Patent ID: 6755467
Filing Date: 2004-06-29
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A backrest for attachment to a chair having a seat, the backrest having a front and a back and comprising:(a) a frame having a top and a bottom and comprising an outer peripheral portion which surrounds a central open portion; (b) a support shell mounted on the frame; and, (c) a plurality of flexible, independently moveable, vertically extending members mounted to said support shell and positioned to engage at least a portion of a back of a person when the person is seated in the chair, whereby the support shell and the vertically extending members are formed integrally, the vertically extending members are positioned in the central open portion when the backrest is assembled and the vertically extending members engage the frame only at the top and the bottom whereby the vertically extending members support the back of the person without engaging any structural member positioned behind the vertically extending members.