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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7740322 | School bus seat with energy absorber A school bus seat comprises a pin having a cross-sectional shape selected from the group consisting of a pentagon, a hexagon, a heptagon and an octagon. First and second brackets include an aperture selected correspondingly from the group consisting of a pentagon, a... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7425040 | Outdoor vehicle seat An outdoor vehicle seat is formed by placing a cushioning material on a bottom plate, and covering them with a surface skin, and fixing a surface skin end portion onto the bottom plate. Further, a highly water absorbing, highly moisture absorbing, and highly expandi... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7353553 | Inner spring seat system A seat assembly and method of fabricating the seat assembly including a cushion (20) of a resilient foam having a lower face (22), and a frame (24) having a plurality of flexible bands (30) extending in a bowed path between opposite sides... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7270378 | Chair having a suspension seat assembly A suspension seat assembly for an office chair is provided which has a support frame and a suspension fabric connected about its periphery to the frame. The fabric is first laid across the frame and then the peripheral edges of the suspension fabric are secured in p... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7252341 | Vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat In the case of a vehicle seat, in particular a motor vehicle seat, with a seat part and a backrest as seat components, of which at least one seat component has a structure (11) and at least one adapter (15) arranged on the structure (11), the ad... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7108330 | Portable chair There is provided a portable, folding chair with an enhanced seat and backrest. The seat includes a suspension system that is capable of providing an enhanced range of motion in seating directions. The backrest provides enhanced support through an enlarged support s... | 09/19/2006 |
| 6983997 | Chair having a suspension seat assembly A suspension seat assembly for an office chair is provided which has a support frame and a suspension fabric connected about its periphery to the frame. The fabric is first laid across the frame and then the peripheral edges of the suspension fabric are secured in p... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6957857 | Shell construction for a bicycle seat A shell construction for a bicycle seat includes a woven structure and a rigid cover. The woven structure is made of a high strength thread. The rigid cover is formed of a plastic material, and is molded over the woven structure. The plastic material penetrates the ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6942299 | Padded vandalism resistant disposable vehicular seating insert system A vandalism resistant seating insert for mounting to a vehicle seat assembly having at least one vehicle seat frame having a ledge which defines a central opening. The seating insert has a rigid spine having a front surface and a periphery, a back plate having a rea... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6929322 | Vehicle seat air conditioning system A buffering member is connected between a cushion member and an air discharge duct of a blower unit to damp vibrations of the blower unit and thus to limit conduction of the vibrations from the blower unit to the cushion member. Resilient damper members are held bet... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6755477 | Therapeutic sling seat A therapeutic sling seat comprising a flexible material which is non-uniform in stiffness providing maximum contact surface area with the body of a person seated in the seat by spreading the forces away from high pressure areas using multiaxis tension forces. The se... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6672671 | Padding system A padding system for use in a vehicle is disclosed. The system includes a seat providing a pad comprising foam and having a border area. The system may also include at least one reinforcing section embedded in the border area of the foam. A method of manu... | 01/06/2004 |
| 6474736 | Convertible child's play swing A child's play swing has a seat with a base panel defining a seating surface, side panels joined to the base panel along its side edges, and a back panel joined to the base panel along its back edge, together defining a swing volume for receiving and supp... | 11/05/2002 |
