Robert C Beck

US Patent:

7207629, Apr 24, 2007

Filed:

Jun 3, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/860804

Inventors:

Mark W. Goetz - Brooklyn NY, US
Robert L. Beck - Zeeland MI, US
Joel R. Dral - Zeeland MI, US
Robert W. Roth - Holland MI, US

Assignee:

Herman Miller, Inc. - Zeeland MI

International Classification:

A47C 1/12

US Classification:

297318, 2972581, 297340, 297313, 29734415, 29741131

Abstract:

A tilt chair having a foot adapted to be supported by a support surface and a first leg pivotally mounted to the foot. A second leg is pivotally mounted to the first leg. A moveable support member is mounted to the second leg and is adapted to be supported by the support surface. The moveably support member is moveable in a first and second direction toward and away from the foot respectively as the first leg pivots relative to the second leg and as the first leg pivots relative to the foot. In one embodiment, the moveable support member is configured as a wheel. In one embodiment, a lower back member has a lower end pivotally mounted to the first leg and an upper back member pivotally mounted to an upper end of the lower back member. A restraining link is pivotally mounted between the lower back member and the second leg. An upper back link has a lower end pivotally mounted to the first leg and an upper end pivotally mounted to the upper back member.

US Patent:

20020073900, Jun 20, 2002

Filed:

Sep 25, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/962860

Inventors:

Ayse Birsel - New York NY, US
Robert Beck - Zeeland MI, US
Philip Carpenter - Zeeland MI, US

International Classification:

A47B037/00

US Classification:

108/050010

Abstract:

A worksurface support assembly for use with a worksurface. The worksurface assembly includes a plurality of legs extending upward from a base surface to a bottom surface of the worksurface. A plurality of crossbeams are connected to the legs. A plurality of clamps interconnect the crossbeams and the legs such that the legs are capable of angular movement relative to one another prior to connection to the worksurface.