EP1404195B1 - Working chair - Google Patents

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EP1404195B1
EP1404195B1 EP02739025A EP02739025A EP1404195B1 EP 1404195 B1 EP1404195 B1 EP 1404195B1 EP 02739025 A EP02739025 A EP 02739025A EP 02739025 A EP02739025 A EP 02739025A EP 1404195 B1 EP1404195 B1 EP 1404195B1
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Ake Nilsson
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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
    • A47C9/00—Stools for specified purposes
    • A47C9/02—Office stools not provided for in main groups A47C1/00, A47C3/00 or A47C7/00; Workshop stools
    • A47C9/025—Stools for standing or leaning against, e.g. in a semi-standing or half-seated position
    • 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
    • A47C7/002—Chair or stool bases
    • A47C7/004—Chair or stool bases for chairs or stools with central column, e.g. office chairs
    • 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
    • A47C7/02—Seat parts
    • A47C7/029—Seat parts of non-adjustable shape adapted to a user contour or ergonomic seating positions

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  • the present relates to a working chair, which has a stand, a seat, which is mounted on the stand, and castors, which are mounted on the stand to allow movement of the chair on a floor, as known from document US 5 295 728.
  • a working chair of this type is used to perform different kinds of work.
  • the user is then seated on the chair with both feet resting on the floor.
  • the user can move the chair on the floor by means of his feet between different working positions.
  • it may be necessary to alter between sitting and standing working positions.
  • Such alternation between different working positions is also advantageous from an ergonomic point of view, since it reduces the risk of strain injuries.
  • a support is suitably placed on a level with the user's buttocks.
  • One object of the present invention is to provide a working chair, which is constructed such that it can be used as a working chair in the ordinary way, but can also be used as a support of the above-mentioned kind without rolling off on its castors or tipping over.
  • this object is achieved by means of a working chair, which is of the kind mentioned by way of introduction and characterised in that a foot-operated tipping support is mounted on the stand, which tipping support is movable between a raised inactive position, in which it is situated at a distance from the floor and allows movement of the chair on the floor, and a lowered active position, in which it abuts against the floor and renders movement of the chair on the floor difficult, and that the seat is pivotable between a substantially horizontal sitting position, in which a user can sit on the seat, and a substantially vertical support position, in which the user, while standing on the tipping support and thereby keeping it in its lowered active position, can lean against the seat.
  • the tipping support is preferably spring-biased towards its raised position.
  • the tipping support is a substantially horizontal foot plate which is vertically adjustable.
  • the foot plate is suitably formed such that the user can stand thereon with both feet.
  • the seat is advantageously mounted on the stand in a vertically adjustable manner.
  • the working chair shown in the drawings has a stand 1, on which a seat 2 is mounted.
  • the stand 1 is composed of a 5-star castor base 3, which has five substantially horizontal arms which are uniformly distributed in the circumferential direction, and a vertical column 4, which is connected to the castor base and is in the form of a gas spring with a cylinder 4a and a piston rod 4b.
  • the seat 2 is attached to the piston rod 4b of the gas cylinder at the upper end thereof.
  • the seat 2 is pivotable about a horizontal axis (not shown) between a substantially horizontal position (Fig. 1) and a substantially vertical position (Fig. 2).
  • the seat 2 is releasably securable in the respective positions.
  • the seat is spring-biased towards its substantially vertical position.
  • the vertical position of the seat 2 is adjustable by regulating the extended position of the piston rod 4b in relation to the gas cylinder 4a.
  • Each one of the five arms of the castor base 3 supports a castor 5. As a result, the working chair can be moved on a floor.
  • the working chair is provided with a foot-operated tipping support in the form of a horizontal foot plate 6, which is vertically adjustable.
  • the foot plate 6 is mounted on a holding means 7, which is attached to the underside of the castor base 3 in the front portion thereof.
  • the foot plate 6 is made of a metal sheet and has such a shape and is placed in such manner on the castor base 3 as to be symmetrical in relation to a forwardly directed arm of the castor base.
  • the foot plate 6 has a front cut-away portion 8 for the castor 5 that is supported by the forwardly directed arm.
  • the holder means 7 is composed of a plurality of square pipes, which are welded together.
  • the holding means 7 consists of a tubular piece 7a, which extends perpendicular to the forwardly directed arm in the castor base 3 between the arms in the castor base 3 that are located closest to this arm, two short tubular pieces 7b, which are attached to the tubular piece 7a and extend forward a short distance from each of its ends, two tubular pieces 7c, which are attached to the tubular piece 7a in the middle portion thereof and extend forward on each side of the forwardly directed arm in the castor base 3, as well as a tubular piece 7d, which extends transversely of the tubular pieces 7c interconnecting their free ends.
  • Each one of the tubular pieces 7b has a vertical through-hole at its free end.
  • the tubular piece 7d has a vertical through-hole at each of its ends.
  • the foot plate 6 has a vertical, upwardly directed pin 9, which extends through the respective holes in the holding means 7 and projects a distance above the same.
  • Each pin 9 has a head at its upper end.
  • a compression spring 10 is arranged between the head of each pin 9 and the upper side of the holding means 7. The compression springs 10 thus press the foot plate 6 upwards to a raised position, in which the foot plate abuts against the underside of the holding means 7 and is thus located at a distance from the floor.
  • the foot plate 6 can be pressed down against the action of the springs 10 to a lowered position, in which it abuts against the floor, thus making movement of the working chair on the floor difficult.
  • the seat 2 of the working chair When a user wants to sit down on the working chair, the seat 2 of the working chair is placed in the position shown in Fig. 1, that is in a substantially horizontal pivoting position (sitting position) and in a lowered position. The user is then able, while being seated on the chair, to move the same on the floor by means of his feet, which are placed in front of or by the side of the foot plate 6, between different working positions.
  • the seat 2 is placed in the position shown in Fig. 2, that is in a substantially vertical pivoting position (support position) and in a raised position, in which the seat is situated on a level with the user's buttocks, when he is standing.
  • the user places himself on the foot plate 6 with his feet on each side of the forwardly directed arm in the castor base 3 and is then able, while standing on the foot plate 6 and thereby keeping it in a lowered position, to lean against the seat 2. Since the user stands on the foot plate, thus pressing it down into abutment against the floor, the working chair is prevented from rolling off on its castors and from tipping over.
  • the invention is not, of course, limited to the embodiment described above but can be modified in a number of different ways within the scope of the appended claims.
  • an arrangement corresponding to the parts of the pins 9 that are situated above the holding means 7 and the springs 10, can be provided inside the square pipes forming the holding means 7.
  • the foot plate 6 can be coated with a friction-enhancing material on its underside.

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SE0102213A SE0102213L (sv) 2001-06-21 2001-06-21 Arbetsstol
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DE (1) DE60219628D1 (da)
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US20230232993A1 (en) * 2022-01-27 2023-07-27 The Texas A&M University System Deployable backrest, footrail and anti-fatigue mat ergonomic office stool

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US5295728A (en) * 1990-01-23 1994-03-22 Schaevitz Lester P Ergonomic multi-position work stand

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EP1404195A1 (en) 2004-04-07
SE0102213L (sv) 2002-05-28
DK1404195T3 (da) 2007-08-13
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