CN102105085A

CN102105085A - Chair for correcting posture

Info

Publication number: CN102105085A
Application number: CN2009801292466A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 李相昊
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2009-06-22
Filing date: 2009-09-21
Publication date: 2011-06-22
Also published as: KR101091283B1; WO2010128735A1; JP2011527927A; KR20100137221A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a chair for correcting posture comprising: a support frame disposed on a floor surface; a seat disposed at an upper side of the support frame and enabling a user to sit in a stable state by supporting the user's buttocks region; a chest rest extended from one side of the seat to the front upper part of the seat and enabling a user's back muscles and spine to relax and face forward by supporting a user's chest; and a buttock rest disposed at a rear end of the seat and enabling a user's lower back to maintain a normal curve of the lower back by pushing and supporting a rear part of a user's buttocks region and pelvic region to face forward.

Description

The chair that is used for posture correction

Technical field

The present invention relates to a kind of chair, and relate more specifically to a kind of chair that is used for posture correction, wherein, this chair does not comprise the chair back, and when the user works on desk, the fatigue of shoulder and neck is alleviated, promptly, support be sitting in the user on the chair chest so that user's muscle of back and spine surface forwards and loosen, user's seat area is supported for face forward keeping the calibration curve of lower back portion, and user's elbow region is supported for has the height identical with desk.

Background technology

Usually, chair comprises: seat portion, and this seat portion supports user's buttocks when the user is seated on the chair; Back, this back are erected at the back of seat portion and support user's dorsal area; And bracing frame, this bracing frame is supported for seat portion and back with ground separation and opens certain altitude.

In this chair, user's weight is mainly supported by the seat portion that contacts with huckle with user's buttocks, and when the user leaned to inclination backward, most of weight of upper body can be by back support.Certainly, at some easy chairs or can regulate in the chair of back angle, bigger weight is supported at the back, still, is comprising office chair and student with in nearly all chair of chair, and user's weight is all supported by seat portion.

Thereby during the user was sitting on this chair, when user's weight, when especially the weight of upper body was supported by seat portion, the weight that is applied to user's vertebra increased, thus user's back may pain or user's vertebra may be impaired.

Thereby, developed the chair that is used for posture correction, but most of chairs are absorbed in the structure of improving the chair back, so that user's upper body weight is supported effectively by the chair back with different shape.

Yet when the user is sitting in when working on the chair, the user makes upper body leave the chair back usually and makes upper body to front curve, rather than makes upper body lean to the chair back fully.

In order to make people keep correct posture, i.e. vertebra in order to make people have balance, when observing from the side, whole vertebra must form serpentine.Therefore, when people were sitting on the chair, it can lean to the chair back, placed after simultaneously buttocks being leaned on very much and made the back straight and upright.Yet owing to the chair back extends from the back of seat portion usually, so people can not put into seat portion dearly with buttocks.Thereby, the vertebra lateral bending may take place, in the vertebra lateral bending, be positioned at user's the rumpbone at basin bone place (being seat area) of lower back portion and lumbar vertebrae towards the rear.

In addition, work on desk under the situation of upper body by back support in order to make the user, the user relies on desk, so user's back and neck area bending.And if user's arm is placed on the desk to use books and the computer on the desk, then user's shoulder is raised to the top, normal position, so the symptom of the tortoise neck and the curvature of the spinal column may appear in the user.

In addition, the bracing frame of conventional chair generally includes castor so that easy mobile chair, even but since when the center of gravity of castor is mobile a little chair also can move so user's posture change.Thereby, be difficult to make the user to continue the posture that keeps correct.

Summary of the invention

The invention provides a kind of chair that is used for posture correction, this chair is under the situation of the no chair back, the chest that is sitting in the user on this chair by support makes user's muscle of back and spine surface forwards and loosen, and makes the user can keep the comfortable state that takes a seat.

The present invention also provides a kind of chair that is used for posture correction, and this chair is by pushing and support to face forward with the rear portion of user's seat area, and makes the user can keep the calibration curve of lower back portion.

The present invention also provides a kind of chair that is used for posture correction, and when the user worked on desk, this chair is supported for by the elbow region with the user had the height identical with desk, and shoulder and neck fatigue are alleviated.

The present invention also provides a kind of chair that is used for posture correction, because the bracing frame of described chair does not comprise movably castor, so this chair can prevent that user's motion owing to chair during weight change from changing posture.

