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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2020

Filed:

Oct. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Inventors:

Jean-Paul Labrosse, Altadena, CA (US);

Michael Xinjie Chu, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Scott Sullivan, San Francisco, CA (US);

Assignee:

STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/416 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G09B 5/06 (2006.01); F16L 3/01 (2006.01); A47B 21/06 (2006.01); A47B 9/20 (2006.01); A47B 21/02 (2006.01); A47B 97/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B 19/416 (2013.01); A47B 9/20 (2013.01); A47B 21/02 (2013.01); A47B 21/06 (2013.01); F16L 3/01 (2013.01); G09B 5/06 (2013.01); G09B 19/003 (2013.01); A47B 2097/003 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0054 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0056 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0061 (2013.01); A47B 2200/0062 (2013.01); G05B 2219/35491 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for reminding a user to adjust a height adjustable workstation that includes a worktop supported by a frame, an interface including user input controls and a vertical displacement drive mechanism, the user input controls including at least one input control, each of the user input controls for receiving manual direct user selections from a workstation user to activate the drive mechanism to initiate worktop elevation adjustments to a different worktop elevation positions, an exemplary method comprising the steps of monitoring at least one condition related to ongoing use of the worktop over a period of time while a user is associated with the worktop and when the at least one condition occurs, without any user selection to initiate a change in worktop height via the interface subsequent to the at least one condition occurring, moving the worktop to remind the user to perform some activity.


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