US Patent Issued to Steelcase on June 17 for "Body support member with lattice structure" (Michigan, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,290, issued on June 17, was assigned to Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Body support member with lattice structure" was invented by Nickolaus William Charles Deevers (E Grand Rapids, Mich.), Carl V. Forslund III (Grand Rapids, Mich.), John Hamilton (San Rafael, Calif.), Kurt R. Heidmann (Grand Rapids, Mich.), James Ludwig (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Bruce Smith (East Grand Rapids, Mich.), Aaron Michael Porterfield (Milpitas, Calif.), Sharon L. Tracy (Wyoming, Mich.) and Paul Noll (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body support structure includes a structural lattice structure having a first stiffness, and a compr...