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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2011
Applicants:
Elindo G. Castro, Jr., Wyoming, MI (US);
Christopher C. Hill, Zeeland, MI (US);
Inventors:
Elindo G. Castro, Jr., Wyoming, MI (US);
Christopher C. Hill, Zeeland, MI (US);
Assignee:
Herman Miller, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/00 (2006.01); A47C 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A seating structure includes a leaf spring and a body support structure biased by the leaf spring. One of the leaf spring and the body support structure has a cam with a concave cam surface, while the other of the leaf spring and body support structure has a cam follower with a convex cam surface. The cam follower engages the cam.