A seating assembly including a base having a bottom ring supported by casters, a pan supported by the bottom ring, a central hub forming an upwardly opening cavity, a plurality of legs extending outward and downward from the central hub to the bottom ring, a one-piece molded seat shell, a mounting b
A seating assembly including a base having a bottom ring supported by casters, a pan supported by the bottom ring, a central hub forming an upwardly opening cavity, a plurality of legs extending outward and downward from the central hub to the bottom ring, a one-piece molded seat shell, a mounting bracket forming four apertures and including a female connector and at least one rib member that extends downward adjacent the female connector, the at least one rib member including end edges that forms first and second stop surfaces, the mounting bracket attached to the bottom of the seat by passing fasteners through the apertures, a support arm, a mounting assembly including, a cup member, a base tube, an annular mounting collar and a pivot cover forming an upwardly opening annular channel and an inverted U-shaped opening, the pivot cover attached to the mounting collar with the first end of the support arm extending through the inverted U-shaped opening and the at least one rib member received within the annular channel.
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1. A seating assembly comprising: a base comprising: a plurality of casters;a bottom ring supported by the casters;a pan supported by the bottom ring and adapted to support articles above the floor surface;a central hub forming an upwardly opening cavity;a plurality of legs extending outward and dow
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A seating assembly comprising: a base comprising: a plurality of casters;a bottom ring supported by the casters;a pan supported by the bottom ring and adapted to support articles above the floor surface;a central hub forming an upwardly opening cavity;a plurality of legs extending outward and downward from the central hub to the bottom ring and wherein the locations at which the legs connect to the bottom ring are offset from the positions of the casters;a one-piece molded seat shell comprising: a seat member having an undersurface and four protrusions molded into and extending downward from the undersurface of the seat member, each protrusion adapted to receive a fastener;a backrest; andfirst and second armrests;a mounting bracket forming four apertures and including a female connector and at least one rib member that extends downward adjacent the female connector, the at least one rib member including end edges that forms first and second stop surfaces, the mounting bracket attached to the bottom of the seat by passing fasteners through the apertures and into the protrusions;a support arm having first and second ends;a mounting assembly including: a cup member received in the upwardly opening cavity formed by the central hub, the cup member forming an upwardly opening cavity;a base tube having upper and lower ends, the lower end received in the upwardly opening cavity formed by the cup member and the upper end engaging the female connector;a annular mounting collar supported by the cup member for rotation about a substantially vertical axis, the support arm connected to the mounting collar and extending to one side of an external surface of the mounting collar; anda pivot cover forming an upwardly opening annular channel and an inverted U-shaped opening, the pivot cover attached to the mounting collar with the first end of the support arm extending through the inverted U-shaped opening and the at least one rib member received within the annular channel; anda tablet supported at the second end of the support arm. 2. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the pivot cover includes upper and lower ends and wherein the annular channel extends into the upper end of the pivot cover. 3. The assembly of claim 2 wherein the inverted U-shaped opening is formed in the lower end of the pivot cover and opens downwardly. 4. The assembly of claim 3 wherein the pivot cover separates the first and second stop surfaces from the support arm. 5. The assembly of claim 4, wherein the central hub includes a substantially planar surface that surrounds the upwardly opening cavity formed by the central hub, the cup member including a laterally extending flange that is supported by the planar surface. 6. The assembly of claim 5 wherein the mounting collar includes a lower end that extends below the first end of the support arm, the lower end of the mounting collar received within the cup member. 7. The assembly of claim 6 wherein the cup member includes a cylindrical external wall member that forms the upwardly opening cavity and an internal tube member spaced from the external wall member, the internal tube member forming an upwardly opening passage, the lower end of the base tube received in the upwardly opening passage and the lower end of the mounting collar received in the space between the external wall member and the internal tube member. 8. The assembly of claim 7 wherein a first bushing is located between an internal surface of the mounting collar and the internal tube member and a second bushing is located between an external surface of the base tube and the internal tube member. 9. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket further comprises four outwardly extending portions and wherein one of the four apertures is formed near a distal end of each segment. 10. