GR Firm's Wireless Charging Added To Office Furniture

Fulton Innovation, the Ada-based creator and exclusive licensor of eCoupled wireless power and infrastructure partner, Leggett & Platt, showcased several furniture pieces integrating eCoupled technology with Flexsteel Hospitality, KI, Kimball Office, and National Office Furniture at the 2009 NeoCon World's Trade Fair featuring innovative products in various interiors.

These furniture manufacturers cover the key markets of residential, office, educational, healthcare, commercial, and hospitality furniture. KI demonstrated delivery of wireless power with eCoupled technology in several market vignettes including a lecture hall, a library media center, and a cafe style business "touchdown" area. Leggett & Platt and KI also partnered to produce a white paper on wireless power for stakeholders in the furniture industry.

The other furniture pieces shown with eCoupled technology included a work table, an executive desk, a conference table, student seating and work areas, education lecture hall seating and tables, healthcare furniture and lounge and residential seating with tablet arms. These infrastructure environments enabled with eCoupled technology were shown powering eCoupled-enabled mobile phones, lamps, laptop computers, flashlights and remote controls.

"Fulton Innovation has focused on developing eCoupled technology as an integrated solution and Leggett & Platt has been an important partner to develop the infrastructure side of eCoupled wireless power," said Dave Baarman, director of advanced technologies for Fulton Innovation. "We're thrilled to see the breadth of coverage across the furniture markets with these key manufacturers."

"We're excited to work with the furniture manufacturers to showcase this technology in a variety of infrastructure environments," said LeRoy Johnson, Senior Director of Emerging Technologies for Leggett & Platt. "The use of eCoupled wireless power makes these furniture pieces much more seamless to design and for consumers to use. The feedback we received from NeoCon attendees was outstanding."

To view photos of the furniture with eCoupled technology and download the white paper, "Charging Ahead: Intelligent Wireless Power for Real World Environments," visit www.ecoupled.com.