IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0621495
(2003-07-17)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
- Mendenhall, Andrew B.
- Andrews, Jason S.
- Turner, Dennis M.
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
26 인용 특허 :
8 |
초록
A chair includes a seat and a seat frame including several legs. Bumpers are coupled to the legs and arranged to separate one chair from an underlying chair in a stack of chairs.
대표청구항
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1. A chair comprisinga seat, a seat frame coupled to, the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, and a leg cap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending in
1. A chair comprisinga seat, a seat frame coupled to, the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, and a leg cap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending into the leg receiver to couple the leg cap to that lower end, the leg cap further including a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the lower end of the first of the legs toprovide first separator means for separating the first of the legs from an adjacent leg of an underlying chair located under the seat and arranged to support the seat frame in a stacked position above the underlying chair so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg wherein the guide bumper includes a leg pad adapted to engage the adjacent leg of the underlying chair and a first pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad and arranged to hold the leg pad in a fixed, spaced-apart position relative to the leg sleeve to define an open space there between. 2. The chair of claim 1, wherein the first pad support is arranged to lie in perpendicular relation to the leg pad.3. The chair of claim 1, wherein the guide bumper further includes a second pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad.4. The chair of claim 1, further comprising an anchor plate located in the leg receiver and a floor engager coupled to the anchor plate and adapted to engage a floor underlying the anchor plate to support the seat in a position above the floor.5. The chair of claim 4, wherein the lower end of the first of the legs is arranged to abut the anchor plate.6. The chair of claim 5, wherein the anchor plate is formed to include a throat, the floor engager extends through the throat and includes a retainer arranged to lie in a space formed in the lower end of the first of the legs and to abut the anchor plate to block decoupling of the floor engager from the anchor plate.7. The chair of claim 1, further comprisingan anchor plate coupled to the leg sleeve, a foot associated with the first of the legs and formed to include a socket, and a foot leveler including a mount retained on the anchor plate and a ball coupled to the mount and mounted for movement in the socket to allow movement of the foot relative to the leg sleeve about an axis extending through the mount. 8. The chair of claim 7, wherein the guide bumper is configured to provide means for normally separating the foot associated with the first of the legs from the adjacent leg of the underlying chair.9. The chair of claim 7, wherein an upper portion of the leg sleeve and the anchor plate cooperate to define an upper chamber defining the leg receiver and receiving the lower end of the first of the legs and wherein a lower portion of the leg sleeve and the anchor plate cooperate to define a lower chamber opening toward the foot leveler.10. The chair of claim 9, wherein the anchor plate is formed to include a throat and the mount includes a post that extends through the throat and a leveler retainer coupled to the post and located in the upper chamber to block removal of the post from the throat through the lower chamber.11. The chair of claim 1, further comprising a stacker bumper coupled to an upper end of the first of the legs and positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the guide bumper and wherein the stacker bumper is arranged to provide second separator means for separating the first of the legs from the adjacent leg of the underlying chair located under the seat to assist in supporting the seat frame in the stacked position so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg.12. The chair of claim 11, wherein the second separator means cooperates with the first separator means to maintain the first of the legs and the adjacent leg in spaced-apart parallel relation to one another upon placement of the seat frame in the stacked position relative to the underlying chair.13. The chair of claim 11, wherein the stacker bumper includes a leg pad adapted to engage the adjacent leg of the underlying chair and a first pad retainer coupled to the leg pad and to the upper end of the first of the legs to hold the leg pad of the stacker bumper in a fixed position relative to the upper end of the first of the legs.14. A chair comprisinga seat, a seat frame coupled to the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, a leg cap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending into the leg receiver to couple the leg cap to that lower end, the leg cap further including a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the lower end of the first of the legs to provide first separator means for separating the first of the legs from an adjacent leg of an underlying chair located under the seat and arranged to support the seat frame in a stacked position above the underlying chair so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjactent leg, wherein the guide bumper includes a leg pad adapted to engage the adjacent leg of the underlying chair and a first pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad and arranged to hold the leg pad in a fixed, spaced-apart position relative to the leg sleeve, wherein the guide bumper further includes a second pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad, and wherein the first and second support pads are arranged to lie in spaced-apart parallel relation to one another. 