Nested Patents (Class 297/239)
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Patent number: 11857083Abstract: A seating unit includes a chair with a backrest and a hook assembly. The backrest includes a rear surface having an outwardly protruding rim. The hook assembly comprises a cover plate and a weldment, and the cover plate may include a hook being integrally formed on an exterior face. The hook assembly is configured to be securely coupled on or within the outwardly protruding rim of the backrest, and a secure coupling between the hook assembly and the backrest is formed via insertion of a fastening member, which is inserted through an apertures on a bottom surface of the cover plate, such that the fastener is aligned substantially parallel to the rear surface.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Steelcase Inc.Inventors: Keith Robert Machin, Mark Schneider, David O. Morton, Ryan Jerome Ramos, Mark Spoelhof, Jamie Payne, Daniel George Parker
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Patent number: 11707166Abstract: A cushion and a nursing seat. The cushion comprises: a seat base (4031), and a through hole (4032) provided in a middle of the seat base (4031); a supporting structure (4033) disposed below the through hole (4032), and an accommodating space (4034) being formed between the supporting structure (4033) and the seat base (4031); and a collection box (8) detachably accommodated in the accommodating space (4034). The cushion is provided with the collection box (8) at the bottom, and may be used in the field of nursing. In addition, the collection box (8) and the cushion are detachably connected, thus facilitating handling and cleaning.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: QINGDAO CENTAURY DESIGN CO., LTD.Inventor: Guifen Bai
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Patent number: 11596237Abstract: A stool provides two different seating surfaces at different heights depending on the orientation of the stool. In a first orientation with a bottom of the stool down, the top of the stool provides a first seating surface at a first height. In a second orientation with a back of the stool down, the front of the stool provides a second seating surface at a second height.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: KLD IP Holdings, LLCInventors: Richard D. Davidson, Dustin C. McDermott
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Patent number: 11457744Abstract: A chair having a first frame portion with a backrest support and a rear leg portion at least part of the backrest support and the leg portion being formed from a single piece. A second frame portion has a seat support and a front leg portion extending in a direction transverse to the seat support, the seat support in a fixed position relative to the backrest support. The backrest support molded thereover in foam, the backrest support being substantially peripherally located around the foam of the backrest and the backrest being provided free from rigid supports extending across a middle portion of the backrest. The seat support molded thereover in foam, the seat support being substantially peripherally located around the foam of the seat and the seat being provided free from rigid supports extending across a middle portion of the seat.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2020Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: Series International, LLCInventor: Alvaro Mauricio Olarte
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Patent number: 11419425Abstract: The present application relates to a chair which adapts to dynamic body postures of a user. The posture adaptive work chair includes a seat sub-assembly having a front edge and a seat base sub-assembly; a pair of spine members cantilevered from the font edge of the seat sub-assembly; a back sub-assembly supported by the pair of spine members, and configured to flex in multiple axes based on a direction of load applied by a user; and a tilt limit lever movably coupled to the seat base sub-assembly and configured to enable tilting of the back-sub assembly to a plurality of tilt positions.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: GODREJ & BOYCE MFG. CO. LTD.Inventors: Venkateshwarlu Ega, Nirav Ileshkumar Shah, Nitesh Yashwant Chalke
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Patent number: 11330908Abstract: A modular attachment system may be provided with the ability to rapidly interchange different peripherals and accessories at different points where modular receivers have been installed. One or more modular receivers may include one or more quick-connect receptacles adapted to receive corresponding one or more quick connectors of one or more peripheral adapters to quickly connect and disconnect the modular peripheral adapters to facilitate rapid reconfiguration of chairs, desks, tables, or other furniture for different applications. A variety of peripherals and accessories can be attached to one or more modular peripheral adapters to create peripheral assemblies that can be rapidly interchanged by rapid connection to or disconnection from any installed modular housings to reconfigure furniture for different applications. The modular receivers may be attached to a desk, table, or other furnishings or manufactured as a part of office, computer, or gaming chairs, desks, tables, or other furnishings.Type: GrantFiled: December 8, 2021Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: Tecicity LLCInventor: Marek Strosin
