Patents by Inventor Bruce Michael Smith

Bruce Michael Smith 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: 20160296026
    Abstract: A seating arrangement includes an upwardly-extending back arrangement movable between an upright and reclined positions, and a seat arrangement that includes a first link member extending horizontally and having forward and rearward portions, a second link member spaced from the first link member, a third link member coupled to the first and second link members and substantially flexible along a majority of a length thereof, and a fourth link member operably coupled to the first and second link members, the fourth link member being substantially rigid along a majority of a length thereof, wherein the link members cooperate to form a linkage arrangement, and wherein the seat arrangement moves in a rearward direction as the back arrangement is moved between the upright position and the reclined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Applicant: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: James Nolan Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark William Spoelhof
  • Patent number: D677911
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: John Hamilton, Jay Armstrong Grandin, Bruce Michael Smith, James Ludwig, Terence Sean Yoo, Robert Peter Arko, Justin Champaign
  • Patent number: D689725
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Steelcase, Inc.
    Inventors: John Hamilton, Jay Armstrong Grandin, Bruce Michael Smith, James Ludwig, Terence Sean Yoo, Robert Peter Arko, Justin Champaign