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US 2019/0098998 A1Published application
Active seating
AssigneeThe Prophet Corporation
InventorsAlison Marie Harguth, Ryan William Rasell
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Abstract
Stackable stools include rocking surfaces along which the stools can be rocked to allow a user to sway to and fro. The stools have rest surfaces that provide stable inclined positions of the stools. The stools can be stacked together to save space. The stools define holes allowing the stools to be stacked on a pole.
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A stool having a longitudinal axis extending between a top and bottom of the stool, the stool comprising:
- a seat member;
- a first support member extending downwardly from the seat member to the bottom of the stool;
- a second support member extending downwardly from the seat member to the bottom of the stool, the second support member being disposed at an opposite end of the seat member from the first support member;
- and
- each support member having a downwardly-facing surface defining a convexly-curved rocking surface, a first rest surface extending outwardly from a first side of the rocking surface, and a second rest surface extending outwardly from an opposite second side of the rocking surface.
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A active seating system comprising:
- a plurality of stools, each stool extending along a longitudinal axis between a closed top and an open bottom, the closed top of each stool having a first cross-dimension and the open bottom of each stool having a second cross-dimension that is larger than the first cross-dimension, each stool having a sufficiently hollow interior accessible through the open bottom to allow a first of the stools to be stacked over a second of the stools so that the top of the second stool extends into the hollow interior of the first stool through the bottom of the first stool, each of the stools defining a rocking surface at the respective open bottom.
A method of sitting on a seat comprising:
- sitting on a seat member of a stool that is supported off a floor by support members;
- balancing on rocking surfaces defined by the support members;
- swaying in a first direction until a first rest surface of each support member contacts the floor while the rocking surface also contacts the floor, wherein the first rest surface inhibits continued movement of the rocking surface in the first direction;
- and
- swaying in an opposite second direction until a second rest surface of each support member contacts the floor while the rocking surface also contacts the floor, wherein the second rest surface inhibits continued movement of the rocking surface in the second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.