Chair type furniture

• US 4,452,486 A
• Filed: 09/22/1981
• Issued: 06/05/1984
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/1980
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zapf Otto
• Original Assignee: Zapf Otto
• Inventors: Zapf, Otto, Kuchinke, Josef
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/304,374
• Time in Patent Office: 987 Days
• Field of Search: 297/343, 297/342, 297/68, 297/85, 297/341, 297/317, 297/318
• US Class Current: 297/343
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/032 the parts being movably-coupled seat and back-rest A47C1/035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03261 characterised by elastic means
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03272 with coil springs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03294 slidingly movable in the base frame, e.g. by rollers

Abstract

The invention relates to a chair type furniture characterized by a frame on which a seat area may be guided forward and backward in about horizontal direction, furtheron by a tiltable back rest the lower end of which is articulated to the seat area the middle range of which seat area is articulated to the frame, which back rest is guidedly displaceable together with the seat area and at the same time is tilted around the joint on the frame thus causing a spring element to pull the seat area and the back rest into a neutral position, in which the seat area is in its rear position and the back rest is in its most upright position, wherein in order to provide the swivel connection between the seat area and the lower end of the back rest a first bar is tiltably articulated with its lower end to the frame and with the upper end is also tiltably articulated to the back rest, and wherein a second bar is articulated with one end to the first bar and with the other to the seat area.

Claims

1. A reclinable chair comprising;

a frame;

a seat portion, means to guide said seat portion in a horizontal direction forwardly and backwardly;

a backrest, means to guide said backrest in relation to said frame; and

further comprising a joint interconnecting said backrest to said frame;

articulation means to move said seat portion and backrest in relation to said frame;

a spring being interconnected to said seat so as to pull said seat portion in its guide means and, in turn, said back rest in its guide means to a neutral position whereat said seat portion is in its rearward position and the back rest is in its upright position;

said articulation means comprising a first bar being pivotally connected at its lower end to said frame and pivotally connected at its upper end to said backrest, and a second bar pivotally connected at one end to said first bar and at the other end to said seat portion;

whereby said chair is displaceable from the neutral position to a reclined rest position with practically no forces being exerted between the backrest and the user'"'"'s back and with continuous support of the lumbar region of the user, and then being returnable to said neutral position.

4. Chair type furniture according to claim 1, wherein said second bar comprises a joint provided between said first bar and said second bar in the upper half of said first bar.

2. A chair type furniture characterized by:

a frame (2);

a seat (3) being slidably positioned at that frame (2) essentially in its forward and backward direction (8);

a back rest plate (5) being slidably and tiltably fastened to the frame (2);

a linking means (13,

     17) being provided and connecting a rear part of said seat (3) with a lower part of said back rest plate (5);

a biasing means being provided for biasing the arrangement of the seat (3) and the back rest plate (5) in a neutral position, in which the seat (3) is in its rearmost position and the back rest plate (5) is in its most upright position;

a vertical distance being provided in the neutral position between a lower edge (21) of said back rest plate (5) and the upper surface of the seat (3); and

the arrangement being such that when moving the seat (3) and the back rest plate (5) linked to the seat from the neutral position in a more forward and more inclined position of the seat (3) and the back rest plate (5), respectively, the lower part of the back rest plate (5) is making a movement being superimposed by a first and a second movement, said first movement (20) essentially being directed in the forward direction of the seat (3) and the second movement (22) essentially being directed downwardly, such that by these superimposed movements the lower part of the back rest plate (5) permanently is supporting the lumbar region of a person sitting on the chair type furniture essentially without exerting any force between the lower part of the back rest plate (5) and said person.

3. Chair type furniture according to clam 2, wherein rails (9) are secured to the rear side of said back rest (5), which are pivotally secured to a joint (10), which on its hand is secured to said frame (2).