Patent ID: 7461442

Claim:
A method for mounting a suspension fabric to a frame of a chair comprising the steps of: providing a chair frame having a peripheral frame section which defines an open interior region and a peripheral groove extending about said peripheral frame section; providing a suspension fabric which is resiliently stretchable between an unstretched condition and a stretched condition, said suspension fabric having a peripheral edge portion; engaging and stretching said suspension fabric to said stretched condition having a size greater than the size of the suspension fabric in said unstretched condition; positioning said stretched suspension fabric over a face of said frame with an interior portion overlying said open interior region; clamping said stretched suspension fabric against said frame face by a clamping body disposed in opposing relation with said frame face which presses said suspension fabric against said frame face with said suspension fabric being clamped between said frame face and said opposing clamping body, said clamping body being movable toward and away from said face of said frame; releasing said engagement of said peripheral edge of said suspension fabric when clamped against said frame such that said peripheral edge portion returns to an unstretched condition and said interior portion of said suspension fabric remains in said stretched condition; securing said peripheral edge portion to said frame by insertion of a spline member into said peripheral groove which fixes said peripheral edge to said frame; and removing said clamping body with said suspension fabric being maintained in said stretched condition by said securing of said peripheral edge to said peripheral groove by said spline member.