IP Library Granted Patent US 10,070,728
Granted Patent B2
US 10,070,728 · App. 15/175,253 · Granted Sep 11, 2018

Flexible chair

Inventor: Alessandro Piretti (Bologna, IT)
Assignee: PRO-CORD S.P.A.
A47C7/44A47C3/026A47C3/12A47C7/14A47C7/16
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Patent No.
US 10,070,728
App. No.
15/175,253
Granted
Sep 11, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A chair comprising: a support structure including a rigid front fixing element, and an essentially L-shaped seating element, including a seat portion and a backrest portion connected to each other via an arcuate connecting portion, wherein the seat portion comprises a front fixing section fixed to said rigid front fixing element, a main seat section having a concave cross-section and a planar bending section located between said front fixing section and said main seat section and having a flat cross-section.

Claims (11)

1. A chair comprising:

a support structure including a rigid front fixing element, said rigid front fixing element comprises a hub, at least one arm that extends in a cantilevered manner from the hub, and a fixing plate located at an outer end of said at least one arm; and

an essentially L-shaped seating element, including a seat portion and a backrest portion connected to each other via an arcuate connecting portion having an upper portion integral with a lower portion of the backrest portion and a lower portion integral and directly connected with a rear portion of the seat portion, wherein the seat portion comprises a front fixing section rigidly fixed to said rigid fixing element, a main seat section having a concave cross-section and a planar bending section located between said front fixing section and said main seat section and having a flat cross-section;

and wherein:

said front fixing section, main seat section, and planar bending section are aligned with each other along a common plane; and

said fixing plate is fixed to a frontmost edge of the front fixing section.

2. A chair according to claim 1 , wherein said arcuate connecting portion has a flat cross-section.

3. A chair according to claim 1 , wherein said backrest portion has a concave cross-section.

4. A chair according to claim 1 , wherein said at least one arm projects upwardly from said hub.

5. A chair according to claim 4 , wherein said planar bending section of the seat portion is vertically spaced apart from said rigid front fixing element.

6. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one arm comprises two arms that extend in a generally V-shaped configuration.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2016
From: PIRETTI, ALESSANDRO
To: PRO-CORD S.P.A.
Reel/Frame 038828/0417 →
Priority Claims (1)
IT 102015000022850 · Jun 11, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160360891A1 · Dec 15, 2016
Cited By (1)
US 12,622,523