Chairs and seats – Plural related seats – Coupled side-by-side
Reexamination Certificate
2009-01-14
2010-10-05
Brown, Peter R. (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Plural related seats
Coupled side-by-side
Reexamination Certificate
active
07806474
ABSTRACT:
A connecting arrangement for articles of furniture, such as seating furniture and/or tables of the type used in an office environment. A pair of articles of furniture are positioned adjacent to one another, each including a downwardly-opening channel along a lower portion of its side. An elongate connector spans the distance between the channels and has opposite side portions in respective engagement with the channels to connect the furniture articles together in a manner wherein the connector may be visually hidden in use. If one, or both, of the connected articles of furniture includes upholstered sides, the upholstery is compressed upon abutting engagement of the articles of furniture to generate a separation force which is resisted by the connector and aids in maintaining the connector in secure engagement with the channels of the adjacent articles of furniture. The connector may have substantially the same length as a distance between front and rear legs of the articles of furniture, such that the connector is engageable with the front and/or rear legs to restrain movement of the articles of furniture in a front-to-back direction with respect to one another.
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Butcher Joshua R.
Peter Joshua A.
Wahl Mark A.
Baker & Daniels LLP
Brown Peter R.
Kimball International Inc.
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