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Utility
Seating Arrangement
11 Nov 21
A seating arrangement includes a support shell including a seat portion and a chair back portion each configured to support a seated user, the chair seat portion having a front region and a rear region and the chair back portion having an upper region and a lower region, where the rear region of the seat portion is coupled to the lower region of the chair back portion, a control member including a substantially flexible front support and an attachment point, where the front support engages the support shell in the front region of the seat portion and the control member engages the back portion, and a substantially rigid second support attached to the control member at the attachment point, wherein the control member is an integral, one-piece component including multiple flex regions configured to allow the support shell to move between an upright and reclined position.
James Ludwig, Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt Heidmann, Bruce Michael Smith, Mark Spoelhof
Filed: 19 Jul 21
Utility
Seating Arrangement
30 Sep 21
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: 14 Jun 21
Utility
Floor Power Distribution System
23 Sep 21
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
Workspace System and Components and Method for the Use Thereof
16 Sep 21
A workspace system includes different base components, different accessory interfaces and different accessories.
Charles Beasley, Justin G. Beitzel, Brandon Johnson, Daniel Perez Marin, Robert Jeffers
Filed: 29 Mar 21
Utility
Directed Audio System for Audio Privacy and Audio Stream Customization
9 Sep 21
A system includes an audio transducer.
Darrin Sculley, Mark Slager, Scott Wilson, Mark McKenna, Kirk Gregory Griffes
Filed: 21 May 21
Utility
Body Support Assembly and Methods for the Use and Assembly Thereof
2 Sep 21
A frame includes laterally spaced apart first and second support locations.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann
Filed: 25 Feb 21
Utility
Chair Assembly with Upholstery Covering
29 Jul 21
A chair includes a base structure, a seat support structure, a back frame comprising a front surface, a rear surface and a forwardly extending bottom portion pivotably connected to the base, a biasing member biasing the back frame from a reclined position toward an upright position, wherein the biasing member is located entirely forward a rearward most edge of the seat support structure, and a back shell comprising a forwardly extending bottom portion connected to the seat support structure, a front surface, a rear surface positioned in front of the front surface of the back frame, a pair of laterally spaced side portions defining an opening therebetween, and a top portion extending laterally between and connected to the side portions, wherein each of the side portions are exclusively connected to the back frame at a first location.
Robert J. Battey, Todd T. Andres, Todd David Krupiczewicz, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, Gary Karsten
Filed: 14 Apr 21
Utility
Body Support Assembly and Methods for the Use and Assembly Thereof
8 Jul 21
A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by a tilt control assembly.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, David Bodnar, James Ludwig, Nate Brock, Mark Spoelhof
Filed: 11 Dec 20
Utility
Furniture System
24 Jun 21
A furniture system includes a furniture member including at least one slot, the furniture member having a first portion defining a first width of the at least one slot and second portion defining a second width of the at least one slot, the second width greater than the first width, a pair of support members each having a pair of recesses, each of the support members rotatable between a first position where the support member may be inserted into or removed from the at least one slot, and a second position where the recesses of the support member engage the first portion of the furniture member preventing removal of the support member from the at least one slot, and a screen member engaging the pair of support members thereby preventing the support members from rotating from the second position to the first position.
Gregory Goosen, David Eberlein, Robert Scheper, Joshua Bultema, William Patrick Fricke, Cal Von Linsowe
Filed: 17 Dec 20
Utility
Seating Arrangement and Method of Construction
17 Jun 21
A seating arrangement includes a base member, and an integrally formed support member coupled to the base member and supporting a seat moveable from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein a portion of the support member is bendable as the seat moves from the upright position to the reclined position such that a first side of the support member is put in tension and a second side generally opposite the first side is put in compression, and wherein the first side includes a tensile substrate so that the first side has as higher modulus of elasticity than the second side.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Michael J. Kemen
Filed: 24 Feb 21
Utility
Frame Type Workstation Configurations
17 Jun 21
A table assembly includes a tabletop member having a tabletop worksurface and a downwardly directed lower surface.
