In re Wood

Appellants have here appealed from the decision of the Board of Appeals of the United States Patent Office affirming the rejection by the examiner of claims 9, 12, 16, 17 and 18 of their application for a patent relating to the seating portion of a chair.

The claims are as follows:

9. A chair seat embodying therein a seat bottom, body engageable means supported upon said seat bottom and arranged to provide a channel in the seat bottomed by an associated part of the seat bottom in line therewith, said channel having parts one of which curves rearwardly and laterally from the front central…