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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2023
Steelcase Inc., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Nickolaus William Charles Deevers, E Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Kurt R. Heidmann, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Pascal Rolf Hien, Radebeul, DE;
Jeffrey A. Hall, Grand Rapids, MI (US);
John Colasanti, Jenison, MI (US);
Michael Yancharas, Comstock Park, MI (US);
STEELCASE INC., Grand Rapids, MI (US);
Abstract
A backrest includes a primary frame having a pair of laterally spaced first uprights defining a first opening therebetween, a first front surface and a first rear surface. A secondary frame includes a pair of laterally spaced second uprights defining a second opening therebetween, a second rear surface facing the first front surface of the primary frame and a second front surface, wherein the secondary frame is coupled to the primary frame, and wherein at least portions of the first and second openings are aligned. A flexible shell overlies and is coupled to the second front surface of the secondary frame. The flexible shell includes a third rear surface visible through the aligned portions of the first and second openings.