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US 5,496,091 AGranted
Chair and grouping thereof
AssigneeNorix Group, Inc.
InventorsRichard B. Karl, Harvey Hanig
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Abstract
A hollow chair may hold an amount of weight due to a flowable material contained therein and may be joined to on or more chairs.
Claims19
A chair assembly comprising:
- a) a first and a second shaped, one-piece chair form each having a pair of oppositely disposed arms, a chair seat between the arms and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) a joining means for securing the first shaped, one-piece chair form to the second shaped, one-piece chair form;
- wherein each of the shaped one-piece chair forms includes:
- c) a means for adding weight thereto;
- d) a base below the chair seat;
- e) the joining means being situated in the base;
- f) the means for adding weight being situated in the base;
- g) the pair of oppositely disposed arms including a first arm and a second arm;
- h) the joining means including a set of indentations;
- i) the set of indentations including a first indentation, a second indentation and a third indentation;
- j) the first indentation being near the first arm;
- k) the second indentation being near the second arm;
- l) the third indentation being near the chair back support;
- m) the first indentation, the second indentation, and the third indentation each having at least one threaded member secured therein;
- and
- n) the first indentation, the second indentation, and the third indentation each receiving a plate.
13 more elements
An assembly of at least two shaped, one-piece chair forms comprising:
- a) the at least two of the shaped, one-piece forms each having a pair of oppositely disposed arms, a chair seat between the arms and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) the at least two of the shaped, one-piece chairs forming a first chair and a second chair;
- c) a joining means for securing the first chair to the second chair;
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- d) a means for adding weight to the first chair and to the second chair;
- f) the first chair being similar in shape to the second chair;
- g) the joining means being situated in a base of the first chair;
- h) the means for adding weight being situated in the base of the first chair;
- i) the pair of oppositely disposed arms of the first chair including a first arm and a second arm;
- j) the joining means including a set of indentations;
- k) the set of indentations including a first indentation, a second indentation and a third indentation;
- l) the first indentation being near the first arm if the first chair;
- m) the second indentation being near the second arm of the first class;
- n) the third indentation being near the chair back support of the first chair;
- o) the first indentation, the second indentation, and the third indentation each having at least one threaded member secured therein;
- and
- p) the first indentation, the second indentation, and the third indentation each receiving a plate.
14 more elements
The assembly of claim comprising:
- a) the first indentation of the second chair, the second indentation, and the third indentation each having at least three threaded members secured therein;
- b) the plate being a movable plate;
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- c) the movable plate including at least one aperture capable of alignment one of the at least three threaded members.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.