Chairs and seats inventions 07/09

20090189419 - Folding chair: A folding chair includes two side boards, a foldable paper beehive structure, and a positioning device. The foldable paper beehive structure includes a plurality of paper boards interconnected with one another. The paper beehive structure includes two sides to which the side boards are mounted to form a chair body.... Agent: Dr. Banger Shia Int''l Patent Office Of Bang Shia

20090189420 - Electric auxiliary heating unit for a motor vehicle: An electric auxiliary heating unit reliably avoids temperature overshoots of the heated air. To this end, the temperature of the air flowing into the heating is determined and converted into a heating power for controlling the heating elements. This is preferably done via a stored characteristic field via which a... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090189421 - Saddle assembly and venting device thereof: A saddle assembly and a venting device thereof are provided. The venting device comprises a body and an air-passage structure, wherein the body has an upper surface and a peripheral portion, while the air-passage structure is at least partially formed on the upper surface and connects at least one portion... Agent: Grossman, Tucker, Perreault & Pfleger, PLLC

20090189422 - Child chair: A child chair includes a seat, a frame, a reclining adjusting device, a locking device, and a bouncing device. The seat pivoted with the frame. The reclining adjusting device mounted on the seat capable of moving between a locking status and a release status, the seat movable relative to the... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090189423 - Glider with massage devices: A glider with massage devices includes a chair guiding mechanism, a chair frame, a back cushion, a seat cushion and a plurality of vibration generators. The chair guiding mechanism has a fixing portion and a gliding portion glidably mounted on the fixing portion. The chair frame is fixed on the... Agent: Hsing-yu Chi

20090189424 - Glider with a music player: A glider with a music player includes a gliding mechanism, a chair frame, a back cushion, a seat cushion, a plurality of speakers and a music controller. The gliding mechanism has a fixing portion and a gliding portion glidably mounted on the fixing portion. The chair frame is fixed on... Agent: Hsing-yu Chi

20090189425 - Child safety chair cover and method of use thereof: The present invention relates to a portable and compact child safety chair cover. The child safety chair cover comprises a chair cover portion having a pocket configured to be positioned over the back of a chair. The child safety chair cover further comprises a harness portion to secure a child... Agent: Misty Powell

20090189426 - Bleacher cushion: A seat cushion includes a cushioned bottom portion and a back portion. The back portion is flexibly connected to the bottom portion. An attachment mechanism is provided to attach the bottom portion to a bleacher. A constraint element restrains the back portion for rotating beyond a desired angle with respect... Agent: Dorsey & Whitney LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090189427 - Vehicle seat protector: A protector having a body member positioned over designated portions of a vehicle seat and secured and retained in place by a retaining member. The retaining member can consist of two tie straps. Alternatively, a strap is attached at one end to the body member and removably attached at its... Agent: Daniel S. Polley, P.A.

20090189428 - Arm assembly for a chair: An office chair is provided with includes a chair arm assembly on each opposite side thereof for supporting the arms of a user. The arm assemblies each include a latching assembly to permit adjustment of the height of an arm cap thereof while maintaining the arm cap at a selected... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090189429 - Easy lift mechanism for vehicle seats: A method and apparatus for actuating a folding vehicle seat. The apparatus includes a handle remotely and functionally connected to the vehicle seat for moving the seatback from a folded position to an upright or design position. The handle is pivotally mounted on a support bracket and attached to an... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090189430 - Head rest for a seat, especially an air passenger seat: The invention relates to a head rest for a seat, especially an air passenger seat. Said head rest comprises a carrier structure that can be applied to the back rest part of the seat and comprises a supporting structure for supporting the head of the seat passenger, said supporting structure... Agent: Posz Law Group, PLC

20090189431 - Cable wiring structure of the vehicle seat: One aspect of the present invention can include a headrest attached to a seat-back, a skin member covering the seat-back, a cable extending in the seat-back, a wire member extending between sides of a frame, a strip member attached to the wire member, so that when the cable is pulled... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090189432 - Self-inflatable footrest: A self-inflatable footrest for use in a vehicle or a plane that comprises an elongated body having a floor-rest surface and a foot-supporting surface which is inclined with respect to the floor-rest surface. The footrest consists of an air-proof inner casing filled with plastic foam and provided with a valve... Agent: Sergey Anikin

