Patents Assigned to Steelcase Inc.
  • Patent number: 10691108
    Abstract: A system for adjusting a height of a workstation, comprising a height adjust system for a workstation, the height adjust system being adjustable in elevation, a worktop mounted to the height adjustment system for movement therewith to different positions, a first sensor device for sensing the presence of a workstation user within a space associated with the workstation, a processor that tracks and stores at least the duration of time that the worktop is in at least one of a sitting position and a standing position while a user is within the space associated with the workstation, the processor further providing a user with a reminder to change a current position of the worktop to another position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Labrosse, Michael Xinjie Chu, Scott Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10681980
    Abstract: A furniture assembly comprising a first frame structure having front and rear portions and including at least a first leg member and a substantially horizontal first rail member supported by the at least a first leg member where the first rail member has a first length dimension, a substantially horizontal second rail member supported by the at least a second leg member spaced apart from the first rail member wherein an assembly space includes the space between the first and second rail members, a front portion of the assembly space adjacent the front portion of the first frame structure and a rear portion of the assembly space adjacent the rear portion of the first frame structure, a first furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, having a first depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first and second rail members and a second furniture sub-assembly having first and second ends, a second depth dimension and supported within the assembly space by the first rail member and a r
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Kirt Martin, David C. Eberlein, Fredric Biddle
  • Patent number: 10674826
    Abstract: A chair back assembly includes a frame assembly including a pair of slots extending through the frame assembly, a first location positioned between the pair of slots, and a pair of second locations located outward of an outer periphery of the frame assembly, and a vertically adjustable lumbar assembly configured to support a lumbar area of a seated user and including a central portion and a pair of end portions slidably engaging the central portion, the central portion located in the first location and the end portions located in the second locations, wherein the pair of end portion are slidably moveable within the slots between a first position and a second position that is different than the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Christopher J. Norman, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Todd Quigley, Mark J. Dinneweth
  • Patent number: 10669713
    Abstract: An office work system includes a first and second table assemblies each including a first work surface having first and second ends, and leg arrangements coupled to the work surfaces and configured to support the work surfaces above a floor surface, a beam arrangement that includes an upwardly-facing surface, a first end, a second end, and a pair of channels extending between the first and second ends, the channels coextending with one another and being located at the same vertical height, wherein the first table and second table assemblies are coupled to the beam arrangement, a work tool positioned above the beam arrangement, and a connector assembly connecting the work tool to the beam arrangement, where the connector assembly is coupled to the work tool and engages the pair of channels of the beam arrangement such that the work tool may be repositioned along a length of the beam arrangement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Feldpausch, Marvin C. Knauf, Bradley D. Youngs, Mark T. Slager, Kurt R. Heidmann, John R. Hamilton, Ryan Geister, Daniel Phillips
  • Publication number: 20200163452
    Abstract: A desk includes a frame, a coupled to the frame, and a height adjustable support column assembly coupled to the frame with a lower mounting member extending under a bottom edge of the skin and an upper mounting member extending over a top edge of the skin. A worksurface is coupled to the support column assembly and is cantilevered outwardly relative to the support column assembly. A power grommet embedded in the worksurface includes a housing, at least a first and second outlet block disposed in the housing, and a lid pivotally connected to the housing. The lid is pivotable between an open position, wherein the first and second outlet blocks are exposed along a top of the housing, and a closed position, wherein the first outlet block is exposed along a top of the housing and the second outlet block is covered by the lid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John Allen, Matthew Buist, Colin Cote, Megan Grygiel, Bradley Youngs, Bryan Wahlfield
  • Patent number: 10664772
    Abstract: A method and system of simplifying the processes of locating a facility space available for use, the method for use with an interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of storing a space scheduling application, storing a space schedule for facility spaces, upon accessing the space scheduling application via the interface device, presenting a space type list including at least first and second different space types wherein one of the space types is a selected space type and wherein the selected space type in the space type list is visually distinguished in some fashion, and presenting a space list including facility spaces that are of the selected space type, using the space schedule to identify availability status of each of the spaces that are of the selected space type and visually distinguishing facility spaces on the space list of the selected space type that are occupied on the schedule from spaces that are availabl
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 10659733
    Abstract: A system and method for presenting remote attendee representations at remote conference session locations where the attendee representations are presented as directional videos such that each representation has an apparent sight trajectory aimed at a target of interest (e.g., typically a content window, another attendee representation, etc.) that is an instance of the same target of interest for the attendee associated with the representation at a different station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventor: Stephen E. Goetzinger
  • Patent number: 10652967
    Abstract: A workstation assembly comprising an emissive surface assembly including a substantially contiguous emissive surface on which visual content may be presented, the emissive surface assembly including emissive surface sections including first and second substantially flat emissive surface sections wherein one of the first and second flat sections is substantially horizontal and the other of the first and second flat sections is at least somewhat vertical, first and second curved surface sections that are curved about first and second non-parallel axis, the first curved section positioned between and adjacent the first and second flat surface sections, the second curved section adjacent an edge of the first substantially flat emissive surface section, each of the curved and flat surface sections forming a portion of the substantially contiguous emissive surface, a support structure and a driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventor: Mark A. Baloga
