Chairs and seats – Armrest
Reexamination Certificate
2001-01-17
2003-06-03
Cuomo, Peter M. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Armrest
C297S411460, C297S411450, C297S463200, C297S227000, C040S320000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06572194
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
This invention relates to arms attached to home and office chairs. More particularly, the invention relates to chair arms having removable panels that can be readily changed to coordinate the chairs with different decorative schemes.
2. Background Art
Chair arms are typically fabricated from metal, plastic or a similar rigid material. They may incorporate decorative trim, panels or coverings. Typically a user purchases chairs to match the decor of the room or office of intended use. Chairs have a relative long useful life and are impervious to decor changes within the office or home. While the decor of an office or home may be changed from, for example, traditional to modern or ultra modern, or the wall paneling in an office may be changed from one type of wood to another or from dark to light, the decorative trim and coloring of the chairs remains unchanged and, consequently, may clash with the new room decor.
There is a need for the trim and color of office chairs to be coordinated with other elements of the decor of the office, such as wall paneling, furniture, counter tops, window blinds drapes and rugs. Rather than discarding the old chairs or purchasing new chairs when office or home decors are changed, it would be desirable for the chairs to incorporate the same or coordinating decorative features as the new decor of the room in which the chair will placed or relocated. Also desirable is a trim and/or panel that is relatively easy and inexpensive to replace in a chair to which it is attached. Accordingly, what is needed is an efficient means to eliminate the clashes between existing chairs and new room or office decors by providing a decorative panel for the arm of a chair that can be quickly and inexpensively changed to match the new decor.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
In general terms, an adaptable decorative chair arm is disclosed which allows the appearance of the arm, and thus the chair to which it is attached, to be changed to match the decor of the area or room in which the chair is to be used. The arm includes a vertically upright frame that has a channel running along the interior sides and bottom thereof. An armrest is axially aligned with and removably attached to a horizontal cap located at the top of the frame. A rectangular slot is formed through the cap to communicate with the channel of the frame.
A decorative panel, having a color, material or texture chosen to match the decor of choice, is pushed downwardly through the slot in the cap at the top of the frame so as to be slidably received by the channel in the frame. The armrest is then connected to the cap to hold the decorative panel in place within the arm. The armrest may later be removed and the original decorative panel pulled outwardly from the frame in order to be replaced by a different decorative panel to permit the decor of the chair to be changed on an as-needed basis. The decor of the panel is visible to onlookers at a window that is surrounded by the chair frame.
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patent: 1094154 (1914-04-01), Furge
patent: 1394881 (1921-10-01), Bardera
patent: 1489113 (1924-04-01), Brookbank
patent: 4186964 (1980-02-01), Marrujo et al.
patent: 6033013 (2000-03-01), Lee
Cuomo Peter M.
Fischer Morland C.
Harris Stephanie
True Seating Concepts, LLC.
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