Chairs and seats inventions

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

20090256401 - Collapsible and portable chair: A portable two-frame collapsible chair comprised of an inner and outer frame with the frames hingably joined for rotating between a first position for carrying and a second position for sitting. The chair includes a flexible seat member connected to both frames. The chair further includes a flexible backrest hingably... Agent: Carstens & Cahoon, LLP

20090256402 - Zero gravity wall hugger recliner: A zero gravity wall hugger recliner having a motor drive, seat and backrest assembly that move back and forth on a trolley mounted on the chair base when the seat and backrest assembly move forward with the trolley on the chair base. A bracket attached between the base and seat... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090256403 - Heat radiation mechanism: A heat radiation mechanism that radiates heat from an electrical storage device disposed in a space under a seat installed in the passenger compartment, having a guide surface for directing the heat from the electrical storage device out of the space. The guide surface is inclined with respect to a... Agent: Kenyon & Kenyon LLP

20090256404 - Child seat having a crush zone: A child safety seat is provided. The safety seat includes a generally L-shaped shell having a seat bottom and a seat back, a harness assembly carried by the shell for restraining an occupant in the seat, a restraining member for receiving a latching assembly for securing the safety seat into... Agent: Adams Intellectual Property Law, P.A.

20090256405 - Passenger seat device for motor vehicles: A passenger seat for use in a motor vehicle includes a first and a second substantially planar region. The seat is pivotable about a horizontal axis between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first region is horizontal and acts as the seat, and the... Agent: Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (sf)

20090256406 - Assembly comprising a chassis and a child seat being detachably connectable to the chassis, as well as such a child seat and such a chassis: An assembly comprises a chassis and a child seat that is detachably connectable to the chassis. The child seat is provided with at least one first connecting element, which is detachably connectable to a second connecting element provided in the chassis. The child seat comprises at least one tilting arm... Agent: Barnes & Thornburg LLP

20090256407 - Chair back with lumbar and pelvic supports: An office chair is provided having a back assembly which is configured to provide supplemental support to the back of a chair occupant in addition to the support provided by the primary support surface of the chair back. The chair back includes a lumbar support unit having a lumbar support... Agent: Flynn, Thiel, Boutell & Tanis, P.C.

20090256408 - Bouncing cradle: A bouncing cradle comprising a base frame (10), a backrest (20), a first pivot mounting (12) arranged for the backrest (20) and carried by the base frame (10), an arm (22) fixedly connected to the backrest (20) and situated under the backrest (20) as well as at a distance from... Agent: Dickstein Shapiro LLP

20090256409 - Rotation lock device: A reclining device of a vehicle seat including a ratchet, a guide, three pawls and a rotating cam. Three spacing distances are defined due to such positioning of the three pawls, and one of the spacing distances is determined so as to be greater than the remaining two spacing distances.... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090256410 - Collapsible integral foot rest: A collapsible footrest for universal use with similarly collapsible outdoor chairs comprising a fabric footrest panel supported vertically by a first pair of crossed support members and supported horizontally in relation to a chair by a second pair of crossed support members affixed to the chair at its base. The... Agent: Ober / Kaler Ober, Kaler, Grimes & Shriver

20090256411 - Emergency information seatbelt attachment: The emergency information seatbelt attachment (10) provides an identification and information-bearing badge (14), which is releasably mounted on a seatbelt (16) and may be secured to, and transported with, a user in the case of an accident or other emergency. A flexible sheet (12) is provided, which may be wrapped... Agent: Litman Law Offices, Ltd.

20090250977 - High chair: A folding device is configured at the pivot between the rear leg frame and the front leg frame of a high chair and allows a user to complete folding process by pressing a driving member. When the driving member is pressed, an engaging member of the folding device moves correspondingly... Agent: North America Intellectual Property Corporation

20090250978 - Collapsible portable child seat: A collapsible chair has an inner frame with multiple inner cross members configured in an X structure, an outer frame with multiple outer cross members configured in an X structure, a surface coupled to the inner frame and the outer frame, and a seat support extending downward from the surface... Agent: Wolff & Samson PC Attn: Jeffrey M. Weinick

