141 |
Backrest assembly |
US12568668 |
2009-09-28 |
US08029066B2 |
2011-10-04 |
Tung-Hua Su |
A backrest assembly includes an annular front frame having a front surface on which inner and outer annular flanges are formed, defining a first annular groove therebetween. A plurality of pegs is formed in the annular groove. A net is mounted in front of the front frame in a tightened state and includes a plurality of peg holes. A periphery of the net covers the outer annular flange of the front frame and is received in the first annular groove. Each peg of the front frame extends through one of the peg holes. Inner and annular wall are formed on a front face of an annular rear frame and define a second annular groove therebetween. A plurality of stubs is formed in the second annular groove. Each stub includes a receptacle receiving one of the pegs. Fasteners are extended through engaging holes in the front and rear frames. |
142 |
BACKREST OF THE CHAIR AND ADAPTATION DEVICE FOR THE SAME |
US12740813 |
2008-10-28 |
US20100237679A1 |
2010-09-23 |
Hiroaki Tsukiji; Eisuke Hara |
A backrest of chair in which the lower part of a back frame can be concealed neatly by a stretching material. In the backrest device of a chair where a bag like stretching material (12) knitted or woven in the shape of mesh and opening downward is stretched across a back frame (11) formed by coupling the upper ends of right and left side frames (14a) directing the vertical direction by an upper frame (14b) directing the right and left direction, and coupling the lower ends of both the side frames (14a) by a lower frame (14c) which can be fixed to a backrest supporting rod (8) erected from the upper rear of the seat body of the chair, upper portion of the stretching material (12) is made air permeable, and at least a part at the lower portion of the stretching material (12) covering the lower frame (14c) is made non-translucent. |
143 |
Achieving Tension In a Seating Unit By Pre-Forming a Frame |
US12391073 |
2009-02-23 |
US20100213750A1 |
2010-08-26 |
Jeremy Bogard |
Various methods for installing an article of fabric to a frame to provide an improved seating product, which can be integrated in essentially any type of seating unit, are provided. These methods include a pre-forming operation that deforms the frame prior to securing the fabric article thereto, and a securing operation that leverages post-mold shrinkage properties of the frame to secure the fabric article thereto. The pre-forming operation generates tension in the fabric article, which spans the frame, by initially deforming the frame utilizing compression mechanisms of an assembly fixture and subsequently loading the fabric article to the frame in a loose condition. Upon releasing the compression mechanisms, the fabric article assumes a taut condition that expresses the tension. The securing operation involves inserting a segment of the fabric article into a groove in the frame and allowing the groove to naturally clamp the segment during post-mold shrinkage. |
144 |
Upholstery mounting system and mechanism |
US11686474 |
2007-03-15 |
US07775589B1 |
2010-08-17 |
Sava Cvek |
An upholstery mounting system for an article of furniture with a furniture member, such as a chair back, and an upholstery backing member for being removably coupled to the furniture member. A plurality of mounting clips are fixed to one of the upholstery backing member and the furniture member, and a corresponding a plurality of mounting brackets are fixed to the other of the furniture member and the upholstery backing member. The mounting clips can have raised central portions that define apertures, and the mourning clips have elongate engaging members for being matingly received through the apertures in the mounting brackets for coupling the furniture member and the upholstery backing member. One mounting clip can have a longer elongate engaging member to facilitate alignment during coupling. A protuberance on each elongate engaging member can enable a mechanical engagement between the mounting brackets and the mounting clips. |
145 |
Chair having integrally formed back frame and seat frame |
US11723592 |
2007-03-21 |
US07654616B2 |
2010-02-02 |
Yojiro Kinoshita; Kazutaka Ooki; Takeshi Fujiki |
