Acoustic chair cove

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12295498-B2
Application number	US-202218091815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2022
Priority date	Dec 30, 2022
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

Abstract

An acoustic chair cove includes a lower cove mountable on a chair such that a first wing of the lower cove is positioned at a first side of the chair, a second wing of the lower cove is positioned at a second side of the chair, and a top portion of the lower cove is positioned at a top portion of a back of the chair. An upper cove is mounted to the lower cove such that the upper cove is selectively movable relative to the lower cove between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An acoustic chair cove, comprising:
a chair mount assembly comprising a lower rack and an upper rack, the lower rack mountable at a back of a chair, the upper rack slidably mounted to the lower rack;
a lower cove mounted to the lower rack such that a first wing of the lower cove is positioned at a first side of the chair, a second wing of the lower cove is positioned at a second side of the chair, and a top portion of the lower cove is positioned at a top portion of the back of the chair; and
an upper cove mounted to the upper rack such that the upper cove is selectively movable relative to the lower cove between a retracted configuration, one or more intermediate configurations, and an extended configuration on the upper rack,
wherein a top portion of the upper cove is positioned further from the top portion of the lower cove in the extended configuration and is positioned closer to the top portion of the lower cove in the retracted configuration.

2. The acoustic chair cove of claim 1 , wherein the lower and upper coves are U-shaped in a plane perpendicular to a vertical direction.

3. The acoustic chair cove of claim 1 , wherein the upper cove is nested within the lower cove in the retracted configuration.

4. The acoustic chair cove of claim 1 , wherein the back of the chair is received within the lower cove when the lower cove is mounted on the chair, and the lower rack is mountable to the back of the chair with a plurality of hooks.

5. The acoustic chair cove of claim 1 , wherein the upper cove is movable by no less than fifteen centimeters between the extended and retracted configurations.

6. The acoustic chair cove of claim 1 , wherein the upper cove comprises a first wing and a second wing, the first wing of the upper cove positioned proximate the first wing of the lower cove, the second wing of the upper cove positioned proximate the second wing of the lower cove.

7. The acoustic chair cove of claim 6 , further comprising a pair of blinds, each of the pair of blinds mounted to the upper cove at a respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove.

8. The acoustic chair cove of claim 7 , wherein a position of each of the pair of blinds on the respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove is selectively adjustable.

9. The acoustic chair cove of claim 6 , further comprising a pair of speakers, each of the pair of speakers disposed within a respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove.

10. The acoustic chair cove of claim 9 , further comprising a microphone disposed within one of the first and second wings of the upper cove.

11. An acoustic chair assembly, comprising:
a chair;
a chair mount assembly comprising a lower rack and an upper rack, the lower rack mounted at a back of the chair with a plurality of hooks, the upper rack slidably mounted to the lower rack;
a U-shaped lower cove mounted on the lower rack such that a first wing of the lower cove is positioned at a first side of the chair, a second wing of the lower cove is positioned at a second side of the chair, and a top portion of the lower cove is positioned at a top portion of the back of the chair; and
a U-shaped upper cove mounted to the upper rack such that the upper cove is selectively movable relative to the lower cove between a retracted configuration, one or more intermediate configurations, and an extended configuration,
wherein the upper cove is movable by no less than fifteen centimeters between the extended and retracted configurations.

12. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 11 , wherein the upper cove is nested within the lower cove in the retracted configuration.

13. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 11 , wherein the back of the chair is received within the lower cove.

14. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 11 , wherein the upper cove comprises a first wing and a second wing, the first wing of the upper cove positioned proximate the first wing of the lower cove, the second wing of the upper cove positioned proximate the second wing of the lower cove.

15. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 14 , further comprising a pair of blinds, each of the pair of blinds mounted to the upper cove at a respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove.

16. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 15 , wherein a position of each of the pair of blinds on the respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove is selectively adjustable.

17. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 14 , further comprising a pair of speakers, each of the pair of speakers disposed within a respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove.

18. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 17 , further comprising a microphone disposed within one of the first and second wings of the upper cove.

19. The acoustic chair assembly of claim 11 , wherein the upper cove is configured for attenuating sound from around the acoustic chair assembly in the extended configuration.

20. An acoustic chair cove, comprising:
a lower cove mountable on a chair such that a first wing of the lower cove is positioned at a first side of the chair, a second wing of the lower cove is positioned at a second side of the chair, and a top portion of the lower cove is positioned at a top portion of a back of the chair;
an upper cove mounted to the lower cove such that the upper cove is selectively movable relative to the lower cove between a retracted configuration and an extended configuration, the upper cove comprising a first wing and a second wing, the first wing of the upper cove positioned proximate the first wing of the lower cove, the second wing of the upper cove positioned proximate the second wing of the lower cove; and
a pair of blinds, each of the pair of blinds mounted to the upper cove at a respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove, a position of each of the pair of blinds on the respective one of the first and second wings of the upper cove being selectively adjustable,
wherein a top portion of the upper cove is positioned further from the top portion of the lower cove in the extended configuration and is positioned closer to the top portion of the lower cove in the retracted configuration.

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Wu Christine Jean
• Darbari Shokofeh
• Myrbeck Shane Anton
• Riggs Caitlin Emily
• Wood Jack Godfrey
• Furner Andy
• Lee Harc

Classifications

• A47C7/666

  of enclosure type with side panels · CPC title

• A47C7/66

  Means to protect against weather · CPC title

• H04M1/6033

  for providing handsfree use or a loudspeaker mode in telephone sets (arrangements for preventing acoustic echo H04M9/08) · CPC title

• H04R5/023

  in a chair, pillow · CPC title

• A47C7/727 Primary

  with speakers · CPC title