Granted Patent B2

US 12,647,727 · App. 17/491,858 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Inventors: Shawn Nelson (Washington, UT); David Underwood (Hurricane, UT); Brian Kuchler (Hurricane, UT); Clint Gibson (St. George, UT)

Assignee: THE LOVESAC COMPANY

H04R5/023A47C7/72A47C7/727A61H23/0236H04R1/025H04R2201/028H04R2420/07

Abstract

Claims (27)

1 . An audio-enhanced furniture system comprising:

a reconfigurable furniture assembly assembled into a furniture configuration by a user comprising;

one or more bases providing a seating surface;

one or more upright members having a height that is greater than that of the one or more bases, wherein at least one of the one or more upright members further includes a cavity, wherein an electrical hub is mounted within the cavity;

a speaker system comprising one or more speakers in the one or more bases, the one or more upright members or both, wherein the electrical hub provides power to the speaker system; and

a controller for at least one of boosting or attenuating at least one of the one or more speakers of the speaker system based on a configuration footprint shape of the reconfigurable furniture assembly, wherein the electrical hub provides power to the controller.

2 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the controller is configured to tune the speaker system by selection from a plurality of tuning profiles corresponding to a variety of configuration footprint shapes that the one or more bases and the one or more upright members of the reconfigurable furniture assembly can be positioned in.

3 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of tuning profiles includes tuning profiles corresponding to one or more configuration footprint shapes including a chair, a loveseat, a sofa, a right L corner sectional, a left L corner sectional, a U-shaped sectional, or an M-shaped sectional.

4 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 3 , wherein the controller allows selection between at least two of the configuration footprint shapes.

5 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the controller allows selection of one or more upholstery fabrics that cover the reconfigurable furniture assembly, any speakers in the one or more bases or the one or more upright members being covered by the one or more upholstery fabrics, the controller allowing selection of the one or more upholstery fabrics selected from: polyester, chenille, tweed, linen, polyester linen, velvet, leather, cotton, cotton blend, denim, twill, or faux fur.

6 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the configuration footprint shape include 1 seat, 2 seats, 3 seats, 4 seats or 5 seats on a backrow of the configuration footprint shape.

7 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the controller comprises a user interface on at least one of a mobile device, a remote controller, or a console controller that allows a user to make selections to tune the speaker system based on the configuration footprint shape of the reconfigurable furniture assembly.

8 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 7 , wherein the user interface queries the user as to (i) the configuration footprint shape of the reconfigurable furniture assembly; (ii) what fabric covers the reconfigurable furniture assembly is covered with, and (iii) a location of a center channel speaker of the speaker system.

9 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 8 , wherein the user interface queries the user as to whether the center channel speaker of the speaker system is table mounted or wall mounted.

10 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 8 , wherein the user interface further queries the user as to how many seats are in the configuration footprint shape.

11 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 7 , wherein the controller tunes the speaker system by an adjustment to an equalization of one or more target audio frequencies or frequency bands emitted by the speaker system being tuned, the adjustment of the equalization of the one or more target audio frequencies or frequency bands being dependent on the configuration footprint shape of the reconfigurable furniture assembly.

12 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the speaker system includes at least 2 speakers embedded in the reconfigurable furniture assembly and a center channel speaker not embedded in the reconfigurable furniture assembly.

13 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the speaker system includes at least 5 speakers embedded in the reconfigurable furniture assembly and a center channel speaker not embedded in the reconfigurable furniture assembly.

14 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 13 , wherein each of the one or more speakers include a front right and right surround speaker embedded in one of the one or more upright members, a front left and left surround speaker embedded in another of the one or more upright members, and a subwoofer embedded in the one or more bases.

15 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , further comprising a satellite surround speaker embedded in the one or more upright members, wherein the one or more upright members including the satellite surround speaker is configured so that the satellite surround speaker is the only speaker embedded therein.

16 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 14 , further comprising a satellite subwoofer embedded in the one or more bases, so that the reconfigurable furniture assembly includes at least two subwoofers in separate bases of the one or more bases.

17 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the configuration footprint shape includes accounting for size of the reconfigurable furniture assembly, as to how many seats are included therein.

18 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the one or more upright members provide a backrest or an armrest, the one or more upright members being directly connected to the one or more bases.

19 . The audio-enhanced furniture system of claim 1 , wherein the reconfigurable furniture assembly further comprises a coupler, wherein the one or more upright members provides a backrest or an armrest, the one or more upright members being indirectly coupled to the one or more bases by the coupler.

20 . A method comprising:

identifying a user selection of a configuration footprint shape of a reconfigurable furniture assembly, the reconfigurable furniture assembly comprising one or more bases providing a seating surface and one or more upright members positioned relative to the one or more bases, wherein at least one of the one or more upright members further includes a cavity, at least one of the one or more bases or the one or more upright members housing one or more speakers of a speaker system, wherein an electrical hub is mounted within the cavity, the electrical hub providing power to the one more speakers; and

at least one of boosting or attenuating at least one speaker of the one or more speakers of the speaker system based on the configuration footprint shape of the reconfigurable furniture assembly.

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