The present claimed invention intends to provide a chair having a frame structure that is effective for securing a required strength without needless structure to reinforce the strength.The chair has a chair body A comprising a seat frame 12, a back frame 22 and a rib that reinforces between the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22, wherein the rib is formed to extend to a side direction so as to be used as an arm frame 71, and the seat frame 12, the back frame 22 and the arm frame 71 are continuously and integrally formed three-dimensionally, and openings 12a, 22a into which a mesh member 13, 23 to form a seating face is fitted are arranged at the seat frame 12 and the back frame 22 respectively. |
146 |
Load bearing fabric attachment and associated method |
US10927846 |
2004-08-27 |
US07647714B2 |
2010-01-19 |
Timothy P. Coffield; Ronnie K. Watson; Soren S. Ingomar Petersen; Matthew E. Chrostowski; Randall Clark Lewis |
An attachment structure for a load bearing fabric. The attachment structure includes interfitted inner and outer rings. The outer ring includes a fabric leg 74 carrying a load bearing fabric. The inner ring defines a channel receiving the fabric leg 74. The inner ring and outer ring are configured to stretch the fabric upon insertion of the fabric leg 74 into the channel. The present invention also provides a method for securing a load bearing fabric to a support structure, generally including the steps of (a) providing an outer ring having fabric leg 74, (b) attaching a section of load bearing fabric to the fabric leg 74, (c) providing an inner ring having a channel adapted to receive the leg of the outer ring and (d) installing the outer ring to the inner ring by inserting the leg into the channel, the insertion forcing the fabric down into the channel and stretching the fabric to the desired tension. |
147 |
Chair and Method for Assembling the Chair |
US12478110 |
2009-06-04 |
US20090302663A1 |
2009-12-10 |
Gregory Allison; Khalid Masoud; Adam Deskevich; Jason Ferguson |
A method of assembling a chair includes providing a first chair component composed of a first polymeric material and a second chair component composed of a second polymeric material. An adhesive is positioned on or in the first chair component. The adhesive is composed of a third polymeric material and at least one ferromagnetic susceptor. The second chair component is positioned in engagement with the adhesive and adjacent to the first chair component. A magnetic field or electromagnetic waves are applied to the adhesive to activate the adhesive. A force is also applied to at least one of the first chair component and the second chair component to press the first chair component and the second chair component. A chair is also provided that includes the first and second chair components and the adhesive. |
148 |
Post-assembly tension adjustment in elastomeric material applications |
US11671436 |
2007-02-05 |
US07517024B2 |
2009-04-14 |
Sava Cvek |
An arrangement for enabling post-assembly tension adjustment in an elastomeric material application. The arrangement can have a frame structure and a panel of elastomeric material, such as elastomeric mesh, retained to span from a first side to a second side of the frame structure in tension. A tension adjustment assembly enables a post-assembly, selective deflection of the panel of elastomeric material and thus the tension in the panel of elastomeric material. The tension adjustment assembly can, for example, employ a selectively inflatable bladder, an extension and retraction arrangement with a biasing portion, a pivoting member, a laterally slidable member, a roller with a non-concentric pivot axis a deflection member with a tip portion disposed to an outer surface side of the panel of elastomeric material, or a deflection member slidable on an inclined surface in relation to the panel of elastomeric material. |
149 |
INFLATABLE MATTRESS |
US12323699 |
2008-11-26 |
US20090077753A1 |
2009-03-26 |
Cheng-Chung Wang |
An inflatable mattress has a body and a coverlet. The body is hollow, is inflatable and has a top, a sidewall and at least one first engaging member attached to the sidewall of the body. The coverlet is mounted detachably on and covers the body and has at least one second engaging member attached to the coverlet and corresponding respectively to and detachably engaged respectively with the at least one first engaging member on the body. The coverlet is mounted tightly on the body and would not be shifted by persons' movement on the inflatable mattress. |
150 |
LOW-PROFILE UPHOLSTERY CLIP FOR ATTACHING A BEAD TO A FOAM SUBSTRATE |
US11851822 |
2007-09-07 |
US20090064471A1 |
2009-03-12 |
Andrew W. Santin; Pasquale Rossi; David F. Jones; Timothy E. T. Scott |
