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a chair and ergonomic technology, applied in the field of ergonomic chairs, can solve the problems of user eye level dropping undetectedly, shirt tail pulling, and particularly acute problems, and achieve the effect of simple and economical construction and high production
Inactive Publication Date: 2007-03-29
HUMANSCALE CORP
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[0017] It is an object of one embodiment of the present invention is to provide an occupant-weight-operated chair having a reclinable back wherein the chair is of a simple economical construction and lends itself to high production manufacturing and fabrication procedures.
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If the back alone pivots, it generally creates a problem known as “shirt tail pull.” This problem is particularly acute if the pivot of the chair back is not coordinated with the natural body action.
This problem can also be accentuated by the tendency of the hips of the user to slide forward as the back tilts rearwardly.
The undesirable effect of this arrangement is that the body angle between the user's torso and legs is unchanged and as a result, the user's eye level drops undesirably when the chair is reclined.
If the arms were adjustable, any adjustments have been less than ideal and / or quite cumbersome.
However, such headrests typically provided the chair occupant with very little support, i.e., when the chair is reclined, the headrest maintains its position relative to the back of the chair.
Alternatively, if the headrest were to provide the chair occupant with substantial support, the headrest required awkward adjustments.
Moreover, while it is believed that some reclining chairs heretofore available have had a means to adjust their resistance to reclining, such adjustments have been less than ideal, and / or very cumbersome and not practicable.
Consequently, any ergometric advantages that might be delivered by the properly tuned chair are not achieved.
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[0093] The present invention comprises several developments that can be incorporated singly, or in any combination, into conventional chair designs. For example, the method and mechanism of the present invention for reclining the back of a chair can be used alone, or it could be used with the method and mechanism of the adjustable armrest, the method and mechanism of the adjustable headrest and / or the method and mechanism of the tilt mechanism. FIG. 34 illustrates a chair that incorporates several aspects of the present invention into a chair design specifically including the method and mechanism of the present invention for reclining the back of a chair, the method and mechanism of the adjustable armrest, the method and mechanism of the adjustable headrest and the method and mechanism of the tilt mechanism.
[0094] To understand how the present invention operates, the several separate inventive aspects are described separately. To start with, the method and mechanism for reclining t...
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A chair of the tilting type which includes a base, a seat and back, with the base pivotally supporting the seat with two parallel links of a four-bar parallel linkage, with one of the links extending to support the back. The four-bar linkage is duplicated on each side of the chair by forming the two opposite parallel links or cranks from the upturned ends of the tubes which pass through the base in parallel but vertically offset fashion, the base thus forming the fixed bar of the linkage with its opposite bar or coupler being formed by the seat. A spring within the base is operative on one (of both) of the tubes to urge the chair to an upright position. The tubes are pivotally connected to the seat and one of the tubes extends and is fixedly connected to the back. As the back tilts, the four-bar mechanism is engaged and lifts the seat which thereby uses the occupant's weight to counteract the reclining. Also disclosed is an adjustable armrest that can readily raised, or lowered, and optionally rotated in a horizontal plane. A further aspect of the present disclosure is a headrest that is pushed into place when the chair is reclined and retracted when the chair returns to an upright position.
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[0001] This application is a divisional of my earlier filed U.S. patent applications Ser. No. 10 / 693154 filed Oct. 23, 2003, Ser. No. 10 / 155,331 filed May 24, 2002, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,959,965, and Ser. No. 09 / 326,176 filed Jun. 9, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,705,098, which in turn is a continuation-in-part of my earlier filed U.S. patent application Ser. No. 29 / 103,157 filed Apr. 9, 1999 Des. Pat. No. 135,746, Ser. No. 29 / 103,158 filed Apr. 9, 1999 abandoned, and Ser. No. 29 / 103,159 filed Apr. 9, 1999 Des. Pat. No. 453,633, each of which are hereby incorporated by reference as showing embodiments of my inventions.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0002] 1. Field of the Invention [0003] This invention generally relates to a device for supporting a user in a seated position, and in one preferred embodiment, to a chair of the reclining back type. In another preferred embodiment, this invention relates to a chair having automatically adjusting armrests. In a further preferred embodiment, this ...
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