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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 07, 2019
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
James Nolan Ludwig, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Bruce M. Smith, East Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Carl V. Forslund, III, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Christopher J. Norman, Middleville, MI (US);
Gordon J. Peterson, Rockford, MI (US);
Fredric Biddle, Kalamazoo, MI (US);
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, Holland, MI (US);
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A seating support arrangement includes a seating frame, a cover member supported by the seating frame, the cover member having a first elastic modulus in a first direction, the cover member having an outer surface area and a support area that is less than the outer surface area and is configured to support a user, and a polymer film surface layer attached to the support area of the cover member such that the combination of the cover member in the support area and the surface layer has a second elastic modulus in the first direction that is greater than the first elastic modulus.