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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2022
Millerknoll, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Joel Graham Van Faasen, Holland, MI (US);
James D. Slagh, Holland, MI (US);
Lauren Mary LaLonde, Saugatuck, MI (US);
Jonathan Curtis Campbell, Holland, MI (US);
John F. Aldrich, Grandville, MI (US);
Timothy Allen Hoogland, Zeeland, MI (US);
Robert W. Roth, Holland, MI (US);
Brock M. Walker, Okemos, MI (US);
MillerKnoll, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Abstract
A seating structure includes a base, a seat supported by the base, and a backrest having a frame and a suspension material supported by the frame. The frame includes an upper end and a lower end opposite the upper end. The seating structure also includes an upper thoracic support assembly supported by the frame adjacent the upper end. The upper thoracic support assembly including a thoracic support pad positioned between the frame and the suspension material. The thoracic support pad configured to engage the suspension material to support an upper thoracic region of a user.