Chair

• US 4,761,033 A
• Filed: 05/20/1987
• Issued: 08/02/1988
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1986
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Drabert Sohne GmbH & Company
• Original Assignee: Drabert Sohne GmbH & Company
• Inventors: Lanuzzi, Max, Dubach, Fredi
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/052,436
• Time in Patent Office: 440 Days
• Field of Search: 297/319, 297/320, 297/316, 297/313, 297/83, 297/84, 297/68, 297/285, 297/353, 297/301, 248/424
• US Class Current: 297/300.3
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03255 with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03272 with coil springs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03283 with fluid springs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/126 for chairs

Abstract

A chair with a seat support (7) has a seat plate (11) which is supported to the seat support (7) by means of a rear and a front guide rod. The chair has a back rest support (14a) that is pivot-hinged to the seat support (7). The seat support (7) is connected to a rigid, back rest angle support (1) by means of a front and a back parallelogram guide rod (3). The angle support is fixed to the bottom part of the chair (2). The parallelogram guide joints (3) are also connected to each other by means of a parallel guide rod (4). A first force storage member (5) is situated between the seat support (7) and the back rest angle support (1) and a second force storage member (15) is located between the back rest support (14a) and the seat support (7). The force necessary for the slope of the back rest is independent of the weight of the user. A user with higher weight must expend a higher amount of force for the slope of the back rest to move backward than a user with a lower weight.

Claims

1. A chair comprising:

a seat support (7);

a back rest support (14a) which is pivot-hinged to said seat support (7);

a seat plate (11) connected to said seat support (7) by means of a rear and a front guide rod (10,12);

a stationary back rest angle support (1) connected to said seat support (7) by means of a front and a rear parallelogram guide rod (3), said parallelogram guide rods (3) being connected with joints to each other by means of a parallel guide rod (4) extending therebetween;

a first force storage member (5) arranged to act between said seat support (7) and said back rest angle support (1); and

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a second force storage member (15) arranged to act between said back rest support (14a) and said seat support (7).

2. A chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein said first force storage member (5) is hinged both at said seat support (7) and at a joint point (6) of said parallel guide rod and the parallelogram guide rod (3).

3. A chair in accordance with claim 2 wherein said second force storage member (15) is hinged at a pressure point (12a) of the guide rod (12) at the seat and at a joint point (3a) of said parallel guide rod (4) and the parallelogram guide rod (3).

4. A chair in accordance with claim 3 wherein said second force storage member (15) is hinged both at the seat support (7) and at the back rest support (14a).

5. A chair in accordance with claim 4 wherein said back rest support (14a) includes a section extending across its pressure point (14b) at the seat support (7) having free end connected to a guide rod (13), said rod being hinged to the rear guide rod (12) connecting said seat support (7) to said seat (11).

6. A chair in accordance with claim 5 wherein said parallelogram guide rods (3) are triangular-shaped with one joint point located in each corner.

7. A chair according to claim 6 wherein said force storage members (5, 15) are springs.

8. A chair in accordance with claim 6 wherein at least one force storage member (15) is a gas-filled spring.