Appeal No. 96-4137
Application 08/260,674
Appellant’s claimed subject matter is an article of
furniture which includes a chair which has a convex lumbar
support on its backrest.
Claim 1 is exemplary of the subject matter on appeal
and recites:
1. Orthopedically correct modular furniture for
a child with a growing and pliable bone structure comprising a
pair of laterally spaced arm rests having a first plurality of
tray adjustment holes formed therein and having a second
plurality of tilt control holes formed therein, a first pair
of chair legs each coupled to a respective one of said arm
rests and spaced from said tray adjustment holes, a second
pair of chair legs, each coupled to a respective one of said
arm rests on a side of said arm rests that is generally
opposite to the places of coupling for said first pair of
chair legs, said second pair of chair legs joining said arm
rests in the vicinity of said tilt control holes, a chair
interposed between said laterally spaced arm rests, said chair
being pivotally joined to said arm rests near the places of
coupling for said front chair legs, said chair having at
least one pair of holes formed in opposite lateral sides
thereof for selection alignment with said tilt control holes,
a backrest for said chair between the lateral sides thereof, a
seat for said chair between said lateral sides thereof, and a
convex lumbar support on said backrest and spaced
perpendicularly from said seat by a distance that is
predetermined by the average size of the child using the
modular furniture to produce and orthopedically correct and
physiologically healthy support for the growing and pliable
bone structure of the child.
THE REFERENCES
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