Patents by Inventor Edmund X. Klipa
Edmund X. Klipa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 5220871Abstract: A freestanding modular furniture arrangement is provided to create workstations in open office plans, and other similar applications. Each furniture unit includes a worksurface with capped cutouts in the rear corners to mount overhead cabinets, privacy screens, and other furniture accessories. A mounting rail extends continuously along the rearward edge of each worksurface, and is capable of removably supporting therein a plurality of different amenities, such as bookshelves, CRT stands, fans, task lamps, etc., so as to permit a worker to personalize his or her own workstation. A removable stanchion permits certain convertible amenities to be supported either freestanding on the worksurface, or along the rear of the worksurface on the mounting rail. An L-shaped intermediate leg is available to support the worksurface in a cantilevered fashion to facilitate unfettered task chair movement along the forward edge of the worksurface.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 1992Date of Patent: June 22, 1993Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Gary H. Grund, Craig S. DeDamos, Michael L. Deimen, Terence M. Duncan, David A. Feutz, Charles G. Humphrey, Royal A. Kent, Edmund X. Klipa, Thomas R. Maas, Jon R. Mullen, Randall P. Nelsen, Linda M. Parker, James G. Paulsen, Alan L. Pearson, Mark T. Slager, Carolyn M. Varellas-Olree, Gale F. Wilcox, Michael E. Wurth
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Patent number: 5152698Abstract: A floor track system is provided to route utilities to workstations in open office plans, and the like. The floor track system includes a plurality of individual floor track segments, each of which has a hollow interior in which the utilities are housed and isolated. Each floor track segment also includes feet which independently support the track segment on the floor in a generally upright orientation, and an exterior shape which physically mates with the furniture units in the workstation, without supporting the same. Opposite ends of the floor track segments are detachably interconnected in a predetermined configuration to form a continuous, self-contained and self-supported utility raceway that is physically separate from the furniture units, yet dimensionally cooperates and blends in with them. Utility taps can be located throughout the floor track system to provide utilities to each of the workstations as required.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1989Date of Patent: October 6, 1992Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Gary S. Juhlin, Michael L. Deimen, Edmund X. Klipa
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Patent number: 5103741Abstract: A freestanding modular furniture arrangement is provided to create workstations in both open and closed office plans, and other similar applications. Each furniture unit includes a worksurface with capped cutouts in the rear corners to mount overhead cabinets, privacy screens, and other furniture accessories. A mounting rail extends continuously along the rearward edge of each worksurface, and is capable of removably supporting therein a plurality of different amenities, such as bookshelves, CRT stands, fans, task lamps, etc., so as to permit a worker to personalize his or her own workstation. A removable stanchion permits certain convertible amenities to be supported either freestanding on the worksurface, or along the rear of the worksurface on the mounting rail. An L-shaped intermediate leg is available to support the worksurface in a cantilevered fashion to facilitate unfettered task chair movement along the forward edge of the worksurface.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 1991Date of Patent: April 14, 1992Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Gary H. Grund, Craig S. DeDamos, Michael L. Deimen, Terence M. Duncan, David A. Feutz, Charles G. Humphrey, deceased, Royal A. Kent, Edmund X. Klipa, Thomas R. Maas, Jon R. Mullen, Randall P. Nelsen, Linda M. Parker, James G. Paulsen, Alan L. Pearson, Mark T. Slager, Carolyn M. Varellas-Olree, Gale F. Wilcox, Michael E. Wurth
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Patent number: 5094174Abstract: A freestanding modular furniture arrangement is provided to create workstations in open office plans, and other similar applications. Each furniture unit includes a worksurface with capped cutouts in the rear corners to mount overhead cabinets, privacy screens, and other furniture accessories. A mounting rail extends continuously along the rearward edge of each worksurface, and is capable of removably supporting therein a plurality of different amenities, such as bookshelves, CRT stands, fans, task lamps, etc., so as to permit a worker to personalize his or her own workstation. A removable stanchion permits certain convertible amenities to be supported either freestanding on the worksurface, or along the rear of the worksurface on the mounting rail. An L-shaped intermediate leg is available to support the worksurface in a cantilevered fashion to facilitate unfettered task chair movement along the forward edge of the worksurface.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 1991Date of Patent: March 10, 1992Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Gary H. Grund, Craig S. DeDamos, Michael L. Deimen, Terence M. Duncan, David A. Feutz, Charles G. Humphrey, Royal A. Kent, Edmund X. Klipa, Thomas R. Maas, Jon R. Mullen, Randall P. Nelsen, Linda M. Parker, James G. Paulsen, Alan L. Pearson, Mark T. Slager, Carolyn M. Varellas-Olree, Gale F. Wilcox, Michael E. Wurth
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Patent number: 5092253Abstract: A freestanding modular furniture arrangement is provided to create workstations in open office plans, and other similar applications. Each furniture unit includes a worksurface with capped cutouts in the rear corners to mount overhead cabinets, privacy screens, and other furniture accessories. A mounting rail extends continuously along the rearward edge of each worksurface, and is capable of removably supporting therein a plurality of different amenities, such as bookshelves, CRT stands, fans, task lamps, etc., so as to permit a worker to personalize his or her own workstation. A removable stanchion permits certain convertible amenities to be supported either freestanding on the worksurface, or along the rear of the worksurface on the mounting rail. An L-shaped intermediate leg is available to support the worksurface in a cantilevered fashion to facilitate unfettered task chair movement along the forward edge of the worksurface.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 1989Date of Patent: March 3, 1992Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Gary H. Grund, Craig S. DeDamos, Michael L. Deimen, Terence M. Duncan, David A. Feutz, Charles G. Humphrey, Royal A. Kent, Edmund X. Klipa, Thomas R. Maas, Jon R. Mullen, Randall P. Nelsen, Linda M. Parker, James G. Paulsen, Alan L. Pearson, Mark T. Slager, Carolyn M. Varellas-Olree, Gale F. Wilcox, Michael E. Wurth
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Patent number: D336185Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 1992Date of Patent: June 8, 1993Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Deinen, Terence M. Duncan, Randall P. Nelsen, Michael E. Wurth, Edmund X. Klipa
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Patent number: D343084Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 1992Date of Patent: January 11, 1994Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Michael L. Deimen, Terence M. Duncan, Randall P. Nelsen, Michael E. Wurth, Edmund X. Klipa