Patents by Inventor Eric C. BARCH

Eric C. BARCH 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).

  • Publication number: 20160128467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a furniture height adjustment system. The system has a height adjust system positionable on or adjacent a work surface of a furniture component, wherein the work surface is movable elevationally between lowered and raised positions. The height adjust system has a processor and a height adjust setting control in communication with the processor. The height adjust setting control has user actuatable controls for enabling a user to set and store at least one elevational position for the work surface. The processor monitors movement of the work surface when the user is moving the work surface to a previously stored elevational position and generates a signal when the work surface reaches the stored elevational position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Jacob R. SIGAL, Massimo BALDINI, Philip J. DANNE, Eric C. BARCH, Anthony LAWRENCE
  • Publication number: 20160127809
    Abstract: A work desk system is disclosed which is integrated into a corporate work environment. The work desk system includes a work desk which can be raised and lowered to promote performing various activities such managing email, carrying out a telecon, participating in a webinar, while standing rather than seated. The system is able to determine from the user's calendar when certain events are upcoming that could be performed while standing, and is able to notify the user with a message on the user's computing device of the opportunity to perform the event while standing. The system is able to monitor whether the user is seated or standing, in one implementation using an intelligent caster associated with a chair present at the work desk. The system also logs the accumulated time that the worker spends standing, and shares the information with other subsystems (health applications, health care provider, corporate entity that employs the user, etc.).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Jacob R. SIGAL, Massimo BALDINI, Philip J. DANNE, Eric C. BARCH, Anthony LAWRENCE