Patent ID: 8505186

Claim:
A method of fabricating a chair comprising: providing a substrate, the substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; providing at least one female fastener device, the at least one female fastener device comprising a body, and a plurality of projections attached to the body, a portion of the body defining a channel sized and configured to receive a male fastener device, each projection of the plurality of projections having a distal end; inserting at least one female fastener device into the substrate for attaching the at least one female fastener device to the substrate such that at least a portion of the body defining the channel extends from the first side of the substrate into the substrate and the projections extend through the substrate such that a portion of each of the projections extend into the first side of the substrate and the distal ends of the projections extend beyond the second side of the substrate; and bending the distal ends of the projections into the second side of the substrate; inserting at least one male fastener into the channel of the at least one female fastener device to attach a chair component to the substrate, each of the at least one male fastener being inserted into the channel of a respective one of the at least one female fastener device.