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US 5,857,742 AGranted
Molding chair
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.
Claims39
A shaped, one-piece chair comprising:
- a) a chair form having a pair of oppositely disposed arms;
- a chair seat therebetween and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) a joining means being adapted to secure the one-piece chair to a desired position;
- c) a means for adding weight to the one-piece chair;
- 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 being adapted to receive a plate.
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A shaped, one-piece chair comprising:
- a) a chair form having a pair of oppositely disposed arms, a chair seat therebetween, a leg structure supporting the chair seat and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) a joining mechanism for securing the one-piece chair to a desired position;
- c) a weight adding mechanism for the one-piece chair for increasing the weight of the one-piece chair and making the one-piece chair difficult to move;
- d) the chair form having a bottom for the chair form;
- e) the weight adding mechanism being adapted to receive ballast for the chair form;
- f) the chair form including a hollow interior as part of the weight adding mechanism;
- g) the weight adding mechanism providing access to the hollow interior of the shaped, one-piece chair;
- h) the hollow interior being adapted to receive a flowable, weight-adding material to render the shaped, one-piece chair substantially immobile;
- i) the bottom being below the chair seat;
- j) the joining mechanism being situated in the bottom;
- and
- k) the weight adding mechanism being situated in the bottom.
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A shaped, one-piece chair comprising:
- a) a chair form having a pair of oppositely disposed arms, a chair seat therebetween, a leg structure supporting the chair seat and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) a joining mechanism for securing the chair form to a desired position;
- c) the pair of oppositely disposed arms including a first arm and a second arm;
- d) the joining mechanism including a set of indentations;
- e) the set of indentations including a first indentation and a second indentation;
- f) the first indentation being adjacent to the first arm;
- g) the second indentation being adjacent to the second arm;
- and
- h) the first indentation and the second indentation each being adapted to receive a plate.
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A shaped, one-piece chair comprising:
- a) a chair form having a chair seat, a leg structure supporting the chair seat and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) a joining mechanism being adapted to secure the one-piece chair to a desired position;
- c) a weight adding mechanism for the one-piece chair for increasing the weight of the one-piece chair and making the one-piece chair difficult to move;
- d) the chair form having a bottom for the chair form;
- e) the weight adding mechanism being adapted to receive ballast for the chair form;
- f) the chair form including a hollow interior as part of the weight adding mechanism;
- g) the weight adding mechanism providing access to the hollow interior of the shaped, one-piece chair;
- h) the hollow interior receiving a flowable, weight-adding material to render the shaped, one-piece chair substantially immobile;
- i) the bottom being below the chair seat;
- j) the joining mechanism being situated in the bottom;
- and
- k) the weight adding mechanism being situated in the bottom.
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A shaped chair comprising:
- a) a chair form having a chair seat therebetween and a chair back support ergonomically related to the chair seat;
- b) the chair form including a means for securing a first chair of the shaped chair to a second chair of the shaped chair;
- c) the chair form including a means for adding weight to the shaped chair;
- d) the chair form including a means for retaining weight in the shaped chair;
- e) the means for securing the first chair of the shaped chair to the second chair of the shaped chair being situated below the seat;
- f) the means for securing the first chair of the shaped chair to the second chair including a set of indentations in the shaped chair;
- g) the shaped chair having a pair of oppositely disposed arms;
- h) the pair of oppositely disposed arms including a first arm and a second arm;
- i) the shaped chair including a base below the chair seat;
- j) the base of the shaped chair including the means for securing the first chair of the shaped chair to the second chair of the shaped chair;
- and
- k) the base of the shaped chair including the means for adding weight to the shaped chair.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.