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US 6,726,285 B2Granted
Cellular chair construction
AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.
InventorsJerome Carmel Caruso, Steven Jerome Caruso
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Abstract
An improved method of constructing seating surfaces, provides greater comfort through superior surface adjustments for a variety of users. The seating structure provides greater airflow to contact areas of the occupant's body, and is more efficient and economical to produce. The seating surface construction is comprised of a plurality of support sections, or bosses/platforms and of a plurality of web connectors interconnecting the support sections. The support sections, or bosses/platforms are more rigid than their corresponding web connectors.
Claims18
A seating structure comprising:
- a plurality of boss structures spaced apart and arranged in a grid-like pattern defined by rows of said boss structures extending in a first direction and columns of said boss structures extending in a second direction, wherein said first and second directions are substantially perpendicular;
- a plurality of first web structures joining adjacent pairs of said boss structures within each of said rows of said grid-like pattern, wherein at least some of said first web structures are non-planar;
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- a plurality of second web structures joining adjacent pairs of said boss structures within said columns of said grid-like pattern;
- wherein said first web structures in adjacent rows of said grid-like pattern are spaced apart and said second web structures in adjacent columns of said grid-like pattern are spaced apart, such that said spaced apart first and second web structures define openings therebetween.
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