Patent ID: 7472535

Claim:
An article of furniture comprising a frame having the shape of an article of furniture, and a woven panel attached to said frame, said woven panel comprising a plurality of elongated first yarns, said first yarns including an outer sheath of a synthetic first polymer material surrounding an elongated non-conductive weight-supporting core of a synthetic second polymer material, wherein said first polymer material is different from said second polymer material; and a plurality of elongated second yarns, said second yarns including a body of a synthetic third polymer material, said second yarns having a solid non-conductive cross-section of said third polymer material, said plurality of first yarns woven together with said plurality of second yarns to form said woven panel; wherein said first yarns having a non-conductive weight-supporting core provide greater mechanical strength to said woven panel than said second yarns having a solid cross-section of said third polymer material which is different than said second polymer material.