US 12,127,689 B2
Support component, armrest with such a support component and chair with such an armrest
Maik Fischer, Weil am Rhein (DE); and Thomas Schneider, Schwörstadt (DE)
Assigned to VITRA AG, Birsfelden (CH)
Appl. No. 18/005,922
Filed by VITRA AG, Birsfelden (CH)
PCT Filed Jul. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/071456
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 18, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/023552, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 00964/20 (CH), filed on Jul. 31, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270256 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 7/54 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 7/541 (2018.08) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support component for a chair comprising:
a rigid base element;
a flexible cover; and
a resilient support structure,
wherein the support structure is mounted on the base element such that there is a space between the base element and the support structure when the support structure is without load, and,
wherein the cover is mounted directly on the support structure so that the cover rests on the support structure, and
wherein the support structure is arranged so as to deform elastically into the space when loaded from the cover.