Chairs and seats inventions

20090278395 - Lift chair and recliner: A combination lift chair and reclining chair having additional seating and reclining positions is provided with two separate motors and linkages enabling the chair back to be independently placed in various positions and the seat separately movable with the footrest and elevated once the footrest has reached full deployment using... Agent: Charles A. Wilkinson, Esq.

20090278387 - Expandable/convertible sofa chair: An expandable and convertible sofa chair consisting of a base, backrest, two armrests, four small corner cushions, four long edge cushions, centre cushion, two straight connector cushions, two L shaped connector cushions, four feet, four decorative front/back side plates, tabletop plate, centre support board, and four locking mechanisms. The base... Agent: John Barbosa

20090278388 - Movement inducing module: According to the present invention there is provided a module for use with a chair having a seat portion supported by a support portion, for triggering movement of a person sitting thereon. The module is adapted for attachment to the chair between the seat portion and the support portion, and... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090278389 - Monitoring/entertainment system for a child's seat: The invention relates to a monitoring and/or entertainment system (1), especially for a child seat (10), having at least one electronic assembly (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) for displaying and/or recording images, films or film sequences, and having a moulded body (2) in which the at least one electronic assembly (4a,... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP Attn: Patent Docket Dept.

20090278390 - Child's car seat assembly enabling access to remote gaming applications and two-way person-to-person communications: A child's car seat assembly includes built-in components enabling wireless gaming applications. A child's car seat assembly includes built-in components enabling two-way, person-to-person communications. A child's car seat assembly includes built-in components enabling both wireless gaming applications and two-way, person-to-person communications. The child's car seat assembly of the invention is... Agent: Tillman Wright, PLLC

20090278391 - Work chair: An ergonomic work chair for activities requiring a bent-forward posture has the following features: a supporting cylinder which protrudes from a star base, a supporting column, which is mounted in the supporting cylinder such that it can be displaced in a vertical cylinder axis, for a base plate with a... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090278392 - Seat reclining apparatus for vehicle: A seat reclining apparatus includes first and second angle adjusting mechanisms, a connecting shaft being eccentric to a center of a rotating shaft of the first and second angle adjusting mechanisms, a first actuating mechanism including a first transmitting device, a second actuating mechanism including a second transmitting device, an... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.

20090278393 - Adjusting mechanism for arm rest: An adjusting mechanism for adjusting arm rest of a chair includes an inner tube with an axial groove in an outside thereof and multiple positioning holes are located within the axial groove. An outer tube is mounted to the inner tube and an arm rest is connected to a top... Agent: Wang Law Firm, Inc.

20090278394 - Occupant restraint apparatus: An occupant restraint apparatus 20 having a lap belt inflatable portion, into which inflator gas is introduced from the tip side of the lap belt, includes a webbing 21 routed on the front side of an occupant seated on a seat 10, an inflatable lap bag 22 constituting a tip... Agent: Kanesaka Berner And Partners LLP

20090273211 - Vehicle seating system: A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat frame having a seat back and stadium-type seat base for movement between a seating position and a storage position to improve ease of entry to the vehicle area behind the vehicle seat. The vehicle seat assembly includes a swing assembly coupled to the... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090273212 - Folding structure for a folding chair: A folding chair, including a first folding support and a second folding support, the first folding support includes a first front leg, a first back leg and a seat, the upper-end of the first front leg is pivotally connected to the lateral front-end of the seat, the first front leg... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain

20090273213 - System and method for adjusting a seat using biometric information: A method for adjusting a seat that includes one or more adjustable physical features includes for each person within a plurality of persons, calibrating the seat by determining a preferred setting for each of the one or more adjustable physical features of the seat, utilizing the determined preferred settings to... Agent: Cantor Colburn LLP - IBM Fishkill

20090273214 - Tilting nestable table and chair set: A portable chair and table set is provided that is tiltable and nestable to simplify and accommodate compact storage. The chair includes a seat shell that is pivotably mounted to a nestable support frame. Hinges connect the shell to the frame and are configured to hold the seat shell in... Agent: Maginot, Moore & Beck, LLP Chase Tower

