Woven fabric membrane for a seating surface

An exposed fabric having a weave pattern for supporting the body of a user in a chair, the fabric comprising:

• a plurality of groups of parallel strands of multifilament yarn oriented in a longitudinal filling direction of a frame member of the chair, each group having at least two adjacent strands;
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• a plurality of elastomeric monofilaments prestretched in a lateral warp direction of the frame member and arranged in generally perpendicular interlocking relationship with the strands, said monofilaments weaving alternatively above and below adjacent strands in a group, and said groups being held in place by a plurality of pairs of said monofilaments, the monofilaments in each pair crossing over between each group of strands to thereby maintain the position of the groups.

An exposed fabric having a weave pattern for supporting the body of a user, the fabric comprising:

• a plurality of groups of parallel strands of multifilament yarn, each group having at least two adjacent strands;
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• a plurality of elastomeric monofilaments arranged in generally perpendicular interlocking relationship with the strands, said monofilaments weaving alternatively above and below adjacent strands in a group, and said groups being held in place by a plurality of pairs of said monofilaments, the monofilaments in each pair crossing over between each group of strands to thereby maintain the position of the groups.

A seating structure having an exposed fabric for supporting the body of a user on the seating structure, the exposed fabric comprising a plurality of generally parallel elastomeric monofilaments having a greater width than thickness to increase the surface area in contact with a user sitting on the fabric, and a second plurality of monofilaments arranged in generally perpendicular interlocking relationship with said first plurality of monofilaments, said second monofilaments weaving alternatively above and below adjacent monofilaments of said first plurality of monofilaments.