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 |
| 8186705 | Stroller A stroller having a frame with front and rear portions and right and left sides. A seat having a seat base and a seat back is mounted to the front portion of the frame. The seat back is rotatable relative to the frame between a back support position and a travel sea... | 05/29/2012 |
| 7950686 | Reducible chassis of a man-carrying vehicle A man-carrying vehicle has a chassis, which can be reduced for the vehicle to be easy to store, put away and transport; the chassis includes a front part, a rear part, and a stretching and reducing device interposed between the front and the rear parts; the stretchi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7909354 | Wheel chair A wheelchair includes a chassis with rear wheels and front wheels mounted thereto. A support is pivotally coupled by a pivot axis to the chassis. A seat mount is pivotally coupled to the support. An electric actuator can move the support to cause the seat mount to b... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7793970 | Convertible suitcase stroller apparatus and method A convertible suitcase stroller apparatus may comprise a suitcase that is openable at at least one side; a handle assembly that is reconfigurable between a storage configuration and a deployed configuration and that has a handgrip portion and two handle stems, where... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7584985 | Foldable baby stroller A foldable baby stroller, comprising simplified rods assembly for expanding and folding via linkage, includes a front supporter, a linking rod and a rear supporter, wherein the front supporter pivots to the rear supporter. One end of the front supporter connects to ... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7472920 | Retractable bed mechanism A retractable bed mechanism is disclosed. The bed mechanism comprises a sitting pad, a sitting back, a leg seat and a base seat interconnected by a plurality of linking rods and two driving means. The driving means drives the linking rods so as to drive the sitting ... | 01/06/2009 |
| 7422230 | One hand folding structure for stroller A one hand folding structure for stroller, where a driving member is a able to drive engaging rods provided at opposing sides to disengage from engaging portions simultaneously, so as to allow one hand folding operation, wherein the driving member is provided beneat... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7410186 | Fold joint and foldable stroller A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly that is reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame assembly has a fold latch on a side of the frame assembly and has two latch parts that are pivotally coupled to one another. A... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7410187 | Fold latch mechanism and foldable stroller A collapsible stroller has a frame assembly that is reconfigurable between an in-use configuration and a collapsed configuration. The frame assembly has a fold latch on a side of the frame assembly and has two latch parts that are pivotally coupled to one another. A... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7401803 | Stroller A stroller mainly includes an upper rack, a front wheel rack, a rear wheel rack, an arched rib, a connection bar, a bracing bar, a guarding handle, a plurality of rotary joints and a plurality of corresponding bars. It also has a folding means consisting of the rear... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398989 | Stand-up wheelchair with gearing down of the stand-up operation A stand-up type wheelchair for handicapped and sick people comprises a chassis (2) supporting an articulated structure (12) which includes a seat, a foot-rest, a chair-back, and two symmetrical lateral articulated systems. Each system includes ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7387310 | Foldable baby trailer A foldable baby trailer includes a bottom frame, detachably provided with two rear wheels, two rear frame bars, a handlebar, a top frame bar, two front frame bars, and a trailer bar provided with a front wheel. The handlebar, the top frame bar, the two rear frame ba... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7364184 | Mobility assist devices Mobility assist devices for moving an individual with limited mobility, or allowing such an individual to move himself or herself, include: a substantially-rigid frame or body assembly having sufficient strength to support the weight of the individual; a plurality o... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364182 | Foldable chassis for baby carriages This foldable chassis for baby carriages comprises two rear wheels (1) and (2), a front rolling support (3), and a U-shaped handlebar (4) being at the end of each of its branches (5) and (6) fitted to a respective lateral me... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7350857 | Case with seat A case (1), such as a suitcase or trolley case, with a seat (6) is disclosed. The case has a channel (7A, 7B) provided near or along a surface (such as the rear surface 4B) of the case, and the seat is movable between a first stowe... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7331596 | Collapsible multifunction apparatus These objects and others are attained by the present invention which provides a collapsible multifunction apparatus, comprising upper and lower sections with a front frame and rear prop legs, where the front frame is pivotably attached by hinges to both sides of the... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7311323 | Stroller having a foldable handle frame capable of being automatically locked in a folded state A stroller includes a wheel frame and a handle frame. The handle frame includes a grip member and two swing rods. The swing rods are spaced apart from each other in a left-to-right direction, and are connected pivotally to the wheel frame. The grip member has two ex... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7267359 | Collapsible stroller frame A collapsible stroller frame capable of being either collapsed or expanded with a rod set, wherein a slide sleeve is located at a front supporter of the stroller frame and a foldable supporter is pivotally connected between the front supporter and a rear supporter. ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264265 | Removable and stowable wheel stands for convertible children's carrier devices The invention relates to convertible children's fun-car devices, go-carts and wheeled carriers, and provides removable and stowable wheel stands or chocks that allow for convenient conversion of such wheeled carrier devices from typical rolling devices to fixed, sta... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7249779 | Convertible stroller/tricycle A vehicle for carrying a child that is pushed along by one walking, jogging, or running, steerable with handlebars, and convertible from a push stroller to a rideable, operator-powered tricycle. The stroller converts from a stroller pushable from a back end to a tri... