Patents by Inventor Harald Wurl

Harald Wurl 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: 6394553
    Abstract: An armrest assembly for a chair which can be adjusted in multiple aspects with the use of single actuating mechanism. The adjustment aspects of the preferred embodiment include a vertical adjustment with respect to the chair and a horizontal rotational adjustment. Such an armrest assembly can include an armrest base securable to a chair and having a tubular portion, a hollow armrest support slideably and rotationally disposed about the tubular portion and an armpad attached to the top of the hollow armrest support. A handle to disengage the actuating mechanism is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: Knoll, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael L. McAllister, Gregory P. Allison, Harald Wurl
  • Patent number: 6279998
    Abstract: A chair comprises a seat; a support for the seat; and, a plurality of biasing members mounted between the support and the seat, the biasing members, in combination, have a compressive strength sufficiently high to essentially resist static movement of a person while seated in the chair and sufficiently low to cushion dynamic loads applied to the seat when a person sits down quickly in the chair. Alternately the chair comprises a plurality of connecting members extending between the seat and the support, each connecting member having at least one first detent member to lockingly connecting the seat to the support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Zooey Chu, Harald Wurl, Hermann Bock
  • Patent number: 6260921
    Abstract: A chair back is provided with an adjustable lumbar support member. The vertical height of the lumbar support member and/or the amount of lumbar support which is provided by the chair back may be adjusted. The controls for adjusting the lumbar support member are positionable on the sides and the rear surface of the chair back.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2001
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Zooey Chu, Harald Wurl, Hermann Bock
  • Patent number: 6189972
    Abstract: A chair back comprises a rear surface, a front surface spaced from the rear surface and a side extending between the front and rear surfaces; a lumbar support member positioned between the front and rear surfaces and mounted for vertical movement with respect to the chair back and for forward movement with respect to the front surface; a first control member positioned on the rear surface of the chair back for adjusting the forward movement of the lumbar support member; and, a second control member positioned adjacent one of the sides of the chair back for adjusting the vertical height of the lumbar support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Zooey Chu, Harald Wurl, Hermann Bock
  • Patent number: 6135556
    Abstract: A chair comprises a longitudinally extending seat; a support member for supporting the seat at an elevated height; a slide member fixedly mounted to one of the seat and the support member; a housing positioned between the seat and the support member and fixedly mounted to the other of the seat and the support member, the housing having a cavity for slidably receiving the slide member, the slide member mounted for longitudinal movement forward and rearward with respect to the housing; and, an adjustment member mounted in the housing and drivingly connected to the slide member, whereby movement of the adjustment member in a first direction causes the seat to move forwardly and movement of the adjustment member in the opposite direction causes the seat to move rearwardly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2000
    Assignee: Teknion Furniture Systems Inc.
    Inventors: Zooey Chu, Harald Wurl, Hermann Bock