A body support assembly includes a seat assembly and backrest assembly supported by tilt control assembly. Methods of using and assembling the body support assembly are provided.

A sling chair may include a frame having one or more side rails, each side rail having a J-channel, and a fabric having one or more edges. The J-channel may include a neck and a foot, and be configured to receive a rod connected to a fabric edge. A locking strip may be inserted and force fit into the J-channel to lock the fabric edge and rod in the J-channel. The locking strip may include one or more lateral protrusions for mating with a ridge along an inner surface of the side rail.

Lightweight passenger seats that are especially adapted for use in aircraft cabins. The seats will include a seat back and a seat bottom having a basin which defines a recessed central interior space, a plurality of straps having opposed ends connected to respective upper edge regions of the basin so as to be positioned under tension over the recessed central interior space; and a cover cushion covering the straps and connected to the basin. The seat back may be connected at opposed sides thereof to upright support members adjacent a lumbar region thereof so as to establish an upper region of the seat back above the lumbar region which is capable of being resiliently flexed between upright and rearwardly inclined positions.

A seating structure includes a frame, a carrier, and a suspension material. The frame includes first and second side frame members spaced apart in a first direction and defining an opening therebetween. The first and second side frame members have an inner portion facing the opening and an outer portion facing away from the opening, the outer portion including a plurality of first attachment features facing away from the first and second side frame members in the first direction. The carrier includes first and second side carrier members. The first and second side carrier members include a plurality of second attachment features facing the first and second side frame members in the first direction, the plurality of second attachment features engaging the plurality of first attachment features to attach the carrier to the frame. The suspension material is attached to the carrier and extends over the opening in the frame.

A woven fabric comprises a plurality of first fibers extending along a first direction, the first fibers having a first modulus of elasticity; a plurality of second fibers extending along a second direction and being woven with the plurality of first fibers, the second fibers having a second modulus of elasticity that is lower than the first modulus of elasticity; and a coating disposed over the plurality of first fibers and the plurality of second fibers. In some embodiments, the coating is a synthetic leather.

A sling chair may include a frame having one or more side rails, each side rail having a J-channel, and a fabric having one or more edges. The J-channel may include a neck and a foot, and be configured to receive a rod connected to a fabric edge. A locking strip may be inserted and force fit into the J-channel to lock the fabric edge and rod in the J-channel. The locking strip may include one or more lateral protrusions for mating with a ridge along an inner surface of the side rail.

The invention relates to a method for producing a textile composite material with shrink properties, in particular heat shrink properties, preferably in the form of a shrinkable, in particular heat-shrinkable textile upholstery and/or covering material, preferably for seating furniture, to the textile composite material obtained therefrom and to the uses thereof.

The seat or backrest includes a meshed fabric; a frame being of an annular shape and attached by the meshed fabric; a frame seat having fixing holes and a groove for receiving the frame; and a base having an annular carrier on a periphery thereof. The carrier is disposed with assembling holes corresponding to the fixing holes and a surrounding wall for isolating an assembling position of the frame seat. The frame presses the meshed fabric to be embedded into the frame seat so that the meshed fabric is fastened on a side of the frame seat. A plurality of fasteners separately pass through the assembling holes and the meshed fabric and are fastened into the fixing holes, so that the frame seat with the meshed fabric is secured on the base.

A folding chair includes front and rear supports that fold and/or retract into central beams to reduce the space occupied by the chair in a folded configuration. A backrest is coupled to the central beams with a hub that allows an angle of the backrest relative to the central beams to be selected and for the backrest to be folded flat relative to the central beams. One or more actuators and pin actuators may control the relative movements of the backrest, front support, rear support, and central beams.

A supporting apparatus of a chair includes a frame, two fabrics, two liners and a cushion. The frame is formed with two grooves extending along the frame. The depth of each of the internal and external grooves is larger than the width of the same. Each of the fabrics includes a wrapper extending around a contact portion and wrapping one of the liners. The wrapper of each of the fabrics and the corresponding liner are fitted in one of the grooves so that the contact portion of the fabric is stressed. The cushion is sandwiched between the contact portions of the fabrics.