Patents by Inventor Uwe Krautheimer

Uwe Krautheimer 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).

  • Chair with tilt mechanism
    Patent number: 7396080
    Abstract: The invention describes a chair comprising a base structure, a seat having a seat surface and a backrest, a seat carrier for carrying the seat on the base structure, and a tilt mechanism which is arranged between the seat carrier and the base structure and which to improve the ergonomic properties of the chair is of such an arrangement and configuration that it permits inclination of the seat surface of the seat with respect to the horizontal both in a forward/rearward direction of the seat surface and also in a right/left direction of the seat surface. The tilt mechanism includes a pressure plate with a first conicity in the forward/rearward direction of the seat surface, by way of which the seat can be inclined in the forward/rearward direction, and a second conicity in the right/left direction of the seat surface, by way of which the seat can be inclined in the right/left direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: VS Vereinigte Spezialmobelfabriken GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Suhr, Reinhard Weber, Uwe Krautheimer
  • Chair with tilt mechanism
    Publication number: 20050218707
    Abstract: The invention describes a chair comprising a base structure, a seat having a seat surface and a backrest, a seat carrier for carrying the seat on the base structure, and a tilt mechanism which is arranged between the seat carrier and the base structure and which to improve the ergonomic properties of the chair is of such an arrangement and configuration that it permits inclination of the seat surface of the seat with respect to the horizontal both in a forward/rearward direction of the seat surface and also in a right/left direction of the seat surface. The tilt mechanism includes a pressure plate with a first conicity in the forward/rearward direction of the seat surface, by way of which the seat can be inclined in the forward/rearward direction, and a second conicity in the right/left direction of the seat surface, by way of which the seat can be inclined in the right/left direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 6, 2005
    Inventors: Hans-Peter Suhr, Reinhard Weber, Uwe Krautheimer