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US 7,078,085 B2Granted
Cover for metal office furniture
AssigneeThe R & D Companies, LLC
InventorsRichard W. Nykamp, David A. Steil
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Abstract
A magnetic decorative cover for metal office furniture. The cover is a lamination of a decorative layer to a magnetic sheet. The decorative layer is selected from a wide variety of materials to provide a desired appearance, to coordinate an office decor, or to blend office furniture together. Suitable decorative materials include fabric, vinyl, leather, wood veneer, marker-board surface, and high-pressure laminate. In the preferred manufacturing method, the laminated materials are laser cut and/or die cut to provide crisp, sharp, non-raveling edges.
Claims3
An article of office furniture comprising:
- a metal office furniture piece including a plurality of components each having dimensions, one of said components including a physical feature;
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- a plurality of magnetic decorative covers, each of said covers overlying and attached to one of said components, each of said covers having dimensions substantially the same as the dimensions of the component to which the cover is attached, each of said covers comprising a magnetic sheet and a decorative material, the decorative cover attached to said one component defining a cutout aligned with said physical feature.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.