Task chair

• US 7,396,082 B2
• Filed: 01/10/2005
• Issued: 07/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/29/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Garrex, LLC
• Original Assignee: Garrex, LLC
• Inventors: Sanchez, Gary L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Brown; Peter R.
• Application Number:
  US11/032,594
• Publication Number:
  US 20050184570A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,275 Days
• Field of Search: 297/284.1, 297/284.4, 297/300.8, 297/302.5, 297/302.7, 297/353, 297/354.1, 297/354.12, 297/452.26, 297/452.29
• US Class Current: 297/353
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/405 with double backrests
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/446 with fluid springs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 7/46 with special, e.g. adjustable , lumbar region support profile; "Ackerblom" profile chairs

Abstract

The present invention relates to task chairs that support the body of the user in healthy positions while the user performs various tasks over extended sitting periods and that provide independent and independently adjustable support to the lower and the upper back.

Claims

1. An adjustable task chair comprising:

a seat;

at least two back support members;

each said back support member independently supported by a single, tiltable, vertical brace support member, each of said back support members being adjustable;

each said brace support member supported by, and pivotally attached to, a frame;

each said brace support member adjustable, independent of each said other brace support member, adjusting a position of each said back support member in an anterior and a posterior direction to vary an angle defined by said back support member with respect to said seat;

at least one holding component mounted on a posterior section of said frame and holding each said brace support member in a position; and

each said holding component comprises a spring to bias said corresponding brace support member.

2. The chair of claim 1 wherein one of said brace support members is disposed behind another of said brace support members.

3. The chair of claim 1 further comprising at least one adjusting component for overcoming holding of said holding component to adjust at least one of said vertical brace support members.

4. The chair of claim 3 wherein at least one of said adjusting components comprises an actuator system.

5. The chair of claim 3 wherein said adjusting component comprises a telescoping component to adjust a length of said brace support member.

6. The chair of claim 3 wherein said adjusting components control an angle of at least one said brace support member.

7. The chair of claim 3 wherein said adjusting components further control tilt lock of at least one said brace support member.

8. The chair of claim 1 wherein one of said back support members supports a lower back of a seated person and another of said back support members supports an upper back of the seated person.

9. The chair of claim 1 further comprising:

at least one adjusting component to independently adjust a length of at least one of said brace support members; and

at least one adjusting component to independently adjust at least one of said brace support members in a direction towards, or away from, said seat.

10. The chair of claim 1 wherein at least one of said back support members comprises vertical indentations along a center of said back support member, said indentations comprising dimensions sufficient to relieve pressure on a spine of a seated person when the seated person reclines against said back support member.

11. The chair of claim 1 wherein each of said back support members comprises a pad, said pads oriented horizontally and sufficiently spaced apart to relieve pressure on a spine of a seated person when the seated person reclines against said back support members.

12. The chair of claim 1 wherein said seat comprises a depression to relieve pressure of a coccyx of a seated person when the person sits on said seat.

13. The chair of claim 1 further comprising adjustable arm rests.

14. The chair of claim 13 further comprising tiltably adjustable forearm support members.

15. The chair of claim 13 wherein said arm rests are adjustable in a direction toward, and away from, a center of said chair.

16. The chair of claim 13 wherein said arm rests are adjustable in height.

17. The chair of claim 13 further comprising rotatably adjustable forearm support members.

18. The chair of claim 1 further comprising a shroud to hold and conceal adjusting systems.

19. The chair of claim 1 further comprising at least one brace component to independently adjust a length of at least one adjustable support member.

20. The chair of claim 1 further comprising at least one adjusting component to independently adjust at least one brace support member in a direction towards, or away from, said seat.

21. The chair of claim 1 further comprising at least one adjusting component to adjust at least one of said back support members in a vertical direction.

22. An adjustable task chair comprising:

a seat;

at least two back support members;

each said back support member independently supported by a single, tiltable, vertical brace support member, at least one of said back support members being adjustable;

each said brace support member supported by, and pivotally attached to, a frame;

each said brace support member adjustable, independent of each said other brace support member, adjusting a position of said corresponding back support member in an anterior and a posterior direction to vary an angle defined by said back support member with respect to said seat;

at least one holding component mounted on a posterior section of said frame and holding each said brace support member in a position; and

at least one adjusting component for overcoming holding of said holding component to adjust at least one of said vertical brace support members, wherein at least one of said adjusting components connects to at least one pneumatic gas cylinder.

23. An adjustable task chair comprising:

a seat;

at least two back support members;

each said back support member independently supported by a single, tiltable, vertical brace support member, at least one of said back support members being adjustable;

at least one adjusting component to independently adjust a length of at least one of said brace support members;

at least one adjusting component to independently adjust at least one of said brace support members in a direction towards, or away from, said seat;

at least one adjusting component to independently control tilt tension of at least one said brace support member;

each said brace support member supported by, and pivotally attached to, a frame; and

each said brace support member adjustable, independent of each said other brace support member, adjusting a position of said corresponding back support member in an anterior and a posterior direction to vary an angle defined by said back support member with respect to said seat.