Patents by Inventor Mark D. Vander Veen

Mark D. Vander Veen 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).

  • Fidgeting seating arrangement
    Patent number: 11103072
    Abstract: A seating arrangement to be used on a floor includes a support assembly and a seat assembly with a top surface. The support assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate, a compressible elastic member between the top and bottom plates, and a fastener assembly connecting the top and bottom plates. A diameter of the compressible elastic member is greater than or equal to 40% of a diameter or a length of a diagonal of the top surface of the seat assembly. In response to offset weight placed on the seat assembly, the compressible elastic member selectively compresses causing the seat assembly to axially tilt in substantially any direction such that a plane of the seat assembly tilts downward from a neutral position substantially parallel to the floor, and decompress to the neutral position, in response to the offset weight removed from the seat assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: Fleetwood Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Alan E. Rheault, Matthew J. Marzolf, Mark D. Vander Veen, Jason T. Grant
  • FIDGETING SEATING ARRANGEMENT
    Publication number: 20200237099
    Abstract: A seating arrangement to be used on a floor includes a support assembly and a seat assembly with a top surface. The support assembly includes a top plate, a bottom plate, a compressible elastic member between the top and bottom plates, and a fastener assembly connecting the top and bottom plates. A diameter of the compressible elastic member is greater than or equal to 40% of a diameter or a length of a diagonal of the top surface of the seat assembly. In response to offset weight placed on the seat assembly, the compressible elastic member selectively compresses causing the seat assembly to axially tilt in substantially any direction such that a plane of the seat assembly tilts downward from a neutral position substantially parallel to the floor, and decompress to the neutral position, in response to the offset weight removed from the seat assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Alan E. Rheault, Matthew J. Marzolf, Mark D. Vander Veen, Jason T. Grant