This invention provides a low-profile clip adapted to secure a listing bead to a foam substrate. Such a low-profile clip employs a novel geometry and is constructed from a material that affords resilience, durability, high resistance to a wide range of temperatures during field use and seat assembly and ease of bead installation with high pull-out strength. In an illustrative embodiment, the clip includes a base and a pair of legs extending upwardly from the base and defining therebetween a central region constructed and arrangement to capture the listing bead. Each of the legs extends upwardly from the base to a top barb that defines a gap narrower than central region. In this embodiment, the legs each extend upwardly from the base at a first angle of approximately 80 to 85 degrees and therefrom to each of the respective barbs at a second angle, with respect to a plane parallel to the base of approximately 88 to 90 degrees. Each of the legs has an approximate thickness taken along a direction of the parallel line of between approximately 1.0 and 2.0 millimeters. In this manner the clip exhibits high performance while defining an overall height from tops of the legs to a bottom of the base of approximately ten millimeters or less making the clip particularly desirable for use in modern, thinner foam substrates. The clip can be part of a festooned arrangement and can be constructed from a blended polycarbonate. |
151 |
Leather furniture |
US11881332 |
2007-07-25 |
US20090030456A1 |
2009-01-29 |
Ming-Yang Kuo |
A leather furniture includes: a frame; a leather sheet wrapped around the frame; and a connecting unit including a first connecting element and a second connecting element. The first connecting element has a first secured part secured to the frame, and a first engaging part extending from the first secured part. The second connecting element has a second secured part secured to the leather sheet, and a second engaging part extending from the second secured part. The first engaging part releasably engages the second engaging part in a snap engaging manner. |
152 |
System and method for mounting wicker |
US11445350 |
2006-06-01 |
US07481495B2 |
2009-01-27 |
Oliver Wang |
A method and system for mounting wicker fibers onto furniture frame members; the system involves a flexible securing rod and at least one frame member with a channel configured to retain the securing rod. The frame member provides at least one channel access point along the channel that enables the securing rod to be inserted fully into the channel and further to enable a portion of the securing rod to be manipulated to expose a portion of the securing rod so that a wicker fiber can be looped around the securing rod. The exposed portion of the flexible securing rod may then be re-inserted into the channel. Thus, in application a frame member may be incorporated into a furniture frame in a complementary configuration permitting the wicker fibers to be woven. The wicker may be looped about securing rods located in complementary frame members so as to create a sling mounted wicker panel. |
153 |
Single frame sling chair |
US11193779 |
2005-07-29 |
US07458641B2 |
2008-12-02 |
Oliver Wang |
A sling chair includes a back frame member having side rails held in substantially parallel relation by a pair of cross bar members. In one embodiment, the cross bar members are generally curved so as to extend away from the back faces of the side rails, forming a concave back structure which can receive a sling member and, eventually, a seated occupant. The cross bar members are adapted to retain the sling member in secure fashion through upper and lower backrest assemblies, resulting in better support and more efficient assembly. This also facilitates separate provisioning of decorative features to improve the chair's aesthetic qualities. |
154 |
BODY-SUPPORTING DEVICE |
US11618322 |
2006-12-29 |
US20080157580A1 |
2008-07-03 |
Peter Lin |
A body-supporting device includes a tray, a net and a frame. The tray includes a margin and a groove in the margin. The groove gets narrower downwardly. The net includes a margin. The frame includes a first rib for inserting the margin of the net into the groove of the tray and a second rib for pressing the margin of the net against the margin of the tray. The first rib gets narrower downwardly. Fasteners are driven into the first rib of the frame through the margin of the tray. The sandwiching of the margin of the net between the first rib of the frame and the margin of the tray gets firmer as the fasteners get tighter in the first rib of the frame. |
155 |
Chair |
US11723590 |
2007-03-21 |
US20070267911A1 |
2007-11-22 |
Yojiro Kinoshita; Kazutaka Ooki; Takeshi Fujiki |
