US 11,812,870 B2
Body support structure
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, E Grand Rapids, MI (US); Kurt R. Heidmann, Grand Rapids, MI (US); Gary Karsten, Wyoming, MI (US); and Mark Spoelhof, Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Assigned to STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed by Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US)
Filed on Feb. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,792.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/192,408, filed on May 24, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/148,006, filed on Feb. 10, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248856 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A47C 7/44 (2006.01); A47C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/441 (2013.01) [A47C 7/004 (2013.01); A47C 7/443 (2013.01); A47C 7/445 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A body support structure comprising:
a base;
a body support component movably mounted on the base, wherein the body support component is moveable relative to the base between an upright position to a reclined position;
at least one strut having a first end coupled to one of the base and the body support component, and a second end moveably coupled to the other of the base and the body support component, wherein the second end is translatable relative to the other of the base and the body support component between an at-rest position and a reclined position, and wherein the second end is laterally moveable between the at-rest position and the reclined position; and
a biasing component biasing the second end toward the at-rest position.