Abstract: A chair having a backrest with a Y-shaped member. The member being affixed to the center of the top rail of the backrest frame at one end. The other end of the Y-shaped member connects to backrest fabric, pulls it rearward, and holds the backrest fabric in tension using a pair of retractors. The backrest fabric is secured to the retractors by a welt cord contained within a chamber formed in each retractor. The welt cord is sewn into a fabric sheath that is, in turn, stitched to the backrest fabric. The member is biased to flex rearward when the backrest fabric moves rearward from an at-rest position.

Abstract: A recliner has a chair frame that provides support to a seat and back rest. The frame includes a recliner assembly that includes a bracket that is connected to the backrest enabling reclining movement of the backrest as the bracket moves through a correspondingly shaped bracket slot in a recliner base plate, and where the bracket rotates about an axis that approximates the position of the rotational axis of the hip of a seated user. The reclining chair can also be part of a modular system of components that enable one or more seating units to be in a spanned or ganged configuration.

Abstract: A glider has a chair frame that provides support to a seat and back rest. The frame includes a glider structure that is connected to each side frame member and includes a glider rail and a first and second elongate arcute glider tracks, a first and second wheel assembly, where the glider rail is attached to the backrest and the seat and enables gliding movement of the backrest and seat as the wheel assembly moves through a curved profile in the glider track. The glider chair can also be part of a modular system of components that enable one or more seating units to be in a spanned or ganged configuration.

Abstract: A chair having a backrest with a Y-shaped member. The member being affixed to the center of the top rail of the backrest frame at one end. The other end of the Y-shaped member is connected to backrest fabric, pulls it rearward, and hold the backrest fabric in tension using a pair of retractors. The backrest fabric is secured to the retractors by a weld cord contained with in a chamber formed in each retractor. The weld cord is sewn into a fabric sheath that is, in turn, stitched to the backrest fabric. The member is biased to flex rearward when the backrest fabric moves rearward from an at-rest position.