Patents by Inventor Thomas Burwell

Thomas Burwell 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).

  • Patent number: 11986094
    Abstract: An arm assembly for a chair having a post, a first member, and an armrest. The first member is angularly adjustable relative to the post about a first axis between first angular movement limits, with a non-finite number of angular adjustment positions of the first member relative to the post. The armrest is operatively connected to the first member to translationally slide generally forward and rearward relative to the first member between first translational movement limits, with a non-finite number of translational adjustment positions of the armrest relative to the first member. The armrest is angularly adjustable relative to the first member about a second substantially upright axis between second angular movement limits, with a non-finite number of angular adjustment positions of the armrest relative to the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Patent number: 11957246
    Abstract: A chair with a transom, a seat support, a back portion, and a combined rock and recline mechanism. The combined rock and recline mechanism has front and rear rocking arrangements configured to enable the seat support and back portion to together rock generally forward and rearward from a neutral position relative to the transom, and a recline arrangement that is configured such that the seat support is in a first at-rest position relative to the back portion when the back portion is in an upright position, and such that reclining the back portion rearwardly from the upright position toward a reclined position moves the seat support upward and rearward from the first at-rest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Formway Furniture Limited
    Inventors: Christopher Warren Bisman, James Clifford Prier, Fabian David Haarbeck, Paul Michael Wilkinson, Damon Gregory Burwell, Hugh Thomas Mccoshim, Leon Harley Craze, Rachael Jessica Hall
  • Publication number: 20070019617
    Abstract: A method, system and apparatus are provided for enabling service technicians to record information about service calls, and have that information available to other technicians who may handle the call at another time. In addition to providing a mechanism for tracking customer information (including product and problem details), the system, apparatus and method disclosed herein enable the transfer of the customer's problems to higher care levels given by different individuals. In order to prevent a problem from being inadvertently dropped, the system, apparatus and method provides an ownership mechanism that allocates the call to a particular individual. If the call needs to be handed off to another individual, a methodology is provided for systematically handing off the call to the other individual (typically at another service level) and ensuring that that individual is responsible for the call from that point forward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Publication date: January 25, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Hancock, Richard Clarke, Elizabeth Neidel, Lori Hawkins, Thomas Burwell, Randall Holahan, Kent Brenneman