Seat, in particular an office chair

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9826836
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15297515

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The invention relates to a seat (1), in particular an office chair, comprising a seat support (3) for a seating surface (6) and comprising a backrest support (4) of a backrest (5), which is held on the seat support (3) so as to be able to move in a tiltable manner to the side, wherein the backrest support (4) comprises two support arms (4a, 4b) which are configured to be flexible and/or articulated laterally and spaced apart from one another. Preferably, the seating surface (6) and/or the backrest (5) comprises a curved seat shell and/or backrest shell (6a, 5a) provided with a cover (6b, 5b) with a number of flexible curved ribs (15, 16) on the edge of the shell, wherein the cover is stretched by the seat shell and/or backrest shell (6a, 5a) such that when the cover (6b, 5b) is loaded, the bending of the curved ribs (15, 16) is altered.

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PNC BANK500 FIRST AVENUE PITTSBURGH PA 15219

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  • 2016 Application Filing Year
  • A47C Class
  • 1122 Applications Filed
  • 792 Patents Issued To-Date
  • 70.59 % Issued To-Date
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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Potrykus, Martin Bamberg, DE 22 444
Sander, Armin Furth, DE 29 634

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  • 9 Citation Count
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