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EP0678260A1
EP0678260A1 EP95500026A EP95500026A EP0678260A1 EP 0678260 A1 EP0678260 A1 EP 0678260A1 EP 95500026 A EP95500026 A EP 95500026A EP 95500026 A EP95500026 A EP 95500026A EP 0678260 A1 EP0678260 A1 EP 0678260A1
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Victor Troyas Bermejo
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Manufacturas Metalicas Jevit 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
    • A47C3/00—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats
    • A47C3/12—Chairs characterised by structural features; Chairs or stools with rotatable or vertically-adjustable seats with shell-shape seat and back-rest unit, e.g. having arm rests
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/36—Support for the head or the back
    • A47C7/40—Support for the head or the back for the back
    • A47C7/44—Support for the head or the back for the back with elastically-mounted back-rest or backrest-seat unit in the base frame
    • A47C7/445—Support for the head or the back for the back with elastically-mounted back-rest or backrest-seat unit in the base frame with bar or leaf springs
    • A47C7/4454—Support for the head or the back for the back with elastically-mounted back-rest or backrest-seat unit in the base frame with bar or leaf springs of torsion type

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  • This invention concerns an item of furniture for sitting, composed of a rear casing or shell of a plastic material, a forward padded element backing on to and secured to the internal surface of the casing or shell, and a lower support element, which can take the form of a central column, support legs or runners, etc.
  • the invention's item of furniture for sitting is of the type known as "ergonomic”, generally used in work places, whether in the form of an armchair or ordinary chair, in any of their variants.
  • “ergonomic” generally used in work places, whether in the form of an armchair or ordinary chair, in any of their variants.
  • Encompassed within this type of furniture for sitting are all those offering excellent support anatomy and which also allow easy adjustment of that anatomy and of its position in accordance with the movements or wishes of the user.
  • the adjustments in position and anatomy of the surfaces of the seat and the back are generally achieved by combining the capacity for partial deformation of the body defining the seat and back of the chair with the action of an adjustment mechanism linking the seat body with the lower support element.
  • the present invention is directed towards the body defining the seat and back, which can be used for creating any kind of armchair or ordinary chair and which can also be combined with an adjustment mechanism for obtaining excellent conditions of support and comfort.
  • the invention concerns an item of furniture for seating in which the body defining the seat and back, hereafter referred to as the seat body, is composed of a single-piece rear casing and a forward padded element, the whole unit having a certain capacity for deformation in particular zones, allowing elastic balancing of the back to be obtained.
  • An armchair or ordinary chair that includes a seat body composed of a rear casing or shell and a forward padded element is already known from European patents N o 309.368 and 309.369.
  • the rear shell or casing obtained from a single piece of plastic material, has a virtually rigid nature except in an intermediate zone of the back, where there is longitudinal flexibility allowing deformation of the back to be obtained only in the longitudinal direction of the back. This flexibility is achieved by means of the formation in the said intermediate zone of the back of a structure consisting of parallel rigid transverse blocks, consecutively connected among themselves by means of internal membranes with greater flexibility. The capacity for deformation of the structure thus formed will depend on the number of blocks and membranes, as well as on the width and nature of these membranes.
  • the shell or casing includes a metallic structure that extends below the rear part of the seat, crosses the shell and is prolonged over the internal surface of the back as far as the region of the flexible intermediate zone of that back.
  • the metallic structure of the casing only has rigidization functions and, moreover, it crosses the casing, which requires complicated assembly processes.
  • the present invention has as its object an item of furniture for sitting, in which the shell or casing of the seat body is made from a single piece, without sharp discontinuities or interruptions, and with controlled flexibility sufficient for obtaining a capacity for elastic deformation in certain zones and in a magnitude and direction such that allow certain excellent conditions of support and comfort to be attained.
  • the casing of the invention an elastic balancing of the back is achieved, while a situation of comfortable and secure support is maintained, whatever might be the position of the occupant.
  • the casing of the seat body is composed of a continuous, transversely flexible wall to which is fixed on its internal surface a reinforcing element designed in such a way that it provides rigidity for certain parts of the casing and allows a certain controlled flexibility in other parts of that casing.
  • the wall of the casing is subdivided into three zones, a lower seat zone, an upper back zone and an intermediate transition zone.
  • the reinforcing element mentioned above includes a rigid frame and certain straps that are elastically flexible in the transverse direction.
  • the rigid frame runs over the transition zone and is slightly extended over the seat zone on one side and over the back side on the opposite side.
  • the straps run longitudinally over the middle part of the back zone, to which they are connected at their upper ends with partial freedom of longitudinal displacement, while at their lower ends they are secured to the rigid frame.
  • the straps will have a resistance to upper transverse flexion of the casing, and will preferably be made of steel.
