Electrically adjustable piece of furniture

• US 10,470,562 B2
• Filed: 07/27/2018
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karsten Laing
• Original Assignee: Karsten Laing
• Inventors: Laing, Karsten
• Primary Examiner(s): Rohrhoff, Daniel J
• Application Number:
  US16/047,149
• Publication Number:
  US 20180368569A1
• Time in Patent Office: 473 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 17/02 with vertically-adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/02 with vertical adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0056 with a motor, e.g. an electric motor
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0057 situated under the worktop
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0062 Electronically user-adaptable, height-adjustable desk or table
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 27/02 Adjustable drawing tables without balancing means
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/00 Tables with tops of variable height lecterns with variable height A47B19/06; school forms or desks with variable height A47B39/02, A47B41/02; seats with variable height A47C3/20
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/04 with vertical spindle
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 9/16 with means for, or adapted for, inclining the legs of the table for varying the height of the top, e.g. with adjustable cross legs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/0246 by means of screw-and-nut mechanism
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 17/04 Seating furniture, e.g. sofas, couches, settees, or the like, with movable parts changeable to beds; Chair beds
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 19/024 Legs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 20/041 by electric motors
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/24 with vertical spindle

Abstract

The invention relates to an electrically adjustable piece of furniture comprising an electric drive motor for adjusting as least one furniture adjusting section with respect to a furniture support section, wherein the piece of furniture comprises sensor devices for detecting the inclination or the change of inclination of the furniture adjusting section.

Claims

1. An electrically adjustable piece of furniture with at least two electrical drive motors (4) for adjusting at least one adjustable furniture section (3) with respect to a furniture support section (2), the furniture piece (1) including a sensor arrangement (7) for sensing an inclination or inclination change of the adjustable furniture section (3) and the drive motors (4) being controllable dependent of the inclination or inclination change, but independently of one another, and the sensor arrangement (7) including at least one gyroscope sensor for determining the inclination or inclination change of the furniture section (3) and at least one gravitation sensor via which the absolute inclination of the furniture section (3) can be determined, and, wherein only a part of the drive motors (4) is controlled dependent upon the sensor arrangement (7) and at least one of the drive motors (4) is void of control dependent on the sensor arrangement (7).

2. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein via a control of one of the drive motors (4) the direction of the inclination change is convertible to an equally directed control movement.

3. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein in the case the inclination or the inclination change exceeds an acceptable value, one of the drive motors (4) is to be stopped or controlled as to rotate in the opposite direction.

4. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein a desired inclination of the furniture adjustment section (3) obtainable by controlling at least one of the drive motors (4).

5. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein the sensor arrangement (7) further for recognizing a contact-free control gesture, by which one of the drive motors (4) is controlled.

6. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein the sensor arrangement (7) further for a contact-free measuring of a distance between the adjustable furniture section (3) and a reference point.

7. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein for each of the electric drive motors (4) a separate controller is provided.

8. The furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein a common controller is provided for the at least two electric drive motors (4).

9. A method for controlling a furniture piece according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the drive motors (4) is controlled depending on a detected inclination or respectively inclination change.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the control and the position change of the furniture adjustment section (3) is initiated by a predetermined movement in the sensory range of the sensor arrangement.

11. The method according to claim 9, wherein at least one of the control and the position change of the furniture adjustment section (3) is initiated via an activating arrangement including a switch or a pressure button or rotatable button.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein based on the sensor data of a gyroscope sensor the drive motors are synchronized for adjusting the inclination or the inclination change of the adjustable furniture section (3) and the inclination is corrected using the sensor data of a gravitation sensor while the height of the adjustable furniture section (3) is adjusted via a distance sensor.