Patent ID: 7032972

Claim:
A seating structure, which comprises: a frame; a platform formed with a seating portion; the platform formed with a upper surface on one side thereof; the platform formed with an undersurface on another side thereof opposite the one side; the seating portion formed with a seating surface, on the one side of the platform, on which a user of the seating structure will sit; the platform formed with edges which extend between the upper surface and the undersurface; and means for supporting the platform in a floating relation to the frame independently of engagement with the seating portion; which includes: a first resilient element having at least portions in engagement with a first prescribed portion of the undersurface of the platform independently of the seating portion of the platform and spaced from any edges of the platform; and a second resilient element having at least portions in engagement with a second prescribed portion of the upper surface of the platform independently of the seating portion of the platform and spaced from any edges of the platform.