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US 2011/0215629 A1Published application
No-tools chair assembly
OwnerJames E. Groveinventor
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A chair assembly including a seat, a back and at least one arm that are detachably connected together without requiring the use of tools or special skill. The chair assembly can be advantageously shipped disassembled in a compact, space-efficient package to reduce shipping costs. A seat bracket affixed to the arm is slidably and removably received by a seat bracket receiver affixed to the seat, whereby the arm is detachably connected to the seat. A back bracket affixed to the back is slidably and removably received by a back bracket receiver at the arm, whereby the back is detachably connected to the arm. The back bracket includes a locking catch that is adapted to rotate into and out of locking engagement with one of a set of serrated edges from a locking plate of the back bracket receiver after the back bracket slides into removable receipt by the back bracket receiver.
A chair assembly comprising a seat, a back, at least one arm, an arm connector carried by said one arm, an arm connector receiver carried by said seat, a back connector carried by said back, and a back connector receiver carried by said one arm, said arm connector being mated to said arm connector receiver without the use of tools and said back connector being mated to said back connector receiver without the use of tools such that said one arm is attached to said seat and said back is attached to said one arm without the use of tools, said back connector having a guide rail and said back connector receiver having a guide rail slot, said guide rail being slidably received within and captured by said guide rail slot when said back is attached to said one arm.
A chair assembly including a seat, a back and at least one arm, said chair assembly comprising:
A method for assembling a chair comprising at least one arm having first and second connectors, a seat having a third connector, and a back having a fourth connector, said method comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.