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US 2026/0130516 A1Published application
Chair or seat assembly with sensor and illumination
OwnerSteven DuFresne, Kent Solberginventors
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Abstract
The disclosure provides a chair or seat assembly comprising a seat, a back support, and a support arm coupling the back support to the seat. The support arm comprises an illumination and control assembly. The illumination and control assembly comprises an illuminator, and a controller coupled to the illuminator. The illumination and control assembly further comprises an accelerometer, and the controller is coupled to the accelerometer.
Claims20
A chair or seat assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a back support;
- and
- a support arm coupling the back support to the seat, the support arm comprising:
- a trough defining a channel;
- and
- an illumination assembly supported by the trough and at least partially disposed in the channel, the illumination assembly comprising:
- an illuminator;
- and
- a controller coupled to the illuminator.
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A chair or seat assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a back support;
- and
- a support arm coupling the back support to the seat, the support arm comprising:
- a trough defining a channel;
- and
- a control assembly supported by the trough and at least partially disposed in the channel, the control assembly comprising:
- an accelerometer;
- and
- a controller coupled to the accelerometer.
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A chair or seat assembly comprising:
- a seat;
- a back support;
- and
- a support arm comprising a support arm base coupled to the seat, a support arm neck coupled to the back support, and a support arm body coupling the support arm base to the support arm neck and, the support arm body having a wall forming a trough defining a channel with an illumination and control assembly supported by the trough and at least partially disposed in the channel, the illumination and control assembly comprising:
- an accelerometer;
- an illumination strip of light-emitting diodes;
- and
- a controller coupled to the accelerometer and the illuminator, the controller comprises a processor and memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive signals from the accelerometer;
- determine movement of the chair based on the signals;
- and
- control the illuminator based on the movement of the chair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.