CN104970603A - Multi-posture chair - Google Patents

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CN104970603A
CN104970603A CN201510153886.8A CN201510153886A CN104970603A CN 104970603 A CN104970603 A CN 104970603A CN 201510153886 A CN201510153886 A CN 201510153886A CN 104970603 A CN104970603 A CN 104970603A
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    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C3/00Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/20Chairs or stools with vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/40Telescopic guides
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C1/00Chairs adapted for special purposes
    • A47C1/02Reclining or easy chairs
    • A47C1/022Reclining or easy chairs having independently-adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/024Reclining or easy chairs having independently-adjustable supporting parts the parts, being the back-rest, or the back-rest and seat unit, having adjustable and lockable inclination
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C13/00Convertible chairs, stools or benches
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C4/00Foldable, collapsible or dismountable chairs
    • A47C4/04Folding chairs with inflexible seats
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/54Supports for the arms
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/56Parts or details of tipping-up chairs, e.g. of theatre chairs
    • AHUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47CCHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C9/00Stools for specified purposes
    • A47C9/02Office stools not provided for in main groups A47C1/00, A47C3/00 or A47C7/00; Workshop stools
    • A47C9/025Stools for standing or leaning against, e.g. in a semi-standing or half-seated position

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Abstract

An office-type chair including a base (12), a height-adjustable pedestal (14) that projects generally vertically upward, and a seat-back arrangement (16) including a seat assembly (18) and a back assembly (20). The seat assembly includes a seat surface (22) and a flange (24) extending from a forward edge of the seat surface at an angle relative to the seat surface. The seat assembly is adapted to pivot between a first generally horizontal position and a second generally vertical position. In the first position the seat surface is generally horizontal and functions as a task chair, and in the second position the seat surface is generally vertical and the flange functions as a perch. The armrests (74) are also pivotable between first and second positions for use in both task chair and perch configurations.

Description

Colourful gesture seat
Technical field
The present invention relates to seat, more specifically to a kind of seat be configured to for providing many sitting position.
Background technology
The various design for office chair is studied at present, proposes improvement in ergonomics for sending out the expense individual of too many working day on desk at seated position.Many seats comprise height adjustment capability, move up and down thus adapt to the individual of differing heights and size and/or adapt to the height of the desk utilized for making the seat part of seat.Other seat, through design, makes the angle tiltable of seat part, and is adjusted to the hobby angle of individual.Usually, office chair is through design, so that support is in the individual of seated position; But the stool with height-adjustable limit of power is widely for the ability of provide for user to take a seat posture or stance work.
Summary of the invention
The invention provides the comfortable of work chair and adjustable feature, be also convertible into high-order rest portion (perch) of standing simultaneously.More particularly, the invention provides a kind of seat of office-type, it comprise base portion, usually outstanding straight up height-adjustable bearing and comprise the seat-back-rest means for chair of seat assembly and backrest module.The flange that seat assembly comprises seat surface and extends at an angle relative to seat surface from the leading edge of seat surface.Seat assembly is suitable in the first roughly horizontal level and second roughly pivotable between vertical position.When primary importance, seat surface is approximate horizontal, and is used as work chair, and when the second place, seat surface is roughly vertical, and flange is used as high-order rest portion.
In one embodiment, when primary importance, flange becomes angle backward, and the lower limb of flange is positioned at after the leading edge of seat surface.
In one embodiment, seat assembly comprises attic base, along the aft section of attic base and the pivoting lever arranged and the slope being arranged on corner after attic base.Pivoting lever is arranged in the carrier, and is suitable for being contained in end cap passage, and moves along passage when primary importance is transformed into the second place along with seat assembly.
In another embodiment, seat comprises the isolated handrail be pivotally mounted on for a pair on seat assembly, each handrail can between the first armrest positions and the second armrest positions pivotable.Seat can be positioned on seated position and high-order resting guard.When seated position, seat surface and handrail are in its corresponding horizontal level and the first armrest positions, and seat is used as work chair.When high-order resting guard, seat surface and handrail are in its corresponding vertical position and the second armrest positions, and seat is used as high-order rest portion.
In another embodiment, handrail about horizontal axis pivotable.When the first armrest positions, first surface defines the arm resting surface of taking one's seat, and when the second place, second surface defines high-order arm resting surface of having a rest.
Description by reference to present example and accompanying drawing is more completely understood and is understood by these objects of the present invention, advantage and feature and other object, advantage and feature.
