Magician Harry Houdini patented a "Diver's Suit" enabling the wearer to "quickly divest himself of the suit while being submerged and to safely escape and reach the surface of the water."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7090240 | Tiltable seating apparatus for wheelchair A tiltable seating frame (10) for selectively positioning seating in a wheelchair, in which a seat platform (12) has opposing sides (18) that each extend to an arcuate distal edge (20) and each side defines an arcuate slot (22) par... | 08/15/2006 |
| 6012774 | Reclining chair with guide rail system A reclining chair has a seat structure for supporting a an occupant, a free-standing support assembly for supporting the seat structure, a guided rail system connected to the seat structure and support assembly for allowing an occupant to recline in the s... | 01/11/2000 |
| 5967609 | Reclining chair with guide rail system A reclining chair has a seat structure for supporting a an occupant, a free-standing support assembly for supporting the seat structure, a guided rail system connected to the seat structure and support assembly for allowing an occupant to recline in the s... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5603551 | Gravitational resistant positional chair A desk chair particularly designed to have supporting members disposed between guide members having facing complementary grooves, and the supporting members having supporting rollers riding in said grooves whereby the chair responds to movement of the bod... | 02/18/1997 |
| 5253921 | Foldable rocking chair A foldable rocking chair of the type comprising in combination: a base provided with a pair of parallel riding surfaces spaced apart from each other and connected together, each riding surface being ondulated; a back provided with a pair of stiles, a lowe... | 10/19/1993 |
| 4957302 | Worker support apparatus A support apparatus for selectively supporting a human being in one of a plurality of positions includes a support structure and a seat assembly having a frame and a seat mounted on the frame for movement therewith. The seat assembly is positionable relat... | 09/18/1990 |
| 4383714 | Rocking movable chair A rockingly movable chair includes a leg portion, a seat portion mounted on the leg portion and a circular arc surface provided on either of the leg portion or the seat portion for cooperating with an element which is provided on the other of the leg port... | 05/17/1983 |