Patent ID: 6367878
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
An armrest comprising:an armrest body made of a wood material different from oak wood, said armrest body extending in a longitudinal direction and having a lower surface, an upper surface and opposing lateral surfaces that interconnect said lower and upper surfaces, each of said lateral surfaces being formed with a groove that extends in the longitudinal direction and that has lower and upper groove edges, a planar surface section that extends from said lower surface to said lower groove edge, and a curved surface section that extends from said upper groove edge to said upper surface; a veneer layer made of oak wood and including an upper veneer portion and a pair of lower veneer portions, said upper veneer portion being fixedly attached to and covering said upper surface and said curved surface sections of said lateral surfaces of said armrest body, said lower veneer portions being fixedly attached to and covering respectively said planar surface sections of said lateral surfaces of said armrest body; and a pair of elongate decorative ribs, each of which is made of oak wood, extends in the longitudinal direction, and has a mounting section fixed in said groove of a respective one of said lateral surfaces of said armrest body, and a protruding section connected to said mounting section and protruding from said veneer layer.