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: 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
  • Patent number: D1069436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Gabriel Tan
  • Patent number: D1071581
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventors: Stephanie Beamer, Crystal Ellis, Hillary Petrie
  • Patent number: D1072548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Graham Van Faasen, Daniel Alexander Perry
  • Patent number: D1073383
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
    Inventor: Gabriel Tan