Patent · US Expired

Seat mounting mechanism

US6279998A · kind A · utility

54Cited by

14References

17Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Teknion Furniture Systems Limited · CA

Inventors

Zooey C. Chu · Grand Rapids, US
Harald Wurl · Kleinsendelbach, DE
Hermann Bock · Pyrbaum, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 19, 1998
Grant date	Aug 28, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47C1/023
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A chair comprises a seat; a support for the seat; and, a plurality of biasing members mounted between the support and the seat, the biasing members, in combination, have a compressive strength sufficiently high to essentially resist static movement of a person while seated in the chair and sufficiently low to cushion dynamic loads applied to the seat when a person sits down quickly in the chair. Alternately the chair comprises a plurality of connecting members extending between the seat and the support, each connecting member having at least one first detent member to lockingly connecting the seat to the support.

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