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  2. The Taylor Companies - Wikipedia

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    The Taylor Cos., a nearly 200-year-old company that bills itself as the oldest furniture manufacturer in the United States, announced that it plans to go out of business. August 8, 2012 [14] On September 18, 2012 the Gasser Chair Co. of Youngstown, Ohio announced that it had acquired the intellectual property of Taylor Chair Co. This will allow ...

  3. Milo Baughman - Wikipedia

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    Milo Ray Baughman, Jr. (October 7, 1923 – July 23, 2003) born in Goodland, Kansas, was a modern furniture designer. Baughman designed for a number of furniture companies starting in the mid-1940s until his death, including Mode Furniture, Glenn of California, The Inco Company, Pacific Iron, Murray Furniture of Winchendon, Arch Gordon, George Kovacs, Directional, and Drexel, among others.

  4. Wheelchair cushion - Wikipedia

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    Wheelchair cushions are cushions specifically designed to provide comfort and protection against injury for wheelchair users. They also aid in properly positioning the user in the correct posture.

  5. Le Corbusier's Furniture - Wikipedia

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    The first results of the collaboration were three chrome-plated tubular steel chairs designed for two of his projects, The Maison la Roche in Paris and a pavilion for Barbara and Henry Church. The line of furniture was expanded for Le Corbusier's 1929 Salon d'Automne installation, 'Equipment for the Home'.

  6. Stephen Hawking - Wikipedia

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    Hawking used a variety of different chairs from that time, including a DragonMobility Dragon elevating powerchair from 2007, as shown in the April 2008 photo of Hawking attending NASA's 50th anniversary; [267] a Permobil C350 from 2014; and then a Permobil F3 from 2016. [268]

  7. Folding chair - Wikipedia

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    Folding chairs also were used as grave goods in the richest graves. A folding chair of ebony and ivory with gold fittings was found in Tutankhamun's tomb in Egypt. Folding chairs were used in Ancient Egypt, Minoan Greece, and Ancient Rome, as well as during the Nordic Bronze Age and the Medieval Period. The frame was mostly made of wood, and ...

  8. Virco - Wikipedia

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    This facility, used for the manufacture of melamine plastic chair seats, soon employed 200 workers. [7] Julian Virtue also semi-retired from the company, with his son Robert becoming president in 1982. [10] Julian died in December 1991, with Robert having taken over as CEO and chairman of the board in 1988 and 1990, respectively. [11]

  9. Lifetime Products - Wikipedia

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    Lifetime Products Inc. is a privately owned company founded in Its main products are blow-molded polyethylene folding chairs and tables , picnic tables , home basketball equipment, [ 2 ] sheds , coolers , kayaks and paddleboards , and lawn and garden items, along with OEM steel and plastic items from other companies.