Seat bottom tension member
First Claim
1. A seating assembly comprising a lower seating structure further comprising a seat frame assembly, a polymeric molded bottom seat panel, and a tension member, wherein the polymeric molded bottom seat panel extends across a width of the lower seating structure and the tension member is fixedly attached to a tension member anchor on each of a pair of opposed sides of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel and extends across the width of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel, wherein the seat frame assembly comprises a slidable seat rail, a first support link having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end of the first support link being operably coupled to the polymeric molded bottom seat panel at the tension member anchor and the rearward end of the first support link being operably coupled with the slidable seat rail, and a second support link having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end of the second support link being operably coupled to the slidable seat rail and the rearward end of the second support link being operably coupled with the polymeric molded bottom seat panel.
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Abstract
A lower seating structure comprises an upper support layer, an intermediate resilient layer, a molded bottom seat panel, a seat frame assembly, and a tension member. The molded bottom seat panel extends across a width of the lower seating structure and the tension member is fixedly attached to each of a pair of opposed sides of the molded bottom seat panel and extends across the width of the lower seating structure.
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- 1. A seating assembly comprising a lower seating structure further comprising a seat frame assembly, a polymeric molded bottom seat panel, and a tension member, wherein the polymeric molded bottom seat panel extends across a width of the lower seating structure and the tension member is fixedly attached to a tension member anchor on each of a pair of opposed sides of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel and extends across the width of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel, wherein the seat frame assembly comprises a slidable seat rail, a first support link having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end of the first support link being operably coupled to the polymeric molded bottom seat panel at the tension member anchor and the rearward end of the first support link being operably coupled with the slidable seat rail, and a second support link having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end of the second support link being operably coupled to the slidable seat rail and the rearward end of the second support link being operably coupled with the polymeric molded bottom seat panel.
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8. A lower seating structure comprising an upper support layer, an intermediate resilient layer, a polymeric molded bottom seat panel, a seat frame assembly, and a tension member, wherein the polymeric molded bottom seat panel extends across a width of the lower seating structure and the tension member is fixedly attached to each of a pair of opposed sides of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel and extends across the width of the lower seating structure,
wherein each of the pair of opposed sides of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel comprises a tension member anchor and the tension member comprises opposed attachment ends, the opposed attachment ends of the tension member being secured at the tension member anchor on each of the opposed side of the polymeric molded bottom seat panel; - and
wherein the seat frame assembly comprises a slidable seat rail and a first support link having a forward end and a rearward end, the forward end of the first support link being operably coupled to the polymeric molded bottom seat panel at the tension member anchor and the rearward end first support link being operably coupled with the slidable seat rail. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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