Appeal No. 2000-1307 Page 4
Application No. 08/474,314
The claimed subject matter
Claims 1, 67 and 74, the independent claims on appeal, read as follows:
1. Furniture for use by at least one human user, said human user having
weight, said human user having a buttocks region, said furniture for seating
above a support surface, the furniture having a main loading area, the main
loading area being a substantially horizontal seat portion, said furniture
comprising:
a weight-bearing frame, the larger portion of which is one or more molded
components, wherein said weight-bearing frame defines at least one span
across a part of said substantially horizontal seat portion;
wherein at least 50% of said molded components are shell-structure, at
least a portion of said shell structure traversing said span across a part of said
seat portion;
wherein a lattice form having the character of a skeletal framework is
defined by said molded components and is positioned in said seat portion; and
wherein a part of said shell structure is positioned completely around a
recessed or open area defined by said lattice form within said main loading area
comprising said seat portion, said recessed or open area positioned and sized at
least sufficiently to accommodate said buttocks region of said at least one user,
said part of said shell structure which is positioned completely around said
recessed or open area defining a substantially horizontal plane, said part of said
shell structure assuming compressive loading placed on said substantially
horizontal seat portion by which the weight of said at least one human user is
transferred to the support surface.
67. Furniture for use by at least one human user, said human user having
weight, said human user having a buttocks region, said furniture for seating
above a support surface, the furniture having a main loading area, the main
loading area being a substantially horizontal seat portion, said furniture
comprising:
frame means for bearing weight of a user wherein at least 50% of said
frame is composed of one or more molded components, wherein said weight-
bearing frame means defines at least one span across a part of said
substantially horizontal seat portion;
upholstery detachably coupled to said frame means;
wherein at least 50% of said molded components are shell-structure, at
least a portion of said shell structure traversing said span across a part of said
seat portion;
Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Next
Last modified: November 3, 2007