Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Seating structure having a knitted suspension material
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Application No.: US18463140Application Date: 2023-09-07
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Publication No.: US12070132B2Publication Date: 2024-08-27
- Inventor: Ethan McGraw
- Applicant: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Zeeland
- Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
- Current Assignee: MILLERKNOLL, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Zeeland
- Agency: Michael Best & Freidrich LLP
- Main IPC: A47C5/02
- IPC: A47C5/02 ; A47C7/28 ; D04B1/10 ; D04B1/12 ; D04B1/22

Abstract:
An article of furniture includes a frame defining an opening, and a suspension material spanning over the opening and having a weft knit construction. The suspension material is configured to support a user, and the suspension material includes at least one multifilament forming a jersey knit structure which has a plurality of courses extending in a course direction and a plurality of wales extending in a wale direction, and at least one monofilament corresponding to and being inlaid in a respective one of the courses. The suspension material has, in the course direction, a ratio of machine gauge, in needles per mm, to course stiffness, in N per mm, between 0.02 and 0.2 and has, in the wale direction, a ratio of machine gauge, in needles per mm, to wale stiffness, in N per mm, between 0.07 and 1.4.
Public/Granted literature
- US20240081537A1 SEATING STRUCTURE HAVING A KNITTED SUSPENSION MATERIAL Public/Granted day:2024-03-14
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