15. A chair comprisinga seat, a seat frame coupled to the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, a leg cap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending into the leg receiver to couple the leg cap to that lower end, the leg cap further including a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the lower end of the first of the legs to provide first separator means for separating the first of the legs from an adjacent leg of an underlying chair located under the seat and arranged to support the seat frame in a stacked position above the underlying chair so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg, wherein the guide bumper includes a leg pad adapted to engage the adjacent leg of the underlying chair and a first pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad and arranged to hold the leg pad in a fixed, spaced-apart position relative to the leg sleeve, wherein the guide bumper further includes a second pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad, and wherein the first support pad is coupled to a first end of the leg pad and the second support pad is coupled to an opposite second end of the leg pad. 16. A chair comprisinga seat, a seat frame coupled to the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, a legcap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending into the leg receiver to couple the leg cap to that lower end, the leg cap further including a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the lower end of the first of the legs to provide first separator means for separating the first of the legs from an adjacent leg of an underlying chair located under the seat and arranged to support the seat frame in a stacked position above the underlying chair so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg, wherein the guide bumper includes a leg pad adapted to engage the adjacent leg of the underlying chair and a first pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad and arranged to hold the leg pad in a fixed, spaced-apart position relative to the leg sleeve, wherein the guide bumper further includes a second pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad, and wherein the guide bumper further includes a floor coupled to the leg pad and to the first and second support pads. 17. A chair comprisinga seat, seat frame coupled to the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, a leg cap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve fonned to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending into the leg receiver to couple the leg cap to that lower end, the leg cap further including a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve and arranged to lie in spaced apart relation to the lower end of the first of the legs to provide first separator means for separating the first of the legs from an adjacent leg of an underlying chair located under the seat and arranged to support the seat frame in a stacked position above the underlying chair so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg, and wherein the guide bumper has a U-shaped cross section. 18. A chair comprisinga seat a seat frame coupled to the seat and configured to include legs extending downwardly below the seat, a leg cap associated with a first of the legs, the leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver, a lower end of the first of the legs extending into the leg receiver to couple the leg cap to that lower end, the leg cap further including a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the lower end of the first of the legs to provide first separator means for separating the first of the legs from an adjacent leg of an underlying chair located under the seat and arranged to support the seat frame in a stacked position above the underlying chair so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg, further comprising a stacker bumper coupled to an upper end of the first of the legs and positioned to lie in spaced-apart relation to the guide bumper and wherein the stack bumper is arranged to provide second separator means for separating the first of the legs from the adjacent leg of the underlying chair located under the seat to assist in supporting the seat frame in the stacked position so as to minimize marring and scratching of the first of the legs and the adjacent leg, and wherein the upper end of the first of the legs is formed to include a slot and the stack bumper includes a leg pad adapted to engage the adjacent leg of the underlying chair and a first pad retainer cantilevered to the leg pad and arranged to extend into the slot and engage one portion of the upper end of the first of the legs to retain the leg pad in the fixed position. 19. The chair of claim 18 wherein the stacker bumper further includes a second pad retainer cantilevered to the leg pad and arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first pad retainer and to extend into the slot and engage another portion of the upper end of the first of the legs to retain the leg pad in the fixed position.20. A kit of parts includinga leg cap including a leg sleeve formed to include a leg receiver and a guide bumper coupled to the leg sleeve wherein the guide bumper includes a leg pad and a first pad support coupled to the leg sleeve and to the leg pad and arranged to hold the leg pad in a fixed, spaced-apart position relative to the leg sleeve to define an open space there between, and a stacker bumper including a leg pad and a first pad retainer shaped for coupling to a chair leg, cantilevered to the leg pad and arranged to extend away from the leg pad. 21. The kit of claim 20 wherein the stacker bumper leg pad includes a convex curved exterior surface.22. The kit of claim 20 wherein the first pad retainer includes a bendable leg and a retainer lug coupled to a distal end of the bendable leg.23. The kit of claim 20 further including a second pad retainer shaped for coupling to a chair leg, cantilevered to the leg pad, arranged to lie in spaced-apart relation to the first pad retainer and arranged to extend away from the leg pad.
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