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US 2003/0080596 A1Published application
Resilient seating structure
OwnerIrwin R. Berman, Frank H. Hambrightinventors
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Abstract
A seating structure 30 includes spaced housings 34 and 36 between which a seating portion 92 of a platform 60 is located. The platform 60 is also formed with non-seating portions 94a and 94b at opposite sides of the seating portion 92, which are isolated and are within the housings 34 and 36, respectively. The non-seating portions 94a and 94b engage resilient elements 90a through 90h above and below the non-seating portions. When a user sits on the seating portion 92, the resilient elements 90a through 90h provide a buoyant and floating experience for the user. The seating portion 92 is movable relative to the housings 34 and 36 to allow for outward movement and for a rocking action.
Claims57
A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion;
- and
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform in relative movable assembly with the frame;
- the platform formed with a seating portion on which a person may sit, and a non-seating portion;
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- a resilient element located between a portion of the frame and a portion of the non-seating portion of the platform to provide floating assembly of the seating portion of the platform relative to the frame.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a housing having a compartment with a base surface formed therein;
- a platform having a seating portion on which a person may sit, and a non-seating portion;
- the platform being in movable assembly with the housing;
- the non-seating portion of the platform being located in the compartment of the housing in spaced interfacing relation with the base surface of the compartment to form a cell therebetween;
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- means, located in the cell and having spaced portions adjacent the non-seating portion of the platform and the base surface of the compartment, for resiliently supporting the platform relative to the housing.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a first housing having a first compartment formed therein;
- a second housing, spaced from the first housing, having a second compartment formed therein;
- a platform having a seating portion on which a person may sit, the seating portion formed with a right-side edge and a left-side edge opposite the right-side edge;
- the platform having a first non-seating portion extending from, and joined with, the right-side edge of the seating portion, and a second non-seating portion extending from, and joined with, the left-side edge of the seating portion;
- the first non-seating portion of the platform located within the first compartment for movement relative to the first housing;
- the second non-seating portion of the platform located within the second compartment for movement relative to the second housing;
- the seating portion of the platform located outside of, and between, the first housing and the second housing, and being joined with only the first non-seating portion and the second non-seating portion of the platform;
- first means, located in the first compartment, for resiliently supporting the first non-seating portion of the platform relative to the first housing;
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- second means, located in the second compartment, for resiliently supporting the second non-seating portion of the platform relative to the second housing.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform having spaced portions mounted on the frame for movement relative to the frame;
- each of the spaced portions of the platform formed with an undersurface on one major surface of the platform;
- a set of resilient elements positioned at spaced locations adjacent the undersurface of the spaced portions of the platform to buoyantly support the platform against any external forces exerted on the platform in a direction outward from the undersurface of the spaced portions;
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- the platform formed with a seating portion which extends between the spaced portions thereof free of engagement with any of the resilient elements of the set.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion;
- the platform formed with a front edge and a rear edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
- and
- means for allowing movement of the platform, and thereby the seating portion, in an arcing direction about the front edge and the rear edge of the platform.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion;
- the platform being formed with a right-side edge and a left-side edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
- and
- means for allowing movement of the platform, and thereby the seating portion, in an arcing direction about the right-side edge and the left-side edge of the platform.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion;
- the platform being formed with a front edge, a rear edge, a right-side edge and a left-side edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
- and
- means for allowing movement of the platform, and thereby the seating portion, in an arcing direction about the front edge, the rear edge, the right-side edge and the left-side edge of the platform.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion which extends between the spaced portions thereof;
- the platform being formed with a front edge and a rear edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
- and
- means for allowing movement of the platform, and thereby the seating portion, in an outward direction from the front edge and the rear edge of the platform.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion which extends between the spaced portions thereof;
- the platform being formed with a right-side edge and a left-side edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
- and
- means for allowing movement of the platform, and thereby the seating portion, in an outward direction from the right-side edge and the left-side edge of the platform.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion which extends between the spaced portions thereof;
- the platform being formed with a front edge, a rear edge, a right-side edge and a left-side edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
- and
- means for allowing movement of the platform, and therby the seating portion, in an outward direction about the front edge, the rear edge, the right-side edge and the left-side edge of the platform.
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A seating structure, which comprises:
- a frame;
- a platform formed with a seating portion which extends between the spaced portions thereof;
- the platform being formed with a front edge, a rear edge, a right-side edge and a left-side edge;
- means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion;
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- means for allowing movement of the platform, and thereby the seating portion, in compound arcing and outward directions which include vector components of the arcing direction and the outward direction of movement of any of the front edge, the rear edge, the right-side edge and the left-side edge of the platform.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.