Patent ID: 11963621
Assignee: STEELCASE INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 9:
10. A seating arrangement, comprising:
a first shell member having a substantially horizontally-extending first portion and a second portion extending substantially upwardly from the first portion, the first portion including a forward portion, a rearward portion and a central portion located between the forward portion and the rearward portion, the second portion movable between an upright position and reclined position;
a second shell member having a substantially horizontally-extending first portion at least partially spaced from the first portion of the first shell member, and a second portion extending substantially upwardly from the first portion of the second shell member, the first portion of the second shell member including a forward portion and a rearward portion, the second portion of the second shell member movable between the upright position and the reclined position;
a first link member extending between and operably coupled to the first portion of the of the first shell member and the first portion of the second shell member; and
a second link member extending between the first portion of the first shell member and the first portion of the second shell member, the second link member being located rearwardly of the first link member;
wherein the first portion of the first shell member, the first portion of the second shell member, the first link member and the second link member cooperate to form a linkage assembly; and
wherein the central portion of the first portion of the first shell member flexes a greater amount than the rearward portion of the first portion of the first shell member, the rearward portion of the second shell member flexes a greater amount than the forward portion of the second shell member, the first link member flexes along a majority of a length of the first link member and the second link member remains substantially rigid along a majority of a length of the second link member as the second portion of the first shell member and the second portion of the second shell member are moved from the upright position to the reclined position.