Patent ID: 8246113
Filing Date: 2012-08-21
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. An office chair assembly, comprising: a support element having an accommodating groove formed therein; an areal covering element to be secured to said support element and tensioned at said support element; said covering element carrying at least one welt strip on a marginal edge thereof, said welt strip being configured for placement, in a fitted state of said areal covering element, in said accommodating groove in said support element; said accommodating groove having two mutually opposite contact faces and a projection formed on one of said contact faces, projecting into said accommodating groove, and extending along a longitudinal direction of said groove; said welt strip and said accommodating groove being configured such that at least one of said projection and said welt strip is resiliently deformed when said welt strip is pressed into said accommodating groove; and wherein said welt strip, in the fitted state of said areal covering element, is retained in said accommodating groove in a positive lock and/or a force-lock, with said welt strip abutting against said contact faces, and said welt strip being prevented from escaping from said accommodating groove by said projection.