Patents Assigned to Pro-Cord
  • Patent number: 7118177
    Abstract: A chair comprising a support structure bearing a seat and a backrest, in which the backrest comprises a bearing portion and a connecting portion for connection to the support structure, in which the backrest is tiltable rearwards relative to a resting position under a rearwards thrust applied by the user and elastically returns to the resting position when the rearwards thrust ceases. The rearwards tilting of the backrest is formed in part by an elastic detonation of the bearing portion and in part by a displacement of at least a part of the connecting portion relative to the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2006
    Assignee: PRO-Cord SPA
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Publication number: 20050204469
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes a sofa convertible into a bed. In one embodiment, the sofa includes a support and guide structure, a mattress that is movable relative to the support and guide structure. The sofa can be moved between a bed configuration and a sofa configuration. In the bed configuration, the mattress has a bearing surface which extends horizontally. In the sofa configuration an upper portion of the mattress is folded upwards relative to a lower portion of the mattress. In addition, the bearing surface of the upper portion of the mattress forms the bearing surface of a backrest against for supporting the back of a person in a seated position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: PRO-CORD Spa
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Publication number: 20050206203
    Abstract: The disclosure generally describes a chaise-longue having a base structure that supports a backrest section, a footrest section and an intermediate section. The intermediate section is connected between the backrest section and the footrest section. The base structure can include a first movable support that supports the backrest section and can articulate about a first stationary transverse axis. The base structure can also include a second movable support that supports the footrest section and can articulate about a second stationary transverse axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2004
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Applicant: PRO-CORD Spa
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 6938956
    Abstract: Chair backrest, comprising a support structure (12), an upper backrest member (30) connected in oscillating fashion to said support structure (12), a lower backrest member (32), and a connecting element (80) which is fixed relative to one of said backrest members (32) and able to slide telescopically inside the other backrest member (30), the connecting element (80) having at least one elastically deformable zone (82) and being able to apply an elastic force to said backrest members (30, 32) as a result of a variation in the relative angular position of said backrest members (30, 32).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2005
    Assignee: Pro-Cord SPA
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 6929327
    Abstract: A chair, in particular an office chair, comprising: a base structure, a seat support structure, articulated to the base structure around a transverse axis, an adjustable elastic device to apply an elastic force between the base structure and the seat support structure, a manually operated adjustment device for varying the distance between said adjustable elastic device and said transverse axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2005
    Assignee: Pro-Cord SpA
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Publication number: 20040227385
    Abstract: A chair, in particular an office chair, comprising: a base structure, a seat support structure, articulated to the base structure around a transverse axis, an adjustable elastic device to apply an elastic force between the base structure and the seat support structure, a manually operated adjustment device for varying the distance between said adjustable elastic device and said transverse axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 18, 2004
    Applicant: PRO-CORD SpA
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 6742839
    Abstract: A chair comprising a supporting structure (12) having a pair of front legs (20a) and a pair of rear legs (22) and carrying a seat (14) and a backrest (16). The supporting structure (12) comprises a transverse element (18), a first pair of bars (20) fixed to the ends of the transverse element (18) and forming the pair of front legs, and a second pair of bars (22) fixed to the ends of the transverse element (18) and forming the pair of rear legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Pro-Cord Spa
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: 6669282
    Abstract: A chair comprising a base structure (22) bearing a seat (32), backrest (36), and a writing table (42) which can be moved between a lowered, inoperative, position, and a raised, operative, position. In the aforesaid lowered, inoperative, position, the table (42) is inclined with respect to a vertical plane (A) parallel to the longitudinal plane of symmetry of the chair, in such a way that two or more chairs of the same type can be set longitudinally against one another, with the tables of two adjacent chairs partially overlapping one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2003
    Assignee: Pro-Cord SpA
    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
  • Patent number: 6511128
    Abstract: Chair with synchronized rocking seat and backrest, comprising: a base support (14), a backrest supporting structure (18), connected to the base support (14) so to rock on a transversal axis (A), and a seat supporting structure (16) rocking on the base support (14) in a synchronized way with respect to the rocking movement of the backrest supporting structure (18). The backrest supporting structure presents, on each side of the chair, a bent metallic rod comprising: an anchoring portion (26) fastened to the base support (14), a riser section (28) which extends upwards, and an elastically deformable area (30) permitting the riser section (28) to rock on the transversal axis (A) with respect to the anchoring portion (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Pro-Cord SpA
    Inventor: Alessandro 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: D502613
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Pro-Cord SpA
    Inventor: Alessandro 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: D459604
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Pro-Cord S.r.l.
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • Patent number: D469971
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Pro-Cord Spa
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
  • 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: D481548
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Pro Cord SpA
    Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti