US 12,514,369 B2Granted

Seating arrangement

AssigneeSteelcase Inc.

InventorsGordon J. Peterson, Robert J. Battey

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Abstract

A seating arrangement includes a seat assembly slidably movable between a forward most position and a rearward most position and that includes a seat support structure configured to support a seated user thereon, and at least one elongated slide bearing attached to the seat support structure and including a bearing surface and at least one stop member, wherein the bearing surface and the at least one stop member are a single, integral piece. The seating arrangement further includes at least one slide support member that slidably supports the slide bearing thereon between the forward most position and the rearward most position, wherein the at least one stop member is configured to prevent the seat assembly from being moved beyond at least one of the forward most position and the rearward most position.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A seating arrangement, comprising:

a seat assembly slidably movable between a forward most position and a rearward most position, the seat assembly comprising:
a seat support structure configured to support a seated user thereon;
and
at least one elongated slide bearing attached to the seat support structure and including a bearing surface and at least one stop member, wherein the bearing surface and the at least one stop member are a single, integral piece;
and
at least one slide support member that contacts the bearing surface and slidably supports the at least one elongated slide bearing thereon between the forward most position and the rearward most position, wherein the at least one stop member is configured to prevent the seat assembly from being moved beyond at least one of the forward most position and the rearward most position;
wherein the at least one elongated slide bearing includes a first elongated slide bearing and a second elongated slide bearing spaced from one another;
and
wherein the at least one stop member abuts the at least one slide support member to prevent the seat assembly from being moved beyond the at least one of the forward most position and the rearward most position.

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A seating arrangement, comprising:

a seat assembly slidably movable between a forward most position and a rearward most position, the seat assembly comprising:
a seat support structure configured to support a seated user thereon, wherein the seat support structure is flexibly resilient;
at least one elongated slide bearing attached to the seat support structure thereby structurally reinforcing the seat support structure from flexure, wherein the at least one elongated slide bearing includes a bearing surface and at least one stop member;
and
at least one slide support member that slidably supports the at least one elongated slide bearing thereon between the forward most position and the rearward most position, wherein the at least one stop member is configured to prevent the seat assembly from being moved beyond at least one of the forward most position and the rearward most position;
wherein the at least one elongated slide bearing includes a first elongated slide bearing and a second elongated slide bearing spaced from one another;
wherein the at least one stop member abuts the at least one slide support member to prevent the seat assembly from being moved beyond the at least one of the forward most position and the rearward most position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 18/152,471Filed 10 Jan 2023 · continuation
Priority: 9 Jun 2016
Published: US 2023/0148754 A118 May 2023
Granted: 6 Jan 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification17 codes

A47C 1/03255
The parts being movably-coupled seat and back-rest: with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
A47C 1/023
Having independently-adjustable supporting parts: the parts being horizontally-adjustable seats
A47C 1/024
Having independently-adjustable supporting parts: the parts, being the back-rest, or the back-rest and seat unit, having adjustable inclination
A47C 1/0305
Adjustable rectilinearly in vertical direction: by peg-and-notch or pawl-and-ratchet mechanism

Family

Application62/347,930Us provisional application · filed 9 Jun 2016
Application62/447,169Us provisional application · filed 17 Jan 2017
Application15/605,760Parent of this division · filed 25 May 2017
Application16/590,523Parent of this continuation · filed 2 Oct 2019
US 10,463,153 B2Parent of this division · filed 5 Nov 2019
Application17/031,180Parent of this continuation · filed 24 Sep 2020
US 10,813,459 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 27 Oct 2020
US 2023/0148754 A1Pre-grant publication · published 18 May 2023
US 11,583,082 B2Parent of this continuation
Application16/590,523Parent of this division
US 2017/0354256 A1Published application
US 2020/0029693 A1Published application
US 2021/0000257 A1Published application
US 12,514,369 B2This patent

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