Chair assembly with upholstery covering
AssigneeSteelcase Inc.
InventorsGordon Jay Peterson, Robert J. Battey, Mark VanderVeen
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Abstract
A chair component assembly includes a support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user, and a cover including a plurality of sides that cooperate to form an interior space that receives the support component therein, the cover further including a support component receiving aperture and a flap movable between an open position where the support component may be moved from an exterior of the cover to the interior space of the cover, and a closed position where the flap covers the support component receiving aperture, and wherein the flap is secured to the support component by a quick-connect fastener.
Claims20
A chair component assembly, comprising:
- a support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user;
- and
- a cover including a plurality of sides that cooperate to form an interior space that receives the support component therein, the cover further including a support component receiving aperture and a flap movable between an open position where the support component may be moved from an exterior of the cover to the interior space of the cover, and a closed position where the flap covers the support component receiving aperture;
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- wherein the flap is secured to the support component by a quick-connect fastener.
A chair component assembly, comprising:
- a support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user and including an attachment member;
- a cover having an aesthetic outer surface;
- and
- a drawstring operably coupled to the cover such that drawing the drawstring secures the cover about at least a portion of the support component, wherein the drawstring includes a free end that is secured about the attachment member without knotting the drawstring and without the use of a fastener that is separate from the attachment member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.