20090273215 - Safety seat for installing a baby or a very young child on a vehicle seat: The invention relates to a safety seat for installing a baby or a very young child on a vehicle seat, the safety seat comprising a seat structure and an intermediate structure (50) providing the connection between the seat structure and a standard anchor unit associated with the vehicle seat, said... Agent: Mccormick, Paulding & Huber LLP

20090273216 - Recline mechanism for a child restraint seat: A mechanism for securing a seat carriage at a plurality of recline angles relative to a seat base. Embodiments of the mechanism are attached to a seat carriage and include a coupling device, which has a plurality of recesses which may be selectively engaged with or disengaged from one or... Agent: Taft, Stettinius & Hollister LLP

20090273217 - Rocker and hook on high chair apparatus: A child seat apparatus that may be engaged on the end of a table top so as to be used as a hook on high chair and that also may be set on the floor to be used as a rocker. The apparatus includes a base that includes longitudinal curved... Agent: Robert J Jacobson Pa

20090273218 - Pumping device for seat cushion of vehicle: The present invention relates to a pumping device for a seat cushion of a vehicle, in which a brake assembly 40 is disposed outside a clutch assembly 30 and parts are arranged in a line, such that it is possible to reduce the entire size, volume, and weight, thereby reducing... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090273219 - Detachable electric headrest: The detachable electric headrest includes a headrest pole, an ascending and descending slider, elastic pins, and locking bars. The headrest pole is configured such that engaging depressions are formed in the lower end portion thereof. The ascending and descending slider is provided with detachment depressions, into which the respective lower... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090273220 - Ottoman device: The present invention provides an ottoman device with a structure in which a link device including a leg support and a link frame to which the leg support is attached and an electric driving device for driving the link device are modulated on a fixing frame as a base connected... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090273221 - Ergonomic chair: An improved ergonomic chair, including a chair base, a chair cushion and a chair back located to the rear of the chair base. Support strength of cushion pads on the chair back assumes a fan-shape extending from a lower end towards the upper end, thereby dispersing the compressive stress on... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090273222 - Cushion body, seat, and method of manufacturing the same: A cushion body 11 is constituted by stacking a sheet-like fibrous structure 4a with a low density in which webs 2 are stacked such that their extending direction conforms with a thickness direction T of the cushion body and a sheet-like fibrous structure 4b with a high density whose flexing... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090273223 - Vehicle seatbelt: To provide a vehicle seatbelt capable of suppressing the reduction in the power holding a buckle webbing, a vehicle seatbelt 1 includes a buckle webbing 4 and a buckle 5 mounted at an end of the buckle webbing 4. The buckle webbing 4 is provided with a webbing loop portion... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090267388 - Leaning post seat with a removable soft-sided storage compartment: A leaning post seat assembly includes a D-ring having a D-shape and a cross tube disposed in the D-ring for defining a rectangular boundary having long sides and short sides. Two side frames are removably attached at opposite ends of the D-ring and a crossbar is removably attached between the... Agent: Robert M. Schwartz, P.A.

20090267389 - Cable connecting devices: One aspect according to the invention can include a cable connecting device including a first cable and a second cable coupled to a first mechanism and a second mechanism of a vehicle seat, respectively, and each having an inner cable member and an outer cable member. A cable receiving member... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090267390 - Crashworthy seat for a vehicle: A crashworthy seat for a vehicle comprises a stand including a first and a second foot connected mechanically to a first and a second vertical support leg; a pan connected by the stand to a floor wherein the first and the second feet are disposed on each side of the... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090267391 - Energy absorber element: An energy absorber element comprises an absorber portion having first and second distal ends and having a first elongate element and a second elongate element facing the first elongate element and connected to the second element solely at the first and second distal ends, a first anchor point secured to... Agent: Darby & Darby P.C.