Before explaining embodiments of the invention in detail, should understand the present invention to be not limited in following description set forth or the arrangement details of shown details of operation or structure detail and component in accompanying drawing.The present invention can be realized in other embodiment various, and can implement according to not having here clear and definite disclosed alternate ways or realize.In addition, should understand that term used herein and term are the objects in order to describe, and should not be considered to limit object.Word " comprises " and the use of " comprising " and variant thereof mean comprise after the object listed and its equivalent and extraneous items and its equivalent.In addition, may have been used in the description of various embodiment and enumerate.Unless carried out clearly stating, otherwise the use enumerated should not be construed as the present invention is limited to any specific order or the number of components.The use enumerated also should not be construed as gets rid of any additional step outside the scope of the invention or component, and it may get up with cited step or Component composition, or is incorporated in cited step or component.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view of the seat of office-type according to an embodiment of the invention, which show seated position;
Fig. 2 is the exploded view of the seat of Fig. 1;
Fig. 3 is the perspective view of seat, which show centre position;
Fig. 4 is the perspective view of seat, which show high-order resting guard;
Fig. 5 is the perspective view of the end cap of Fig. 1 seat;
Fig. 6 is the detailed cross sectional view of the hinge mechanism of seat, and it is looked along the line VI-VI of Fig. 1, and show seated position;
Fig. 7 is the detailed cross sectional view of looking along the line VI-VI of Fig. 1, which show centre position;
Fig. 8 is the detailed cross sectional view of looking along the line VI-VI of Fig. 1, which show high-order resting guard;
Fig. 9 A-C is the bottom view of seat, which show the Finite rotation of the support base of seat;
Figure 10 is the perspective view of the seat of office-type according to a second embodiment of the present invention, which show seated position;
Figure 11 is the perspective view of seat, which show high-order resting guard;
Figure 12 A-12E is the perspective view of seat, which show the transformation between seated position and high-order resting guard; And
Figure 13 A-13E is the side view of seat, which show the transformation between seated position and high-order resting guard.
Detailed description of the invention
With reference to Fig. 1-4, which show the seat 10 of office-type according to an embodiment of the invention.Seat 10 is a kind of colourful gesture seats, and it is configured to arrange for navigating to multiple taking one's seat, and comprises and taking a seat or seated position and dependence or high-order resting guard.Seated position and high-order resting guard all can be adjusted to different height as required.Different seated position and high-order resting guard can make staff or the employee multiple physical location of period employing on weekdays, and it can improve the comfort level of employee.Seat 10 also can be used for cooperating with the tables of height-adjustable, and it just improves popularization degree together along with to the concern of ergonomics improved, thus allows the support utilizing single seat scheme to realize take a seat posture and high-order resting guard.
In an illustrated embodiment, colourful gesture seat 10 comprises support base 12, the bearing 14 projected upwards of height-adjustable and seat-back-rest means for chair 16, and it comprises seat assembly 18 and backrest module 20.Seat assembly 18 comprises seat surface 22 and high-order rest flange 24.In one embodiment, flange 24 to downward-extension, and is positioned in angle [alpha] relative to the downside of seat surface 22 from the lower surface 25 of the leading edge 26 of seat assembly 18, as shown in fig. 1.In other words, flange 24 can relative to vertical direction at an angle, make the lower limb 28 of flange 24 be positioned at after the leading edge 26 of seat assembly 18.In one embodiment, angle [alpha] may be different because of application, and this depends on the required feature of high-order rest seating surface, and it is explained in more detail below.In an alternative embodiment, flange 24 can extend substantially vertically, makes angle [alpha] be approximately 90 degree.
Support base 12 is rotatably installed on seat-back-rest means for chair 16 and seat assembly 18 by bearing 14, and comprises the arm 30 of many radial direction extensions, and it respectively has the roller 32 being arranged on its far-end.In an exemplary embodiment, four arms 30 and roller 32 is shown; But, more or less arm and roller can be imagined.In addition, as commercially available and those of skill in the art are known like that, roller 32 may be plugging roller, and it is impede motion when weight is applied on roller 32.Arm 30 is according to arranging about the second substantially vertical asymmetrical form of axis about an axisymmetrical.The stability that such an arrangement increases seat 10 of support base 12, especially when for high-order rest form.Specifically, the rotation (relative to seat-back-rest means for chair 16) of support base 12 can be limited in certain scope, thus guarantees stability when supposing asymmetrical support base 12.With reference to Fig. 9 A-C, which show typical rotating range, wherein seat-back-rest means for chair 16 can rotate 60 ° in either direction.Certainly smaller or greater swing can be imagined.
