Back support truck seat back

• US 4,139,235 A
• Filed: 03/10/1978
• Issued: 02/13/1979
• Est. Priority Date: 03/10/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Richard A. Elbert
• Original Assignee: Richard A. Elbert
• Inventors: Elbert, Richard A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Mitchell, James C.
• Application Number:
  US05/885,443
• Time in Patent Office: 340 Days
• Field of Search: 297/284, 297/307, 297/353, 297/354, 297/357, 297/384, 297/410, 297/411, 297/417
• US Class Current: 297/284.6
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/46 with special, e.g. adjustable , lumbar region support profile; "Ackerblom" profile chairs
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/665 using inflatable bladders
• CPC Class Codes: B60N 2/666 vertically adjustable

Abstract

This seat back provides a variable low back support for truck drivers, and it consists primarily of a back rest of a seat, which is adjustable in height to suite the driver, and it includes an inflatable lower portion for supporting the driver'"'"'s lower back, thus decreasing driver fatigue. The bladder, of the lower portion, is expanded by a common stem means or is connected to the truck'"'"'s air supply, and the top of the seat back includes a head rest for further driver comfort.

Claims

1. A back support truck seat comprising, in combination,

a main body,

a pair of hinged side support arms secured to said main body for providing pelvic support for a driver,

an elongated brace plate secured at one end to the seat bottom providing support means for said main body,

a back brace secured to said main body and having a pair of parallel, spaced apart channel members for slidably and adjustably receiving the opposite end of said elongated brace plate for altering the height of said main body with respect to said seat bottom,

one of said pair of channel members having a slot opening on one longitudinal side edge, for the receiving of an offset pin of a locking lever, which is fixedly secured to said back brace, and the adjacent longitudinal side edge of said elongated brace plate having a plurality of equally spaced apart openings for registration with said slot opening, so that said offset pin when received in said slot opening and in any one of said openings in said brace plate serves as locking means for a height adjustment of said main body, and

an inflatable bladder secured in said main body for supporting the lower back of a driver.

2. The combination of claim 1 wherein said bladder is expanded solely by air means and resides in a cavity in said main body when in a deflated condition.

3. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said back brace is fixedly secured to said main body, and said back brace is spaced between the legs of said "U"-shaped back brace, and said back brace is fixedly secured to the rear surface of said main body, in a suitable manner.

4. The combination according to claim 1, wherein the lower portion of said main body is provided with a transverse cavity, in which is received said inflatable bladder and when said inflatable bladder is expanded, it urges against the lower back of the truck driver.

5. The combination according to claim 4, wherein the walls of said cavity are encroached upon by the outside surface of a portion of said inflatable bladder, when it is inflated, and a portion of said bladder when inflated, extends outwardly and engages the lower back of the truck driver, and the upper portion of said main body receives a height adjustable head rest.

6. The combination according to claim 1, wherein said pair of hinged side support arms are one each secured to a side of the lower end of said main body, by their hinges, which are fixedly secured thereto, and the free ends of said side support arms are pivotally urged towards the pelvic area of the truck driver by a spring secured to each of said side support arms, and said spring of each of said side support arms, is fixedly secured to said side support arms at one end, and is fixedly secured to said main body at the other end.