Chairs and seats inventions 08/09

20090212605 - Bouncey chair: An apparatus that can be used as a traditional seat and for providing fun for children. The apparatus comprises an inflatable chair having a predetermined shape and formed of a predetermined material. The predetermined shape includes a rounded bottom, such rounded bottom is used for bouncing the inflatable chair during... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090212606 - Chair with ice bucket armrests: A chair including an armrest having an inner chamber arranged to hold a liquid, an outer surface, and a plurality of apertures extending from the outer surface to the inner chamber, wherein the plurality of apertures is arranged to drain the liquid out of the inner chamber such that the... Agent: Simpson & Simpson, Pllc

20090212607 - Seating unit with accessories: A seating unit includes a tubular support extending upwardly from a chair frame, a retainer telescopingly engaging an upright open end of the support, and an armrest mounted on the retainer. The retainer is keyed at both ends to prevent undesired rotation of the armrest. Accessories are mounted to the... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20090212608 - Bicycle seat system: A seat system for providing a substantially normal contact angle between the seat and the ischial tuberosities of a rider seated thereupon. The seat system includes variable padding that is configured to generally cooperate with the physiology of the rider. The padding is secured to a base that includes a... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20090212609 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat has a seat surface and a backrest. At least one training apparatus for training at least one muscle area of the torso and/or of the arms of a person using the vehicle seat is integrated into the backrest.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20090212610 - Vehicle seat: A vehicle seat wherein an area for storing articles is provided on a rear seat is disclosed. The area for storing small articles is provided in a side bolster disposed on the side surface of a seatback located toward a vehicle body wall. The side bolster includes a base member... Agent: Carrier Blackman And Associates

20090212611 - Adjustable thigh support for a motor vehicle seat: The present invention generally relates to an adjustable seat for a motor vehicle and related methods. Some embodiments relate to a seat having a thigh support insert that can be adjusted relative to a laterally-disposed bolster cushion of the seat to accommodate a variety of occupants having different heights. Some... Agent: Emerson, Thomson & Bennett, Llc

20090212612 - Seating installation concealable under the floor: A seating installation concealable under the floor, the seats (1) being mounted in articulated manner, with the possibility of swivelling between a lowered, cleared-away position and a raised position of use, on pillars (3) which are fixed to the base floor (4), a number of flaps (15) being mounted in... Agent: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP

20090212613 - Child safety seat: The present invention provides a child seat (1) comprising a seat back (3), a headrest (4) which is moveable relative to the seat back (3), and a removable harness which may be installed for use in securing an occupant to the seat (1), wherein the headrest (4) is coupled to... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.a.

20090212614 - Foldable portable stadium chair: A foldable portable stadium chair folds between a collapsed position for carrying and an open position for seating. Such chair includes an adjustable base member engageable with and securable to a bleacher bench, a chair frame coupled to the adjustable base member and having at least a portion thereof movable... Agent: James Ray & Associates

20090212616 - Constant pressure retreating lumbar system: The present invention is a lumbar support system that retreats into the seat back when reclined, providing a constant pressure support. The lumbar support system has a lumbar support basket that can retreat into the seat back. The lumbar support basket is supported by a crossbar that is pivotably connected... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20090212615 - Lumbar support: Lumbar support for a seat backrest, comprising a support basket (10) extending in the longitudinal direction of the seat backrest, a frame (12) to which the support basket (10) is mounted and an adjustment device (11) which changes the position of the support basket relative to the frame, the adjustment... Agent: Kang Intellectual Property Law, Llc

20090212617 - Chair: The present invention relates to a chair or armchair, in particular a rotatable office chair, comprising: at least two seat carriers, each further comprising an upper arched guide and a lower arched guide, and at least two back rest carriers, each further comprising a restrictedly guided region, and a back... Agent: Fay Sharpe LLP

