Stacking and nesting chair
AssigneeHNI Technologies Inc.
InventorsJay R. Machael, Marcus C. Koepke, Andrew B. Hector
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Abstract
A stackable and nestable chair includes a seat assembly, a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance, and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance. The front legs and the rear legs mutually connected by a crossbar, and the seat assembly is supported by the crossbar when the seat is in an operable position. A plurality of casters are each attached to a bottom of each of the front and rear legs, wherein each caster includes a notch that is configured to couple with a leg of an adjacently stacked chair.
Claims21
1-29. (canceled)
A vertically stackable and horizontally nestable chair comprising:
- a set of legs that include a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance and a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance different than the first distance;
- a seat rotatably secured to two of the legs of the set of legs, the seat having a primary surface adapted to support a sitting user;
- the vertically stackable and horizontally nestable chair having a first upright configuration in which the seat is in a first position, the first upright configuration being an operable configuration in which the primary surface of the seat is oriented to permit a user to sit upon it;
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- the vertically stackable and horizontally nestable chair having a second upright configuration in which the seat has rotated to a second position, the second upright configuration being a stackable and nestable configuration in which the vertically stackable and horizontally nestable chair is simultaneously vertically stackable and horizontally nestable with another vertically stackable and horizontally nestable chair in the second upright configuration.
A first stackable and nestable chair comprising:
- a leg assembly including two front legs and two rear legs, the front legs being connected to the rear legs by a crossbar, wherein the two rear legs are spaced apart by a first distance and the two front legs are spaced apart by a second distance less than the first distance;
- a seat having a primary sitting surface and being pivotally mounted to the crossbar, the seat being configured to rotate between an operable position and a collapsed position, wherein the seat is supported by the crossbar and is oriented to permit a user to sit upon the primary sitting surface in the operable position;
- wherein the leg assembly and seat are configured such that, when the seat is in the collapsed position, the stackable and nestable chair is capable of being simultaneously arranged in a stacked assembly with a second stackable and nestable chair and a nested assembly with a third stackable and nestable chair.
A stackable and nestable chair comprising:
- a pair of rear legs spaced apart by a first distance and configured to contact a ground surface in an operable configuration;
- a pair of front legs spaced apart by a second distance;
- a seat configured to rotate between an operable position and a collapsed position;
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- a pair of fixed arms that are coupled to the rear legs, wherein the pair of fixed arms are spaced apart by a third distance greater than the first distance,
- wherein, when the seat is in the collapsed position, the seat, rear legs, front legs, and arms enable the stackable and nestable chair to simultaneously nest with a first similarly configured stackable and nestable chair in the operable configuration and stack with a second similarly configured stackable and nestable chair.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.