IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,678,746
Granted Patent B2
US 11,678,746 · App. 17/742,367 · Granted Jun 20, 2023

Chair foot attachments for improving focus

Inventors: Stephen G. Wampold (Marlborough, CT); Douglas F. Melville (Simsbury, CT)
Assignee: Bouncyband LLC
A47C7/62A47B91/12A47C31/00
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Patent No.
US 11,678,746
App. No.
17/742,367
Granted
Jun 20, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chair foot attachment for improving focus is a flexible hollow member having a height with side walls defining bottom edges of the hollow member and having an upper wall with a cavity extending downwardly into the hollow member from the upper wall. The cavity extends only partially into the hollow member and defines a cavity height that is less than the height of the hollow member. The cavity has an upwardly facing bottom surface for abutting a bottom of a chair foot when the chair foot is installed in the cavity. When a chair foot is positioned in the cavity, it permits an associated chair to wobble.

Claims (23)

1. A chair foot attachment for improving focus comprises:

a flexible upper member having a height with side walls defining bottom edges of the upper member and having an upper wall with a cavity extending downwardly into the upper member from the upper wall, with the cavity extending only partially into the upper member and defining a cavity height that is less than the height of the upper member, and the cavity has an upwardly facing bottom surface for abutting a bottom of a chair foot when the chair foot is installed in the cavity;

wherein when a chair foot is positioned in the cavity, it permits an associated chair to wobble.

2. The chair foot attachment of claim 1 , wherein the upper member is at least in part hollow.

3. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the upper member has a flattened upper profile.

4. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the cavity is centrally disposed.

5. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the cavity has a substantially cylindrical shape.

6. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the cavity includes a ring-shaped protrusion adjacent the bottom surface of the cavity for assisting in retaining a chair foot in the cavity.

7. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the side walls of the hollow member have a thickness that is greater than the thickness of the upper wall of the hollow member.

8. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the upper member has an outer diameter of about 3.6″ and a height of about 2.5″, the cavity has an inner diameter of about 1.2″ and the protrusion has an inner diameter of about 1.1″, and the bottom surface of the cavity 22 is spaced about 1.4″ from the bottom edges of the hollow member.

9. The chair foot attachment of claim 2 , wherein the upper member is made of a flexible material.

10. The chair foot attachment of claim 9 , wherein the flexible material is rubber.

11. The chair foot of attachment of claim 2 , further comprising a base member coupled to the bottom edges of the hollow member.

12. The chair foot attachment of claim 11 , wherein the base member comprises:

an inner member that forms an inner wall and a bottom wall of the base member; and

an outer member that forms an outer wall of the base member.

13. The chair foot attachment of claim 12 , wherein the inner and outer members are configured to snap together via attachment surfaces.

14. The chair foot attachment of claim 12 , wherein the inner member is ring-shaped, and the outer member is ring-shaped.

15. The chair foot attachment of claim 12 , wherein the upper member includes grooves for mating with the base member, including an interior groove for coupling with the inner member.

16. The chair foot attachment of claim 11 , wherein the base member is configured to trap the bottom edges of the upper member.

17. The chair foot attachment of claim 11 , wherein the base member has a bottom surface with grooves to deter the base member from suctioning to the floor during use.

18. The chair foot attachment of claim 17 , wherein the grooves permit air to transfer between the inside and exterior of the upper member.

19. The chair foot attachment of claim 11 , wherein the base member is substantially symmetrical, and the upper member is substantially symmetrical.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2023
From: WAMPOLD, STEPHEN G.; MELVILLE, DOUGLAS F
To: BOUNCYBAND LLC
Reel/Frame 063533/0561 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63187384 · May 11, 2021
Related Publication 20230105643A1 · Apr 6, 2023
Cited By (1)
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