Seat, especially work seat, with several positions

• US 4,685,730 A
• Filed: 12/20/1985
• Issued: 08/11/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Etablissements Linguanotto
• Original Assignee: Etablissements Linguanotto
• Inventors: Linguanotto, Louis
• Primary Examiner(s): Dorner, Kenneth J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Brown, Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US06/811,264
• Time in Patent Office: 599 Days
• Field of Search: 297/61, 297/312, 297/316, 297/320, 297/321, 297/340
• US Class Current: 297/316
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03216 by fluid means
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03255 with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/024 with double seats
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/405 with double backrests
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/46 with special, e.g. adjustable , lumbar region support profile; "Ackerblom" profile chairs

Abstract

The structure (1) supporting the body on the seat is subdivided into a front seating part (2) articulated on the frame (5), a back (4) articulated on a bracket (10) which is itself articulated on the frame, and a rear seating part (3) articulated between the back (4) and the front seating part (3). A non-rigid connection (14) is provided between the rear seating part (3) and the bracket (10).

Claims

1. Seat, especially work seat, comprising

a frame mounted vertically adjustable on a support base and carrying a body-supporting structure including a substantially flat front seat portion, a curved rear seat portion and a back rest portion,

a curved bracket having a lower front end and an upper rear end on the frame for supporting the back rest portion,

the front seat portion having a front end and a rear end and being pivoted near its front end by a first horizontal transverse axis to the frame near the front end thereof and at its rear end by a second horizontal transverse axis to the front end of the rear seat portion,

the bracket being pivoted at its lower front end by a third horizontal transverse axis to the frame, in front of said second axis,

a positioning means provided having one portion attached to the bracket between the two ends of the bracket another portion attached to and the frame for maintaining the bracket in several positions with respect to the frame around the said third axis,

the back rest portion having an upper end and a lower end and being pivoted between the said two ends by a fourth horizontal transverse axis to the upper rear end of the bracket and at its lower end by a fifth horizontal transverse axis to the rear upper end of the rear seat portion, and

the rear seat portion being flexibly connected, between the said second and the fifth axes, by a non-rigid connection to the bracket so that the body supporting structure can be brought into a forward position in which the front end of the rear seat portion and the front seat portion are slightly inclined forwards and downwards relative to the horizontal, and into a draw-back position in which the front end of the rear seat portion and the front seat portion are inclined rearwards and downwards relative to the horizontal.

2. Seat according to claim 1, wherein stop means are provided between the front seat portion and the rear seat portion for limiting inclination of the front seat portion in the forward position with respect to the inclination of the front end of the rear seat portion.

3. Seat according to claim 1, wherein the said frame comprises stop means for limiting inclination of the front seat portion in a drawn-back position.

4. Seat according to claim 3, wherein said stop means is adjustable.

5. Seat according to claim 1, wherein said non-rigid connection comprises an elastic component.

6. Seat according to claim 1, wherein said positioning means comprises a position-maintaining and forward-position returning device, which acts on the said bracket by a two-arm lever pivoted by a horizontal transverse axis on the said frame.

7. Seat according to claim 6, wherein said device comprises a pneumatic jack, which can be locked in position and a spring in parallel with said jack.

8. Seat according to claim 7, wherein said spring is adjustable.

9. Seat according to claim 6, further comprising a headrest pivoted by a horizontal transverse axis on the upper end of the back rest portion and position-controlled by a flexible cable actuated by the position-maintaining and forward-position returning device.