22 patents
Utility
Furniture motion control system
19 Dec 23
A furniture motion control system for controlling movement of one or more movable parts of a furniture member includes a panel including one or more buttons; an actuator configured to control movement of the one or more movable parts of the furniture member; an electric motor configured to drive the actuator; and control circuitry configured to control the electric motor, wherein the control circuitry is configured to, in response to detecting that a first button, from among the one or more buttons, has been pressed, select between controlling the motor to drive the actuator and the one or more movable parts to move automatically and controlling the motor to drive the actuator and the one or more movable parts to move manually, based on a length of time the first button is held.
Robert B. Womack, Amee Mayur Patel, Jason Baker, Robert C. Beilfuss
Filed: 10 Mar 21
Utility
Furniture handling strap
14 Nov 23
A furniture handling strap assembly may be used to aid in lifting and carrying a furniture item such as a chair, sofa, or loveseat, for example.
Jason M. Baker, Jason D. Rains
Filed: 22 Nov 21
Utility
Wall-proximity furniture member having sync mechanism
11 Apr 23
A furniture member includes a base assembly, a frame assembly, a legrest mechanism, a support rod, and a sync mechanism.
Larry P. LaPointe, Jaime A. McPherson, Christopher A. Larsen, Randy Loper, Richard D. Hartford, Chandrasekar Ramasubramanian
Filed: 13 Dec 21
Utility
Furniture member having lumbar adjustment mechanism
10 May 22
A seating or furniture assembly may include a seat bottom, a seatback, and a lumbar adjustment assembly.
Brandon Bucholz, Alexander M. Hegedus, Larry P. LaPointe
Filed: 6 May 21
Utility
Furniture member having lumbar adjustment mechanism
29 Mar 22
A seating or furniture assembly may include a seat bottom, a seatback, and a lumbar adjustment assembly.
Brandon Bucholz, Alexander M. Hegedus
Filed: 22 Mar 21
Utility
Wall-proximity furniture member having sync mechanism
14 Dec 21
A furniture member includes a base assembly, a frame assembly, a legrest mechanism, a support rod, and a sync mechanism.
Larry P. LaPointe, Jaime A. McPherson, Christopher A. Larsen, Randy C. Loper, Richard D. Hartford, Chandrasekar Ramasubramanian
Filed: 28 Sep 20
Utility
Reclining chaise
5 Oct 21
A furniture member may include a base frame, a chaise seat bottom frame, and a seatback frame.
Larry P. LaPointe, John J. Bryson, Jason D. Rains, Mark D. McClung
Filed: 8 May 20
Utility
USB charger with automatic sleep mode
5 Oct 21
A charger comprises an input circuit that receives power from a power source, a converter circuit, an output circuit, and a switching circuit.
Tahir Ahmad, Jaime McPherson
Filed: 6 Sep 19
Utility
Motorized furniture control system and method
27 Jul 21
A control system for a piece of furniture includes a control panel configured to receive input from a user, a control module configured to control actuators coupled to movable components of the piece of furniture, and a battery system.
Robert B. Womack, Robert C. Beilfuss, Jason M. Baker
Filed: 31 Mar 20
Utility
Furniture member having lumbar adjustment mechanism
23 Mar 21
A seating or furniture assembly may include a seat bottom, a seatback, and a lumbar adjustment assembly.
Brandon Bucholz, Alexander M. Hegedus
Filed: 4 Nov 19
Utility
Modular components for furniture members
23 Feb 21
A kit of components is provided for manufacturing a plurality of furniture members.
Jason D. Rains, Christopher A. Larsen, Mark D. McClung, Jason M. Baker
Filed: 1 Apr 19
Utility
Furniture member having circuit board assembly
23 Feb 21
A furniture member may include a base frame, a seat assembly, a motor, and a circuit board assembly.
Jaime A. Mcpherson, Jason D. Rains, Jason M. Baker
Filed: 1 Apr 19
Utility
Furniture member having flexible seatback
24 Feb 20
A furniture member may include a stationary frame assembly and a seatback cushion.
Richard E. Marshall, Eugene O. Cole, II, Chandrasekar Ramasubramanian, Stephen Brown, Jason Rains, Jason Bryson
Filed: 4 Dec 17
Utility
Furniture member with recline and tilt
17 Feb 20
A furniture member may include a base assembly, a seat assembly, a tilt mechanism, and a recliner actuator.
Larry P. Lapointe, Chad E. Adams, Gerald G. Stotz
Filed: 19 Sep 17
Utility
Furniture member having flexible seatback
20 Jan 20
A furniture member may include a stationary seatback frame, a seat bottom assembly, a legrest mechanism, and a backrest support spring.
Richard E. Marshall, Eugene O. Cole, II, Chandrasekar Ramasubramanian, Stephen Andrew Brown, Jason Rains, Jason Bryson
Filed: 6 Apr 17
Utility
Furniture member with adjustable seat depth
20 Jan 20
A furniture member may include a seat base frame, a seat bottom, and a seatback.
Larry P. Lapointe, Chad E. Adams, Gerald G. Stotz
Filed: 19 Sep 17
Utility
Furniture member with foldable pawl and ratchet assembly
6 Jan 20
A rocking furniture member may include a base frame, a seat assembly, a legrest mechanism, and a pawl assembly.
Larry P. LaPointe
Filed: 15 Apr 18
Utility
Furniture member with powered wall-proximity mechanism
6 Jan 20
A furniture member includes a base frame, a seat assembly, a motor assembly, a legrest mechanism and a wall-proximity mechanism.
Larry P. LaPointe, Chad E. Adams, Gerald G. Stotz
Filed: 17 May 18
Utility
Furniture member with compliant legrest mechanism
23 Dec 19
A legrest mechanism including a seat base rail, a mechanism rail, a drive assembly, a pivot plate link, a pivot plate, a main drive link, and a parallelogram legrest link assembly.
Scott Jorbel
Filed: 24 Oct 17
Utility
Recliner and legrest mechanism for a furniture member
23 Dec 19
A furniture member may include a stationary base frame, a seat bottom frame, a seat bottom cushion, a seatback frame, and a seatback cushion.
Larry P. LaPointe, Chad E. Adams, Jason Rains, Jason Bryson
Filed: 15 Nov 17