20090212618 - Device for adjusting the seat back angle in a wheelchair and a wheelchair comprising such a device: The wheelchair comprises a seat back a module (2) movably coupled to a seat module (5). Two lateral plates (10, 10′) are secured to the seat back module (2) and pivotally mounted on the seat module (5). Each of said plate is provided with a recess (18, 18′) adapted to... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090212619 - Safety apparatus for retaining child to seat: A safety apparatus includes a first panel for covering a chest of the person, a second panel for covering a back of the person, and first and second shoulder straps extending between and connecting the first and second panels. The first and second shoulder straps define an area through which... Agent: Tillman Wright, Pllc

20090206637 - Baby seating device: The baby seating device contains a seat member, a base member having U-shaped front and rear legs, and two connection members that are arranged between the front and rear legs. An end of each connection member is pin-joined to a sleeve member that could be slid up and down along... Agent: Leong C Lei

20090206638 - Tray system for child's high chair: A high chair is equipped with a tray system incorporating a multiple tray structure that is positionally adjustable relative to the high chair structure. The tray system includes a smaller lower tray formed with rearwardly extending, horizontal posts that are received within horizontally aligned sockets in the high chair structure.... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC

20090206639 - Tray latch mechanism for high chair: A latch mechanism for child's high chair tray assembly having a tray post and socket mounting arrangement has a central, front actuation button that moves a slide link mounted underneath the tray assembly. The slide link is connected to an actuation arm slidably mounted within each respective tray post. The... Agent: Miller Law Group, PLLC

20090206640 - Hidden-type automobile child safety seat assembly: A hidden-type automobile child safety seat assembly has three types of safety seats respectively mounted in different portions of the rear bench of a passenger car and includes: one first safety seat, one second safety seat and one third safety seat. The first seating portion is pivotally connected to the... Agent: Rosenberg, Klein & Lee

20090206641 - Personal space media center with throne (chair): An encircled thin panel personal space media center trifecta combination with throne combination and method for filling therapeutic, educational and entertainment voids in personal space of the 5 feet radius of a user with arm extended forward, and motivating and stimulating positive thinking and self-image development any time a user... Agent: Robert Brown, Jr.

20090206642 - Rocking device: A rocking device with a seat unit such as a chair, crib or cot, or attachment means for same with a motion generator comprising a profiled track defining a closed undulating path and a track follower, to interact with the track whilst one or other is rotated, thereby creating relative... Agent: Hancock Hughey LLP

20090206643 - Vehicle seats: A vehicle seat can include a seat cushion having a main portion and a tiltable portion, and a drive mechanism having a small gear and a large gear. The small and large gears are respectively attached to the main portion while meshing with each other. The tiltable portion is arranged... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090206644 - Seat adjuster assembly: A seat adjuster assembly includes an electric motor having an output shaft with a worm gear positioned in a gearbox, a spur gear meshing with the worm gear in the gearbox, a spindle shaft fixed to and driven by the spur gear coacting with a nut contained in a tube,... Agent: Fleit Gibbons Gutman Bongini & Bianco Pl

20090206645 - Structure for legless leisure chairs with armrests: A number of variations of a structure for leisure chairs with armrests (4a) that enable a user to sit very close to floor level (SS), with side base front supports (8f) that extend forward further than the backrest connection means (6). The structure for the chair comprises two sides (LS... Agent: Walter Albecker

20090206646 - Portable support including a pillow: A portable support for providing support for the head of a seated individual includes an elongated pillow having an enlarged upper end portion and a lower pillow end portion. Connector structure is provided to position the larger pillow end portion above the shoulder of a seated individual.... Agent: Thomas R. Lampe Bielen, Lampe & Thoeming

20090206647 - Sliding armrest: A sliding armrest for use in an automotive vehicle. The sliding armrest including a lower cover, and a lower rail case arranged on a top surface of the lower cover. The armrest includes a guide arranged on the surface of the lower rail case and an upper case cover having... Agent: Raggio & Dinnin, P.C.

