Patent ID: 8322787
Filing Date: 2012-12-04
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamping joint device for a chair, the device comprising: a) a front leg and a rear leg coupled to a seat with one of the front or rear legs being outside of another of the front or rear legs with respect to the seat and with one of the front or rear legs overlapping another of the front or rear legs at an overlap; b) a joint coupling the legs to the seat including an inner clamp coupled to the seat and an outer clamp coupled to the inner clamp with the front leg and the rear leg clamped between the inner and outer clamps at the overlap; c) wherein the front and rear legs are disposed adjacent one another at the overlap without any intermediate structure between the front and rear legs at the overlap; and d) wherein the inner and outer clamps further comprise: a plurality of intermeshing posts, fingers or both, on both of the inner and outer clamps with the posts, fingers or both of the inner clamp intermeshing with the posts, fingers or both of the outer clamp.