Others will partly be set forth in the following description, from described description, be in part apparent, perhaps can by shown in the practice of embodiment understood.

According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of posture correction chair that is used for, this chair comprises: be arranged on ground bracing frame; Seat portion (seat), this seat portion is arranged on the upside of support frame as described above, and by the seat area that supports the user user can be taken a seat under stable state; Chest supporter (chest rest), this chest supporter extends to the front upper part of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion, and by the chest that supports the user user's muscle of back and vertebra can be loosened and face forward; And buttocks supporter (buttock rest), this buttocks supporter is arranged on the rearward end of described seat portion, and by the rear portion in user's seat area and basin bone zone being pushed and supported to the calibration curve that face forward makes user's lower back portion maintenance lower back portion.

Described chair can also comprise ancon supporter (elbow rest), this ancon supporter extends to the front upper part of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion, and makes elbow region can have the height identical with desk by the elbow region that supports the user.

Described chair can also comprise foot supporter (foot rest), this foot supporter extends to the preceding bottom of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion, and make user's knee area be provided with than described seat portion height by the foot area that supports the user, and the lower back portion that makes the user can keep the calibration curve of lower back portion, and dispersion simultaneously is applied to the weight of user's lower back portion.

Description of drawings

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the chair that is used for posture correction according to an embodiment of the present invention;

Fig. 2 is the side view of the chair of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is the side view that is sitting in the user on the chair of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is the view that is used to describe the air movement of seat portion and buttocks supporter place when the user is sitting on the chair of Fig. 1; And

Fig. 5 is the view that is used for relatively being sitting in user and the relaxation state of the vertebra that is sitting in the user on the conventional chair on the chair of Fig. 1.

The specific embodiment

Now, with the chair that describes with reference to the accompanying drawings hereinafter according to an illustrative embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 1 is the stereogram of the chair that is used for posture correction according to an embodiment of the present invention, Fig. 2 is the side view of the chair of Fig. 1, Fig. 3 is the side view that is sitting in the user on the chair of Fig. 1, Fig. 4 is the view that is used to describe the air movement of seat portion 120 and buttocks supporter 150 when the user is sitting on the chair of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is the view that is used for relatively being sitting in user and the relaxation state of the vertebra that is sitting in the user on the conventional chair on the chair of Fig. 1.

Referring to figs. 1 through Fig. 5, comprise according to the chair of current embodiment: bracing frame 110, this bracing frame make the chair can be by ground supports; Seat portion 120, this seat portion is arranged on the upside of bracing frame 110, and by the seat area that supports the user user is occupied under the stable status; Ancon supporter 130, this ancon supporter extends to the front upper part of seat portion 120 from a side of seat portion 120, and makes elbow region have the height identical with desk by the elbow region that supports the user; Chest supporter 140, this chest supporter is arranged on the upside of ancon supporter, and makes user's muscle of back and vertebra loosen also face forward by the chest that supports the user; Buttocks supporter 150, this buttocks supporter is arranged on the rear end of seat portion 120, and by the rear portion in user's seat area and basin bone zone being pushed and is supported for the calibration curve that lower back portion that face forward makes the user keeps this lower back portion; And foot supporter 160, this foot supporter extends to the preceding bottom of seat portion 120 from a side of seat portion 120, and make user's knee area be provided with than seat portion 120 height by the foot area that supports the user, and the lower back portion that makes the user keeps the calibration curve of this lower back portion, and dispersion simultaneously is applied to the weight of user's lower back portion.

The top junction of bracing frame 110 is incorporated into seat portion 120, and the bottom of bracing frame 110 is connected to support branching portion 112 based on the vertical supporter 111 of seat portion 120 belows, and this support branching portion has radial or curved shape.

According to bracing frame 110, owing to do not comprise the traditional castor that is used for mobile chair, therefore the position that therefore prevents chair prevents that the user from changing posture because of user's weight change changes.

In addition, bracing frame 110 comprises the known height adjusting unit 113 of the height of regulating seat portion 120.Height adjusting unit 113 is by changing height by the hydraulic pressure that utilizes hydraulic cylinder and piston rod to regulate vertical support member 111, perhaps change height in vertical support member 111, thereby the difference between the height of the height of seat portion 120 and desk remains on about 10cm by known gear being installed and gear being rotated.Therefore, the user can use chair by the height of regulating seat portion 120 according to user's health, and blood in the knee is successfully circulated etc.

