Operating system for, and a method of, operating an article of furniture

US10123631B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• King Furniture Australia Pty Ltd. · AU

Inventors

• Geoffrey David Sizer · Chicago, US
• Gregory Michael Rosser · Sydney, AU
• Jesse Alan Kovac · Chatswood, AU
• James Lawson-Craig · Hornsby, AU
• Benjamin Watson Barnes · Sydney, AU
• Bin Xia · Germantown, US
• David King · Sydney, AU
• Ryan Lawson · Sydney, AU
• Tanya Rechberger · Sydney, AU
• Anastasie Panagopoulos · Sydney, AU
• John Levey · Sydney, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 14, 2015
• Grant date: Nov 13, 2018
• Expiry date: Oct 14, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G08C17/02
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

An operating system (10) for operating an article of furniture (12), the article of furniture (12) comprising a support structure, at least one component displaceably arranged relative to the support structure and a receiver. The operating system (10) includes a (controller 34) which communicates wirelessly with the article of furniture (12), the controller (34) outputting operating signals (46) containing operating instructions. A signal processing module communicates with the wireless controller (34) via a routing arrangement (48), the signal processing module receiving the operating signals (46) and converting the operating signals into control signals to be provided to the receiver to effect displacement of the at least one component of the article of furniture (12) relative to the support structure under the control of a user.