Patent · US Expired

One-piece shell for a chair

US5076646A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 1, 1990
Grant dateDec 31, 1991
Priority date
Expiry dateMay 1, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C3/12
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A one-piece molded seating shell for use in the construction of a chair. The shell is molded from composite polymeric materials, and comprises a seating portion and a back support portion interconnected therewith by a single, central, narrow intermediate integrally formed joint. At least the joint is provided with reinforcing fibers extending therein and permits the back support portion to flex rearwardly of its normal plane and in torsion.

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