Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
297188080 | Directly under occupant seating portion | 50 |
20080211270 | CONVERTIBLE FOLDING SEAT AND STORAGE COMBINATION - A folding seat combination is configured for use with and installation on a vehicle such as a golf cart type recreational vehicle. The folding seat combination provides selective positioning of seat, footrest, and backrest components, respectively each between upright and downward positions thereof, to alternately accommodate easy transport of either of additional passengers or materials. With the seat and footrest features in their upright positions and the backrest in its upward position, optional golf bag securing straps may be used to secure golf bags in the cart, as so configured for the transportation of materials rather than passengers in such location. With the footrest in an upright position, relatively loose items stored in an otherwise relatively open storage area of the cart may be contained and prevented from bouncing out during operation the cart. | 09-04-2008 |
20100045082 | BAGGAGE STORAGE DEVICE FOR A PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE - A device for storing luggage for a public transport vehicle, that includes a base defining a reference surface, a first bearing surface, and a second bearing surface, each of the bearing surfaces being essentially planar and inclined relative to the reference surface, and both bearing surfaces converging towards the reference surface and defining a storage volume capable of receiving a piece of luggage. | 02-25-2010 |
20110043007 | Book Hammock - The Book Hammock is a fabric shelf installed onto student chairs using a nylon cord that allows for the storage of books and supplies under the seat of the chair. The Book Hammock's angled design with fashioned sides and a back help to prevent the supplies from falling off the shelf. The use of flexible materials and nylon cord allow the user to stack and unstuck chairs for storage and mobility without having to remove the Book Hammocks. | 02-24-2011 |
20110062754 | STACKABLE CHAIR WITH RACK ATTACHMENT MEMBERS - A stackable chair has a seating surface, at least three legs and a rack attachment member attached to each of the legs. Each rack attachment member has a leg attachment portion attached to one of the legs and a rack attachment portion capable of reversibly securing a portion of a rack to one of the legs below the seating surface. Typically, the invention further includes a rack, such as a thick rack, disposed below the seating surface and generally parallel thereto. The rack having a plurality of radiating prongs, each of the prongs being attached to a rack attachment portion of one of the rack attachment members. | 03-17-2011 |
20110221244 | APPARATUS THAT ATTACHES TO A CHAIR TO PROVIDE STORAGE OR TO ASSIST WITH CHAIR TRANSPORTATION - Subject matter described includes an apparatus that attaches to a chair to provide storage and to assist with carrying the chair. For example, the apparatus might include side panels that are attached to one another, such that the side panels contiguously extend around the chair legs when the apparatus is attached to a chair. In addition, the apparatus includes a top panel that extends from one of the side panels over the chair seat and that releasably fastens to one or more other side panels. The apparatus might also include a wrapping mechanism that attaches to a chair and that includes a releasable fastener. The releasable fastener is positioned to be fastened when the wrapping mechanism wraps around a collapsed chair. | 09-15-2011 |
20120175923 | BENCH FOR TIGHTENING SKATE LACES - A bench is used to support and provide access to a skate in an elevated position relative to a floor surface. The bench includes a seat portion having a sitting surface provided thereon, and a leg structure mounted to the seat portion and adapted to support the seat portion relative to the floor surface. A support portion is connected to the seat portion and provided with a through-slotted support surface adapted to receive and support a skate. The support surface includes at least one through-slot formed longitudinally thereof and dimensioned to receive a depending structure provided on a sole of the skate. | 07-12-2012 |
20120256453 | Golf bag stool - A golf bag stool is provided for comfortable seating at locations where golf if played, or where users would like to be reminded of the game of golf. The golf bag stool has a small or miniature sized golf bag, a base, a central vertical column comprised of a pneumatic device and a seat such that the stool can be conveniently used for seating at conventional tables and countertops. The device permits the user to rotate universally in any 360 degree direction and to tip the golf bag stool toward or away from center, while still maintaining axial alignment between the vertical column and the golf bag structure. The golf bag stool can be adapted to display a wide array of insignia to remind the user of, e.g., a favorite team, tournament, university or golfer. | 10-11-2012 |
20120292957 | SEAT THAT CAN BE CONVERTED INTO A SLEEPING-BERTH - In a block of seats side by side which can be converted individually between a chair configuration and a horizontal flat bed configuration, and the seats are arranged and oriented substantially in the same direction, the longitudinal axes of two of the seats in the bed configuration converge towards a point situated in front of the seats at a distance such that the foot areas in front of the seats in the bed configuration, where the feet of an occupant of the seat are located in normal use, are superposed. The bed planes of the seats of a block are vertically offset and extended by rest surfaces of the foot areas arranged in a column arranged between the seat backs of the seats of a block situated in front, making it possible to reduce the seat pitch whilst not affecting comfort and allowing an improved cabin layout for transporting passengers. | 11-22-2012 |
