US Patent Issued to HNI Technologies on April 14 for "Chair with flexible internal support" (Iowa Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,237, issued on April 14, was assigned to HNI Technologies Inc. (Muscatine, Iowa).

"Chair with flexible internal support" was invented by John Koch (Muscatine, Iowa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a chair back assembly with an outer frame and an inner frame, wherein the outer frame is manufactured of different material than the inner frame to allow for a variety in support throughout the chair back assembly, resulting in localized support throughout the back of the chair. The availability of localized support results in an improvement in comfort and may also improve production in embodiments utilizing...