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Patent number: 11253074Abstract: A folding chair that includes a seat portion, a first frame, the first frame including a back and two first parallel legs, the two first legs being monolithic with the back, the first frame being hinged to the seat portion at the two first legs on two opposite sides of the perimetric edge of the seat portion, and a second frame, the second frame including two second parallel and mutually integral legs, the second frame being pivoted to the first frame at two crossing regions of one of the second legs with a respective one of the first legs.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignee: GABER SRLInventor: Luigino Gallina
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Patent number: 10835043Abstract: A support for a piece of modular furniture, and a piece of modular furniture which includes the support. The support includes first and second legs connected by a longitudinal member and a support member. The support member extends generally transversely to the longitudinal member in a direction allowing it to extend under a seat and support the seat. The piece of furniture preferably includes two or more such supports, each having a support member which extends towards the other support, so that they together may support the seat. The supports are generally universal in design, in that a single type of support may be used to make many different types of furniture, such as a chair, a sofa, an end table and a full table. Chairs and sofas may include backs, and therefore the supports used with such types of furniture include extensions which support the back.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 17, 2020Assignee: Saw and Sew Ltd.Inventor: James Winston Richard Ferguson
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Patent number: 10744370Abstract: An exercise machine which allows for a wide range of exercises while maintaining improved balance and control for the exerciser. The exercise machine generally includes a frame having a first track, a carriage movably connected to the first track, a first platform and a second platform connected to the frame, a first stationary handle extending upwardly from the upper surface of the first platform, and a second stationary handle extending upwardly from the upper surface of the first platform.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2019Date of Patent: August 18, 2020Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.Inventor: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree
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Patent number: 10455939Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a one-piece, injection-molded stackable rocking chair. More specifically, it is directed to the configuration of the rockers that join the rocking chair's front and rear legs. The rockers' interiors contain a plurality of closely-spaced thin-wall ribs configured so that the rocker's interior structure provides the rigidity and structural integrity necessary to pass the government and industry strength tests. The thin-wall ribs may be, for example, configured in a zigzag manner, forming acute angles with respect to the rockers' sidewalls to form triangular-shaped and/or parallelogram-shaped cells. The rockers' top surface may be open so that the thin-wall ribs and cells are visible from above and the rockers' bottom surfaces are closed to spread the weight of an occupied rocking chair over an area large enough to not damage the floor upon which the rocking chair sits. Alternatively, to provide a different aesthetic, the top may be closed and the bottom open.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Inventor: Cooper C. Woodring
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Patent number: 10349746Abstract: A chair includes a frame having a plurality of legs, a seat coupled to the frame that includes a seating surface and opposing side edges, and at least one ganging arm. The ganging arm is configured to pivot about a pivot axis into and between an operative position in which the ganging arm extends laterally from one of the opposing side edges and a storage position in which the ganging arm is beneath the seat. In one embodiment, the chair includes a pair of ganging arm, where a first ganging arm includes a male ganging end and the second ganging arm includes a female ganging end. Each of the ganging arms is mounted for rotation about a mounting device attached to the frame of the chair.Type: GrantFiled: February 13, 2017Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: Krueger International, Inc.Inventors: Karl Joseph Koehler, Timothy Joseph Bouche
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Patent number: 10342352Abstract: A load bearing surface assembly includes a molded component of oriented elastomeric material and an attachment loop connected to the molded component, the attachment loop configured to receive a frame member supporting the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: July 9, 2019Assignee: ILLINOIS TOOL WORKS INC.Inventor: Timothy P. Coffield
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Patent number: 10292499Abstract: A chair structure contains: a seat, a back plate one-piece formed with the seat, and an upright frame locked on a bottom of the seat. The back plate includes a convex face formed on a front end thereof, multiple slots separately defined in the back plate, and multiple flexible sheets arranged on a rear end of the back plate. The multiple flexible sheets have different thicknesses individually, wherein a thickness of a central one of the multiple flexible sheets adjacent to the back plate is less than another flexible sheets proximate to the central flexible sheet, and the other flexible sheets close to two sides of the back plate are thicker than said another flexible sheets. Furthermore, the multiple slots accommodate a plurality of reinforcement ribs respectively.Type: GrantFiled: November 14, 2017Date of Patent: May 21, 2019Inventor: Huang Chang Liu
