US 8,282,172 B2Granted

Seat

AssigneeHerman Miller, Inc.

InventorsJohann Burkhard Schmitz, Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Roland Rolf Otto Zwick, Claudia Plikat

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Abstract

A seating structure including a base, a pair of laterally spaced support arms each having a seat portion and a backrest portion and a transition portion joining the seat portion and backrest portion, wherein the support arms are coupled to the base. A body support member extends between and is connected to the support arms and includes at least a seat portion and a backrest portion. A support element is coupled to the base and includes a central support arm extending upwardly along a centerline of the backrest portion of the body support member. The central support arm is spaced rearwardly from the backrest portions of the support arms and further includes a pair of laterally extending struts connecting the central support arm and the laterally spaced support arms.

Claims18

Dependent claims

A seating structure comprising:

a base;
a pair of laterally spaced support arms each comprising a seat portion, a backrest portion and a transition portion joining said seat portion and backrest portion, wherein said laterally spaced support arms are coupled to said base;
a body support member extending between and connected to said laterally spaced support arms and comprising at least a seat portion, a backrest portion, and a transition portion integrally formed with said seat portion and said backrest portion;
a support element coupled to said base and comprising a central support arm extending upwardly along a centerline of said backrest portion of said body support member, wherein said central support arm is spaced rearwardly from said backrest portions of said laterally spaced support arms, said support element further comprising a pair of laterally extending struts connecting said central support arm and said laterally spaced support arms.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/206,039Filed 9 Aug 2011 · continuation
Priority: DE 10 2006 014 10924 Mar 2006
Published: US 2011/0291453 A11 Dec 2011
Granted: 9 Oct 2012
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

A47C 1/03288
Characterised by elastic means: with resilient blocks
A47C 1/03255
The parts being movably-coupled seat and back-rest: with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
A47C 1/03277
Characterised by elastic means: with bar or leaf springs
A47C 1/03294
The parts being movably-coupled seat and back-rest: slidingly movable in the base frame, e.g. by rollers

Family

PCT/IB2007/000745Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Mar 2007
US 2011/0291453 A1Pre-grant publication · published 1 Dec 2011
Application12/225,335Parent of this continuation
US 7,992,936 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2010/0117419 A1Published application
US 8,282,172 B2This patent

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