Chair assembly with upholstery covering
AssigneeSteelcase Inc.
InventorsMark Vander Veen, Gordon J. Peterson
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Abstract
A chair component assembly includes a back support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user, a lumbar support assembly adapted to support the lumbar area of a seated user, wherein the lumbar support is vertically adjustable, and a cover having an aesthetic outer surface and including a first pocket that receives the back support component therein, and a second pocket that receives the lumbar support assembly such that the lumbar support is vertically adjustable with the second pocket.
Claims19
A chair component assembly, comprising:
- a back support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user;
- a lumbar support assembly adapted to support the lumbar area of a seated user, wherein the lumbar support assembly is vertically adjustable;
- a cover having an aesthetic outer surface and including a first pocket that receives the back support component therein, and a second pocket that receives the lumbar support assembly such that the lumbar support is vertically adjustable with the second pocket;
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- a drawstring operably coupled with the cover, wherein the drawstring secured the cover about at least a portion of the back support component;
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- wherein the back support component includes a substantially rigid back shell having an integral attachment member, and wherein a free end of the drawstring is secured about the attachment member.
A chair component assembly, comprising:
- a back support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user;
- a lumbar support assembly adapted to support the lumbar area of a seated user, wherein the lumbar support assembly is vertically adjustable;
- a cover having an aesthetic outer surface and including a first pocket that receives the back support component therein, and a second pocket that receives the lumbar support assembly such that the lumbar support is vertically adjustable with the second pocket;
- and wherein the second pocket is positioned behind the first pocket.
A chair component assembly, comprising:
- a back support component adapted to support a portion of a seated user;
- a lumbar support assembly adapted to support the lumbar area of a seated user, wherein the lumbar support assembly is vertically adjustable;
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- a cover having an aesthetic outer surface and including a first pocket that receives the back support component therein, and a second pocket that receives the lumbar support assembly such that the lumbar support is vertically adjustable with the second pocket, and wherein a majority of the second pocket horizontally overlaps with the first pocket in a front-to-back direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.