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Patent number: 9826838Abstract: A chair comprising: a metal frame formed by a plurality of metal elements, including a seat portion having two seat support elements and a backrest portion having two backrest support elements extending upwardly from the seat portion, a flexible backrest panel and/or a flexible seat panel of plastic material having two lateral hollow portions into which respective support elements are inserted, wherein, in a rest condition, there is a transverse clearance between outer edges of said lateral hollow portions and the respective support elements and wherein, in a deformed condition of the flexible backrest panel and/or flexible seat panel said transverse clearance is reduced to zero.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2016Date of Patent: November 28, 2017Assignee: PRO-CORD S.P.A.Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
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Patent number: 9808088Abstract: A chair with a frame with tubular elements, which comprises two inverted V-shaped elements that form the front legs and rear legs, are parallel and are joined substantially at their inner curvature to a rod-like crossmember, two L-shaped elements connected by the crossmember on which they are arranged in a parallel configuration so as to form a support for the back and for the seat, respectively with first substantially vertical portions thereof and second substantially horizontal portions.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2014Date of Patent: November 7, 2017Assignee: CERANTOLA S.P.A.Inventors: Paolo Scagnellato, Jeremiah Ferrarese
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Patent number: 9675176Abstract: A lightweight molded plastic Adirondack chair has front legs which each have an inner side wall that slopes inward. A pair of side walls each extends from and along a front leg, along the side edge of the seat and along a rear leg. The side walls vary in height along their length and are tallest adjacent a transition from the side edge of the seat to the rear leg. A front slat extends from the front edge of the seat and between the front legs forming an arch with the front legs. An arm support extends from each front leg to the front of the arm above that leg. The arm supports extend forward relative to the seat. These structural features improve the strength of the chair such that most portions of the chair can be thinner resulting is a chair that weighs less than 6 pounds.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2015Date of Patent: June 13, 2017Assignee: Adams Mfg. Corp.Inventors: William E. Adams, IV, Matthew Goodworth
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Patent number: 9625238Abstract: Embodiments of the present application includes methods and structures for Anti-Ballistic Shelters, including an anti-ballistic shelter having a frame comprising at least one support member, and one or more surfaces comprising a flexible high strength layered anti-ballistic material attached to the frame, wherein the flexible high strength layered anti-ballistic material is layered in at least two directions; and further wherein the layered anti-ballistic material is enveloped around the frame.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2015Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: SHIELDPRO, LLCInventor: Fred E. Peters
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Patent number: 9622584Abstract: A portable chair includes an undulating wave-shaped body. The undulating wave-shaped body has a convex lower portion which transitions into a concave mid-section, which in turn transitions into a convex upper portion. The chair further includes a support leg pivotally attached to the body and being movable between a closed position for storage and carrying and an open position for seating. The support leg is concave shaped to substantially conform to the shape of the concave mid-section of the body when in the closed position.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2014Date of Patent: April 18, 2017Assignee: MAX ID NY LLCInventor: Maximilian M Eicke
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Patent number: 9510682Abstract: A chair includes a support device that is capable of fitting support devices of another chair, a backrest that is attached to the support device or an intermediate support member provided for the support device so that the backrest is capable of being tilted rearwards, and a seat that is capable of being raised from an unfolded posture to a raised posture overlapping with a front side surface of the backrest, a plurality of chairs being capable of being fitted with each other back and forth by raising the seats thereof. The seat is attached to the support device, the backrest or the intermediate support member so that the seat is capable of being raised and rotated and so that the seat is capable of taking at least one movement of forward movement, retreat movement and tilting at the unfolded posture.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2014Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: ITOKI CORPORATIONInventors: Masashi Hasegawa, Yoshinori Kurata
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Patent number: 9510681Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a monobloc rocking chair. The rocking chair includes a seat, backrest, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, and rockers extending between front and rear legs. The chair is molded of a single material include a downwardly opening cavity and formed to taper outwardly from top to bottom. The cavity is formed by the seat being supported directly from below by front legs and being supported directly from above by a backrest. Rear legs are spaced from the seat. This allows two identical chairs to nest when vertically stacked for compact shipping, storage, or display. The monobloc rocking chair can include one or more arms or be armless.Type: GrantFiled: January 13, 2015Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Inventor: Cooper C. Woodring
