Chair assembly

US9027998B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Steelcase Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert J. Battey · Kentwood, US
• Richard N. Roslund, Jr. · Washington Township, US
• Gary Lee Karsten · Wayland, US
• Kurt R. Heidmann · Grand Rapids, US
• Nathan McCaughan · Grand Haven, US
• Pradeep Mydur · Grand Rapids, US
• Russell T. Holdredge · Alto, US
• Mark Vander Veen · Hudsonville, US
• Todd David Krupiczewicz · Alto, US
• Nathan R. Brock · Alto, US
• Jeffrey A. Hall · Birmingham, US
• Gordon J. Peterson · Rockford, US
• Todd T. Andres · Sparta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 17, 2013
• Grant date: May 12, 2015
• Expiry date: Sep 17, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49947
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A chair assembly includes a base structure defining upper and lower portions, a seat support structure having forward and rearward portions, wherein the forward portion of the seat support structure is pivotably coupled to the upper portion, and wherein the seat support structure includes a seat support surface configured to support a seated user thereon, a back support structure having forward and rearward portions, wherein the forward portion of the back supported is pivotably coupled to the lower portion, and wherein the back support structure includes an upwardly extending portion adapted to move between an upright position and a reclined position, and a control link having a first end pivotably coupled to the rearward portion of the seat support structure, and a second end pivotably coupled to the rearward portion of the back support structure.