20090189433 - Modular school bus seats: A modular seat frame for a school bus seat based on a minimized number of components and allowing for different orders of assembly.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090189434 - Vehicle seat frame and method: A vehicle seat frame provides a tilting feature for tilting the seat cushion. The frame includes side brackets (20) with a torsion tube (60) laterally—extending through an aperture (100) of the side brackets. The torsion tube is fitted against the side bracket through an internal swaging procedure to allow smooth... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

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20090184544 - Attachable swing shade: A readily assembled and removable shade for use with swings in which the user of the swing is afforded substantial protection from the sun, UV radiation, wind and rain is provided. The shade is configured to be used with many different types of swings.... Agent: K&l Gates LLP

20090184545 - Vehicle seat system: A vehicle seating system in which a seat belt restraint assembly may be secured directly to the seat. The vehicle seating system includes generally a seat and a base assembly that supports the seat. The base assembly may be a suspension base assembly or a pedestal base assembly. The construction... Agent: Gallagher & Dawsey Co., L.p.a.

20090184546 - Moveable back panel for a vehicle seat: A vehicle seat having a seat back including an actuatable back panel. The back panel of the seat back may be moved between a normal, or flush position, and an actuated, or spaced position, relative to the seat back assembly. The back panel may be provided with connectors that may... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090184547 - Elevated infant seat: The invention is an elevated seat that adjusts to different seat back angles with the seat supported at a height to reduce the distance a user has to bend over or kneel down in order access the child.... Agent: Smith, Gambrell & Russell

20090184548 - Child vehicle seating system: A child vehicle seating system, for fitment on a vehicle seat to support and restrain a child, comprises at least one seating component. Each seating component includes a closed frame over which a flexible membrane is stretched to define a support surface.... Agent: James J Paige Nikolai & Mersereau P A

20090184549 - Automobile child seat: A child seat includes: a base member; a seat body switchable at least between a forward facing state and a sideways facing state in a bed shape on the base member; a tension member attached to a front end of the base member and extending to a position where the... Agent: Fasse Patent Attorneys, P.A.

20090184550 - Child vehicle seat: A child car seat includes: a seat base having top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral surface interconnecting the top and bottom surfaces and having a rear surface portion; a backrest extending uprightly from the seat base; and an abutting member having first and second ends. The second end of... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090184551 - Guiding element, support assembly and corresponding seat structure: A guiding element for attaching a cable having a sleeve (2) and a wire (3) running in the sleeve (2) to a seat frame is provided, said guiding element (1) comprising first coupling means (4) for coupling the guiding element (1) with the seat frame (10), second coupling means (5)... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090184553 - Chair with an automatically adjustable lumbar support: The invention relates to a chair (1), in particular an office chair, with a backrest (3) which is connected in an articulated manner to a mount (33) by means of a backrest mount (2) and has an adjustable lumbar support (4) and also a seat surface (12) which is attached... Agent: Collard & Roe, P.C.

20090184552 - Traction wire arrangement and adjustable support assembly using the traction wire arrangement: In order to symmetrically act on a support member (20) of a support assembly on both sides using a single Bowden cable (18), a traction cable arrangement is used with comprises the Bowden cable, a first traction wire (17), and a coupling device (16) for coupling the first traction wire... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090184554 - Pumping device and height adjuster for vehicle seat: A pumping device and a height adjuster for a vehicle seat are disclosed. The pumping device comprises a support plate; a cam receiver accommodated in the support plate; a brake cam received in the cam receiver to be integrally rotated with the shaft, and defining receiving spaces between the brake... Agent: Schmeiser Olsen & Watts

20090184555 - Selective remote head restraint actuation: A head restraint actuation system includes a head restraint positionable in an upright and folded position. Repositioning of the head restraint is accomplished through the action of a head restraint actuator. The head restraint actuator is in communication with the head restraint. An actuating cable system includes a cable that... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090184557 - Head restraint guide with two-way locking lever: A head restraint guide for guiding and engaging an armature of a head restraint includes a guide bushing having an axial bore for receiving the armature therein. A lever is pivotally coupled within the guide bushing and includes an aperture for receiving the armature therethrough. A spring includes first and... Agent: Magna International, Inc.

