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Leggett & Platt honors 12 innovative employees

By Larry Thomas -- Furniture Today, January 4, 2009

CARTHAGE, Mo. — Leggett & Platt has honored 12 employees with the J.P. Leggett Innovator Award for their work in developing a variety of technological advancements.

Named in honor of J.P. Leggett, one of the company's founders and the inventor of the coiled bed spring, the award is the highest internal recognition for excellence in technological advancements.

“Exceptional talent across Leggett & Platt is evident within these leading innovations,” said Vincent Lyons, vice president of engineering and product development. “I am proud to be part of such an accomplished work force.”

Recipients are:

LeRoy Johnson, senior director of emerging technologies, for his work with eCoupled, which delivers power through an advanced wireless infrastructure.
Ryan Chacon, Niels Mossbeck, Mark Quinn, Chuck Steers, Jason Turner and Tom Wells Jr., for creating and promoting the Starry Night Sleep Technology. The bed incorporates diagnostic and entertainment technologies into a sleep environment.
Dana Lockwood, senior seating designer at Indiana Chair Frame, for his work on the Responder office chair, which is ergonomically designed to respond to body movements and is built to withstand one million cycles of intensive use.
Jennifer Guerndt and Jason Lewandowski, vice presidents of marketing and engineering, respectively, at Gamber-Johnson, for creating and promoting the MAG Dock, a low-density, affordable magnesium docking station
Greg Lawson, chief engineer, Omega Motion, for the Zero Wall High Leg mechanism for high-leg motion furniture, which allows the furniture to be placed inches from a wall.
Glenn Wiecek, product designer in the furniture hardware division, for his work on the Patients Choice Medical Care mechanism. It couples the seat back to a base and allows smooth movement of medical chairs and hospital waiting room seating.

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