Soft seating creates a welcoming and comfortable environment by establishing islands of quiet and calm where creativity, collaboration, and socialization can flow naturally.

Adding flexible seating to your spaces increases a user's sensory experience, shown to improve calmness, focus, and reduce tension. By creating space where humans of all ages can relax, you foster positive attitudes and encourage learning. Coordinates with other modular soft seating pieces to configure as circular, straight, or serpentine arrangements. Top stitched sewing details in upholstery. Textiles available through graded-in fabric program, or COM by approval. Includes aluminum legs.

Features & Benefits

LAMINATE TOPS

• Tops are 1” thick using horizontal grade laminate with sealed edges - non-showing surfaces are covered with a backer sheet and are attached to the main body with 1/4” x 20 inserts, Grade A RoHS Compliant 1/4” x 20 bolts, and washers for wood framed seating and Velcro for foam based.

FRAMES AND WEBBING

• Frames are made of 3/4" CDX plywood with 2" x 7/8" air-dried poplar hardwood for internal applications. Glue used in framing is Hi-Tac waterbased wood adhesive. Arms and Backs (when applicable) are attached to seat frames with multiple 5/16" x 18 T-nuts and 5/16" x 18 x 2" NC Grade A RoHS compliant bolts with RoHS compliant 5/16" flat washers. Framing wood is stapled with both wide crown framing Staples, 1" crown x 5/8" length galvanized, and regular framing staples, 5/16" crown x 1 1/2" length galvanized Matrex Sytex engineered Y 370 3” webbing is used for the seat and back suspensions and attached with 1/2" crown x 1/2" length fine wire galvanized staples.

FOAM (WOOD FRAME BASED)

• Seat foam core is 3.5" 2.5 density 55 ILD with a 1/2" cap. Back foam core is 2.0" 1.4 density 55 ILD with a 1/2" cap. Arm top foam core is 1.0" 2.5 density 55 ILD. All other foam is 1/2" 1.4 density 35 ILD. Foam is attached with hot melt adhesive.

FOAM (FOAM BASED)

• All foam for foam-based soft seating is 1.5 density 55 ILD and is attached with hot melt adhesive.

STITCHING AND UPHOLSTERY

• Top stitching (double stitching) on all upholstered items. A minimum of 7 stitches per inch. All threads are Tristar Nylbond HB 16 oz. Upholstery by Momentum, Mayer, Spradling, and Culp is offered for all of our soft seating options. Upholstery is attached with 3/8" x 3/8" length fine wire galvanized staples and is protected with the Elite 200 dust cover.

Fabric grades are used to determine how expensive the fabric is. Each grade is assigned with numbers, starting at Grade 1 and going up to Grade 10. On the other hand, the "COM" Grade stands for "Customer Own Material".

Note:
The lower the grade, the less expensive
The higher the grade, the most expensive

Please see this balt's Fabric Material Guide with indicated fabric grade