Patents by Inventor George J. Simons

George J. Simons 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: 6250019
    Abstract: A furniture arrangement includes an overhead support defining an elongated overhead utility channel, and one or more lamps attached to the overhead support in recesses formed by the utility channel. A dome-shaped reflector or gull-wing-shaped light-distributing member is attached to the overhead support for distributing light from the lamps downwardly into side areas around the overhead support. The light-distributing members are positioned to both distribute light from the lamp and to visually shield contents of the utility channel from people standing around (or above) the side areas. The utility channel forms light-source recesses for receiving the lamps and lamp ballasts, and wireway recesses for receiving lay-in wiring and utilities, which wiring and utilities are guided by the light-distributing members into the wireway recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., Mark A. Buchalter, Howard M. Montgomery, Yasuyuki Hirai, Gregory M. Tanis
  • Patent number: 5947569
    Abstract: A telescopingly adjustable furniture article is provided for filling an office space where the footprint dimensions of the office space are not known ahead of time or are likely to be periodically changed to different sizes. The furniture article includes a desk having a work surface with ends, a support for supporting one of the ends, and a foot on the other end. A storage unit or cabinet having a top is provided. The foot adjustably rests on the top so that the top supports the other end of the work surface, but so that the furniture unit is horizontally adjustable to different locations partially under the work surface. A Z-bracket interconnects the work surface to the top of the cabinet to secure the relationship of the cabinet and the desk. The furniture article can advantageously be used by itself, in combination with a building wall or demountable architectural wall, or in combination with a partition system to define a plurality of non-uniformly dimensioned offices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1997
    Date of Patent: September 7, 1999
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Alan E. Rheault, Mark W. Chamberlin, Samuel J. Ellison, George J. Simons
  • Patent number: 5322025
    Abstract: An adjustable dual worksurface support is provided for electronic data processing equipment and the like, and comprises a freestanding pedestal, and a generally U-shaped first worksurface having a front surface shaped to support a keyboard thereon, and two side surfaces extending rearwardly from opposite sides thereon to define a central open area. A second worksurface is provided to support a display thereon, and has a plan shape similar to that of the central open area of the keyboard worksurface for close reception therein. The keyboard worksurface is vertically adjustable with respect to the floor, preferably between sitting and standing positions, and the display worksurface is vertically adjustable with respect to the keyboard worksurface, preferably to positions both above and below the same to accommodate various users and tasks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1994
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Patrick J. Sherman, Dale A. Johnson, Robert B. Lubinskas, Dennis D. Roach, George J. Simons, Jr., Lynn S. Smith, Bradley D. Youngs, Lyle F. Homrich
  • Patent number: 5205629
    Abstract: A mobile cabinet is provided for office workstations and the like, and includes a recess positioned in the cabinet top to receive amenity units such as trays therein which facilitate use of and personalization of the cabinet. The cabinet further includes regularly spaced blisters along the rear edge of the top which cooperatingly locate amenity units such as upright trays to further facilitate use of and personalization of the cabinet. The cabinet also includes a laterally extending inverted step located along the bottom and rear edge of the cabinet for aesthetics. The cabinet is particularly suited for use with furniture which cooperatingly uses recessed trays, upright trays, or floor tracks, and is advantageously designed to fit mateably under the worksurface of the workstation without the removal of the amenity units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 27, 1993
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventor: George J. Simons
  • Patent number: D437708
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: Jay D. Bargmann, Hubert L. Ostertag, David R. Appel, George J. Simons, Jr., Mark A. Buchalter, Yasuyuki Hirai, Howard M. Montgomery
  • Patent number: D439101
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas Overthun, Thomas B. Eich, Ronda R. Simons, Gordon J. Peterson
  • Patent number: D439451
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 27, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., David C. Jenkins, Arnold B. Dammermann, Thomas B. Eich, Thomas Overthun, Kurt R. Heidmann, David S. Teppo
  • Patent number: D442400
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., David C. Jenkins, Arnold B. Dammermann, Thomas B. Eich, Thomas Overthun, Kurt R. Heidmann, David S. Teppo
  • Patent number: D442790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas Overthun, Thomas B. Eich, Ronda R. Simons, Gordon J. Peterson
  • Patent number: D442791
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2001
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., David C. Jenkins, Arnold B. Dammermann, Thomas B. Eich, Thomas Overthun, Kurt R. Heidmann, David S. Teppo
  • Patent number: D402530
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 15, 1998
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jochen P. Backs, Thomas Overthun
  • Patent number: D404873
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 1998
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jochen P. Backs, David M. Lewis, Thomas Overthun
  • Patent number: D409900
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1999
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Thomas Overthun, Jochen P. Backs
  • Patent number: D419799
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2000
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: Jonathan J. King, Kurt P. Dammerman, Thomas B. Eich, Frank Freidman, Thomas Overthun, Jochen P. Backs, George J. Simons, Charles A. Seiber
  • Patent number: D427816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2000
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Overthun, George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas B. Eich, Kurt R. Heidmann
  • Patent number: D430001
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2000
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Thomas Overthun, Jochen P. Backs
  • Patent number: D431741
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2000
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Inc.
    Inventors: George J. Simons, Jr., Thomas B. Eich, Thomas Overthun