Patent ID: 7469963

Claim:
An upholstered seat having a back support comprising a seat frame, a back rest disposed about the seat frame and having an interior section, said frame being disposed within the interior section and adapted to support the weight of the torso of a user, said back rest having a first and a second shoulder at opposite sides of the back rest, an opening having a generally vertical leg extending upwardly along the back rest and a horizontal leg extending outwardly toward a side of said back rest in each said first and second shoulder leading into the interior section of said back rest, an axillary support member in each said opening, each said support member having an axillary rest extending outwardly from each opening and an arm joined thereto extending downwardly through each opening and means within the interior of the back rest for clamping the arm of each axillary support member to the frame such that when in use the axillary members transfer the supported weight of a torso to the frame.