  • the capacity for deformation of the casing can in addition be controlled by means of rigidizing ribs of variable height that project and run along the internal surface of the casing.
  • Figure 1 is a side elevation view of a seat body designed in accordance with the invention.
  • Figure 2 is a forward perspective view of the casing or shell of the seat body of figure 1.
  • Figure 3 is a vertical cross-section taken along the line of cut III-III of figure 2.
  • Figure 4 is a forward perspective view of the seat body, in partial cross-section.
  • Figure 5 is a perspective view on a larger scale of the securing for the upper end of one of the straps to the casing.
  • Figure 6 is a cross-section of the upper securing for the straps, taken along the line of cut VI-VI of figure 5.
  • Figure 7 corresponds to detail A of figure 4, on a larger scale.
  • Figure 8 is a cross-section taken along the line of cut VIII-VIII of figure 7.
  • the seat body represented in figure 1 is composed of a rear semi-rigid casing or shell, referenced with number 1, and of a forward padded element 2 which backs on to and is fixed to the internal surface of the casing 1.
  • This seat body will be mounted on a lower support element, not represented here, which can take the form of a central column, support legs or runners, etc., and which can also include a mechanism for adjusting the inclination of the seat body.
  • the seat body can also have side arms 3 for taking the form of an armchair, or it can lack them.
  • the casing or shell 1 is composed of a transversely flexible continuous wall 4.
  • This wall can be provided on its internal surface with longitudinal ribs of variable height with the aim of controlling its rigidity, as shall be explained below.
  • the wall 4 shapes a lower seat zone 5, an upper back zone 6 and an intermediate transition zone 7.
  • a reinforcing element consisting of a rigid frame 8 and certain straps 9 that are elastically flexible in the transverse direction.
  • the rigid frame 8 crosses the intermediate transition zone 7 and is slightly extended over the seat zone 5 on one side, and over the back zone 7 on the opposite side.
  • the said straps 9 run longitudinally over the middle part of the back zone 6.
  • These straps are fixed by their upper ends to the wall 4 by means of securings 10 that allow a certain capacity for relative longitudinal displacement of the straps with respect to the said wall 4, while at the lower ends these straps are fixed to the rigid frame and to the wall 4 by means of securings 11, which can also serve for fixing the arms 3, figure 1.
  • the straps 9, preferably made of steel, will have a resistance to transverse flexion greater than that of the upper zone of the back 6.
  • the reinforcing element composed of the frame 8 and the straps 9 serves to provide rigidity for the transition zone of the shell and for controlling the flexion of the back zone.
  • the rigid frame 8 can consist of an inverted U formed from a tubular profile, with the U adopting a transverse curvature coincident with that of the internal surface of the casing to which it is applied.
  • the wall 4 of the casing or shell is provided on its internal surface with longitudinal ribs 12, figure 4, which will act as rigidizing elements, the height of those ribs being varied in accordance with the rigidity that it is wished to achieve.
  • the securings 10 for the straps can include a plate 13, which is fixed to the wall 4 of the casing and which defines a longitudinal passage 14, with the strap 9 running between the bottom of that passage and the internal surface of the wall 4.
  • the facing surfaces of the passage 14 and the wall 4 of the casing can be provided with longitudinal ribs 15 that will rest on the surfaces of the straps 9, all this as can be better appreciated from figures 5 and 6.
  • the straps 9 allow the back to be able to withstand great stresses without degrees of deformation being reached that would be undesirable for the back.
  • a further advantage deriving from the inclusion of the straps 9 is that the back zone 7 can enjoy a certain capacity for torsional movements which can occur when the user inclines the back more towards one side than to the other, due to the possibility of independent displacement of both straps.
  • straps 9 also allows the back zone 6 to reach the desired height, with the aim of offering complete support for the user's back as far as the shoulders.
  • the deformation of the back will include an initial phase, involving only the capacity for flexion of the back zone 6, and demanding a relatively small effort, and a second phase, starting from which the projection 17 rests on the lower edge of the window 16 of the straps 9, figure 6, in which those straps and back are involved, offering resistance to flexion greater than that of the back 6 alone.
  • the casing is shaped in such a way that it admits a filling element 2, which includes a portion 18 with a lenticular cross-section coincident with the transition zone 7 of the casing.
  • This shape will offer perfect support for the pelvic zone, allowing the spinal column to be maintained in a suitable position.
  • the padded element 2 includes a frame 19 via which and by means of securing clips this padded element can be attached to the casing 1.
  • the casing 1 is provided on its internal surface with lugs 20, which can be shaped from the same ribs 12 of the casing. Fitted on these lugs 20 and straddling them are retaining clips 21 provided with securing studs and tabs, which can, for example, take the shape represented in figures 7 and 8.
  • the lugs 20, with the clips 21 duly secured to them, are introduced via facing openings or windows 22 formed in the frame 19 of the padded element 2.
  • the securing system described above allows the padded element 2 to be fitted and removed as many times as is wished, thanks to the elasticity of the securing studs and lugs of the clips 21.
  • All the lugs 20 and clips 21 are orientated in the longitudinal direction along the casing 1, allowing a certain capacity for relative displacement between casing and padded element, which secures the coupling cavity whatever might be the movements of the user's body, and without creating tensions that would tend to detach the padded element.

