Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
297452410 | Having fluent material | 30 |
20090051205 | Foldable inflatable furniture - An inflatable item has a body. The body has a chamber therein, and defines an outer edge. An inlet is provided on the body and communicates with the chamber. A groove is cut from the outer edge of the body and extends for a depth into the body. A fold line extends from the outer edge to a portion of the groove. | 02-26-2009 |
20090085393 | Inflatable Chair With Cushion Top - Disclosed herein is an inflatable chair having at least three sections. The inflatable chair has a lower inflatable support chamber that has a top and bottom layer. The inflatable chair also has an upper cushioning portion and a stabilizing member. The upper cushioning portion and the stabilizing member are in fluid communication with the lower inflatable support chamber. The inflatable chair is made of a high elastic PVC material. | 04-02-2009 |
20090250991 | SEATING SUPPORT SYSTEM - A seating product, such as a chair, has a frame. The frame defines the seating area and back area of the seating product. A series flexible straps extend across the seating area and back area. In a similar fashion, a series of spring supports extend over the flexible straps and the seating and back areas. The straps and the spring supports hold an inflatable bladder in the lumbar region of the back area. The straps and the spring supports in the seating area hold another inflatable bladder in the seating area. The bladders are coupled to a pump controllable to inflate and deflate the bladders. When deflated, the seating product has a suspension and feel like that of traditional seating products. The bladders can be selectively and individually inflated to provide a customized support in the seating product. The flexible straps provide a suspension surface for the air bladders. | 10-08-2009 |
20100123347 | Inflatable Furniture - An inflatable furniture comprises: a receiving body, a plurality of side-board-connecting members, airbag-connecting members, a pump, a power supply, two airbags, and an audio device. By opening the side boards and inflating the airbags, the airbags can be inflated into beds or sofas, and when after use, the airbags can be deflated and folded into the receiving body. Furthermore, the receiving body can also be temporarily used as a tea table or a stool. | 05-20-2010 |
20110089741 | Self inflating bellows chair - A self inflating bellows chair with a hollow bodied chair shape and an attached an air valve. The chair shape is molded from firm yet resilient plastic that has the ability to perform a compressible and expandable bellows function. The hollow bodied chair shape has expandable and compressible accordion type side and arm panels. The air valve is fixedly attached to the side wall of the chair. The air valve has a spring biased relief vent where air is allowed to escape when a valve cover plate is pushed by a user. A preferred embodiment includes the chair automatically expands when released from its flattened condition. | 04-21-2011 |
20110133539 | SHOCK ABSORBING APPARATUS FOR AIRCRAFT SEAT - The present invention provides a shock absorbing apparatus for an aircraft seat, that attenuates shock to passengers and crews. | 06-09-2011 |
20110227388 | ADJUSTING DEVICE FOR A SEAT AND METHOD OF OPERATING AN ADJUSTING DEVICE - An adjusting device for a seat comprises at least one fluid chamber and a valve assembly in fluid communication with the fluid chamber. Each fluid chamber is configured to be installed in the seat to adjust at least a portion of the seat upon inflation or deflation. The at least one fluid chamber comprises a first fluid chamber. The valve assembly comprises a check valve and a 3/2-way valve. A first port of the 3/2-way valve is in fluid communication with the check valve, and a second port of the 3/2-way valve is in fluid communication with the first fluid chamber. | 09-22-2011 |
20110272993 | Cushion for a Seat and Method of Adapting Same - A seat includes a bearing structure and a number of cushions. The cushions cover the entire area of the seat surface and the backrest of the seat. Each cushion is formed of a textile spacer structure held in a fluid-tight casing. The casing has a connection for a hose line. Before a user sits on the seat, the hose line is open to the outside air. Due to the force applied by the seat user, the cushion and spacer structure are compressed, whereby simultaneously air is displaced out of the cushion. The cushions thus experience a contouring according to the body shape of the seat user. After the user sits down, the contouring can be fixed by blocking device the hose line, and thus separating the reduced air volume in the inside of the cushion from the outside air. In this way, the contouring of the seat cushions is maintained when the seat user leaves the seat. | 11-10-2011 |
20120007407 | VEHICLE SEAT WITH INTERNAL CUSHION AIR BAG APPARATUS, AND CUSHION AIR BAG APPARATUS - A cushion air bag includes a waist restraining portion that is arranged at a central portion of a cushion panel, and a gas introducing portion that connects this waist restraining portion to an inflator that is provided at a front portion of a cushion panel. This cushion air bag is inflated such that the waist restraining portion reaches a higher height than the gas introducing portion. | 01-12-2012 |
20120013165 | SEAT PORTION OF A VEHICLE SEAT - A seat portion of a vehicle seat has a padding, which is covered with permeable upholstery defining a user supporting surface and has a plurality of chambers extending crosswise to the supporting surface; the chambers are open at their ends and, in use, vary in volume in response to oscillating movement of the user; the chambers are grouped in at least four groups, which are located, respectively, in front right, front left, rear right, and rear left position; the chambers of each group are isolated in fluidtight manner by the chambers of the other groups and communicate with a respective opening, which connects the lower end of the chambers to the outside; the opening of each group is associated with a respective valve, which operates independently from the valves of the other groups and is opened/closed automatically in response to compression and decompression of the air in the chambers. | 01-19-2012 |
