Unitary adjustable seat basket
AssigneeSchukra of North America, Ltd.
InventorsCosentino Christopher, Tony Maier, Jack Rietveld, Igor Demin
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Abstract
An adjustable seat basket for providing lumbar support mountable on a seat back has mounting tabs, hinges adjacent the mounting tabs, a basket adjacent the hinge, and pivoting tabs for attaching an adjustment mechanism, all of a unitary construction of a resilient material, preferably spring steel. The hinge is a living hinge formed by bending the resilient material between the mounting tabs and the basket in a gentle curve. The basket is trapezoidal when in a flat position and viewed from the side.
Claims20
An adjustable seat basket adapted to mount on a seat back comprising:
- (a) a mounting tab;
- (b) a hinge adjacent to said mounting tab;
- (c) a first extending surface having a first end and a second end, said first end adjacent to said hinge and said second end being adapted to extend away from the seat back;
- (d) a basket surface having a first edge and a second edge, said first edge adjacent to said second end of said first extending surface adjacent to said second end of said first extending surface;
- and,
- (e) a second extending surface having a first side and a second side, said first side adjacent to said second edge of said basket surface and said second side being adapted to extending towards the seat back;
- wherein said adjustable seat basket is a unitary construction of a resilient material and said hinge is a living hinge.
An adjustable seat basket adapted to mount on a seat back comprising:
- (a) a mounting tab;
- (b) a hinge adjacent to said mounting tab;
- (c) a first extending surface having a first end and a second end, said first end adjacent to said hinge and said second end being adapted to extend away from the seat back, said first extending surface forming an angle substantially between 90° and 135° to said mounting tab;
- (d) a basket surface having a first edge and a second edge, said first edge adjacent to said second end of said first extending surface;
- and,
- (e) a second extending surface having a first side and a second side, said first side adjacent said second edge of said basket surface and said second side being adapted to extending towards the seat back,
- wherein said adjustable seat basket is a unitary construction of a resilient material and said hinge is a living hinge.
An adjustable seat basket adapted to mount on a seat back comprising:
- (a) a mounting tab;
- (b) a hinge adjacent to said mounting tab;
- (c) a first extending surface having a first end and a second end, said first end adjacent to said hinge and said second end being adapted to extend away from the seat back;
- (d) said hinge being disposed to mediate travel of said first extending surface from an angle that is acute to said mounting tab, through an angle that is perpendicular to said mounting tab and to an angle that is obtuse to said mounting tab;
- (e) a basket surface having a first edge, and a second edge, said first edge adjacent to said second end of said first extending surface;
- and
- (f) a second extending surface having a first side and a second side, said first side adjacent said second edge of said basket surface and said second side being adapted to extend towards the seat back;
- wherein said adjustable seat basket is unitary construction of a resilient material and said hinge is a living hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.