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Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Nov. 02, 2022
Applicant:

Millerknoll, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Mark Goetz, Brooklyn, NY (US);

Brock Walker, Okemos, MI (US);

John Aldrich, Grandville, MI (US);

Andy Squires, Grandville, MI (US);

Chris Holwerda, Hudsonville, MI (US);

Adwait Bhagwat, Holland, MI (US);

Assignee:

MILLERKNOLL, INC., Zeeland, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/03 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (2006.01); A47C 7/14 (2006.01); A47C 7/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/03255 (2013.01); A47C 1/03274 (2018.08); A47C 7/14 (2013.01); A47C 7/46 (2013.01);
Abstract

A lower chair for supporting an upper chair on which a user sits. The lower chair including a base, a swivel mechanism supported by the base and defining a vertical swivel axis, and a four-bar linkage mounted to the swivel mechanism for rotation about the swivel axis. The four-bar linkage includes a coupler link that moves about a coupler curve. The lower chair also includes a column having a lower end affixed to the coupler link for movement of the lower end along the coupler curve. The column defines a column axis and is adapted to support the upper chair.


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