| 5826946 | Vehicle seat support panel A vehicle seat assembly having a seat bottom and a seat back. The seat back includes a rigid frame supporting a resilient foam cushion encased by a trim cover material. The seat back has a cutaway section defining a void space in the foam cushion and two ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5769489 | Energy absorbing support for vehicular passengers Apparatus for preventing or limiting spinal injuries to a passenger seated in a forward facing position in a moving vehicle during vehicular impact or sudden deceleration. The apparatus includes a vehicle-installed supporting seat for the passenger, the s... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5722336 | Skin foam-in-place forming skin material and skin foam-in-place foamed product A skin foam-in-place skin material is prepared by stitching a plurality of skin forming pieces into a predetermined shape. End edges of the skin forming pieces made of moquette skin are overlapped one upon another. The overlapped portion is joined togethe... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5676419 | Seat for baby carriage A seat for a baby carriage has a seat portion with a plate-type core member therein. The core member is divided into a plurality of plate-type members by at least one longitudinally extending parting line for allowing the baby carriage to be collapsed alo... | 10/14/1997 |
| 5567017 | Framework element for a seat, component making use thereof, and its use especially for vehicle seat The U-shaped framework element for a seat made from a deformed hollow tube makes it possible to form a component which comprises two practically parallel branches (10) and a transverse bridge (20) which joins them together with the aid of elbows (30). In ... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5489145 | Chair cusion and upholstery assembly and method Disclosed is a chair cushion and upholstery assembly and method used in the construction of one and two piece office type chairs. A molded plastic cushion liner member having a marginal portion surrounding one or more open portions and adapted to fit with... | 02/06/1996 |
| 5294181 | Seat cushion A seat cushion is described which has particular utility as a wheelchair seat cushion. The seat cushion includes a base layer of polyurethane foam with a front edge of greater height than the rear edge so as to define a downwardly sloping upper surface. T... | 03/15/1994 |
| 4723816 | Snap-on clip mounting system for load bearing fabric seat members A vehicle seat assembly which includes a frame having side rails with upright webs and upper flanges and a load carrying fabric web mounted on and extending between the side rails wherein mounting clips are clamped to the ends of the web by barb shape cla... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4702522 | Seat assembly with foam encapsulated load-supporting fibrous matrix A vehicle seat assembly consisting of a main frame, a fibrous matrix supported in a generally horizontal position on the frame and a foam body molded in place on the frame so as to encapsulate the matrix in the body in a position forming a support for a l... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4607887 | Encapsulated bolster A seat system comprises an encapsulated bolster wherein the seat cushion and bolster are foamed as a unit with the two being connected by an integral joining portion of the foam. Hinge structure may be incorporated into the design to enhance the durabilit... | 08/26/1986 |
| 4603907 | J-clip mounting system for load bearing seat members A vehicle seat assembly which includes a frame having side rails with upright webs and upper flanges and a load carrying pre-stretched web mounted on and extending between the side rails. A plurality of J-clips are provided for mounting the web on the sid... | 08/05/1986 |
| 4582361 | Lightweight seat frame for vehicles A vehicle seat frame having "Z" section side rails which form part of a rigid cubic section. Each of the side rails has an upright web formed at its upper end with an integral outboard extending upper flange and at its lower end with an integral inboard e... | 04/15/1986 |
| 4521057 | Automobile seat with adjustable damping Adjustable damping is provided for the seat bottom cushion of a vehicle seat of the type having a seat frame which is mounted at a stationary position on the vehicle floor. A resilient seat cushion is mounted upon the seat frame and is resiliently compres... | 06/04/1985 |
| 4396226 | Structural component assembly for upholstered furniture and method of making A structural component for upholstered furniture includes a three-dimensional frame consisting of a plurality of wires which are welded together. A flexible substrate sheet and an upholstery material cover are secured together with padding held between th... | 08/02/1983 |
| 4385783 | Upholstered furniture element A furniture element for use as a seating unit or a component thereof (e.g. a chair back, seat, or arm), comprising an upholstered body foldable about at least one axis into overlapping portions with facing inner surfaces. Each portion of the body includes... | 05/31/1983 |
| 4265484 | Reinforced foamed body support member A polyurethane foamed body support member having an essentially inextensible plastic reinforcing member positioned below the surface of the foam and in the preferred embodiment has a density difference of at least 0.5 between the foam above and below said... | 05/05/1981 |
| 4066258 | Seat for a child's swing A seat for a childs swing is of composite structure having a first member, which is sufficiently rigid to bear the weight of a child, and a second member made of a compressible polymeric material. The first member is substantially laminar and the second m... | 01/03/1978 |