20140001798 | CONFIGURABLE UNDERSEAT STORAGE FEATURE | 01-02-2014 |
20140077536 | FOLD-FLAT SEAT ASSEMBLY - A seat assembly may include a seat bottom and a seatback. The seat bottom may include a seating surface and a first cargo surface. The seat bottom may be movable between a first position in which the seating surface may face upward and a second position in which the first cargo surface may face upward and the seating surface may face downward. The seatback may include a backrest surface and a second cargo surface. The seatback may be movable relative to the seat bottom between a third position in which the backrest surface may face a front end of the seat assembly and a fourth position in which the second cargo surface may face upward and is substantially level with the first cargo surface when the seat bottom is in the first position. | 03-20-2014 |
20140152060 | FOLDING BOOK HOLDER FOR CHAIR - A chair with a folding book holder includes a generally horizontal seat portion with an upper surface for supporting an occupant and an opposed lower surface. The folding book holder has a bottom portion and two support portions. Each support portion has a lower edge flexibly interconnected with the bottom portion and an upper edge flexibly interconnected with the chair. The bottom portion and support portions are foldable between a use position and a storage position, wherein in the use position the support portions extend generally downwardly from the seat portion and the bottom portion is spaced from the seat portion, and in the storage position the support portions and bottom portion are folded up against the seat portion. | 06-05-2014 |
20140306495 | PATIENT CARRIER - A patient carrier comprises a patient support configured to be locatable above a toileting receptacle. The patient support includes a back support portion, a leg support portion, and a seat support portion. The patient support is movable about a first axis between an upright orientation and an inclined orientation. The seat support portion is movable about a second axis relative to the back support portion and leg support portion, and is operable to transition between a seating configuration and a toileting configuration when the patient support is in the inclined orientation. | 10-16-2014 |
20150008706 | VEHICLE SEAT POWERED BY FUEL CELL - A seat for passenger vehicles, such as an aircraft seat, that is individually fitted with a fuel cell ( | 01-08-2015 |
20150076874 | LOUNGE ASSEMBLY - A lounge assembly includes a movable backrest to be positioned at multiple locations on its seating surface. The backrest is supported by plate supports extending into the seat below its seating surface to connect to a slidable carriage assembly used to move the backrest. The backrest can be locked into selected positions on the lounge assembly seating surface. The lounge assembly is especially adapted for a boat. | 03-19-2015 |
20150084386 | INFLATABLE/DEFLATABLE SEAT WITH STOWABLE COLLAPSING FRAME - A vehicle seating assembly comprises a base having an upper rim and a receptacle below the rim, a seatback having upper and lower sections operable at an intermediate hinge between opened and closed positions and frame members operably coupling the base with the seatback, and operable between a use position, wherein the seatback is above the base, and a stowed position, wherein the seatback is in front of and below the rim. | 03-26-2015 |
20150091342 | PASSENGER SEATING ASSEMBLIES AND ASPECTS THEREOF - Multiple features of seating assemblies are detailed Innovations in or to tray tables, luggage bars, arm rests, seat backs, and seat frames are included, with features being incorporated into seating assemblies either separately or in any combination. The assemblies are configured principally for passenger aircraft but may be used elsewhere as appropriate or desired. | 04-02-2015 |
20160039523 | SEATING DEVICE - A seating device with at least one lateral luggage bar, which is provided for being mounted underneath a seat, and with at least one carrier element, which is implemented by a step element and provided for receiving a support force in at least one operating state. In order to achieve improved characteristics regarding complexity and weight, the carrier element and the luggage bar have at least one coupling point, in which the luggage bar and the carrier element are rigidly connected to each other in at least one direction via a form-fit manner, by a substance to substance bond and/or via a force-fit manner and which coupling point is provided for transferring at least a portion of the support force from the carrier element onto the luggage bar. | 02-11-2016 |
297188090 | Accessible by displacement of seating surface | 18 |
20100314916 | BALL CHAIR AND MULTIFUNCTIONAL FURNITURE - The invention relates to a chair ( | 12-16-2010 |
20110181081 | BUCKET SEAT - A bucket seat ( | 07-28-2011 |
20120086243 | TOOLBOX SEAT FOR PICKUP TRUCK BED - A combination toolbox and seating assembly is provided. The toolbox seating assembly is installed in the bed of a pickup truck, wherein the toolbox includes a hinged lid, and wherein a bench style seat may be stored the toolbox when not in use, and may be positioned within the upper portion of the toolbox when in use to provide comfortable rearward seating within the bed of the truck. | 04-12-2012 |
