Patents by Inventor Edward L. Stulik

Edward L. Stulik 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: 6607244
    Abstract: A reclining chair including a support base, a chair seat rotatably coupled at its forward portion to the support base, a substantially vertically disposed coil spring provided adjacent the forward portion of the seat and between the seat and the support base such that the coil spring is pivotally coupled to the seat portion and the support base at its ends, an apparatus for pivoting one end of the coil spring about another end of the coil spring and an offset crank for driving said apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2003
    Inventors: Edward L. Stulik, Bruce Burness
  • Publication number: 20020171278
    Abstract: A reclining chair including a support base, a chair seat rotatably coupled at its forward portion to the support base, a substantially vertically disposed coil spring provided adjacent the forward portion of the seat and between the seat and the support base such that the coil spring is pivotally coupled to the seat portion and the support base at its ends, an apparatus for pivoting one end of the coil spring about another end of the coil spring and an offset crank for driving said apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Edward L. Stulik, Bruce Burness
  • Patent number: 5918935
    Abstract: A reclining chair including a support base, a chair seat rotatably coupled at its forward portion to the support base, a substantially vertically disposed coil spring provided adjacent the forward portion of the seat and between the seat and the support base such that the coil spring is pivotally coupled to the seat portion and the support base at its ends and an apparatus for pivoting one end of the coil spring about another end of the coil spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 1997
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1999
    Inventors: Edward L. Stulik, Bruce Burness
  • Patent number: 5375912
    Abstract: A reclining chair including a support base, a chair having seat and back portions integrally formed, a lever arm fixed to and extending from a bottom and forward portion of the seat portion, a means for pivotally coupling the forward portion of the seat portion to the base portion such that the seat portion pivotally moves substantially about a pivoting axis passing through an expected vicinity of a pivoting axis of a knee joint of a person sitting in the reclining chair, a roller engaging with a surface of the lever arm, a mechanism for moving the roller along the surface of the lever arm and a coil spring pivotally coupled at one end to the support base and rotatably coupled to the roller at the other end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 1993
    Date of Patent: December 27, 1994
    Inventors: Edward L. Stulik, Bruce Burness
  • Patent number: 5288138
    Abstract: A reclining chair including a seat, a back and a base. The forward portion of the seat is pivotally coupled to the base such that the seat pivotally moves substantially about a knee of a person seated in the reclining chair. Also, the seat and back are coupled together such that the back portion pivotally moves substantially about a hip of the person seated in the reclining chair as the chair is reclined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1992
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1994
    Inventors: Edward L. Stulik, Bruce Burness
  • Patent number: D259350
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1981
    Assignee: Bally Manufacturing Corporation
    Inventors: Edward L. Stulik, Charles W. Pelly
  • Patent number: D260823
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1978
    Date of Patent: September 22, 1981
    Assignee: Michael Wichinsky
    Inventor: Edward L. Stulik, Jr.