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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7556318 | Vehicle seat and method for manufacturing the same A seat comprises a seat back including a back plate, a cushion member arranged on the side of a seating face of the back plate, a superficial skin member covering the cushion member from the side of the seating face. The back plate includes a back face portion, a ri... | 07/07/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7287816 | Chair and grouping thereof A chair has a durable surface with top cover supported by foam thereby providing an ergonomic recoverable shape and a fluid directing perimeter rim or perimeter ridge on a bottom surface thereof. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7267408 | Article of rattan furniture having a seat support cushion An improved support area for use with rattan furniture. The present invention provides a frame, a seat contact portion, and a back contact portion. In various embodiments, the chair includes a seat cushion that is supported by a seat support portion of the frame. Th... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7264298 | Seat unit for a small-sized vehicle A seat unit for a small-sized vehicle improves an appearance of a rear surface of a seat back and includes a bottom plate, a cushioning body disposed on a front surface of the bottom plate, an outer layer member which covers the cushioning body and has an outer peri... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7222915 | Backrest of an automobile vehicle seat The backrest (2) of an automobile vehicle seat includes a framework (21), a padding (3), a padding cover (4) covering the front face and the sides of the backrest and a padding screen (7) for the rear face of the backrest. It inclu... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7169718 | Shrink-net and system The invention resides in a system and method of tensioning a net comprising a frame having at least two opposing frame members and a net extending therebetween. The net is made from material of cords of a water soluble yarn capable of high shrinkage rates when wette... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7066550 | Seat assembly for chair A seat for a chair includes a loop-like main frame having an upper flange wall and a lower flange wall. The main frame further includes an inner engaging edge extending radially inward and an outer flange extending radially outward. An upper perimeter face of the ou... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7055911 | Mesh chair A chair having a back assembly which includes a common back frame, multiple interchangeable crossbars, and a resiliently flexible cover. The cover includes an open interior or pocket which is adapted to receive the crossbar therein and prevent dislodgement of the cr... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7040834 | Device for locking a flexible laminar element to a frame A locking device of a flexible laminar element connected to a frame, in order to achieve a bearing structure which houses a person's body, comprises a groove obtained along one part of the perimeter of the frame and a shaped insert which is pressed into the groove i... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7025424 | Chair back for a chair A chair back for a chair that includes a support frame portion having a defined shape and is adapted to attach to a chair base member. The chair back for a chair may also include a tensioning frame portion having a defined shape and a removable elastomeric support s... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7021718 | Method and apparatus for attaching accessories to load-bearing fabric An apparatus for attaching an item to load-bearing fabric including male and female strips that snap together on opposite sides of the fabric. The male strip is attached to the item to be secured to the fabric, and includes male prongs that are pushed through the we... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6976737 | Folding deckchair A folding deckchair, of the kind with a frame (2) to which fabric (3) is fitted, and wherein the fixing between the side ends of the fabric and the side portions of the frame is attained through an elastic cord inserted through a plurality of eyelets l... | 12/20/2005 |
| 6955402 | Office chair A fabric seat for a chair and a method and machine for manufacturing the fabric seat. The fabric seat comprises a seat frame that supports the outer circumference of a fabric material. The seat frame comprises grasping members that secure the fabric to the seat fram... | 10/18/2005 |
| 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 |
| 6935698 | Chair structure An improvement of a chair structure is disclosed. The chair comprising a back, a sitting pad, a supporting mechanism and a bottom cover characterized in that the supporting mechanism is provided with a securing element which allows mounting of a horizontal supportin... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6857699 | Head restraint assembly and method for its manufacturing A head restraint assembly comprising a frame assembly including a retention member. A pillow coupled to the frame assembly with the pillow configured to allow access to the retention member. A cover assembly having a back end and a front end envelopes and conforms t... | 02/22/2005 |
| 6851755 | Padding for seats, in particular vehicle seats Padding for seats, in particular vehicle seats, has a padded body predetermining the contour of the padded surface, which can be changed. In order to adjust the padded surface contour to support the body of a seated person in an individual and orthopaedically correc... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6761411 | Seat cushion with locking system In a seat cushion for a vehicle seat, the seat cushion is joined to a frame by a disengageable locking apparatus that has a wire spring engaging behind a mushroom head. The wire spring has two opposite limbs that at their one end are joined to one another and at the... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6644752 | Folding seat having a belt member A seat member 10 of the present invention is provided with a belt member 200 in the back side of each cushioning member, in which the belt member is held by engaging with an appropriate portion of a back frame 30 at its one end and with an appropriate por... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6634718 | Construction of seat cushion The present invention provides a construction of a seat cushion formed by mounting a cushion pad on a cushion frame formed into a rectangular shape and by covering the cushion pad with a skin, wherein a recess is provided at the rear end of the cushion fr... | 10/21/2003 |
