Chairs and seats – Bottom or back with means to alter contour – Providing support for lower back region
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-03
2006-01-03
Barfield, Anthony D. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back with means to alter contour
Providing support for lower back region
C297S284400
Reexamination Certificate
active
06981743
ABSTRACT:
A chair or other seating unit comprises a seat, a backrest, and an adjustable lumbar support, the adjustable lumbar support comprising a lumbar pad and a position adjustment means. The position adjustment means comprises a vertical adjustment means for mounting the lumbar support pad to the back rest, a substantially stationary support means that receives the vertical adjustment means, and a tension adjustment means, that releases the tension between the vertical adjustment means and the substantially stationary support means to allow the lumbar support to be positioned, and that increases the tension to hold the lumbar support means in a preferred selected position. The stationary support means is fixedly secured to the backrest.
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Edwards Tom
Pearsons Errol
Barfield Anthony D.
HNI Technologies Inc.
Jones Day
Sandler Ronald A.
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