The present claimed invention intends to newly provide a convenient chair that is structurally easy to arrange an operating lever and that is easy for a seated person to see a position of the operating lever.The chair is so arranged that multiple seat support frames 41 extend from a center portion of a leg support post 3 toward a direction to be directed away gradually, undersurfaces of edge portions of a seat 1 are supported by distal end portions of the seat support frames 41, a portion locating both below the seat 1 and between the seat support frames 41, 41 lying next to each other is left open so that the portion can be used as a function adjusting space A1 through A3 where an operating part is arranged. |
156 |
Post-Assembly Tension Adjustment in Elastomeric Material Applications |
US11671436 |
2007-02-05 |
US20070267905A1 |
2007-11-22 |
Sava Cvek |
An arrangement for enabling post-assembly tension adjustment in an elastomeric material application. The arrangement can have a frame structure and a panel of elastomeric material, such as elastomeric mesh, retained to span from a first side to a second side of the frame structure in tension. A tension adjustment assembly enables a post-assembly, selective deflection of the panel of elastomeric material and thus the tension in the panel of elastomeric material. The tension adjustment assembly can, for example, employ a selectively inflatable bladder, an extension and retraction arrangement with a biasing portion, a pivoting member, a laterally slidable member, a roller with a non-concentric pivot axis a deflection member with a tip portion disposed to an outer surface side of the panel of elastomeric material, or a deflection member slidable on an inclined surface in relation to the panel of elastomeric material. |
157 |
Load bearing assembly with elastomeric edge |
US11641260 |
2006-12-19 |
US20070221814A1 |
2007-09-27 |
Timothy P. Coffield; Mark A. Carrier |
A load bearing assembly includes a molded plastic retainer that supports a load bearing surface over an opening defined by a frame. The molded plastic retainer includes a first portion attached to the frame, a second portion attached to the load bearing surface, and at least one elastic connector integrally molded with the retainer. The elastic connector is oriented such that it includes a crystalline structure having a greater degree of alignment in one direction than in other directions. |
158 |
Seat cushion using vertically lapped fiber |
US11583183 |
2006-10-18 |
US20070200417A1 |
2007-08-30 |
Julie York; Gary Wolters; Kenneth Assink |
A seat cushion is disclosed that can be easily attached to, and removed from, a chair or seat utilizing a mesh seat bottom. The removable seat cushion includes a collection of downwardly extending engagement members that engage the mesh upon insertion through voids in the mesh. In certain applications, the seat cushion is formed from a vertically lapped fibrous batt. |
159 |
Seat assembly for chair |
US11125483 |
2005-05-10 |
US07066550B1 |
2006-06-27 |
Tung-Hua Su |
A seat for a chair includes a loop-like main frame having an upper flange wall and a lower flange wall. The main frame further includes an inner engaging edge extending radially inward and an outer flange extending radially outward. An upper perimeter face of the outer flange and an outer perimeter of the upper flange wall together define an upper coupling section to which a coupling frame is securely mounted. A rigid bottom board is securely mounted to the inner engaging edge. A mesh is mounted on top of the upper flange wall and fixed to the main frame. The mesh includes a perimeter covering the upper coupling section, with a space being delimited between the mesh and the bottom board. The seat has a reliable structure and provides cool, comfort sitting by provision of the space between the mesh and the bottom board. |
160 |
Interior weld and improved sling |
US10799355 |
2004-03-12 |
US07008021B2 |
2006-03-07 |
Richard Schultz; Peter Schultz |
An interior weld for furniture having a tubular member is disclosed. The weld has a first tubular member and a second tubular member. The first tubular member is adapted to receive the tubular second member. An edge of the tubular second member contacts an inner surface of the first tubular member. A weld is formed on the inner surface of the first tubular member at the contact point where the second tubular member contacts the first tubular member. There is a weld at that contact point which immovably attaches the second member to the first member. |