Patent ID: 8764117

Claim:
A chair comprising: a base; a frame attached to the base; a substrate attached to the frame, the substrate having a first side and a second side opposite the first side; at least one female fastener device, the at least one female fastener device comprising a body, and a plurality of projections attached to the body, a portion of the body defining a channel sized and configured to receive a male fastener device, each projection of the plurality of projections having a distal end; the at least one female fastener device positioned in the substrate such that at least a portion of the body defining the channel extends from the first side of the substrate into the substrate and the projections extend through the substrate such that a portion of each of the projections extend into the first side of the substrate and a portion of the projections adjacent to the distal ends of the projections extend beyond the second side of the substrate and wherein the distal ends of the projections are bent into the second side of the substrate; and at least one male fastener device positioned in the channel of the at least one female fastener device to attach the frame to the substrate, each of the at least one male fastener device being inserted into the channel of a respective one of the at least one female fastener device.