Patents Assigned to Kimball International, Inc.
  • Patent number: 8549804
    Abstract: An electrical service assembly is secured to a framework of a panel of an office partition system and includes at least one bracket to which at least one electrical outlet module is mounted, the module having at least a pair of electrical outlets such that electrical outlets may be positioned in a back-to-back configuration. In this manner, the electrical service assembly provides service to opposite sides of a panel that face opposite work spaces. Also, the electrical outlet modules may be associated with separate circuits to prevent overload of the electrical service assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Metcalf, Bart J. Cooper, Jay M. Henriott
  • Publication number: 20130207478
    Abstract: Furniture components, such as office furniture components, are configured to include electronic components that transfer electrical power to peripheral electronic devices via wireless technologies, including conductive and inductive technologies. The articles of furniture may include grommet devices received within work surfaces, the grommet devices incorporating or housing the electronics of wireless power systems. The articles of furniture may also include the electronics of wireless power systems physically embedded or integrated within work surfaces in a manner in which the continuous surfaces of the work surfaces are maintained, and the work surfaces may optionally further include lighting or other indication features to indicate the locations of the electronics to a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Keith E. Metcalf, Terry Carroll, Jay M. Henriott, Samial Keith Johnson, Donald Woods
  • Publication number: 20130180202
    Abstract: A wall rail system for mounting to a wall within an office environment or work space, including a first, upper rail and a second, lower rail, each including a horizontally-facing channel. The rails further include vertically-facing channels, with the rails mountable to a wall in an inverted, opposing relationship with respect to one another with the vertically-facing channel of the upper rail facing in an upward direction, and the vertically-facing channel of the lower rail facing in a downward direction. Brackets secured to components such as a work surfaces or cabinets, for example, interface with the vertically-facing channels of the rails for mounting components to the rails without the use of fasteners. Decorative and/or functional tiles may be captured adjacent the wall between the rails using faceplates which engage the horizontally-facing channels of the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2012
    Publication date: July 18, 2013
    Applicant: KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Donald Woods, Samial K. Johnson
  • Patent number: 8402699
    Abstract: An office partition system including at least first and second panels and a sliding privacy door guidably supported against the first panel via an elongated horizontal guide. The elongated horizontal guide has a channel that receives the privacy door and a mounting structure for mounting the guide to a horizontal track of the first panel. The elongated horizontal guide has a width that is substantially equivalent to the width of the first panel. The privacy door includes wheels that may support the entire weight of the privacy door. The privacy door may move from a first, open position allowing access to an interior space of the office partition system via an opening to a second, closed position restricting access to the interior space via the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventor: Jay M. Henriott
  • Patent number: 8393122
    Abstract: A partition system generally including an adjustable work surface support bracket assembly, which attaches to a track member of the partition system for supporting a work surface. A first vertical member of the bracket assembly includes a mounting portion adapted to be received within the track member, and a first vertical plate portion downwardly extending from the mounting portion and including a plurality of vertically spaced apertures or a pair of elongated apertures. A second member includes a horizontal portion that attaches to a work surface using suitable fasteners. In a first embodiment, the second member includes a tab which is received within any one of the vertically spaced apertures in the vertical member located beneath the track member. In a second embodiment, the second member includes a second vertical plate portion including a plurality of apertures or a pair of elongated apertures for alignment with a pair of apertures in the first vertical plate portion of the first vertical member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jay M. Henriott, Keith E. Metcalf
  • Publication number: 20120304441
    Abstract: A privacy screen mounting arrangement for an office system including a bracket which can be secured to a table assembly to clamp a privacy screen against an edge of a work surface of the table assembly. In a table assembly having a back-to-back arrangement of work surfaces with an opening between the work surfaces, a privacy screen mounting arrangement includes a bracket securable beneath one of the work surfaces, with a screen attached to the bracket such that the screen is generally disposed between and above the work surfaces. The mounting arrangements obviate the need to secure brackets directly to the top surface of a work surface using fasteners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventor: Jay M. Henriott
  • Publication number: 20120304900
    Abstract: A modular desking system for an open plan office environment provides a variety of highly stable and variously configurable component parts which can be modularly combined with one another to provide a wide variety of desking styles and sizes. The user may decide among many options for linking various desking system assemblies with one another to create a larger desking assembly well suited to various open-plan office spaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: KIMBALL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Jay M. Henriott, Keith E. Metcalf
  • Patent number: D671333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Metcalf, Ralph L. Langen, Jeffrey P. Bueltel, Todd E. Boyd, Stanley J. Epple
  • Patent number: D673379
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Neil Broeker, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D680347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Metcalf, Ralph L. Langen, Jeffrey P. Bueltel, Todd E. Boyd, Stanley J. Epple
  • Patent number: D686837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D688476
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Metcalf, Ralph L. Langen, Jeffrey P. Bueltel, Todd E. Boyd, Stanley J. Epple
  • Patent number: D688493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald Woods
  • Patent number: D686004
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Neil Broeker, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D686005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Neil Broeker, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D689295
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D693151
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D695038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Keith E. Metcalf, Ralph L. Langen, Jeffrey P. Bueltel, Todd E. Boyd, Stanley J. Epple
  • Patent number: D696038
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc.
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Donald Woods, Mark Wahl
  • Patent number: D697736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: Kimball International, Inc
    Inventors: Derek Schweikarth, Mark Wahl, Donald Woods