Lighting may be provided using light sources such as lighting systems with arrays of light-emitting diodes. A lighting system may be integrated into a seat, a door panel, a dashboard, or other interior portions of a system such as a vehicle. The interior portions of the vehicle may be illuminated using lighting systems to provide ambient light, to provide custom surface textures and other decorative patterns, to provide icons, text, and other information, and to provide custom gauges and other illuminated regions. Illuminated regions may overlap sensors such as capacitive touch sensors, force sensors, and other sensors. The light-emitting diodes in a lighting system may supply light that passes through openings in a cover layer. The layer may be formed from fabric, leather, or other materials. Lens structures may guide light through the openings.

A rolling work platform assembly that allows rolling while in a kneeling position includes a first plate. A pair of knee pads and a seating unit are selectively engageable to the first plate. The knee pads cushion the knees of a user kneeling upon, or separated from, the first plate. The seating unit engages and pads buttocks of the user kneeling upon the first plate. A set of first wheels engaged to a lower face of the first plate facilitates locomotion of the first plate and the user positioned thereupon.

A gaming chair having a base member having wheels positioned about a perimeter of the base member; an adjustable vertically positioned cylinder having a first end affixed to the base member; a seat having a rigid seat base with a bottom affixed to a rotatable member and where the rotatable member is affixed to a second end of the cylinder; where the seat is adjustable upwardly, downwardly, rotationally and rockedly; a padded seat top positioned on the rigid seat base having at least one compressible internal core member that forms the padded seat top; and raised side bolsters located on opposite sides and on an external portion of the sitting platform; a first arm affixed to a first side of the rigid seat base; a second arm affixed to a second side of the rigid seat base; where each arm is an L-shape and each is extending out and up on opposite sides of the padded seat top; an arm rest affixed to a top of each of the first and second arms and where each of the arm rests is adjustable in multiple directions; a chair back having a chair back top with an internal oversized headrest; an internal S-Shaped spine; an internal lumbar support; a chair back bottom connected to the rigid chair base; a pivot member connecting the chair back bottom to the rigid chair base; and where the pivot member enables the chair back to recline.

The disclosure provides a chair or seat assembly comprising a seat, a back support, and a support arm coupling the back support to the seat. The support arm comprises an illumination and control assembly. The illumination and control assembly comprises an illuminator, and a controller coupled to the illuminator. The illumination and control assembly further comprises an accelerometer, and the controller is coupled to the accelerometer.

A gaming chair controller operably mounted to a gaming chair having a light and a speaker. The gaming chair controller that includes a light control, a sound control and a display. The light control is capable of controlling emission of light from the light. The sound control is capable of controlling emission of sound from the speaker. The display is capable of displaying and changing an operational status of the light control and the sound control.

In embodiments, this disclosure is directed to sofas which may be conventional appearing sofas but that include, for example, a chaise for a sectional set or in the middle of a normal or studio sofa or a chair, that includes heating, massage, vibration, and/or airbag systems. The sofa may thus integrally include a vibration system, a heating system, a massage system, and/or an airbag system. In embodiments, the heating system may be capable of keeping the seat warm to a temperature of approximately 40° C. In other embodiments, the temperature may go as high as 70° C. in a therapeutic system.

Powered chairs, assemblies for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the assemblies are provided. Electrical systems for use in the powered chairs, and components for use in the electrical systems are provided. Control systems and methods for operating powered chairs are also provided. Any given chair may be locally and/or remotely controlled.

A chair and chroma key photography backdrop assembly leverages the effect of chroma key photography with a collapsible chroma key panel integrated directly into a chair on which an actor sits during broadcast or video conference. The chair has at least one accessory retention arm that forms a cavity sized and dimensioned to retain broadcast equipment, including cameras and sound systems. The chair also has a shock absorber to absorb shock impulses from the actor who is sitting on the chair. Chroma key photography software in the cameras separate the solid color of the chroma key panel from the actor sitting in the chair, and replaces the solid color background of the chroma key panel with a virtual image or video and also separates the actor from the background, such that the actor appears to be in front of a virtual image or video. By deploying the chroma key panel from the chair, stowage, mobility, and efficiency are enhanced during video production.

A self-sanitizing chair is shown and described. The chair may comprise a seating surface, legs, arm rest, head rest, and a sanitizing system. The latter may include a UV light source and a sanitizing fluid dispensing system. UV light and sanitizing fluid are applied to surfaces of the chair contacted by a human user. Indicating lights indicate when sanitizing is being performed, when sanitizing fluid is drying, and when the chair is ready for the next user. A control circuit operates the indicating lights and includes an occupant sensor. Sanitizing is inhibited in the presence of an occupant and commenced when the occupant has left the chair.

There is disclosed a portably suspended retractable shelf for storing furniture-side items that includes a horizontal platform having an inner portion and an outer portion. In various embodiments, the inner portion is adapted to be slidably captured between an upper cushion and a lower supporting structure. At least one of a projector insert rotationally adjustable to a plurality of orientations and the following upward-facing compartments is disposed on the outer portion of the horizontal platform and is accessible to a user on the furniture: a collapsible basin, a hanging flexible pocket, and a foldable box. A cutout hole is configured to hold the projector insert or the compartments in a suspended configuration through the shelf. A downward-facing sliding drawer compartment is mounted and/or supported underneath the outer portion of the shelf. A storage container extends from a leading surface of the portable suspended retractable shelf. Other embodiments are also disclosed.