| 6478382 | Fastening system for a motor vehicle seat A fastening system is for a vehicle seat having at least one padded part of a foamed material surrounded by at least one upholstery part. The upholstery part is connected with at least one profiled strip having hooking elements on its periphery. A longitu... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6443525 | Vehicle seat assembly and fastening device A vehicle seat assembly having a trim cover, a foam pad, and a fastening device, which includes a supporting member and a fastening member. The supporting member has an elongated shape and is contourable and bendable along a surface of the foam pad. The f... | 09/03/2002 |
| 6375269 | Seat having seating face made of sheet resilient material A seat having a seating face made of sheet resilient material is assembled from a seat frame comprising a substantially quadrilateral frame body, the sheet resilient material forming the seating face, a pad member forming a largely rising bank, and a skin... | 04/23/2002 |
| 6189975 | Seat frame assembly A seat frame supporting a seat cushion pad formed in a predetermined shape and engaging a skin for covering the pad includes a first roll formed frame having a closed rectangular cross sectional shape and formed so as to extend along the front edge and bo... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6152534 | Seat having seating face made of sheet resilient material A trim cover 5 capable of vending and deforming together with the sheet resilient material by pressure of a body of a sitting passenger is stretched within the frame of the frame body such as to face a front surface side of the sheet resilient material 2.... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6076888 | Motor-vehicle seat having a frame of magnesium alloy, with means for mounting upholstery rapidly A motor-vehicle seat comprises a backrest having a frame of magnesium alloy defining a peripheral cavity within which there is fitted a peripheral portion of the padding of foamed plastic material of the backrest. The outer wall of the frame of magnesium ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6050646 | Backrest A backrest, in particular for an office chair, is indicated, in which backrest a cover is stretched onto a frame. In order for it to be possible for the frame to be introduced into the cover in a simple manner, the frame is of hinged and rotatable design.... | 04/18/2000 |
| 6048025 | Locking element for a drawing-in rod for the profile-forming connection between upholstery covering materials for upholstery furniture and similar upholstered parts A locking device for upholstery is connected between an elongate holding element and an elongate drawing-in element which is connected to a sewing-on flag. The sewing-on flag in turn is connected to upholstery covering material. The locking device include... | 04/11/2000 |
| 6036272 | Support for chairs and method of manufacturing A substrate for chairs formed from a resilient material with molded locator pin(s) to facilitate assembly. The substrate comprises a friction seat and a curled back portion around its perimeter. The friction seat, in conjunction with the curled back surfa... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6033027 | Seat back with corner indentations A plastic contoured seat back includes an inner and an outer shell affixed together. The inner shell includes a three dimensionally curved front surface and a two dimensionally curved back surface. The inner shell may include an internal rib adjacent the ... | 03/07/2000 |
| 6027171 | Automotive modular seat frame assembly An automotive seat assembly which comprises a seat cushion, a seat back portion having a pair of spaced apart upright members each having upper and lower ends, and a cross member extending between the upper ends. A support member having front and back sur... | 02/22/2000 |
| 5979980 | Motor-vehicle seat This seat comprises a backrest armature (28) connected to a seat-part armature (22) by means (34) of articulation about an axis (X) substantially transverse to the seat. The backrest armature (28) carries a substantially transverse rod (56) for attaching ... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5967614 | Seamless thermoformed vehicular seat cover, and method and apparatus for making same A thermoforming apparatus for fabricating seamless vehicle seat covers includes a clamp assembly for clamping and holding a thermoplastic sheet, a heater for heating material held by the clamp assembly, and a female cavity mold having a base section and a... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5964017 | Seat cover retainer apparatus and method of using same A retainer apparatus for attaching a seat cover to a foam cushion, wherein the retainer apparatus has a base component embedded in the foam cushion and an anchor component connected with the seat cover, wherein further the connection of the anchor compone... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5954395 | Seat back with re-entrant rear face A motor vehicle seat includes a seat back which has a re-entrant rear face with a cavity closed by a sheet immobilized between two lateral uprights of the seat. Upholstery extends over the uprights and a cover covers the upholstery and is fixed into housi... | 09/21/1999 |
| 5931538 | Vehicle seat element including a cover tensioned over a metal frame A vehicle seat element is covered by a cover having four lateral panels which are folded over a rigid frame. Two of the lateral panels that are opposite each other, present in the vicinity of their free edges buttonholes which are engaged on tabs that are... | 08/03/1999 |
| 5879055 | Automative seat back panel An automotive seat assembly including a seat bottom and a seat back pivotally attached to the seat bottom. The seat back includes a rigid seat back frame supporting a contoured foam cushion encapsulated in a trim cover material. A semi-rigid back panel, h... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5833313 | Automotive seat An automotive seat comprises a seat back and a seat cushion, the seat cushion having a cushioned padding, a covering sheet covering front and middle sections of the cushioned padding, sides cover covering both side sections of the cushioned padding, and a... | 11/10/1998 |
| 5788332 | Seat unit and cushion A seat unit is provided comprising a base structure and at least one cushion layer comprised of a random mesh of plastic filament between the base structure and the cover layer. The cushion layer not only provides adequate firmness, but has adequate air c... | 08/04/1998 |
