Patents by Inventor Gregory S. Beda

Gregory S. Beda 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: 5755488
    Abstract: A chair including a seat support, a seat movably supported on the seat support for movement between a raised position permitting sliding depth adjustment of the seat and a lowered position preventing adjustment, and a detent device for securely holding the seat in the raised position while the seat is being slidable adjusted. A rack is formed integrally on or attached to the bottom of the seat shell. The detent device includes a seat support bracket attached to a top of a chair control, and a pair of moldings attached to opposite sides of the bracket. The moldings each include upwardly facing teeth for selectively engaging the racks to hold the seat in a selected, depth adjusted position. A resilient finger on each molding is adapted to engage a ridge on the seat shell for selectively holding the seat in either a raised position or in a lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 26, 1998
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory S. Beda, Daniel P. Beemer, Diane L. Ellis, Michelle R. Johnson, Charles P. Roossien, James P. Steffens