ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,495,905, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to HNI Technologies Inc. (Muscatine, Iowa).
"Chair with dynamic motion features" was invented by Travis J. Crowell (Davenport, Iowa) and Christopher J. Davis (Muscatine, Iowa).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A compliant chair backrest assembly includes a back frame (58) having a first frame side (58a), a second frame side (58b), a lower portion (581) and an upper portion (58u) that extends from the lower portion (581). The upper portion (581) of the back frame is configured to engage with a back of a user and the lower portion (581) includes a first flexural member (70) and a nexus (74). The first f...