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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2016
Applicant:
Raffel Systems, Llc, Germantown, WI (US);
Inventors:
Tyler Mesko, Germantown, WI (US);
Richard M. Weeden, Germantown, WI (US);
Douglas A. Dorn, Germantown, WI (US);
Assignee:
Raffel Systems, LLC, Germantown, WI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 31/00 (2006.01); A47C 7/56 (2006.01); A47C 7/50 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 31/00 (2013.01); A47C 7/506 (2013.01); A47C 7/563 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to safety mats for power motion furniture, power motion furniture systems comprising electronic architecture including the safety mats, and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides object sensing safety mats for use with power motion furniture wherein the safety mats sense obstructions of movement between an extended or raised configuration of the power motion furniture and prevents movement or return of the extended or raised configuration when an obstruction is detected.