20090184556 - Height adjustable head restraint for a vehicle seat: A vehicle seat head restraint assembly is provided with a stop mounted to a rod of a vehicle seat back. A frame is mounted to the rod to slide therealong. A head restraint is mounted to the frame. A shaft cooperates with the stop and the frame and includes a... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090184558 - Rotatable armrest assembly: A rotatable armrest assembly comprises: an armrest support adapted to be connected to a base of the child car seat and having an insert hole; and an armrest having top and bottom ends that are opposite to each other in an axial direction, and provided with a shaft that extends... Agent: Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

20090184559 - Armrest structure for vehicle seat: In an armrest structure for a vehicle seat, an armrest is mounted at a mounting portion on the outboard side of a seat back and is arranged close to a door trim panel. The armrest is capable of moving inboard upon receipt of an inboard load.... Agent: Staas & Halsey LLP

20090184560 - Chair armrest having a height adjustable function: An armrest for a chair includes an armrest support, a sleeve movably mounted on the armrest support, a support arm mounted on the sleeve, a locking member mounted between the armrest support and the sleeve, and a lifting device mounted between the armrest support and the sleeve. Thus, when the... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090184562 - School bus seat frame back attachment: A modified seat frame provides a seat back and lower frame on which the seat back may be mounted. The lower frame includes risers with support necks for receiving the seat frame.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090184561 - Variable length reinforcement to control seat back performance: A modified seat frame provides a seat back frame mounting reinforcement which can be conveniently varied in length and strength to vary the allowed degree of deflection and energy absorption provided by the seat back upon rear impact.... Agent: International Truck Intellectual Property Company,

20090179463 - Tent chair: The tent chair includes a folding frame supporting a folding cover, with the frame attached to a folding or portable chair. The chair has a single rearward frame bow which is radially flexible but rigid orthogonal to the lateral bow pivot axis of the chair. A series of similar bows... Agent: D.a. Stauffer Patent Services LLC

20090179464 - Folding table and chair: A folding table and chair each have an unobtrusive folding mechanism that cannot be easily seen when unfolded for use. Because the folding mechanism is not readily seen, folding tables and chairs of a number of well-known and popular styles can be provided that are suitable for use as everyday... Agent: Mcguirewoods, LLP

20090179465 - Cantilevered support for automotive seats: An interior seat assembly for a motor vehicle is provided. The interior seat assembly includes a center console, a seat back, a seat bottom, and a cantilevered member. The center console extends in fore and aft directions of the vehicle. The center console includes a first console section coupled to... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090179466 - Adjustable bicycle seat securing device: A bicycle seat securing device includes a clamping unit connected to a seat stem and the clamping unit includes a left clamp and a right clamp. The seat stem is located between the left clamp and the right clamp. The left clamp and the right clamp are moved linearly in... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090179467 - Bicycle seat tube adjusting assembly: A bicycle seat tube adjusting assembly includes: a rod body which is installed with a positioning seat; a first clamping unit and a second clamping unit being assembled with the positioning seat; two channels being formed between the first clamping unit and the second clamping unit for clamping; an adjusting... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20090179468 - Active head restraint system for an automotive vehicle seat: An active head restraint system for a vehicle seat includes a head restraint, force pad and connectors. The head restraint and force pad are connected via the connectors. The active head restraint system is connected with a frame of the vehicle seat such that rearward movement of the force pad... Agent: Price, Heneveld, Cooper, Dewitt & Litton, LLP Fgtl

20090179471 - Active head restraint systems for vehicle seats: Multiple vehicle seats are disclosed with active head restraint systems that receive an input force from an occupant during an impact by a torso support, which consequently actuates a linkage that translates a head restraint upward and forward to the head of the occupant. In one embodiment, the torso support... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090179470 - Head and body protection child safety seat: A head and body protection assembly which includes a safety seat shell and a plurality of chambers secured to the shell. A belt which includes a plurality of chambers is placed across the lap or mid section of an individual in the seat. The chambers are inflated to a pre-selected... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090179469 - Head and body protection system for a child safety seat: A head protection assembly which can be secured to a seat includes a plurality of chambers or pads, inflated to a pre-selected pressure which provide protection of the occupant of the seat from side and rear impacts. The head protection assembly is placed in a seat in lateral alignment with... Agent: Mchale & Slavin, P.A.