Seat portion 120 supports users' seat area, and this seat portion comprises air cushion 122, and this air cushion 122 is arranged on the top of the pedestal 121 of the upside that is connected to bracing frame 110.

Here, air cushion 122 can only support apart from the femoral region of user's seat area and the about 10cm of back knee area, and seat area can be spent from downward-sloping about 5 degree extremely about 15 of horizontal surface, thereby user's buttocks is located dearly.Therefore, when user's upper body relied on chest supporter 140, user's lower back portion can face forward.

And air cushion 122 can make the user stably be sitting on the chair by comprising the guiding groove with bowed shape, and the radius of curvature of this bowed shape constitutes the pivot of user's pelvis area.

Thereby seat portion 120 can stably take a seat the user, and makes user's the lower back portion can face forward, to keep the calibration curve of lower back portion.

Ancon supporter 130 supports user's elbow region, makes elbow region have the height identical with desk.Ancon supporter 130 comprises: vertical connecting 131, and this vertical connecting extends to user's stomach region from a side of seat portion 120, makes the user be seated at uninterruptedly on the seat portion 120; Flatly be connected to the horizontal brace rod 132 of vertical connecting 131; And be arranged on a pair of liner 133 on the horizontal brace rod 132.

Here, liner 133 is arranged on the height place corresponding with elbow region on the horizontal brace rod 132 with user's shoulder width, and user's upper body tilts towards the chest supporter 140 that will be described later simultaneously, thereby supports user's elbow region.

Vertical connecting 131 comprises the known height adjusting unit 134 of the height that can regulate liner 133.Height adjusting unit 134 can be in the following manner be adjusted to the height of liner 133 corresponding with user's elbow region, promptly, change height by the hydraulic pressure that uses hydraulic cylinder and piston rod to regulate vertical connecting 131, perhaps change height in vertical connecting 131 by known gear being installed and gear being rotated.

In addition, horizontal brace rod 132 comprises the known spacing adjustment unit 135 at the interval that can regulate between the liner 133.Spacing adjustment unit 135 can connect a plurality of horizontal brace rods 132, make and come control interval by connecting elements, perhaps spacing adjustment unit 135 can comprise mobile member, and this mobile member can move along horizontal brace rod 132 in the bottom of support pad 132.

Compare with the conventional chair that supports user's arm area by the arm supporter that comprises the upside that is positioned at seat portion, when the user works on desk, chair according to current embodiment is placed on the desk user's arm area, and elbow region is supported for desk and has identical height simultaneously.Therefore,, prevent that user's shoulder is raised to the top, normal position, prevent the curvature of the spinal column and tortoise neck symptom thus when user's leg areas (arm rest) is placed on the desk when using books on the desk or computer.

Chest supporter 140 supports users' chest, makes the muscle of back that is sitting in the user on the seat portion 120 and spine surface forwards and loosen.Chest supporter 140 comprises air cushion 142, and this air cushion is arranged on an end of connecting rod 141, and this connecting rod 141 vertically extends to the height corresponding with user's chest from a side of the horizontal brace rod 132 of ancon supporter 130.

Here, the central authorities of air cushion 142 chest by supporting the user and supporting surface user's forwards upper body.Air cushion 142 can have the size of hand size, but alternatively, and air cushion 142 can have when long-time use chair and prevents that the user from experiencing the virtually any size and the volume of chest upward pressure.

And connecting rod 141 comprises the height adjusting unit 143 of regulating air cushion 142 height.Height adjusting unit 143 connects a plurality of connecting rods 141, makes that the height of connecting rod 141 can be by adjustings such as connecting elements, and perhaps height adjusting unit 143 comprises mobile member, and this mobile member can move along connecting rod 141 when supporting air cushion 142.

Thereby during the upper body face forward of the user on being sitting in seat portion 120, chest supporter 140 supports users' chest, and wherein, chair does not comprise the chair back, so user's lower back portion, and promptly muscle of back and spine surface are forwards and loosen.Thereby the user can be sitting on the chair, and posture continuously maintains the standard simultaneously.

