Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Attachment structure for suspension seating
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Application No.: US15739577Application Date: 2016-06-29
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Publication No.: US10743677B2Publication Date: 2020-08-18
- Inventor: Johann Burkhard Schmitz , Carola Eva Marianne Zwick , Roland Rolf Otto Zwick , James Slagh , Brent Tracy , Michael D. Stanton, Sr.
- Applicant: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Zeeland
- Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Current Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Zeeland
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2016/040126 WO 20160629
- International Announcement: WO2017/004224 WO 20170105
- Main IPC: A47C31/02
- IPC: A47C31/02 ; A47C7/28 ; A47C3/30 ; A47C7/36 ; A47C7/40 ; A47C7/54

Abstract:
A seating structure includes a frame, a carrier, and a suspension material. The frame includes first and second side frame members spaced apart in a first direction and defining an opening therebetween. The first and second side frame members have an inner portion facing the opening and an outer portion facing away from the opening, the outer portion including a plurality of first attachment features facing away from the first and second side frame members in the first direction. The carrier includes first and second side carrier members. The first and second side carrier members include a plurality of second attachment features facing the first and second side frame members in the first direction, the plurality of second attachment features engaging the plurality of first attachment features to attach the carrier to the frame. The suspension material is attached to the carrier and extends over the opening in the frame.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180310721A1 ATTACHMENT STRUCTURE FOR SUSPENSION SEATING Public/Granted day:2018-11-01
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