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Patent number: 9392872Abstract: The present invention comprises a chair that allows small, subtle multi-directional motion by the user while maintaining the functionality and space requirements of a stack chair. The chair of the present invention comprises motion that is facilitated by flexible supports mounted to the frame of the chair which suspend and support the chair's seat. A range of motion in the seat is thereby provided which is limited by integrated stopping mechanism built into the chair's frame. Allowing the user to change seating attitude with concomitant motion of the chair seat improves user comfort and prevents or delays user fatigue during long seating sessions while maximizing efficiency of work accomplished during a seating session.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2015Date of Patent: July 19, 2016Assignee: Smith SystemInventors: Kenneth J. Saint Pierre, Maurice F. Johnson, William Risdall
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Patent number: 9173494Abstract: A seating arrangement includes at least two seating units connected together, wherein each seating unit includes a tubular frame and a seat supported by the tubular frame. The seating unit forms part of the seating arrangement. The seating arrangement is characterized in that each tubular frame defines a loop (5) projecting beyond one side of the seat (12), that the seat (12) is provided on the opposite side with an opening (21) and a retaining element (24) associated with the opening (21) and that the loop (5) of one seating unit is designed to engage with the retaining element (24) of an adjacent seating unit.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2011Date of Patent: November 3, 2015Assignee: ANDREAS FAHLSTEDT DESIGNInventor: Andreas Fahlstedt
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Patent number: 9072384Abstract: Disclosed is a chair that allows small, subtle multi-directional motion by the user while maintaining the functionality and space requirements of a stack chair. The chair of the present invention comprises motion that is facilitated by flexible supports mounted to the frame of the chair which suspend and support the chair's seat. A range of motion in the seat is thereby provided which is limited by integrated stopping mechanism built into the chair's frame. Allowing the user to change seating attitude with concomitant motion of the chair seat improves user comfort and prevents or delays user fatigue during long seating sessions while maximizing efficiency of work accomplished during a seating session.Type: GrantFiled: March 6, 2014Date of Patent: July 7, 2015Assignee: Smith SystemInventors: Kenneth J. Saint Pierre, Maurice F. Johnson, William Risdall
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Patent number: 9060614Abstract: A public or personal seating system with interchangeable modular web-design seats and backs is disclosed herein.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2014Date of Patent: June 23, 2015Inventor: Charles Augustus Gibilterra
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Patent number: 9033414Abstract: A chair for facilitating efficient stacking includes a seat element having a seat frame, a plurality of front legs attached to a front portion of the seat element, a plurality of rear legs attached to a back portion of the seat element, and one or more telescopic leg mechanisms disposed on at least one of the front or rear legs, wherein the telescopic leg mechanisms provide for lateral movement of the at least one of the front or rear legs with respect to the seat element.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2011Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: SERIES INTERNATIONAL LLCInventor: Alvaro Mauricio Olarte
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Publication number: 20150130236Abstract: A chair has a frame with legs, a seat hoop carried by the legs, and a backrest extending above the seat hoop. A seat is carried by the seat hoop of the frame, and has a seat base with a cushion. A perimeter lip circumscribes the seat base and rests over the seat hoop. The seat base has a flexible and resilient corrugated interior capable of deflecting under weight and returning when the weight is removed. An annular bottom projection projects from the seat base between the perimeter lip and the corrugated interior and into the seat hoop, and has an annular bottom surface substantially flush with the lower surface of the seat hoop.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2013Publication date: May 14, 2015Applicant: MITY-LITE, INC.Inventor: Grant Rogers
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Patent number: 9004596Abstract: Disclosed is a stackable chair containing a flexible back support frame mechanism that includes an improved spring system designed to allow reclining movement of a back support frame relative to a seat assembly. The back support frame and seat assembly are connected using right and left spring members disposed in a substantial surface-to-surface contact relationship with the seat assembly and back support frame members.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2011Date of Patent: April 14, 2015Assignee: Daniel Paul Chairs, LLCInventors: Peter W. Barile, Jr., Michael E. Saylor
