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US 2003/0193229 A1Published application
Office chair
AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.
InventorsDouglas M. VanDeRiet, Jeffrey R. Oberlin
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Abstract
A modular arm rest system for a chair. The arm rest includes a connecting member that is installed into an interior cavity in the chair frame and is retained by a nose. A back is also provided with an arm rest hole that the connecting member can be installed through, thereby securing the back to the chair frame. The modular system includes a reclining chair and a four-legged stacker chair with arm rests and plugs so that the chairs can be reconfigured as desired by the user.
Claims67
A modular arm rest system for a chair:
- comprising a task chair with a reclining system, a stacker chair capable of being stacked on top of another chair, a back capable of being-installed on both of said task chair and said stacker chair, a task chair arm rest capable of being connected to said back and said task chair, and a stacker chair arm rest capable of being connected to said back and said stacker chair.
A chair comprising:
- a back having a hole, a frame received through said hole wherein said frame comprises an interior cavity, an arm rest comprising a connecting member received through said hole and into said interior cavity, and a nose connecting said connecting member to said frame and thereby locking said arm rest to said chair.
A chair comprising;
- a back having a hole, a frame received through said hole wherein said frame comprises an interior cavity, and a plug received through said hole and into said interior cavity.
A system for a chair comprising:
- a back having a hole, a frame capable of being received through said hole wherein said frame comprises an interior cavity, an arm rest comprising a connecting member capable of being installed through said hole and into said interior cavity, and a plug capable of being installed through said hole and into said interior cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.