20090200838 - Folding stroller including locking mechanism: A folding chair includes handle frames, and front legs and rear legs configured to support the chair in an upright position. The front legs are pivotally attached to respective rear legs. A chair portion, includes a back rest, a seat, and a leg rest pivotally attached to the seat. Pivot... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200839 - Vehicle seat with a rotatable and essentially displaceable backrest: A vehicle seat includes a seat part and a backrest. The backrest has a first axis of rotation and is rotatable about the first axis through at least 90° from a normal position into a loading position. The backrest has pivoting means and is transferable into an armrest position by... Agent: Johnson Controls, Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090200840 - Vehicle seat: The present invention can include a vehicle seat having a table, the table including a table main body, a shaft member, a first hinge structure that pivotably connects the table main body to one face of the vehicle seat and a second hinge structure that pivotably connects the shaft member... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090200841 - Dual infant activity center: An infant activity device is disclosed which includes a tray mounted on a vertical elevation member to support the tray in a horizontal orientation above a support surface. The tray has two openings for two seats to supporting an infant and allow the infants to sit above the support surface... Agent: Andrew C. Aitken, Esq. Aitken Law Offices

20090200842 - Washable child car seat subframe: A child car seat subframe that is easily disassembled into component sections for washing within a residential-sized dishwasher. The car seat subframe can be disassembled by hand, and each individual component is cable of fitting in a residential-sized dishwasher individually and collectively. The component sections are attached by a combination... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20090200843 - Headrest for vehicle seat: A headrest for vehicle seat includes: a generally inverted-U-shaped frame having a pair of headrest stays defined therein; and an impact absorption bar fixedly connected between those two headrest stays. The impact absorption bar is located in a predetermined spaced relation with an upper horizontal frame portion of the generally... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090200844 - Children's swing cover with mesh panels: Disclosed a cover for an infant seat. The cover includes mesh panels that provide for improved air flow and which serve to keep an infant's back cool and ventilated. The cover is removable and machine washable. The various features of the present invention are described in greater detail hereinafter.... Agent: Gray Robinson Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20090200845 - Chair or stool comprising mobile, elastic legs, permitting a dynamic sitting position: The invention relates to a chair comprising a seat part (2), at least one one leg part (3), at least one foot part (5) that consists of a predetermined plurality of foot elements (4) and at least one spring assembly (6). According to the invention, at least one designated foot... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090200846 - Infant seat rocker device: A automobile infant seat rocker device is portable and small enough to be stored in a pocketbook or small carrying case. It is removably attachable to an infant seat, operates on portable power and can be conveniently stored or packed when not in use. The device includes: (a) a rocker... Agent: Aviezer Yehuda

20090200848 - Adjustable seat: A seat which may be adjusted in its longitudinal direction, in particular a vehicle seat, contains a seat cushion with a front part and a rear part. The front part may be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the seat and in its height relative to the rear part. The... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090200847 - Manuel adjustment of a back support on a vehicle: A manual adjustment of a back support on a vehicle seat includes comprising a cable pulley which is selectively rotatable in a drive direction or in a driven direction oriented counter to the drive direction, and a tensile device associated with the cable pulley, which may be rolled up onto... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090200849 - Memory mechanism: A memory device for blocking a component configured to move between an adjusting position and a functional position is provided. The memory device includes a housing configured to be coupled to the component, a blocking element pivotally coupled to the housing and a variable transmission mechanism coupled to the housing.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090200850 - Reclining device for seats in vehicles: The present invention relates to a reclining device for seats in vehicles, which has improved engagement force between an upper tooth bracket and an operating part, improved overall strength and durability, and improved quality due to the improvement in the connection structure of pole gears and rear guide protrusions. Further,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090200851 - Head and/or neck support: A head and/or neck support for a chair, in particular for an office chair, includes a device for adjusting the swivel and height, with which the support may be moved relative to a back rest of the chair, a first receptacle for a head and/or neck cushion, and a second... Agent: Strike, Striker & Stenby

20090200852 - Back bar linkage assembly: A linkage for mounting the elements of an in-line pipeline inspection vehicle. The embodiment allows measurements to be taken while constraining the vehicle to travel within an axial plane of the pipeline.... Agent: Warren M Pate Warren M. Pate, LLC

