Patents by Inventor Friedrich W. Dauphin

Friedrich W. Dauphin 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: 6106063
    Abstract: A seat plate for an adjustable depth seat, in particular of an office chair, comprises two partial plates, the distance of which from each other is adjustable and fixable in the direction of seat depth. In particular, the partial plates are joined to each other by a guide and a releasable locking device, adjustment of seat depth thereby being enabled to take place in the substantially horizontal adjusting direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: Dauphin Entwicklungs-und Beteiligungs GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich-W. Dauphin
  • Patent number: 5447357
    Abstract: A chair with inclinable seat, in particular an office chair, is provided with a pedestal, with a seat support supported on the pedestal via a chair column, which seat support comprises a front and a rear seat support element interconnected via a pivot axle, with a seat supported on the seat support elements, with a backrest secured to the rear seat support element and with a longitudinally adjustable energy storing device articulated to the seat support elements at a distance from their pivot axle for mutually adjusting the backrest and the seat. A support element is provided with a receptacle for the upper end of the chair column. The receptacle is articulated on the seat support element via an articulated axle arranged parallel to the pivot axle of the front and the rear seat support element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Dauphin Entwicklungs- u. Beteiligungs-GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich W. Dauphin
  • Patent number: 5380063
    Abstract: A chair, in particular an office chair, is provided with a chair frame, a seat supported thereon and a backrest. The seat comprises a base portion constituting the main face and a rim portion supported on its front rim to be pivotable about a horizontal transverse axis and which is adjustable into different pivoted positions referred to the base portion by means of an adjusting mechanism for adjustment of the seat depth of the seating face.The adjusting mechanism comprises an adjusting spindle rotatably supported on the base portion in parallel to the transverse axis underneath the seat and on which a two-armed adjusting lever extending at right angles to the adjusting spindle is supported to be pivotable about the adjusting spindle and to be displaceable in the direction of the spindle axis by a spindle rotation. With its bracket facing the rim portion the adjusting lever is in articulated connection with the rim portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1993
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1995
    Assignee: Dauphin Entwicklungs- u. Beteiligungs-GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich W. Dauphin
  • Patent number: 5346284
    Abstract: An armrest for seating furniture is provided with a guide column extending in the vertical direction, with an armrest body which is guided thereon telescopically displaceably by virtue of a counter guide and with a locking device arranged on the armrest body for vertically fixing the armrest body in relation to the guide column. The guide column and the counter guide of the armrest body are formed in such symmetrical :manner in relation to an axis of symmetry extending in the vertical direction, that the armrest body is securable on the guide column in two different assembly positions rotated by 180.degree. about the axis of symmetry one referred to the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 13, 1994
    Assignee: Dauphin Entwicklungs- u. Beteiligungs-GmbH
    Inventor: Friedrich W. Dauphin
  • Patent number: 5295731
    Abstract: A chair, in particular office chair, comprises a seat support, which carries a seat, and a back rest, which is provided with a rod-shaped back rest support, which in turn is releasably connected with the rear end of the seat support. In order to embody the connection of the back rest with the seat support such that it can be made or released in a simple manner with regard to design and very quickly, a clamping device is formed at the rear end of the seat support, which clamping device has a receiving sleeve which can be clamped together and which receives the rod-shaped back rest support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 1992
    Date of Patent: March 22, 1994
    Assignee: Friedrich W. Dauphin GmbH & Co. Entwicklungs- und Beteiligungs-KG
    Inventor: Friedrich W. Dauphin
  • Patent number: 5281002
    Abstract: A chair, in particular an office chair, comprises a seat support with a seat and a back rest having a base plate. The base plate is covered at least on its rear side with a covering made of a flexible material. The base plate and the seat support are interconnected in a fastening region. An opening is provided which accommodates at least the fastening region and which can be closed by a concealing member which is formed by at least one Velcro strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignees: Friedrich W. Dauphin GmbH & Co., Entwicklungs - und Beteiligungs-KG
    Inventor: Friedrich W. Dauphin