Glow chair

• US 20060087165A1
• Filed: 06/27/2005
• Published: 04/27/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 10/25/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ethos Design LLC
• Original Assignee: Lounge 22 LLC
• Inventors: Gharabegian, Armen Sevada
• Application Number:
  US11/168,137
• Publication Number:
  US 20060087165A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/217.600
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/725 for illumination, e.g. lamps
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/503 of light sources cooling arrangements structurally associated with gas-discharge or vapour-discharge lamps H01J61/52; cooling arrangements structurally associated with electric incandescent lamps H01K1/58; cooling arrangements structurally associated with light-emitting diodes H01L33/64
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0012 Furniture hospital beds F21V33/0072

Abstract

A seating structure includes a frame, a seat, a bracket housing, a translucent seat back, and an illumination source. The seat and a bracket housing is connected to the frame. A translucent seat back is placed inside the bracket housing and an illumination source emits light into the translucent seat back to cause the translucent seat back to glow. A second seating structure also includes a color changing apparatus. The second seating structure includes a seat and a bracket housing that is connected to the frame. The seat back is connected to the bracket housing. An illumination source emits a first color of light into the seat back to cause the translucent seat back to glow. A color changing apparatus causes the illumination source to change from emitting the first color into the seat back to emitting a second color of light into the seat back.

Claims

1. A seating structure, comprising:

a frame including at least one support leg;

a seat connected to the frame to support a person;

a bracket housing connected to the frame;

a translucent seat back placed inside the bracket housing to support the person'"'"'s back; and

an illumination source to emit light into the translucent seat back to cause the translucent seat back to glow.

2. The seating structure of claim 1, where the translucent seat back includes a second illumination source to emit a second color of light into the translucent seat back.

3. The seating structure of claim 2, wherein the second illumination source lights up a logo which is displayed in the translucent seat back.

4. The seating structure of claim 1, wherein the translucent seat back is frosted.

5. The seating structure of claim 1, wherein the illumination source is powered by a power source and the power source is attached to the frame.

6. The seating structure of claim 1, wherein the illumination source is powered by a power source and the power source is located in the bracket housing.

7. The seating structure of claim 1, wherein the illumination source includes a plurality of light emitting diodes.

8. A seating structure, comprising:

a frame including at least one support leg;

a seat connected to the frame to support a person;

a bracket housing connected to the frame;

a seat back connected to the bracket housing to support the person'"'"'s back;

an illumination source to emit a first color of light into the seat back to cause the translucent seat back to glow; and

a color changing apparatus to cause the illumination source to change from emitting the first color into the seat back to emitting a second color of light into the seat back.

9. The seating structure of claim 8, wherein illumination source includes a LED strip, the LED strip including a plurality of LEDs, wherein the plurality of LEDs emit at least two colors.

10. The seating structure of claim 8, wherein the support structure has two support legs.

11. The seating structure of claim 8, further including an audio reproduction device to receive an audio signal and replay the audio signal.

12. The seating structure of claim 8, wherein the seat back is constructed of a transparent material.

13. The seating structure of claim 8, wherein the seat back is constructed of a frosted acrylic.

14. A seating structure, comprising:

a frame including at least one support leg;

a seat connected to the frame to support a person, where the seat is constructed of a clear material;

a bracket housing connected to the frame;

a seat back placed inside the bracket housing to support the person'"'"'s back; and

an illumination source to emit light of a first color into the seat to cause the seat to glow.

15. The seating structure of claim 14, wherein the clear material is a transparent material.

16. The seating structure of claim 14, wherein the clear material is a translucent material.

17. The seating structure of claim 14, wherein the clear material includes frosted edges.

18. The seating structure of claim 14, further including a mirror to reflect the light emitted from the illumination source to an area of the seat.

19. The seating structure of claim 14, further including a lens to filter the light emitted from the illumination source.

20. The seating structure of claim 14, further including a color changing mechanism to cause the illumination source to switch from emitting a light of a first color to emitting a light of a second color.