IP Library Granted Patent US 10,986,938
Granted Patent B2
US 10,986,938 · App. 15/855,762 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Chair with copper infused mesh

Inventor: John Charles Hepler (Reno, NV)
Assignee: VIA, INC.
A47C31/007A61G5/10A61G15/10A61L2/238H01B1/02H01B7/17H01B17/005H02G15/20A47C3/18A61G2203/70
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,986,938
App. No.
15/855,762
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chair for particular use in clinical or hospital environments has a frame to which a support material is secured. The support material may form a chair back and/or a seat for the chair to provide support to the chair occupant. The support material may be made from a textile that includes copper containing particles such as copper iodide or copper oxide within the textile fibers.

Claims (16)

1. A chair comprising:

(A) a frame; and

(B) a support material that is supported by the frame and that provides a support for an occupant of the chair; wherein the support material comprises a mesh having a plurality of interwoven strands, wherein the plurality of interwoven strands comprise one or more interwoven strands that include a copper infusion.

2. The chair of claim 1 wherein the support comprises a chair back.

3. The chair of claim 2 wherein the chair back comprises a chair back frame that provides a perimeter and wherein the mesh is applied across the chair back frame.

4. The chair of claim 1 wherein the copper infusion comprises copper iodide.

5. The chair of claim 1 wherein the copper infusion comprises copper oxide.

6. The chair of claim 1 wherein the mesh material is at least partially elastic.

7. A chair comprising:

(A) a frame; and

(B) a support material that is supported by the frame and that provides a support for an occupant of the chair; wherein the support material comprises a mesh having a plurality of interwoven strands, wherein the plurality of interwoven strands comprise copper containing particles within the plurality of interwoven strands.

8. The chair of claim 7 wherein the support comprises a chair back.

9. The chair of claim 8 wherein the chair back comprises a chair back frame that (original) provides a perimeter and wherein the mesh is applied across the chair back frame.

10. The chair of claim 7 wherein the copper particles comprise copper iodide.

11. The chair of claim 7 wherein the copper particles comprises copper oxide.

12. The chair of claim 7 wherein the mesh material is at least partially elastic.

Assignments (2)
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2018
From: ECP SEATING LLC
To: VIA, INC.
Reel/Frame 047790/0889 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: HEPLER, JOHN CHARLES
To: VIA INC.
Reel/Frame 045493/0151 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62439299 · Dec 27, 2016
Related Publication 20180177307A1 · Jun 28, 2018
Cited By (1)
US 1,107,448