Work chair

• US 6,257,661 B1
• Filed: 10/20/1999
• Issued: 07/10/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Provenda Marketing AG
• Original Assignee: Provenda Marketing AG
• Inventors: Eberle, Emil
• Primary Examiner(s): Nelson, Jr., Milton
• Application Number:
  US09/421,034
• Time in Patent Office: 629 Days
• Field of Search: 297/188.01, 297/188.14, 297/188.18, 297/188.19, 297/188.2, 297/217.1, 297/115, 297/440.1, 297/188.21
• US Class Current: 297/188.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/62 Accessories for chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/624 located on side of seat, e.g. on armrest
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/70 of foldable type

Abstract

A work chair has columnar armrest carriers, which normally serve for the uptake of an armrest. On at least one side of the work chair, however, armrest carrier bears a handbag instead of an armrest. This handbag has a pocket, for example, in which the armrest carrier can be engaged. Alternatively, an armrest or an armrest carrier may be provided with features for carrying a handbag, portable telephone or the like.

Claims

1. A chair comprising:

a generally horizontal seat for supporting a seated user;

a generally vertical backrest;

a support for supporting the seat above a floor surface;

a vertically-extending projection carried by at least one of an armrest and an armrest carrier of the chair, engageable via a generally vertical translation to a complementary channel of a handbag for removeably securing the handbag to the chair in an installed position proximate at least at one side of the seated user.

2. The chair of claim 1 wherein said generally vertical translation comprises a generally downward movement of the handbag from an uninstalled position to the installed position, in which installed position the projection prevents disengagement of the handbag from the chair except by a generally upward movement of the handbag.

3. A handbag for installation on the chair of claim 1 and having a closeable opening to a compartment within the handbag, which compartment is accessible to the seated user with the handbag in the installed position.

4. A work chair with an armrest carrier (11) on a side of the chair, wherein said armrest carrier (11) removeably bears a handbag in absence of an armrest separate from the handbag on said side of the chair, the handbag having a bottom and an opening in the bottom and including a plastic insert, which insert has a vertically-extending channel for receiving a complementary portion of the armrest carrier.

5. The work chair of claim 4, wherein the insert has a cross-section selected from the group consisting of L-shaped and U-shaped.

6. A work chair with at least one of an armrest carrier (11) and an armrest (20) on a side of the chair, wherein:

said at least one of an armrest carrier (11) and an armrest (20) removeably bears a handbag;

a coupling part is provided on said at least one of an armrest and an armrest carrier, for removeably attaching said handbag; and

said coupling part has a prismatic unit arranged on a crosspiece, and a second coupling part on said handbag has a hollow shape complementary to the prismatic unit, which second coupling part can be placed on the prismatic unit.

7. A work chair with an armrest carrier (11) on a side of the chair, wherein said armrest carrier (11) removeably bears a handbag in absence of an armrest separate from the handbag on said side of the chair, the handbag including a rear wall which faces inward when installed on the armrest carrier and wherein the handbag includes a first coupling part either in or on a rear wall of the handbag for detachably engaging a second coupling part on the armrest carrier and the first coupling part is integrated with a rigid insert in at least the rear wall of the handbag.