20120169095 | FRAME FOR A MOTOR VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION - A cushion structure for a motor vehicle seat including a retractable stop piece capable of preventing an object placed under the cushion from moving towards the front, and means capable of arranging said cushion in a position preventing a passenger from sitting on it. | 07-05-2012 |
20120242118 | SEAT STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE-RIDE TYPE VEHICLE - A seat structure for a saddle-ride type vehicle, the seat structure including an outer frame portion in which a through-hole is formed at least at a seating position for the occupant to sit on; a seat skin that has elasticity is fixed to the outer frame portion while predetermined tensile force is applied thereto, and is disposed to cover a portion facing the through-hole; and a cushion member that is disposed between an upper surface of the outer frame portion and the seat skin, and bulges above an outer edge of the outer frame portion. | 09-27-2012 |
20130026801 | Bean bag chair with storage compartment - An improved bean bag chair is disclosed that not only provides conforming support for a person's body in a variety of positions, but also provides a closable storage compartment for storing a large number of miscellaneous articles of varying size, shape and hardness, all without compromising the chair's effectiveness in providing conforming support. The chair includes an upper flexible bag defining an upper compartment that carries an adaptable filler material, and it further includes a lower flexible bag defining a lower compartment for receiving and storing the miscellaneous articles. A closure, e.g., a zipper, secures the upper and lower flexible bags together. | 01-31-2013 |
20130300162 | BEAN BAG CHAIR WITH STORAGE COMPARTMENT - An improved bean bag chair is disclosed that not only provides conforming support for a person's body in a variety of positions, but also provides a closable storage compartment for storing a large number of miscellaneous articles of varying size, shape and hardness, all without compromising the chair's effectiveness in providing conforming support. The chair includes an upper flexible bag defining an upper compartment that carries an adaptable filler material, and it further includes a lower flexible bag defining a lower compartment for receiving and storing the miscellaneous articles. A closure, e.g., a zipper, secures the upper and lower flexible bags together. | 11-14-2013 |
20130313869 | INTEGRATED UNDERSEAT STORAGE - A seating assembly for a vehicle including a seat movable between a raised vertical position and a lowered horizontal position. A storage cavity is defined by an underside of the seat. The storage cavity includes a plurality of vehicle emergency items. Retaining features are disposed on the underside of the seat and secure the plurality of vehicle emergency items. An access opening is disposed on the underside of the seat. A door covers the access opening and is pivotally connected to the underside of the seat. The door is maintained in a latched condition until the seat is moved to the raised vertical position. The door moves to an unlatched condition when the seat is in the raised vertical position and access to the access opening is possible. | 11-28-2013 |
20140375090 | PASSENGER SEAT - Described are passenger seat assemblies including spreaders ( | 12-25-2014 |
20150377281 | VEHICLE INCLUDING AN OPERATING MEMBER - Provided is a vehicle including a vehicle body. The vehicle includes an operating member to be pressed so that the operating member performs an operation, and a wire having a first end and a second end. The first end is closer than the second end to the operating member. The vehicle includes a wire cover slidably covering the wire and slidable relative to the wire. The vehicle includes an actuating section that supports a first portion of the wire cover and that moves the wire cover in a direction away from the first end of the wire in accordance with the operation. The vehicle includes a non-actuating section supporting the first end so that an operation amount of the first end with respect to the vehicle body is smaller than an operation amount of the actuating section with respect to the vehicle body when the operating member performs the operation. | 12-31-2015 |
297188100 | Pivotally displaced | 8 |
20090072595 | Seat for vehicle - This seat for a vehicle is provided a seat cushion which is rotatable toward a seat back in an upright condition around an axis provided on the seat back side, the seat for a vehicle comprising: a storage recessed portion which is provided in a bottom face of the seat cushion; and a lid which opens and closes the storage recessed portion, the lid being rotatably attached with a rear end portion of the storage recessed portion as a supporting axis. | 03-19-2009 |
20090115229 | Underseat storage - A seat apparatus comprises a seat member with a seat bottom, a front leg, a rear leg, a seat back attached to the seat member, a seat cushion movably attached to the seat bottom, and a storage container positioned underneath the seat cushion and attached to the seat member. The seat cushion is pivotably attached to the seat bottom and configured to rotate upward to allow an occupant to access the container. The storage container may include a door to permit access to the storage container. | 05-07-2009 |
