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US 1,149,416 · App. 29/912,892 · Granted Sep 29, 2026

Chair

Inventors: Leslie Hsu Besner (Short Hills, NJ); Qin Li (San Francisco, CA); Yves Behar (Oakland, CA); Brandon Heiman (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Sunflow, Inc.
A47C7/407A47C1/024A47C1/143A47C4/28F16B21/12A47C7/624A47C7/66
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 1,149,416
App. No.
29/912,892
Granted
Sep 29, 2026
Kind
S1
Claims (1)

The ornamental design for chair, as shown and described.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 18187750 · Mar 22, 2023
Continuation 17555294 · Dec 17, 2021
Continuation 16836228 · Mar 31, 2020
Continuation 16714509 · Dec 13, 2019
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