20090200838 - Folding stroller including locking mechanism: A folding chair includes handle frames, and front legs and rear legs configured to support the chair in an upright position. The front legs are pivotally attached to respective rear legs. A chair portion, includes a back rest, a seat, and a leg rest pivotally attached to the seat. Pivot... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090200839 - Vehicle seat with a rotatable and essentially displaceable backrest: A vehicle seat includes a seat part and a backrest. The backrest has a first axis of rotation and is rotatable about the first axis through at least 90° from a normal position into a loading position. The backrest has pivoting means and is transferable into an armrest position by... Agent: Johnson Controls, Inc. C/o Fletcher Yoder PC

20090200840 - Vehicle seat: The present invention can include a vehicle seat having a table, the table including a table main body, a shaft member, a first hinge structure that pivotably connects the table main body to one face of the vehicle seat and a second hinge structure that pivotably connects the shaft member... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090200841 - Dual infant activity center: An infant activity device is disclosed which includes a tray mounted on a vertical elevation member to support the tray in a horizontal orientation above a support surface. The tray has two openings for two seats to supporting an infant and allow the infants to sit above the support surface... Agent: Andrew C. Aitken, Esq. Aitken Law Offices

20090200842 - Washable child car seat subframe: A child car seat subframe that is easily disassembled into component sections for washing within a residential-sized dishwasher. The car seat subframe can be disassembled by hand, and each individual component is cable of fitting in a residential-sized dishwasher individually and collectively. The component sections are attached by a combination... Agent: Law Office Of Delio & Peterson, LLC.

20090200843 - Headrest for vehicle seat: A headrest for vehicle seat includes: a generally inverted-U-shaped frame having a pair of headrest stays defined therein; and an impact absorption bar fixedly connected between those two headrest stays. The impact absorption bar is located in a predetermined spaced relation with an upper horizontal frame portion of the generally... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090200844 - Children's swing cover with mesh panels: Disclosed a cover for an infant seat. The cover includes mesh panels that provide for improved air flow and which serve to keep an infant's back cool and ventilated. The cover is removable and machine washable. The various features of the present invention are described in greater detail hereinafter.... Agent: Gray Robinson Attn: Stefan V. Stein/IPDept.

20090200845 - Chair or stool comprising mobile, elastic legs, permitting a dynamic sitting position: The invention relates to a chair comprising a seat part (2), at least one one leg part (3), at least one foot part (5) that consists of a predetermined plurality of foot elements (4) and at least one spring assembly (6). According to the invention, at least one designated foot... Agent: Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP

20090200846 - Infant seat rocker device: A automobile infant seat rocker device is portable and small enough to be stored in a pocketbook or small carrying case. It is removably attachable to an infant seat, operates on portable power and can be conveniently stored or packed when not in use. The device includes: (a) a rocker... Agent: Aviezer Yehuda

20090200848 - Adjustable seat: A seat which may be adjusted in its longitudinal direction, in particular a vehicle seat, contains a seat cushion with a front part and a rear part. The front part may be adjusted in the longitudinal direction of the seat and in its height relative to the rear part. The... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090200847 - Manuel adjustment of a back support on a vehicle: A manual adjustment of a back support on a vehicle seat includes comprising a cable pulley which is selectively rotatable in a drive direction or in a driven direction oriented counter to the drive direction, and a tensile device associated with the cable pulley, which may be rolled up onto... Agent: Christie, Parker & Hale, LLP

20090200849 - Memory mechanism: A memory device for blocking a component configured to move between an adjusting position and a functional position is provided. The memory device includes a housing configured to be coupled to the component, a blocking element pivotally coupled to the housing and a variable transmission mechanism coupled to the housing.... Agent: Foley & Lardner LLP

20090200850 - Reclining device for seats in vehicles: The present invention relates to a reclining device for seats in vehicles, which has improved engagement force between an upper tooth bracket and an operating part, improved overall strength and durability, and improved quality due to the improvement in the connection structure of pole gears and rear guide protrusions. Further,... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090200851 - Head and/or neck support: A head and/or neck support for a chair, in particular for an office chair, includes a device for adjusting the swivel and height, with which the support may be moved relative to a back rest of the chair, a first receptacle for a head and/or neck cushion, and a second... Agent: Strike, Striker & Stenby

20090200852 - Back bar linkage assembly: A linkage for mounting the elements of an in-line pipeline inspection vehicle. The embodiment allows measurements to be taken while constraining the vehicle to travel within an axial plane of the pipeline.... Agent: Warren M Pate Warren M. Pate, LLC