Face forward is pushed and be supported for to buttocks supporter 150 with the rear portion in seat area and basin bone zone, makes user's lower back portion keep the calibration curve of lower back portion.Buttocks supporter 150 comprises the air back cushion 151 of the basin bone height that is installed to the user from the rear end of seat portion 120.

Here, air back cushion 151 can be installed to apart from the height place of the about 20cm in bottom surface of seat portion 120, and wherein, the bottom of pelvis area has the area wideer than the top of lower back portion.In detail, when the user was sitting on the seat portion 120, the air that moves by the air cushion 122 from seat portion 120 made air back cushion 151 outstanding.Thereby, the air cushion 122 of air back cushion 151 and seat portion 120 can form as one, and can comprise the air path (not shown) therein, when the user is sitting on the seat portion 120, this air path makes air move to air back cushion 151 from air cushion 122, and makes air move to air cushion 122 from air back cushion 151 when the user stands.

Thereby buttocks supporter 150 makes the rear portion of user's buttocks can face forward, thereby makes the user keep the calibration curve of lower back portion when user's upper body relies on chest supporter 140.Therefore, can prevent the lumbar vertebrae humpback.

Foot supporter 160 supports users' foot area, makes user's knee area than seat portion 120 height.Foot supporter 160 comprises pedal 162, and this pedal is arranged on an end of support bar 161 that extends to the preceding bottom of seat portion 120 from seat portion 120 1 sides.

Here, pedal 162 supports user's foot area, thereby disperses to be applied to the weight of user's lower back portion.

And support bar 161 comprises the height adjusting unit 163 of the height of regulating pedal 162.Height adjusting unit 163 connects a plurality of support bars 161, makes the height of support bar 161 be able to by adjustings such as connecting elements, and perhaps height adjusting unit 163 comprises mobile member, and this mobile member can move along support bar 161 in sustain pedal 162.In detail, when the position that can move forward and backward pedal 162 when utilizing height adjusting unit 163 to regulate the height of pedals 162, and in order to realize this aspect, support bar 161 can be circular or crooked, simultaneously from pedestal 121 face forward of seat portion 120.

Thereby when user's upper body relied on chest supporter 140, foot supporter 160 supported users' foot area, made user's knee area than seat portion 120 height.Therefore, user's lower back portion keeps the calibration curve of lower back portion, and the weight that is applied to user's lower back portion is disperseed.

Simultaneously, in current embodiment of the present invention, the connecting rod 141 of chest supporter 140 vertically is connected with the horizontal brace rod 132 of ancon supporter 130.Yet connecting rod 141 can be connected to the pedestal 121 of seat portion 120, makes that user's chest is directly corresponding with air cushion 142.Alternatively, horizontal brace rod 132 can flatly be connected to connecting rod 141.In other words, chest supporter 140 can change with the position of ancon supporter 130, as long as they do not interfere the user to take a seat and mobile arm.

And, the height adjusting unit 113,134,143 of bracing frame 110, ancon supporter 130, chest supporter 140 and

foot supporter

160 and 163 and the spacing adjustment unit 135 of ancon supporter 130 can have any known structure, as long as have the variable-length of the rod of rod-shape.

Operation and effect according to the chair of current embodiment of the present invention will be described now.

At first, height adjusting unit 113,134,143 by using bracing frame 110, ancon supporter 130, chest supporter 140 and

foot supporter

160 and 163 and the spacing adjustment unit 135 of ancon supporter 130 will comprise that all element regulation of seat portion 120 become to be fit to users' health.

Then, when the user is sitting on the air cushion 122 of seat portion 120, air in the air cushion 122 moves to from the air back cushion 151 of the buttocks supporter 150 of air cushion 122 extensions, so air back cushion 151 is outstanding and corresponding with user's seat area and basin bone zone.

Then, when the user leans to upper body, when making user's chest contact with the air cushion 142 of chest supporter 140, user's lower back portion, i.e. muscle of back and vertebra, face forward and loosening.At this moment, air back cushion 151 is passed through and face forward in the rear portion of user's buttocks, so the user keeps the calibration curve of lower back portion.

Then, user's elbow region is supported for corresponding with the height of desk by the liner 133 of ancon supporter 130, and user's foot area is supported by the pedal 162 of foot supporter 160.

Thereby chest supporter 140 supports the chest that is sitting in the user on the chair that does not comprise the chair back.Therefore, user's muscle of back and spine surface forwards and loosen make the user remain on the comfortable state that takes a seat.

