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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 9918552 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2018

Filed:

Sep. 02, 2016

Control assembly for chair

Applicant:

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

Inventors:

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

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

Gary Lee Karsten, Wyoming, MI (US);

Kurt R. Heidmann, Grand Rapids, 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 7/24 (2006.01); A47C 7/46 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (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); A47C 3/20 (2006.01); B68G 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/024 (2013.01); A47C 1/03 (2013.01); A47C 1/032 (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 3/20 (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 7/44 (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 control assembly for a chair includes a base structure having a first pivot point and a second pivot point spaced from the first pivot point, a seat support structure having a forward portion pivotably coupled to the base structure for rotation about the first pivot point, a back support structure having a forward portion pivotably coupled to the base structure for rotation about the second pivot point, wherein the back support structure is adapted to move between upright and reclined positions, and wherein the seat support structure reclines rearwardly as the back support structure moves from the upright to reclined positions, and a control link having a first end pivotably coupled to a rearward portion of the seat support structure for rotation about a third pivot point, and a second end pivotably coupled to a rearward portion of the back support structure for rotation about a fourth pivot point.

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