Did You Know...
...Chester Carlson was a patent agent who tired of having to make multiple copies of patent applications using the only duplication method available at the time: carbon paper. In 1959 he came up with a new copying system and took it to IBM for evaluation. The "experts" at IBM determined potential sales to be only 5,000 units because people wouldn't want to use a bulky machine when they had carbon paper. Carlson's invention was the xerography process, the company founded on the system is Xerox.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182033 | Child restraint systems Improvements for child restraint systems are directed specifically to the covers, handles, and harnesses thereof. A child restraint cover is readily removed without having to detach the harness from the seat. A soft and semi rigid child restraint handle includes mem... | 05/22/2012 |
| 7976100 | Handle device for infant car seat A handle device for an infant car seat includes a handle member and a pad. The handle member has two ends coupled respectively to two opposite sides of the infant car seat, and an inner surface formed with a positioning groove. The pad is disposed within the positio... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7452029 | Celebratory chair An apparatus for providing a celebratory chair for performing chair lifting rituals at celebratory events. In accordance with various embodiments, the chair includes at least one handle disposed at the base of each leg. The handle(s) extends transversely to the leg ... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7331493 | Simplified two-man lifting harness A shoulder harness is made of straps forming a figure eight having a criss-cross strap configuration, in one embodiment, across a user's back. Two loops are formed which hang under the user's arms. The loops may be threaded into slots on the top of a wide tension bu... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7318795 | TV chair An exercise apparatus for use by a crippled person for exercising their hips and legs. The apparatus comprising a base and a seat mounted on the base, the seat having two sides along the longitudinal axis of the seat. Cushions are located on the least two sides of t... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7270372 | Infant carrier frame The infant carrier frame provides additional comfortable lifting points and a contoured shape facilitating easier holding or carrying. Handles are included at the sides, the head end, and the foot end to provide options to enable easier lifting, holding, and carryin... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7210742 | Distance adjustment device for chair A distance adjustment device for a chair includes a guide rail, a movable plate slidably mounted on the guide rail, a movable handle pivotally mounted on the movable plate and having a first end detachably engaged with the guide rail, and a fixed handle secured on t... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7077447 | Method for manually carrying a load A sling for carrying a load comprises two parallel straps that are interconnected by a series of relatively rigid handles. The sling is placed underneath the load while leaving several handles on either side of the load available for gripping. A person at each end o... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7032966 | Swivel high chair A high chair for feeding a child is disclosed. The high chair includes a base and a chair sized to support a child. The chair is supported on the base at a height suitable for feeding a child. The chair is rotatable relative to the base about a substantially vertica... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7025416 | Resin chair with removable desk top A chair having a pair of channels for receiving the posts of an independent, removable desktop. A locking mechanism is provided to secure one of the desk posts within its receiver channel. The locking mechanism may be easily released to extract the desk post from th... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6901612 | Carrier for a physically challenged person A foldable carrier to transport a person in a seated posture. The carrier has a bottom panel, two side panels, and a back panel. On the outside of the two side panels are at least one rank of anchors, preferably two, to which handles can be engaged to assist lifting... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6799798 | Support and restraint structure for passengers of public transport vehicles The support and restraint structure is a tubular frame (1) generally oval in shape having two branches (2) and (3), the extremities of which are interconnected at two rounded corners (4) and (5) and having one or two cross-bars and... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6482060 | Infant self-righting flotation seat/carrier An infant seat/carrier equipped with low-density material spaced from the center of gravity of the seat/carrier to provide a torsion force on the seat/carrier to urge the seat/carrier to an upright position.... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6378937 | Retractable infant-seat shoulder strap An apparatus for the assisted portage of automobile types of infant-seats separate from an automobile includes a coiled holder with an extensible strap that is attached to one side of the infant-seat and a screw-eye that is attached to the other side. The... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6250713 | Extractable seat A vehicular seat for use in extracting a driver from a vehicle driver compartment of, for example, a racing vehicle. The seat includes a shell having a seat bottom and seat back. The seat further includes a securing strap for securing the driver to the se... | 06/26/2001 |
| 5971476 | Handle adjustment mechanism A handle adjustment mechanism for an infant car seat includes a pair of symmetrically similar, axially aligned, hollow first cylinders positioned on each side of an infant carrier and at respective handle arms. The first cylinders have a common axis coext... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5924768 | Headrest mounted handle to assist an occupant upon entering or exiting a vehicle A pivoting handle for assisting a passenger of a vehicle upon entering, exiting or remaining in a vehicle. The handle includes one or more brackets for mounting the device on a single or multiple headrest bars, such that the handle will not interfere with... | 07/20/1999 |
