Herman Miller, Inc.

Other

Millerknoll, Inc.

Plikat, Claudia

Schmitz, Burkhard

Zwick, Roland

Zwick, Carola

Schmitz, Johann Burkhard

Claudia Plikat

Johann Burkhard Schmitz

Roland Rolf Otto Zwick

Carola Eva Marianne Zwick

Carola E M Zwick

Roland R O Zwick

John Fredric Aldrich

Nicolai Neubert

Andrew Keith Hector

Douglas M Van De Riet

Roland R Zwick

Shane M Ramsdell

Carola E Zwick

John F Aldrich

James D Slagh

Roland Zwick

Carola Zwick

Douglas M VanDeRiet

Janja Maidl

Christopher C Hill

James Slagh

Burkhard Schmitz

Chad D Aerts

Neubert Nicolai

Andrew J Kurrasch

Robert Warren Insalaco

Shane Michael Ramsdell

Roland Ro Zwick

Carola Em Zwick

Robert Friedrich Laux

John Fredric Alrich

Carola Eva Zwick

Roland Rolf Zwick

A body support structure includes a frame and a membrane attached to the frame. The membrane includes elastomeric filaments. The membrane includes different regions with different stiffness. The membrane may form a part of a seat or a backrest.

Load support structure

A chair includes a base, a support element and a torsion element. The support element is coupled to the base and includes a seat region, a backrest region and a transition region connecting the seat region and the backrest region. The backrest region is reclinable relative to the seat region by way of elastic deformation of the support element. The torsion element is coupled to the base and to the backrest region. The torsion element controls the reclining of the backrest region relative to the seat region. The support element is exclusively connected to the torsion element above a lumbar region, wherein the backrest region can be inclined and/or twisted in relation to the seat region.

Chair

A body support structure includes a frame and a membrane attached to the frame. The membrane includes elastomeric filaments. The membrane has a first region with a first stiffness and a second region with a second stiffness. The second stiffness is greater than the first stiffness. The membrane may form a part of a seat or a backrest.

A partition system includes a plurality of wall elements merging one into another, wherein at least one wall element is designed as a stepped element, and wherein at least one wall element is designed as a corner element.

Partition system

A body support structure including a pair of laterally spaced apart supporting arms defining a gap therebetween, wherein each of the supporting arms includes an upper support having an upwardly extending upright and a forwardly extending seat support defining a seat part, and a lower support having an upwardly extending upright spaced apart from the upright of the upper support in a vertical plane. The uprights of the upper and lower supports define a backrest part. A pair of armrests each includes an upwardly extending portion connected to a respective one of the forwardly extending seat supports and a forwardly extending portion pivotally connected to the backrest part. A cross brace extends between and is coupled to the supporting arms proximate the pivotal connection. A flexible membrane extends between and is coupled to the supporting arms.

Partition

A piece of seating furniture has a saddle-form seat surface, wherein the seat surface is arranged on a saddle support. The seat surface here is mounted between a front saddle member on a front member support and a rear saddle member on a rear member support.

Piece of seating furniture having a saddle-form seat surface

A partition system includes various accessories that may be associated with a wall or base element. The accessories include without limitation an adjustable shelf. The wall element may be curved or linear in various embodiments. The wall element may include an upstanding wall or a channel, either or both of which are engaged by one or more accessories.

Adjustable shelf

An element molded from a particle foam, including for example expanded polypropylene foam, includes at least one visible exterior surface defined by the particle foam. The visible exterior surface is textured having a roughness depth of less than or equal to 1.00 mm and a plurality of vent interfaces each having a maximum width of less than or equal to 0.4 mm. Methods of molding the element, together with a mold and a method of making the mold, are also provided.

Particle foam component having a textured surface and method and mold for the manufacture thereof

A partition system includes various accessories that may be associated with a wall or base element. The accessories include without limitation a power strip, an adjustable shelf, various backdrops and a worksurface assembly. The wall element may be curved or linear in various embodiments. The wall element may include an upstanding wall or a channel, either or both of which are engaged by one or more accessories. In some embodiments, the accessories may be co-located at a single location, with one or more accessories accommodating the others with an expansion device.

Partition system and accessories for use therewith

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Berlin, Germany

Claudia Plikat