Patent ID: 8251448

Claim:
A chair, comprising: a rigid support member configured for reclinable attachment to a chair base; a flexible frame member comprising a flexible frame and a mesh element, the mesh element at least partially spanning the flexible frame and the flexible frame having a top area and a bottom area and defining a first portion toward the top area and a second portion toward the bottom area; and at least one seat attachment member coupled to a seat, the seat attachment member comprising an attachment portion that is elongate in a forward and backward direction corresponding generally to a sitting direction, the seat moving in synchronization with the rigid support member at a different rate than the rigid support member during reclining of the rigid support member, wherein the first portion of the flexible frame member is affixed to the rigid support member, wherein the second portion of the flexible frame member flexes freely with respect to the rigid support member, wherein the at least one seat attachment member contacts at least part of the second portion of the flexible frame member, wherein the first portion moves with the rigid support member and the at least part of the second portion moves with the seat attachment member such that a degree of curvature of the second portion increases as the rigid support member reclines, the bottom area of the flexible frame being coupled to the at least one seat attachment member at a flexible frame contact position and the rigid support member being affixed to the at least one seat attachment member at a rigid support member contact position that is located behind the flexible frame contact position when the rigid support member is in both upright and reclined positions, wherein the flexible frame contact position and the support member contact position are on the attachment portion of the at least one seat attachment member.