US 12,226,030 B1
Flex-back banquet chair
Maria Candela Calvo Marenco, Alicante (ES); and Jose Ignacio Herenu, Alicante (ES)
Assigned to NPS Public Furniture Corp., Clifton, NJ (US)
Filed by NPS Public Furniture Corp., Clifton, NJ (US)
Filed on Nov. 7, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/939,736.
Int. Cl. A47C 3/04 (2006.01); A47C 7/28 (2006.01); A47C 7/30 (2006.01); A47C 7/44 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/44 (2013.01) [A47C 3/04 (2013.01); A47C 7/445 (2013.01); A47C 7/285 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
20. A flex-bracket comprising:
sheet metal bent at an angle;
a first mounting space extending along the sheet metal in a first direction;
a second mounting space; and
three nerves, each nerve comprising an indentation in the sheet metal, each of the nerves extending from a bottom edge of the first mounting space in a direction that is orthogonal to the first direction;
wherein:
the first mounting space is configured to be welded onto a back side of a backboard frame of a banquet chair;
the second mounting space is configured to be mounted to an underside of a base frame of the banquet chair; and
when the first mounting space is mounted to the back side of the backboard frame and the second mounting space is mounted on the underside of the base frame, the backboard frame together with the first mounting space are configured to recline, in response to a force applied to the backboard frame, about a junction of the base frame and the second mounting space.