Bearing 14 comprises vertical guiding mechanism (not shown), for adjusting the height of seat 10 vertically.Vertical guiding mechanism can comprise traditional hydraulic adjuster structure, the type for office chair that such as those of skill in the art are known, and wherein the first lower sleeve is telescopically assemblied in the second upper bush, and upper bush can move vertically relative to lower sleeve.Or support base can adopt basic dull and stereotyped form.
According to an embodiment, during seated position A in fig. 1 and 2, seat assembly 18 is positioned at the first roughly horizontal level, and seat 10 is used as work chair.When this first seated position A, the seat surface 22 of seat assembly is configured to for receiving the user's buttocks being in seated position, and backrest module 20 comprises front seating surface 34, and it is configured to the back for receiving user.
Referring now to Fig. 4, when the second high-order resting guard C, seat assembly 18 is positioned at the second roughly vertical position, and seat 10 is used as high-order rest portion.At this high-order resting guard C, seat assembly 18 and backrest module 20 are folded together, and through arranging, make flange 24 be positioned to for support normal stand, partly take one's seat or lean on user's buttocks of posture.As above above-mentioned, in an illustrated embodiment, flange 24 is angled, and the lower limb 28 of the seating surface therefore provided by flange 24 is minimized (with the angle of angle [alpha] complementation) relative to horizontal direction.When being in high-order resting guard C, have been found that the downward angle adjustment of the lower limb 28 of flange 24 can be user and provides comfortable dependence or high-order resting guard.It is contemplated that angle [alpha] may be acute angle.More particularly, angle [alpha] may be about 70 ° to 85 °.In addition, when high-order resting guard C, the part both supports user back of seating surface 34 before the backrest module 20 extended on flange 24.Flange 24 has the length be usually limited between the lower surface 25 of seat assembly 18 and the lower limb 28 of flange 24.When seat is in high-order resting guard, flange length is enough to the sizable part supporting people usually.In one embodiment, flange length can extend (being usually limited between the front surface 34 of backrest module 16 and the leading edge 26 of seat assembly 18) relative to the length of seat surface 22 according to required ratio.Such as, in the embodiment shown in Fig. 1-4, high-order rest length is 47% of about seat surface length, and in the embodiment shown in Figure 11-13 (below discuss in more detail), high-order rest length is 58% of about seat surface length.In other words, high-order resting guard to have a rest for the enough high positions supporting people long degree – user rotated can not be too heavy bar part under – usually between about 40% to about 65% of seat stent length, more particularly between about 50% to about 60% of seat stent length.
Referring now to Fig. 2, backrest module 20 can comprise groove or the carrier 50 of the elongation be arranged on its lower part.Carrier 50 extends along the width of seat 10 substantially, and has usually hollow U-shaped cross-section, defines opening 52 at its top section.End cap 54 is positioned at each side of carrier 50, thus closes the end of carrier 50.End cap 54 has the shape of cross section substantially identical with carrier 50, but they are not hollow.With reference to Fig. 5, end cap 54 includes passage 56 and angled guider 58 according to the relation of mirror images of each other.Passage 56 extends vertically along the front surface of end cap 54.Guider 58 with angle is projecting parts of quadrangle, and it comprises the angle faces 60 be positioned on its surface.In addition, the guider 58 of band angle is positioned at the inside of passage 56, and is positioned on the front surface of end cap 54.
Referring now to returning Fig. 2, seat assembly 18 comprises attic base 70, and it is configured to for providing support structure for seat assembly 18.Attic base 70 comprises the armrest support 72 therefrom upwards extended, and wherein handrail 74 is arranged on armrest support.Handrail 74 may vertically adjust, as is conventional.In addition, the back edge 71 that attic base 70 comprises along attic base 70 carries out arranging and extends the pivoting lever 76 outside the side of attic base 70.Attic base 70 also comprises wedge-shaped part 78, and it is arranged on the corner below of attic base 70.Wedge-shaped part is extended part, and has the ramped surfaces 80 be positioned on its end face.The second wedge-shaped part 78 can be comprised in the contrary corner below of attic base 70.
Perhaps as seen best in fig. 4, stabilization rod 90 is comprised in the downside of attic base 70, for providing additional stability for seat assembly 18, especially when being in high-order resting guard C.Stabilization rod 90 is the L shape parts extended, and it is fixed on the downside of attic base 70 by any suitable method.Stabilization rod 90 arranges in the longitudinal direction, and it is drawn head and is called as leg 92 here, and it is positioned near the back edge 71 of attic base 70.
