Patents by Inventor Alexander Hurford

Alexander Hurford has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10368645
    Abstract: In a chair (1) and a backrest (30) for the chair of the invention, thin back plate extension parts (51) that are continuous with a front surface of a back plate part (31), thinned sections being formed in outside portions, in a width direction of the backrest, on the rear surface side; and reinforcing ribs (52) that protrude from inside end parts of the back plate extension parts (51) in the width direction of the backrest to a rear side are provided in regions of side edge support parts (32) above parts where fitting holes (33) are formed. The reinforcing ribs (52) extend substantially in an upward-downward direction, gradually increase in cross-sectional area on a bottom end side, are connected to the parts where the fitting holes (33) are formed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yuuichirou Takagi, Alexander Hurford
  • Publication number: 20170196360
    Abstract: In a chair (1) and a backrest (30) for the chair of the invention, thin back plate extension parts (51) that are continuous with a front surface of a back plate part (31), thinned sections being formed in outside portions, in a width direction of the backrest, on the rear surface side; and reinforcing ribs (52) that protrude from inside end parts of the back plate extension parts (51) in the width direction of the backrest to a rear side are provided in regions of side edge support parts (32) above parts where fitting holes (33) are formed. The reinforcing ribs (52) extend substantially in an upward-downward direction, gradually increase in cross-sectional area on a bottom end side, are connected to the parts where the fitting holes (33) are formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2015
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Yuuichirou TAKAGI, Alexander HURFORD
  • Patent number: 9603451
    Abstract: An armrest device for a chair includes a lower support rod that rises at a side of a chair seat and has a tubular upper end portion; and an upper support cylinder that has an armrest provided in an upper end thereof, is externally fitted to the lower support rod so as to be slidable in an up-down direction, and has a plurality of engaging portions therein. The armrest is made height-adjustable with respect to the lower support rod by disposing the locking member and a biasing member at an upper end portion of the lower support rod and providing the rotating rod inside the lower support rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masunaga, Yuuichirou Takagi, Youichirou Oda, Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: 9155393
    Abstract: A lumbar support on a chair comprises a lumbar support body in which a vertical width gradually becomes smaller from right and left ends to the middle; four mounting portions spaced apart from each other vertically on the lumbar support body and moving vertically along a guide on each of the pair of side frame rods and an operating member connected to each of the mounting portions on the lower edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander Hurford, Yoshinori Isogai
  • Publication number: 20150130250
    Abstract: An armrest device for a chair includes a lower support rod that rises at a side of a chair seat and has a tubular upper end portion; and an upper support cylinder that has an armrest provided in an upper end thereof, is externally fitted to the lower support rod so as to be slidable in an up-down direction, and has a plurality of engaging portions therein. The armrest is made height-adjustable with respect to the lower support rod by disposing the locking member and a biasing member at an upper end portion of the lower support rod and providing the rotating rod inside the lower support rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: OKAMURA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hiroshi Masunaga, Yuuichirou Takagi, Youichirou Oda, Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D756695
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D758086
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D758088
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D789128
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D789720
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D789721
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D802345
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D821794
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D825239
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D861403
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D878784
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D879490
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D884371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D897749
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford
  • Patent number: D897750
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Okamura Corporation
    Inventor: Alexander Hurford