Steelcase Inc.

Karl Jahn Mead

Alan Ernest Rheault

Robert E Jeffers

David M Gresham

Karl Heinz Mueller

Hyun Yoo

George K Vangelatos

Robert M Scheper

Charles Anthony Seiber

Mark Kapka

Cherie Johnson

Kurt R Heidmann

Brett Robert Kincaid

Douglas B MacDonald

Matthew Warner

John Richard Hamilton

Marvin C Knauf

Michael D Elsholz

James N Ludwig

Allen C Hager

Donald P Gravel

Karl Heinz Müeller

Jian Hong

Bruce M Smith

Frank A Friedman

Gregg Robert Draudt

Richard Scott Hand

Robert Peter Arko

David J Battey

Sean M Corcorran

Paul B Siebert

Robert J Luchetti

Robert Larry Stewart

David A Shipman

Michael L Deimen

Jonathan Jay King

Justin G Beitzel

Daniel Grabowski

Steven F Goodman

Joseph Iacovoni

Theodore M Haan

Bo Anderson

Scott Michael Miller

Roy W Fink

William K Hofman

Ryan Geister

Ting-Wen Nieh

Thomas F Crissler

Leon D Segal

David Michael Kerley

William H Palermo

Erik Nielsen

Subur Tjandra

Michael Held

Chuck C Nguyen

Mark A Baloga

Mark T Slager

Todd A Pelman

Paul Noll

Ronald A Dykstra

Jamie Payne

James D Houda

Scott H Russell

Terry D West

Francis Gerard Graziano

Michael E Tingley

Harold Halvorson, Jr

James L Kraft

Gary S Juhlin

Thomas R Maas

Anthony A Stachowiak

Anne C Ackerly

Steven J Throndset

Michael P Kelley

Kurt A Jonker

Steven C Gortsema

David P Churchill

Brian L Bultsma

Peter C Greenberg

James H Davies

Kevin M Stanley

Kenneth D Brickner

Shawn Kerstan Littrell

Andre K Dettler

Peter J Schauer

R Scott Hand

Steven D DeSmit

Melissa A DuBuis

Genevieve Wing

Beverly Jo Sugarbaker

Todd M Ostrander

Fredrick M Brickley

Todd C Fitzpatrick

Robert H Greenhoe

Jared Alden Judson

Joshua W Hoekstra

Gaylan M McColley

F Javier Olvera

Micah E Roberts

Nicolas Henri Louis De Benoist De Gentissart

A system and methods including workstations for use in office spaces where the workstations include electrical couplers and power distribution systems for coupling portable and rechargeable batteries to the arrangements and delivering electrical charge to affordance devices where battery charging stations are located at different locations throughout a facility and alerts including nearest charging station with fully charged batteries are provided to employees at the stations when battery depletion thresholds are met or where batteries are automatically delivered to facility locations via automated robotic carts when needed.

Remote power systems, apparatus and methods

A method for facilitating space experiences for at least a first space user and for at least first and second different spaces, the method comprising the steps of storing first and second space experience specifications for the first and second different spaces, respectively, wherein the first and second space experience specifications indicate space affordance settings for the first and second spaces, respectively, sensing a trigger event associated with at least one of the first and second different spaces, where the sensed trigger event is associated with the first space, using the first space experience specification to control the first space affordances and where the sensed trigger event is associated with the second space, using the second space experience specification to control the second space affordances.

Environment optimization for space based on presence and activities

A workspace assembly includes at least a first sound sensor located in a first facility space, at least one communication device located within the first space, and a processor in communication with the at least a first sound sensor and the communication device. The processor is adapted to compare the volume of sound emanating from within the first space to a threshold level and to generate a signal via the communication device when the volume of sound emanating from within the first space exceeds the threshold level. The processor also periodically automatically adjusts the threshold level.

Sound detection and alert system for a workspace

A system comprising a database storing schedule information associated with different meeting spaces, at least a first threshold display located proximate at least a first meeting space, an employee tracking system, a processor programmed to perform the steps of receiving employee tracking information including locations and identities, determining the relative juxtapositions of employees with respect to the first threshold display, identifying content to be presented on the first threshold display based on identity of a first employee, a distance between the first employee and the display and the schedule information.

Threshold configuration and system for space

A workspace assembly includes a plurality of sound sensors including at least first and second sound sensors located in first and second spaces within a facility, respectively, at least one communication device located within one of the first space and the second space, and a processor in communication with the sound sensors and the communication device, the processor adapted to compare at least some characteristic of the sounds in at least a subset of the plurality of spaces to identify a particular space from which the sound emanates and to compare at least some characteristic of the sound emanating from the particular space to at least one threshold characteristic value and to provide a signal via the at least one communication device based on the results of the comparison.

An alert system for generating a signal indicating at least one aspect of sound within a workspace environment, the system comprising at least a first sensor positioned one of within and proximate a workspace, the at least a first sensor sensing at least one aspect of sound generated within the workspace and generating a signal indicating the at least one aspect, a communication device located within the workspace, the communication device configured to generate a signal perceivable within the workspace and a processor receiving signals from the at least a first sensor and linked to the communication device, the processor programmed to perform the steps of identifying when the at least one aspect exceeds a threshold value and driving the communication device to indicate that the at least one aspect exceeds the threshold value.

An article of furniture is disclosed. The article of furniture comprises a base frame assembly configured to support an attached seating unit. Other modules or components may also be attached to the base frame assembly. The article of furniture may also comprise a supplemental frame assembly attached to the base frame assembly to extend the size of the article of furniture and to support an additional or larger module or component. The other modules or components may comprise one or more of a casegood unit, a backrest, an armrest, a privacy panel, a console, an outlet (for power and/or data), etc. Electronic devices may be incorporated. A set of articles of furniture is also disclosed; the articles of furniture have a modular construction and can be assembled on the base frame assembly by combinations of modules and components.

Article of furniture with modular construction

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Grand Rapids, MI, United States of America

Karl Jahn Mead