EP3311701A1 - Rückenlehne/kopfstütze mit variabler höhe für ein gepolstertes möbelstück mit einem elektromechanischem hebemechanismus - Google Patents

Rückenlehne/kopfstütze mit variabler höhe für ein gepolstertes möbelstück mit einem elektromechanischem hebemechanismus Download PDF

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EP3311701A1
EP3311701A1 EP16195301.3A EP16195301A EP3311701A1 EP 3311701 A1 EP3311701 A1 EP 3311701A1 EP 16195301 A EP16195301 A EP 16195301A EP 3311701 A1 EP3311701 A1 EP 3311701A1
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Quintino SCARCELLA
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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
    • A47C1/00—Chairs adapted for special purposes
    • A47C1/02—Reclining or easy chairs
    • A47C1/031—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/036—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a head-rest
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to the field of upholstered furniture and, in particular, to the field of electromechanical systems designed to allow vertical movement of the backrest of an upholstered item of furniture (such as a sofa or an armchair), which upholstered item of furniture also comprises a seat base, a reclining loin rest and an extendable footrest and which backrest also functions as a headrest.
  • an upholstered item of furniture such as a sofa or an armchair
  • which upholstered item of furniture also comprises a seat base, a reclining loin rest and an extendable footrest and which backrest also functions as a headrest.
  • the object of the present invention is a mechanical device which is suitable to be installed in an upholstered item of furniture and designed to allow longitudinal movement of the backrest/headrest with respect to the base supporting the upholstered item of furniture, which backrest/headrest is not anchored or mechanically connected to the seat or the loin rest and which backrest/headrest can be moved, by means of said mechanism, independently of the movement of said seat base or of said loin rest.
  • an upholstered item of furniture comprising a backrest/headrest, a seat base, a reclining loin rest and an extendable footrest and also incorporating an electromechanical lift mechanism for vertically moving said backrest/headrest independently of the movement of said seat base or of said loin rest.
  • a backrest 10 and a headrest 11 each one distinct from the other one, but both joined together to form a single body.
  • headrests 11 generate a semi-circular motion as shown in Fig. 1A , in order to change from a "closed” position, in which they are horizontal, parallel to a seat 13, to an "open” position, quite vertical, perpendicular (or almost perpendicular) to said seat 13, passing through all the intermediate positions.
  • high quality upholstered furniture 1 comprise - besides said reclining backrest 10, said movable headrest 11 and said seat 13 - an extendible footrest 12, in which said headrest 11 and said footrest 12 are in the "closed” position and the backrest 10 is in the vertical position with respect to the seat 13, i.e. in the sitting position.
  • upholstered furniture 1 is shown in an extended position, or relaxing position, and it has the headrest 11 raised, the backrest 10 reclined and the footrest 12 extended, lengthened.
  • said upholstered furniture 1 the movements of the three aforesaid parts - the backrest 10, the headrest 11 and the footrest 12 - are interconnected so that the movement of one part follows the movement of the other parts in order to ensure maximum comfort and the most ergonomic sitting position for a user U.
  • the backrest 10 when the user U decides to extend the footrest 12, bringing it from the "closed" position (as shown in Fig. 1 ) to an extended position (as shown in Fig. 2 ), the backrest 10 also reclines and necessarily moves the seat 13 forward: this happens, as mentioned, in order to ensure maximum relaxing comfort for the user U; it is worthy to note that, theoretically, it would be conceivable to allow the lengthening of the footrest 12 without reclining the backrest 10, and therefore without the seat 13 moving forward, but the user U would be in an unnatural and uncomfortable position, which would not be sustainable for a long time.
