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US 6,837,546 B2Granted
Office chair
AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.
InventorsDouglas M. VanDeRiet, Jeffrey R. Oberlin
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Abstract
A modular arm rest system for a chair. The arm rest includes a connecting member that is installed into an interior cavity in the chair frame and is retained by a nose. A back is also provided with an arm rest hole that the connecting member can be installed through, thereby securing the back to the chair frame. The modular system includes a reclining chair and a four-legged stacker chair with arm rests and plugs so that the chairs can be reconfigured as desired by the user.
Claims18
A modular arm rest system for a chair comprising:
- a task chair with a reclining system,
- a stacker chair adapted to be stacked on top of another stacker chair,
- a back having a substantially vertical hole, said back separately installable on said task chair and said stacker chair,
- a task chair arm rest adapted to be connected to said back and said task chair through said hole when said back is installed on said task chair, and
- a stacker chair arm rest adapted to be connected to said back and said stacker chair through said hole when said back is installed on said stacker chair.
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A chair comprising:
- a back having a hole having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at an opposite second end, said hole extending through said back, a frame received through the first opening at the first end of said hole, said frame comprising an interior cavity, said interior cavity extending through an interior of at least a portion of said frame, an arm rest comprising a connecting member received through the second opening at the opposite second end of said hole of said back and extending into said interior cavity of the frame, and a nose connecting said connecting member to said frame and thereby locking said arm rest to said chair.
A chair comprising:
- a back having a hole having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at an opposite second end, said hole extending through said back, a frame received through the first opening at the first end of said hole, said frame comprising an interior cavity, said interior cavity extending through an interior of at least a portion of said frame, and a plug received through the second opening at the opposite second end of said hole of said back and extending into said interior cavity of the frame.
A system for a chair comprising:
- a back having a hole having a first opening at a first end and a second opening at an opposite second end, said hole extending through said back, a frame adapted to be received through the first opening at the first end of said hole, said frame comprising an interior cavity, said interior cavity extending through an interior of at least a portion of said frame, an arm rest comprising a connecting member adapted to be installed through the second opening at the opposite second end of said hole of said back and extending into said interior cavity of the frame, and a plug adapted to be installed through the second opening at the opposite second end of said hole of said back and extending into said interior cavity of the frame.
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