Patent ID: 6499801
Filing Date: 2002-12-31
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A chair comprising:a seating unit including a seat structure and a back structure, at least one of the structures including a flexible plastic shell with a face adapted to support a person seated thereagainst, the face having an arrangement of recesses and an arrangement of first connectors positioned in the recesses and recessed into the face so that the face presents a relatively smooth surface; and a removable bendable cushion assembly including a cushion, and further including a top covering and a flexible stabilizing bottom covering having less than a 5% elongation when stretched and that is attached to the top covering around the cushion, and still further including an arrangement of second connectors attached to the bottom covering proximate corners of the cushion and that are releasably attached to the first connectors for securing the cushion assembly to the one structure; the first and second connectors being configured to release and disengage when the removable cushion assembly is pulled from the one structure, the bendable cushion assembly not including a rigid plate member such that an accurate location of the second connectors depends on the stabilizing bottom covering.