20120112514 | CHAIR STRUCTURE - The chair structure comprises: a chair body ,including a seat cushion and a back cushion; a fixing plate, being firmly disposed in the chair body and having a plurality of fixing holes; a moving plate, being disposed above the fixing plate, the moving plate having a plurality of penetrating holes; a plurality of flexible members, being disposed on the surface of the top end of the moving plate; a plurality of fixing members, each of the fixing members having a fastening end and a connecting end; and a plurality of lifting devices, being disposed at the bottom of the moving plate, by means of the lifting devices driving the moving plate and the fixing members holding the flexible members, the flexible members being then compressed in order to adjust the flexible supporting forces of the chair body. | 05-10-2012 |
20120261973 | INFLATABLE PASSENGER SEAT ASSEMBLY - Described are passenger seat assemblies comprising: at least one seat pan; an inflatable seat adjacent to the at least one seat pan; and at least one inflation system comprising a transport device and a delivery mechanism coupled to the transport device, wherein the transport device is configured to inject an inflating substance into the inflatable seat via the delivery mechanism, wherein the delivery mechanism is coupled to the inflatable seat via an opening. The passenger seat assemblies may further comprise a support structure. The inflating substance may be air. The inflatable seat may comprise at least one structural chamber. The inflatable seat may also have utility apart from the passenger seat assembly. | 10-18-2012 |
20120280554 | VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION WITH INFLATABLE SUPPORT - A cushion is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The cushion includes an inflatable air bag in, for example, a lumbar-support device. | 11-08-2012 |
20120299357 | AlertSeat - A seating system which has a ball-shaped cushion that is removably positioned on top of a support carriage. When placed on the support carriage, the ball-shaped cushion is held in place, allowing a person to sit on the cushion and thereby use the system for sitting purposes. The seating system is designed to improve the attention span and concentration of children and adults. | 11-29-2012 |
20120313420 | PNEUMATIC CUSHION, ACTUATOR AND VEHICLE SEAT - A film bladder, in particular for a vehicle seat, has an upper and a lower film wall and at least one longitudinal welded seam. The upper and the lower film wall in the collapsed installed state of the film bladder bear against one another and form a flat structure which is defined to the side by longitudinal side edges. The longitudinal welded seam of the film bladder is provided in a film region between the two longitudinal side edges of the film bladder. | 12-13-2012 |
20130038112 | NON-NEWTONIAN STRESS THICKENING FLUID VIBRATION DAMPER SYSTEM FOR VEHICLE SEAT - A vibration damper for a vehicle seat back is disclosed. The vibration damper includes an enclosure provided inside the upper end of a vehicle seat back. The enclosure includes a plurality of projections, preferably in the form of spaced apart, vertically extending pins, extending from one or more interior walls of the enclosure. A non-newtonian stress thickening fluid is provided within the enclosure. When the seat back is at rest the stress thickening fluid is free flowing within the enclosure. When the seat back is moved the stress thickening fluid is acted upon by the walls of the enclosure, the internally mounted pins, or both. As the walls and pins push on the fluid it comes under shear stress which causes the fluid to harden. As the pin passes through the hardened fluid they absorb energy and dampen the motion. | 02-14-2013 |
20130134764 | VEHICLE COMFORT SEAT - The present invention is a vehicle comfort seat utilized in a vehicle that includes a base vehicle, seat installed in the vehicle that includes a lumbar region and a bottom cushion with a side, a top surface and a front and a plurality of air-filled cushions that are disposed on the top surface and the front of the bottom cushion, wherein the air-filled cushions are disposed on the top surface and the front of the bottom cushion without being disposed on the lumbar region of the base vehicle seat. The pneumatic power source is incorporated into the vehicle's system to provide compressed air to inflate and deflate the air-filled cushions and a controlling device is provided that controls a predetermined amount and a predetermined pressure of compressed air to the air-filled cushions. | 05-30-2013 |
20140021768 | INFLATABLE SOFA - An inflatable sofa including a first inflatable sheath, a second inflatable sheath, a hose, an injection valve, a leaking valve and a pump is provided. The first inflatable sheath has a first pressure, and the second inflatable sheath disposed in the first inflatable sheath has a second pressure, in which the second pressure is less than the first pressure. The hose is connected between the pump and the second inflatable sheath, and the injection valve is disposed on the second inflatable sheath and located in the first inflatable sheath. The leaking valve is disposed on the first inflatable sheath and used to leak gas within the first inflatable sheath to outside of the inflatable sofa. | 01-23-2014 |
20140070593 | INFLATABLE SEAT AND METHOD OF USE - An inflatable seat system includes one or more seats having a seat base; an inner layer on the seat base; and an outer layer extending over the inner layer. At least one of the inner layer and the outer layer define a plurality of vertically layered inflatable bladders that are individually adjustably inflatable to adjust one or more of height, width, and firmness in the seat system. | 03-13-2014 |
