Sitting means having sensing device

Inactive Publication Date: 2004-03-25
CHO MYOUNG HO
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0025] It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a device and method for an occupant in a sitting means to have optimum sitting

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In the prior arts, there have never been any devices or methods that encourage, lead, or urge an occupa

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[0042] In the present invention, one or a plurality of sensing means are provided to the parts of the seat member and / or the back member of a sitting means to which the body of an occupant is contacting when an occupant sits in the sitting means in right sitting posture.

[0043] For convenience, the sensing means to be contacted by several parts of the body of an occupant are indicated as seat sensor (23), hip sensor (33), spine sensor (37), blade sensors (35) and (35'), head sensor (38) and so on, each of which will be described hereinafter.

[0044] Referring to FIGS. 5 and 16, there are shown a sensing device and a chair (57) having seat member (21) and back member (31) combined with said sensing device in accordance with the present invention.

[0045] The "sitting means" is of the type which has a substantially horizontal seat member which supports the thigh bones and pelvis of an occupant and a substantially vertical back member which is vertically positioned above the seat member and...

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Abstract

Device and method for encouraging and urging an occupant in a sitting means to have optimum sitting posture, in which one or a plurality of sensors are provided to the seat member and/or the back member of the sitting means to which the thighs, hip, spine, shoulder blades and/or ribs, and/or the head of an occupant are contacting when the occupant sits in the sitting means in right sitting posture, said sensors generate/send signals to the microcomputer when an occupant on the sitting means contacts or activates said sensors, upon receiving the signals, the microcomputer orders the responding means either to produce responding signal or not, according to predetermined program, and when the responding means responds, the occupant, upon recognizing the responding signal, tries to contact or activate all the sensors in order to stop the response by correcting his/her sitting posture.

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[0001] The present invention relates to a sitting means, and particularly relates to a sitting means having sensing device for sensing the sitting posture of an occupant on a sitting means and thereby for encouraging and urging the occupant to have optimum sitting posture.[0002] Generally, a "sitting means" has a substantially horizontal seat member which supports the thighs and pelvis of an occupant and a substantially vertical back member which is vertically positioned above the seat member and is adapted to provide support to the back of the occupant.[0003] Thus, the sitting means, in this specification, indicates any one of the chairs, vehicle seats, airplane seats, benches, sofas, folding chairs, beach chairs, wheel chairs, school seat-desks, church pews, auditorium and stadium seats, sitting parts of exercise apparatuses, and the like.[0004] For convenience, the term "chair" or "seat" is sometimes used to representatively denote all these types of sitting means.[0005] There ha...

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IPC IPC(8): A47C7/62A47C9/00B60N2/00
CPCA47C7/405B60N2/002A47C9/002A47C7/62A47C7/72A47C7/386
Inventor CHO, MYOUNG-HO
Owner CHO MYOUNG HO
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