James M Geier, Age 80Starksboro, VT

4192547, Mar 11, 1980

Aug 3, 1977

5/821517

James M. Geier - Burlington VT

A47C 702
A47C 302

297452

A chair and method of manufacture is disclosed to provide a seat and backrest formed of a plurality of blocks strung on a single piece of rope between a pair of opposed side panels. Each side panel includes a backrest portion extending generally vertically, a seat support portion extending at an angle with respect to the backrest support portion and generally horizontal with respect to the ground, and a pair of legs extending from the seat support portion toward the ground. The blocks are strung in a series of generally parallel rows disposed between the side panels. In particular, each row includes a plurality of blocks suspended from the rope in a manner to permit the blocks to move freely along the rope and to provide a flexible support surface in a direction generally perpendicular to the length of backbone of the person resting in the chair. Thus, though the substance of the side panels and the blocks is hard, a flexible support surface is given to the person sitting in the chair, giving that person a sensation that the chair is soft. Further, if the rope becomes stretched as through use, one end of the rope may be loosened and tension reapplied to the rope before resecuring the one end to its side panel.