Abstract:
A slide-on, slide-off frame is disclosed that carries a medical face mask of the kind to be worn by healthcare providers and others who wish to avoid contracting or spreading an infectious disease, such as the coronavirus known as COVID-19. The frame includes a bridge to which the face mask is attached. A pair of L-shaped ear engaging arms stand upwardly from opposite ends of the bridge to lie on top of the wearer's ears to hold the frame on the wearer's face. In one embodiment, the upstanding ear engaging arms are rotatable downwardly into the plane of the bridge so that the frame can be carried in a purse or hand bag. In another embodiment, the frame is manufactured from a single continuous piece of material, such that the face mask is slidable off the bridge and removed from the frame.
Abstract:
A dynamic lumbar support located within the back of an office or home chair to enable a user to be seated close to a work surface (e.g., a desk or a table). The chair back rocks back and forth when the user shifts his weight backwards and forwards. The dynamic lumbar support includes a cushion back support manufactured from a resilient material that is responsive to a compressive force applied thereto when the user reclines and shifts his weight against the chair back. In particular, the cushion back support is adapted to change its shape from a relaxed convex shape at which to support the user's lower back and maintain a proper posture when the user sits erect and the chair back stands upright to a compressed flattened shape at which to support the user's back when he reclines and the chair back tilts backwards.
Abstract:
A chair of the type commonly found in a home or office and having a stationary back, a pair of arms, and a rotatable seat cradle that is located between the arms. The seat cradle includes a lumbar portion lying against the stationary chair back to support the user's lower back and a seat cushion portion to support the user's pelvis. The lumbar portion and the seat cushion portion of the seat cradle are connected to one another so as to rotate together as a unit relative to the stationary back and the arms of the chair. By virtue of the foregoing, the hips and spine of the user will be continuously aligned whenever the user shifts his weight in the chair, whereby to maximize user comfort and improve user posture.
Abstract:
A seat plate assembly that is secured without the use of tools or special skill to the bottom of a seat of a home or office chair that is sold disassembled. The no-tools seat plate assembly includes a seat plate housing that is connected to and slidable along the seat relative to a catch and a cam lock that is pivotally connected to and rotatable relative to the seat plate housing. The seat plate housing has a gas cylinder receiver in which to receive a gas lift cylinder. When the seat plate housing is first connected to the seat, the cam lock is rotated over top the gas cylinder receiver to block receipt of the gas cylinder. During installation, the seat plate housing slides axially along the seat, and the cam lock is rotated into locking engagement with the catch. The gas cylinder receiver is now unblocked to accept the gas cylinder therewithin.
Abstract:
A folding A-frame TV stand to be detachably connected to a TV mount so that a television connected to the TV mount can be held above the ground. The folding TV stand includes first and second intersecting legs. The first and second legs are pivotally connected to one another by a hinge located at the intersection thereof so that the legs are rotatable at the hinge between an unfolded position, at which the first and second legs are spaced apart to have a “A” shape in order to support the TV mount, and a folded position, at which the legs are moved side-by-side one another to assume a generally flat, space-efficient configuration suitable for transport in a compact shipping container. One of the first and second legs is longer than the other to create a vertical leg extension above the hinge at which the TV stand is detachably connected to the TV mount.
Abstract:
A chair with a chair back pivotally mounted to a pair of armrests which are fixedly secured to a seat. The chair back can be moved from a collapsed position located directly adjacent the seat to an upright position which is substantially transverse to the seat. When in the upright position, a pair of spring biased pins engaged with the chair back in the upright position.