20090195035 - Atv having arrangement for a passenger: An ATV is disclosed which includes a pedestal assembly incorporated into the foot-wells, which cooperate with a removable passenger seat. Furthermore, passenger seat is selectively added or removed from ATV by way of a latch assembly. Hand grips flank the removable seat and are attached to a rear accessory panel.... Agent: Baker & Daniels LLP

20090195036 - Car seat pillow and trolley cushion: A pillow for a children's car seat includes a first, a second, and an intermediate padded portion, and means for retaining the pillow on the car seat or a vehicle car seat on which the car seat is installed. The retaining means retains the pillow regardless of occupancy of the... Agent: Lackenbach Siegel, LLP

20090195037 - Reconfigurable vehicle seating system: A vehicle seating system including a seating assembly and a first adjustment assembly. The seating assembly has a first seat portion and a second seat portion. The first adjustment assembly is configured to move the first seat portion with respect to the second seat portion between an extended position, wherein... Agent: Young Basile

20090195038 - Seat with dynamic seat back: A seat back assembly (16) for a seat (10), comprising an upper seat back portion (24) for supporting an upper portion of a user's back and a lower seat back portion (22) for supporting a user's pelvis and pelvic region. The lower seat back portion (22) and the upper seat... Agent: Dickinson Wright PLLC

20090195039 - Seat structure: According to the present invention, a seat reference point adjustor for shifting a seat reference point in the resting posture anterior to a seat reference point in the normal posture is provided. With this structure, the resting posture can be taken without tilting its seat back itself backwardly. Since the... Agent: Cozen O''connor

20090195040 - Variable configuration seating: A variable chair (10) features variable displacement between a back-to-seat pivot or slide pivot interconnection (14) and a back sliding pivot (15), to compensate for occupant weight in tilt moment in a weight responsive action; a particular construction features opposed pairs of intercoupled seat and back crank arm frames (111,... Agent: Danald N.macintosh Law Offices Of Donald N Macintosh

20090195041 - Seat cushion adjusting apparatus: A seat cushion adjusting apparatus includes: a supporting member, forming a frame of a seat cushion; a seat member and forming an outer shape of the seat cushion; an adjusting member, engaging with an end portion of the seat member; a moving mechanism, rotatably connected to the adjusting member and... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20090195042 - Adjusting device, in particular for the seat of a motor vehicle: The invention relates to an adjusting device, in particular for the seat of a motor vehicle, comprising at least one first rail (lower rail (1)) and one second rail (upper rail 2)) which is embodied in a displaceable manner in relation to the first rail, in addition to a spindle... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090195043 - Chair: A chair in which a backrest can be largely tilted rearward within a small rotation angle range without increasing the heights of a leg body and a seat body. The leg body (1) includes a pair of left and right side-legs (9) of angular shape in side view, each having... Agent: Davis & Bujold, P.l.l.c.

20090195044 - Vehicle seat assembly: A vehicle seat assembly adapted to perform an easy entry function includes a seat body having a seat bottom and a pivotally connected seat back. The seat body is configured to limit the seat back to pivot through a first angular range that inhibits the seat back from actuating the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C. / Lear Corporation

20090195045 - Rotating structure for armrests: A rotating structure for armrests includes a rotary plate disposed onto a support mounted to a holder extending upwardly on each of two sides of a chair. the support includes a receiving chamber formed on the top surface thereof and having a plurality of toothed recesses arranged around the external... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090195046 - Economy class passenger transportation seat with leg rest: This invention relates to a passenger seat for economy class transportation. The seat has an inclinable back rest, a moveable seat pan, an adjustable leg rest, and a foot rest. When stowed, the leg rest lays flat on the floor partially under the passengers feet and partially under the forward... Agent: Mark Clausen

20090195047 - Chair shell with integral hollow contoured support: A molded chair shell includes a seat portion and a back portion joined at a junction area. A support or reinforcement member is located at the junction area and is formed integrally with the seat portion and the back portion. The reinforcement member includes an internal cavity between the seat... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.