US Patent Issued to Steelcase on Aug. 18 for "Back attachment" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,708,212, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to Steelcase Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Back attachment" was invented by Matthew David Remelts (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Richard L. Russell Jr. (Shelbyville, Mich.) and Brett W. Fischer (Grandville, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chair component includes curved first and second shells respectively including first and second apertures spaced across the inner and outer shells, and a plurality of fasteners configured to extend into the first plurality of apertures and the second plurality of apertures, wherein at least some of the apertures of the first plurality of apertures of the first shel...