GB1398889A - Sitting furniture - Google Patents

Abstract

1398889 Seats; upholstery: securing seats EXPO NORD AB 4 Oct 1972 [5 Oct 1971 14 Dec 1971 26 April 1972 5 June 1972] 45808/72 Headings A4H A4J A4M and A4U A chair with upholstery has two lateral bent frame bars 1 joined by cross bars 18 which keep stretched a body-supporting support means fastened to the frame bars, each lateral frame bar forming a closed loop in side view, said loop having a seat section 51 and rear and front backrest sections 52, 53 the marginal portions of the upholstery on the backrest extending and being gripped between the backrest sections. In the form shown e.g. the loop has an armrest section 54, and the ends of the loop form legs 56, 58 and the seat section 51 is joined to a rearwardly extending section 57 by rigid pin 59 or an elastic body. The boyd supporting support means comprises a cloth 60 joined at its margins to seat section 51 and rear backrest section 52. The cloth margin comprises a bead 17 inserted in a channel 12 in the frame bar 1, and the cloth is stretched by rotating nuts 20 and the cross bars 18. Alternatively, a tubular cloth (22) Fig. 5 (not shown), may be passed on to tubular frame bars (21). The cloth may have an upholstery 16 with a covering fabric fixed thereto, or loose cushions 61 may be placed on the cloth. In a modification, the loop ends extend downwards together and are mounted on a rocker (45) Fig. 9 (not shown), or a beam (46) Fig. 10 (not shown), which may be common to several juxtaposed chairs.