"It is my heart-warmed and world-embracing Christmas hope and aspiration that all of us, the high, the low, the rich, the poor, the admired, the despised, the loved, the hated, the civilized, the savage (every man and brother of us all throughout the whole earth), may eventually be gathered together in a heaven of everlasting rest and peace and bliss, except the inventor of the telephone. "
Mark Twain ; Christmas greetings, 1890
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7896439 | Chair A chair has a seat 1 and a backrest 2 and the backrest 2 is allowed to be tilted backward by elastic deformation of right and left back frame devices 4. The right and left back frame devices 4 each are composed of two unit frames | 03/01/2011 |
| 7384100 | Flexible reclining chair A flexible chair that includes a seat member with seat bottom and back rest portions, first and second pairs of legs, and a plurality of cross members. The pair of first legs are pivotly connected to rearward positions of the seat bottom portion and extend downwardl... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7347499 | Marine seat interchangeable component assembly and method A seat for marine use including a hollow primary seat structure. The primary seat structure has a generally upright back portion and a seat portion formed integrally with the back portion and extending forwardly therefrom. The back portion includes at least a pair o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7338125 | Rehabilitative and recreational armchair The rehabilitative and recreational armchair constructed of a framework made of tubes, bars and/or other elements, such as flat bars and angle bars, wherein the arms, the backrest and the seat are mounted. The seat is mounted only to the top of the spring whose lowe... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7195312 | Pivoting armest for enhancing side impact protection An armrest assembly for a motor vehicle seat having a first support member pivotably mounted to a seat structure, a second support member rotatably mounted to the first support member, and a biasing arrangement positioned relative to the first and second support mem... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7188900 | Flexible support for a chair backrest A chair having an arm, a backrest and a flexible backrest support that is rigidly attached to the arm and the backrest. The flexible backrest support includes a spring located between rigid end portions that are mounted to the chair arm and backrest. The flexible ba... | 03/13/2007 |
| 6880886 | Combined tension and back stop function for seating unit A seating unit includes a base, a seat, a back, and a control operably supporting the seat and the back on the base for movement between upright and recline positions. The control includes a spring providing a biasing supporting force to the back during recline, and... | 04/19/2005 |
| 6820936 | Chair An office-type chair which provides for synchronous differential tilting of the seat and back assemblies, with the seat assembly being constructed such that the front lip thereof does not significantly lift upon rearward tilting. The chair incorporates a tilt contro... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6435615 | Seating furniture with downwardly movable, pivoting backrest In a chair having a pivoting backrest, displacement of a seated person's clothing is minimized by yieldably mounting a pivot axis for the backrest so that the pivot axis is lowered in elevation as the person's back leans against the backrest.... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6116686 | Armchair An armchair is disclosed. The armchair has a seatback, a pair of armrests securely mounted on both sides of the seatback, a spring-like base securely and respectively engaged with the pair of armrests and a seat a side of which engages with a bottom side ... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6070937 | Chair with user responsive reclinable back-support A chair with user responsive reclinable back-support connected to a seat member by a set of elastically deformable bracket members. A pivot axis defined by an imaginary line connecting the respective center-of-curvature of the bracket members is positiona... | 06/06/2000 |
| 5810438 | One piece molded seating structure A one piece molded seating structure includes a seat portion, a back portion, and a pair of resilient support members interconnecting opposite side regions of the seat portion to opposite side regions of the back portion. The support members flex when a u... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5516196 | Chair with arm mounted motion control A chair is provided with a frame defining a curved arm support, a seat supported in the frame, and a back. An arm member is movably mounted on the arm support and operatively connected to the back so that movement of the back between upright and reclined ... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5338094 | Flexible reclining chair An improved reclining chair has a continuous loop seat frame supported at each arm by a support fork. The seat frame loop extends symmetrically from an upper bearing portion around the seat back, then forward forming arm portions, then downward, then rear... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5308142 | Chair with arm mounted motion control A chair is provided with a frame defining a curved arm support, a seat supported in the frame, and a back. An arm member is movably mounted on the arm support and operatively connected to the back so that movement of the back between upright and reclined ... | 05/03/1994 |
| 5020817 | Wheelchair A wheelchair comprises front legs, rear legs and a rearwardly directed support. Large non-swiveling front wheels are located ahead of small swivel wheels which are affixed to the rear frame. The seat and backrest portions are pivotally attached to the fro... | 06/04/1991 |
| 4988145 | Seating furniture A functional chair is described the backrest of which can be pivoted relative to the seat and in which the seat can also be lowered in the region of the front edge. For this purpose at least one lowering lever is provided which is mounted on the one hand ... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4971394 | Swivel rocker chair The swivel rocker is made of tubular construction, particularly for outdoor use. The seat frame is pivotally mounted about a vertical axis on a stationary base and includes a seat which is secured to a support by arm rests which are able to flex and thus ... | 11/20/1990 |
| 4889385 | Chair seat-and-back support A chair comprises an elongated one-piece seat-and-back support bent so as to form a lower substantially U-shaped seat support and an upper substantially upright back support. The seat support includes lower and upper leg portions and a bight portion inter... | 12/26/1989 |
| 4856845 | Armchair with supple backrest An armchair whose arms and backrest are joined by an elastic element, while the backrest extends well above the arms so that the pressure generated by the user leaning back against the backrest causes it to bend or deflect, thus improving comfort.... | 08/15/1989 |
| 4557521 | Chair having a resiliently interconnected seat and back In this chair a rounded spring element (128) formed with substantially U-shaped cross-section is provided which comprises parallel legs and with which a seat area (130) and/or a back (142) can be integrated. The spring element consists of plastic and is m... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4529246 | Patient chair A chair is provided which finds primary, although not exclusive, use as a patient's chair in a hospital room. The chair is formed of both rigid and flexible resilient members, composed respectively, for example, of tubular and flat barstock spring steel, ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4157203 | Articulated double back for chairs A back for a chair comprises at least one back-supporting frame member, a lower back mounted on the frame member for backward tilting movement about a first horizontal, transverse axis and yieldably restrained against such backward tilting and an upper ba... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4131315 | Chair with deformable armrest A chair or other article of furniture for sitting such as a stool or sofa with at least one armrest which is connected to the backrest portion and to the seat portion. The backrest portion of the chair can be reclined, and the armrest is deformable accord... | 12/26/1978 |