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7229084 | Chair conversion device Disclosed herein is a device for equipping a recliner with one or more accessories, comprising a base frame portion attachable to the recliner, the base frame having a plurality of mounting locations and a plurality of recliner accessories, each of which is arranged... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7229083 | Stroller on which basket can be mounted A stroller includes a stroller body and a basket support mechanism. The stroller body has two front legs, two rear legs, a handle, and a seat support part. The basket support mechanism has a basket support member disposed below the rear legs of the stroller body, an... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7131154 | Mobile transport device A convertible wheeled chair is easily changed by an attendant into a gurney of the same height as a patient bed. During the process of transferring a patient from an upright position to a reclining position, convertible wheeled chair shifts the center of gravity of ... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7108275 | Single hand folding structure for umbrella folding stroller A single hand folding structure for an umbrella folding stroller includes a connecting element is utilized to connect between a single hand release structure and a driving piece of a folding set. The single hand release structure is disposed on a handle bar of a fra... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7097017 | Travel suitcase with seat A suitcase including a main body having a front surface, rear surface, first and second side surfaces, a top surface and a bottom surface, a bottom rear edge at the meeting point of the bottom surface and the rear surface as well as a top rear edge adjacent to the m... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7070197 | Baby carriage chassis adapted to support a baby's car seat thereon A baby carriage chassis includes a pair of rear rods, a pair of front rods, a pair of seat rods, each of which interconnects an adjacent pair of the front and rear rods, a pair of supporting protrusions protruding transversely and respectively from the front rods in... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7052085 | Accessories for permabulators or strollers A stroller 2 is fitted with a sun shade 1. The shade 1 has a flexible sheet 3 of mesh fabric extending around the front of the stroller 2 to shade an infant therein. The shade 1 has an elasticised pocket 5 and fasteni... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7032922 | Stroller with a detachable seat member A stroller includes two coupling units, each including a coupling member which has opposite first and second coupling portions and which is mounted on a seat supporting bar of a frame so as to be shiftable between a normal position where the first coupling portion f... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7017924 | Foldable baby walker A child's walker includes a pair of oppositely spaced A-frames provided with wheels conjoined to a lower portion thereof. Each A-frame has an apex centrally positioned above the wheels and pivotal about the apexes. A semi-spherical seat section is nested intermediat... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7017937 | Double occupancy baby stroller A double occupancy baby stroller having a guiding handle and a generally stork shaped body having head and tail sections. The body is separable into an upper portion and a lower portion. A child's seat is removably mounted on the upper portion and wheeled legs are a... | 03/28/2006 |
| 7014203 | Kick stand assembly for a baby stroller A kick stand assembly for a baby stroller includes a first link and a second link respectively connected to a rear post of the baby stroller and a kick stand has one end pivotably connected to the first link and the second link is pivotably connected to a mediate po... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011316 | Infant car seat stroller An infant car seat stroller for transporting an infant car seat is disclosed. The infant car seat stroller includes a stroller frame for supporting an infant car seat, a pair of frame wheels provided on the stroller frame and a rear wheel frame having a rear wheel p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7000939 | Fold flat jogging strollers and cargo carriers including pivoting wheel axles and folding support frames Fold flat walking or jogging strollers, as well as various fold flat cargo carrier devices are disclosed, which include at least three wheels which may have pivoting wheel support units and alternative foldable support frame embodiments are disclosed. The wheel supp... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6991241 | Child safety seat dolly having clamping bracket An apparatus for transporting a child safety seat includes a wheeled assembly a clamping bracket for applying a clamping force to the back of the child safety seat and positioning members to ensure that the apparatus is properly positioned relative thereto. The appa... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6979044 | Golf cart rearwardly extending canopy cover An improved canopy assembly for a rearwardly extending protective canopy for a motorized golf cart of the type having a top covering the passenger seating area and an uncovered bag storage area located rearward of the seating area. The canopy assembly may be extende... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6974150 | Foldable pushchair for babies This pushchair for babies comprises two back wheels and a central front wheel being a castoring wheel, and is characterized in that a footrest is linked in a pin-jointed connection to the lower portion of the converging front legs, the castoring wheel being fitted t... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6948724 | Combination equipment ramp, utility trailer, work surface and receiver hitch attachment A combination ramp and cart device includes a main frame and a pair of wheel support frames mounted thereon. In a ramp configuration the wheel support frames extend upwardly from the main frame and support respective front and back ends of ramp frames, which are rem... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6948197 | Changing table for playard A changing table for a playard includes a front and rear rails, and a pair of side rails connected to each other to form a platform substantially rectangular or elliptical in shape. A first pivot joint with a button mounted at the exterior is provided at one end of ... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6945742 | Portable manhole cover remover A manhole cover remover, including an attachment; a support; a pivot arm having a proximal end hinged to the support and the pivot arm having a distal end; a connector joining the attachment to the distal end of the pivot arm; a winch joined to the distal end of the... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6932427 | Suitcase with foldable chair A suitcase with a foldable chair usable as a normal suitcase and also usable as a cart, a chair or a buggy, comprising a suitcase body (11), a pair of wheels (14b) attached onto the bottom surface of the suitcase body near the rear surface, a fo... | 08/23/2005 |
