Patents by Inventor Kyle R. Fleet
Kyle R. Fleet 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).
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Patent number: 11805914Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2020Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: 11471345Abstract: An office-type chair includes a base, a height-adjustable pedestal extending upward from the base, a seat assembly including a rear seat part and a front seat part, and a linkage system connecting the pedestal to the seat assembly. The linkage system is adapted to pivot the seat assembly between a lowered position to serve as a task chair and an elevated position to serve as an elevated sitting support. A backrest arrangement may extend from the seat assembly. In the lowered position, the front and rear seat parts are both generally horizontally oriented. In the elevated position, the rear seat part may have a slight forward tilt and be positioned higher than in the lowered position, and the front seat part may extend at a downward angle relative to the rear seat part.Type: GrantFiled: August 18, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Publication number: 20200375827Abstract: An office-type chair includes a base, a height-adjustable pedestal extending upward from the base, a seat assembly including a rear seat part and a front seat part, and a linkage system connecting the pedestal to the seat assembly. The linkage system is adapted to pivot the seat assembly between a lowered position to serve as a task chair and an elevated position to serve as an elevated sitting support. A backrest arrangement may extend from the seat assembly. In the lowered position, the front and rear seat parts are both generally horizontally oriented. In the elevated position, the rear seat part may have a slight forward tilt and be positioned higher than in the lowered position, and the front seat part may extend at a downward angle relative to the rear seat part.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 18, 2020Publication date: December 3, 2020Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Publication number: 20200315354Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2020Publication date: October 8, 2020Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: 10780003Abstract: An office-type chair includes a base, a height-adjustable pedestal extending upward from the base, a seat assembly including a rear seat part and a front seat part, and a linkage system connecting the pedestal to the seat assembly. The linkage system is adapted to pivot the seat assembly between a lowered position to serve as a task chair and an elevated position to serve as an elevated sitting support. A backrest arrangement may extend from the seat assembly. In the lowered position, the front and rear seat parts are both generally horizontally oriented. In the elevated position, the rear seat part may have a slight forward tilt and be positioned higher than in the lowered position, and the front seat part may extend at a downward angle relative to the rear seat part.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: 10729250Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2018Date of Patent: August 4, 2020Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Publication number: 20200214916Abstract: An office-type chair includes a base, a height-adjustable pedestal extending upward from the base, a seat assembly including a rear seat part and a front seat part, and a linkage system connecting the pedestal to the seat assembly. The linkage system is adapted to pivot the seat assembly between a lowered position to serve as a task chair and an elevated position to serve as an elevated sitting support. A backrest arrangement may extend from the seat assembly. In the lowered position, the front and rear seat parts are both generally horizontally oriented. In the elevated position, the rear seat part may have a slight forward tilt and be positioned higher than in the lowered position, and the front seat part may extend at a downward angle relative to the rear seat part.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: July 9, 2020Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Publication number: 20190133328Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2018Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: 10182657Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: 9913539Abstract: A back support for a chair includes a chair frame, a pair of upright support posts mounted to the chair frame, the upright support posts being laterally flexible with respect to the chair frame, a plurality of flexible support arms extending laterally outwardly from the upright support posts, the support arms each including a peripheral edge, the support arms including a first set of support arms extending in a first lateral direction from the upright posts and a second set of support arms extending in a second direction from the upright posts; and a material extending in tension between the peripheral edges of the first set of support arms and the peripheral edges of the second set of support arms such that at least a central portion of the material is spaced from the support arms. In addition, a seat support includes a repositionable front edge.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2014Date of Patent: March 13, 2018Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Martin W. Potrykus, Peter T. LaDuke, Jason W. Hall, Timothy J. Scholma, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Teresa A. Bellingar, Michael W. Welsh, Larry A. Wilkerson, Kyle R. Fleet
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Publication number: 20170231396Abstract: An office-type chair including a back support having a suspension mesh back support and a back support frame. The suspension mesh back support has an integral retaining channel disposed at a peripheral edge thereof, and the back support frame includes a central pair of upright support posts and wedge base for mounting to a chair frame. The back support frame includes a plurality of flexible and spaced support arms extending laterally outward from the upright support posts. The support arms each have a peripheral edge configured for fastenerless attachment in a tensioned state within the suspension mesh retaining channel. An upholstery cover encapsulates the suspension mesh and back support frame. The office chair also includes a lumbar mechanism including a resilient cushion that may be positioned in the space between the suspension mesh and the support frame and adjusted along the vertical extent of the back support by rolling the resilient cushion on the rear of the suspension mesh.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 12, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Kyle R. Fleet, Michael E. Schasel, Todd A. Kercher, Brian S. Gessler, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: D779251Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Peter J. Beyer, Teresa A. Bellingar, Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet
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Patent number: D779252Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Peter J. Beyer, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: D779253Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Peter J. Beyer, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: D779254Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront
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Patent number: D779255Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront
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Patent number: D782241Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: March 28, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Martin W. Potrykus, Markus Berenwinkel, Carlo Shayeb
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Patent number: D782859Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Martin W. Potrykus, Markus Berenwinkel, Carlo Shayeb
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Patent number: D784749Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: April 25, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Peter J. Beyer, Teresa A. Bellingar
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Patent number: D793787Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2016Date of Patent: August 8, 2017Assignee: Haworth, Inc.Inventors: Michael W. Welsh, Kyle R. Fleet, Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Martin W. Potrykus, Markus Berenwinkel, Carlo Shayeb