US Patent Issued to HNI Technologies on April 15 for "Adjustable lumbar support mechanisms and chairs including same" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,373, issued on April 15, was assigned to HNI Technologies Inc. (Muscatine, Iowa).

"Adjustable lumbar support mechanisms and chairs including same" was invented by Nathaniel Birks (Bettendorf, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chair includes a back portion configured to engage a back of an occupant of the chair. The chair includes a frame and a conformable panel coupled to the frame. The conformable panel is configured to engage the back of the occupant of the chair, and the conformable panel includes a lumbar portion. A lumbar support mechanism is coupled to the frame. The lumbar support mechanism includes a base coupled to the fr...