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Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures

US7896436B2 · kind B2 · utility

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77References

23Claims

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Assignee

Herman Miller, Inc. · US

Inventors

Andrew J. Kurrasch · Saugatuck, US
Robert L. Beck · Zeeland, US
Daniel Robert Kuiper · Zeeland, US
Arturo J. Bonomie · Verona, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 2010
Grant date	Mar 1, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47C31/126
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Office components are described that include a base, a seat supported by the base, a microprocessor, and a load sensor electrically coupled with the microprocessor and mechanically coupled with the seat and, based on movement thereof, operative to detect occupancy of the seat and provide a signal to the microprocessor indicative thereof. The load sensor may be a strain gauge, a piezo device or combination thereof.

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