20140097661 | AIRCRAFT SEAT - An aircraft seat comprising a seat element which comprises a seat cushion having a flexible material and forming the seat surface, characterized in that in the area of the left or right half of the seat cushion ( | 04-10-2014 |
20140210249 | CHAIR - A chair comprising a seat assembly and a support assembly is disclosed. The seat assembly has a deflectable body disposed about an axis that provides resilient convex seating surface. The support assembly retains the seat assembly and allows the seat assembly to rotate about its axis and additionally allows the seat assembly to rotate to cause limited tilt displacement of the axis from a neutral alignment. The support assembly includes biasing means that serve to urge the seat assembly towards the neutral alignment when the seat assembly is displaced from the neutral alignment. | 07-31-2014 |
20140217802 | Prostate automobile and truck seat - There is provided an adjustable air chamber which is located beneath the prostate area that is housed within the cushion of the seat contour which may be vertically deflated and reinflated 1½ inches by utilizing an electronic two-position switch located alongside the automobile and truck seat. | 08-07-2014 |
20140284988 | SEATING AIDS FOR PARALYZED INDIVIDUALS - The invention provides a seat cushion for an individual suffering from loss of sensation in the buttocks but having sensation in higher regions of the trunk. The cushion may be used, for example, in individuals who have undergone spinal cord injury (SCI). The seat cushion is formed from a flexible material and includes two closed systems containing a fluid. Each closed system includes a one or more buttock cells and one or more lateral cells, each buttock cell of the system being in fluid communication with at least one of the lateral cells of the system. The buttock cells determine a cushion layer and at least a portion of the lateral cells is above the cushion layer. | 09-25-2014 |
20140346836 | AUTO-INFLATABLE CUSHION TO ASSIST MOVEMENT - An inflatable mobility assistant is an inflatable cushion that starts flat and inflates into in the shape of a wedge, giving a user, such as a senior, enough upward and forward momentum and/or movement to stand up on their own. Variations can be used for exiting a bed, sitting down, or assisting in any movements of persons or objects. | 11-27-2014 |
20140346837 | VEHICLE SEAT CUSHION WITH INFLATABLE SUPPORT - A cushion is adapted to set on a seat pan included in a vehicle seat. The cushion includes an inflatable air bag in, for example, a lumbar-support device. | 11-27-2014 |
20140354028 | Inflatable Seat Apparatus with Padded Seat Topper, Floor Base and Relief Valve - An inflatable seat features an inflatable body having a cylindrical shape when inflated so as to visually approximate the shape of a drink can, and a seat topper situated atop the inflatable body. The seat topper features a padding layer disposed atop a base, which is of greater hardness and rigidity than the padding layer and has a flat undersurface in order to flatten out an underlying area of the top end of the inflatable to eliminate bulging of the top end of the inflatable and thereby better approximate the shape of a drink can. A pressure relief valve on the inflatable body prevents blowout of same under extreme pressure conditions when sat upon in high temperature environments. | 12-04-2014 |
20150061346 | CUSHIONS FOR RELIEVING SCIATIC AND/OR PERINEUM PRESSURE - Cushions configured to relieve pressure on the piriformis muscle/sciatic nerve area and/or perineum pressure. In some embodiments, a cushion may comprise a first lobe and a second lobe connected by a bridge region to define a low-profile region. The width of the entire cushion may be limited to reduce or eliminate pressure on the hollow of the buttocks, the location of the sciatic nerve, and piriformis muscle. In some embodiments, the cushion may comprise a rear seat portion configured to support a user's buttocks during use and a front seat portion configured to support a user's legs. The front seat portion may have a greater width than the rear seat portion to further reduce or eliminate pressure on the perineum region. | 03-05-2015 |
20160001688 | SEAT FOR VEHICLE - A seat for a vehicle may include a unit foam that is formed so as to have a magnetic property due to a magneto-rheological fluid, and magnetic bodies that are provided on both sides of the unit foam, respectively, to form a magnetic field passing through the unit foam. | 01-07-2016 |
20160157617 | THORACIC REGION COMFORT SEATING SYSTEM - An inflatable thoracic support bladder adapted to be secured to a seatback is provided. The inflatable bladder has a forward surface and a rearward surface. The bladder is defined by a center portion extending in an upright direction and oriented to be positioned adjacent the seatback to align adjacent a thoracic region of a user's spine. A pair of side portions is each disposed adjacent to and connected with the center portion. A plurality of filaments extends between the forward surface and the rearward surface of the bladder in the center portion. Upon inflation of the bladder, the center portion has a first stiffness that is greater than a second stiffness of the pair of side portions to support the user's spine along the center portion. | 06-09-2016 |
20160183690 | SEATING APPARATUS WITH ADJUSTABLE CUSHIONING - A seating apparatus with adjustable cushioning, comprises a seat base and an inflatable bladder comprising a plurality of air cells. The inflatable bladder is positioned in between at least two polyurethane foam layers, which are supported on the seat base. The seating apparatus further comprises a pump unit operatively connected to the inflatable bladder via a conduit for inflating or deflating the plurality of air cells for providing adjustable firmness to the seating apparatus. | 06-30-2016 |