Seat shell having a shaped one-piece wooden shell
AssigneeKusch + Co. GmbH & Co. KG
InventorDieter Kusch
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Abstract
A seat shell includes a one-piece shaped wooden shell which has a seat part and a backrest part and which in its transition region has a bent portion bent along a bending axis. The shaped wooden shell has a veneer structure including at least nine wood layers glued on top of each other. The wood layers include a top layer at each of the front and rear of the shaped wooden shell, respectively, the top layer made of a wood layer is arranged in the longitudinal direction. The wood layers also include between the top layers a number of middle and outer wood layers arranged in the longitudinal or transverse direction. The shaped wooden shell is upholstered, and has a transversely extending cutout defined by bars at the edge in the transition region and/or the backrest part.
Claims22
A seat shell comprising:
- a one-piece curved shaped wooden shell which has a seat part, a backrest part, and a curved transition region between the seat part and the backrest part, wherein the one-piece curved shaped wooden shell has in the curved transition region a bent portion bent along a bending axis and the one-piece curved shaped wooden shell is shaped ergonomically;
- suspension properties of the backrest part relative to the seat part, which is angled back and connected to the backrest part, are substantially determined by the curved transition region and a structural design thereof;
- wherein the one-piece curved shaped wooden shell comprises a veneer structure, the veneer structure comprising at least nine wood layers glued on top of each other, wherein a first side and a second opposite side of the one-piece curved shaped wooden shell respectively comprise a top wood layer arranged in a longitudinal direction, and between the top wood layers a number of middle and outer wood layers are arranged in the longitudinal direction or a transverse direction such that:
- at least two middle wood layers are in a transverse direction,
- at least one middle layer is in the longitudinal direction and is between two of the middle layers in the transverse direction,
- an outer wood layer is in the transverse direction, and
- the at least two middle wood layers in the transverse direction have a thickness greater than the thickness of the outer wood layer in the transverse direction;
- wherein the one-piece curved shaped wooden shell is upholstered;
- and wherein the one-piece curved shaped wooden shell has a transversely extending cutout defined by bars at an edge in the curved transition region and/or the backrest part.
A seat bench, comprising:
- a plurality of seats mounted to a common frame, each of the seats comprising a one-piece shaped wooden shell which has a seat part, a backrest part, and a transition region between the seat part and the backrest part, wherein the shaped wooden shell has in the transition region a bent portion bent along a bending axis, wherein each of the wooden shells comprises a laminated veneer structure, and has a transversely extending cutout defined by bars at an edge in the transition region and/or the backrest part;
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- wherein the seats are upholstered, and wherein for at least one of the seats, padding is provided so as to cover the cutout in order to continuously upholster the shell over a full length thereof, and for another of the seats, upholstery is provided around said transversely extending cutout so as to be open as a free space in the upholstery of the shell.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.