Patent ID: 6983987
Filing Date: 2006-01-10
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An article of furniture having a plurality of elongate structural members, wherein at least one said elongate structural member is connected to at least one other said elongate structural member, and wherein at least one of said elongate structural members comprises thin walled cold worked metallic tubing configured by die to include a series of abutting sections, each of which is tapered to simulate the taper of a culm of natural bamboo, wherein at least one said section comprises a proximal end, a center and a distal end, the proximal end having a curved taper of variable radii and of slope which progressively increases then decreases when considered starting from said proximal end of said section and proceeding towards said center of said section when said section is horizontally oriented, and which slope progressively increases then decreases at said distal end in generally mirror image fashion compared to that of said proximal end, when the slope at said distal end is considered starting from a point located between said center and said distal end and proceeding towards said distal end.