Seating furniture item, in particular office chair

• US 7,600,814 B2
• Filed: 10/08/2007
• Issued: 10/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Interstuhl Bueromoebel GmbH & Co. KG
• Original Assignee: Interstuhl Bueromoebel GmbH & Co. KG
• Inventors: Link, Werner
• Primary Examiner(s): WHITE, RODNEY BARNETT
• Application Number:
  US11/868,616
• Publication Number:
  US 20080084102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 736 Days
• Field of Search: 297/300.5, 297/300.2
• US Class Current: 297/300.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03255 with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03266 with adjustable elasticity
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03272 with coil springs

Abstract

A seating furniture item, in particular an office chair, has a seat fastened on a seat support and a backrest fastened to a backrest support, the backrest support being articulatedly arranged on a base support and the backrest support and the seat support being articulatedly connected with each other via two levers, and in which one of the two levers is positively guided directly on the base support.

Claims

1. A seating furniture item, comprising a seat support;

a backrest support;

a base support;

a seat fastened on said seat support;

a backrest fastened to said backrest support, said backrest support being articulately arranged on said base support, and said backrest support and said seat support being articulately connected with each other via two levers, one of said levers being positively guided directly on said base support, wherein articulation points of said levers on said backrest support and on said seat support are arranged independently of a swivel position of said levers beneath a rear half of said seat, and wherein said base support and said backrest support are not connected directly but only via said two levers.

2. A seating furniture item as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a toothing for positively guiding said one lever on said base support.

3. A seating furniture item as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising a spring element for prestressing one of said levers in one end position of a swivel movement of said one lever.

4. A seating furniture item as defined in claim 3, wherein an articulation point of said spring element on said one lever is adjustable.

5. A seating furniture item as defined in claim 3;

and further comprising a clamping lever which is configured for fixing an articulation point of said spring element during a swivel movement of said one lever.

6. A seating furniture item as defined in claim 1, wherein a position of said at least one lever and therefore positions of said seat and said backrest are arrestable.

7. A seating furniture item as defined in claim 1;

and further comprising an adjusting member by which a front edge of said seat is lowerable.