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US 2019/0335915 A1Published application
Sling chair
AssigneeAgio International Company, Limited
InventorTsung-Ho WANG
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Abstract
A sling chair may include a frame having one or more side rails, each side rail having a J-channel, and a fabric having one or more edges. The J-channel may include a neck and a foot, and be configured to receive a rod connected to a fabric edge. A locking strip may be inserted and force fit into the J-channel to lock the fabric edge and rod in the J-channel. The locking strip may include one or more lateral protrusions for mating with a ridge along an inner surface of the side rail.
Claims20
A sling chair comprising:
- a frame having a first side rail having an interior side and a second side rail having an interior side, the first and second side rails each being substantially rectangular and generally parallel to one another, and each side rail having a J-channel along a length of the rail, wherein the first side rail J-channel has a neck and a laterally offset foot disposed at a lower portion of the neck, the foot being laterally offset inward toward the first interior side;
- a fabric panel having first and second edges, the first and second edges generally parallel to one another;
- a first rod coupled to the first edge and inserted into the neck of the first side rail J-channel;
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- a first locking strip having a generally flat back inserted into the first side rail J-channel and configured to lock the first rod and the first edge into the first side rail J-channel;
- wherein the foot has a foot area having a generally circular shape with a width that is greater than a width of the rod so that the foot area is configured to receive the first rod from the neck of the J-channel;
- wherein the generally circular shape of the foot area is partially defined by a ledge of a top of the side rail, the ledge having a top that is substantially flat and generally parallel to a base of the first side rail, the ledge having a variable width and further having a lip, the lip extending vertically below an uppermost point of an inner surface the ledge, wherein a width at a lower portion of the neck is less than a width of the foot area;
- Wherein when the sling chair is in use, the fabric panel is in contact with an inner surface of the foot area, the ledge, and the flat back of the locking strip.
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A sling chair comprising:
- a frame having a first side rail having an interior side and an exterior side, and a second side rail having an interior side and an exterior side, the first and second side rails each being substantially rectangular and generally parallel to one another, and each side rail having a J-channel along a length of the rail, wherein the first side rail J-channel has a neck and a laterally offset foot disposed at a lower portion of the neck, the foot being laterally offset inward toward the first interior side;
- a fabric panel having first and second edges, the first and second edges generally parallel to one another;
- a first rod connected to the first edge and inserted into the first side rail J-channel;
- a first locking strip having a generally flat back inserted into the first side rail J-channel and configured to lock the first rod and first edge into the first side rail J-channel;
- a second rod coupled to the second edge and inserted into the second side rail J-channel;
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- a second locking strip inserted into the second side rail J-channel and configured to lock the second rod and second edge into the second side rail J-channel;
- wherein the foot has a foot area having a generally circular shape with a width that is greater than a width of the rod so that the foot area is configured to receive the first rod from the neck of the J-channel;
- wherein the generally circular shape of the foot area is partially defined by a ledge of a top of the side rail, the ledge having a top that is substantially flat and generally parallel to a base of the first side rail, the ledge having a variable width and further having a lip, the lip extending vertically below an uppermost point of an inner surface of the ledge, wherein a width at a lower portion of the neck is less than a width of the foot area.
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A sling chair comprising:
- a frame having a first side rail and a second side rail, the first and second side rails each being substantially rectangular and generally parallel to one another once assembled, each side rail having a J-channel along a length of the rail, wherein the first side rail J-channel has a neck and a laterally offset foot disposed at a lower portion of the neck;
- a fabric panel having first and second edges, the first and second edges generally parallel to one another;
- a first rod coupled to the first edge and inserted into the neck of the first side rail J-channel;
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- a first locking strip having a generally flat back inserted into the first side rail J-channel and configured to lock the first rod and the first edge into the first side rail J-channel;
- wherein a generally circular shape of the foot area is partially defined by a ledge of a top of the side rail, the ledge having a top that is substantially flat and generally parallel to a base of the first side rail, the ledge further having a lip extending vertically below an uppermost point of an inner surface the ledge, wherein a width at a lower portion of the neck is less than a width of the foot area;
- wherein when the sling chair is engaged, the generally circular shape of the foot area, the ledge, and the flat back of the locking strip are in contact with the fabric panel;
- wherein the first and second ends of the fabric panel are secured in the first and second side rails such that if a downward force is applied to a central area of the fabric panel, the first and second ends of the fabric panel are each configured to offset the downward force and are arranged in a mirror image of one another.
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The sling chair of 19, wherein the neck has side walls that are generally parallel to one another and the side walls are approximately the same length, and wherein the sling chair is configured such that a friction force is distributed between the ledge, the foot area, and the flat back of the locking strip.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.