DE29816491U1 - Sitting and reclining furniture with variably arranged armrests - Google Patents

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My file: B 147/34 bt

Seating and reclining furniture with variably arranged armrests

The invention relates to a seat-reclining furniture with a seat-reclining body on which at least one armrest can be releasably secured so that it is upright in a sitting position and flush with the lying surface in a lying position.

It is known to attach armrests to the seat/reclining body of seating/reclining furniture so that they can be swung up and down, so that the armrest offers an enlarged reclining surface in the reclining arrangement.

It is also known to provide an armrest with a board extension, with which it is held in place in a suitable slot holder inserted into the top of the seat body in the sitting arrangement and in a suitable slot holder inserted into the side of the seat body in the reclining arrangement. The slot holders and the board extension are quite complex to manufacture, as they have to be able to withstand considerable loads and the upholstery and the cover have to be guided and fixed around the slots.

The object of the invention is to provide a much simpler and cheaper solution to the problem.

The solution is that the armrest is attached to the front side of the seat-reclining body with at least one fitting in the sitting position in at least one corresponding

arranged fitting part is detachably fixed and in the lying position the armrest is detachably fixed in a turned position with a correspondingly arranged identical fitting part or an additional fitting part in the fitting part of the seat-reclining body.

The fittings are easy to manufacture from sheet metal cut-outs and can be screwed flat onto the sides of the seat/lounger body and the armrests, which are covered with upholstery fabric, using countersunk screws. The upholstery covers the narrow gap between the armrest and the seat/lounger body caused by the flat fittings. The fittings are preferably arranged in pairs on each armrest.

In a first design, the hook fittings are attached to the seat/reclining body in an upwardly open manner, whereby the screw connection is made to the lower upholstered frame, preferably with two screws arranged one above the other. The fittings are each at the same distance from the rear and front edges of the seat/reclining body so that the eyelet fittings, which are attached to the armrest in a corresponding arrangement, fit the hooks in both positions. The eyelet fittings are open at the top and bottom and are arranged off-center in height by the height range by which the armrest protrudes above the seat surface in the sitting position. This eccentricity usually corresponds to the foot height of the seat/reclining body; in the lying position, the armrest then extends from the level of the reclining surface to the floor, and in the sitting position it is flush with the bottom of the seat/reclining body.

The backrest usually connects to the outer armrest area at the side. Preferably, the seat-reclining body can be pulled forward on a floor frame and the backrest can be swung down onto the frame. By turning the armrests over, a complete rectangular reclining surface is created consisting of the backrest, seat and armrest areas.

In another version, the lying surface can be extended by arranging two pairs of fittings on the armrest, with one pair of fittings being arranged between the seat-reclining body and the armrest in the sitting position, while the other pair of fittings is located at the bottom of the armrest without any function. In the lying position, the other pair of fittings is inserted into the counterparts on the seat-reclining body and the other pair of fittings is oriented downwards and has no function. The length of the sitting surface is extended by the entire height of the armrest.

With this arrangement of two corresponding pairs of fittings on the armrest, the positioning of the counter fittings on the seat-reclining body is more freely selectable, whereby it is only necessary to ensure that a good hold is created in the upholstered frame. The armrest fittings must be arranged to match the counterparts so that the reclining surface or the undersides are flush. In this design, the flat eyelet fittings are preferably attached to the seat part and the simpler hook fittings to the armrest. The lower and side hooks can also be formed at one end of a common angle iron that overlaps the lower inner edge of the armrest, which ensures a particularly good hold.

Preferred embodiments are shown in Figs. 1 to 6.

Fig. 1 shows a section of a seating/reclining furniture in perspective; the dashed line indicates the reclining position;

Fig. 2 shows a side view with removed armrests in different positions;

Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment in side view with the armrest removed (perspective transparent);

Fig. 4 shows an eyelet fitting in plan view;

Fig. 5 shows a hook fitting in side view;

Fig. 6 shows a double hook fitting.

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of one side of a seat-reclining furniture from the front. The seat-reclining body (S) stands on feet (F) at the front and on a pull-out frame (G) at the back. The backrest (L) is shown in an upright position. In the reclining position, it is connected in the usual way with the back (RS) in the dashed line to form part of the reclining surface (LF), for which the seat surface (SF) is moved forward accordingly. The armrest (A) is attached to the side of the seat-reclining body (S), whereby it preferably ends with it at the bottom and protrudes above the seat surface (SF) by approximately the amount that corresponds to the foot height. The outer surface of the armrest continues laterally on the side surface of the backrest. The concealed, internal fittings (1, 3; 2, 4) consist of hook- and eyelet-like parts, the eyelet of which is arranged and designed on the armrest (A) in such a way that it can be placed on a hook from below and above. In this way, the armrest can be turned overhead in the lying position (shown in dashed lines) (A').

creating a closed, flat lying surface.

Preferably, two fittings (1, 2; 3, 4) are oriented at the same height as the middle height of the seat-reclining body (S) arranged next to each other symmetrically offset approximately a hand's width from the front and back.