20150115672 | ASSEMBLY COMPOSED OF A SADDLE AND A SADDLE COMPARTMENT FOR MOTORCYCLES - An assembly composed of a saddle ( | 04-30-2015 |
20150130233 | BLOW MOLDED RESIN FURNITURE HAVING A STABILIZING BOX STRUCTURE - The invention involves a system and method for constructing lawn furniture. The system includes box type beam members as well as a large box structure supported above a ground surface. The box structure provides rigidity and stability to the furniture while also functioning as storage space. The components are formed to ship in a dissembled compact state and snap together with minimal use of fasteners and tools. | 05-14-2015 |
20160000228 | Foldable and Portable Lounge Chair Having An Integrated Lockable Storage Compartment - A lounge chair equipped with wheels and is configured to be foldable by a user and has an integrated storage compartment with a locking mechanism. At least one storage compartment is integrated within the lounge chair. A user can access the storage compartment from the top of the storage housing when the seat portion is lifted to an open configuration or from the side of the storage housing when a user pulls out the storage housing drawer. When the seat portion is lowered to a closed position, a user is able to then sit on the seat portion and access at least a portion of a storage area through a pull-out drawer located on the side of the storage housing of the novel lounge chair. A handle portion can telescope from a closed configuration during storage to an open configuration when grasped by a user. | 01-07-2016 |
20160129845 | FOLDING SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH INTERNAL STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A folding seat assembly is provided for a motor vehicle. The folding seat assembly includes a seat back, a seat base and an internal storage compartment. The seat base includes first and second sections that are independently pivotally displaceable between a raised position and a home position. The internal storage compartment is defined between the two sections of the seat base. | 05-12-2016 |
20160177607 | SEAT HINGE STRUCTURE FOR SADDLE RIDING VEHICLE | 06-23-2016 |
20160193949 | REMOVABLE CUSHION THAT PROVIDES AN INSULATED COOLING VOLUME | 07-07-2016 |
297188110 | Horizontally slidable (e.g., drawer) | 9 |
20080265634 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH A STORAGE COMPARTMENT - A vehicle seat includes a seat frame having a seat portion and a cover skirt covering the frame below the seat portion to form a footwell termination at a front region of the cover skirt. The front region of the cover skirt includes a pair of side walls, a front wall, and a back wall. The side and front walls are articulately connected and the side walls are foldable and coupled between the front and back walls. The front wall is displaceable away from the back wall to a pulled-out position in which the side walls are unfolded and the side walls, the front wall, and the back wall together form a storage compartment. The front wall is diplaceable toward the back wall to a pushed-in position in which the side walls are folded and lie between the front and back walls and the front and back walls meet. | 10-30-2008 |
20090295201 | Convertible Seating Unit - A convertible seating unit for a motor vehicle is provided. The convertible seating unit comprises a seat having an upper surface, a front edge and a rear edge. The convertible seating unit further includes a back support comprising a first back support panel and a second back support panel. Each of the first and second back support panels has a first edge and a second edge, and an upper surface and a lower surface. The second edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the first edge of the second back panel to define a first hinge axis. The first edge of the first back panel is hingeably connected to the seat proximate the rear edge of the seat to define a second hinge axis. | 12-03-2009 |
20100231011 | REAR SEAT HIDDEN STORAGE - A rear seat assembly for a vehicle is provided. The vehicle includes a support frame having a pair of spaced frame rails extending along the length of the vehicle and a body mounted on the support frame. The rear seat assembly comprises a rear seat including a rear seat cushion. The rear seat defines a left seat sections a center seat section and a right seat section. The rear seat has a first end section supported on one of the frame rails and a second end section supported on the other frame rail. A frame member is mounted to the body. The frame member is positioned generally beneath the center seat section of the rear seat. The frame member is configured to provide additional support to the center seat section. The frame member at least partially displaces the rear seat cushion to raise an occupant of the center seat section and balances a thickness of the rear seat cushion under an occupant of one of the left and right seat sections. | 09-16-2010 |
