Industrial chair

- Safco Products Company
Description

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an industrial chair showing our new design;

FIG. 2 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 3 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 4 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a front elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the lower-most or mid-position footrest member, the remainder of the chair not being shown for ease of illustration;

FIG. 7 is an inside radial view thereof;

FIG. 8 is an outside radial view thereof;

FIG. 9 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 11 is a rear elevational view of FIG. 1;

FIG. 12 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 13 is a perspective view of the upper-most footrest member, the remainder of the chair not being shown for ease of illustration;

FIG. 14 is an inside radial view thereof;

FIG. 15 is an outside radial view thereof;

FIG. 16 is a top plan view thereof;

FIG. 17 is a bottom plan view thereof; and,

FIG. 18 is a perspective view of a second embodiment of our new design, the sole difference being in the configuration of the backrest member;

FIGS. 6 through 10 and 13 through 17 have been shown on an enlarged scale.

Referenced Cited
U.S. Patent Documents
D135333 March 1943 Brown
D135334 March 1943 Brown
D264643 June 1, 1982 Pelly
D275242 August 28, 1984 Stephens
3572869 March 1971 Studinski et al.
3598351 August 1971 Schreyer
4636004 January 13, 1987 Neumuller
5228748 July 20, 1993 Neumuller
5328240 July 12, 1994 Neumuller
5340194 August 23, 1994 Neumuller
Other references
  • American National Standard for Human Factors Engineering of Visual Display Terminal Workstations, pp. 41-62, 1988.
Patent History
Patent number: D381823
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 7, 1996
Date of Patent: Aug 5, 1997
Assignee: Safco Products Company (New Hope, MN)
Inventors: Thomas Lee Ellsworth (Shorewood, MN), Alwin J. Stahel (St. Paul, MN), Peter Robert Fervoy (St. Paul, MN)
Primary Examiner: Gary D. Watson
Law Firm: Patterson & Keough, P.A.
Application Number: 0/55,572
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D/6360; D6/365
International Classification: 0601;