Chair - Patent D346279

Chair

United States Patent D346279

US Patent References:
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Parker - June, 1970 - D217863

Chair
Buhk et al. - February, 1983 - D267990

Arm chair
Petitt - April, 1984 - D273251

Chair
Diffrient - July, 1984 - D274675

Bar stool
Zakharov - March, 1988 - D294434

Inventors:

Stumpf, William E. (Minneapolis, MN)
Schoenfelder, Rodney C. (Minneapolis, MN)
Chadwick, Donald (Los Angeles, CA)
Keller, Carolyn (Holland, MI)

Application Number:

D/898899

Publication Date:

04/26/1994

Filing Date:

06/15/1992

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Assignee:

Herman Miller, Inc. (Zeeland, MI)

Primary Class:

D06/366

Field of Search:

D6/334, D6/360, D6/366, D6/369, D6/374, D6/375, D6/379, D6/500, D6/501, D6/502, 297/411.2

US Patent References:

D296960	Chair	August, 1988	Fenske	D6/366
D301662	Swivel chair	June, 1989	Vonhausen	D6/366
2859801	Geometric controller for chairs	November, 1958	Moore	155/157
2963074	Driver's seat	December, 1960	Woodard	155/5
3627252	TILTING CHAIR	December, 1971	Yamaguchi	248/384
3936094	Lockable tilting chair with frictional tilt resistance	February, 1976	Conrad	297/328
3947068	Chair	March, 1976	Buhk	297/445
4036524	Chair	July, 1977	Takamatsu	297/219
4152023	Chairs and method for making same	May, 1979	Buhk	297/452
4429917	Chair	February, 1984	Diffrient	297/300
4529247	One-piece shell chair	July, 1985	Stampf et al.	297/301
4641885	Work chair having a vertically adjustable chair support	February, 1987	Brauning	297/300
4685733	Chair	August, 1987	Machate et al.	297/284
4707029	Apparatus for supporting parts of furniture	November, 1987	Korn	297/300
4709962	Work chair with a tilting mechanism for seat squab and backrest	December, 1987	Steinmann	297/301
4711491	Swivel tilt mechanism for chair	December, 1987	Ginat	297/301
4744600	Cushioning mechanism for use with seat of chair and interlocking cushioning mechanism for seat and backrest	May, 1988	Inoue	297/326
4758045	Seat furniture	July, 1988	Edel et al.	297/300
4776633	Integrated chair and control	October, 1988	Knoblock et al.	297/300
4796950	Tilt mechanism, particularly for knee-tilt chair	January, 1989	Mrotz, III et al.	297/302
4818019	Tilt control mechanism, particularly for knee-tilt chair	April, 1989	Mrotz, III	297/303
4889385	Chair seat-and-back support	December, 1989	Chadwick et al.	297/302
4909472	Pivoting support for chairs, seats and the like	March, 1990	Piretti	248/578
4915449	Chair with a pivoting seat	April, 1990	Piretti	297/326
5026117	Controller for seating and the like	June, 1991	Faiks et al.	297/304
5029940	Chair tilt and chair height control apparatus	July, 1991	Golynsky et al.	297/301
5080318	Tilting control assembly for chair	January, 1992	Takamatsu et al.	248/598
5114211	Chair, in particular an office chair	May, 1992	Desanta	297/301

Other References:

Interiors, Dec. 1978, p. 48, chair at top left.

Primary Examiner:

Douglas, Alan P.

Assistant Examiner:

Watson, Gary D.

Attorney, Agent or Firm:

Willian Brinks Olds Hofer Gilson & Lione

Claims:

1. The ornamental design for a chair, as shown.

Description:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of a chair;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the chair;

FIG. 3 is a right side view of the chair;

FIG. 4 is a left side view of the chair;

FIG. 5 is a rear view of the chair;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the chair; and,

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the chair.