Patents by Inventor William B. Laird

William B. Laird 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: 5000512
    Abstract: Upholstered seating units include a frame, a plurality of removable, reversible, upholstered members including at least one back cushion, one seat cushion and one or more panels, and a plurality of support members which extend from the frame and which slidingly receive and are at least partially received in each of the upholstered members. The upholstered seat and back cushions include internal, biased movable latch members which automatically engage their support members. The upholstered panels may include a front panel, a rear panel, a pair of side panels, or, preferably all such panels. The upholstered panels either are provided with an internal, biased movable latch member to automatically and removably secure those panels to the support members receiving them or lack such a latch. Latchless panels are positioned to be retained on a support member by interference with other, latched upholstered members whereby all upholstered members are removably secured to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1989
    Date of Patent: March 19, 1991
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: 4844541
    Abstract: The disclosure pertains to furniture of the chair, loveseat and couch type which includes a frame, first and second members linked with one another and generally parallel to one another, one or more spring members coupling the first and second members with the frame and permitting partial rotation of the first and second members about an axis perpendicular to the first and second members and biasing the members back to an initial orientation when rotated, a cushion received by and supported by the first pair of members, a latch mechanism within the cushion for latching the cushion to at least one of the first and second members receiving the cushion, a mating element on at least one of the members for engaging with the latch and an actuator within the cushion coupled with the latch for disengaging the latch mechanism from the mating element of the members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 4, 1989
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: 4492409
    Abstract: Furniture in the form of a chair, loveseat or couch is provided with a frame having at least one removable cushion. The cushion has oppositely disposed grooves. Each groove is adapted to receive a tongue on a frame of the furniture. A latch mechanism is provided within the cushion for cooperating with mating structure on an associated tongue whereby the cushion may be removed and replaced by another similar cushion or may merely be turned over and reinstalled in the furniture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 1982
    Date of Patent: January 8, 1985
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: 4395071
    Abstract: Furnitrue in the form or a chair, love seat or couch is provided with a frame having at least one removable cushion. The cushion has oppositely disposed grooves. Each groove is adapted to receive a tongue on a frame. A latch mechanism is provided within the cushion for cooperating with mating structure on an associated tongue whereby the cushion may be removed and replaced by another similar cushion or may merely be flipped over and replaced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 26, 1983
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: D321290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1988
    Date of Patent: November 5, 1991
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: D322369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 1989
    Date of Patent: December 17, 1991
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: D336171
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 8, 1993
    Inventor: William B. Laird
  • Patent number: D338113
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 1991
    Date of Patent: August 10, 1993
    Inventor: William B. Laird