US Patent Issued to Haworth on Oct. 14 for "Back support for a chair" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,031, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Haworth Inc. (Holland, Mich.).

"Back support for a chair" was invented by Mark Sherman (Zeeland, Mich.), William Schroeder (Jenison, Mich.), Weston Boerckel (Hudsonville, Mich.), William Reck (Muskegon, Mich.) and Adam VerBeek (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An office-type chair includes a back support having a support frame, front and rear shells, a cushion and a cover. The perimeter edge of the cover wraps around the side of the cushion and the front shell and is inserted between the front and rear shells to form a finished edge for the cover. The front shell may include a cent...