Seating arrangement and method of construction

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11825955
APP PUB NO 20210177149A1
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17183461

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A seating arrangement includes a base member, and an integrally formed support member coupled to the base member and supporting a seat moveable from an upright position to a reclined position, wherein a portion of the support member is bendable as the seat moves from the upright position to the reclined position such that a first side of the support member is put in tension and a second side generally opposite the first side is put in compression, and wherein the first side includes a tensile substrate so that the first side has as higher modulus of elasticity than the second side.

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STEELCASE INCGRAND RAPIDS MICHIGAN 49501-1967

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Deevers, Nickolaus William Charles Holland, US 115 1069
Heidmann, Kurt R Grand Rapids, US 171 5357
Kemen, Michael J Lowell, US 4 125

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