Support seat cover 94 is positioned on the top of bearing 14, and is installed on base 14 by seat-back-rest means for chair 16.Support seat cover 94 comprises center hub 96, and it has upper surface 98 and front surface 100.When seated position A, leg 92 engages with the front surface 100 of center hub 96, bears any downward power be applied on seat assembly 18, such as, sit the weight of visitor.Assuming that stabilization rod 90 is fixed on attic base 70, when seat assembly 18 is upwards switched to high-order resting guard C, the orientation of stabilization rod 90 will change with assembly one.When high-order resting guard C, leg 92 engages with the upper surface 98 of center hub 96, bears any downward power be applied on seat flange 24, such as, rests on the weight of the seat visitor on flange 24.In addition, leg 92 adds the stability of seat assembly 18 by providing resistance, thus contributes to keeping seat assembly 18 when high-order resting guard C.
As is conventional, seat assembly 18 and seat-backrest module 20 can comprise mat.In addition, seat 10 can provide control device, tilt for such as making seat-backrest module 18 and adjust handrail 74 feature highly.Seat 10 can be provided with typical arresting stop and control device for releasedly seat being remained on seated position.This arresting stop, control device and other relevant structure are traditional, and are not here described or show.
Operation
Multiposition seat 10 is configured to pass and makes seat assembly 18 pivotable thus move between seated position A and high-order resting guard C up or down simply.In order to make seat 10 move to high-order resting guard C from seated position A, user can make the leading edge 26 of seat assembly 18 about pivoting lever 76 upwards pivotable.When seat assembly 18 is almost vertical, it is configured to for sliding down to high-order resting guard C.On the contrary, in order to make seat move to seated position A from high-order resting guard C, user can upwards pull seat assembly 18, then makes seat assembly 18 pivotable downwards.
With reference to Fig. 6-8, which show the detailed cross sectional view that seat 10 can be made between seated position A and high-order resting guard C to carry out the mechanism changed.In figure 6 shown in seated position A time, pivoting lever 76 is arranged in carrier 50, and each end of pivoting lever 76 is suitable for being contained in the passage 56 of end cap 54.The end of pivoting lever 76 is subject to the constraint of the antetheca 82 of carrier 50 and the rear wall 84 of passage 56 in the forward and backward directions respectively.
Fig. 7 shows the centre position B between seated position A and high-order resting guard C.When this centre position B, seat assembly 18 rotates up a little, and pivoting lever 76 still remains on the top of passage 56.The back edge 71 of attic base 70 is contained in carrier 50 by opening 52.When seat assembly 18 is converted to high-order resting guard C from seated position A, as shown in Figure 8, pivoting lever 76 is suitable for moving along passage 56.Pivoting lever 76 is along passage 56 slide downward, until it arrives the bottom of passage 56, and during the angle faces 60 of the guider 58 of the ramped surfaces 80 adjacent strip angle of wedge-shaped part 78 till.Interaction between wedge-shaped part 78 and the guider 58 of band angle is the positive stopping of seat assembly 18 when providing high-order resting guard C and the stability of increase.
Colourful gesture seat 10 advantageously allows that user changes his or her body position within whole working day, thus improves the comfort of employee.In addition, colourful gesture seat 10 is very easy to change between seated position and high-order resting guard.In addition, as mentioned above, under arbitrary form of form and high-order rest form of taking one's seat, seat-back-rest means for chair 16 can be easy to vertically adjust, to change the height of seating surface or resting surface.Therefore, except provide multiple take one's seat arrange except, the height of working face that seat 10 also can adapt to personal user and/or be associated.
With reference to Figure 10-13, which show the seat 200 of office-type according to a second embodiment of the present invention.Similar label by increase by 200 identifies by similar parts.Seat 200 is a kind of colourful gesture seats, and it is configured to arrange for navigating to multiple taking one's seat, and comprises and taking a seat or seated position and swaying or high-order resting guard.