20090267392 - Vehicle seat having a device for vehicle seat occupancy detection: The invention relates to a vehicle seat having a device for vehicle seat occupancy detection, wherein a base frame which can be adjusted in the height direction of the vehicle seat and which is composed of at least two scissors arms which are connected to one another is arranged between... Agent: Black Lowe & Graham, PLLC

20090267393 - Compact booster seat: Taught herein is a lightweight, compact, and easily carried booster seat for a child or a small adult to use with stadium seating. The child booster seat comprises a sheet of flexible material, such as fabric, that is attached to the stadium seating by a sleeve and hooks or straps.... Agent: Passe' Intellectual Property, LLC

20090267394 - Mechanism for an office chair: A mechanism for an office chair having a backrest support which may be pivoted rearwardly. Adjustment of the backrest pivotal motion is accomplished by the mechanism having a base support which may be positioned on a chair column, a seat support, the backrest support which may be pivoted to the... Agent: Lerner Greenberg Stemer LLP

20090267395 - Pivot assembly: A pivot assembly has a pivot support member with a keyway. The keyway has two oppositely directed longer keyway wings extending from a middle section and the middle section has two oppositely directed shorter keyway wings extending in a direction transverse to that of the longer keyway wings. The shorter... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090267396 - Longitudinal displacement device for a motor vehicle seat: A longitudinal displacement device is provided that has an upper rail that is displaceable in the longitudinal direction, and a stationary lower rail. A linear guide that has a bearing element for longitudinal guidance and support of the upper rail is located in the longitudinal direction between the upper rail... Agent: Muncy, Geissler, Olds & Lowe, PLLC

20090267397 - Structure of control portion of seat height adjuster: A structure of operation portion of height adjuster of vehicle seat is provided, in which a brake unit associated with the height adjuster and a support element on which a control lever is mounted are disposed. Further, a transmission mechanism of parallel linkage structure with four articulation points is operatively... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20090267398 - Armrest assembly for automobile seat: An armrest assembly for an automobile seat, in which an armrest protrudes from a foldable seatback such that a passenger rests his/her arm on the armrest when the seatback is folded, and comes into contact with the seatback when the seatback is folded out in order to take a seat.... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090267399 - Linear retractor seat tie down: An extendable strap or member extendable from one portion of a collapsed seat to hold the remaining portion of the seat thereatop. A spring mounted within the seat is operable to retract the strap or member into the seat when not in use.... Agent: Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, Mcnett & Henry LLP

20090267400 - Head restraint: A head restraint assembly for use with a vehicle seat, the head restraint assembly having a head restraint armature that is adapted to be attached to a seat back, including two spaced apart support posts, a cushion surrounding the head restraint armature and a strap that is affixed to the... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C./fgtl

20090267401 - Cushion body, seat, and method of manufacturing the same: A cushion body, which can secure both a soft touch feeling and favorable shape reproduction of a groove portion, a seat having the same, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. A cushion body 11 is formed by stacking a plurality of sheet-like fibrous structures 4a to 4e, a groove... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department

20090261626 - High chairs and methods to use high chairs: High chairs and methods to use high chairs are disclosed. An example high chair includes a frame and a seat, wherein the seat defines a slot and is shaped to funnel spills toward the slot.... Agent: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC

20090261627 - Stool with telescopic legs: A stool with telescopic legs, comprising a seat and four legs, wherein one end of said four legs are hinged to the seat, the two legs in a side are pivotally cross to other two legs in the other side respectively, and the two crossing joints are connected by a... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090261628 - Foldable chair: A foldable chair comprising a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, a seat and a backrest, wherein said front legs and said rear legs are hinged together rotatably to form a scissor-shape by riveting, said seat is hinged with the rear legs rotatably through a connecting piece... Agent: Rabin & Berdo, PC

20090261629 - Automatically adjustable seat: Automatically adjustable seating apparatus are described. The automatically adjustable seating apparatus include first and second seat bottom portions that at least one of which is moveable. The first and/or second seat bottom portions are moveable by automatic adjusters that alter the position of a seat bottom portion between a retracted... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090261630 - Convertible chair: A furniture item (102) convertible between a chair and a table. It has two panels (104, 106) hinged together and moveable between: —a chair configuration, in which one panel (104) provides a seat and the other panel (106) provides a backrest, and—a table configuration, in which the panels form a... Agent: Kirk Hahn

20090261631 - Child carriage tray and support therefor: A child carriage tray and support therefor including: a tray having an upper face and a lower face opposed to the upper face and a pair of strut assembles each mountable to the lower face in a selectable spaced relationship one to the other by mounting means formed into or... Agent: Quy Early

20090261632 - Bicycle saddle: A bicycle saddle comprises a saddle including front and rear portions; an elastic member disposed between the front and rear portions; a valve assembly installed to bottom of the saddle between the front and middle portions and including an air pump and an air escape valve communicating with the elastic... Agent: Kamrath & Associates P.A.

