Patents by Inventor Peter Jon Pearce

Peter Jon Pearce 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: 6412869
    Abstract: A synchrotilt chair includes a base, a back, a seat, and a pair of parallel links pivoted to a rear of the base and to a bottom of the back to form a four-bar linkage arrangement. A spring arrangement includes leaf springs that extend between each link and the base to bias the link and in turn the back and seat toward an upright position, with the back and seat pivoting with a synchronous motion upon recline of the back. The base, the back, the seat, and the links are shaped to receive identical chairs along a stacking direction to form a densely nested stacked arrangement for compact storage. The base has a distinctive horizontal U-shaped mid-frame structure defining a plurality of corners, and further having up legs and down legs extending upwardly and downwardly, respectively, from each of the corners, with the pair of links attached to the two rearmost ones of the up legs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2002
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventor: Peter Jon Pearce