  • an extendable footrest 12 When it is desired that also an extendable footrest 12 is comprised in the upholstered item of furniture 1, the mechanism responsible for the movement thereof must be coupled with the mechanism that regulates the movement of the backrest 10 and of the headrest 11 since, as previously indicated, to extend only the footrest 12, leaving both backrest 10 and headrest 11 in their original position, would give rise to an anti-ergonomic sitting/relaxing position, which would be overly uncomfortable and unsustainable over time; an extension of the user's legs must in fact be accompanied, according to the laws of ergonomics, by a reclining of the user's back and of the user's head and, therefore, by a reclining of the backrest 10 and a raising of the headrest 11 in a harmonic movement that supports the structure of the human body, as shown in Fig. 2 .
  • none of the above-mentioned prior art documents discloses or suggests the independency of movement of said backrest from the loin rest or the seat base comprised in an item of furniture, which is therefore a need not satisfied so far.
  • none of the above-mentioned prior art documents discloses or suggests an upholstered item of furniture comprising a backrest/headrest, a seat base, a reclining loin rest and an extendable footrest and also incorporating a device for vertically moving said backrest/headrest independently of the movement of said seat base or of said loin rest, which is therefore a further and autonomous need not satisfied so far.
  • the present invention intends to overcome all the problems of the current prior art by providing a technical and inventive solution to the existing problems.
  • the present invention is designed to allow longitudinal, or lengthwise, sliding of the backrest of an upholstered item of furniture along an axis perpendicular to that of the seat, without the need for the seat and the footrest, or the mechanisms that make them move, to be united or connected in any way - physically or functionally - to the backrest or to the mechanism designed to move the backrest, so that it is not necessary to provide a fissure at the back of the upholstered item of furniture.
  • An advantage of the device according to the present invention lies in the fact that it is consistently smaller than those of the prior art, the former being able to save over 10 cm in depth, as can be seen in Fig. 4 and in Fig. 4A comparing the known system with that of the present invention; therefore, due to its specific construction and assembly characteristics, the device according to the present invention allows the realisation of upholstered items of furniture having a depth of about 10 cm less than traditional products.
  • the smaller dimensions mean, consequentially, that the realisation of an upholstered item of furniture implementing the present invention is carried out with a reduced use of raw materials such as frame, upholstery and covering; said saving increases with the size of the upholstered item of furniture, which can, as it is well known, reach a considerable size, such as in the case of a multiple-seat, king-sized sofa.
  • a device suitable to be mounted on an upholstered item of furniture having a base, a seat with a footrest, a backrest also serving as a headrest and a loin rest.
  • the inventive principle of the present invention lies in that said device is designed to move the backrest/headrest longitudinally, or lengthwise, with respect to the base of the upholstered item of furniture and entirely independently of the seat and of the loin rest.
  • a device 101 designed to move, longitudinally with respect to the base of an upholstered item of furniture 100 on which it is mounted, the backrest 51 of said upholstered item of furniture 100, which upholstered item of furniture 100 also includes a loin rest 50 and a seat 52 with a footrest 53, which backrest 51 also serves as a headrest, entirely independently of the seat 52 and loin rest 50 and designed to move vertically, and comprising: an upper frame 60, two rail systems, a frame that serves as a base 64, an electric linear actuator piston 70, wherein the upper frame is joined to the frame that serves as a base by means of a pair of rail systems, the guides 61, 61a of the rail systems being joined to said upper frame and the sliding bodies 62, 62a of the rail systems being joined to the clamps 63, 63a of the frame that serves as a base, the upper frame being designed to move longitudinally along the axis of the rail system driven by an electric linear actuator piston 70, which electric actuator is joined to the upper frame and to
  • the present device 101 is characterised by the fact that the single assembled frame 80 is designed to be inserted into the upholstered item of furniture's backrest 51, said backrest 51 being not joined to the loin rest 50 and not joined to the seat 52, the loin rest 50 being merely leaning against said backrest 51.
  • the present device 101 is characterised by the fact that the single assembled frame 80 is designed to be inserted into the upholstered item of furniture's backrest 51, said single frame being not joined to the mechanism designed to move the loin rest 50 and not joined to the mechanism designed to move the seat 52.
