Patents Assigned to HNI Technologies Inc.
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Patent number: 8967714Abstract: A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Patent number: 8820835Abstract: A reclining chair has a base coupled to a chair back. The chair back is adapted to recline from an upright position to a reclined position. To accommodate that reclining motion, the chair back includes a flex zone formed with notches extending through an inner portion of the flex zone. Those notches narrow as the chair back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position. The flex zone also includes an outer portion that is separated from the inner portion by a gap, the outer portion having one or more notches extending through the outer portion. Those notches also narrow as the chair back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2012Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Phillip David Minino, John R. Koch, Marcus Curtis Koepke, Corey John Susie, Martin Calvin Koepke
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Publication number: 20140191546Abstract: A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Patent number: 8678503Abstract: A chair arm adjustment device according to embodiments of the present invention includes an arm pad base slidably coupled to the arm support, the arm pad base sliding substantially horizontally in two degrees of freedom with respect to the arm support within a range of motion of the arm pad base with respect to the arm support, and an arm brake assembly coupled with the arm pad base, the arm brake assembly moveable between a locked position in which the arm brake assembly substantially inhibits movement of the arm pad base relative to the arm support and an unlocked position in which the arm brake assembly does not substantially inhibit movement of the arm pad base relative to the arm support, wherein the arm brake assembly moves from the unlocked position to the locked position at any position of the arm pad base within the range of motion.Type: GrantFiled: October 7, 2011Date of Patent: March 25, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Jesse Hahn, John Robert Koch, Todd Ireland, Brett Kooistra
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Publication number: 20140062154Abstract: A reclining chair has a base coupled to a chair back. The chair back is adapted to recline from an upright position to a reclined position. To accommodate that reclining motion, the chair back includes a flex zone formed with notches extending through an inner portion of the flex zone. Those notches narrow as the chair back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position. The flex zone also includes an outer portion that is separated from the inner portion by a gap, the outer portion having one or more notches extending through the outer portion. Those notches also narrow as the chair back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2012Publication date: March 6, 2014Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES, INC.Inventors: Phillip David Minino, John R. Koch, Marcus Curtis Koepke, Corey John Susie, Martin Calvin Koepke
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Patent number: 8635996Abstract: A fuel feed system for conveying particulate fuel from a hopper to a firebox in a stove is provided. The fuel feed system includes an inlet opening to receive particulate fuel and a fuel collection plate located below the inlet opening. A fuel passageway is located below the plate. The passageway includes a fuel delivery end located in a firebox and a fuel infeed end below the plate. A fuel delivery system moves fuel through the passageway from the infeed end to the delivery end. A motor actuates the fuel delivery system.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 28, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Dane P. Harman, Neil Sturm
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Patent number: 8544951Abstract: A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Patent number: 8528280Abstract: A door as provided includes a one piece molded outer frame, a transparent panel, and a one piece molded inner frame, the inner and outer frames being coupled via a clip component and clip receiving component with the transparent panel secured therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2012Date of Patent: September 10, 2013Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Robert Coil, Travis E. Wright
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Publication number: 20130169014Abstract: A chair back according to embodiments of the present invention includes a rigid support member for reclinable attachment to a base, a flexible frame member having a flexible frame and a mesh, the mesh at least partially spanning the frame, and a seat attachment member moving in synchronization with the rigid support member at a different rate than the rigid support member during reclining of the rigid support member, wherein a first portion of the flexible frame member is affixed to the rigid support member, wherein a second portion of the flexible frame member flexes freely, wherein the seat attachment member contacts at least part of the second portion of the flexible frame member, wherein the first portion moves with the rigid support member and the second portion moves with the seat attachment member such that a curvature of the second portion increases as the rigid support member reclines.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 25, 2012Publication date: July 4, 2013Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Jesse Hahn, Corey Susie, Bruce Fifield, Federico Ferretti, Allessandro Sgotto, Dagmara Siemieniec, Martin Broen
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Publication number: 20130014456Abstract: A door as provided includes a one piece molded outer frame, a transparent panel, and a one piece molded inner frame, the inner and outer frames being coupled via a clip component and clip receiving component with the transparent panel secured therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2012Publication date: January 17, 2013Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Robert Coil, Travis E. Wright
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Patent number: 8322794Abstract: A seat damper assembly for a chair includes a rubber element having a through hole and a bracket seat having a major surface with a raised portion around a perimeter of the major surface. A support bracket is configured to be coupled with the bracket seat such that the raised portion abuts an outer edge of the support bracket. A side of the support bracket opposite the bracket seat is shaped to receive a portion of a chair frame assembly. A fastener, disposed in the through hole in rubber element, is configured to couple with a seat pan to secure the seat damper relative to the seat pan.Type: GrantFiled: August 11, 2009Date of Patent: December 4, 2012Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Matthew C. Brown, Travis J. Crowell, Aaron Michael Ickes, Jay R. Machael, Phillip D. Minino
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Patent number: 8297701Abstract: An adjustable reclining chair including a seat configured to support a user, a chair back, a base and a control mechanism mounted on the base. The control mechanism coupling the chair back to the seat with the chair back located generally adjacent to the user's back when the user is seated upon the seat. The control mechanism including a resistance adjustment mechanism for varying the control mechanism's resistance to a reclining force applied by the user to the chair back in order to move the chair back rearward from an upright position. The resistance adjustment mechanism activated by the weight of the user when seated in the chair, such that easy adjustment of the resistance is facilitated with the chair in an upright position. The resistance adjustment mechanism including a resilient member placed under a load during reclining of the chair to provide resistance to the reclining force.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2010Date of Patent: October 30, 2012Assignee: HNI Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, John Koch, Marcus C. Koepke
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Patent number: 8251448Abstract: A chair back according to embodiments of the present invention includes a rigid support member for reclinable attachment to a base, a flexible frame member having a flexible frame and a mesh, the mesh at least partially spanning the frame, and a seat attachment member moving in synchronization with the rigid support member at a different rate than the rigid support member during reclining of the rigid support member, wherein a first portion of the flexible frame member is affixed to the rigid support member, wherein a second portion of the flexible frame member flexes freely, wherein the seat attachment member contacts at least part of the second portion of the flexible frame member, wherein the first portion moves with the rigid support member and the second portion moves with the seat attachment member such that a curvature of the second portion increases as the rigid support member reclines.Type: GrantFiled: March 13, 2008Date of Patent: August 28, 2012Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Jesse Hahn, Corey Susie, Bruce Fifield, Federico Ferretti, Alessandro Sgotto, Dagmara Siemieniec, Martin Broen
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Patent number: D683558Type: GrantFiled: November 8, 2011Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Rada, David E. Mehaffey, Jeremy S. Rolfs
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Patent number: D689724Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2013Date of Patent: September 17, 2013Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Rada, David E. Mehaffey, Jeremy S. Rolfs
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Patent number: D704944Type: GrantFiled: April 8, 2013Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Marcus C. Koepke, Travis J. Crowell
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Patent number: D707461Type: GrantFiled: September 16, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Christopher S. Rada, David E. Mehaffey, Jeremy S. Rolfs
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Patent number: D707477Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies, Inc.Inventors: Phillip David Minino, John R. Koch, Marcus Curtis Koepke, Corey John Susie, Martin Calvin Koepke
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Patent number: D707995Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2012Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Patrick J. McEneany, Martti Johannes Lampela, Bianca Fleischer, Jay R. Machael, Evan T. Aschbrenner
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Patent number: D740044Type: GrantFiled: June 6, 2014Date of Patent: October 6, 2015Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Trevor Brown, Jeremy Foreman