20090179472 - Side shield for motor vehicle seat assembly: A cover conceals a portion of a gap formed between an adjacent pair of seat backs of a motor vehicle seat assembly. The cover includes a substantially rigid portion and a substantially flexible portion. The flexible portion of the cover has first and second flanges that extend outwardly from opposite... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090179473 - Tilt control mechanism for a chair: A tilt control mechanism for an office chair includes a spring assembly therein which controls the tilt tension on the back assembly. The tilt control mechanism includes a control plate mounted to the control shaft on which the uprights are mounted, wherein the control plate rotates in combination with the... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090179474 - Headrest adjustment and lock mechanism and method: A headrest lock guide assembly for removably securing a headrest assembly to a vehicle seat can include a lock housing configured to house a headrest post extending through the lock housing, a lock slidably located within the lock housing, and a tool passageway extending through the housing. The lock can... Agent: Cermak Kenealy Vaidya & Nakajima LLP

20090179475 - Folding headrest: A headrest assembly may include a first frame member operatively connected to a seat, a second frame member that is selectively movable with respect to the first frame member, and a locking mechanism for use in adjusting the first locking member between a first locked condition that prevents the second... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, LLC

20090179476 - Vehicle seat with adjustable and retractable head restraint: A vehicle seat is provided with a guide within a seat back frame for movement between extended and retracted positions. A biasing member within the seat back frame biases the guide toward the retracted position. A cable extends the guide toward the extended position. A rotary actuator extends and retracts... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090179477 - frame structure of the vehicle seat: One aspect of the present invention can include a vehicle seat, a seat frame having a cushion frame, the cushion frame with a first and second side frame, a bead extending from an outer side of one of the first and second side frame, the bead including a first and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090179478 - Seat cushion and method of use thereof: A seat cushion having a seat pad with a channel therein, the channel having a web with apertures for drainage of water away from the seat pad. The web provides a channel area on top of the web and a channel area below the web for egress of water. In... Agent: Williamson Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090179479 - Locking support assembly for casino chair: A locking support assembly for a casino chair uses a support plate with a chair mount having a fixed pin protruding upwards from the support plate opposite to the mount. The pin may serve as a sole or primary guide member in the support plate to guide the support plate... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20090174232 - Collapsible stool for hunting and outdoor use: A stool includes a collapsible frame, a triangular seat and a back. The frame includes a bottom hub with three telescopingly adjustable legs and enlarged feet. A top hub is rotatably coupled to the bottom hub for 360 degree rotation, and includes three seat-supporting arms that extend from the top... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090174230 - Foldable chair frame: A foldable chair frame includes front leg rod units, rear leg rod units, cross-shaped long leg members, cross-shaped short leg members and movable armrest unit. The front leg rod unit includes a pair of front leg rod members, base caps, receiving caps and receiving cap base of the front leg.... Agent: Chen, Kao-san

20090174231 - L & r folding chair with hood: One embodiment of the folding chair with a hood combination includes a detachable hood, which is located on the rear of the seat assembly. By squeezing the safety clip will release the hood rods. Then raising inserted rod by hand in extended position until the rod base lock in place.... Agent: Mr. Lee A. Long

20090174233 - Washer cap and rotating stool: A stool includes a collapsible frame, a triangular seat and a back. The frame includes a bottom hub with three telescopingly adjustable legs and enlarged feet. A top hub is rotatably coupled to the bottom hub for 360 degree rotation, and includes three seat-supporting arms that extend from the top... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090174251 - Zero-wall clearance linkage mechanism for a high-leg seating unit: A seating unit that includes a linkage mechanism adapted to move the seating unit between extended and reclined positions, and a chassis is provided. The linkage mechanism includes a seat-mounting link, a base plate fixedly mounted to the chassis, a back-mounting bracket rotatably coupled to the seat-mounting link, a back... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090174234 - Expansion and retraction mechanisms for moveable tray tables: Mechanisms designed to facilitate movement of tray tables or other platforms are addressed. Internal flexible sleeves provide more constant pressure on linearly-moving shafts associated with the tables, reducing or cancelling possible lateral misalignments of the shafts. Outer cases maintain the flexible sleeves in position, and positive stopping features may be... Agent: John S. Pratt, Esq Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP

