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
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
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.
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