And the rear portion of the seat area that is sitting in the user on the seat portion 120 is pushed and supported to buttocks supporter 150 forward, so the upper body lower back portion that relies on the user of chest supporter 140 curve that maintains the standard.

And user's elbow region has the height corresponding with desk by using ancon supporter 130 to be supported for, and therefore can alleviate the fatigue of shoulder and neck when the user works on desk.

In addition, because bracing frame 110 do not comprise movable castor, therefore can prevent to make the change of user's posture during the weight change of the user when being sitting in seat portion 120 on owing to the motion of chair.

Although specifically illustrate and described the present invention with reference to illustrative embodiments of the present invention, but it should be understood by one skilled in the art that, under the situation that does not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention defined by the appended claims, can make the change of various forms and details.

Industrial applicibility

According to the present invention, because the chest support member that is arranged on the front of seat portion is sitting in the chest of the user on the chair that does not comprise the chair back, therefore the user can remain on the comfortable state that takes a seat, thereby user's muscle of back and spine surface are forwards and loosen.

And the user that upper body relies on the chest supporter can keep the calibration curve of lower back portion, because the buttocks support gripping member pushes and support the rear portion of the user's who is sitting in seat portion seat area towards the chest supporter.

In addition, when the user when desk is worked have identical height because the ancon supporter is supported for user's elbow region with desk, therefore alleviated shoulder and neck fatigue.

In addition, because the bracing frame of chair does not comprise movable castor, therefore prevented from the motion owing to chair during the gravity motion posture that is sitting in the user on the seat portion being changed.

Claims

1. chair that is used for posture correction, this chair comprises:

Be arranged on ground bracing frame;

Seat portion, this seat portion is arranged on the upside of support frame as described above, and supports user's seat area;

The chest supporter, this chest supporter extends to the front upper part of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion, and by the chest that supports the user user's muscle of back and vertebra can be loosened and face forward; And

The buttocks supporter, this buttocks supporter is arranged on the rear end of described seat portion, and by the rear portion in user's seat area and basin bone zone being pushed and supported to the calibration curve that lower back portion that face forward makes the user can keep lower back portion.

2. chair according to claim 1, this chair also comprises the ancon supporter, this ancon supporter extends to the front upper part of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion, and makes elbow region can have the height identical with desk by the elbow region that supports the user.

3. chair according to claim 1, this chair also comprises the foot supporter, this foot supporter extends to the preceding bottom of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion, and make user's knee area be provided with than described seat portion height by the foot area that supports the user, and the lower back portion that makes the user can keep the calibration curve of lower back portion, and dispersion simultaneously is applied to the weight of user's lower back portion.

4. chair according to claim 1, wherein, described seat portion comprises air cushion, this air cushion is arranged on the top of the pedestal that is connected with the upside of support frame as described above, wherein, described air cushion only supports to be arranged to apart from user's seat area and the femoral region of the about 10cm of back knee area, and seat area can be spent from downward-sloping about 5 degree extremely about 15 of horizontal plane.

5. chair according to claim 4, wherein, described chest supporter comprises air cushion, this air cushion is arranged on from a side of the described pedestal of support frame as described above and vertically extends to end with the connecting rod of user's the corresponding height of chest.

6. chair according to claim 4, wherein, described buttocks supporter comprises the air back cushion that is installed to user's basin bone height from the rear end of described seat portion, wherein, described air back cushion is installed in apart from the height place of the about 20cm in bottom surface of described seat portion, and the bottom in basin bone zone has the area wideer than the upside of lower back portion.

7. chair according to claim 6, wherein, when the user was sitting on the described seat portion, described air back cushion was given prominence to by the air that the described air cushion from described seat portion moves.

8. chair according to claim 2, wherein, described ancon supporter comprises: vertical connecting, this vertical connecting extends to user's stomach region from a side of described seat portion, makes the user be sitting in without let or hindrance on the described seat portion; Horizontal brace rod, this horizontal brace rod flatly is connected to described vertical connecting; And be disposed on a pair of liner on the described horizontal brace rod with rule.

9. chair according to claim 3, wherein, described foot supporter comprises pedal, this pedal is arranged on an end of support bar that extends to the preceding bottom of described seat portion from a side of described seat portion.