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Publication number: 20150076876Abstract: A chair includes a support device that is capable of fitting support devices of another chair, a backrest that is attached to the support device or an intermediate support member provided for the support device so that the backrest is capable of being tilted rearwards, and a seat that is capable of being raised from an unfolded posture to a raised posture overlapping with a front side surface of the backrest, a plurality of chairs being capable of being fitted with each other back and forth by raising the seats thereof. The seat is attached to the support device, the backrest or the intermediate support member so that the seat is capable of being raised and rotated and so that the seat is capable of taking at least one movement of forward movement, retreat movement and tilting at the unfolded posture.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Inventors: Masashi HASEGAWA, Yoshinori KURATA
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Patent number: 8967714Abstract: A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2013Date of Patent: March 3, 2015Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Patent number: 8960792Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to a monobloc rocking chair. The rocking chair includes a seat, backrest, a pair of front legs, a pair of rear legs, and rockers extending between front and rear legs. The chair is molded of a single material include a downwardly opening cavity and formed to taper outwardly from top to bottom. The cavity is formed by the seat being supported directly from below by front legs and being supported directly from above by a backrest. Rear legs are spaced from the seat. This allows two identical chairs to nest when vertically stacked for compact shipping, storage, or display. The monobloc rocking chair can include one or more arms or be armless.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: February 24, 2015Inventor: Cooper C Woodring
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Publication number: 20150042135Abstract: A chair is mounted on ball-casters. Each leg of the chair is mounted on a caster wheel that is surrounded by a ring of small metal balls, such as ball bearings, enabling the chair to roll freely without scuffing or scratching the floor or dulling the floor polish, and making it virtually impossible for the occupant to lean back in the chair with any stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 10, 2014Publication date: February 12, 2015Inventor: Michael Louis Larzelere
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Publication number: 20150021960Abstract: A portable chair includes an undulating wave-shaped body. The undulating wave-shaped body has a convex lower portion which transitions into a concave mid-section, which in turn transitions into a convex upper portion. The chair further includes a support leg pivotally attached to the body and being movable between a closed position for storage and carrying and an open position for seating. The support leg is concave shaped to substantially conform to the shape of the concave mid-section of the body when in the closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2014Publication date: January 22, 2015Inventor: Maximilian M Eicke
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Publication number: 20140252823Abstract: The present invention comprises a chair that allows small, subtle multi-directional motion by the user while maintaining the functionality and space requirements of a stack chair. The chair of the present invention comprises motion that is facilitated by flexible supports mounted to the frame of the chair which suspend and support the chair's seat. A range of motion in the seat is thereby provided which is limited by integrated stopping mechanism built into the chair's frame. Allowing the user to change seating attitude with concomitant motion of the chair seat improves user comfort and prevents or delays user fatigue during long seating sessions while maximizing efficiency of work accomplished during a seating session.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 8, 2013Publication date: September 11, 2014Inventor: William Risdall
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Publication number: 20140252824Abstract: The present invention comprises a chair that allows small, subtle multi-directional motion by the user while maintaining the functionality and space requirements of a stack chair. The chair of the present invention comprises motion that is facilitated by flexible supports mounted to the frame of the chair which suspend and support the chair's seat. A range of motion in the seat is thereby provided which is limited by integrated stopping mechanism built into the chair's frame. Allowing the user to change seating attitude with concomitant motion of the chair seat improves user comfort and prevents or delays user fatigue during long seating sessions while maximizing efficiency of work accomplished during a seating session.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2014Publication date: September 11, 2014Applicant: Smith SystemInventors: Kenneth J. Saint Pierre, Maurice F. Johnson, William Risdall
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Publication number: 20140191546Abstract: A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Applicant: HNI TECHNOLOGIES INC.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Patent number: 8757718Abstract: A portable submersible seating apparatus is provided, including a support member and a plurality of leg members extending equidistantly from the support member. The plurality of the leg members are adapted to be rested on a floor of a swimming pool, thereby allowing a user to sit on the support member.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2012Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Inventor: James F. Wloczewski
