Chairs and seats – Bottom or back – Cushioned
Reexamination Certificate
2008-04-04
2010-11-30
McPartlin, Sarah B (Department: 3636)
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back
Cushioned
C297S452410, C297S452520, C297S284400
Reexamination Certificate
active
07841667
ABSTRACT:
A seating product, such as a chair, has a frame. The frame defines the seating area and back area of the seating product. A series flexible straps extend across the seating area and back area. In a similar fashion, a series of spring supports extend over the flexible straps and the seating and back areas. The straps and the spring supports hold an inflatable bladder in the lumbar region of the back area. The straps and the spring supports in the seating area hold another inflatable bladder in the seating area. The bladders are coupled to a pump controllable to inflate and deflate the bladders. When deflated, the seating product has a suspension and feel like that of traditional seating products. The bladders can be selectively and individually inflated to provide a customized support in the seating product. The flexible straps provide a suspension surface for the air bladders.
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PCT Search Report; PCT No.: PCT/US2009/039428; Dated May 29, 2009, 10 pages.
L&P Property Management Company
McPartlin Sarah B
Shook Hardy & Bacon
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