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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2017
Filed:
May. 03, 2016
Knoll, Inc., East Greenville, PA (US);
Seth Murray, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bret Recor, San Francisco, CA (US);
Adam Deskevich, Pennsburg, PA (US);
Michael Harper, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Robert A. Melhuish, East Greenville, PA (US);
Hendrik R. van Hekken, Allentown, PA (US);
Simon Gatrall, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pinida Jan Moolsintong, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alexander Kwok Yin Ko, San Francisco, CA (US);
Steven Howard Janssens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Knoll, Inc., East Greenville, PA (US);
Abstract
A seating device can include a seat and a base connected to the seat to support the seat. A tilt mechanism can be connected to at least one of the base and the seat. The tilt mechanism can include at least one of (a) at least one seat connecting member connecting the seat to an upper portion of the base, (b) a plurality of resilient fingers that are attached to the base to engage a floor and flex in response to a user providing a force while sitting or leaning on the seat, and (c) an elastomeric floor engagement member that is attached to the base and has a bottom peripheral portion that contacts a floor and is flexible in response to a user providing the force. In some embodiments, the tilt mechanism may include all of elements (a)-(c).