20090250979 - Health care chair: A health care chair includes a base and a seating portion attached to the base. A lift assist mechanism connects the base and seating portion and assists in moving the seating portion from a first reclined position to a second inclined position without electrical power. The chair also includes moveable... Agent: Brinks Hofer Gilson & Lione

20090250980 - Temperature controlled vehicle seats: A seat temperature control system having a temperature controlled seat for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The temperature controlled seat may comprise a seat bottom, a seat back and an air conditioning system. The seat bottom includes a bottom heat exchanger fluid coil configured to direct a cooling fluid... Agent: General Motors Company Legal Staff

20090250981 - Headrest operating devices: One aspect according to the invention can include a headrest operating device including a backside collision detecting device (20) that can produce an operational force upon detection of occurrence of backside collision. The operational force of the backside collision detecting device (20) can be transmitted to an operation member (25,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090250982 - Sound and vibration transmission pad and system: The present invention is directed to a pad and sound transmission system which is adapted to directly transmit audible sound waves into the body at high intensity levels. In one embodiment, the subject invention includes a back pad and a seat pad. Each pad includes a speaker module having an... Agent: Briggs And Morgan P.A.

20090250984 - Motor vehicle seat having a wing rest having cover plate and seating configuration having such a motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat is provided that includes, but is not limited to a backrest, which may be pivoted from an essentially upright usage position into an essentially horizontal non-usage position and which has at least one wing rest, which includes, but is not limited to a support part and... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090250983 - Motor vehicle seat with pivotable wing rests and seat arrangement with such a motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat is provided with a backrest which can be pivoted from a substantially upright position of use into a substantially horizontal position of non-use. The backrest includes, but is not limited to a wing rest which in the position of non-use of the backrest can be pivoted... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090250987 - Motor vehicle seat having lockable wing rest and seating configuration having such a motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat is provide that includes, but is not limited to a backrest which is pivoted from an essentially upright usage position into an essentially horizontal non-usage position, the backrest having a wing rest which is pivotable in the non-usage position of the backrest from an armrest non-usage... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090250985 - Motor vehicle seat with preloaded wing-rest and seat arrangement with such a motor vehicle seat: A motor vehicle seat is provided with a seat back which can be tilted from a substantially upright use position into a substantially horizontal non-use position. The seat back has at least one wing-rest which, in the non-use position of the seat back, can be tilted about a tilting axis... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090250986 - Seat arrangement for a motor vehicle having a longitudinally displaceable middle vehicle seat: A seat arrangement is provided for a motor vehicle having two outer vehicle seats and a middle vehicle seat disposed between the outer vehicle seats in the transverse direction, which are displaceable independently of one another in the longitudinal direction. The middle vehicle seat has a folding backrest and can... Agent: Ingrassia Fisher & Lorenz, P.C. (gme)

20090250988 - Furniture seatback tilt recline angle limiter and method: The invention provides a furniture chair seatback tilt limiter system for adjustably limiting the seatback recline of a chair. The seatback tilt limiter system includes a first gear toothed rotator with a full forward seatback upright endstop and a full recline seatback endstop. The seatback tilt limiter system includes a... Agent: Lord Corporation Patent & Legal Services

20090250989 - Connecting apparatuses for vehicular seats: One aspect of the present invention can include a connecting apparatus having first and second connecting members, a lock member and an operating member. The first and second connecting members are integrated in a direction of matching disks thereof to be able to rotate relative to each other. The first... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090250990 - Connection devices in vehicle seats: A connecting device may include first and second connecting elements that are axially oppositely coupled to each other so as to be rotatable relative to each other, a locking member that is positioned between the first and second connecting elements, an operating member that is positioned between the first and... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20090250991 - Seating support system: A seating product, such as a chair, has a frame. The frame defines the seating area and back area of the seating product. A series flexible straps extend across the seating area and back area. In a similar fashion, a series of spring supports extend over the flexible straps and... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090250992 - Cushion body, seat, and method of manufacturing the same: A cushion body which has a force to support a large load and both a soft touch feeling and can maintain an undulation shape of a groove portion and the like provided on a contact surface with a seat occupant favorable, a seat using the same, and a manufacturing method... Agent: Schiff Hardin, LLP Patent Department