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Flexible back support member with integrated recline stop notches

US8567864B2 · kind B2 · utility

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78References

27Claims

0Family size

Assignee

HNI CORPORATION · US

Inventors

Wolfgang Deisig · Berlin, DE
Nils Koehn · Berlin, DE
Corey Susie · West Des Moines, US
John Koch · Muscatine, US
Phillip Minino · Washington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 12, 2011
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 12, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA47C7/448
WIPO fieldFurniture, games
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A chair system according to embodiments of the present invention includes a base comprising a seat for a user and one or more support legs, a back, and a flexible back support element rigidly coupled to the back and to the base, the flexible back support element comprising a flex zone, the flex zone comprising one or more notches, wherein the back is reclinable from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein the one or more notches are configured to narrow as the back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position, and wherein the one or more notches are open in the upright position and closed in the reclined position.

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