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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 14, 2014
Haworth, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Martin W. Potrykus, Bamberg, DE;
Peter T. LaDuke, Holland, MI (US);
Jason W. Hall, Holland, MI (US);
Timothy J. Scholma, Hillsborough, NJ (US);
Nicolai Czumaj-Bront, Berlin, DE;
Teresa A. Bellingar, Holland, MI (US);
Michael W. Welsh, Rockford, MI (US);
Larry A. Wilkerson, Comstock Park, MI (US);
Kyle R. Fleet, Byron Center, MI (US);
Haworth, Inc., Holland, MI (US);
Abstract
A back support for a chair includes a chair frame, a pair of upright support posts mounted to the chair frame, the upright support posts being laterally flexible with respect to the chair frame, a plurality of flexible support arms extending laterally outwardly from the upright support posts, the support arms each including a peripheral edge, the support arms including a first set of support arms extending in a first lateral direction from the upright posts and a second set of support arms extending in a second direction from the upright posts; and a material extending in tension between the peripheral edges of the first set of support arms and the peripheral edges of the second set of support arms such that at least a central portion of the material is spaced from the support arms. In addition, a seat support includes a repositionable front edge.