EP0057124B1 - Meuble pliant - Google Patents

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EP0057124B1
EP0057124B1 EP19820400066 EP82400066A EP0057124B1 EP 0057124 B1 EP0057124 B1 EP 0057124B1 EP 19820400066 EP19820400066 EP 19820400066 EP 82400066 A EP82400066 A EP 82400066A EP 0057124 B1 EP0057124 B1 EP 0057124B1
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seat
furniture unit
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chair
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Jacques Lescure
Yves Marotte
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Ami Francaise SA
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C12/00—Step-stools
    • A47C12/02—Step-stools requiring conversion between the step and seat functions
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C4/00—Foldable, collapsible or dismountable chairs
    • A47C4/04—Folding chairs with inflexible seats
    • A47C4/08—Folding chairs with inflexible seats having a frame made of wood or plastics

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  • the present invention relates to a folding piece of furniture, in particular for use as a chair.
  • the folded chair takes on a flattened rectangular shape which is supposed to occupy the smallest possible volume for storage, for example in a cupboard or storage room.
  • the chair is not always easy to store. In apartments where the space intended for storage is measured, it is rare that one can reserve a large part of a cupboard in the warehouse of a set of folding chairs, On the other hand, the chair thus folded is particularly awkward to handle, it does not stand upright without being pressed against a wall, and in this position, it often tends to slide and then fall.
  • the shape of known folding chairs largely conditioned by their folding structure, is generally unattractive.
  • the piece of furniture does not have the same shape in the two positions, but neither of them leads to a reduced bulk nor to an easy handling compared to the other. In fact, it is not a folding piece of furniture but a transformable piece of furniture.
  • the disadvantage of this embodiment is that the arms of the arch located along the side edges of the seat are troublesome and unsightly.
  • the object of the invention is to remedy this drawback by proposing a folding chair in a stool in which the convenience of use and the aesthetic freedom are not compromised by the connection between the backrest and its axis of articulation.
  • the folding piece of furniture comprising a base, a seat and a backrest, so as to constitute a chair when it is unfolded, in which the backrest is articulated with respect to the base, along an axis substantially situated in the plane of the seat substantially midway between the front and rear legs, between the unfolded position in which the backrest extends in the opposite direction to the base and a folded position in which the backrest is folded back against the base, the furniture then constituting a stool, while a connecting element fixed to the backrest connects the latter to its axis of articulation, is characterized in that the connecting element consists of at least part of the seat.
  • connection between the backrest and its hinge axis is formed by all or part of the seat, and not by an added element having no use when one does not want to fold or unfold the seat.
  • the invention proceeds from the surprising idea consisting in providing at least part of the seat with two opposite seat faces which are in turn depending on whether the furniture is in the chair position or in the position stool.
  • the piece of furniture for use as a chair or a stool comprises a base 1 formed by four feet 2 rigidly connected together, substantially at mid-height, by a frame 3 made up of four bars 4.
  • the piece of furniture further comprises a seat 6 mounted at the top of the base 1, and a backrest 7 comprising two uprights 8 connected by a base cross member 9, an end cross member 11 and a middle cross member 12.
  • the furniture shown is made of wood, but other materials, plastic or metal for example, are also suitable.
  • the backrest 7 is articulated relative to the base 1 along an axis XX substantially parallel to the seat 6.
  • the axis XX is in the plane of the seat 6.
  • the backrest 7 is movable around the axis XX between a chair position - shown in Figures 1 to 3, and a stool position -, shown in Figures 5 and 6.
  • the backrest 7 In its chair position, the backrest 7 extends in a direction substantially opposite to the base 1 from the top of the rear legs 2.
  • the backrest 7 In its stool position, the backrest 7 is folded against the front feet 2 of the base 1.
  • the front profile of the backrest 7 is similar to that of the base 1 so that in the stool position, the uprights 8 are superimposed on the front legs 2, while the central crosspiece 12 covers the front bar 4 of the frame 3.
  • the front legs 2 and the uprights 8 have substantially the same length, so that the free edge of the backrest 7, it that is to say the outer longitudinal edge of the cross member 11 in the example shown, is then very close to the ground.
  • the cross member 11 does not touch the ground 15 if the latter is flat. It is thus ensured that in the vicinity of its connected position, the backrest does not rub on the ground, which would deteriorate it and perhaps prevent it from folding back completely against the base 1 with the minimum bulk.
  • the seat 6, the lateral edges of which are rectilinear and parallel, is rigidly fixed to the backrest 7 and mounted between two side members 13 which connect the tops of the feet 2 in pairs on each side of furniture.
  • the axis XX also crosses the side members 13, substantially in the middle of the seat 6, halfway between the front and rear feet 2.
  • the base of the backrest 7 is a little wider than the seat 6, and, in a chair position, rests by its two ends on two shoulders 14 directed upwards, formed on the rear face of the rear legs 2.
  • the seat 6 is substantially parallel to the ground 15.
  • the seat being unfolded and seen in profile ( Figure 2), the plane of the backrest 7 and that of the front legs 2 are mutually parallel and inclined relative to the ground 15 so as to form an obtuse angle A with the ground 15 in front of the seat.
  • the base 2 is flared down to the benefit of the stability of the cabinet while the backrest offers a comfortable inclination in the unfolded position while applying exactly against the base 1 in the folded position of the seat.
  • two locking pins 16 parallel to the axis XX, are slidably mounted in holes each passing through one of the side members 13 at a distance from the axis XX, preferably in line with the rear legs 2.
  • the seat 6 On each of its lateral edges, the seat 6 has two holes 17 which can be occupied in turn by the spindle 16, depending on whether the backrest 7 is in the chair position or in the stool position.
  • the furniture In the stool position, the furniture is easy to store, but also to use because the backrest 7, which is almost exactly superimposed on the base 1, does not constitute a significant discomfort.
  • FIGS. 1 to 7 offers, as we have seen, appreciable advantages as regards convenience of use and ease of storage.
  • the seat 6a is fixed to the base 1 while the side members 13 are replaced by arms 13a fixed to the backrest 7.
  • the backrest 7 is slightly narrowed so that its front profile corresponds to that of the base 1 in the stool position. Indeed, with equal dimensions of the furniture, the base 1 of the present embodiment is narrower than that of the previous one, since it is located under the seat 6a, and no longer under the arms 13a.
  • the backrest 7 rests on the shoulders 14 of the feet 2 at two points located just at the base of the uprights 7, and no longer at the ends of the cross-member 9.
  • each arm 13a could have any shape or arrangement deemed appropriate for ensuring the articulation of the backrest 7 around the axis XX.
  • each arm 13a is adjacent to one of the lateral edges of the seat 6a, and is extended beyond the axis XX so as to reach the edge of the seat 6a opposite the backrest 7, whether in the chair or stool position.
  • the arms 13a bring no discomfort to use, and on the contrary usefully supplement the seat 6a.
  • the upper face of the fixed seat 6a can advantageously be furnished with padding 18 which is as useful in the chair position as in the stool position.
  • the particularly simple structure according to the invention offers remarkable advantages. Although at first glance the size of the folded piece of furniture is less reduced than in other known embodiments, its storage often turns out to be easier. Unlike the known embodiments, the piece of furniture is stable and rigid in its folded position, can be easily grasped and transported, and furthermore has utility as a stool.
  • the furniture according to the invention allows great aesthetic freedom.
  • the backrest could be articulated directly by its base to the base, so as to be movable between a chair position in which it is locked by appropriate means, and a stool position in which it is folded against the hind feet.
  • the shoulders 14 can be omitted, the maintenance of the backrest in the chair position being ensured by the pins 16.
  • Locking in the stool position is not strictly necessary, and the corresponding holes 17 can be eliminated if one wishes to simplify construction, or even replaced by eclipsable balls.
  • the seat 6 or 6a is rectangular. But it can have other forms. Provided that each of its lateral edges has symmetry with respect to the axis XX, said edges may, in the two positions of the cabinet, fit exactly between arms such as 13a or side members such as 13 having a corresponding cutout.

