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US 11,426,007 B2Granted
Powered chairs for public venues, assemblies for use in powered chairs, and components for use in assemblies for use in powered chairs
OwnerFrederick Jacobs, Matthew Jacobs +1inventors
InventorsFrederick Jacobs, Matthew Jacobs, Terry Plumert
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Abstract
Powered chairs, assemblies for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the assemblies are provided. Electrical systems for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the electrical systems are provided. Control systems and methods for operating powered chairs are also provided. Any given chair may be locally and/or remotely controlled.
Claims20
An electric powered furniture assembly control system, the system comprising:
- a controller having a local upright orientation input, a local recline orientation input, a remote upright orientation input, a remote recline orientation input, at least one furniture component actuator recline output, and at least one furniture component actuator upright output, wherein the local upright orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient a first powered recliner chair toward an upright orientation, wherein the local recline orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient the first powered recliner chair toward a recline orientation, wherein the remote upright orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient a first and a second powered recliner chair toward an upright orientation, wherein the remote recline orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient the first and the second powered recliner chair toward a recline orientation, and wherein, when the controller receives both the local upright orientation input and the remote recline orientation input, the controller activates the at least one furniture component actuator upright output, or, when the controller receives both the local recline orientation input and the remote upright orientation input, the controller activates the at least one furniture component actuator recline output.
An electric powered chair assembly control system, the system comprising:
- a controller having a local upright orientation input, a local recline orientation input, a remote upright orientation input, a remote recline orientation input, at least one furniture component actuator recline output, and at least one furniture component actuator upright output, wherein the local upright orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient a first powered recliner chair toward an upright orientation, wherein the local recline orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient the first powered recliner chair toward a recline orientation, wherein the remote upright orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient a first and a second powered recliner chair toward an upright orientation, wherein the remote recline orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient the first and the second powered recliner chair toward a recline orientation, and wherein, when the controller receives both the local upright orientation input and the remote recline orientation input, the controller deactivates the at least one furniture component actuator recline output, or, when the controller receives both the local recline orientation input and the remote upright orientation input, the controller deactivates the at least one furniture component actuator upright output.
An electric powered chair assembly control system, the system comprising:
- a controller having a local upright orientation input, a local recline orientation input, a remote upright orientation input, a remote recline orientation input, a chair safety sensor input, at least one furniture component actuator recline output, and at least one furniture component actuator upright output, wherein the local upright orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient a first powered recliner chair toward an upright orientation, wherein the local recline orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient the first powered recliner chair toward a recline orientation, wherein the remote upright orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient a first and a second powered recliner chair toward an upright orientation, wherein the remote recline orientation input is configured to receive a user input to reorient the first and the second powered recliner chair toward a recline orientation, and wherein, when the controller receives the chair safety sensor input and the remote recline orientation input, the controller deactivates the at least one furniture component actuator recline output, or, when the controller receives the chair safety sensor input and the remote upright orientation input, the controller deactivates the at least one furniture component actuator upright output.
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