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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019
Filed:
May. 25, 2017
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Gordon J. Peterson, Rockford, MI (US);
Robert J. Battey, Middleville, MI (US);
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Holland, MI (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, unknown;
Abstract
A seating arrangement includes a back frame that includes a top portion, a bottom portion, and a pair of side portions that cooperate to define an opening, wherein at least one of the top portion, the bottom portion and the side portions include a longitudinally extending channel, a back shell having a forwardly facing support surface located within the opening and configured to support a seated user, and an attachment portion that extends about at least a portion of a periphery the support surface, and a cover member extending over the support surface, wherein the cover member is directly attached to the attachment portion of the back shell at an attachment location, and wherein the attachment location and the attachment portion of the back shell are located within the channel and concealed from view.