20120091765 | CHAIR CADDY - A storage assembly for use with a chair. The chair has a seat supported by a framework such as one or more legs. The storage assembly includes at least one storage unit, preferably a plurality of storage units, each having at least one storage feature, such as a recess, drawer, hook, container or case. The storage assembly is attachable to the seat or the supportive framework of the chair below the seat of the chair, and does not protrude substantially therefrom. In an embodiment with a plurality of shelves, the shelves are connected to a support structure such as a pair of side walls. One or more leg attachments operably couple the assembly to one or more chair legs. For example, a leg attachment may connect a wall to a leg. As each shelf is connected to the wall, the leg attachment couples the shelf to the leg, via the wall. The leg attachment may be a pivoting, telescopic arm with a clamp, a belt, snap fit, integrally molded or other suitable connector. The storage assembly may be permanently or removably attached to the chair. | 04-19-2012 |
20120205949 | Salon technician seat stool - A seat stool including a top surface and a plurality of legs supporting a bottom surface which terminate in a caster or wheel roller assembly for easy moving about, with open side compartments for storing bottles of nail polish, nail polish remover, alcohol and acetone, for example, as employed in pedicure and hand/nail administrations, and with a pull-out drawer for storing files, clippers, cuticle cutters, cotton balls and permastone implements employed in such administrations, and being constructed of a strength for characteristic fabrication to support a salon nail technician sitting on the top surface in administering to a client. | 08-16-2012 |
20120313406 | Aircraft Passenger Seat - An aircraft passenger seat having a primary seat ( | 12-13-2012 |
20140132045 | JUVENILE VEHICLE SEAT - A juvenile vehicle seat for use with a passenger seat includes a base and a drawer. The base is adapted to boost a child relative to an underlying vehicle seat. The drawer is coupled to the base to move into and out of a drawer-receiving cavity formed in the base. | 05-15-2014 |
20140368006 | Child Seat Convertible to Multiple Configurations of Use - A child seat includes a seat body, and a first and a second support respectively assembled with the seat body via a first and a second connection. The seat body has a seating surface and a bottom surface below the seating surface, and the first and second support are extendable below the bottom surface. The child seat has a first configuration in which the child seat is attached to a support frame at an elevated position above a ground surface, and a second configuration in which the child seat is converted to a booster seat standing independent of the support frame, the first and second support respectively extending forward from the first and second connection in the first configuration, and the first and second support respectively extending rearward from the first and second connection so that the child seat stands on the first and second supports in the second configuration. | 12-18-2014 |
20180022282 | LATCHING MECHANISM FOR AUTOMOTIVE UNDER SEAT DRAWER | 01-25-2018 |
297188120 | Detachable | 1 |
20190142171 | HOLDER FOR A CHAIR | 05-16-2019 |
297188130 | Having closure means | 5 |
20090001779 | Seating apparatus including vehicle container - An airplane seating apparatus includes a lifejacket container arranged, at least in open and closed states, exclusively on a side of a front boundary area that faces the seating apparatus. The front boundary area is formed by an area which runs through a seat front side perpendicularly to a seat mounting surface. | 01-01-2009 |
20100045083 | PET CONTAINMENT DEVICE AND METHOD - A pet containment device for use with a chair comprises a cover for enclosing space underneath the chair. Said device also comprises other novel features that allow the device to connect to a seat of the chair and operate concomitantly with a folding chair. There is also provided a method of containing a pet. | 02-25-2010 |
20120200127 | STRUCTURE OF CONTAINER MOUNTED TO VEHICLE SEAT AND METHOD FOR MOUNTING CONTAINER TO VEHICLE SEAT - Container for accommodating small article(s) comprises: a container body including flange portion wherein connecting slits are formed; and a container lid element including lateral wall region having projected connecting pieces. A trim cover assembly of the seat includes: a peripheral end area or margin defined in a container mounting hole formed in the trim cover assembly; and connecting slits formed in that margin. In assembly, the connecting pieces are inserted through those flanged portion, while simultaneously the margin of trim cover assembly is sandwiched between the flanged portion and lateral wall region. Those free ends are flattened to connecting slits, respectively, so that free ends of the connecting pieces project from the connect together all the container body, container lid element and trim cover assembly. Finally, the trim cover assembly is attached upon a foam padding, with the container body inserted in a recession of the foam padding. | 08-09-2012 |
20130292976 | Receptacle With a Pocket for a Collapsible Chair - An apparatus comprising: a sleeve; and a pocket that is coupled to the sleeve; wherein the sleeve is configured to fit around a seat portion of a collapsible chair; wherein the pocket is configured to secure one or more items to the collapsible chair as the chair moves among a plurality of positions. | 11-07-2013 |
20160046240 | SEAT ASSEMBLY WITH EMBEDDED AND HIDDEN STORAGE - A seat assembly is provided including a seat back and a seat cushion. The seat cushion includes a seating surface, a first side bolster, a second side bolster and a face extending around the first and second side bolsters and across the front of the seat between those side bolsters. In addition a first storage compartment is provided in the seat cushion. That storage compartment has an access opening in the face. | 02-18-2016 |