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US 12,215,445 B2Granted
System and method of manufacturing suspension member
AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.
InventorEthan McGraw
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Abstract
A method of manufacturing a suspension member including providing a first set of yarns and a second set of yarns, combining the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns to form the suspension member, and at least partially bonding a portion of the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns together by heating the suspension member to form a first zone of the suspension member having a first tension.
Claims8
A method of manufacturing a suspension member, the method comprising:
- providing a first set of yarns and a second set of yarns;
- combining the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns to form the suspension member;
- tensioning a first portion of the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns to a first tension;
- tensioning a second portion of the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns to a second tension that is different than the first tension;
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- at least partially bonding the first portion of the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns together by heating the suspension member to form a first zone of the suspension member having the first tension;
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- at least partially bonding the second portion of the first set of yarns and the second set of yarns together by heating the suspension member to form a second zone of the suspension member having the second tension.
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