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EP95500026A 1994-04-21 1995-03-01 Sitzmöbel Expired - Lifetime EP0678260B1 (de)

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SI9530112T SI0678260T1 (en) 1994-04-21 1995-03-01 Item of furniture for sitting

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ES09400840A ES2110874B1 (es) 1994-04-21 1994-04-21 Mueble de asiento.
ES9400840 1994-04-21

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DE (1) DE69502332T2 (de)
DK (1) DK0678260T3 (de)
ES (1) ES2110874B1 (de)
GR (1) GR3027600T3 (de)
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AT384537B (de) * 1983-10-19 1987-11-25 Wiesner Hager Kg Arbeitsstuhl
DE8806924U1 (de) * 1987-06-09 1988-07-07 Protoned B.V., Amsterdam, Nl
EP0277912A1 (de) * 1987-01-30 1988-08-10 Equus Marketing Ag Stuhl, insbesondere Bürostuhl mit einem Sitz und einer mehrteiligen Rückenlehne

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EP0107627A1 (de) * 1982-10-22 1984-05-02 Castelli S.P.A. Stuhl mit einer aus mehreren gelenkten Segmenten bestehender Rückenlehne
AT384537B (de) * 1983-10-19 1987-11-25 Wiesner Hager Kg Arbeitsstuhl
WO1987004909A1 (en) * 1986-02-13 1987-08-27 Hartmut Lohmeyer Chair with a seat and an elastically yielding back support
EP0277912A1 (de) * 1987-01-30 1988-08-10 Equus Marketing Ag Stuhl, insbesondere Bürostuhl mit einem Sitz und einer mehrteiligen Rückenlehne
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US11963621B2 (en) 2015-04-13 2024-04-23 Steelcase Inc. Seating arrangement
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ES2110874A2 (es) 1998-02-16
DE69502332D1 (de) 1998-06-10
DE69502332T2 (de) 1998-12-17
ATE165718T1 (de) 1998-05-15
DK0678260T3 (da) 1999-01-25
GR3027600T3 (en) 1998-11-30
EP0678260B1 (de) 1998-05-06
SI0678260T1 (en) 1998-10-31
ES2110874B1 (es) 1998-11-16

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