Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7637571 | Vehicle seat assembly Disclosed is a vehicle seat assembly having a feature in a seat cushion angle adjustment mechanism of a seat cushion in a simple configuration. A vehicle seat assembly according to an embodiment of the present invention comprises a seat back, a seat cushion coupled ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7611202 | Tilt mechanism for a chair A tilt mechanism provides improved coordination in the motions of a chair seat and a chair back during chair tilt. In one aspect, the tilt mechanism includes a seat base, a back bracket, a back support bar, a guide track and a back follower member. The seat base is ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7490904 | Decreased skin shear device A device that can be attached to any existing reclining type device such as chairs and beds that will eliminate shear forces on the user's body regardless of the level of movement. The primary components of the device are a seat plate, a seat slide plate, a back pla... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7472957 | Seating system and a passenger accommodation unit for a vehicle A passenger seat assembly for a vehicle, particularly an aircraft, which is adapted to provide self-contained, individual seating and sleeping accommodation for a passenger, said seating assembly including a supporting structure (42) for supporting said assem... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7390060 | Reclining chair A recliner has a frame having a pair of longitudinally extending and transversely spaced side beams having confronting inner faces and head and foot ends, a middle cushion on the frame between the ends thereof, a head cushion on the frame at the head ends, and a foo... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7374245 | Vehicular seat A vehicular seat has a seat cushion supported on a floor portion of a vehicle body panel, a seat back divided into a seat back upper and a seat back lower and controlled to be reclined, a seat back upper frame supporting the seat back upper and fixed to a rear porti... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7270371 | Truck slouch seat A vehicle slouch seat includes a cushion frame attached to a seat back frame such that the cushion frame is pivotable from an upright position to a slouch position. The slouch seat is also foldable and stowable against a vehicle cabin wall. Motion between the uprigh... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7255395 | Seat assembly with movable inner seat back A seat assembly includes a seat cushion, an adjuster mechanism and a seat back. The seat cushion has opposite front and rear ends. The adjuster mechanism is operatively coupled between the floor of the motor vehicle and the seat cushion. The adjuster mechanism allow... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7195316 | Multi-positional seat The present invention provides an apparatus for use in sitting on a vehicle and a method for use in manufacturing a seat. The apparatus can include a base, a back secured with the base and a seat pan secured with the base. The seat pan can further include a first po... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7185951 | Chair and synchrotilt chair mechanism A synchrotilt chair mechanism and a chair are provided. The synchrotilt chair mechanism is for use on a chair that has a base assembly with an extending pedestal, a seat and a back. The mechanism includes a chassis that is coupled to the pedestal and a seat plate th... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7134729 | Frame assembly for vehicle passenger seat A frame assembly for vehicle passenger seat, including at least one leg unit, including a cantilevered transverse main beam carried by a fore and aft-extending seat leg for being mounted to the floor of the vehicle, a transversely extending front beam positioned for... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7108326 | Seat, especially an airplane seat A seat, preferably an aeroplane seat, includes a seat base (12) which can be positioned on the floor and seat components which are provided for each seat and are arranged on the seat base (12). The seat components can be a seat back (1) and a se... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7040701 | Reclining device A reclining apparatus which includes guide members (20) that move forward and backward on opposite sides of a bottom plate (3). The guide members (20) are moved forward and backward by a roller (21, 22) that is slidable and rotatable alon... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7014204 | Rocking wheelchair A rocking wheelchair is provided with multiple adjustable features to meet various needs of different users with respect to safety, comfortableness and user/caregiver convenience. The rocking wheelchair includes an adjustable maximum rocking motion setting for users... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7015545 | Split source RF MOSFET device An RF MOS transistor having improved AC output conductance and AC output capacitance includes parallel interdigitated source and drain regions separated by channel regions and overlying gates. Grounded tap regions contacting an underlying well are placed contiguous ... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6641214 | Chair with improved cradle motion, particularly for aircrafts Chairs employed in economy-class aircraft seating often incline by rotation of the back about a fixed point, usually the rear edge of the fixed seat. While increasing the comfort of one passenger, this form of seat inclination reduces the space available ... | 11/04/2003 |
| 6425635 | Weight-shifting reclining and tilting wheelchair seat A wheelchair is provided, having a recline mechanism for the chair back and wherein the seat is repositioned forward in response to recline to reposition the user's weight relative to the supporting wheels. The chair is also independently equipped with a ... | 07/30/2002 |
