# US 5,700,051 A · Information card mounted to a chair > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 5,700,051 A - Document ID: US5700051A - Status: Granted - Kind: A - Application number: 08/650,970 - Filed: 1996-05-21 - Granted: 1997-12-23 - Earliest claimed: 1994-06-13 - Assignees: Herman Miller, Inc. - Inventors: Thomas J. Newhouse - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5700051A ## CPC - A47C 1/022: having independently-adjustable supporting parts - A47C 1/13: Indicators; Devices for reserving or the like - A47C 7/62: Accessories for chairs - A47C 31/008: {Use of remote controls} - A47C 31/12: Means, e.g. measuring means, for adapting chairs, beds or mattresses to the shape or weight of persons - A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS ## Abstract An operational guide mounted to an adjustable chair as well as a chair including an operational guide. The operational guide includes a card having a pictorial guide for operating the adjustable chair located on the top side of the card. The operational guide also includes a device for mounting the card to the bottom of the seat of the chair. The mounting device is adapted to allow the card to move between an extended position wherein the pictorial guide is visible to an occupant of the chair and a retracted position wherein the pictorial guide is not visible to the occupant of the chair. Also, the mounting device holds the card so that the orientation of the pictorial guide corresponds to the orientation of the controls for adjusting the chair when the card is in the extended position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operational guide for mounting to a chair having a seat and means for adjusting the chair, the operational guide comprising: a card with a pictorial guide for operating the chair located on the top side of the card; a holder for slidably mounting the card to the bottom of the seat; a travel limiting member for moveably securing the card to the holder and for preventing separation of the card from the holder so that the card can only move between an extended position and a retracted position in relation to the holder; a mounting means for attaching a top side of the holder corresponding to the top side of the card to a bottom of the chair, the mounting means adapted to allow the card to move between the extended position wherein the pictorial guide is visible to an occupant of the chair and the retracted position wherein the pictorial guide is not visible to the occupant of the chair, the mounting means also adapted to hold the holder so that the orientation of the pictorial guide is required to correspond to the orientation of the means for adjusting the chair when the card is in the extended position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein said travel limiting member extends from the card, the travel limiting member operatively engaging the holder to limit travel of the card within the holder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The operational guide of claim 2, wherein the travel limiting member is mounted to the card and extends through a longitudinal slot formed in the holder. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The operational guide of claim 3, wherein the longitudinal slot is positioned in the middle of the holder. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein said travel limiting member extends from the holder, the travel limiting member operatively engaging the card to limit travel of the card within the holder. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operational guide of claim 5, wherein the travel limiting member is mounted to the holder and extends through a longitudinal slot formed in the card. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The operational guide of claim 5, wherein the travel limiting member is a rivet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1 wherein the mounting means comprises a two-sided tape disposed on the top side of the holder for detachably mounting the holder to the chair. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein the information card has a length greater than its width. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein the information card contains a tab at one end that is readily grippable by the chair occupant. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein the holder includes a bottom plate and the holder includes a guide member for guiding the information card within the holder in a travel path parallel to the bottom plate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The operational guide of claim 11, wherein the holder includes side walls, and the guide member comprises a pair of flanges extending inwardly from the side walls and spaced apart from the bottom plate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein the card is pivotally mounted to the mounting means whereby the card is adapted to rotate about a generally horizontal plane between the extended and the retracted position. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The operational guide of claim 13, further comprising a first and second rotation limiting member to stop the card in the extended and the retracted position respectively. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The operational guide of claim 1, wherein the mounting means comprises a fastener detachably mounting the holder to the chair. ### Claim 16 A chair comprising: a seat; means located under the seat for adjusting the chair; a card having a pictorial guide for operating the chair located on the top side of the card; and means for mounting the card to the bottom of the seat, the mounting means adapted to allow the card to move between an extended position wherein the pictorial guide is visible to an occupant of the chair and a retracted position wherein the pictorial guide is not visible to the occupant of the chair, the mounting means also adapted to hold the card so that the orientation of the pictorial guide is required to correspond to the orientation of the means for adjusting the chair when the card is in the extended position. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The chair of claim 16, wherein the card is pivotally mounted to the mounting means whereby the card is adapted to rotate about a generally horizontal plane between the extended and the retracted position. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The chair of claim 17, further comprising a first and second rotation limiting member to stop the card in the extended and the retracted position respectively. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The chair of claim 16, wherein the mounting means includes a holder mounted to the bottom of said chair, the holder includes a bottom plate and the holder includes a guide member for guiding the information card within the holder in a travel path parallel to the bottom plate. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The chair of claim 19, wherein the holder includes side walls, and the guide member comprises a pair of flanges extending inwardly from the side walls and spaced apart from the bottom plate. ### Claim 21 (depends on 19) The chair of claim 19, further comprising a travel limiting member extending from one of the holder and card, the travel limiting member engaging the other of the holder and card to limit travel of the card within the holder. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The chair of claim 21, wherein the travel limiting member is mounted to the card and extends through a longitudinal slot formed in the holder. ### Claim 23 An operational guide for a chair having a seat and at least one adjustment mechanism for adjusting the chair, the operational guide comprising: a card with a pictorial guide for operating the at least one adjustment mechanism, said pictorial guide located on a top side of the card; and a holder comprising a top side corresponding to a top side of the card, said top side of said holder adapted to be attached to a bottom of the seat, the holder including a travel limiting member, the holder with the travel limiting member adapted to allow the card to move between an extended position wherein the pictorial guide is visible to an occupant of the chair and a retracted position wherein the pictorial guide is not visible to the occupant of the chair, the holder with its travel limiting member also adapted to prevent the card from being separated from the holder; the holder with its travel limiting member further adapted to hold the card so that the orientation of the pictorial guide is required to correspond to the orientation of the at least one adjustment mechanism when the card is in the extended position. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The operational guide of claim 23 wherein the card slides within the holder and is allowed to slide linearly between the retracted and extended positions. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The operational guide of claim 23 wherein the card is adapted to rotate about a vertical axis between the retracted and extended positions. ### Claim 26 (depends on 23) The operational guide of claim 23 wherein the card includes a tab which protrudes from a main portion of the card, which tab is visible to and grippable by the occupant of the chair when the card is in the retracted position. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The operational guide of claim 23 wherein the pictorial guide includes both pictures and text. ### Claim 28 A chair comprising: a seat; at least one adjustment mechanism allowing a user to adjust the chair to his liking; a card with a pictorial guide for operating the at least one adjustment mechanism; a card holder attached to the seat, the card holder including a travel limiting member, the holder with the travel limiting member adapted to allow the card to move between an extended position wherein the pictorial guide is visible to an occupant of the chair and a retracted position wherein the pictorial guide is not visible to the occupant of the chair, the holder with its travel limiting member also adapted to prevent the card from being separated from the holder; the holder with its travel limiting member further adapted to hold the card so that the orientation of the pictorial guide is required to correspond to the orientation of the adjustment mechanism when the card is in the extended position. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The chair of claim 28 wherein the card pockets within the holder and is allowed to slide linearly between the retracted and extended positions. ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The chair of claim 28 wherein the card is adapted to rotate about a vertical axis between the retracted and extended positions. ### Claim 31 (depends on 28) The operational guide of claim 28 wherein the card includes a tab which protrudes from a main portion of the card, which tab is visible to and grippable by the occupant of the chair when the card is in the retracted position. ### Claim 32 (depends on 28) The operational guide of claim 28 wherein the pictorial guide includes both pictures and text.