Fig. 2 shows the seat-reclining body (S) with the armrest (A, A') removed. You can see the backrest hinge (LS) with which the backrest (L) is attached to the rear floor frame (G), on which the seat (S) can be pulled out forwards with a pull-out sliding guide (AS). Of course, the armrest arrangement with the new fittings can also be used with a different seat-backrest arrangement.

The hook fittings (3, 4) are attached to the side of the seat (S) in the area of the covered seat frame (R) that supports the upholstery (P), both in the front and rear areas. The distances (SA) of the fittings (3, 4) from the front and rear edges of the seat (S) are the same.

The backrest (A, A') is shown turned in two positions, which allows the position of the two eyelet fittings (1, 2) to be seen, which are arranged off-center in height for the sitting position (A) or lying position (A') and are to be attached from one side or the other, from below, to the opposite hook fitting (3, 4). The height shift from the center corresponds to the overhang of the upper edge of the armrest over the seat surface (SF).

Fig. 3 shows a second embodiment of the fitting arrangement, in which the armrest (A") is shown removed from the sitting position and turned and the armrest (A") is placed horizontally in the lying position and turned, from which

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the second pair of hook fittings (3*, 4*) is shown in dashed lines, which is arranged on the lower narrow side.

The eyelet hinge parts (1", 2") are arranged in the lower frame area (R) on the seat body (S). This corresponds to the position of the corresponding hook fittings (3", 4"; 3*, 4*).

Fig. 4 shows a top view of an eyelet fitting (1) consisting of two sheet metal strips (10, 11) with spacers (12) on both sides through which fastening holes (14) for countersunk screws lead.

Fig. 5 shows a hook fitting (3) in side view, which consists of a spacer (30) and an attached insert piece

(31). Two fastening holes (33, 34) for countersunk screws, one above the other, pass through the stacked parts (30, 31). The free-standing hook section (35) is preferably tapered towards its free end like a tongue, so that it exerts a centering effect in the eyelet fitting part (1) when inserted.

Fig. 6 shows a side view of an armrest (A") with a double hook fitting (3", 4*), which consists of an angle iron (40) with both ends bent into a hook (3", 4*). The angle iron (40) encloses the lower edge of the armrest (A"), which is shown in shortened side view.

Claims (10)

Protection claims 1. Seating and reclining furniture with a seat-reclining body (S) to which at least one armrest (A) can be releasably secured in a sitting position so as to be upright and in a reclining position so as to be flush with the reclining surface (LF), characterized in that the armrest (A) is releasably secured in the sitting position with at least one fitting part (1, 2; 3", 4") on the side of the front of the seat-reclining body (S) in at least one fitting part (3, 4; 1", 2") arranged correspondingly there, and in the reclining position the armrest (A ¹ ) is releasably secured in a turned position with a correspondingly arranged identical fitting part (1, 2) or an additional fitting part (3*, 4*) in the fitting part (3, 4; 1", 2") of the seat-reclining body (S). 2. Seating and reclining furniture according to claim 1, characterized in that one fitting part (1, 2) is designed like an eyelet and the other like a hook, and the armrest (A, A") is inserted into the hook-eye connection from above. 3. Seating and reclining furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that at least two of the hook fitting parts (3, 4; 3", 4", 3*, 4*) and two of the eyelet fitting parts (1, 2; 1", 2") are arranged next to one another at a distance from one another on an armrest (A, A") and the seat-reclining body (S). 4. Seating and reclining furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that on the seat-reclining body (S) the hook fitting parts (3. 4) are equally spaced to the front and back and are attached with the free hooks pointing upwards, and on the armrest (A) the eyelet fitting parts (1, 2) are attached to the bottom and top openly off-center in height. 5. Seating-reclining furniture according to claim 4, characterized in that the eyelet fitting parts (1, 2) are offset by approximately the height are arranged on the armrest (A), which corresponds approximately to the distance of the seat-reclining body (S) from the floor. 6. Seating-reclining furniture according to one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the eyelet fitting parts (1", 2") are arranged on the seat-reclining body (S) so as to be open at the top and corresponding first hook fitting parts (3", 4") are attached to the armrest (A") in the lower area of the inner side surface with hook ends (35) oriented downwards and corresponding second hook fitting parts (3*, 4*) are attached to the underside of the armrest, so that the armrest (A") is horizontally flush with the seat surface (SF) in the reclining position. 7. Seating and reclining furniture according to claim 6, characterized in that two hook fitting parts (3", 4*; 4", 3*) are formed on the end of an angle iron (40) which encloses an inner lower edge of the armrest (A"). 8. Seating-reclining furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the fitting parts (1", 2"; 3, 4) are attached to a seat frame (R) in the lower region of the reclining seat body (S). 9. Seating and reclining furniture according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the eyelet fitting part (1, 2) consists of two sheet metal strips (10, 11) which are held laterally spaced apart from one another by spacers (12), and are penetrated by holes (14) for a countersunk screw receptacle. 10. Seating and reclining furniture according to one of claims 1 to 8, characterized in that the hook fitting parts (3, 4) consist of a spacer (30) with a stacked hook plate (31) ending in a free, tongue-shaped hook (35), which together are penetrated by two countersunk screw holes (33, 34).