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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7438318 | Industrial vehicle An industrial vehicle includes a vehicle body, a hood provided on the vehicle body and operable to open and close, an operator's seat provided on the hood, a plurality of pillars erected on the vehicle body for supporting a headguard that covers above the operator's... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7370914 | Compactly foldable wingback chair A collapsible wingback chair that includes a seat base portion and to which is secured a lower portion of a pair of side wings that include upper portions that are movable relative to a chair back that is pivotally mounted so as to be movable between an upright posi... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7347493 | Composite assembly of interconnectable furniture A composite assembly of furniture units each have a solo utilization, which can be seating surface area or table top surface area. The furniture units are made with an irregular contoured surface. When the irregular surface of a first furniture unit is brought in pr... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7341302 | Seating arrangement for a vehicle A seating arrangement (9) comprises at least seat (11) and a second seat (12) arranged side by side. At least part of a seat member (12a) of the second seat (12) is displaceable in an up-down direction relative to the seat m... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7309101 | Folding ottoman Disclosed herein is a folding ottoman which is convertible to a chair having the usual seat and back rest. A seat frame extends between a pair of opposing arm panels. A storage compartment is slidably connected to the arm panels below the seat frame. The storage com... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7198325 | Adjustable piece of seating furniture Piece of seating furniture, such as an armchair, includes a basic body on which a seating area is provided. Armrests, such as left and right armrests, are disposed laterally of the seating area. The armrests may be adjusted from a seating position into a lying posit... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7178865 | Center occupant armrest actuated head restraint An automotive seat assembly is provided including a left rear seat portion including a left rear seat base and a left rear seatback, a right rear seat portion including a right rear seat base and a right rear seatback, and a center rear seat portion including a cent... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7093904 | Chair with fold-down arms for providing additional seating A convertible chair is disclosed that has pivotable side cushions for pivoting between a lowered position and a raised position. A frame includes a generally horizontal seat, as well as a pair of pivot supports each fixed to a respective side of the seat. Two sets o... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7077474 | Seat system An automobile 1 is provided with a second seat row 20. The second seat row 20 is constituted by a first independent side seat 21, a second independent side seat 22, and an auxiliary seat 23 including an auxiliary seat cushio... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7063387 | Seat for a transport vehicle or craft, in particular an aircraft The invention relates to a seat for a transport vehicle or craft, the seat including a support structure (1) and at least one armrest (2) comprising a rest element (4) mounted on one end of a strut whose other end is hinged to the support struct... | 06/20/2006 |
| 5384946 | Expandable, stowable vehicle seat for children The present invention relates to a vehicle seat comprising a seat section and a back section, preferably pivotably arranged in relation to each other, whereby the seat is inwardly and outwardly foldable and in its outwardly folded position the two section... | 01/31/1995 |
| 5297839 | Reclining seat with movable armrests A reclining seat with movable armrest, with such an arrangement wherein a seat back of the seat, which is provided with the movable armrest, is coupled via first and second connecting arm to a reclining device, and the first connecting arm supports both s... | 03/29/1994 |
| 5104182 | Convertible sofa A backrest section of a unitary sofa, or of a unit of a modular sofa arrangement, is movable between its upright position and an operative position where it overlies the seat to provide a table and/or armrest accessible to sofa occupants on either side th... | 04/14/1992 |
| 5000511 | Apparatus for attaching a display monitor to a seat A display is attached to a reclining seat back by an arm pivotally fixed at a first end thereof to the seat back with the display being attached to the second end of the arm by a pivot mechanism having multiple degrees of freedom, and wherein a recess for... | 03/19/1991 |
| 4900087 | Automobile seat with built in child seat An automobile seat having a built in child seat that assumes different positions to accommodate infants in a rearwardly facing position and children in a forwardly facing position. The child seat unit includes a back panel which is secured to the adult se... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4756573 | Vehicle seat with built-in infant and toddler seat provisions The present invention provides a vehicle seat with a built-in toddler seat. The toddler seat is pivotally mounted with respect to the seat back and has a first position forming a lower portion of the seat back and a second position providing an elevated s... | 07/12/1988 |
| 4690455 | Infant seat for automobiles An infant seat for automobiles which includes a folding support hinged to a frame located in the bench seat or bucket seat backrest of an automobile and designed to support an infant or child when positioned in extended configuration. Flexible side flaps ... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4655503 | Vehicular seat A seat back of a vehicular seat is movably supportable in the fore and aft direction relative to a seat cushion and lockable in its forward and rearward positions. The back side of the seat back serves as a part of a seat for a child in the forward positi... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4601515 | Seat for vehicles A seat for vehicles is provided with a reclining device and a remote control means for remotely controlling the reclining device, in which seat an arm rest is pivotally mounted and provided at its forward end portion with the remote control means and at i... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4230366 | Automotive seat with built-in child restraint An automotive vehicle seat has a portion of its back part or seat part which can be pivoted or slid into a position above the sitting surface of the seat part and in front of the leaning surface of the back part. This portion is U-shaped and constitutes a... | 10/28/1980 |
| 4141586 | Vehicle seat A vehicle seat with a pivotable backrest connected arrestably with the seat part in selectable positioning, the backrest carrying at least one seat accessory part. As a seat accessory part - carrier at least on one of the sides of the backrest a parallelo... | 02/27/1979 |