20090174235 - Vehicle seats having a back support lock assembly: Vehicle seats having a back support lock assembly are disclosed. An example vehicle seat includes a seat bottom and a back support pivotally coupled to the seat bottom. The example vehicle seat also includes a lock assembly having a locking lever rotatably coupled to the back support, wherein the locking... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090174236 - Forward/rearward sliding armrest: A forward/rearward slidable and upwardly pivotable armrest supported upon an open center console. Retractable pins associated with inner underside locations of the armrest are displaced upon actuation of a lever component associated with the armrest, and which selectively reseats the armrest at linear travel locations along first and second rails... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090174237 - Bicycle seat adjustable device: A bicycle seat adjustable device includes a seat post connected to a seat tube and a transverse tube is connected on a top end of the seat post which including a passage. Two notches are defined radially in two inner peripheries of two open ends of the transverse tube respectively.... Agent: Chien-hui Su

20090174238 - Vehicle seat having monitor: The present invention includes vehicle seat having monitor movable from a storage state to a use state, in the storage state the monitor is positioned in a backboard of a seatback and the monitor faces the backboard, in the use state a display surface of the monitor is exposed outside... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090174239 - Child seat for a motor vehicle: Child seat for motor vehicles with a seat shell and backrest, at the upper end of which a head support (10) with lateral wings (11) projecting towards the front is disposed. The inclination of the head support (10), at least of a headrest (12) disposed between the two lateral wings... Agent: Quarles & Brady LLP

20090174240 - Stadium seat: A seat frame of a stadium seat includes a lower cross beam, bench-engaging support arms configured to mount over a top, flat surface of the stadium bench, and upright support members. The upright support members include rounded upper ends that may be rearwardly canted.... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090174242 - Vehicle seat with a seat depth adjustment device: The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a backrest and a seat surface device that forms a seat surface and that is provided with a pad cover, in particular an outer pad cover, wherein the seat depth of the seat surface is adjustable. A seat depth adjustment device facilitates... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090174241 - Lumbar support device: In an adjustable lumbar support device, a wire framework essentially consisting of two lateral side wires (4) and a plurality of transverse wires (8) is connected to a seat frame via a pair of support means (5), each preferably formed of a wire. A first connecting portion (5a) of the... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, LLC

20090174243 - Seat fold actuator: An actuator configured to actuate a member. The actuator optionally including capabilities for storing and releasing kinetic energy. The actuator being suitable for use in any number of environments, including but not limited to facilitating seat folding operations.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090174244 - Seat height and tilt adjustment apparatus and method: A seat height and tilt adjustment apparatus includes first and second arms mounted between two structures. The first arm is pivotally attached to the first structure at the first pivot axis, and pivotally attached to the second structure. The second arm is pivotally attached to the first structure at a... Agent: Caterpillar Inc. Intellectual Property Dept.

20090174245 - Work seat apparatus: A work seat apparatus (20) in which an operator (22) can work on a workpiece (13) while seated. The apparatus includes a horizontal first arm part (31) that is raised and lowered by a raising and lowering part (29), and a second arm part (32). The second arm part (32)... Agent: Standley Law Group LLP

20090174246 - Swivel seating system: A seat assembly for a vehicle includes a seat bottom and a mounting assembly having a first portion that attaches the seat bottom to the vehicle and a second portion. The second portion permits rotation of the seat bottom relative to the first portion and the vehicle and permits translation... Agent: Daimlerchrysler Intellectual Capital Corporation Cims 483-02-19

20090174247 - Disc recliner assembly incorporated into a seatback/seat base pivot associated with a front seat: A seat recliner assembly established at a hinge location between a seat bottom and a pivotally associated seat back including a base plate and an inwardly teethed and package supporting sector secured to the seat back and seat bottom, respectively and sandwiched together in selectively rotatable fashion relative to define... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle,anderson & Citkowski, P.c

