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US 7,393,053 B2Granted
Office components, seating structures, methods of using seating structures, and systems of seating structures
AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.
InventorsAndrew J. Kurrasch, Robert L. Beck, Daniel Robert Kuiper, Arturo J. Bonomie
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Abstract
Office components are described that include an electrical conduit electrically coupled to a fuel cell, and an electrically powered device coupled to the electrical conduit and configured to receive electricity generated by the fuel cell. The electrically powered device includes at least one of an automatic adjustment mechanism, a control system, a sound masking system, and an office accessory. Chairs, methods of using chairs, and systems of chairs are also described.
Claims18
A seating structure comprising:
- a base and a seat supported by the base;
- a microprocessor;
- an automatic tilt adjustment mechanism electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- a digital display electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- an encoded device reader electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- and
- an encoded device writer electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- wherein the automatic tilt adjustment mechanism automatically adjusts tilt of the seat structure so that the seating structure conforms to personalized setting information stored on an encoded device that is read by the encoded device reader.
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A seating structure comprising:
- a base and a seat supported by the base;
- a microprocessor;
- means for automatic tilt adjustment electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- means for visual display electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- means for reading stored information electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- and
- means for storing information electrically coupled to the microprocessor;
- wherein the means for automatic tilt adjustment automatically adjusts tilt of the seating structure so that the seating structure conforms to the stored information.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.