Chair

• US 7,770,973 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2007
• Issued: 08/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Wilkening+Hahne GmbH+Co.KG
• Original Assignee: Wilkening+Hahne GmbH+Co.KG
• Inventors: Englisch, Michael, Gehner, Carsten
• Primary Examiner(s): Dunn; David
• Assistant Examiner(s): Abraham; Tania
• Application Number:
  US11/750,440
• Publication Number:
  US 20070273189A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,180 Days
• Field of Search: 297/298, 297/296, 297/284.1, 297/302.2, 297/284.11, 297/303.1, 297/302.1, 297/300.2
• US Class Current: 297/302.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/023 the parts being horizontally-adjustable seats ; Expandable seats or the like, e.g. seats with horizontally adjustable parts
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03255 with a central column, e.g. rocking office chairs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03277 with bar or leaf springs
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03288 with resilient blocks
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/03294 slidingly movable in the base frame, e.g. by rollers

Abstract

The invention relates to a chair with a seat, a base support and a backrest, wherein the seat is mounted on the base support so as to be pivotable about a first pivoting axis and the backrest is mounted on the seat so as to be pivotable about a second pivoting axis. The two pivoting axes are arranged so as to be displaceable relative to one another in order to be able to change the seat depth.

Claims

1. A chair comprising:

a seat,

a base support,

a backrest,

a base-seat pivoting mechanism for mounting the seat on the base support so as to be pivotable about a first pivoting axis,

a backrest-seat pivoting mechanism for mounting the backrest on the seat so as to be pivotable about a second pivoting axis separated by a distance from the first pivoting axis, and

a coupling system which couples the backrest to the seat, the coupling system including

a locking mechanism for adjusting and then setting a distance between the first pivoting axis and the second pivoting axis so as to set a depth of the seat, and

a coupling mechanism by which a pivoting movement of the seat relative to the base support about the first pivoting axis causes a pivoting movement of the backrest relative to the seat about the second pivoting axis with a specified synchronous relationship between the degree of pivoting of the seat and the inclination of the backrest.

2. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the base support, the seat and the backrest are connected to one another by a two-point mechanism.

3. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the first pivoting axis is provided in the region of the front end of the seat and the second pivoting axis is provided in the region of the rear end of the seat.

4. A chair according to claim 1, wherein said locking mechanism includes a first seat supporting part and a second seat supporting part and the two seat supporting parts are arranged so as to be displaceable relative to one another so as to vary the distance between the first pivoting axis and the second pivoting axis, and wherein the first seat supporting part is connected to the base support and the second seat supporting part is connected to the backrest.

5. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the second pivoting axis is arranged in the region of the rotation axis of the hip of a user sitting on the chair.

6. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the backrest is guided relative to the seat in an arc-shaped guide.

7. A chair according to claim 6, wherein said arc-shaped guide comprises a circular arc-shaped guide.

8. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the coupling mechanism includes a means for changing the synchronous relationship.

9. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the pivoting movement of the seat and/or the backrest is sprung by at least one spring member.

10. A chair according to claim 1,

wherein a first spring system is provided between the base support and the seat and a second spring system is provided between the seat and the backrest, and

wherein a means is also provided for adjusting the spring behaviour of the two spring systems so that the pivotability of the seat in relation to the base support and the pivotability of the backrest in relation to the seat can be adapted to different requirements.

11. A chair according to claim 1, wherein the first pivoting axis is located between the base support and the seat.