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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8162395 | Automobile entertainment system An automobile entertainment system includes a video system having a video monitor and a video source, and a cradle secured within an automobile. The cradle is shaped and dimensioned for selectively receiving and securely holding the video system. ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8141947 | Haptic seating system A haptic seating system for use in imparting a haptic sensation to a seat. The seating system being suitable for use in a vehicle or other environment having multiple network nodes with capabilities sufficient to issue instructions suitable to instructing a haptic e... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141946 | System for adjusting the position of at least one seat component of a passenger seat and associated common control unit A system (1) for adjusting the position of at least one seat component such as head rest (4), back rest (6), seat component (8), leg rest (10), or foot rest (12) of a passenger seat (2) of a vehicle, an aircraft passe... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141948 | Seat back entertainment system A seat back entertainment system includes a seat panel connected to a frame of a vehicle seat. A video unit provides a video signal. A display device is mounted to the seat panel. The display device displays the video signal provided by the video unit. One or more c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141949 | Computer display viewing support A computer display viewing support having a display positioning tray, including a vertical unit having a substantially vertical orientation adapted to vary a vertical location of the display tray between an uppermost position and a lowermost position, the vertical u... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8132859 | Pneumatic seat device A pneumatic seat device, in particular a pneumatic seat device for aircraft, includes at least one pneumatic unit and first and second computer units, whereby an advantageous division of tasks and/or functions within the pneumatic seat device among the individual co... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8118362 | Vehicle seat A vehicle seat is provided. The vehicle seat includes a sheet-like sensor member, a sheet-like electric device, and a seat main body configuring a sitting portion and including therein the sensor member and the electric device while overlapping each other. The elect... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8109570 | Wiring structure for head rest A stay is provided with an insulating member, so that only a lower stay body disposed on a lower side of the insulating member can be energized. Further, the lower stay body is set at a position in which the lower stay body is not exposed to an interior of the seat ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8109569 | Vehicle headrest mounted entertainment console A vehicle passenger is provided with a console (1) for mounting an entertainment apparatus, the console being coupled to the back of a more forwardly located seat by headrest retaining clips (7) of the kind adapted to hold posts of a height adjustable ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8087724 | Ergonomic computer chair The present ergonomic computer chair relates to chairs for special purposes, and more particularly, to computer operator's chair which is ergonomically designed to prevention of orthopedic and cardiovascular diseases and creation of psychophysical comfort, especiall... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8075054 | Ampere modular tandem seating system A seating system designed to accommodate a variety of activities that can be performed while a person is sitting or resting, and more particularly waiting. A single tandem row of seats or a back to back configuration of tandem seats has an electrical wire way extend... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8070224 | Vehicle entertainment system incorporated within the armrest/console of a vehicle A vehicle entertainment system includes a video system mounted within an automobile armrest/console, the armrest/console including an upper support surface. The video system includes an integrated housing supporting a video monitor and a video source. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8052212 | Seat foam with sensor mat In an assembly of a seat foam and a sensor mat, the seat foam has at least one incision and the sensor mat has at least one anchor tab adapted to be inserted into the at least one incision, thereby securely holding the sensor mat on a surface of the seat foam, where... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8042868 | Power seat system for vehicle A power seat system for a vehicle, includes an operational switch configured to be operated by an occupant for changing positions and attitudes of a vehicle seat whose positions and attitudes are electrically adjusted, a sensor portion positioned in the vicinity of ... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8029058 | Vehicle seat A vehicle seat includes a cushion frame having conductivity; a cushion pad coveringly mounted on the cushion frame; and a cushion cover configured to cover the cushion pad. First thread members having conductive fibers are interwoven into the cushion cover. A capaci... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8016352 | Vehicle multimedia system for vehicle A vehicle multimedia system includes a head pillow, a display screen supported at the rear side of the head pillow, a central control, which is adapted for being installed at a predetermined location of the vehicle, electrically linked to the display screen via a co... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8016353 | Vehicle seat having monitor The present invention includes vehicle seat having monitor movable from a storage state to a use state, in the storage state the monitor is positioned in a backboard of a seatback and the monitor faces the backboard, in the use state a display surface of the monitor... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8002349 | Chair provision with an apparatus for converting solar energy to power electrical devices A chair provisioned with an apparatus for converting solar energy to power electrical devices which comprises the chair having a seat member and a backrest member to support a person thereon. A mechanism stored in the chair, is for converting the solar energy into e... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7980630 | Monitoring/entertainment system for a child's seat The invention relates to a monitoring and/or entertainment system (1), especially for a child seat (10), having at least one electronic assembly (4a, 4b, 4c, 4d) for displaying and/or recording im... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967377 | Auto-adjust vehicle headrest A headrest has a generally stationary support, a headrest body having a forwardly directed front face and positioned such that a head of a user seated in front of the support is generally level with the body, and a guide securing the body to the support for vertical... