96 patents
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Utility
Sound Detection and Alert System for a Workspace
12 Feb 20
A conferencing assembly, the assembly comprising a first table assembly including (i) a first table top having oppositely facing front and rear edges, (ii) at least a first display screen supported adjacent the rear edge of the first table top, a second table assembly including (i) a second table top having oppositely facing front and rear edges and (ii) at least a second display screen supported adjacent the rear edge of the second table top.
Mark A. Baloga, Frank G. Graziano
Filed: 11 Sep 19
Utility
Seating Arrangement
29 Jan 20
A seating arrangement includes a seat assembly, a control assembly, a back assembly, and a quick-connection arrangement to connect the back assembly to the control assembly, where the back assembly includes first and second reliefs and the control assembly includes first and second shafts received within the first and second reliefs respectively, and a locking arrangement that includes a primary locking member pivotable between a locked position, where the primary locking member abuts the second shaft arrangement, thereby preventing the second shaft arrangement from being removed from within the second relief, and an unlocked position, where the second shaft arrangement may be removed from within the second relief, thereby allowing the back assembly to be uncoupled from the control assembly.
Gordon J. Peterson, Robert J. Battey, Mark Vander Veen
Filed: 1 Oct 19
Utility
Office Systems with Shape Memory Materials
15 Jan 20
An office system including a first component and a second component moveable relative to the first component.
Christopher Norman, Timothy Swieter, Ryan E. Schmidt, Mark McKenna, Robert Scheper, Bruce Smith
Filed: 23 Sep 19
Utility
Method and System for Locating Resources and Communicating Within an Enterprise
8 Jan 20
A method and system of tracking and reporting locations of entity employees, the method for use with at least a first interface device including a display screen, the method comprising the steps of, providing a processor programmed to perform the steps of, storing schedules of entity employees where the schedules indicate scheduled locations of employees during time slots, receiving an indication from a first employee indicating at least a first future time slot, identifying locations of the entity employees during the future time slot, using the schedules of entity employees to generate a location representation indicating the locations of at least a subset of the entity employees during the at least a first future time slot and presenting the location representation via the first interface device.
Robert Poel, Darrin Sculley
Filed: 17 Sep 19
Utility
Smart Workstation Method and System
8 Jan 20
A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation.
Darrin Sculley, Bo Anderson, Rachel Anne Neiman, Brandon Buckingham
Filed: 17 Sep 19
Utility
Table and Panel Furniture System
1 Jan 20
A table assembly comprising a table including a top member and at least a first leg support member, the top member forming a substantially flat top surface and circumscribed by an outer edge, the at least one leg support member supporting the top member in a substantially horizontal position, a table dock secured to the top member and forming an elongated channel having a dock length dimension and at least a first display panel circumscribed by a panel edge and having at least one straight edge having a panel length dimension, the dock length dimension less than panel length dimension, wherein at least a portion of the straight edge of the panel is receivable within the dock channel with the panel extending out the open first and second ends of the channel to support the panel in a substantially upright orientation with at least a portion of the display panel extending to a height above the flat top surface.
David J. Battey, Sean M. Corcorran, Timothy Elms, Jeffrey Coffey, Duck Young Kong, Brett Robert Kincaid, Mark William Schoolmeester, Elger Oberwelz, Thomas Overthun, Jake Eisner, Cody Jay Holstege, Michael Skibinski
Filed: 10 Sep 19
Utility
Portable Presentation System and Methods for Use Therewith
1 Jan 20
A method and assembly for sharing information in a conference space, the assembly comprising a display configuration including presentation surface area juxtaposed within the conference space for viewing by an audience, the surface area including at least first and second adjacent presentation sub-spaces, a processor programmed to perform the steps of presenting an interface on the surface area useable to generate session images within at least one of the sub-spaces, the interface including a panel section in which a separate panel icon for each of the session images created during a session is presented, the interface further including a separate space on the surface area associated with each of the sub-spaces, the interface facilitating selection and dragging of panel icons to locations associated with the sub-spaces to control the images presented in each of the sub-spaces, wherein, when a panel icon is dragged to a space, an image currently associated with the sub-space is replaced at the sub-space.