  • an upholstered item of furniture is disclosed, said upholstered item of furniture having a base, a seat with a footrest, a backrest also serving as a headrest and a loin rest and also incorporating a device able to move the backrest/headrest longitudinally, or lengthwise, with respect to the base of the upholstered item of furniture and entirely independently of the seat and of the loin rest.
  • an upholstered item of furniture 100 comprising a backrest 51, a loin rest 50 and a seat with a footrest 52, said backrest serving also as a headrest, characterised by the fact that it also comprises a device designed to move, longitudinally with respect to the base of the upholstered item of furniture on which it is mounted, the backrest of said upholstered item of furniture, entirely independently of the seat and loin rest and designed to move vertically, and comprising: an upper frame 60, two rail systems 61, 61a, a frame that serves as a base 64, an electric linear actuator piston 70, wherein the upper frame is joined to the frame that serves as a base by means of a pair of rail systems, the guides of the rail systems being joined to the to the said upper frame and the sliding bodies 62, 62a of the rail systems being joined to the clamps 63, 63a of the frame that serves as a base, the upper frame being designed to move longitudinally along the axis of the rail system driven by an electric linear actuator piston 70, which
  • the present upholstered item of furniture 100 is characterised by the fact that the single frame 80 is designed to be inserted into the upholstered item of furniture's backrest 51, said backrest 51 being not joined to the loin rest 50 and not joined to the seat 52, the loin rest 50 being merely leaning against said backrest (51).
  • the present upholstered item of furniture 100 is characterised by the fact that the single frame 80 is designed to be inserted into the upholstered item of furniture's backrest 51, said single frame being not joined to the mechanism designed to move the loin rest 50 and not joined to the mechanism designed to move the seat 52.
  • an upholstered item of furniture 100 incorporating the device of the present invention is shown; in particular it is visible that, due to the specific construction and assembly characteristics of said device, the upholstered item of furniture 100 occupies a space that is substantially smaller than that occupied by the traditional furniture shown in Fig. 4 , i.e. said upholstered item of furniture 100 of the invention having a depth of about 10 cm less than traditional products.
  • the upholstered item of furniture 100 comprises a supporting base 54, a seat 52 with a footrest 53, a backrest 51 (also acting as a headrest) and a loin rest 50, all the elements being in a "closed", or sitting position;
  • Fig. 5A shows the attractive appearance of the lines and shapes, the comfort of the seat and the ergonomics that are ensured by the introduction of the lower loin rest 50 that, while the backrest 51 remains motionless, moves forward with the seat 52, and reclines.
  • the upholstered item of furniture 100 comprising a backrest 51 serving also as a headrest, a loin rest 50 and a seat 52 with a footrest 53 is characterised by the fact that it also comprises a device 101 designed to move vertically and designed to move said backrest 51 longitudinally, or lengthwise, with respect to the supporting base 54 of the upholstered item of furniture 100 on which it is mounted and entirely independently of the seat 52 and of the loin rest 50.
  • the device 101 of the present invention that, once inserted into the upholstered item of furniture 100, is able to longitudinally move the backrest 51 - in such a way, i.e. lengthwise, that it also acts as a headrest - and completely independently with respect to the seat 52, thus eliminating the need to provide a fissure at the back of the upholstered item of furniture 100 and therefore improving the appearance of the upholstered item of furniture 100, reducing the overall size of the upholstered item of furniture and therefore allowing a more efficient use of construction materials.
  • the device 101 of the present invention is shown.
  • Said device 101 comprises an upper first frame 60 comprising two first sides 60a, 60b; at least a pair of rail systems each constituted by a guide 61, 61a and by a sliding body 62, 62a; a lower second frame 64 comprising two clamps 63, 63a.
  • the guides 61, 61a of the rail systems are joined to the upper frame 60 and the sliding bodies 62, 62a are joined to the clamps 63, 63a of the second frame that serves as a base 64.