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Publication number: 20140145480Abstract: A chair may include a backrest, a seat, and a frame that supports the backrest and seat. The frame may include a plurality of interfacing portions. Each interfacing portion may include a receivable surface and a receiving surface. The receiving surface may have a shape configured to accept a surface having substantially the same shape as the receivable surface. Each interfacing portion may further include an offset separating the receivable surface and the receiving surface. Each interfacing portion may further include a profile having a length larger than the offset.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2013Publication date: May 29, 2014Applicant: Lifetime Products, Inc.Inventors: Mitch Johnson, Jay Calkin, Frank Clegg, Wendell Peery
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Patent number: 8727439Abstract: Apparatus is provided for integrated, single and multiple person vehicle car seats, modular car seat systems, dual person car seats, variable base height and width car seats, car seat-inserts inserted into another car seat, foldable, for use in a land, sea or air vehicle, mounted onto the vehicle's built-in seat and used for securing a car seat user within a vehicle's regular seating positions. Car seat systems include components enabling addition or removal of seating positions for a desired number of car seat users as needed, limited only by available width and height space of the vehicle seat onto which it is mounted.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2012Date of Patent: May 20, 2014Inventor: Louis Paul Herzberg
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Patent number: 8721002Abstract: Various embodiments of the present invention provide seating devices having an armrest with a triangular cross-section that twists along its length to provide a support surface with increased comfort to the occupant, in addition to making the chair strong and durable. The seating device of the present invention may also be stackable.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Inventor: Laura Lisa Smith
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Patent number: 8714652Abstract: A frame of rectangular configuration, constructed of structural components and usable in connection with modular furniture. Front and back frame components are interconnected by a pair of side components, and a locking bar member extends between the side components and is movable therealong while remaining essentially parallel to the back component. The locking bar member has a straight edge in alignment with and parallel to a straight edge of the back component, such that when the locking bar member is brought into a relatively close relation to the back component, the straight edges of the back component and the locking bar member can hold therebetween a backrest equipped with cleats in a secure, fixed position, without the need for screws, bolts, pins or other joinder elements.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: May 6, 2014Assignee: Ice Magic Holdings, Inc.Inventors: William L. Whidden, Lawrence W. Bechtold
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Patent number: 8690243Abstract: A nesting chair having a support frame having a back support portion, a pair of front legs having an stopping member for load bearing in an active position, a pair of rear legs and a rear support. The nesting chair further includes a seat having a top side and an under side for engagement of the stopping member, a support member mounted to the under side of the seat having an engaging end for pivotally engaging the rear support and slidably disengaging from the rear support; and a holding member mounted to the under side of the seat for engaging, and holding the seat to the nesting chair relative to the rear support member in an active position.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2012Date of Patent: April 8, 2014Inventors: Lee David Fletcher, Terence Douglas Woodside, Gary Neil
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Patent number: 8657374Abstract: There is provided a chair (101) comprising: a seating portion (102) for occupation; a base portion (103) for location upon a support surface; and a connecting portion (104) connectedly extending between said seating portion (102) and said base portion (103); wherein said connecting portion (104) is configured to provide a degree of freedom of the position of said seating portion (101) relative to said base portion (103), such that said seating portion (102) is movable between a default unloaded position relative to said base portion (103) and each of a plurality of available loaded positions relative to said base portion (103), whereby when unoccupied, said seating portion (102) is in said default unloaded position relative to said base portion (103), and when occupied, said seating portion (102) is in one of said plurality of available loaded positions relative to said base portion (103), whereby said chair is configured to dynamically respond to changes in the posture of an occupant.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2009Date of Patent: February 25, 2014Inventor: Thomas Oliver Duncan Higgs
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Publication number: 20140042788Abstract: In the specification and drawings a chair is described and shown with a resiliently flexible frame having a front seat support; a seat slidably engaged to the front seat support; and a back rotatably engaged to the frame, the back being rotatably engaged to the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2013Publication date: February 13, 2014Applicant: SYNERGY PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT, INC.Inventor: Dragomir Ivicevic
