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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.

Patent No.:

US 9451826 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Sep. 27, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 27, 2015

Chair assembly

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Robert J. Battey, Middleville, MI (US);

Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Jenison, MI (US);

Gary Lee Karsten, Wyoming, MI (US);

Kurt R. Heidmann, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Todd D. Krupiczewicz, Alto, MI (US);

Nathan R. Brock, Alto, MI (US);

Jeffrey A. Hall, Grand Rapids, MI (US);

Gordon J. Peterson, Rockford, MI (US);

Todd T. Andres, Sparta, MI (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:

Price Heneveld LLP

Primary Examiner:

Rodney B White

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/024 (2006.01); A47C 3/00 (2006.01); A47C 3/12 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (2006.01); A47C 7/24 (2006.01); A47C 7/46 (2006.01); A47C 7/54 (2006.01); A47C 31/02 (2006.01); A47C 1/03 (2006.01); A47C 3/30 (2006.01); A47C 7/02 (2006.01); A47C 7/14 (2006.01); A47C 7/18 (2006.01); A47C 7/40 (2006.01); A47C 1/14 (2006.01); A47C 7/00 (2006.01); A47C 7/44 (2006.01); A47C 5/00 (2006.01); A47C 5/12 (2006.01); B68G 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/032 (2013.01); A47C 1/024 (2013.01); A47C 1/03 (2013.01); A47C 1/03255 (2013.01); A47C 1/03261 (2013.01); A47C 1/03266 (2013.01); A47C 1/03272 (2013.01); A47C 1/14 (2013.01); A47C 3/30 (2013.01); A47C 5/00 (2013.01); A47C 5/12 (2013.01); A47C 7/004 (2013.01); A47C 7/006 (2013.01); A47C 7/022 (2013.01); A47C 7/14 (2013.01); A47C 7/185 (2013.01); A47C 7/24 (2013.01); A47C 7/40 (2013.01); A47C 7/441 (2013.01); A47C 7/443 (2013.01); A47C 7/46 (2013.01); A47C 7/462 (2013.01); A47C 7/54 (2013.01); A47C 31/02 (2013.01); A47C 31/023 (2013.01); B68G 7/12 (2013.01); Y10T 29/481 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49826 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49947 (2015.01);
Abstract

A chair assembly includes a base structure, a seat support structure pivotably coupled to the base structure, and a back support structure pivotably coupled to the base structure and including an upwardly-extending portion adapted to move between upright and reclined positions and a lower portion extending forwardly of the upwardly-extending portion, and wherein the upwardly-extending portion is operably coupled to the forwardly-extending portion by a first quick connect assembly. The chair assembly further includes a generally forwardly-facing back support assembly and having an upper portion operably coupled to the upwardly-extending portion of the back support and a lower portion, and a back link releasably coupled to the lower portion of the back support surface by a second quick connect assembly and operably coupled to the seat support structure.

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