Patent ID: 7395590

Claim:
A method for assembling a frame assembly for a chair comprising the steps of: providing a first frame body having an elongate shape defined by a first peripheral frame edge, and inside and outside faces; providing a second frame body having an elongate shape defined by a second peripheral frame edge, and inside and outside faces, wherein said first and second frame bodies when assembled define a frame having a frame opening; positioning a fabric in a stretching machine and stretching said fabric along transverse first and second axes to a selected tension; positioning said first frame body adjacent a face of said stretched fabric wherein said stretched fabric overlies said first frame body; fastening a peripheral fabric edge of said stretched fabric to said adjacent first peripheral frame edge to define a frame sub-assembly; positioning said second frame body with said inside face thereof disposing in opposed facing relation with said inside face of said first frame body; and fixing said first and second frame bodies together to fixedly secure said peripheral fabric edge between said opposing inside faces of said first and second frame bodies with said stretched fabric overlying said frame opening to define said frame assembly.