  • Said upper frame 60 is designed to move longitudinally, or lengthwise, along the axis of the rail systems being driven by an electric linear actuator piston 70, which is visible in Fig. 7 and in Fig. 8 ; said electric linear actuator piston 70 is attached to the upper frame 60 and to the lower frame 64 by means of two systems of holed brackets 65 and 66 respectively.
  • said upper 60 and lower 64 frames form a single assembled frame 80, which can be inserted into the backrest 51 of the upholstered item of furniture 100 and which allows, once inserted, longitudinal, or lengthwise, movement of the backrest 51 of the upholstered item of furniture 100 that is substantially independent of the movement of the seat 52 and of the loin rest 50.
  • the loin rest 50 is included in the upholstered item of furniture 100 to ensure the comfort and ergonomics of the sitting/relaxing position.
  • the features of the mechanism described above permit the realisation of the upholstered furniture 100 shown in Fig. 5 and Fig. 5A , equipped with an extendable footrest 53, a reclining loin rest 50 and a backrest 51 that, being able to be raised and to be lowered, also acts as a headrest.
  • the seat 52 Upon extension of the footrest 53, the seat 52 moves forward - as in traditional systems - with the particularity that said seat 52 is not joined to the backrest 51 but it is joined to the loin rest 50 - physically and mechanically separate from the backrest/headrest 51 - designed to recline by following the movement of the seat 52 and the extension of the footrest 53, leaving upright the backrest 51, the height of which can be adjusted, as shown in Fig. 4A , for a comfortable support of the user's head.
  • the present invention allows the realisation of absolutely superior aesthetic forms, avoiding the formation of the gap 16 of the prior art, reducing the overall dimensions of the known headrests (so-called "ratchet" headrests) and allowing its realisation with the use of less material compared to that needed to realise the mechanisms known in the art.
  • the invention comprises an electric linear actuator piston 70; a first upper frame 60 having a width of 730 mm with two first sides 60a, 60b each having a length of 390 mm; a second lower frame 64 having a width of 730 mm with two clamps 63, 63a each having a length of 160 mm; two guides 61, 61a each 360 mm long.
  • the two guides 61, 61a are firmly joined to the upper frame 60 by means of welding.
  • the sliding bodies 62, 62a are connected to the lower frame 64 by means of four pins having a diameter of 6 mm each.
  • the electric linear actuator piston 70 is joined to the two frames 60, 64 by means of two systems of holed brackets 65, 66; the holed brackets 65 of the upper frame 60 are parallel to each other, each 30 mm long and 30 mm distant from each other.
  • the electromechanical device 101 specifically the electric linear actuator piston 70, is suitable to be connected - and it is connected during operation - to a switch (not shown in figures), powered by an electric cable connected to the mains power supply or by a lithium battery or by a different known power source, that allows the operation of the said device 101.
  • the activation of the electric linear actuator piston 70 will cause the upper frame 60 to slide upwards by vertically moving the backrest/headrest 51 of the upholstered item of furniture 100.

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EP0056070A1 (de) 1981-01-14 1982-07-21 Otto Zapf Sitzmöbel
GB2417895A (en) 2004-09-13 2006-03-15 Golden Technologies Inc Combination lift chair and recliner
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US8146190B1 (en) 2010-10-18 2012-04-03 James Wolfe Adjustable bed support
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GB1218541A (en) * 1966-12-03 1971-01-06 Slumberland Group Ltd Seats with headrests
US3738706A (en) * 1971-08-30 1973-06-12 D Caldemeyer Motor driven headrest and back for recliner chair
EP0056070A1 (de) 1981-01-14 1982-07-21 Otto Zapf Sitzmöbel
GB2417895A (en) 2004-09-13 2006-03-15 Golden Technologies Inc Combination lift chair and recliner
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US8146190B1 (en) 2010-10-18 2012-04-03 James Wolfe Adjustable bed support
US20120112519A1 (en) 2010-11-09 2012-05-10 Murphy Marcus L Gliding-Reclining Layflat Seating Unit with Power Actuator and Manual and Automatic Locking Linkages
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