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US3159850A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Safety cradle bed for vehicle and general use

Assignee: HOWARD
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Filing: 1962-03-05
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Granted: 1964-12-08
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Expires: 1982-03-05
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Lewis R Aldrich
  • 👤 John L Howard

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-07 18:10
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47D; A47D9/00; A47D9/008; A47D9/016; B; B60; B60N; B60N2/00; B60N2/24; B60N2/26; B60N2/28; B60N2/2854; B60N2/2884; B60N2/42; B60N2/427; B60N2/42727; B60N2/42736

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 223 words
THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A VEHICLE SEAT HAVING A SEAT CUSHION AND A BACK CUSHION; A SUPPORTING FRAME HAVING UPPER PORTIONS, A FIRST STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL REST, A SECOND LONGITUDINAL REST HAVING A V-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, THE APEX OF SAID CONFIGURATION BEING ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST LONGITUDINAL REST, SAID FRAME BEING POSITIONED ON SAID SEAT CUSHION CONTIGUOUS TO SAID BACK CUSHION WITH SAID STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL REST CONTIGUOUS TO THE MEETING PLACE OF SAID SEAT CUSHION AND SAID BACK CUSHION; ANCHORING MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID SUPPORTING FRAME ADJACENT THE MEETING PLACE OF SAID APEX OF SAID CONFIGURATION AND SAID STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL REST; RESTRAINING MEANS, HAVING ONE END AFFIXED TO A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVING A PORTION OF SAID RESTRAINING MEANS ENGAGED TO SAID ANCHORING MEANS OF SAID FRAME, FOR RIGIDLY RESTRAINING SAID SUPPORT FRAME FROM TIPPING OVER WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS, SAID RESTRAINING MEANS PASSING BETWEEN SAID SEAT CUSHION AND SAID BACK CUSHION; A BATHTUB-LIKE CRADLE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR UPPER RIM; PIVOTING MEANS, POSITIONED AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE MIDPOINT OF EACH TRANSVERSE PORTION OF SAID RIM, FOR PERMITTING SAID CRADLE TO PIVOT ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF; PIVOT RECEIVING MEANS ON EACH UPPER PORTION OF SAID SUPPORTING FRAME, FOR RECEIVING SAID PIVOTING MEANS OF SAID CRADLE; AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID FRAME AND SAID RIM OF SAID CRADLE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 223 words
THE COMBINATION COMPRISING: A VEHICLE SEAT HAVING A SEAT CUSHION AND A BACK CUSHION; A SUPPORTING FRAME HAVING UPPER PORTIONS, A FIRST STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL REST, A SECOND LONGITUDINAL REST HAVING A V-SHAPED CONFIGURATION, THE APEX OF SAID CONFIGURATION BEING ADJACENT TO SAID FIRST LONGITUDINAL REST, SAID FRAME BEING POSITIONED ON SAID SEAT CUSHION CONTIGUOUS TO SAID BACK CUSHION WITH SAID STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL REST CONTIGUOUS TO THE MEETING PLACE OF SAID SEAT CUSHION AND SAID BACK CUSHION; ANCHORING MEANS AFFIXED TO SAID SUPPORTING FRAME ADJACENT THE MEETING PLACE OF SAID APEX OF SAID CONFIGURATION AND SAID STRAIGHT LONGITUDINAL REST; RESTRAINING MEANS, HAVING ONE END AFFIXED TO A PORTION OF THE VEHICLE AND HAVING A PORTION OF SAID RESTRAINING MEANS ENGAGED TO SAID ANCHORING MEANS OF SAID FRAME, FOR RIGIDLY RESTRAINING SAID SUPPORT FRAME FROM TIPPING OVER WHEN THE VEHICLE STOPS, SAID RESTRAINING MEANS PASSING BETWEEN SAID SEAT CUSHION AND SAID BACK CUSHION; A BATHTUB-LIKE CRADLE HAVING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR UPPER RIM; PIVOTING MEANS, POSITIONED AT SUBSTANTIALLY THE MIDPOINT OF EACH TRANSVERSE PORTION OF SAID RIM, FOR PERMITTING SAID CRADLE TO PIVOT ALONG A LONGITUDINAL AXIS THEREOF; PIVOT RECEIVING MEANS ON EACH UPPER PORTION OF SAID SUPPORTING FRAME, FOR RECEIVING SAID PIVOTING MEANS OF SAID CRADLE; AND MEANS FOR PRODUCING FRICTIONAL ENGAGEMENT BETWEEN SAID UPPER PORTIONS OF SAID FRAME AND SAID RIM OF SAID CRADLE.

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