Patent ID: 7913637

Claim:
A modular seat comprising: a plurality of modular seating components each including a seating frame having a front support structure, a back support structure, and a connecting structure extending therebetween, said connecting structure forming a depression extending substantially entirely from said front support structure to said back support structure, said plurality of modular seating components each further including a sheet of stretched resiliently extensible fabric support material secured to and extending substantially entirely from said front support structure of said seating frame to said back support structure of said seating frame, said support material extending across the depression of said connecting structure to form a substantially planar surface spaced apart from said connecting structure, one of said plurality of modular seating components positioned next to another of said plurality of modular seating components in adjacent side-by-side opposing relationship to form a junction therebetween, said substantially planar surface of said support material of said one of said plurality of modular seating components is directly adjacent to and aligned with said substantially planar surface of said support material of said another one of said plurality of modular seating components at said junction, said sheets of stretched support material being substantially unsupported from below along the junction of adjacent modular seating components.