Patents by Inventor RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN

RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN 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: 11956838
    Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
  • Patent number: 11690111
    Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
  • Patent number: 11330647
    Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
  • Publication number: 20200012403
    Abstract: A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
  • Patent number: 10459611
    Abstract: A method and system for anonymously associating a workstation user's station control preferences with a workstation, the method comprising the steps of correlating anonymous user IDs with user preference sets in a database, obtaining input from a user at a workstation, comparing the user input to the anonymous user IDs to distinguish one distinguished user from other users without determining the identity of the user, accessing the user preference set associated with the distinguished user and controlling workstation affordances per the accessed user preferences while the user is located within a present zone proximate the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
  • Patent number: 10253527
    Abstract: A smart locker includes electronics to operate a user interface, including a keypad, and to receive user commands via the keypad to lock or unlock the smart locker with an electronic lock. The smart locker also receives primary input power and provides direct charging power and wireless charging power for charging electronic devices. The smart locker also is capable of receiving secondary input power to operate the electronic lock in the absence of the primary input power.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Charles Beasley, Rachel Anne Neiman, Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Robert M. Scheper
  • Patent number: 10219614
    Abstract: A reconfigurable conference table includes an annulus shaped worksurface having radially spaced inner and outer peripheral edges. The inner peripheral edge defines a center opening having a center axis. The worksurface is moveable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. The worksurface may include at least three sectors supported by and moveable relative to circumferentially spaced support nodes radially spaced from the center axis. At least two of the support nodes are moveable toward and away from the center axis. First and second monitors, facing inwardly toward the center opening, may be positioned above and below the worksurface. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the conference table are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper, Eric Arenson
  • Patent number: 9921726
    Abstract: A method and system for anonymously associating a workstation user's station control preferences with a workstation, the method comprising the steps of correlating anonymous user IDs with user preference sets in a database, obtaining input from a user at a workstation, comparing the user input to the anonymous user IDs to distinguish one distinguished user from other users without determining the identity of the user, accessing the user preference set associated with the distinguished user and controlling workstation affordances per the accessed user preferences while the user is located within a present zone proximate the workstation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
  • Publication number: 20170356218
    Abstract: A smart locker includes electronics to operate a user interface, including a keypad, and to receive user commands via the keypad to lock or unlock the smart locker with an electronic lock. The smart locker also receives primary input power and provides direct charging power and wireless charging power for charging electronic devices. The smart locker also is capable of receiving secondary input power to operate the electronic lock in the absence of the primary input power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 14, 2017
    Applicant: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Charles Beasley, RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN, FELIPE EFRAIN CASTANEDA ROLDAN, Robert M. SCHEPER
  • Publication number: 20170295918
    Abstract: A reconfigurable conference table includes an annulus shaped worksurface having radially spaced inner and outer peripheral edges. The inner peripheral edge defines a center opening having a center axis. The worksurface is moveable between a contracted configuration and an expanded configuration. The worksurface may include at least three sectors supported by and moveable relative to circumferentially spaced support nodes radially spaced from the center axis. At least two of the support nodes are moveable toward and away from the center axis. First and second monitors, facing inwardly toward the center opening, may be positioned above and below the worksurface. Methods of assembling and reconfiguring the conference table are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Applicant: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: FELIPE EFRAIN CASTANEDA ROLDAN, RACHEL ANNE NEIMAN, ROBERT SCHEPER, ERIC ARENSON
  • Patent number: D808197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper
  • Patent number: D838129
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
    Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper
  • Patent number: D862127
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Steelcase Inc.
    Inventors: Felipe Efrain Castaneda Roldan, Rachel Anne Neiman, Robert Scheper