362 patents
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Design
Set of nested stools
28 Feb 23
Mark Spoelhof, Alyssa Robert, Bruce M. Smith, Robert Scheper, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
Filed: 15 May 20
Utility
Flip top table
28 Feb 23
A flip top table includes a leg assembly supporting an axle defining a rotation axis extending in a longitudinal direction.
Jamie Payne, Brian K. Synder, Sean M. Derrick, David K. Jones, David J. Battey, Ivan Colin, Christopher Gale Inman
Filed: 6 Aug 21
Utility
Floor power distribution system
28 Feb 23
A connection arrangement for a floor power distribution system includes a hub arrangement configured to distribute electrical power and including a hub housing and an electrical connector, the hub housing configured to abut a floor, and an adapter configured to engage the hub housing of the hub arrangement and configured to abut the floor, wherein at least a portion of the adapter is cantilevered over at least a portion of the hub housing, wherein the portion of the adapter that is cantilevered over the portion of the hub housing is vertically aligned with the electrical connector of the hub arrangement.
Mark A. Schneider, David K. Jones, Jamie Payne, Cody Jay Holstege
Filed: 4 Jun 21
Utility
Seating arrangement
21 Feb 23
A seating arrangement includes a rigid back frame, a flexible back shell coupled to the back frame and including a pair of vertical side portions and at least two strap portions extending laterally between the side portions and including a forwardly-facing surface configured to support a back of a seated user, the at least two strap portions including a lowermost strap portion, the lowermost strap portion configured to deflect a first distance when a rearwardly-directed force is exerted on the lowermost strap portion by a seated user, and a lumbar assembly supported from the back frame and configured to support the lumbar region of a back of a seated user, the lumbar assembly configured to deflect a second distance when the rearwardly-directed force is exerted on the lumbar assembly by a seated user, wherein the first distance and the second distance are substantially similar.
Gordon J. Peterson, Robert J. Battey, Mark Vander Veen
Filed: 24 Sep 20
Utility
Compliant backrest
21 Feb 23
A backrest includes a primary frame having a pair of laterally spaced first uprights defining a first opening therebetween, a first front surface and a first rear surface.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Pascal Rolf Hien, Jeffrey A. Hall, John Colasanti, Michael Yancharas
Filed: 1 Mar 22
Utility
Chair Having a Flexible Support Member
16 Feb 23
A seating unit includes a chair with a backrest and a hook assembly.
Keith Robert Machin, Mark Schneider, David O. Morton, Ryan Jerome Ramos, Mark Spoelhof, Jamie Payne, Daniel George Parker
Filed: 31 Oct 22
Design
Utility basket for chair
14 Feb 23
Robert Joseph Scharfenkamp, Randall Joseph Kastalanych, Matthew Robert Dewey, Jack Wayne Johnson
Filed: 22 Feb 21
Utility
Lamp assembly
24 Jan 23
A lamp assembly includes a base, a support arm coupled to the base, a housing coupled to the support arm, a mirror supported by the housing, a light arrangement supported in the housing, wherein the base, the support arm, and the housing are reconfigurable between a first configuration where the housing is located vertically above the base and a reflective surface of the mirror is parallel with a worksurface, a second configuration where the housing is located vertically above the base and the reflective surface is perpendicular to the worksurface, and a third configuration where the housing is located at least partially rearward of the base and the reflective surface is substantially perpendicular to the worksurface.
Mark McKenna
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Lamp Assembly
19 Jan 23
A lamp assembly includes a base, a support arm coupled to the base, a housing coupled to the support arm, a mirror supported by the housing, a light arrangement supported in the housing, wherein the base, the support arm, and the housing are reconfigurable between a first configuration where the housing is located vertically above the base and a reflective surface of the mirror is parallel with a worksurface, a second configuration where the housing is located vertically above the base and the reflective surface is perpendicular to the worksurface, and a third configuration where the housing is located at least partially rearward of the base and the reflective surface is substantially perpendicular to the worksurface.
Mark McKenna
Filed: 15 Jul 21
Utility
Seating arrangement
17 Jan 23
A seating arrangement includes a back arrangement movable between upright and reclined positions, a linkage arrangement including a first link member comprising a portion of a seat arrangement, a second link member supported on a base, flexibly resilient front link members extending between forward portions of the first and second link members and being integral with the second link member, and a rigid rear link member extending between rearward portions of the first and second link members including a separate piece from the first or second link members, wherein the rearward portion of the first link member extends laterally in a first plane when the back arrangement is upright, and laterally in a second plane when the back arrangement is reclined, where the second plane is angled with respect to the first plane, and is positioned farther away from the base when the back arrangement is reclined than when upright.