| 5887950 | Modular toy toddler car seat A modular toy toddler car seat includes a seat member, a backrest and two armrests. Each of the armrests is a plastic unitary piece and has an inner surface formed with a generally V-shaped open-ended slide slot and a plurality of blind holes which are lo... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5806924 | Baby seat An infant carrier (10) has an upper opening (32) that has a track (42) at each edge. A sliding door (40) is mounted in the track (42) for movement between an open and closed position. The door has mesh covered windows (43) that provide visibility to the i... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5658044 | Infant carrier handle An infant carrier with an improved handle having a generally bow or W shape and including first and second generally parallel leg portions each having a first end for attachment to the infant carrier and a second end, a central carrier portion including a... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5651581 | Infant seat handle Apparatus for holding and carrying an infant in which a U-shaped handle is attached to a carrier and a second hand grip member is attached to the handle and lies in a substantially vertical plane which extends through the longitudinal axis of the carrier.... | 07/29/1997 |
| 5544935 | Carrier apparatus Carrier apparatus includes a handle mounted for rotation about an axis and limited axial movement in a middle portion of the frame. The frame is pivotably mounted to the infant seat. The frame is a generally U-shaped pivotable member including a first arm... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5516190 | Handle for infant car seat An infant carrier comprising a seat having a front, back, opposed parallel side walls, and a handle having opposed parallel legs with one end of each of the legs being pivotally connected to a mating side wall. The legs extend upwardly and inwardly from t... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5515549 | Patient carrying device A patient carrying device comprising a seat panel connected to a back panel. The seat panel and back panel are preferably made of soft pliable fabric, and hingedly connected together to form a two-dimensional sling like patient carrying device.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5466040 | High rise evacuation chair A device for evacuating elderly, infirm, smoke-inhalation victims or the like from a structure accessible by stairs such as the fire stairs in the high rise building which comprises a supporting seat or chair for such persons mounted on a pair of stretche... | 11/14/1995 |
| 5421637 | Foldable stadium seat and storage apparatus A new and improved foldable stadium seat and storage apparatus includes a seat portion assembly, a storage assembly, and a first hinge assembly connecting the seat portion assembly and the storage assembly together. The first hinge assembly is connected b... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5385390 | Portable seat carrier A portable seat carrier is provided, which consists of a seat in which a person may sit upon. A backrest to support a back of the person, is hinged to the seat. A structure extends from the sides of the seat to removably connect to the backrest for suppor... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5201535 | Folding stroller with detachable seat A stroller with a releasable seat, having a reclining backrest. The seat is releasably attachable to a stroller body. When not attached to the stroller body, the seat may be utilized as a carrier by virtue of an integral carrying strap. Either a leg guard... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5139310 | Headrest A headrest with a decorative board attached to its rear side. The decorative board is formed with a gripping hook member in its inner wall, and on the other hand, the body of headrest is at its rear surface formed with a cut-away area through which is exp... | 08/18/1992 |
| 4695072 | Athlete carrier Apparatus for manually transporting an injured person includes a chair having a seat, a backrest, front and rear legs, ground wheels on the rear legs and carrier arms which extend forwardly and backwardly at opposite sides of the chair. These elements are... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4564240 | Lounger or reclining chair made from a floatable plastic body The invention relates to a lounger or reclining chair made from a rigid plastic body with a continuous supporting surface. The lounger or reclining chair must be floatable and at the same time must possess the good qualities of erectable loungers or recli... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4516806 | Portable infant carrier The portable infant carrier is made with a mesh body of three-dimensional shape which is molded with the frame of the seat. The mesh body conforms to the shape of the individual infant and thus permits an infant to be carried in a supported, semi-fetal po... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4229039 | Insert travel chair and method of transporting the handicapped A travel chair includes a back pivotable both forwardly and rearwardly and pivotable underneath the chair to form a generally triangular arrangement for ease in carrying and further includes detachable wheels for use of the chair in automobiles and the li... | 10/21/1980 |
| 4165127 | Therapeutic and rehabilitative carriage The specification discloses a wheeled multi functional vehicle or chair for therapeutic and rehabilitative use by invalids and others having muscular and neurological disability. The vehicle is characterized by a frame on which is supported independently ... | 08/21/1979 |
| 4113307 | Travel insert chair and method of transporting the physically handicapped A method and apparatus for transporting the physically handicapped in the form of an insert travel chair, including a pair of pivoting wheels at the front thereof and the rear portion under the seat being unobstructed whereby the chair may be nested onto ... | 09/12/1978 |
| 4082349 | Commercial duty high chair A rugged rolling high chair for commercial duty, as in restaurants and cafeterias, in which preformed rigid tubular members are interconnected relative to a one piece molded seat member to obtain a stable assembly. An upper frame member is in the form of ... | 04/04/1978 |
