US 11,812,866 B2
Attachment structure for suspension seating
Johann Burkhard Schmitz, Berlin (DE); Carola Eva Marianne Zwick, Berlin (DE); Roland Rolf Otto Zwick, Berlin (DE); James Slagh, Holland, MI (US); Brent Tracy, Holland, MI (US); and Michael D. Stanton, Sr., Rockford, MI (US)
Assigned to MILLERKNOLL, INC., Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed by MILLERKNOLL, INC., Zeeland, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,905.
Application 17/994,905 is a continuation of application No. 16/936,375, filed on Jul. 22, 2020, granted, now 11,510,502.
Application 16/936,375 is a continuation of application No. 15/739,577, granted, now 10,743,677, issued on Aug. 18, 2020, previously published as PCT/US2016/040126, filed on Jun. 29, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/266,200, filed on Dec. 11, 2015.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/185,932, filed on Jun. 29, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2023/0091684 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A47C 4/02 (2006.01); A47C 7/28 (2006.01); A47C 7/54 (2006.01); A47C 31/02 (2006.01); A47C 3/30 (2006.01); A47C 7/36 (2006.01); A47C 7/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 31/023 (2013.01) [A47C 3/30 (2013.01); A47C 7/282 (2013.01); A47C 7/36 (2013.01); A47C 7/40 (2013.01); A47C 7/54 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A seating structure comprising:
a frame having an opening, a user-facing surface, and a perimeter surface angled relative to the user-facing surface, the perimeter surface defining an outermost edge of the frame, the frame also including a plurality of first attachment features coupled to and evenly spaced continuously along the perimeter surface of the frame; and
a carrier including a plurality of second attachment features engaging the plurality of first attachment features to attach the carrier to the frame; and
a suspension material attached to the carrier and extending over the opening in the frame,
wherein the suspension material at least partially covers the user-facing surface of the frame.