The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 02, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2012
Phillip David Minino, Muscatine, IA (US);
John R. Koch, Muscatine, IA (US);
Marcus Curtis Koepke, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Corey John Susie, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Martin Calvin Koepke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Phillip David Minino, Muscatine, IA (US);
John R. Koch, Muscatine, IA (US);
Marcus Curtis Koepke, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Corey John Susie, West Des Moines, IA (US);
Martin Calvin Koepke, Cincinnati, OH (US);
HNI Technologies Inc., Muscatine, IA (US);
Abstract
A reclining chair has a base coupled to a chair back. The chair back is adapted to recline from an upright position to a reclined position. To accommodate that reclining motion, the chair back includes a flex zone formed with notches extending through an inner portion of the flex zone. Those notches narrow as the chair back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position. The flex zone also includes an outer portion that is separated from the inner portion by a gap, the outer portion having one or more notches extending through the outer portion. Those notches also narrow as the chair back reclines from the upright position to the reclined position.