Patents Assigned to Ekornes ASA
  • Patent number: 7712837
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a padding for a cushion (1), such as a cushion for a seat, comprising foam material (100), with modified resilience provided by recesses (101), in at least one section of the cushion, the size and/or density of the recesses being different in adjacent sections providing a varying softness or collapsibility in the foam material (100) in one surface direction of the cushion, wherein the recesses (101) may be non-transient and a frame (410) may be completely or partly embedded in the foam. The invention also concerns a seat cushion or furniture comprising such padding and the method for producing such padding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Arve Ekornes
  • Publication number: 20080290716
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a padding for a cushion (1), such as a cushion for a seat, comprising foam material (100), with modified resilience provided by recesses (101), in at least one section of the cushion, the size and/or density of the recesses being different in adjacent sections providing a varying softness or collapsibility in the foam material (100) in one surface direction of the cushion, wherein the recesses (101) may be non-transient and a frame (410) may be completely or partly embedded in the foam. The invention also concerns a seat cushion or furniture comprising such padding and the method for producing such padding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: November 27, 2008
    Applicant: EKORNES ASA
    Inventor: Arve Ekornes
  • Patent number: 7322641
    Abstract: A device positioned within in a chair, especially a chair with an adjustable back of the chair and head rest, is disclosed. The device is configured such that between a section of the head rest and an attachment section on the chair construction is arranged a connecting element with, for example, a rod, which by movement of the adjustable back of the chair is arranged to affect the angle of the head rest in relation to the back of the chair. Further, the head rest, through use of a blocking device and a coupling organ which come into effect in the reclined position of the back of the chair, may be so adjusted either in a manual or automatic way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2008
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventors: Arve Ekornes, Jostein Bueide, Jan Kare Krovel
  • Publication number: 20070290529
    Abstract: The present invention concerns a device in a chair (1), especially a chair with an adjustable back of the chair (2) and head rest (3), in that in between a section of the head rest (3) and an attachment section on the chair construction is arranged a connecting element (18) with for example a rod (17), which by movement of the adjustable back of the chair (2) is arranged to affect the angle of the head rest (3) in relation to the back of the chair (2), and for the purpose of giving instructions on a head rest that by simple means be uncoupled in a reclined position of the back of the chair, there is according to the invention proposed a groove (21), a blocking device (22) and a coupling organ (24) which come into effect in the reclined position of the back of the chair, either in a manual or automatic way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2007
    Publication date: December 20, 2007
    Applicant: Ekornes ASA
    Inventors: Arve Ekornes, Jostein Bueide, Jan Krovel
  • Patent number: D555376
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Jan Lade
  • Patent number: D557046
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Jan Lade
  • Patent number: D557923
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventors: Jan Lade, Marianne Saelid
  • Patent number: D558468
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Jan Lade
  • Patent number: D558469
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2008
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Jan Lade
  • Patent number: D560083
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2008
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Jan Lade
  • Patent number: D583168
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Jan Lade
  • Patent number: D583169
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Marianne Saelid
  • Patent number: D596415
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold
  • Patent number: D596416
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2009
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold
  • Patent number: D601359
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2009
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold
  • Patent number: D601828
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold
  • Patent number: D630450
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold
  • Patent number: D630637
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Marianne Saelid
  • Patent number: D633312
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2011
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold
  • Patent number: D633727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: Ekornes ASA
    Inventor: Rikke Wold