GB2421429A - Seat with downward angled seating surface - Google Patents

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GB2421429A
GB2421429A GB0428188A GB0428188A GB2421429A GB 2421429 A GB2421429 A GB 2421429A GB 0428188 A GB0428188 A GB 0428188A GB 0428188 A GB0428188 A GB 0428188A GB 2421429 A GB2421429 A GB 2421429A
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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
    • A47C9/002—Stools for specified purposes with exercising means or having special therapeutic or ergonomic effects
    • 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
    • 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
    • A47C9/002—Stools for specified purposes with exercising means or having special therapeutic or ergonomic effects
    • A47C9/005—Stools for specified purposes with exercising means or having special therapeutic or ergonomic effects with forwardly inclined seat, e.g. with a knee-support

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The seating apparatus comprises a seat or chair 10 which provides a seating surface 12 in order to support a person thereon in a seated position. The seating apparatus comprises support means in the form of a plurality of support legs 14, 16, 18 in order to support the seating surface 12 spaced from a support surface and in particular the floor or ground. The seating surface 12 is arranged, in use, to be at an angle ( r ) relative to the horizontal plane (11). More specifically, when the chair 10 is placed on a substantially horizontal surface the seating surface 12 is at an angle ( r ) relative to the horizontal plane (11). The seating surface 12 is arranged to be angled downwardly from the rear 22 of the seating surface 12 to the front 24 of the seating surface. The angle of the seating surface is arranged to stimulate the pelvic angle which encourages an attentive posture and a biomechanical position. The seating surface can be triangular.

Description

SEATING APPARATUS
Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to seating apparatus and a method of providing seating apparatus.
Background to the Invention
One aim of the present invention is to improve the posture of individuals throughout life from childhood to old age in order to decrease the risk of back problems occurring in the future. In addition, a further aim of the present invention is to correct existing poor posture which has caused back problems and to assist the correction of these problems.
It is an aim of the present to overcome at least one problem associated with the prior art whether referred to herein or otherwise.
Summary of the Invention
According to a first aspect of the present invention there is provided seating apparatus comprising support means and a seating surface wherein the support means is arranged, in use, to support the seating surface at an angle relative to the horizontal plane.
Preferably the support means is arranged, in use, at an angle relative to the horizontal plane whilst the seating apparatus is supported on a substantially horizontal support surface.
The relative angle between the support means and the seating surface may be in the region of 95 to 105 .
Preferably the seating apparatus comprises a back rest member or back support means. Preferably, in use, the angle between the back support means or the back rest member and the seating surface is in the region of 5 to 15 .
Preferably the seating apparatus comprises rear support means and front support means. Preferably the longitudinal length of the rear support means is greater than the longitudinal length of the front support means.
Preferably this difference in longitudinal length causes the seating surface to be supported at an angle to the horizontal plane.
Preferably the seating surface is arranged to be angled downwardly relative to the horizontal plane from a rear edge towards a front edge.
Preferably the seating surface is substantially rigidly fixed to the support means and/or back support means such that the relative angle therebetween are substantially fixed or static. Preferably the angles are not
adjustable.
Preferably the seating surface comprises a planar member.
Preferably the seating surface comprises a substantially triangular seating surface.
Preferably the seating surface comprises a triangular planar member.
Preferably the triangular seating surface is arranged such that one edge of the triangle forms a rear edge of the seating surface and an apex of the triangle locates forwardmost on the seating surface. Preferably the rear edge is substantially horizontal, in use.
Preferably the support means comprises a plurality of support legs. Preferably the support means comprises a first support leg, a second support leg and a third support leg. Preferably, the support means comprises a left rear support leg, a right rear support leg and a front support leg.
Preferably the longitudinal length of a first rear support leg is substantially equal to the longitudinal length of a second rear support leg. Preferably the longitudinal length of a first rear support leg and/or a second rear support leg is greater than the longitudinal length of a front support leg.
According to a second aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of providing seating apparatus comprising supporting a seating surface spaced from a support surface wherein the seating surface is supported at an angle relative to the horizontal plane.
Preferably the method comprises supporting the seating surface at an angle relative to the back support means and preferably at an angle in the region of 950 to l05.
Preferably the method comprises supporting the seating surface at an angle in the region of 5 to 15 relative to the horizontal plane.
Preferably the method comprises improving the posture of a person seated on the seating surface.
According to a third aspect of the present invention there is provided a method of improving the posture of a person whilst seated comprising providing seating apparatus in accordance with the first support of the present invention.
Brief Description of the Drawings
The present invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the drawings that follow, in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of seating apparatus.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of another embodiment of seating apparatus.
Figure 3 is a side schematic view of a preferred embodiment of seating apparatus.
Figure 4 is a plan view of a seating surface of a preferred embodiment of seating apparatus.
Figure 5 is a plan view of a seating surface of a preferred embodiment of seating apparatus.
Description of the preferred embodiments
As shown in Figure 1, a preferred embodiment of seating apparatus comprises a seat or chair 10. The chair provides a seating surface 12 in order to support a person thereon in a seated position. The seating apparatus further comprises support means in the form of a plurality of support legs 14, 16, 18 in order to support the seating surface 12 spaced from a support surface and in particular the floor or ground.
As shown in Figure 3, the seating surface 12 is arranged, in use, to be at an angle () relative to the horizontal plane 11. More specifically, when the chair 10 is placed on a substantially horizontal surface the seating surface 12 is at an angle () relative to the horizontal plane 11.
The seating surface 12 is arranged to be angled downwardly from the rear 22 of the seating surface 12 to the front 24 of the seating surface. The seating surface 12 has a rear edge 22 which is arranged to be spaced from the supporting surface by a greater distance than a front edge 24 of the seating surface 12. In particular, the seating surface is arranged at an angle () in the region of 5 to 15 relative to the horizontal. Accordingly, the range of angles (13) is 100. In one embodiment the angle of the seating surface may be fixed whereas in another embodiment the angle of the seating surface may be adjustable and in particular adjustable between the above mentioned angles.
The angle of the seating surface is arranged to stimulate the pelvic angle which encourages an attentive posture and a biomechanical position.
The angle of the seat allows the thighs of the user to drop inferiorly to the horizontal which allows a more extended hip position to be achieved. This creates an anterior pelvic tilt with subsequent lumber, thoracic and cervical lordosis and kyphosis respectively. This provides optimal stress distribution through bone, disc, ligamentus and soft tissue structures.
The angle and clearance (or height) combine to create the transference of weight onto the feet and first ray, particularly around the metatarsophalangeal (MTP) joint stimulating the positive support reaction. This stimulation increases the neurological input to the system controlling postural tone.
The support means comprises a first rear leg 14, a second rear leg 16 and a front leg 18. Accordingly, the support legs 12, 14, 16 form a triangular base or support base.
Similarly, the seating surface 12 comprise a triangular seating surface 12 whereon the rear edge 22 comprises one side or edge of the triangle and the front edge is located at a corner or apex 24 of the triangle. The seating surface 12 generally comprises the upper surface of a planar seating member and more particularly the upper surface of a triangular planar seating member.
The seating surface 12 is coupled to back rest means in the form of a back rest 20. In particular, the rear edge 22 of the seating surface 12 is at least partially connected to the back rest 20.
The back rest 20 comprises a conventional chair back rest in order to support the back of a user seating on the seating surface. In the preferred embodiment, as shown in Figure 1, the back rest 20 comprises a triangular back rest formed from two side members 21 having a central section 23 located therebetween.
In another embodiment, as shown in Figure 2, the back rest comprises a conventional square or rectangular back rest 23. The back rest 23 may comprise any suitable shape and functions to selectively support the back of a user on the seating surface.
As shown in Figure 3, the seating surface is substantially in a plane at an angle () of between 50 and 15 to the horizontal plane 11. The angle () of the seating surface 12, in use, is dependent upon the angle of the surface on which the seating apparatus is supported but assuming a substantially horizontal support surface the seating surface 12 is arranged to be between 5 and 15 to the horizontal plane 11.
Attention is directed to all papers and documents which are filed concurrently with or previous to this specification in connection with this application and which are open to public inspection with this specification, and the contents of all such papers and documents are incorporated herein by reference.
All of the features disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), and/or all of the steps of any method or process so disclosed, may be combined in any combination, except combinations where at least some of such features and/or steps are mutually exclusive.
Each feature disclosed in this specification (including any accompanying claims, abstract and drawings) may be replaced by alternative features serving the same, equivalent or similar purpose, unless expressly stated otherwise. Thus, unless expressly stated otherwise, each feature disclosed is one example only of a generic series of equivalent or similar features.
The invention is not restricted to the details of the foregoing embodiment(s) . The invention extends to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the features
disclosed in this specification (including any
accompanying claims, abstract and drawings), or to any novel one, or any novel combination, of the steps of any method or process so disclosed.

