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Gary Lee Karsten

STSteelcase: 39 patents #19 of 809Top 3%
SDSteelcase Development: 9 patents #47 of 472Top 10%
Wyoming, MI: #1 of 261 inventorsTop 1%
Michigan: #984 of 86,293 inventorsTop 2%
Overall (All Time): #57,230 of 4,157,543Top 2%
48 Patents All Time

Issued Patents All Time

Showing 26–48 of 48 patents

Patent #TitleCo-InventorsDate
9492013 Chair back mechanism and control assembly Robert J. Battey, Kurt R. Heidmann, Todd T. Andres 2016-11-15
9462888 Control assembly for chair Robert J. Battey, Todd T. Andres, Kurt R. Heidmann 2016-10-11
9458905 Spring assembly and method Robert J. Battey, Todd T. Andres, David Bodnar 2016-10-04
9451826 Chair assembly Robert J. Battey, Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Kurt R. Heidmann, Todd David Krupiczewicz, Nathan R. Brock +3 more 2016-09-27
9049935 Control assembly for chair Robert J. Battey, Kurt R. Heidmann, Todd T. Andres 2015-06-09
9027997 Chair assembly Robert J. Battey, Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Kurt R. Heidmann, Nathan McCaughan, Pradeep Mydur +7 more 2015-05-12
9027998 Chair assembly Robert J. Battey, Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Kurt R. Heidmann, Nathan McCaughan, Pradeep Mydur +7 more 2015-05-12
9027999 Control assembly for chair Robert J. Battey, Todd T. Andres, Kurt R. Heidmann 2015-05-12
9022476 Control assembly for chair Robert J. Battey, Todd T. Andres, Kurt R. Heidmann 2015-05-05
9010859 Chair assembly Robert J. Battey, Richard N. Roslund, Jr., Kurt R. Heidmann, Nathan McCaughan, Pradeep Mydur +7 more 2015-04-21
9004597 Chair back mechanism and control assembly Robert J. Battey, Kurt R. Heidmann, Russell T. Holdredge, Todd T. Andres 2015-04-14
7857388 Seating unit with adjustable lumbar device Adam C. Bedford, Gordon J. Peterson, Robert J. Battey, Jeffrey A. Hall 2010-12-28
7604298 Chair back attachment and method of assembly Gordon J. Peterson 2009-10-20
7568763 Control for seating unit with back stop Adam C. Bedford, David Bodnar, Robert J. Battey, Kurt R. Heidmann, Gordon J. Peterson 2009-08-04
7341313 Adjustable armrest with motion control Adam C. Bedford, David Bodnar 2008-03-11
7234779 Armrest with height adjustment mechanism Adam C. Bedford, David Bodnar 2007-06-26
7165811 Control mechanism for seating unit David Bodnar, Adam C. Bedford, Kurt R. Heidmann 2007-01-23
7048335 Seating unit with crossbar seat support Christopher J. Norman, Kurt R. Heidmann, Robert J. Battey, Jeffrey A. Hall 2006-05-23
6932430 Combined tension and back stop function for seating unit Adam C. Bedford, Robert J. Battey, David Bodnar, Jonathan B. Hadley, Jeffrey A. Hall +3 more 2005-08-23
6880886 Combined tension and back stop function for seating unit David Bodnar, Adam C. Bedford, Kurt R. Heidmann 2005-04-19
6682252 Torsional energy joint for seating unit Robert J. Battey 2004-01-27
6679553 Energy system assembly for seating unit Robert J. Battey 2004-01-20
5282670 Cable actuated variable stop mechanism Gregg R. Spoolstra, Kurt R. Heidmann, John C. Fuhs 1994-02-01