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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2002
Steven C. Gevaert, Green Bay, WI (US);
Krueger International, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US);
Abstract
A back mounting arrangement for a chair in which a back member is pivotable relative to a seat member. The back mounting arrangement includes a flexible bar-type pivot member interposed between the seat member and the back member. The pivot member includes an upper section received within a passage associated with the back member, and a lower section received within a passage associated with the seat member. The pivot member is formed of a resilient material and is flexible so as to enable the back member to be pivoted rearwardly relative to the seat member, and to provide a forward bias to the back member for resisting rearward pressure applied to the back member. A limit member, in the form of a limit strap, is engaged with the pivot member for limiting rearward pivoting movement of the back member relative to the seat member. The limit strap includes an opening which receives a protrusion associated with the pivot member. The opening is slightly larger than the protrusion, and an edge of the opening engages the protrusion when the pivot member is flexed to a predetermined position, to limit rearward movement of the back member relative to the seat member.