James N. Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, William Thomas Johnson, Bruce M. Smith, Mark William Spoelhof
Filed: 10 Nov 20
Design
Stool
13 Dec 22
Mark Spoelhof, Alyssa Robert, Bruce M. Smith, Robert Scheper, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
Filed: 15 May 20
Design
Stool
13 Dec 22
Mark Spoelhof, Alyssa Robert, Bruce M. Smith, Robert Scheper, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers
Filed: 15 May 20
Utility
Virtual affordance sales tool
6 Dec 22
A system and method for modeling visual and non-visual experiential characteristics of a work space environment, the system comprising at least a first emissive surface useable to view a virtual world (VW) representation, a processor that is programmed to perform the steps of (a) presenting a VW representation via the at least a first emissive surface, the VW representation including an affordance configuration shown in the VW representation, (b) model at least one non-visual experiential characteristic associated with an environment associated with the VW representation and (c) present at least some indication of the non-visual experiential characteristic to the system user.
Stephen E. Goetzinger, Jr., Kyle R. Dhyne
Filed: 8 Nov 21
Utility
Chair having an accessory hook
29 Nov 22
A seating unit includes a chair with a backrest and a hook assembly.
Keith Robert Machin, Mark Schneider, David O. Morton, Ryan Jerome Ramos, Mark Spoelhof, Jamie Payne, Daniel George Parker
Filed: 14 May 21
Utility
Chair Arm Assembly
24 Nov 22
A chair assembly includes a base assembly, a seat assembly having a pair of side edges and a fore-to-aft extending longitudinal centerline, a back assembly movable between upright and reclined positions, and an arm assembly including an arm base extending from a first location between the side edges to a second location laterally outward of one of the side edges, wherein the arm base extends at an acute angle with respect to the longitudinal centerline and at an upward angle from the first location toward the second location, a support assembly supported by and extending upwardly from the arm base, and an armrest supported by the support assembly that is adjustable to support the armrest between a plurality of selected vertical positions, wherein the arm assembly and back assembly move at a different rate from one another as the back assembly is moved between the upright and reclined positions.
Robert J. Battey, Todd T. Andres, Todd David Krupiczewicz, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, Gary Karsten
Filed: 5 Aug 22
Utility
Workspace System and Components and Method for the Use Thereof
17 Nov 22
A cart assembly including a frame having a horizontal worksurface, a plurality of vertical support members extending upwardly from the horizontal worksurface and an upper rail spaced above the horizontal worksurface and connected to the vertical support members.
John M. Allen, Charles Beasley, William Bennie, Justin G. Beitzel, Antonio Caballero, Robert Jeffers, Alban Moriniere, Penghao Shan
Filed: 28 Jul 22
Utility
Multiple-polarization cloaking for projected and writing surface view screens
15 Nov 22
A system includes a view screen with polarized output.
Andrew Graham
Filed: 9 Aug 21
Utility
Body Support Assembly and Methods for the Use and Assembly Thereof
10 Nov 22
A body support assembly includes a moveable body support member coupled to a deflectable suspension material.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Gordon J. Peterson
Filed: 29 Apr 22
Utility
Virtual world method and system for affecting mind state
1 Nov 22
A system and method for creating a virtual world conferencing experience wherein a first set of real world emissive surfaces and content thereon is replicated on virtual world emissive surfaces where the virtual world emissive surfaces are juxtaposed in a virtual world instance at locations and in orientations that replicate the juxtapositions in the real world arrangement and where the virtual world instance is presented on a second set of real world emissive surfaces at a virtual world workstation where the second set of emissive surfaces are arranged differently than the first set of real world surfaces.
Nicolas de Benoist, Francis Gerard Graziano, Mark Baloga, Paul Noll, Terry West
Filed: 9 Mar 21
Utility
Seating Arrangement
27 Oct 22
A seating arrangement includes a seat portion, a back portion, a support member caused to move between first and second positions, and a back recline lock arrangement that includes an actuator, a lock member caused to move between a locked position when the actuator is in an engaged position where the lock member prevents the support member from moving from the first position toward the second position, and an unlocked position when the actuator is in a disengaged position, and wherein the actuator is configured to move from the disengaged position to the engaged position when the chair back is in the reclined position, and the lock member is prevented from moving from the unlocked position to the locked position until the back assembly is moved from the reclined position to the upright position.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, Russell T. Holdredge, Nathan Brock
Filed: 1 Jul 22