Steelcase Inc.

Google Inc.

William Marlyan Carey

Thomas Overthun

Nickolaus William Charles Deevers

Elger Oberwelz

Lukas Martin Scherrer

David J Battey

Larry Cheng

Sean M Corcorran

Keith Robert Machin

Joerg Christoph Student

Cody Jay Holstege

Brandon Blodget

Michael Peter Thompson

Zebedee Pedersen

Jayme Ross Goldstein

Stavros Vranakis

Ted Larson

Alexandra Maria Fernandes De Castro

Paulo Blikstein

Joao Henrique Santos Wilbert

Hana Tanimura

Iain Roberts

Nicholas Inzucchi

Arnan Sipitakiat

A seating unit for use in a space including a supporting floor surface, the seating unit comprising a seat structure comprising a mounting bracket having a female connector, a tablet assembly comprising a support arm having a mounting collar on an end and a base having a lower end to be supported by the floor surface and including a base mounting assembly and wherein the base mounting assembly comprises a cup attached to the base, a base tube having a first end inserted into the cup and a second end extending through the mounting collar and mateably engaging the female connector.

Chair seat to base mounting assembly

Systems and methods associated for providing haptic feedback are provided. For instance, data indicative of a feedback scheme associated with an input mechanism can be accessed. The feedback scheme includes one or more feedback points associated with a position of a moveable portion of the input mechanism. The input mechanism is configured to change positions responsive to an actuation of the input mechanism by a user. One or more positions of the moveable portion of the input mechanism can be determined as the input mechanism is actuated by the user. Operation of one or more feedback motors can be controlled to provide feedback to the user in accordance with the feedback scheme based at least in part on the determined one or more positions of the input mechanism.

Haptic feedback system

Systems and methods associated with modular computing environments are provided. For instance, a modular computing environment can include a control entity including one or more processing devices. The modular computing environment can include one or more modular components directly or indirectly coupled to the control entity. The one or more modular components can be configured to receive a module specifying one or more instructions to be performed by an external device. The one or more modular components include one or more processing devices. Each modular component is configured to determine state data associated with the modular component based at least in part on the received module and to provide the state data to the control entity. The state data includes an identification signature of the received module and a configuration context of the modular component within the modular computing environment.

Modular computing environment

A seating unit for use in a space including a floor surface, the seating unit comprising a base including a bottom ring adapted to be supported above the floor surface, a pan attached to the bottom ring and adapted to support articles above the floor surface, a central hub positioned above the pan and legs extending from the central hub to the bottom ring and a seat structure comprising a one-piece seat shell rotatably attached to and positioned above the central hub.

Node seat to base mounting assembly

A seating assembly comprising a seat structure including a seat member having an undersurface and a seat edge, a mounting bracket mounted to the undersurface of the seat member, a base including a central hub and a plurality of leg members, the mounting bracket mounted to the base and spaced above the central hub, a first vertical axis passing through the central hub, a base tube mounted to and extending upward along the first vertical axis from the central hub, a mounting collar mounted to the base tube for rotation about the first vertical axis, the mounting collar positioned proximate the mounting bracket and located at least in part located between the mounting bracket and the central hub, a support arm having first and second ends, the first end mounted to the mounting collar for rotation therewith about the vertical axis, the support arm extending radially outward from the mounting collar along the undersurface of the seat member and upward to the second end and a tablet member mounted to the second end.

Seat assembly

A base assembly including a pan member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer edge, a central portion and a peripheral portion, the outer edge forming a shape, the top surface concave upward, the pan member forming a plurality of openings that are spaced about the peripheral portion and located at a height above the bottom surface of the central portion, a bottom ring having a shape that is substantially similar to the shape of the pan member, a plurality of pintle mounts extending downward from an undersurface of the bottom ring, the bottom ring mounted to the top surface of the pan member and each pintle mount extending through one of the openings formed in the pan member, a central hub forming an opening in a top surface for receiving a lower portion of a chair mounting assembly, and a plurality of leg members extending upward and from spaced apart locations of the bottom ring to the central hub to support the central hub above the central portion of the pan member.

A seating assembly including a base having a bottom ring supported by casters, a pan supported by the bottom ring, a central hub forming an upwardly opening cavity, a plurality of legs extending outward and downward from the central hub to the bottom ring, a one-piece molded seat shell, a mounting bracket forming four apertures and including a female connector and at least one rib member that extends downward adjacent the female connector, the at least one rib member including end edges that forms first and second stop surfaces, the mounting bracket attached to the bottom of the seat by passing fasteners through the apertures, a support arm, a mounting assembly including, a cup member, a base tube, an annular mounting collar and a pivot cover forming an upwardly opening annular channel and an inverted U-shaped opening, the pivot cover attached to the mounting collar with the first end of the support arm extending through the inverted U-shaped opening and the at least one rib member received within the annular channel.

A seating unit having a seat structure, a base, and optionally a tablet assembly is provided. The seat can turn freely through 360 degrees of rotation. One base includes three or more legs and offset casters. Alternatively, the base includes a pedestal having a tapered gas cylinder. The tablet assembly includes a support arm, a pivot assembly attached to one end of the support arm tablet, and a tablet attached to the pivot assembly. The tablet can rotate horizontally on the support arm. The tablet assembly also includes a mounting assembly attached to the other end of the support arm. The support arm can rotate relative to the seat structure. Rotation of the tablet relative to the support arm and rotation of the support arm relative to the seat structure is constrained by stops in the pivot assembly and tablet mounting assembly, respectively.

Seating unit

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San Francisco, CA, United States of America

William Marlyan Carey