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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7195219 | Modular dental chair equipment mounting system A system for reconfigurably adapting a dental chair for use, including, e.g., use from the right side or left side, use by right-handed or left-handed practitioners and use in various dentistry practice styles, may include a link arm, a primary arm and a secondary a... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7168115 | Lifting cushion and method for transferring a patient from a chair An inflatable lifting cushion for an articulated chair including a five-sided polygon capable that is longitudinally aligned on the seat and back of the chair. The cushion includes triangular side walls and at least one interior plenum having an air inlet port enabl... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7159940 | Eccentrically rotatable swivel seat device A swivel seat device is disclosed for bringing an individual adjacent to a table without moving or lifting the chair the individual is seated upon includes an upper supporting member eccentrically pivotally interconnected to a lower supporting member whereupon the i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 6106060 | Wheelchair accessible stadium seating A seating arrangement comprising two seats mounted to a single support pole, each seat capable of being rotated about the support pole and stowed independently of the other. The seating arrangement may also include a single seat slidably and rotatably mou... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6053572 | Device for facilitating access to sitting position on car seat A device for facilitating access to a car seat takes the form of a multi-laminate plastic, rotating seat device or disk having a plurality of fold lines defining a plurality of segments. The disk is placed upon the seating area of a car seat and substanti... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6015188 | Swivel seat for a vehicle A swivel seat for a vehicle that provides a fixed seating platform surrounding a swivel seating platform and a smooth transition from the edge of the vehicle seat to the seating platform. In one version of the invention the swivel seat includes a rotatabl... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5505518 | Inflatable device for assisting in raising a seated person to a standing position An inflatable device for assisting in rasing a seated person to a standing position, comprising a base member formed of a rigid material in a planar configuration, the base member having a leading edge and a trailing edge and side edges therebetween. An u... | 04/09/1996 |
| 5456518 | Flexible access seating A seating system capable of being put into a variety of configurations which include wheelchair locations. The seating arrangement is made up of two-chair and three-chair units in which at least one fixed chair is included within each unit. Stowable chair... | 10/10/1995 |
| 5427426 | Seat accessory A seat accessory is used to assist a user in entering and exiting a vehicle and includes a seat element mounted on a base element by a bearing, such as a lazy-susan bearing. The seat element includes a planar center section, a wall section and a leg suppo... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5318339 | Vehicular portable swivel seat A portable apparatus for expeditiously seating a handicapped or elderly person in a vehicle. The device is mounted on a car seat and includes top and bottom members which swivel relative to each other. The bottom member is removably fastened by a belt to ... | 06/07/1994 |
| 4195882 | Adjustable convertible furniture for supporting one or more persons An adjustable and convertible piece of furniture for accommodating single or multiple persons in multipositions. The piece may comprise a chair, couch, bed, or recreational support of novel configuration facilitating face to face conversation among severa... | 04/01/1980 |
