Patent ID: 8657374

Claim:
A chair comprising: a generally one-piece seating portion for occupation having a front and a rear in a position of use; a base portion for location upon a support surface when supporting the seating portion in the position of use; and a connecting portion, comprising at least three elongate members each connected directly to an underside of said seating portion and extending downward and to the rear between said seating portion and said base portion to provide the position of use and the connecting portion configured to deform on application of a load on the seating portion in the position of use, and where a laterally central elongate member of the at least three elongate members is at a shallower angle relative to the horizontal than a plurality of outer elongate members of the at least three elongate members, and wherein said outward elongate members are connected to the seating portion rearwardly of the connection of the laterally central elongate member to the seating portion in the position of use; wherein: when unoccupied, said seating portion in the position of use is in a default unloaded position relative to said base portion, and when occupied by an occupant, said seating portion in the position of use is in one of a plurality of available loaded positions relative to said base portion, wherein the particular loaded position is defined by the degree to which each of said plurality of elongate members has deformed.