Patent ID: 6769442
Filing Date: 2004-08-03
Classification: A01M,E04H,Y10S

Abstract:
A covered apparatus comprising:a body-supporting member defining a seating area; a hood operably supported over the seating area moveable between a hiding position where the hood is located over and hides the seating area and an open position where the hood is moved to uncover the seating area; a framework operably supporting the body-supporting member and the hood; a link-and-bias mechanism operably connected to the hood and the body-supporting member to automatically move the hood toward the open position when a person removes their weight from the body-supporting member, and a latch on the framework operably connected to the link-and-bias mechanism and to the body-supporting member, the latch being movable between a latched position where the latch secures the body-supporting member in a secured position against a force of the link-and-bias mechanism until the person places a portion of the person's body weight on the body-supporting member, and being configured to automatically move to a released position when the person places the portion of their body weight on the body-supporting member.