US 8,523,283 B2Granted

Method and apparatus for double sling chair

AssigneeNomark Industries Company Limited

InventorClifton Shao-ming Lee

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Abstract

Some embodiments of the present invention provide a method and apparatus for a novel double sling chair. The double sling chair simplifies the manufacture of sling chairs affording efficient and speedy construction. The double sling chair comprises a chair frame having a back section with an upper rail and a lower cross member, a decorative cross member, and a seat section, a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame, a first fabric back panel having length is coupled to the upper rail and the decorative cross member without having to thread the first fabric back panel to the decorative cross member, a second fabric back panel having length is coupled to the lower cross member and the decorative cross member without having to thread the second fabric back panel to the decorative cross member to form a back rest for the back section.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A double sling chair comprising:

a chair frame;
a seat panel coupled to the chair frame;
a first fabric back panel having length and first and second terminating loops at opposing ends with a first rod inserted through the first terminating loop and a second rod inserted through the second terminating loop for attaching the fabric back panel to the chair frame;
and
a second fabric back panel having length and first and second terminating loops at opposing ends with a first rod inserted through the first terminating loop and a second rod inserted through the second terminating loop for attaching the fabric back panel to the chair frame wherein the chair frame includes:
a decorative cross member having an upper back center sling rail and a lower back center sling rail, the upper back center sling rail configured to forceably receive the first rod and the first terminating loop of the first fabric panel and the lower back center sling rail configured to forceably receive the first rod and the first terminating loop of the second fabric panel;
an upper back cross member having a back top sling rail with an interior side configured to slidably receive the second rod and the second terminating loop of the first fabric panel wherein the back top sling rail is separate from the upper back cross member and configured to securely attach to the upper back cross member to form a section of a back rest;
and
a lower back cross member having a lower back sling rail having an interior side configured to slidably receive the second rod and the second terminating loop of the second fabric panel wherein the lower back sling rail is separate from the lower back cross member and configured to securely attach to the lower back cross member forming another section of the back rest.

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A sling chair comprising:

a chair frame having a back section with an upper back cross member, a decorative cross member, a lower back cross member and a seat section;
a seat panel coupled to the seat section of the chair frame;
a first fabric back panel having length and first and second terminating loops at opposing ends with a first rod fitting inside the first terminating loop and a second rod fitting inside the second terminating loop;
a second fabric back panel having length and first and second terminating loops at opposing ends with a first rod fitting inside the first terminating loop and a second rod fitting inside the second terminating loop;
the decorative cross member having an upper back center sling rail and a lower back center sling rail, the upper back center sling rail configured to press fit the first rod and the first terminating loop of the first fabric panel into an interior side of the upper back center sling rail and the lower back center sling rail configured to press fit the first rod and the first terminating loop of the second fabric panel into an interior side of the lower back center sling rail;
the upper back cross member having a back top sling rail with an interior side configured to fit the second rod and the second terminating loop of the first fabric back panel into the interior side of the back top sling rail wherein the back top sling rail is attached to the upper back cross member of the chair frame to form a section of a back rest for the back section;
and
a lower back cross member having a lower back sling rail having an interior side configured to fit the second rod and the second terminating loop of the second fabric back panel into the interior side of the lower back sling rail wherein the lower rail is attached to the lower back cross member of the chair frame to form another section of the back rest for the back section.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 13/136,615Filed 5 Aug 2011 · continuation in part
Priority: 28 Mar 2011
Published: US 2012/0248844 A14 Oct 2012
Granted: 3 Sep 2013
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification5 codes

A47C 31/023
Upholstery attaching means: connecting upholstery to frames, e.g. by hooks, clips, snap fasteners, clamping means or the like
A47C 5/06
Metal chairs, e.g. tubular: special adaptation of seat upholstery or fabric for attachment to tubular chairs
A47C 7/24
Seat parts: upholstered seats
A47C 7/40
Supports for the head or the back: for the back

Family

Application13/065,731Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 28 Mar 2011
US 2012/0248844 A1Pre-grant publication · published 4 Oct 2012
US 2011/0233984 A1Published application
US 8,919,884 B2Related patent
US 8,523,283 B2This patent

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