Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Load support structure
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Application No.: US13614158Application Date: 2012-09-13
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Publication No.: US08967726B2Publication Date: 2015-03-03
- Inventor: Johann Burkhard Schmitz , Claudia Plikat , Carola Eva Marianne Zwick , Roland Rolf Otto Zwick , Andrew Keith Hector , John Fredric Aldrich
- Applicant: Johann Burkhard Schmitz , Claudia Plikat , Carola Eva Marianne Zwick , Roland Rolf Otto Zwick , Andrew Keith Hector , John Fredric Aldrich
- Applicant Address: US MI Zeeland
- Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Herman Miller, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Zeeland
- Agency: Brinks Gilson & Lione
- Main IPC: A47C7/02
- IPC: A47C7/02 ; A47C1/032 ; A47C5/12 ; A47C7/54 ; A47C11/00

Abstract:
A load support member includes spaced apart beam members, a linking member and a stop member. In another aspect, the beam includes a support surface defining first and second landing regions, which are in contact with and support a membrane. In another aspect, a brace member is secured between laterally spaced beams, with the brace member having a greater height than width at the end thereof and a greater width than height at the middle thereof. In another aspect, a pair of armrests are joined to a cross member and a pair of spaced apart beams in a releasable engagement. In yet another aspect, a pair of beam members are fixedly joined with a cross member, which is pivotally connected to a link pivotally connected to the beams. A method of assembling a load support structure is also provided.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130099548A1 LOAD SUPPORT STRUCTURE Public/Granted day:2013-04-25
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