20090174248 - Blocking system for pet toys: A blocking system for pet toys or other objects to prevent such objects from inadvertently migrating to a location beneath a piece of furniture. The system can be readily assembled on site and dimensionally conform to the footprint of a particular piece of furniture. The system includes blocking members that... Agent: Klauber & Jackson

20090174249 - Device for attaching motor vehicle seat covers or mats: A device for fixing a car seat mat or cover to the backrest part, which is composed of a hollow tubular member (4) of ‘open’ circular section, having at least two slots (5) formed at a certain distance from the axis of such tubular member (4). Two enlarged parts (11)... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090174250 - Configurable restraint system: A configurable restraint system (10-10vi) for a vehicle seat (12, 12′) may comprise a first restraint harness (30-30″) coupled to a first engagement member (32), a second restraint harness (34-34″) coupled to a second engagement member (36), and a third engagement member (50-50″″) configured to be movable between first and... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090167063 - Chair apparatus: A portable chair includes a structure with a plurality of beam extensions that each have a first end, a second end, and a mid portion. The beam extensions form a paired “X” type crossing, wherein the beams are pivotally connected. Also included is a flexible panel having a periphery attached... Agent: Jackson Esquire Roger A. Jackson

20090167064 - Seat back structure of upside-recessed-and-headrest-storage type of seat: A headrest storage recession of seat back in an upside-recessed-and-headrest-storage type of seat has, provided at the backward side thereof, an integral combination of a cover element and an upward extension of a back board disposed behind the seat back. Namely, the cover element is connected continuously with the back... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090167065 - Reboard system: The invention is directed to a reboard system comprising a steeply inclined backrest for transporting infants and toddlers approximately in a half-lying, half-sitting posture, particularly in a car opposite the direction of travel thereof, it being possible to vary the length of the backrest in the direction of the spine... Agent: Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P.C.

20090167066 - Seat apparatus for vehicle: A seat apparatus for a vehicle includes a headrest body, a stay, a pressure receiver, a moving force transmitting mechanism, and a headrest moving unit moving the headrest body, wherein the moving force transmitting mechanism includes an input link member, an output link member operating the headrest moving unit, an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090167067 - Child seat presence and/or orientation detection system: A child seat presence and/or orientation detection system for detecting, on a vehicle seat, presence and/or orientation of a transponder-equipped child seat includes a loop-shaped transmission antenna for transmitting an electromagnetic excitation field and a loop-shaped reception antenna for receiving an electromagnetic response field emitted by a transponder of a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20090167068 - Vehicle seats: A vehicle seat that includes a support base, a seat back tiltably supported on the support base, a seat cushion, a first link and a second link. Each of the first and second links is pivotally coupled to the support base and the seat cushion, so that a quadrant link... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090167069 - Inclinable headrest: A headrest inclinable relative to headrest stay(s), which is formed by a foaming process. The headiest has elongated hole(s) formed in the bottom thereof, with the headrest stay(s) extending outwardly through the elongated hole(s). Defined within the elongated hole(s) is an injected point where a liquid foaming agent has been... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090167070 - Armrest for motor vehicle seat assembly: An armrest for a seat assembly includes has a support surface for supporting an arm of the occupant and a bottom surface opposite the support surface. The armrest is pivotally coupled to the seat back for movement about a pivot axis between a use position, wherein the support surface extends... Agent: Gifford, Krass, Sprinkle, Anderson & Citkowski, P.C.

20090167071 - Rotatable armrest: An armrest for a chair having a first member connected to the chair; a second member selectively rotatable relative the first member; means disposed between the first and second members for resisting the rotational movement between the first and second members.... Agent: Miller Thompson, LLP

20090167072 - Occupational support system: An occupational support chair system and method that provides frontal support to a user. The support chair system includes a lower support frame composed of a dual section hydraulic frame and an upper support frame. The upper support frame can be configured as a spinal column associated with a number... Agent: Ortiz & Lopez, PLLC Patent Attorneys

20090167073 - Vehicle seats: A vehicle seat can include a base frame, a slide rail assembly having a slide member, and a seatbelt anchor bracket. The base frame has a bottom wall portion that is connected to the slide member via a fastener. The seatbelt anchor bracket is fastened between the base frame bottom... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C