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the pan has a general shape and forms a plurality of holes and wherein each hole has a shape that is substantially similar to the general shape of the pan. 11. The assembly of claim 10 wherein the holes formed by the pan are arranged in a pattern that has a general shape and wherein the general shape formed by the holes is substantially similar to the general shape formed by the pan. 12. The assembly of claim 11 wherein the bottom ring forms a continuous internal surface that extends substantially vertically from a peripheral portion of a top surface of the pan. 13. The assembly of claim 12 wherein the top surface of the pan is concave upward. 14. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the bottom ring is integrally formed with the legs and central hub. 15. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the seat member is dimensioned and located to be within a columnar volume that extends upward from and above the pan. 16. The assembly of claim 15 wherein the mounting bracket further comprises four portions that extend outwardly from a central portion and wherein an aperture is formed proximate a distal end of each of the four portions that extend outwardly and wherein two of the segments are longer than the other two segments. 17. The assembly of claim 16 wherein the mounting bracket is substantially X-shaped. 18. The assembly of claim 15 wherein the backrest includes a rear edge that resides outside the columnar volume that extends upward from the pan. 19. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the mounting bracket includes an undersurface and the central hub includes a top surface and wherein the pivot cover extends from the undersurface of the mounting bracket to the top surface of the central hub. 20. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the mounting collar includes an upper portion and a lower portion and wherein the upper portion extends into and is substantially surrounded by the pivot cover and the lower portion extends into and is substantially surrounded by the cup member. 21. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the first and second stop surfaces are located within an annular path that surrounds the female connector, the first end of the support arm passing through the annular path between the first and second stop surfaces. 22. The assembly of claim 1 wherein the pan forms a plurality of openings that are spaced about a peripheral portion of the pan, the bottom ring having an undersurface, a plurality of pintle mounts extending downward from the undersurface of the bottom ring, the bottom ring mounted to the pan with the bottom ring contacting the peripheral portion of the pan and each pintle mount extending through one of the openings formed in the pan, a separate caster mounted to each of the pintle mounts. 23. The assembly of claim 22 wherein the pan includes a central portion within the peripheral portion, each opening located at a height above the bottom surface of the central portion. 24. A seating assembly comprising: (a) a base including: (i) a pan member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer edge, a central portion and a peripheral portion that surrounds the central portion and that is adjacent the outer edge, the outer edge forming a shape of the pan member, the top surface concave upward with the peripheral portion at a height above a height of the central portion, the pan member forming a plurality of openings that are spaced about the peripheral portion, each opening located at a height above the bottom surface of the central portion;(ii) a bottom ring forming a loop having a shape that is substantially similar to the shape of the pan member and having an undersurface, a plurality of pintle mounts extending downward from the undersurface of the bottom ring, the bottom ring mounted to the top surface of the pan member with the bottom ring contacting the peripheral portion of the pan member and each pintle mount extending through one of the openings formed in the pan member;(iii) a central hub forming a substantially flat top surface and forming an opening in the top surface for receiving a lower portion of a mounting assembly;(iv) a plurality of leg members that extend upward and inward from spaced apart locations of the bottom ring to the central hub to support the central hub above the central portion of the pan member; and(v) a plurality of casters, a separate caster mounted to each of the pintle mounts;(b) a one-piece molded seat shell comprising: (i) a seat member having an undersurface and a plurality of protrusions molded into and extending downward from the undersurface of the seat member, each protrusion adapted to receive a fastener;(ii) a backrest; and(iii) first and second armrests;(c) a mounting bracket including a central portion and four extending portions that extend outwardly from the central portion to distal ends, the central portion forming a female connector and each extending portion forming an aperture proximate the distal end of the extending portion, wherein the mounting bracket is attached to the undersurface of the seat member by passing fasteners through the apertures into the protrusions; and(d) a mounting assembly including: (i) a cup member received in the upwardly opening cavity formed by the central hub, the cup member forming an upwardly opening cavity; and(ii) a base tube having upper and lower ends, the lower end received in the upwardly opening cavity formed by the cup member and the upper end engaging the female connector to support the seat shell above the base. 25. The assembly of claim 24 wherein the leg members are connected to the bottom ring at locations that are offset from the locations at which the pintle mounts extend and the seat member is dimensioned and located to be within a columnar volume that extends upward from and above the pan.
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