Corrective chair

• US 20070096524A1
• Filed: 11/01/2005
• Published: 05/03/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shang-Wei Chou
• Original Assignee: Shang-Wei Chou
• Inventors: Chou, Shang-Wei
• Application Number:
  US11/265,071
• Publication Number:
  US 20070096524A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 297/313
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/022 having independently-adjustable supporting parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 9/005 with forwardly inclined seat, e.g. with a knee-support
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 15/007 Physiotherapeutic chairs with incorporated massage means A61H1/00
• CPC Class Codes: A61G 5/14 Standing-up or sitting-down aids
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 1/0292 for the spinal column A61H1/0218 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2203/0431 in 90°/90°-position, like on a chair

Abstract

A corrective chair comprises a seat which allows to be tilted forward and backward, a backrest and support elements for feet, allowing multiple uses as a regular chair, a reclining chair and a chair for correcting orientation of vertebrae, assisting a user to get up, lie down and stretch the torso for relaxing, preventing inflammation of muscular mucous membranes and attaining a better sitting position.

Claims

1. A corrective chair, comprising:

a frame, having a front plate, a rear plate, a left plate, a right plate and two support plates which extend from said left and right plates inward, respectively; and

a seat, mounted on said frame and further comprising

a seat plate, from which two lateral plates extend downward, each having a hole in a middle position passed through by a hinge axis mounted on said frame, allowing said seat to be tilted forward and backward, and

a blocking assembly for restricting tilting forward and backward of said seat to maximum angles;

wherein by placing feet of a user on said supporting plates, movements of said user for controlling position and balance help to attain a healthy sitting position and proper orienting of vertebrae.

2. The corrective chair according to claim 1, wherein a backrest is mounted on rear edges of said left and right plates, having an inclination angle that is adjustable by an adjusting device.

3. The corrective chair according to claim 1, wherein a support device is mounted on said seat for supporting an upright sitting position of said user.

4. The corrective chair according to claim 3, wherein said support device comprises:

a bearing, mounted on one of said two lateral plates having a cross-section shaped roughly like a square, further having an opening and an inner space from which an orienting rod extends upward; and

a support rod, shaped like the letter L, having a lower end with an end part with a cross-section shaped roughly like a square, into which said bearing is inserted, with said orienting rod fixing an orientation of said support rod, and an upper end placed close to an abdomen of said user.

5. The corrective chair according to claim 1, wherein a positioning device is mounted on said front plate for maintaining a forward-tilted position of said seat.

6. The corrective chair according to claim 1, wherein said blocking assembly comprises two arc-shaped openings, respectively cut into said two lateral plates, and two bolts, respectively extending inward from said left and right plates and each passing through one of said two arc-shaped openings.