US 12,329,290 B2
Body support member with lattice structure
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, E Grand Rapids, MI (US); Carl V. Forslund, III, Grand Rapids, MI (US); John Hamilton, San Rafael, CA (US); Kurt R. Heidmann, Grand Rapids, MI (US); James Ludwig, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Bruce Smith, East Grand Rapids, MI (US); Aaron Michael Porterfield, Milpitas, CA (US); Sharon L. Tracy, Wyoming, MI (US); and Paul Noll, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Jan. 29, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/425,497.
Application 18/425,497 is a continuation of application No. 17/718,546, filed on Apr. 12, 2022, granted, now 11,974,676.
Application 17/718,546 is a continuation of application No. 17/022,957, filed on Sep. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,324,323, issued on May 10, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/902,187, filed on Sep. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0245219 A1, Jul. 25, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47C 7/02 (2006.01); A47C 5/12 (2006.01); A47C 7/14 (2006.01); A47C 7/16 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/029 (2018.08) [A47C 5/12 (2013.01); A47C 7/16 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body support structure comprising:
a support frame;
a pair of spaced apart supports connected to the support frame and defining an opening therebetween, wherein each of the supports comprises a compressive lattice structure defining a body facing surface, wherein the compressive lattice structure is compressible in response to a normal force applied thereto; and
a user interface member disposed across the opening and coupled to the pair of supports, wherein the user interface member is supported by the body facing surface of the compressive lattice structure of the supports.