  • Patent number: 10638849
    Abstract: A body support structure includes a base and a cushion moveable between a seating configuration and a sleeping configuration. The cushion may include foldable first and second sections. In one embodiment, a spacer includes first and second support surfaces, and is pivotal between an upright position, wherein the first support surface engages and supports the cushion in the seating configuration, and a down position, wherein the second support surface engages and supports the cushion in the sleeping configuration. Methods of reconfiguring a body support structure are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Matthew David Remelts, Devon Robert Robinson, Steven James Beukema, Vernie F. Holford, Adam C. Bedford, Michael Scott Garner, Marc Eberlein
  • Patent number: 10631640
    Abstract: An adjustable desking system for supporting users in a plurality of ergonomic positions, the system comprising a plurality of sit-stand desks, each desk including a variable length leg assembly including an activator and a height adjustable worktop supported at a top end of the leg assembly and a master controller linked to each of the activators at the plurality of desks to control activation of each activator to raise and lower a worktop associated with the specific activator, wherein, the master controller controls worktop heights at each of the desks independent of user input when the desk is vacant and enables user control of the height of any worktop at a desk that is occupied by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Jean-Paul Labrosse, Scott Sullivan
  • Patent number: 10631645
    Abstract: A seating unit for use in a space including a supporting floor surface, the seating unit comprising a seat structure comprising a mounting bracket having a female connector, a tablet assembly comprising a support arm having a mounting collar on an end and a base having a lower end to be supported by the floor surface and including a base mounting assembly and wherein the base mounting assembly comprises a cup attached to the base, a base tube having a first end inserted into the cup and a second end extending through the mounting collar and mateably engaging the female connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Sean M. Corcorran, Keith Robert Machin, Cody Jay Holstege, William Carey, Larry Cheng, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Lukas Martin Scherrer, Joerg Christoph Student, David J. Battey, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
  • Patent number: 10638090
    Abstract: A digital content conference sharing system for use with portable user computing devices, a wireless communication subsystem and a processor programmed to perform the steps of (i) when a portable computing device is detected within the first sensing zone, associating the portable computing device with the first sensing zone and enabling an interface for sharing content from the associated portable computing device on the common display screen and (ii) when a portable computing device is detected within the second sensing zone, associating the portable computing device with the second sensing zone and enabling an interface for sharing content from the associated portable computing device on the common display screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventor: Darrin Sculley
  • Patent number: 10631632
    Abstract: A method and system of selecting information from video sources to be displayed on at least a subset of a plurality of display screen presentation spaces, the method comprising the steps of providing at least first and second independent selectable control interfaces, each interface including a separately selectable control uniquely associated with each of the display screen presentation spaces, uniquely associating first and second video sources with the first and second control interfaces, for each control interface, receiving an indication each time one of the selectable controls is selected and, upon receiving an indication, providing the video source associated with the control interface used to make the selection to the display screen presentation space associated with the selected selectable control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventor: Lewis Epstein
  • Patent number: 10626600
    Abstract: A partition assembly for subdividing a floor plan area that includes a beam assembly including a beam member including an upper wall, a pair of side walls, a bottom wall, first and second ends, and a pair of channels extending between the first and second ends, each of the channels positioned closer to one of the pair of side walls than to a longitudinally-extending center line of the beam member, a lower frame member located below the beam member, and vertical frame members extending between the beam member and the lower frame member, a work tool positioned above the beam assembly, and a connector assembly connecting the work tool to the beam assembly, where the connector assembly is coupled to the work tool and engages the pair of channels of the beam member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Feldpausch, Marvin C. Knauf, Bradley D. Youngs, Mark T. Slager, Kurt R. Heidmann, John R. Hamilton, Ryan Geister, Daniel Phillips
  • Patent number: 10614625
    Abstract: A system and method for modeling visual and non-visual experiential characteristics of a work space environment, the system comprising at least a first emissive surface useable to view a virtual world (VW) representation, a processor that is programmed to perform the steps of (a) presenting a VW representation via the at least a first emissive surface, the VW representation including an affordance configuration shown in the VW representation, (b) model at least one non-visual experiential characteristic associated with an environment associated with the VW representation and (c) present at least some indication of the non-visual experiential characteristic to the system user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: STEELCASE, INC.
    Inventors: Stephen E. Goetzinger, Jr., Kyle R. Dhyne
  • Patent number: D882314
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Derrick, Thomas Siffer, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D882315
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Sean M. Derrick, Thomas Siffer, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D885068
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Steven James Beukema, Devon Robert Robinson
  • Patent number: D887100
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beasley, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie
  • Patent number: D887101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Charles Beasley, Penghao Shan, John M. Allen, Justin G. Beitzel, Alban Moriniere, William Bennie