US 12,310,513 B2
Seating structure
Joel Graham Van Faasen, Holland, MI (US); James D. Slagh, Holland, MI (US); Lauren Mary LaLonde, Saugatuck, MI (US); Jonathan Curtis Campbell, Holland, MI (US); John F. Aldrich, Grandville, MI (US); Timothy Allen Hoogland, Zeeland, MI (US); Robert W. Roth, Holland, MI (US); and Brock M. Walker, Okemos, MI (US)
Assigned to MillerKnoll, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed by MillerKnoll, Inc., Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/940,695.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/241,641, filed on Sep. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0073826 A1, Mar. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 7/46 (2006.01); A47C 7/28 (2006.01); A47C 7/38 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/462 (2013.01) [A47C 7/282 (2013.01); A47C 7/38 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seating structure comprising:
a base;
a seat supported by the base;
a backrest including a frame and a suspension material supported by the frame, the frame including an upper end, a lower end opposite the upper end, and a central spine; and
an upper thoracic support assembly supported by the frame adjacent the upper end, the upper thoracic support assembly including a thoracic support pad positioned between the frame and the suspension material and a V-shaped bracket that couples the support pad to the central spine, the thoracic support pad configured to engage the suspension material to support an upper thoracic region of a user.