Patents by Inventor Benjamin B. Edinger

Benjamin B. Edinger 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).

  • Publication number: 20260130509
    Abstract: A chair is equipped with a dual-mode tilt and collapsing mechanism, and/or a release mechanism for use when reconfiguring the chair between a ready-to-use configuration and a collapsible configuration, and/or a leg extension and retraction mechanism that is operable to extend and retract legs of the chair in response to moving a chair seat into and out of a collapsed position. Optionally the chair may be equipped with all three mechanisms, which provides for simplified conversion or reconfiguring of the chair between the ready-to-use configuration and the collapsed configuration that occupies substantially less floor space and less vertical space. Seating comfort of the chair is enhanced by the dual-mode tilt and collapsing mechanism in the ready-to-use configuration, which permits limited rearward tilting of the seat and seatback as a user shifts their weight on the seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2025
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Inventors: Brian Alexander, Michael A. Johnson, William G. Book, Benjamin B. Edinger
  • Publication number: 20250325145
    Abstract: A stand mixer includes a base defining an interior with an opening to the interior and a mixing head being supported over an upper mounting area of the base and defining a mounting tongue extending through the opening to the interior of the base. The stand mixer further includes a coupling assembly including a pin body extending between opposite first and second ends and a pivot frame including first and second support receptacles respectively receiving the first and second ends of the pin body and a frame body connecting the first and second support receptacles. The frame body is secured to the base within the interior thereof, and the pin body is secured to the mounting tongue of the mixing head to pivotably couple the mixing head to the base with the mixing head being rotatable on the base between a lowered position and a raised position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2024
    Publication date: October 23, 2025
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy E. Heater, Joseph W. Snyder, Jeremy T. Wolters, Benjamin B. Edinger, Michael Johnson, Michael Stinchcomb
  • Patent number: 9339108
    Abstract: An article support, such as a shelf, is securely attachable at a plurality of locations along a generally vertical support or rail. The article support includes a support-engaging portion having one or more tabs, at least one of which is a locking tab having a forward-extending tooth that engages the vertical support, when the tab or tabs extend through slots in the support. Optionally, a biasing element urges the article away from the support to maintain secure engagement of the locking tab with the support. The resulting shelving system or article support system is resistant to accidental detachment of the article supports from the supports and permits relatively small adjustment intervals for the article supports along the supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: ALTRIA GROUP DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
    Inventors: Dathan G. Zang, Donald M. Farnquist, II, Benjamin B. Edinger, William J. Parsons
  • Publication number: 20150223601
    Abstract: An article support, such as a shelf, is securely attachable at a plurality of locations along a generally vertical support or rail. The article support includes a support-engaging portion having one or more tabs, at least one of which is a locking tab having a forward-extending tooth that engages the vertical support, when the tab or tabs extend through slots in the support. Optionally, a biasing element urges the article away from the support to maintain secure engagement of the locking tab with the support. The resulting shelving system or article support system is resistant to accidental detachment of the article supports from the supports and permits relatively small adjustment intervals for the article supports along the supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: ALTRIA GROUP DISTRIBUTION COMPANY
    Inventors: Dathan G. Zang, Donald M. Farnquist, II, Benjamin B. Edinger, William J. Parsons
  • Patent number: 9016214
    Abstract: An article support, such as a shelf, is securely attachable at a plurality of locations along a generally vertical support or rail. The article support includes a support-engaging portion having one or more tabs, at least one of which is a locking tab having a forward-extending tooth that engages the vertical support, when the tab or tabs extend through slots in the support. Optionally, a biasing element urges the article away from the support to maintain secure engagement of the locking tab with the support. The resulting shelving system or article support system is resistant to accidental detachment of the article supports from the supports and permits relatively small adjustment intervals for the article supports along the supports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Altria Group Distribution Company
    Inventors: Dathan G. Zang, Donald M. Farnquist, II, Benjamin B. Edinger, William J. Parsons
  • Publication number: 20130126454
    Abstract: An article support, such as a shelf, is securely attachable at a plurality of locations along a generally vertical support or rail. The article support includes a support-engaging portion having one or more tabs, at least one of which is a locking tab having a forward-extending tooth that engages the vertical support, when the tab or tabs extend through slots in the support. Optionally, a biasing element urges the article away from the support to maintain secure engagement of the locking tab with the support. The resulting shelving system or article support system is resistant to accidental detachment of the article supports from the supports and permits relatively small adjustment intervals for the article supports along the supports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicants: ALTRIA GROUP DISTRIBUTION COMPANY, HARBOR INDUSTRIES, INC.
    Inventors: Dathan G. Zang, Donald M. Farnquist, II, Benjamin B. Edinger, William J. Parsons
  • Patent number: 7874620
    Abstract: A health care chair includes a base and a seating portion attached to the base. A lift assist mechanism connects the base and seating portion and assists in moving the seating portion from a first reclined position to a second inclined position without electrical power. The chair also includes moveable arms attached to the seating portion that rotate between a first substantially horizontal position and a second substantially vertical position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Brett W. Kooistra, Benjamin B. Edinger, David Ritch, Mark Saffell, Gary L. Cruce, David E. Simon, Todd Ireland
  • Publication number: 20090250979
    Abstract: A health care chair includes a base and a seating portion attached to the base. A lift assist mechanism connects the base and seating portion and assists in moving the seating portion from a first reclined position to a second inclined position without electrical power. The chair also includes moveable arms attached to the seating portion that rotate between a first substantially horizontal position and a second substantially vertical position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2008
    Publication date: October 8, 2009
    Inventors: Brett W. Kooistra, Benjamin B. Edinger, David Ritch, Mark Saffell, Gary L. Cruce, David E. Simon, Todd Ireland