Patents Assigned to Pro Cord S.p.A.
  • Patent number: 7681952
    Abstract: A chair having a base adapted to support the chair on a support surface, and a seat and backrest mounted on the base that includes a flexible backrest and a relatively simple tilt mechanism for tilting the backrest relative to the seat. The tilt mechanism includes a pair of dual cantilevered U-shaped springs mounted on opposite sides of the base and in communication with the backrest. The backrest is mounted to the tilt mechanism such that a rearward thrust applied by the user deflects an outer end of each U-shaped spring downwardly to enable rearward tilting of the backrest relative to the seat. Upon removal of the rearward thrust, the backrest elastically returns to its initial position under the biasing force of the U-shaped springs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2010
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 7625044
    Abstract: Chair backrest, comprising a support structure constituted by a single piece of injected plastic material, including a bearing section having a front surface against which a user's back is to bear. The bearing section has an opening that extends in a lumbar region of the front surface. The backrest comprises a lumbar support panel movably positioned in said opening. The lumbar support panel has a front surface against which a lumbar region of the user's back is to bear and it has an outer perimeter that is connected to the edge of said opening by means of an elastic element that tends to thrust the support panel towards a position in which the front surface of the lumbar support panel projects anteriorly relative to the front surface of said bearing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 7614351
    Abstract: A folding table includes a base structure (12) and a resting surface (14) mounted upon the base structure (14). The resting surface oscillates between a substantially vertical inoperative position, and a substantially horizontal operative position. The resting surface (14) is mounted so that it can oscillate with respect to the base structure (12) about a first horizontal axis (26). The base structure (12) includes a retention device (38), which has at least one articulation arm (40) articulated to the base structure (12) about a second horizontal axis (30) parallel to the first axis (26), and a connection member (42, 142) operatively set between said arm (40) and the resting surface (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 6540300
    Abstract: An armrest of a chair which can be adjusted and which can be moved in a transverse horizontal direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the armrest. Regardless of the position thus obtained, the armrest is capable of turning on an essentially vertical axis between two extreme positions, so to adapt to the specific needs of the user and to the activities to be performed in an optimal way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Publication number: 20020043862
    Abstract: An armrest of a chair which can be adjusted and which can be moved in a transversal horizontal direction with respect to the longitudinal direction of the armrest. Regardless of the position thus obtained, the armrest is capable of turning on an essentially vertical axis between two extreme positions, so to adapt to the specific needs of the user and to the activities to be performed in an optimal way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Publication date: April 18, 2002
    Applicant: PRO-CORD S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D501333
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Pro Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D513902
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Alessandro Piretti
  • Patent number: D515331
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D519290
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: Pro. Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D468564
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: Pro.Cord S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Piretti, Jason S. Lind
  • Patent number: D474630
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D481230
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2003
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventors: Giancarlo Piretti, Jason S. Lind
  • Patent number: D599125
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2009
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D610823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D610824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2010
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D637838
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D637839
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2011
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D638641
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2011
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti