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Ergonomic chair

US4270797A · kind A · utility

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4Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 12, 1979
Grant dateJun 2, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 12, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C1/03283
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

The ergonomic chair comprises at the upper end of the chair column, a supporting arm on which the front end of the seat supporting frame is articulated for pivoting vertically. At the rear end of the seat supporting frame, a back rest is connected to the seat supporting frame and the supporting arm by means of a movement guiding and return mechanism so that an alteration in the inclination of the back rest automatically causes a proportional alteration in the inclination of the seat supporting frame. The movement guiding and return mechanism is divided into two structural units which are separate in construction. The one is a linkage mechanism which is effective between a back-rest connection construction, the seat supporting frame and the supporting arm, with a movement lock which is effective when the chair is in the position of rest. The other structural unit is constructed in the form of a spring mechanism which can be locked and which applies a force to the chair column between the back-rest connection construction and the supporting arm, through which the back rest and the seat supporting frame are restored from a backwardly inclined position into a normal initial position.

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