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 |
| 7213884 | Vehicle seat with headrest comprising nuchal and lateral supports A vehicle seat has a headrest with a center pad and two side pads that are laterally hinged to the center pad. The side pads are swivellable forward into a resting position and back into a supporting position. The center pad has a variable pad hardness, with a firme... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7207630 | Removable adjustable headrest for wheelchairs having a neck roll A removable adjustable head rest for wheelchairs for providing users of wheelchairs with much needed back and neck support. The headrest includes a hollow cylindrical main portion, a pair of handle sleeves, and a head rest portion. The hollow cylindrical main portio... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7204557 | Portable adjustable headrest for seats A portable adjustable headrest for seats that will prevent a person's head from falling to the side while sleeping including a support bar, telescoping bar, and a headrest pad. The support bar includes a curved flexible top for hanging from a variety of seat-tops, a... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7125415 | Neck traction system A neck traction device for delivering or imposing a tension force on the neck area of a person. The traction device includes a rigid vertical support member that has a connector for engaging a support surface. A neck cradle having a pair of rigid spaced apart arms a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7032974 | Headrest assembly Certain exemplary embodiments provide an apparatus comprising: a headrest assembly adapted to non-destructively attach to a pair of uprights of a wheelchair. Certain exemplary embodiments provide a method comprising: non-destructively removably attaching a headrest ... | 04/25/2006 |
| 6938958 | Adjustable head support A toddler head support having a unitary support member which includes a padded central support portion and padded side support portions having rounded ends. The central support portion includes a support panel which provides a support base for a wire that forms loop... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6935695 | Portable traveller headrest A portable traveller headrest is provided. The portable traller headrest includes a bar that may be articulated so that it can be folded onto itself, the ends of said bar having transversal holes to fix the bar to a seat with a fixing mechanism that adapts to differ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6508513 | Portable arm rest A portable arm rest having an adjustable u-shaped frame assembly, which snugly fits upon the rear side of a vehicle seat back. The u-shaped frame assembly has slots for arm members. Able to slide within the slots of the frame assembly, the arm members may... | 01/21/2003 |
| 5997091 | Headrest arrangement for a motor vehicle seat A headrest for a motor vehicle seat has pivoted lateral headrest elements which can be turned into a use position from a storage position is a headrest body. In order to comply with safety standards regarding support and freedom of vision and to satisfy m... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5975638 | Pillow for sleeping upright in a chair A dual unit to gently and user adjustably support a user's head from slumping either too much forward or too much to either side while allowing proper air circulation for user comfort when the user is in an upright position with the unit releaseably held ... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5613736 | Removable headrest A removable headrest device for seats with headrest. The device includes two boards that are joined by an elastic and an non-elastic band that embrace the headrest of the seat, and extend forward a sufficient distance to serve as a support for a user. Vel... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5058240 | Composite inertia latch for vehicle seat back Seat hinge for two door vehicle including a yieldable pivoted latch permitting forward seat back tilting to facilitate rear seat passenger entrance and exit without manual latch release and an inertia element responsive to vehicle deceleration for blockin... | 10/22/1991 |
| 4797934 | Speaker headrest A speaker headrest is composed of a frame and a concave front surface to support the user's head through a cushion and members flanking the frame and rotatably attached thereto. Speakers contained in these flanking members are pressed against the user's e... | 01/10/1989 |
| 4596420 | Built-in vehicle child's seat assembly A child's seat assembly securable, preferably within the seat back of the backseat of a vehicle. This invention includes a molded seal and frame which is interconnectable between the vehicle's seat back support structure. The molded seat is releasably pos... | 06/24/1986 |
| 4085946 | Wheel chair converter The present invention is a wheel chair converter for use in combination with a wheel chair having a frame with a seat member, a back member and side members, a pair of large rear wheels and a pair of small front wheels to convert the wheel chair to a dent... | 04/25/1978 |
