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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2016
Tome, Inc., Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jacob R. Sigal, Ferndale, MI (US);
Massimo Baldini, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Philip J. Danne, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Kent Suzuki, Oakland, CA (US);
Eric Christopher Barch, Oxford, MI (US);
TOME, INC., Royal Oak, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to an electronic caster system for use with a furniture component. The system may have a caster with a body portion, a wheel supported for rolling movement relative to the body portion, and a neck portion. The neck portion may be adapted to be operably coupled to the furniture component to enable swiveling movement of the body portion. A processor may be provided which is supported on the caster. A sensing component may also be included which is carried on the caster for sensing a condition affecting the caster, and generating an output signal in accordance with the sensed condition to the processor.