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959226 | Vehicle seats A vehicle seat may include a monitor device that is movably disposed in a back board of a seat back, and a drive mechanism coupled to the base portion of the monitor device. The monitor device includes a base portion and a monitor portion. The drive mechanism is arr... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7954894 | Headrest mountable video system A media system for a seat in a vehicle comprises a display electrically coupled to a media player, wherein the display and the media player are housed together in a first housing, and a second housing disposed substantially in the seat and adapted to secure the firs... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7931334 | Custom controlled seating surface technologies A system of controlling various actuators associated with human support surfaces is disclosed. Such a system is made up of a support surface, a controller, and an actuator. The system may optionally include batteries, a means of charging the batteries, and a graphic... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7926873 | Vehicle seat assemblies The invention provides a design innovation to conventional air passenger seats. The design innovation relates to the positioning of IFE boxes. For a better understanding, the reader may recall the last flight in the airline seat and the way the passenger's leg room ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7909397 | In-vehicle docking station for a portable media player An entertainment system for a vehicle includes an entertainment console which includes a display and at least one docking station. The at least one docking station receives a portable media player at least partially therein and operatively connects the media player ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7909396 | Automobile entertainment system An automobile entertainment system includes a video system mounted within an automobile headrest. The headrest includes a headrest body and a first downwardly extending headrest extension arm having a passage therethrough. The video system includes a multi-wire cabl... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7905545 | Vehicle seat assembly having a mounting member to mount an electric component A vehicle seat assembly includes a seat body that is configured for attachment to a floor surface of a vehicle. The seat body includes a seat back that is connected to a seat bottom. The seat back has a seat back frame and the seat bottom has a seat bottom frame. An... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7896436 | Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures Office components are described that include a base, a seat supported by the base, a microprocessor, and a load sensor electrically coupled with the microprocessor and mechanically coupled with the seat and, based on movement thereof, operative to detect occupancy o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7866746 | Structure of attaching monitor panel The present invention can include a frame member which attaches the monitor panel at a back side of a vehicle seat, a skin member covering the vehicle seat, a pad member having a seat outer shape, the frame member is harder than the pad member, and the frame member ... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7857382 | Detachable vehicle entertainment system for the armrest/console of a vehicle A vehicle entertainment system includes a video system detachably mounted within an automobile arm rest/console, the armrest/console including an upper support surface. The video system includes an integrated housing supporting a video monitor and a video source. | 12/28/2010 |
| 7845722 | Infant seat base with vehicle travel simulation means for mounting a vehicle infant seat An infant seat base removably retaining an infant seat having a seat forward end which a seated infant faces and for simulating the sensations of travel in a road vehicle includes at least one vibration mechanism transmitting vibration into the seat for simulating v... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7845723 | Electrical docking station An electrical docking station for attachment to a vehicle seat. A variety of different modules each including circuitry for performing certain seat functions can be removably attached to the docking station. The docking station includes a connector plate for connect... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7837262 | Seating and lying arrangement A seating and lying arrangement for the passenger region of aircraft. The arrangement can be brought into a seating state and a lying state. In the seating state, the arrangement has a seating surface and a backrest. In the lying state, the arrangement provides a ly... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7828379 | Vehicle seat with system for facilitating relieving of fatigue of person sitting on the seat There is disclosed a vehicle seat provided with a system for facilitating relieving of fatigue of an occupant on the vehicle seat, the vehicle seat including a seat back, the system comprising an occupant's body-motion promoting means 6 provided in an interio... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7823973 | Integrated videogaming and computer workstation Disclosed is a videogaming and computer workstation unit, preferably integrated with an ergonomic chair, which permits ease of entry and exit to the chair for users of various sizes, and which permits users to use peripheral devices for operating video games and com... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7780231 | Entertainment system mountable in a vehicle seat and methods for mounting and displaying same A media system for a vehicle having a seat comprises a housing mounted to the seat, and a media unit that is capable of being coupled to the housing, wherein the housing includes a receiving portion that pivots with respect to the housing and receives the media unit... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7762627 | Headrest-mounted entertainment systems In certain embodiments, a mobile entertainment system includes a housing configured to be coupled with a mounting plate of a headrest. The housing can define a first hinge portion. In some embodiments, the system further includes a screen assembly. The screen assemb... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7758116 | Monitor unit for a vehicle seat The present invention can include a monitor unit for a vehicle seat including a base portion positioned at a top of a seat back; and a monitor portion including a monitor with a display surface for displaying images. The monitor portion is pivotally connected to the... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7758117 | Headrest-mounted entertainment systems In certain embodiments, an entertainment system includes a housing configured to be mounted to a headrest. The housing can define a first hinge portion, a base wall, and one or more sidewalls. The housing can include a lock portion. In some embodiments, the system i... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7735918 | Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures Office components are described that include a base, a seat supported by the base. a microprocessor, and a load sensor electrically coupled with the microprocessor and mechanically coupled with the seat and, based on movement thereof, operative to detect occupancy o... | 06/15/2010 |
