Chair having removable cover and cushion

An assembly comprising:

• a plastic shell with a face shaped to support a human body and including first connectors recessed into the face so that the face present a relatively smooth surface;
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• a cushion assembly comprising:
• a cushion;
• a covering on the cushion;
• a low-stretch sheet under the cushion, the sheet being attached along edges to the covering to encapsulate the cushion, the cushion assembly being flexible and bendable, the sheet being chosen for dimensional stability and having an elongation when stretched of less than about 5% to facilitate alignment;
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• a plurality of releasable mechanical connectors attached to the sheet, the mechanical connectors being configured and arranged in a predetermined pattern on the sheet so that the mechanical connectors are accurately but removably attached to the first connectors on the plastic shell.

An assembly comprising:

• a seating unit including a seat structure and a back structure, at least one of the structures including a flexible plastic shell with a face adapted to support a person seated thereagainst, the face having recesses and including an arrangement of first connectors in the recesses;
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• a removable bendable cushion assembly including a cushion, and further including a top covering and a bottom covering that is attached to the top covering around the cushion, and still further including an arrangement of second connectors attached to the bottom covering and that are releasably attached to the first connectors for securing the cushion assembly to the one structure;
• the first and second connectors being configured to release and disengage when the removable cushion assembly is pulled from the one structure, the bendable cushion assembly not including a rigid plate member such that an accurate location of the second connectors depends on the bottom covering.

An assembly comprising:

• a plastic shell with a face shaped to support a human body and including snap-attach first connectors recessed into the face so that the face presents a relatively smooth surface;
• and
• a cushion assembly comprising:
• a bendable cushion;
• a covering on the cushion;
• a sheet under the cushion, the sheet being attached along edges to the covering to encapsulate the cushion, the cushion assembly being flexible and bendable and not including a rigid plate member;
• and
• a plurality of releasable mechanical connectors attached to the sheet, the mechanical connectors being configured and arranged in a predetermined pattern on the sheet so that the mechanical connectors are removably attached to the first connectors of the plastic shell.