Seating structure with a contoured flexible backrest

US8449037B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Herman Miller, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Yves Behar · San Francisco, US
• Bret Recor · San Francisco, US
• Naoya Edahiro · San Francisco, US
• Qin Li · San Francisco, US
• Andrew J. Kurrasch · Saugatuck, US
• Christopher C. Hill · Zeeland, US
• John Matthai · Kalamazoo, US
• Brock Walker · Okemos, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 11, 2011
• Grant date: May 28, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A47C7/282
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A seating structure includes a backrest member having an upper edge, opposite side edges and a lower edge. The backrest member has a forwardly facing convex shape formed along a vertical centerline thereof between the upper and lower edges. The lower edge has a forwardly facing concave shape. The lower edge has outer portions positioned forwardly of an entirety of the upper edge.