Patent ID: 9693625
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A47B,A47C

Claim:
1. A chair, comprising: a seat comprising a horizontal support portion and a seat back portion extending upwardly away from the horizontal support portion; a seat base disposed beneath the horizontal support portion of the seat, said seat base having an opening and plurality of legs extending therefrom; a swivel connector defining a longitudinal axis extending between an upper connector portion and a lower connector portion, the upper connector portion attached to the horizontal support portion of the seat and the lower connector portion being tapered in shape and received within and extending through the opening of the seat base with the lower connector portion directly engaging the opening of the base via a taper-fit connection, the upper connector portion pivotable with respect to the lower connector portion such that the seat is pivotable with respect to the seat base; and a work surface assembly comprising: a bushing having an outer bushing surface and an inner bushing surface, the outer bushing surface directly abutting an inner surface of the bore of the pivot mounting portion, the inner bushing surface directly abutting an outer surface of the swivel connector, whereby the bushing comprises a single bushing disposed directly between the swivel connector and the pivot mounting portion with lower ends of both the pivot mounting portion and the bushing each disposed within the opening of the seat base.