Michael H. Dunn, Ian G. Hutchinson, Peter W. Hildebrandt
Filed: 9 Sep 19
Utility
Sound Detection and Alert System for a Workspace
1 Jan 20
A workspace assembly includes a plurality of sound sensors including at least first and second sound sensors located in first and second spaces within a facility, respectively, at least one communication device located within one of the first space and the second space, and a processor in communication with the sound sensors and the communication device, the processor adapted to compare at least some characteristic of the sounds in at least a subset of the plurality of spaces to identify a particular space from which the sound emanates and to compare at least some characteristic of the sound emanating from the particular space to at least one threshold characteristic value and to provide a signal via the at least one communication device based on the results of the comparison.
Robert Scheper, Matthew Warner, Karl Mead, Brett Kincaid, Kurt Heidmann
Filed: 11 Sep 19
Utility
Seating Arrangement
4 Dec 19
An arm assembly includes an arm support configured to support an arm of a seated user, an arm stalk extending downwardly from and supporting the arm support, an arm base telescopingly receiving the arm stalk between a first position and a second position and a bearing arrangement positioned between the arm stalk and the arm base.
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson, Russell T. Holdredge, Nathan Brock
Filed: 15 May 19
Utility
Room Scheduling System
4 Dec 19
A room scheduling device is disclosed that provides a dial or knob for turning to adjust time being reserved.
James LUDWIG, Andrew GOODE, Justin Glen BEITZEL, Julia Andress OLSON, Morrison Lee CUNNINGHAM
Filed: 22 Mar 18
Utility
Occupancy Sensing Systems and Methods
20 Nov 19
The present disclosure provides systems and methods for improved occupancy sensing.
Michael Bloem, Marcus Ward, Mychal Hall
Filed: 16 May 19
Utility
Sound Management Systems for Improving Workplace Efficiency
20 Nov 19
A sound management system for use by a user located within an environment includes a memory device for storing a selection of sounds.
Jean-Paul Labrosse, Scott Sullivan, Matthew N. Schneider
Filed: 1 Aug 19
Utility
Directed Audio System for Audio Privacy and Audio Stream Customization
13 Nov 19
A system includes an audio transducer.
Darrin Sculley, Mark Slager, Scott Wilson, Mark McKenna, Kirk Griffes
Filed: 23 Jul 19
Utility
Ergonomic Seating System, Tilt-lock Control and Remote Powering Method and Apparatus
30 Oct 19
An adjustable desking system for supporting users in a plurality of ergonomic positions, the system comprising a plurality of sit-stand desks, each desk including a variable length leg assembly including an activator and a height adjustable worktop supported at a top end of the leg assembly and a master controller linked to each of the activators at the plurality of desks to control activation of each activator to raise and lower a worktop associated with the specific activator, wherein, the master controller controls worktop heights at each of the desks independent of user input when the desk is vacant and enables user control of the height of any worktop at a desk that is occupied by a user.
Jean-Paul Labrosse, Scott Sullivan
Filed: 9 Jul 19
Utility
Resource Optimization System and Method
30 Oct 19
A system and method for helping a user optimize time use during transition times between scheduled activities, includes the steps of maintaining a schedule database including at least first and second consecutive scheduled activities for a first system user with a transition period between the first and second consecutive scheduled activities, during the transition period subsequent to the first activity and prior to commencement of the second activity, detecting at least a first trigger set of circumstances, upon occurrence of the trigger set of circumstances, automatically identifying a secondary activities set including at least first and second secondary activities that may be initiated during the transition period, presenting the secondary activities set to the first user via at least one affordance, receiving selection from the user of at least one of the secondary activities from the activities set and facilitating the selected secondary activity via at least one affordance.
Steve Rodden, Darrin Sculley, William Scott Sadler, Robert Scheper
Filed: 24 Apr 19
Utility
Flip Top Table
9 Oct 19
A flip top table includes a leg assembly supporting an axle defining a rotation axis extending in a longitudinal direction.
Jamie Payne, Brian K. Snyder, Sean M. Derrick, David K. Jones, David J. Battey, Ivan Colin, Christopher Gale Inman
Filed: 17 Apr 19