Furniture article having panel and integral perimeter frame

A furniture component comprising:

• a panel component made of a flexible compliant plastic, the panel component having a continuous perimeter flange and further having flexible strips extending between portions of the perimeter flange that are shaped to flex to comfortably support a human body part;
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• a perimeter frame made of a reinforced structural plastic different than the flexible compliant plastic, the perimeter frame being integrally molded onto and bonded to the perimeter flange to stiffen the perimeter flange and support the panel component, wherein the perimeter frame includes attachment mounts integrally formed thereon adapting the furniture component for attachment to a base component and comprises a hollow tubular component.

An article comprising:

• a panel component of a first material having a flexible central area with an enlarged surface defined by flexible leaf-spring-shaped strips and having a perimeter flange extending continuously around the central area;
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• a frame of a polymeric second material integrally molded onto and bonded to the perimeter flange to stiffen and support the panel component, the second material being characteristically stiff to provide rigid lightweight structural support around a perimeter of the panel component and including sections defining molded-in pivot mounts with cup-shaped bearing inserts therein.

An article comprising:

• a panel component of a first material having a central area with an enlarged surface and having a perimeter flange extending continuously around the central area;
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• tubular frame of a polymeric second material integrally molded onto and bonded to the perimeter flange to stiffen and support the panel component, the second material being characteristically stiff to provide rigid lightweight structural support around a perimeter of the panel component, wherein the tubular frame has an internal cavity that extends around the perimeter under the perimeter flange and that is characteristically made by a process including gas assist molding.