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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2022
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2020
Applicant:
Millerknoll, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Berlin, DE;
Claudia Plikat, Berlin, DE;
Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Berlin, DE;
Roland Rolf Otto Zwick, Berlin, DE;
Andrew Keith Hector, Grandville, MI (US);
John Fredric Aldrich, Grandville, MI (US);
Assignee:
MILLERKNOLL, INC., Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 7/44 (2006.01); A47C 7/14 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (2006.01); A47C 5/12 (2006.01); A47C 7/54 (2006.01); A47C 11/00 (2006.01); A47C 7/02 (2006.01); A47C 7/46 (2006.01); A47C 3/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/03255 (2013.01); A47C 1/03277 (2013.01); A47C 1/03288 (2013.01); A47C 1/03294 (2013.01); A47C 3/12 (2013.01); A47C 5/12 (2013.01); A47C 7/02 (2013.01); A47C 7/025 (2013.01); A47C 7/14 (2013.01); A47C 7/44 (2013.01); A47C 7/443 (2013.01); A47C 7/445 (2013.01); A47C 7/462 (2013.01); A47C 7/54 (2013.01); A47C 7/543 (2013.01); A47C 11/005 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49867 (2015.01); Y10T 29/49908 (2015.01);
Abstract
A body support structure includes a frame and a membrane attached to the frame. The membrane includes elastomeric filaments. The membrane includes different regions with different stiffness. The membrane may form a part of a seat or a backrest.