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EP19820400066 1981-01-23 1982-01-15 Meuble pliant Expired EP0057124B1 (fr)

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FR8101206 1981-01-23
FR8101206A FR2498436A1 (fr) 1981-01-23 1981-01-23 Meuble pliant

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EP0057124A2 EP0057124A2 (fr) 1982-08-04
EP0057124A3 EP0057124A3 (en) 1982-08-11
EP0057124B1 true EP0057124B1 (fr) 1986-04-09

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DE (2) DE3270339D1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)
FR (1) FR2498436A1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow)

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DE102008038610A1 (de) 2008-08-07 2010-02-11 Friedrich Turnwald Kombination aus Hocker, Sitzbank, Stuhl und Tisch
DE102009052760B4 (de) * 2009-11-11 2016-12-01 Christian Hirsch Umwandelbares Sitzmöbel und umwandelbare Sitzbank
CN104013237A (zh) * 2014-06-17 2014-09-03 常熟市不锈钢制品有限公司 一种新型可折叠的椅子

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FR1166216A (fr) * 1957-02-09 1958-11-04 Tabouret à dossier mobile
US3554597A (en) * 1969-03-20 1971-01-12 Remco Ind Inc Selectively convertible chair-table
GB1254227A (en) * 1969-08-09 1971-11-17 Price Brothers & Company Ltd Improvements in convertible furniture

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DE8201086U1 (de) 1982-06-24
FR2498436B1 (enrdf_load_stackoverflow) 1985-05-17
EP0057124A2 (fr) 1982-08-04
DE3270339D1 (en) 1986-05-15
FR2498436A1 (fr) 1982-07-30

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