| 6158810 | Chair back tilt apparatus An improved chair back tilt apparatus for a wheelchair. The apparatus includes a seat and a back support pivotally coupled to the seat. A backrest is slidably coupled to the back support and coupled to the seat by a rigid L-shaped support. A linear motion... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6059364 | Seating unit A seating unit (1) comprises a fixed housing (10) containing a primary seat with a reclinable back arranged to recline in such a manner that it remains within the housing. The seating unit is suitable for a aircraft cabin and may further comprise a leg-re... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5944382 | Adjustable seating Adjustable seating has a frame, a seat bottom mounted on the frame so as to slide forwardly and rearwardly, and a seat back mounted on the frame so as to slide upwardly and downwardly and also to tilt rearwardly from a resiliently restrained upright posit... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5558399 | Seat and lumbar motion chair, assembly and method A seat and lumbar motion chair having a lumbar support assembly which is coupled to the seat and a mounting assembly mounting the seat and the lower end of the lumbar support for movement in a generally horizontal orientation in fore and aft directions. M... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5533305 | Treatment booth for infectious patients Treatment booth provides patient isolation for sputum induction and aerosolized treatment. The booth is provided with a seat assembly to enable a patient to comfortably recline in a number of positions. Hazardous microbial airborne particles within the bo... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5219204 | Recliner and elevator chair A recliner chair assembly with a vertical lift that raises the seat back that in turn tilts the seat. The lower end of the back is tracked to cause the back to recline and also to shift the seat horizontally and vertically. Horizontal movement of the seat... | 06/15/1993 |
| 5112109 | Sliding seat bottom interconnected with back having hinged upper and lower seat backs A vehicular seat whose seat back is divided into upper and lower seat backs. The lower seat back is hingedly connected at its lower end section with a seat cushion and at its upper end section with the lower end section of the upper seat back. The upper e... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5110183 | Customized home chair and method of manufacture A reclining chair that meets requirements of chair design promoting occupant comfort: The chair, suitable for use as a bed, provides a means whereby when the seat moves forwardly, the backrest reclines and vice versa, thereby controlling the position of t... | 05/05/1992 |
| 4904020 | Chair comprising a seat, a back and a frame A chair comprises a seat (6), a back (7) and a frame (2, 3, 4, 5). In order to give the user a comfortable opportunity to change his position during the use of the chair, the positions of both the chair (6) and the back (7) are readjustable with respect t... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4813721 | Apparatus for adjusting the inclination of a vehicle rear seat An apparatus for adjusting the inclination of a rear seat of a vehicle is described, of the type comprising an electromechanical linkage which is able to translationally move in one direction or the other the seat cushion assembly to which the back-rest i... | 03/21/1989 |
| 4750741 | Back stretching chair A back stretching chair is presented. It comprises a generally rectangular base having fore and aft ends. A back rest member has top and bottom ends and is rotatably coupled by its bottom end to the aft end of the base by rotating hinge means so that the ... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4697846 | Adjustable chair An adjustable chair structure comprises a support frame of substantially L-shape conformation supported by a base in the form of an upright column supported on a set of radial feet carried on castors. The L-shape support frame has a horizontal arm for sup... | 10/06/1987 |
| 4616874 | Vehicle seat assembly A vehicle seat assembly is for a vehicle seat having a back rest and a seat surface. The back rest is adjustable in inclination and the seat surface is adjustable in height and inclination. To reduce the height of the assembly and to enable the height and ... | 10/14/1986 |
| 4502729 | Chair, especially a reclining chair A reclining chair is disclosed containing a conventional seat portion pivotable about a fixed pivot shaft or axle and a backrest containing a backrest plate displaceable upon guide rails. These guide rails are pivoted to a greater extent than the seat dur... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4452486 | Chair type furniture The invention relates to a chair type furniture characterized by a frame on which a seat area may be guided forward and backward in about horizontal direction, furtheron by a tiltable back rest the lower end of which is articulated to the seat area the mi... | 06/05/1984 |
| 4362336 | Sliding chair A chair type article of furniture has a seat member which is movable generally horizontally and a back rest which is supported at a lower portion thereof for generally horizontal movement with the seat member and is also articulated to the frame of the ar... | 12/07/1982 |
| 4018166 | Combination seat and berth A railway passenger compartment includes a seating arrangement which is convertible to elongated berths by moving oppositely disposed seats toward each other, the same being hingedly connected to seat backs which are also moved into longitudinal alignment... | 04/19/1977 |