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Patent number: 8613692Abstract: An exercise chair which is suitable for use with Pilates and other exercises, and which is more easily stored than existing exercise chairs. The exercise chairs are positioned one behind each other in a line. Optionally, the chairs may be locked together and then tilted up as a unit so that the resulting footprint occupied on the floor is relatively small. The chair has a sturdy base having fewer moving parts to avoid sacrificed performance associated with moving parts wearing out. The chair may optional include handle sections or grips to facilitate performing exercises on the chair.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2008Date of Patent: December 24, 2013Assignee: Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc.Inventor: John Baudhuin
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Publication number: 20130328367Abstract: An adjustable height chair has a pair of side frames and a seat frame with two seat/backrest portions secured together, with the seat frame pivotably mounted in the side frames. The chair height is changed by rotating the side frames in a direction opposite to the rotation of the seat frame, so that a seat panel which previously served as a platform to sit on becomes a backrest, and vice-versa. The chair preferably has one or more crossbars to serve the double duty of strengthening the frame of the chair, and supporting the seat panels in both sitting positions of the chair.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2012Publication date: December 12, 2013Inventor: Frederick J. Yestadt
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Publication number: 20130300079Abstract: A chair with a seating surface and a link with two ends connected to the seating surface. A frame with two supporting portions connected to the link and the frame can displace against a bias to allow one of the two supporting portions to move, allowing the seating surface to tilt. A flexible front is attached to a front member on the frame, the flexible front bends when the seating surface tilts. The link rotates when the supporting portions displace. The supporting portions are round and pass through round holes in the link, allowing the supporting portions to rotate within the link when the seating surface tilts. A stop connected to the seating surface and a stop connected to the frame limits the maximum tilt angle of the seating surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2013Publication date: November 14, 2013Inventor: Peter J. Haas
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Patent number: 8573704Abstract: The present invention is directed to Anti-ballistic Chairs with the preferred embodiment consisting of a conventionally appearing stacking chair with padded seat cushion and back rest, having a tubular framework with arm rests, having the addition of a skirt section below the seat extending to the floor level. The core of the chair will consist of layers of flexible anti-ballistic fabric, also known as soft armor, wrapped in two directions around the tubular members of the back rest, seat and skirt section. Alternatively, the stacking chair will be constructed of pre-manufactured hard anti-ballistic armor components, also known as hard armor. Two additional embodiments will be folding chairs with tubular frameworks, the first having hard armor anti-ballistic surfaces and the second being able to have hard armor or soft armor anti-ballistic surfaces.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2011Date of Patent: November 5, 2013Assignee: Peters Security International, Inc.Inventors: Fred E. Peters, Jens Wemhoener
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Patent number: 8544951Abstract: A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2010Date of Patent: October 1, 2013Assignee: HNI Technologies Inc.Inventors: Jay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Patent number: 8540315Abstract: A nesting chair includes a base having a transverse member. A backrest and seat are interconnected with the base. A seat rotation mechanism is configured to allow the seat to rotate from an initial seating position to an upwardly rotated nesting position. The seat rotation includes a first bearing area defined by an underside of the seat, and a second bearing area defined by a separate bearing member. The first and second bearing areas are located on opposite sides of the transverse member. A retainer arrangement is used to secure the bearing member to the seat with the transverse member therebetween. The seat is rotatable about the transverse member from the initial seating position to the upwardly rotated nesting position to enable the nesting chair to be nested with a plurality of like chairs. The transverse member is provided with a stop engageable with the seat for maintaining the seat in the seating position.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2010Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: Pro-Cord S.p.A.Inventor: Giancarlo Piretti
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Patent number: 8506008Abstract: A foldable seat structure includes a front foot part and a horizontal pole of a height across the front foot part engaged with a rear foot part. A first forward extending part and a second forward extending part are mounted on a horizontal pole of the rear foot part, to be jointed with a corresponding holding part of the front foot part. A screw is used to restrict the joint position. The front foot part is further jointed to a back frame with a back pad and a chair cushion on a front of the rear foot part. The screw of the holding part and the first and second forward extending parts can be unlocked to facilitate the rear foot part to be cross-folding with the front foot part to greatly reduce size for the package to be sold.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2011Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignee: Oasyschair Co., Ltd.Inventor: Toung-Chun Pan