Patents by Inventor Thomas Overthun

Thomas Overthun 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: 20140097650
    Abstract: A seating unit for use in a space including a supporting floor surface, the seating unit comprising a seat structure comprising a mounting bracket having a female connector, a tablet assembly comprising a support arm having a mounting collar on an end and a base having a lower end to be supported by the floor surface and including a base mounting assembly and wherein the base mounting assembly comprises a cup attached to the base, a base tube having a first end inserted into the cup and a second end extending through the mounting collar and mateably engaging the female connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Keith Robert Machin, Cody Jay Holstege, William Carey, Larry Cheng, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Joerg Christoph Student, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
  • Patent number: 8074581
    Abstract: A conferencing assembly for use with at least one computer, the assembly including a table top forming a table top opening, a leg support structure, a display screen supported adjacent the top surface, a switcher for controlling input to the display screen, a plurality of handsets, each hand set including a selector button usable to send a signal to the switcher thereby causing the switcher to link a computer associated with the selector button to the display, a plurality of handset cables, each handset cable having first and second ends linked to the switcher and an associated selector button, respectively, for passing signals from the selector buttons to the switcher, a take up assembly including a separate weight for each of the handset cables, the take up assembly disposed below the top member and aligned with the top opening, each handset cable linked to an associated weight, each weight applying a force tending to pull the second end of the associated handset cable into the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Lewis Mark Epstein, Kyle J. Doerksen, Matthew Robert Adams, Larry Cheng, Brian Joseph Mason, Thomas Overthun, Todd Allen Pelman, Vivek Mohan Rao, David John Rinaldis, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Mark D. Siminoff, Susanne Stage, Joerg Christoph Student, James Nolan Ludwig, Brett Robert Kincaid
  • Publication number: 20110187164
    Abstract: A seating unit having a seat structure, a base, and optionally a tablet assembly is provided. The seat can turn freely through 360 degrees of rotation. One base includes three or more legs and offset casters. Alternatively, the base includes a pedestal having a tapered gas cylinder. The tablet assembly includes a support arm, a pivot assembly attached to one end of the support arm tablet, and a tablet attached to the pivot assembly. The tablet can rotate horizontally on the support arm. The tablet assembly also includes a mounting assembly attached to the other end of the support arm. The support arm can rotate relative to the seat structure. Rotation of the tablet relative to the support arm and rotation of the support arm relative to the seat structure is constrained by stops in the pivot assembly and tablet mounting assembly, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2011
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Keith Robert Machin, Cody Jay Holstege, William Carey, Larry Cheng, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Joerg Christoph Student, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
  • Patent number: D646085
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, James N. Ludwig, Sean M. Corcorran
  • Patent number: D646497
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, David J. Battey, Sean M. Corcorran, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin, James N. Ludwig
  • Patent number: D651214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2011
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Hyun Yoo, Lukas Scherrer, Thomas Overthun
  • Patent number: D655291
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Scheper, Thomas Overthun, Ricardo Filipe Figueiroa Monteiro, Aaron Henningsgaard, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Brian Joseph Mason
  • Patent number: D669531
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kong, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz
  • Patent number: D673217
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kong, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, Mark Schoolmeester
  • Patent number: D679517
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin, James N. Ludwig
  • Patent number: D679523
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, James N. Ludwig, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin
  • Patent number: D679524
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, James N. Ludwig, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin
  • Patent number: D679525
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, James N. Ludwig, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin
  • Patent number: D679923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin, James N. Ludwig
  • Patent number: D684411
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kong, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz
  • Patent number: D684799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kong, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz
  • Patent number: D689723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin, James N. Ludwig
  • Patent number: D695346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Duck Young Kong, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz
  • Patent number: RE44819
    Abstract: A toothbrush includes a handle, a head extending from the handle, and a plurality of tooth cleaning elements, such as tufts of bristles, extending from the head. Each tooth cleaning element is supported for rotation about primarily only one axis. Each tooth cleaning element is rotatable independent of the other tooth cleaning element(s).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Procter & Gamble Business Services Canada Company
    Inventors: Phillip M. Braun, William A. Bredall, Karen Claire-Zimmet, Thomas Craig Masterman, Mark Edward McConnell, Michael F. Roberts, Thomas Overthun
  • Patent number: D690143
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Thomas Overthun, Elger Oberwelz, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Keith Robert Machin, James N. Ludwig