Patents by Inventor Harold P. Ruble

Harold P. Ruble 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).

  • Reclining and rocking office chair
    Patent number: 4477118
    Abstract: An office chair has a mobile pedestal carriage with a cross span beam on which relatively movable chair frame, seat frame, and leg rest frame assemblies are mounted for rocking motion under the control of an adjustable spring mechanism and a ratchet mechanism that inhibits rocking if the leg rest is in the extended position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 1982
    Date of Patent: October 16, 1984
    Assignee: La-Z-Boy Chair Co.
    Inventor: Harold P. Ruble
  • Reclinable chair
    Patent number: 4367895
    Abstract: A chair has a chair body pivoted on a carriage and a reclining back on the chair body operates linkage to move the carriage on a base and to tilt the chair body with respect to the carriage. A hand lever operates a leg rest mounted on the chair body and, at the same time, operates through linkage to tilt the chair body on the carriage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: La-Z-Boy Chair Company
    Inventors: William Pacitti, Harold P. Ruble