US Patent Issued to OKAMURA on Aug. 18 for "Chair" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,213, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to OKAMURA Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).

"Chair" was invented by Hiroshi Masunaga (Yokohama, Japan), Syunsuke Ishimaru (Yokohama, Japan), Syouichi Izawa (Yokohama, Japan) and Shinpei Totsuka (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chair includes a lower structure configured to be placed on a floor surface (F), a backrest support member supported by the lower structure body, and a backrest supported by the backrest support member. The backrest includes a backrest body fixed to the backrest support member and provided with an opening portion (S2) that opens downward, and a tensile material prov...