Chair

• US 4,685,733 A
• Filed: 05/21/1986
• Issued: 08/11/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1985
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Vermogensverwaltung Franz VOGT Familienstiftung KG
• Original Assignee: VOKO Franz VOGT & Company
• Inventors: Hansen, Eckhard, Vonhausen, Robert, Machate, Rainer
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US06/865,325
• Time in Patent Office: 447 Days
• Field of Search: 297/301, 297/302, 297/284, 297/311, 297/353
• US Class Current: 297/284.4
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03255 with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/46 with special, e.g. adjustable , lumbar region support profile; "Ackerblom" profile chairs

Abstract

A chair having a seat member rotatably supported about a swivel point in the region of its front edge relative to a seat carrier. The chair also has a back member connected to at least one lever which is pivotally supported on the seat carrier. The lever is connected so that in the case of an inclination of the back member there simultaneously occurs in a predetermined relationship an inclination of the seat member so that the area of the seat back in the region of the user'"'"'s lumbar vertebra is changed in such a way that the support is at an optimum during each inclined position of the seat back. A control member is hingedly connected at one end to the back member below the point of its engagement with the lever. The control member is hingedly connected to the seat carrier or to the seat at its other end in a first pivot axle spaced from a second pivot axle of the lever on the seat carrier. The lever and the control member are hingedly connected with one another by means of a connecting element, so that a relative movement between the lever and the control member in the coupling point or between the control member and its connecting point on the seat carrier or on the seat can occur.

Claims

1. A chair having a seat member supported pivotally about a swivel point in a region of the front edge of said seat member relative to a seat carrier for said chair, said chair further having a back member connected to at least one lever pivotally supported on said seat carrier and which, at a point spaced from said swivel point, is pivotally connected to said seat member such that upon an inclination of the back member there simultaneously occurs, and at a predetermined relationship, an inclination of the seat member, the improvement comprising a control member hinged at one end to said back member below the point of engagement of said lever therewith, said control member being hinged at its other end of one of (a) said seat carrier at a first axle, and (b) said seat member at said first axle spaced from a second axle, said lever and said control member being hingedly coupled to one another, and further including a connecting element at one of (a) said first axle between said control member and said seat carrier, (b) said second axle between said control member and said seat member, and (c) at the hinged coupling between said control member and said lever, to facilitate a relative movement between said control member and said lever at said hinged coupling point or between said control member and its connecting point to said seat carrier or to said seat member.

2. A chair according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element consists of a plate having an elongated slot therein, in which is movably received a pin.

3. A chair according to claim 2, wherein support means is provided for said plate and thus said slot for facilitating an adjustment in the inclination thereof relative to said lever or to said control member.

4. A chair according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element consists of an intermediate control member.

5. A chair according to claim 4, wherein adjusting means is provided for facilitating an adjustment in the length of said intermediate control.

6. A chair according to claim 1, wherein a connecting link guide is constructed on said lever, into which connecting link guide is received a bolt which is arranged on said seat member.

7. A chair according to claim 6, wherein said control member is hinged to said bolt.

8. A chair according to claim 1, wherein said connecting element including a pin secured to said control member, said pin being received in an elongated slot of a plate which is secured to said lever.

9. A chair according to claim 8, wherein said plate is pivotally secured to said lever.

10. A chair according to claim 1, wherein said seat member and said back member are constructed in one piece and consist of a flexible material and wherein said back member is fixedly secured against rotation with respect to and is longitudinally movable with respect to said lever.

11. A chair according to claim 1, wherein a braking mechanism is provided and is connected to said second axle pivotally connecting said lever to said seat carrier.

12. A chair according to claim 11, wherein said axle is constructed as a torsion spring rod.

13. A chair according to claim 1, wherein said lever at least in the area of said back member extends beyond the width and height of said back member and the chair is flat facing toward the rear.

14. A chair according to claim 13, wherein said lever which is flat in the back part terminates beneath said seat member in two individual levers.

15. A chair having a seat member supported pivotally about a swivel point in a region of the front edge of said seat member relative to a seat carrier for said chair, said chair further having a back member connected to at least one lever pivotally supported at a first axle on said seat carrier which, at a point spaced from said swivel point, is pivotally connected to said seat member such that upon an inclination of the back member there simultaneously occurs, and at a predetermined relationship, an inclination of the seat member, the improvement comprising a control member hinged at one end to said back member below the point of engagement of said lever therewith to adjust the lumbar support of the back member, said control member being hinged at its other end to said seat member at a second axle spaced from said first axle, and a connecting element between said lever and said control member to hingedly couple said lever to said control member to facilitate a relative movement therebetween.

16. A chair according to claim 15, wherein said connecting element comprises an intermediate control member.

17. A chair according to claim 16, wherein said intermediate control member is adjustable.

18. A chair according to claim 15, wherein said connecting element comprises a plate pivotally secured to said lever and a pin secured to said control member and extending through an elongated slot in said plate.

19. A chair according to claim 18, further including a connecting guide link at said second axle for slidably connecting said lever to a bolt on said seat member.