Office chair

US6059368A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Herman Miller, Inc. · US

Inventors

• William E. Stumpf · Minneapolis, US
• Rodney C. Schoenfelder · Shakopee, US
• Donald Chadwick · Los Angeles, US
• Carolyn Keller · Holland, US
• Timothy P. Coffield · Grand Rapids, US
• Randy J. Sayers · Belding, US
• Jeffrey W. Bruner · Greensboro, US
• Eric Cammenga · Holland, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 7, 1995
• Grant date: May 9, 2000
• Expiry date: Jun 7, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T442/3024
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A support assembly for supporting the body of a user in a chair including a frame member having a channel. A prestretched membrane comprising an elastic material is attached to a carrier member, which is inserted in the channel. A method is also provided for manufacturing a chair including a frame member, a membrane and a carrier member.