Upholstered seat

Claim 2

An upholstered seat comprising a frame having a pair of spaced-apart side frame members and an elongated front frame member and an elongated rear frame member, said front frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members so as to be disposed horizontally in use, said rear frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members and disposed higher than said front frame member and rearwardly thereof, a plurality of freely hanging, flexible, one-piece, continuous and integral straps each secured to said front and rear frame members and each having a length greater than the distance between said front and rear frame members, there being no connection to said frame of said straps in the portions thereof intermediate said front and rear frame members, and a pad carried by said straps and defining a generally horizontal seating portion adjacent its front and a back rest portion adjacent its rear, said pad concealing the regions at which said straps are secured to said front and rear frame members.

Claim 3

An upholstered seat comprising a frame having a pair of spaced-apart side frame members and an elongated front frame member and an elongated rear frame member, said front frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members so as to be disposed horizontally in use, said front frame member having a plurality of longitudinally-spaced-apart slots therein, said rear frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members and disposed higher than said front frame member and rearwardly thereof, said rear frame member having a plurality of slots therein respectively aligned with the slots in said front frame member, a plurality of freely hanging, flexible, one-piece, continuous and integral straps each extending through aligned slots in said front and rear frame members and each having a length greater than the distance between said front and rear frame members, means for retaining said straps in said slots, there being no connection to said frame of said straps in the portions thereof intermediate said front and rear frame members, and a pad carried by said straps and defining a generally-horizontal seating portion adjacent its front and a back rest portion adjacent its rear, said pad concealing the regions at which said straps are secured to said front and rear frame members.

Claim 4

An upholstered seat comprising a frame having a pair of spaced-apart side frame members and an elongated front frame member and an elongated rear frame member, said front frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members so as to be disposed horizontally in use, said front frame member having a plurality of longitudinally-spaced-apart slots therein, said rear frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members and disposed higher than said front frame member and rearwardly thereof, said rear frame member having a plurality of slots therein respectively aligned with the slots in said front frame member, a plurality of freely hanging, flexible, one-piece, continuous and integral straps each extending through aligned slots in said front and rear frame members and each having a length greater than the distance between said front and rear frame members, means for retaining said straps in said slots, there being no connection to said frame of said straps in the portions thereof intermediate said front and rear frame members, and a pad carried by said straps and defining a generally-horizontal seating portion adjacent its front and a back rest portion adjacent its rear, said pad concealing the regions at which said straps are secured to said front and rear frame members.

Claim 5

An upholstered seat comprising a decorative wood frame having a pair of spaced-apart side frame members and an elongated front frame member and an elongated rear frame member, each of said side frame members having a base and a decorative arm rest on said base, said front frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members so as to be disposed horizontally in use, said rear frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members and disposed higher than said front frame member and rearwardly thereof, a plurality of freely hanging, flexible and integral straps each secured to said front and rear frame members and each having a length greater than the distance between said front and rear frame members, there being no connection to said frame of said straps in the portions thereof intermediate said front and rear frame members, and a pad carried by said straps and defining a generally horizontal seating portion adjacent its front and a back rest portion adjacent its rear.

Claim 6

An upholstered seat comprising a decorative wood frame having a pair of spaced-apart side frame members and an elongated front frame member and an elongated rear frame member, each of said side frame members having a base and a decorative arm rest on said base, said front frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members so as to be disposed horizontally in use, said rear frame member being secured adjacent the ends thereof respectively to said side frame members and disposed higher than said front frame member and rearwardly thereof, a plurality of freely hanging, flexible and integral straps each secured to said front and rear frame members and each having a length greater than the distance between said front and rear frame members, there being no connection to said frame of said straps in the portions thereof intermediate said front and rear frame members, and a pad carried by said straps and defining a generally horizontal seating portion adjacent its front and a back rest portion adjacent its rear.

Claim 7

The upholstered seat set forth in claim 1, wherein said pad is secured to said straps.

Claim 8

The upholstered seat set forth in claIm 1, wherein said straps are removably secured to said frame.

Claim 9

The upholstered seat set forth in claim 1, wherein said pad is removably secured to said frame.

Claim 10

The upholstered seat set forth in claim 2, wherein a loop is formed on each end of each of said straps and is passed through the associated slot, said means including a plurality of rods respectively extending through said loops.

Claim 11

The upholstered seat set forth in claim 7, wherein a portion of said pad is rolled over said rear frame member and removably secured thereto and a portion of said pad is rolled over said front frame member and removably secured thereto, thereby to conceal said loops and said rods.