Kirt Martin, David C. Eberlein, Fredric Biddle
Filed: 21 Jan 21
Utility
Additive Manufacturing In Gel-supported Environment
17 Jun 21
Described is an apparatus for making three dimensional objects.
Skylar JE Tibbits, Christophe Guberan, Jared S. Laucks, Schendy Guiders Kernizan, Kathleen S. Hajash, Bjorn Sparrman, Paul Noll
Filed: 25 Feb 21
Utility
Frame Type Workstation Configurations
10 Jun 21
A table assembly includes a tabletop member having a tabletop worksurface and a downwardly directed lower surface.
Kirt Martin, David C. Eberlein, Fredric Biddle
Filed: 21 Jan 21
Utility
Personal Workspace Assembly
10 Jun 21
A lounge assembly comprising a lower wall structure including at least first and second spaced apart side walls and a rear wall that together form an assembly space, each of the side walls and rear wall including an internal surface, a seat assembly supported between the first and second side walls, a first coupler mounted to the internal surface of the first side wall, a support arm having an arm length dimension between proximal and distal ends, the proximal end mounted to the first coupler adjacent the internal surface of the first side wall for rotation about a first vertical axis and a tablet member supported at the distal end of the support arm for rotation about a second vertical axis through a second range of motion with respect to the support arm.
Russell T. Holdredge, Sean Corcorran, David K. Jones, Duck Young Kong, Todd David Krupiczewicz, Keith Robert Machin, Mark McKenna, Gordon Peterson, Mark Spoelhof, Pradeep Mydur, David J. Battey
Filed: 21 Jan 21
Utility
Personal Workspace Assembly
3 Jun 21
A lounge assembly comprising a lower wall structure including at least first and second spaced apart side walls and a rear wall that together form an assembly space, each of the side walls and rear wall including an internal surface, a seat assembly supported between the first and second side walls, a first coupler mounted to the internal surface of the first side wall, a support arm having an arm length dimension between proximal and distal ends, the proximal end mounted to the first coupler adjacent the internal surface of the first side wall for rotation about a first vertical axis and a tablet member supported at the distal end of the support arm for rotation about a second vertical axis through a second range of motion with respect to the support arm.
Russell T. Holdredge, Sean Corcorran, David K. Jones, Duck Young Kong, Todd David Krupiczewicz, Keith Robert Machin, Mark McKenna, Gordon Peterson, Mark Spoelhof, Pradeep Mydur, David J. Battey
Filed: 28 Aug 20
Utility
Sound Detection and Alert System for a Workspace
3 Jun 21
A workspace assembly includes at least a first sound sensor located in a first facility space, at least one communication device located within the first space, and a processor in communication with the at least a first sound sensor and the communication device.
Robert Scheper, Matthew Warner, Karl Mead, Brett Kincaid, Kurt Heidmann
Filed: 11 Nov 20
Utility
Personal Control Apparatus and Method for Sharing Information In a Collaborative Workspace
20 May 21
A conferencing assembly for sharing content from source devices includes a common display screen, a switcher controlling input to the screen, and a table assembly with a tabletop opening.
Lewis Epstein, Brett Kincaid, Hyun Yoo, Suzanne Stage, Lukas Scherrer, Larry Cheng
Filed: 22 Jan 21
Utility
Additive Manufacturing In Gel-supported Environment
13 May 21
Described are methods for making three dimensional objects.
Skylar JE Tibbits, Christophe Guberan, Jared S. Laucks, Schendy Guiders Kernizan, Kathleen S. Hajash, Bjorn Sparrman, Paul Noll
Filed: 14 Jan 21
Utility
Body Support Member with Lattice Structure
1 Apr 21
A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compressive lattice structure supported by the structural lattice structure and having a second stiffness less than the first stiffness.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Carl V. Forslund, III, John Richard Hamilton, Kurt R. Heidmann, James Ludwig, Bruce Smith, Aaron Michael Porterfield
Filed: 16 Sep 20
Utility
Compliant Backrest
1 Apr 21
A backrest includes a frame having a pair of laterally spaced upright members connected with longitudinally spaced upper and lower members.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Pascal Rolf Hien, Jeffrey A. Hall, John Colasanti, Michael Yancharas
Filed: 28 Sep 20