Upholstered furniture element
US4385783A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 11, 1979 |
| Grant date | May 31, 1983 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 1999 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA47C7/541
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A furniture element for use as a seating unit or a component thereof (e.g. a chair back, seat, or arm), comprising an upholstered body foldable about at least one axis into overlapping portions with facing inner surfaces. Each portion of the body includes a panel; the body also includes a cushion disposed outwardly of the panels and extending between them, and a flexible web outwardly covering the cushion with margins extending around the edges of the panels and secured in overlying relation to the inner surfaces of the panels. The element additionally includes at least one trim member (such as a welt), secured to the inner surface of one of the panels around the edges thereof with ends curving toward each other at the locality of folding, and means for fastening the folded portions of the body together. Supporting structure may be mounted between the panels, or at an outer surface of the folded body, for interconnecting the furniture element with other elements of a chair or the like.
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