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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:
Dec. 15, 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 ...
A47B 9/20 (2006.01); G05B 19/416 (2006.01); F16L 3/01 (2006.01); A47B 21/06 (2006.01); A47B 21/02 (2006.01); G09B 19/00 (2006.01); G09B 5/06 (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

A table assembly comprising a worktop, a frame supporting the worktop, an integrated drive subassembly, a memory storing defined conditions, a control system including a user input control interface and at least one processor, the input control interface for receiving user commands to initiate changes in worktop height, the processor programmed to perform the steps of a) at any time, respond to direct manual user input via the interface to change the worktop height and b) enable a reminder function to periodically change the worktop height by i) monitoring worktop use, ii) comparing worktop use to at least one of the defined conditions, iii) after the at least one condition is met, providing a signal to the user to change the worktop height to a different position, iv) monitoring for user input via the interface to change the worktop height and (v) upon each of the worktop height being changed prior to providing a signal to the user to change the worktop height and the worktop height being changed subsequent to providing a signal to the user to change the worktop height, repeating steps (i) through (v).


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