Seat 200 comprises attic base and/or mounting 270, and it is through configuration, thus provides support structure for seat assembly 218.Seat 200 also comprises a pair isolated handrail 274, and it is pivotally mounted on seat assembly 218, to use when the seated position of seat assembly 218 and high-order resting guard.In an illustrated embodiment, each handrail 274 has the geometry of basic hat-shaped, and it is made up of pivot section 310, core 312 and expansion 314.The application and the purposes that depend on required handrail can use alternative geometry.When handrail 274 is oriented in the position shown in Figure 12 A, pivot section 310 and expansion 314 are vertical substantially, and core 312 is level substantially, and are connected to the upper end of pivot section 310 and expansion 314.In addition, the pivot section 310 of handrail 274 is arranged on mounting 270, make handrail 274 can about horizontal axis A pivotable, its pivoting point is positioned near the leading edge 226 of seat surface 222.The lower end of expansion 314 is unfixing or be arranged on mounting 270.
Handrail 274 all can in fig. 12 shown in the first armrest positions X and the second armrest positions Y shown in Figure 12 E between basic 180 ° of pivotable.Although handrail 274 and seat assembly 218 can be located independently, seat is configured at seated position A and high-order resting guard C for handrail 274 and seat assembly 218 co-located.When seat 200 is arranged on the seated position A shown in Figure 12 A, seat surface 222 is essentially horizontally located, and handrail 274 is positioned at its first armrest positions X, makes seat 200 be used as work chair.When seat 200 is arranged on high-order resting guard C, the basic vertically location of seat surface 222, and handrail 274 is positioned at its second armrest positions Y, makes seat 200 be used as high-order rest portion or stool.In addition, when the first armrest positions X, the first surface 316 of core 312 defines the arm resting surface of taking one's seat, and when second place Y, the second surface 318 of expansion 314 defines high-order arm resting surface of having a rest.
In one embodiment, seat 200 also comprises clothes or moneybag hook 320, and it is positioned at the upper end of backrest module 220.Hook 320 can be configured as a part for seat-back rest 322, and comprises opening 324 and arm 326.Moneybag, clothes or other object insert by opening 324 and are suspended on arm 326.Hook 320 also can be used as the handle for moved seat 200.
Operation
Multiposition seat 200 is configured to pass and makes seat assembly 218 pivotable make handrail 275 pivotable thus move between seated position A and high-order resting guard C up or down up or down simply.In order to make seat 200 move to high-order resting guard C from seated position A, user can make handrail 274 about horizontal axis A pivotable, then makes the leading edge 226 of seat assembly 218 about pivoting lever 276 upwards pivotable.On the contrary, in order to make seat move to seated position A from high-order resting guard C, user can make seat assembly 218 pivotable downwards, then makes handrail 274 pivotable backward.
Description is above the explanation of present example of the present invention.Do not depart from spirit of the present invention that appended claims limit and more extensive in condition under can make various modifications and variations, it should be understood according to the patent ratio juris comprising equivalent religious doctrine.The disclosure presents for illustrational object, and should not be construed as the description of the exhaustive of all embodiments of the present invention, or the scope of claim is limited in conjunction with shown in these embodiments or described particular element.Such as, but unrestrictedly, described any individual component of the present invention can be substituted by alternative element, which provides the function of basic simlarity or provides appropriate operation.This comprises such as known at present alternative element, such as possibility those alternative elements well-known for those of skill in the art, and the alternative element that future may work out, such as those of skill in the art may think those alternative elements when studying.In addition, the disclosed embodiments comprise and carry out collaborative describe and jointly may providing multiple features of benefit set.Except the scope clearly stated in issued claim, the present invention has more than those embodiments being confined to comprise all these features or provide all described benefits.The feature of various embodiment can use in conjunction with the feature of other embodiment.Directional words, such as " vertically ", " level ", " top ", " bottom ", " above ", " below ", " on ", D score, " interior ", " inwardly ", " outward ", " outwards ", " forward " and " backward " describe the present invention for helping based on the orientation of embodiment shown in diagram.The use of Directional words should not be construed as and the present invention is limited to any specific orientation.To quoting of claim element singulative, any utilization such as article " ", " one ", " this " or " described " etc. should not be construed as that to limit this element be odd number.

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1. a seat for office-type, comprising:
Base portion;
The bearing of height-adjustable, it projects upwards roughly vertically; With
Seat-back-rest means for chair, it comprises seat assembly and backrest module, and described seat assembly comprises seat surface and flange, and described flange extends from the leading edge of described seat surface at an angle relative to described seat surface;
Wherein said seat assembly is suitable in the first roughly horizontal level and second roughly pivotable between vertical position, wherein when described primary importance, described seat surface is approximate horizontal, and be used as work chair, and when the described second place, described seat surface is roughly vertical, and described flange is used as high-order rest portion.
