Abstract A seat, such as an upholstered chair, sofa or love seat, is so constructed that it can be shipped in a flat package, knocked down, and assembled by the purchaser in a very few minutes. The seat has a back, two arms and seat which are assembled by connecting the back to the seat and then by ingenious means connecting the two arms to the back and seat. The upper ends of the arms have hook engagement with cooperating means on the edges of the back, whereupon the seat is bolted to the arms to complete the assembly. The seat construction employs conventional sinuous springs extending from front to back and the seat deck construction is such that longer springs may be used, connected in close proximity to the front and back of the seat deck and at relatively low points to improve the comfort of the seat by spring action. Tension means connected to the springs prevents the ''''bucketing'''' of the springs, the tensioning means being variable to control such action.
A chair comprising a frame formed of side rails and front and back cross rails connected at their upper ends to said side rails and having upper faces arranged below the top edges of said side rails, hooks carried by the upper faces of said front and back rails, sinuous springs connected between the hooks of said front and back side rails and arching therebetween to support a cushion, an auxiliary front rail spaced above and parallel to said first-named front rail, a hOrizontal strip arranged on said auxiliary front rail, a block supported by said side rail and having its top surface arranged above said strip, a block supported on each side rail forwardly of said auxiliary rear rail and having its top surface substantially in the plane of the top surfaces of said first-named blockS, a rubber webbing connected to and extending between the tops of said blocks and projecting inwardly thereof, the arrangement of said strip below the top of said blocks and said rubber webbing being such as to provide for deeply cushioned side edges of a cushion arranged on said webbing.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
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A chair comprising a frame formed of side rails and front and back cross rails connected at their upper ends to said side rails and having upper faces arranged below the top edges of said side rails, hooks carried by the upper faces of said front and back rails, sinuous springs connected between the hooks of said front and back side rails and arching therebetween to support a cushion, an auxiliary front rail spaced above and parallel to said first-named front rail, a hOrizontal strip arranged on said auxiliary front rail, a block supported by said side rail and having its top surface arranged above said strip, a block supported on each side rail forwardly of said auxiliary rear rail and having its top surface substantially in the plane of the top surfaces of said first-named blockS, a rubber webbing connected to and extending between the tops of said blocks and projecting inwardly thereof, the arrangement of said strip below the top of said blocks and said rubber webbing being such as to provide for deeply cushioned side edges of a cushion arranged on said webbing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
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A seat unit according to claim 1 provided with an auxiliary rear rail spaced above and parallel to said first-named rear rail, and tensioning means connected between the top of said auxiliary rear rail and each of said sinuous springs at a point spaced from the rear end thereof to tension such spring.