is rotatable about an axis relative to the first fitting part, a drivable eccentric mounted rotatably about the axis, locking elements moved radially outward by the eccentric to interact with the second fitting part to lock the fitting,... Agent: Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, PLLC

20090085392 - Seat assembly including a mechanical strut and machine using same: A machine includes a seat assembly and a mechanical strut attached to the seat assembly. The mechanical strut, free of pneumatic seals, is positioned to move at least a portion of an armrest of the seat assembly along a horizontal axis. A length adjustment mechanism is movable to release a... Agent: Caterpillar C/o Liell, Mcneil & Harper

20090085393 - Inflatable chair with cushion top: Disclosed herein is an inflatable chair having at least three sections. The inflatable chair has a lower inflatable support chamber that has a top and bottom layer. The inflatable chair also has an upper cushioning portion and a stabilizing member. The upper cushioning portion and the stabilizing member are in... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione