Alite Designs, Inc.

Xerox Corporation

Samuel B Homans

Tae Wan Kim

Mark H Yim

David G Duff

John W Suh

Kimon D Roufas

Kang S Lim

Elizabeth Clark

Jon-William G Murphy

A portable chair includes a frame and a sling for accommodating a seated user. The frame includes an upper back pair of bars, a lower back pair of bars, a hub configured to couple the upper back pair of bars to the lower back pair of bars, a middle pair of bars configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of the lower back pair of bars, a front pair of bars configured to be coupled to a corresponding one of the middle pair of bars, and a front joint configured to couple the front pair of bars to each other.

System and methods for portable furniture

A portable chair, configured to accommodate a seated user, includes a front pair of collapsible bars, a back pair of collapsible bars, a pair of joints, a center bar, a first set of lower bars, a second set of lower bars, and a sling. The center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, at least one of the first set of lower bars has a first end permanently fixed to one of the joints, and a second end of first lower bars is configured to provide a point of contact with a ground surface. At least one of the second set of lower bars having a first end configured to be coupled to one of the joints, and wherein a second end of second lower bars is configured to provide a point of contact with a ground surface.

Portable chairs and methods thereof

The present invention relates to lightweight collapsible portable chairs. In one embodiment, the portable chair has a sling and a chair frame which includes a first pair of bars and a second pair of bars. Each bar of the first pair of bars includes a joint configured to contact a ground surface. In another embodiment, the chair frame includes a front of bars, a back pair of bars, a pair of joints and a center bar configured to securely couple the pair of back joints to each other. In some embodiments, the chair frame includes a front support assembly. In other embodiments, the chair frame includes a pair of lower bars.

Systems and methods for portable furniture

The portable chair frame that supports a sling of the preferred embodiments includes a brace, a first pair of collapsible bars, a second pair of collapsible bars, and two joints that each provide a point of contact with a ground surface. Each collapsible bar has a first end coupled to the brace and a second end that provides a sling interface for the sling. The joints are included in each of the collapsible bars of the first pair of collapsible bars.

Portable chair

A robotic module for a toy construction system includes a housing enclosing a gear mechanism and an actuator connected to a pivot mechanism to supply operational power for rotation. An energy storage device supplies power to the actuator, which rotates in response to instructions received from a control unit connected to the actuator. A connection plate forms a connection between at least two of the modules. At least one position sensor is provided to sense the arrangement of the modules connected together.

Robotic toy modular system

An assemblage of robotic modules for a toy construction system includes a plurality of robotic modules, each of which contains memory capability, an actuator, communication means, and a central processor unit. The assemblage also includes a distributed control unit, which is defined at least in part by a plurality of individual central processing units, with each individual robotic module having at least one central processing unit.

Robotic toy modular system with distributed program

An assemblage of robotic modules includes a plurality of robotic modules, with each robotic module having memory capability, an actuator, a joint position sensor, and communication means. The assemblage of robotic modules also includes a distributed control unit, which is defined at least in part by a plurality of individual central processing units, with each robotic joint module having at least one central processing unit.

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Oakland, CA, United States of America

Samuel B Homans