Chair

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6250715
SERIAL NO

09234291

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A tiltable chair including a housing, a back support pivotally attached to the housing about a first horizontal axis and a seat support pivotally attached to the housing about a second horizontal axis. A leaf spring includes a first end engaging the housing and a second end biasing the back support and seat support in an upward direction. A fulcrum member is moveably supported in the housing and engages a bottom surface of the spring intermediate the first and second ends of the spring. The chair also include an adjustable backrest and armrests slideably mounted on the back support, and a seat slideably mounted on the seat support. A tilt limiter is provided to limit the rearward tilting of the chair. A selector member includes indicia that indicates the setting of the tilt limiter so as to apprise the user of maximum available rearward tilt position of the chair.

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Patent Owner(s)

  • HERMAN MILLER, INC.

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Caruso, Jerome C Lake Forest, IL 21 643
Caruso, Steven J Antioch, IL 11 374
Gezon, Bruce R Caledonia, MI 9 327
Gierz, Marc A Hudsonville, MI 10 393
Nyenhuis, Jack R Jenison, MI 9 338

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