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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
Otto N. Williams, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jon H. LeFors, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jess A. Sorel, Oakland, CA (US);
Steelcase Development Corporation, Caledonia, MI (US);
Abstract
An assembly includes a seating unit, and a pair of legs. The legs each engage and support a bottom of the seating unit, and include a protruding attachment member that slides mateably into a pocket in a rear of the seating unit. When the fasteners are installed, the protruding attachment member cannot be removed from the pocket. By this arrangement, the protruding attachment member and pocket form part of a retaining structure for retaining the leg to the seating unit. A back screen releasably fits between the leg and the back, and is retained by the protruding attachment member against the back. The screen can be shipped disassembled from the seating unit, and assembled on site to provide a privacy function while complimenting the chair's architectural appearance.