Patents Assigned to MillerKnoll, Inc.
  • Patent number: 12207735
    Abstract: A cover assembly for a chair includes a chair cover configured to be positioned over at least a portion of a first surface of the chair, and an attachment mechanism configured to couple the chair cover to the chair. The attachment mechanism includes a flexible strip coupled to a perimeter of the chair cover and configured to be arranged on a second surface of the chair, and a tensioning element coupled to the chair cover and including an attachment feature. The attachment feature is configured to be coupled to the chair to create a tensioning force in the chair cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Roland Zwick, Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Carola Zwick
  • Patent number: 12144431
    Abstract: A seating structure includes a base, a seat supported by the base, and a backrest supported by the base. The backrest includes a rear backrest section and a front backrest section coupled to the rear backrest section to define a gap therebetween. The gap extends around at least part of a perimeter of the backrest. The backrest further includes a fabric layer covering the front backrest section. A portion of the fabric layer is received in the gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher John Holwerda, William Douglas Allen
  • Patent number: 12070132
    Abstract: An article of furniture includes a frame defining an opening, and a suspension material spanning over the opening and having a weft knit construction. The suspension material is configured to support a user, and the suspension material includes at least one multifilament forming a jersey knit structure which has a plurality of courses extending in a course direction and a plurality of wales extending in a wale direction, and at least one monofilament corresponding to and being inlaid in a respective one of the courses. The suspension material has, in the course direction, a ratio of machine gauge, in needles per mm, to course stiffness, in N per mm, between 0.02 and 0.2 and has, in the wale direction, a ratio of machine gauge, in needles per mm, to wale stiffness, in N per mm, between 0.07 and 1.4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Ethan McGraw
  • Patent number: 12004662
    Abstract: A furniture system includes an office productivity structure (OPS). The furniture system also includes a sensor coupled to the OPS, the sensor operable to detect occupancy of the OPS and generate an output signal indicative of the occupancy; and a processor coupled to the sensor. The processor is operable to receive the output signal generated by the sensor, determine, based on the output signal, that the OPS is occupied, and, in response to determining that the OPS is occupied, generate a command to initiate at least one action associated with the OPS or an operator of the OPS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Hoyt, Daniel Rucker, Joseph Doran, Brian Alexander, Adam Daley-Fell
  • Patent number: D1029514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Hlynur Atlason
  • Patent number: D1031302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Michael Anastassiades
  • Patent number: D1035296
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Hlynur Atlason
  • Patent number: D1040566
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Carola Zwick, Roland Zwick
  • Patent number: D1043213
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm
  • Patent number: D1043214
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm
  • Patent number: D1051627
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Bergmann, Gernot Bohmann
  • Patent number: D1054727
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm
  • Patent number: D1055608
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Carola Zwick, Roland Zwick
  • Bed
    Patent number: D1059068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, Hillary Petrie
  • Patent number: D1062275
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Hlynur Atlason
  • Patent number: D1062520
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventors: Hung-Ming Chen, Chen-Yen Wei
  • Bed
    Patent number: D1063475
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, Hillary Petrie
  • Patent number: D1064617
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MillerKnoll, Inc.
    Inventor: Hlynur Atlason
  • Patent number: D1064688
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Chris Liljenberg Halstrøm
  • Patent number: D1068301
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Gabriel Tan