Chairs and seats – Armrest – Adjustable to multiple use positions relative to bottom or back
Reexamination Certificate
2008-03-13
2011-11-22
Dunn, David (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Armrest
Adjustable to multiple use positions relative to bottom or back
C297S411360, C297S411350
Reexamination Certificate
active
08061778
ABSTRACT:
A chair arm adjustment device according to embodiments of the present invention includes an arm pad base slidably coupled to the arm support, the arm pad base sliding substantially horizontally in two degrees of freedom with respect to the arm support within a range of motion of the arm pad base with respect to the arm support, and an arm brake assembly coupled with the arm pad base, the arm brake assembly moveable between a locked position in which the arm brake assembly substantially inhibits movement of the arm pad base relative to the arm support and an unlocked position in which the arm brake assembly does not substantially inhibit movement of the arm pad base relative to the arm support, wherein the arm brake assembly moves from the unlocked position to the locked position at any position of the arm pad base within the range of motion.
REFERENCES:
patent: 5590934 (1997-01-01), Gibbs
patent: 5634537 (1997-06-01), Thorn
patent: 5927811 (1999-07-01), Tseng
patent: 5971484 (1999-10-01), Lamart et al.
patent: 5984416 (1999-11-01), Waldo et al.
patent: 6017091 (2000-01-01), Cao
patent: 6059366 (2000-05-01), Hu
patent: 6213556 (2001-04-01), Chen
patent: 6572195 (2003-06-01), Lee
patent: 6592085 (2003-07-01), Iwata et al.
patent: 6802566 (2004-10-01), Prince et al.
patent: 6908158 (2005-06-01), Willette et al.
patent: 6969116 (2005-11-01), Machael et al.
patent: 6974189 (2005-12-01), Machael et al.
patent: 6994400 (2006-02-01), Koepke et al.
patent: 7066538 (2006-06-01), Machael et al.
patent: 7066546 (2006-06-01), Trego et al.
patent: 2002/0036422 (2002-03-01), Prince et al.
patent: 2003/0178882 (2003-09-01), Schmitz et al.
patent: 2005/0146192 (2005-07-01), Trego et al.
patent: 2005/0146195 (2005-07-01), Machael et al.
patent: 2006/0006723 (2006-01-01), Diffrient
patent: 2006/0250018 (2006-11-01), Tsai
patent: 2009/0033139 (2009-02-01), Machael et al.
patent: 29809099 (1999-07-01), None
patent: 0958765 (2003-07-01), None
International Search Report and Written Opinion for PCT/US2008/056893 of HNI Technologies Inc., mailed Jul. 17, 2008.
Letter from Michael Pollner of Knoll, Inc. to Steven Bradford of HNI Corporation, Sep. 19, 2008 (5 pages).
Letter from Steven Bradford of HNI Corporation to Michael Pollner of Knoll, Inc., Sep. 26, 2008 (2 pages).
Hahn Jesse
Ireland Todd
Koch John Robert
Kooistra Brett
Machael Jay R.
Abraham Tania
Dunn David
Faegre & Benson LLP
HNI Technologies Inc.
LandOfFree
Adjustable arm for chair does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Adjustable arm for chair, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Adjustable arm for chair will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-4269241