2. seat according to claim 1, is characterized in that, when described primary importance, described flange becomes angle backward, and the lower limb of described flange is positioned at after the leading edge of described seat surface.
3. seat according to claim 2, is characterized in that, described flange is positioned to acute angle relative to the downside of described seat surface.
4. seat according to claim 3, is characterized in that, the angle between described flange and the downside of described seat surface is about 70 degree to about 85 degree.
5. seat according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described base portion comprises multiple arm, and it is symmetrical about an axis, and is asymmetric about the second substantially vertical axis.
6. seat according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described backrest module comprises the carrier of the elongation be arranged on its lower part.
7. seat according to claim 6, is characterized in that, described carrier comprises the end cap being positioned at its side.
8. seat according to claim 7, is characterized in that, described end cap comprises the guider of passage and band angle.
9. seat according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described seat assembly comprises attic base, the pivoting lever that arranges and be arranged on the slope of corner below of described attic base along the aft section of described attic base.
10. seat-assembly according to claim 9, is characterized in that, described pivoting lever is arranged in described carrier, and is suitable for being contained in described end cap passage.
11. seat-assemblies according to claim 10, is characterized in that, described pivoting lever is suitable for moving along described passage when described seat assembly is converted to the described second place from described primary importance.
12. seat-assemblies according to claim 11, is characterized in that, when described seat assembly is switched to the described second place, described slope engages with the guider of the band angle of described end cap, thus provides positive stopping.
13. seat-assemblies according to claim 1, it is characterized in that, when described seat assembly is in described primary importance, described seat surface supports the user's buttocks being in seated position, and when described seat assembly is in the described second place, described flange support is in user's buttocks of basic stance.
14. seats according to claim 1, is characterized in that, described base portion rotates relative to described seat-back-rest means for chair, and the number of degrees of described rotation are limited in predetermined scope.
The seat of 15. 1 kinds of office-type, comprising:
Base portion;
Bearing, it projects upwards roughly vertically;
Seat-back-rest means for chair, it comprises seat assembly and backrest module, described seat assembly comprises seat surface and flange, described flange extends from the leading edge of described seat surface at an angle relative to described seat surface, and described seat assembly is suitable in the first roughly horizontal level and second roughly pivotable between vertical position; With
A pair isolated handrail, it is pivotally mounted on described seat assembly, and each handrail is pivotable between the first armrest positions and the second armrest positions;
Wherein said seat can be positioned on seated position and high-order resting guard, when described seated position, described seat surface and described handrail are in its corresponding horizontal level and the first armrest positions, and described seat is used as work chair, when described high-order resting guard, described seat surface and described handrail are in its corresponding vertical position and the second armrest positions, and described seat is used as high-order rest portion.
16. seats according to claim 15, it is characterized in that, described handrail is about horizontal axis pivotable, and when described first armrest positions, first surface defines the arm resting surface of taking one's seat, and when the described second place, described second surface defines high-order arm resting surface of having a rest.
17. seats according to claim 16, is characterized in that, described handrail is basic 180 degree of pivotable between described first armrest positions and described second armrest positions.
18. seats according to claim 17, is characterized in that, described armrest pivot point is positioned near the leading edge of described seat surface.
19. seats according to claim 15, is characterized in that, described handrail and described seat assembly can position independently.
The seat of 20. 1 kinds of office-type, comprising:
Base portion;
The bearing of height-adjustable, it supports described base portion; With
Seat-back-rest means for chair, it comprises seat assembly and backrest module, described seat assembly comprises seat surface and flange, described flange extends from the basal surface of the leading edge of described seat surface at an angle relative to described seat surface, described seat surface has seat surface length, and described flange has flange length, wherein said flange length is between about 40% to 65% of described seat length;
Wherein said seat assembly is suitable for pivotable between the first position and the second position, when described primary importance, described seat surface is approximate horizontal, and when the described second place, described seat surface is roughly vertical, wherein when described primary importance, described seat surface is used as the stayed surface of user, and when the described second place, described flange is used as the stayed surface of user, and the bearing of wherein said height-adjustable can adjust with described seat assembly when described primary importance or the described second place.
The seat of 21. office-type according to claim 20, it is characterized in that, comprise a pair isolated handrail, it is pivotally mounted on described seat assembly, each handrail can between the first armrest positions and the second armrest positions pivotable, wherein when the primary importance of described seat assembly, described handrail works in described first armrest positions, and when the second place of described seat assembly, described handrail works in described second armrest positions.
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