20090261633 - Seat for a bicycle: A seat for a bicycle has a seat body and a seat post. The seat body a front end, a rear end, a bottom and multiple reinforced ribs. The rear end has a width larger than that of the front end. The reinforced ribs are formed on the bottom of... Agent: Nikolai & Mersereau, P.A.

20090261634 - Damper and vehicle seat equipped with the dampter: A damper 1 includes a vessel 2; a partitioning member 6 which partitions an internal space of the vessel 2 into two accommodation chambers 4 and 5 for accommodating a viscous fluid 3 and which is movable with respect to the vessel 2; a moving force imparting device 7 for... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20090261635 - Headrest inclining apparatus of active head rest: A headrest inclining apparatus for moving a headrest forward by a pressure generated when a passenger moves backward relative to a seat back, in which an energizing device is provided in a support bracket, and the upper part of the support bracket is always energized backward relative to a vehicle.... Agent: Frishauf, Holtz Goodman & Chick, P.C.

20090261636 - Reinforcement for rear seat backs: A reinforcement for rear seat backs is disclosed herein. The rear seat back reinforcement of the present invention includes a luggage bar, which is provided between a rear package tray and a floor panel and has a holding member and a mounting member, and a wire frame, which is held... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090261637 - Piece of furniture: The invention relates to a body support structure (1), such as a piece of furniture (1), in particular a piece of furniture for sitting on or a piece of furniture for lying on, such as, for example, chair (3), armchair, stool, bed or sofa, a seat (7) of the piece... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090261639 - Seat with seat sensor: A seat with a seat sensor includes a soft pad having a cavity extending upwardly from a bottom surface thereof, a pressure sensitive sheet sensor for sensing a person sitting on the pad, and a soft material disposed in the cavity such that the soft material is prevented from coming... Agent: Kanesaka Berner & Partners

20090261638 - Vehicle seat with monitor: According to one embodiment of the invention, there is provided a vehicle seat with a monitor, including: a seat back; a headrest including: a head receiving portion receiving a back of a head of a vehicle occupant; a hollow recess being formed on a reverse side of the head receiving... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090261640 - Device for attaching a child car seat to an anchor member or anchor bracket of the body of a vehicle: A device for releasably attaching a child seat to an anchor member connected to a body of a vehicle.... Agent: Scott R. Foster Pandiscio & Pandiscio, P. C.

20090261641 - Hydraulic adjustable seat: An adjustable chair and a tilt assembly for use therewith typically provides side to side tilting of the chair seat and preferably provides forward and backward tilting of the seat separately or in combination with the side to side tilting. A hydraulic system is provided for controlling the tilting movement.... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090261642 - Hydraulic adjustable seat: An adjustable chair and a tilt assembly for use therewith typically provides side to side tilting of the chair seat and preferably provides forward and backward tilting of the seat separately or in combination with the side to side tilting. A hydraulic system is provided for controlling the tilting movement.... Agent: Sand & Sebolt

20090261643 - Locking collapsible seat apparatus: The locking collapsible seat apparatus of the present invention offers a convenient height for sitting or standing according to studies directed to preferred height of the apparatus, a light-weight construction for easy transport, a compact design for convenient storage and a configuration for effortless transition between an erected state and... Agent: Valauskas & Pine LLC

20090261644 - Chair: A chair comprising two ribbed supporting sectional elements (12) set at a distance from one another in a transverse direction and connected to a base (22, 24) by means of a transverse supporting element (20), wherein each of said ribbed supporting sectional elements (12) is basically L-shaped, with a seat... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC