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WO1997046144A1 - Chaise pour position assise ou du type assis-debout - Google Patents

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WO1997046144A1
WO1997046144A1 PCT/US1997/010566 US9710566W WO9746144A1 WO 1997046144 A1 WO1997046144 A1 WO 1997046144A1 US 9710566 W US9710566 W US 9710566W WO 9746144 A1 WO9746144 A1 WO 9746144A1
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Douglas M. Thole
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/02—Seat parts
    • A47C7/024—Seat parts with double seats
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C9/00—Stools for specified purposes
    • A47C9/002—Stools for specified purposes with exercising means or having special therapeutic or ergonomic effects
    • A47C9/005—Stools for specified purposes with exercising means or having special therapeutic or ergonomic effects with forwardly inclined seat, e.g. with a knee-support
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C9/00—Stools for specified purposes
    • A47C9/02—Office stools; Workshop stools
    • A47C9/025—Stools for standing or leaning against, e.g. in a semi-standing or half-seated position

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  • This invention relates to an office-type chair and, more particularly, to a chair possessing a split seat supported by a control which enables relative forward tilting between front and rear portions of the seat, with the chair also possessing a wholly independent height adjustment capability.
  • Prior chairs have been developed which possess a split seat so as to permit the front and rear seat portions to be relatively forwardly tilted.
  • Most of the known chairs of this type have utilized the conventional pedestal-mounted gas spring to raise the seat and thus cause relative tilting between the front and rear seat parts.
  • chairs of this type independent height adjustment of the seat, particularly when in the conventional horizontal orientation, is not possible.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagrammatic side elevational view illustrating a first embodiment of the chair according to the invention, the chair being illustrated in its normal horizontal sitting position.
  • Figure 2 is a diagrammatic side elevational view of the chair according to Figure 1 but illustrating the chair in a position wherein the seat has been relatively forwardly tilted.
  • Figures 3 and 4 are diagrammatic side elevational views which respectively correspond to Figures 1 and 2 but which illustrate a chair according to a second embodiment of the invention.
  • Figure 5 diagrammatically illustrates a latching or locking device for use in conjunction with the chair.
  • the chair 10 includes a conventional base 11 having an upwardly projecting pedestal 12 which incorporates a conventional height-adjusting gas spring 13, the latter having a cylinder housing 14 fixed at its lower end to the base, with the cylinder housing having a telescoped upwardly projecting piston rod 15 which at its upper end is joined to a vertically raisable and lowerable chair control 16.
  • the latter includes a forwardly projecting support arm 17 as an integral and fixed part thereof.
  • the chair 10 also includes a seat-back assembly 21, a primary portion of which is a seat support structure 22.
  • the latter includes a front seat support 23 which adjacent its rearward end is joined by a transverse horizontal hinge or pivot 24 to the forward end of a rear seat support 26.
  • This latter support 26 adjacent its rearward end is joined to an upright 27 which in turn mounts thereon, in any conventional manner, a back structure 28.
  • the seat members are substantially aligned and hence define a generally horizontally enlarged seat for engagement with the buttocks of an occupant.
  • the seat support structure 22 and the chair support 16 are joined by an intermediate control linkage 35 which permits relative forward tilting between the front and rear seat members 31 and 32.
  • This control link 35 as indicated by Figures 1 and 2 includes a transverse horizontal hinge or pivot 36 which connects the front of the front seat support 23 to the outer end of the support arm 17, whereby this front horizontal pivot 36 is disposed adjacent and under a front edge of the seat.
  • the control linkage 35 also includes a elongate control arm or link 37 which at a lower front end is joined by a transverse horizontal pivot 38 to the chair control 16, and at its rear upper end is joined by a transverse horizontal pivot 39 to the rear chair support 26 at a location disposed rearwardly from the hinge 24.
  • the chair 10 illustrated by Figures 1 and 2 will normally be maintained in a typical use position substantially as illustrated by Figure 1, in which position the seat will be defined by the front and rear parts 31 and 32 being generally horizontally aligned so as to define a substantially conventional seat member of generally horizontally enlarged configuration.
  • the chair will be provided with typical stops and controls for releasably maintaining the chair in this typical orientation of Figure 1. Such stops, controls and other related structure are conventional, and are not described or illustrated herein.
  • the split seat 31-32 associated with the chair 10 can be moved into a position illustrated by Figure 2, in which position the front seat member 31 is tilted upwardly so as to be downwardly and forwardly angularly inclined, and the rear seat part 32 is also lifted upwardly and moved forwardly so as to also be in a forwardly but downwardly tilted orientation, although the rear seat member 32 is tilted forwardly and downwardly through a lesser angular extent than is the front seat member 31.
  • the chair 10 will be provided with typical and conventional latching devices and the like so as to permit the chair to be locked in a selected forwardly inclined position, such as the position of Figure 2, if desired.
  • the height of the chair can also be independently adjusted merely by activating the conventional gas spring 13, thereby effecting vertical raising and lowering of the entire seat-back assembly 21.
  • Such vertical raising and lowering of the seat-back assembly 21 can thus be effected wholly independently of the relative forward tiling capability of the seat.
  • the chair 50 again includes a base 51 having a generally conventional upwardly projecting central pedestal 52, the latter having a height-adjusting gas spring associated therewith including a cylinder housing 53 which is fixed relative to the base and projects upwardly, and has a vertically extendable piston rod 54 which at its upper end is coupled to a height-adjustable chair support 55.
  • the latter as in conventional, has a downwardly projecting sleeve part which telescopically surrounds the gas spring.
  • the chair 50 has a seat-back arrangement 56 which is supported on and interconnected to the chair control 55 through a control linkage 57, as explained hereinafter.
  • the seat-back arrangement 56 includes a main or rear seat support member 61 which, at its rearward edge, is joined to an upright 62 which in turn mounts thereon, in a conventional manner, a back member 63.
  • the seat-back arrangement 56 also includes a front seat support 64 which is positioned forwardly of the main seat support 61, and the front seat support 64 is joined to and positioned adjacent the front edge of the rear seat support 61 by means of a flat spring plate 65 extending and joined therebetween.
  • This spring plate 65 normally resiliently maintains the front seat support 64 in an orientation wherein it is positioned adjacent a front edge of the rear seat support 61 so as to be substantially aligned with the rear support 61.
  • the seat of the chair includes a rear seat member 66 which is positioned on the main or rear seat support 61, and also includes a front seat member 67 which is stationarily positioned on the front seat support 66.
  • These seat members 66 and 67 are normally positioned in generally horizontally aligned relation, as illustrated in Figure 3, to thus define a horizontally enlarged seat for supporting an occupant thereon.
  • control linkage 57 same includes an elongate front support arm or link 71 which is normally oriented as illustrated in Figure 3 and has its upper end connected by a transverse horizontal pivot 72 to the rear seat support 61 adjacent a forward end thereof.
  • the lower end of front link 71 is joined by a further transverse horizontal pivot 73 to the chair support 55 adjacent a front end thereof.
  • a stop 74 is fixed to the chair support 55, and the front control link or arm 71 will normally bear against the stop 74 to maintain the seat of the chair in the typical horizontal orientation illustrated by Figure 3.
  • Control linkage 57 also includes a rear elongate control arm or link 76, the latter having its upper end joined by a transverse horizontal pivot 77 to the rear seat support 61 adjacent the rear end thereof.
  • a further transverse horizontal pivot 78 joins the lower end of rear link 76 to the chair support 55, which pivot 78 is spaced rearwardly a substantial distance from the pivot 73. All of these pivots 72, 73, 77 and 78 are generally parallel and extend horizontally in generally transverse relation relative to the chair.
  • the front seat member 67 can be independently deflected downwardly into a forward tilt position, such as illustrated in Figure 4, without changing the position or angular orientation of the rear seat member 66.
  • the occupant can, by exerting suitable leg pressure against the front seat member 67, cause it to angularly deflect downwardly into a forward tilt position due to deflection of the spring plate 65.
  • the chair 50 can also be activated into an entire forward tilt position substantially as illustrated by Figure 4 merely by swinging the seat upwardly due to forward pivoting of the control links 71 and 76, thereby causing the rear seat part 66 to swing upwardly and to assume a shallow forward tilt angle.
  • the front seat member 67 can be independently downwardly forwardly tilted relative to the rear seat part 66 if desired. Since the spring plate 65 continuously resiliently urges the front seat member 67 to return to its generally aligned position with the rear seat member 66, it is preferable to provide a latch or lock to hold the front seat member 67 in a forwardly inclined position to thereby relieve the spring restoring force from the occupant's legs.
  • a latch similar to that illustrated by Figure 5 can be provided.
  • the front seat support 64 is provided with a connector plate 81 which projects rearwardly and is hingedly supported on the hinge shaft 72 provided under the front edge of the rear seat support 61.
  • the rearward end of the control plate 81 in surrounding relationship to the hinge 72, can be provided with a toothed latch part 82 extending around a portion of the circumference thereof, which latch part 82 is positioned for cooperation and engagement with a releasable latch 83.
  • the latter is connected to a latch release handle 84 which is pivotal about a transverse horizontal pivot 85 provided on the rear seat support, and a torsion spring 86 normally urges the latch 83 into latching engagement with the latch sector 82.
  • This latching relationship locks the front seat member 67 in a forwardly tilted or inclined position against the urging of the plate spring 65, and when the latch is manually released, then the operator can either forwardly incline the front seat part, or permit it to return to its normal aligned relationship with the rear seat part.
  • the chair 50 of Figures 3 and 4 and as explained above relative to the chair 10 of Figures 1 and 2, will be provided with typical and conventional stops, latches and the like so as to control the position of the chair when it is moved between the normal and tilted positions illustrated by Figures 3 and 4.
  • Such stops and latches are conventional, and an ordinarily skilled artisan will recognize how such controls and latches are to be incorporated into the chair, so that further detailed description thereof is believed unnecessary.
  • the chair 50 of Figures 3 and 4 also incorporates therein a wholly independent height-adjusting mechanism, namely the gas spring 53-54, and hence the height of the chair can be readily selectively varied without influencing the positional adjustment and more specifically the forward seat tilt adjustment achieved by use and activation of the control linkage 57.
  • a wholly independent height-adjusting mechanism namely the gas spring 53-54
  • the height of the chair can be readily selectively varied without influencing the positional adjustment and more specifically the forward seat tilt adjustment achieved by use and activation of the control linkage 57.

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Chaise de bureau (10) comportant une base (11), un pied s'élevant à la verticale (12) et comprenant un ressort à pression gazeuse (13) destiné à régler la hauteur, un support de chaise (16) réglable en hauteur adjacent à l'extrémité supérieure du pied, un agencement siège/dossier (21) et une liaison de commande de basculement vers l'avant accouplée entre le support et l'agencement siège/dossier. L'agencement siège/dossier comprend une structure de support de siège définie par des supports de siège avant (23) et arrière (26) articulés sur le plan horizontal l'un par rapport à l'autre et sur lesquels sont respectivement montés des éléments de siège avant (31) et arrière (32). Une liaison de commande (37) est reliée pivotante entre le support de chaise et au moins le support de siège arrière afin de permettre au siège d'être déplacé entre une position d'utilisation normale, dans laquelle les éléments de siège avant et arrière sont généralement horizontalement alignés, et une position basculée vers l'avant dans laquelle lesdites parties avant et arrière sont toutes deux basculées vers l'avant.
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EP1852099A1 (fr) * 2006-05-05 2007-11-07 Doge Collection Chaise avec position pour se mettre debout
US7350863B2 (en) 2003-09-30 2008-04-01 Paul Arthur Engels Height-adjustable work chair
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CN104433391A (zh) * 2014-11-06 2015-03-25 东南大学 一种倚坐多功能椅子
GB2561810A (en) * 2017-01-20 2018-10-31 The Helping Hand Company Ledbury Ltd Powered seat and related seating improvements
JP2019063025A (ja) * 2017-09-28 2019-04-25 株式会社オカムラ 椅子
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US10362874B2 (en) 2015-07-23 2019-07-30 Herman Miller, Inc. Seating device
US11596232B2 (en) 2019-04-16 2023-03-07 MillerKnoll, Inc. Chair for active engagement of user
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US5401077A (en) * 1991-02-20 1995-03-28 Hosoe; Isao Ergonomically improved chair or armchair
US5435623A (en) * 1991-06-19 1995-07-25 Kapec; Jeffrey Interactive seating device
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WO2001060211A1 (fr) * 2000-02-16 2001-08-23 Tk Canada Limited Chaise de travail reglable
DE10007103B4 (de) * 2000-02-16 2004-01-29 Wolfgang Deisig Verstellbarer Arbeitsstuhl, insbesondere Bürostuhl
US6752459B2 (en) 2000-02-16 2004-06-22 Tk Canada Limited Adjustable chair
US7350863B2 (en) 2003-09-30 2008-04-01 Paul Arthur Engels Height-adjustable work chair
WO2005058632A3 (fr) * 2003-12-15 2005-12-29 Be Aerospace Inc Siege de vehicule permettant d'adopter une position perchee
US7111904B2 (en) * 2003-12-15 2006-09-26 Be Aerospace, Inc. Vehicle seating supporting a perch position
EP1852099A1 (fr) * 2006-05-05 2007-11-07 Doge Collection Chaise avec position pour se mettre debout
NL1036013C (nl) * 2008-10-03 2010-04-06 Maarten Antoon Nicolaas Hartog Arbeidsstoel met naar voren kantelbaar zitdeel en steun voor bovenlichaam.
CN104433391A (zh) * 2014-11-06 2015-03-25 东南大学 一种倚坐多功能椅子
US10362874B2 (en) 2015-07-23 2019-07-30 Herman Miller, Inc. Seating device
GB2561810A (en) * 2017-01-20 2018-10-31 The Helping Hand Company Ledbury Ltd Powered seat and related seating improvements
GB2561810B (en) * 2017-01-20 2022-12-21 The Helping Hand Company Ledbury Ltd Powered seat and related seating improvements
JP2019063025A (ja) * 2017-09-28 2019-04-25 株式会社オカムラ 椅子
JP2019063024A (ja) * 2017-09-28 2019-04-25 株式会社オカムラ 椅子
US11596232B2 (en) 2019-04-16 2023-03-07 MillerKnoll, Inc. Chair for active engagement of user
US11805905B2 (en) 2019-04-16 2023-11-07 MillerKnoll, Inc. Chair for active engagement of user
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