Patents by Inventor NIGEL CHARLES FITZSIMMONDS

NIGEL CHARLES FITZSIMMONDS 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: 11350750
    Abstract: A tilt mechanism for a chair comprises a base, a first support configured to support a chair seat and mounted to the base, a second support configured to support a chair back and pivotably coupled to the base about the first pivot axis, a link element pivotably coupled to the second support about a second pivot axis, and a shaft attached to the first support. A first guide slot is provided at the base and a second guide slot is provided at the link element. The shaft is supported in the first guide slot and the second guide slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    Inventors: Alessandro Slongo, Massimo Costaglia, Nigel Charles Fitzsimmonds
  • Publication number: 20210368982
    Abstract: A tilt mechanism for a chair comprises a base, a first support configured to support a chair seat and mounted to the base, a second support configured to support a chair back and pivotably coupled to the base about the first pivot axis, a link element pivotably coupled to the second support about a second pivot axis, and a shaft attached to the first support. A first guide slot is provided at the base and a second guide slot is provided at the link element. The shaft is supported in the first guide slot and the second guide slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Alessandro SLONGO, Massimo COSTAGLIA, Nigel Charles FITZSIMMONDS
  • Patent number: 9782008
    Abstract: A chair back height adjustment mechanism comprises a guide having an abutment surface at a lateral side of the guide which extends along an adjustment direction. The chair back height adjustment mechanism comprises an adjusting device supported on the guide so as to be displaceable along the adjustment direction. The adjusting device comprises a carrier, a coupling member which is moveably supported on the carrier, and a bias mechanism. The coupling member has a contact face shaped to abut on the abutment surface of the guide and a slanted face. The bias mechanism is operative to apply a force onto the slanted face to urge the contact face of the coupling member against the abutment surface of the guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: L&P Property Management Company
    Inventors: Alessandro Slongo, Mark Grant Jones, Nigel Charles Fitzsimmonds
  • Publication number: 20150366354
    Abstract: A chair back height adjustment mechanism comprises a guide having an abutment surface at a lateral side of the guide which extends along an adjustment direction. The chair back height adjustment mechanism comprises an adjusting device supported on the guide so as to be displaceable along the adjustment direction. The adjusting device comprises a carrier, a coupling member which is moveably supported on the carrier, and a bias mechanism. The coupling member has a contact face shaped to abut on the abutment surface of the guide and a slanted face. The bias mechanism is operative to apply a force onto the slanted face to urge the contact face of the coupling member against the abutment surface of the guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: ALESSANDRO SLONGO, MARK GRANT JONES, NIGEL CHARLES FITZSIMMONDS