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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2014
Applicant:
Hni Technologies Inc., Muscatine, IA (US);
Inventors:
David Mehaffey, Muscatine, IA (US);
Jeremy Rolfs, Sylvan Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
HNI Technologies Inc., Muscatine, IA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/12 (2006.01); B29C 45/17 (2006.01); B29K 101/12 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 3/12 (2013.01); B29C 45/1704 (2013.01); B29K 2101/12 (2013.01); B29L 2031/771 (2013.01);
Abstract
A molded chair assembly includes a molded chair shell and a plurality of legs coupled to the molded chair shell. The molded chair shell further includes a plurality of individual and separate integrated hollow support members extending along the molded chair shell and providing the same with increased durability and stability, while maintaining flexibility. The integrated hollow support members may be formed in a gas assist injection molding process conducted in association with an injection molding process to form the molded chair shell.