Upright active-sitting seat
US9474377B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 9, 2013 |
| Grant date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 9, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T403/32614
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
An upright active-sitting seat provides a connection of a seating leg to a base through an articulating joint that allows the user to move a seat front to back and side to side, allowing a more active sitting that encourages blood circulation. The chair includes a seat supported by a post that is connected to a mount via a ball joint rod by a transverse rod that is routed through the ball joint rod end. By way of a coil spring that engages with the mount and the post, the post is spring biased to a home position relative to the mount. When using the chair, a person may move the seat from the home position to a comfortable seating position. When the person stands from the chair after using it, the chair returns to its spring biased home position.
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