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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Jerome C. Caruso, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Steven J. Caruso, Antioch, IL (US);
Bruce R. Gezon, Caledonia, MI (US);
Marc A. Gierz, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Jack R. Nyenhuis, Jenison, MI (US);
Jerome C. Caruso, Lake Forest, IL (US);
Steven J. Caruso, Antioch, IL (US);
Bruce R. Gezon, Caledonia, MI (US);
Marc A. Gierz, Hudsonville, MI (US);
Jack R. Nyenhuis, Jenison, MI (US);
Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A tiltable chair including a housing, a back support pivotally attached to the housing about a first horizontal axis and a seat support pivotally attached to the housing about a second horizontal axis. A leaf spring includes a first end engaging the housing and a second end biasing the back support and seat support in an upward direction. A fulcrum member is moveably supported in the housing and engages a bottom surface of the spring intermediate the first and second ends of the spring.