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Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019

Filed:

Dec. 06, 2016
Applicant:

Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);

Inventors:

Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Berlin, DE;

Claudia Plikat, Berlin, DE;

Carola E. M. Zwick, Berlin, DE;

Roland R. O. Zwick, Berlin, DE;

Assignee:

HERMAN MILLER, INC., Zeeland, MI (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/44 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/44 (2013.01); A47C 1/03255 (2013.01); A47C 1/03288 (2013.01);
Abstract

A chair includes a base, a support element and a torsion element. The support element is coupled to the base and includes a seat region, a backrest region and a transition region connecting the seat region and the backrest region. The backrest region is reclinable relative to the seat region by way of elastic deformation of the support element. The torsion element is coupled to the base and to the backrest region. The torsion element controls the reclining of the backrest region relative to the seat region. The support element is exclusively connected to the torsion element above a lumbar region, wherein the backrest region can be inclined and/or twisted in relation to the seat region.


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