Claims (28)

1. Seating apparatus comprising support means and a seating surface wherein the support means is arranged, in use, to support the seating surface at an angle relative to the horizontal plane.
2. Seating apparatus according to claim 1 in which the support means is arranged, in use, at an angle relative to the horizontal plane whilst the seating apparatus is supported on a substantially horizontal support surface.
3. Seating apparatus according to claim 1 or claim 2 in which the relative angle between the support means and the seating surface is in the region of 95 to 105 .
4. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the seating apparatus comprises a back rest member.
5. Seating apparatus according to claim 4 in which, in use, the angle between the back rest member and the seating surface is in the region of 5 to 15 .
6. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the seating apparatus comprises rear support means and front support means.
7. Seating apparatus according to claim 6 in which the longitudinal length of the rcar support means is greater than the longitudinal length of the front support means.
8. Seating apparatus according to claim 7 in which this difference in longitudinal length causes the seating surface to be supported at an angle to the horizontal plane.
9. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the seating surface is arranged to be angled downwardly relative to the horizontal plane from a rear edge towards a front edge.
10. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the seating surface is substantially rigidly fixed to the support means and/or back support means such that the relative angle therebetween are substantially fixed or static.
11. Seating apparatus according to claim 10 in which the angles are not adjustable.
12. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the seating surface comprises a planar member.
13. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the seating surface comprises a substantially triangular seating surface.
14. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the triangular seating surface is arranged such that one edge of the triangle forms a rear edge of the seating surface and an apex of the triangle locates forwardmost on the seating surface.
15. Seating apparatus according to any preceding claim in which the support means comprises a plurality of support legs.
16. Seating apparatus according to claim 15 in which the support means comprises a first support leg, a second support leg and a third support leg.
17. Seating apparatus according to claim 16 in which the support means comprises a left rear support leg, a right rear support leg and a front support leg.
18. Seating apparatus according to claim 17 in which the longitudinal length of a first rear support leg is substantially equal to the longitudinal length of a second rear support leg.
19. Seating apparatus according to claim 18 in which the longitudinal length of a first rear support leg and a second rear support leg is greater than the longitudinal length of a front support leg.
20. A method of providing seating apparatus comprising supporting a seating surface spaced from a support surface wherein the seating surface is supported at an angle relative to the horizontal plane.
21. A method according to claim 20 in which the method comprises supporting the seating surface at an angle relative to the back support means.
22. A method according to claim 21 in which at an angle in the region of 950 to 105 .
23. A method according to any one of claims 20 to 22 in which the method comprises supporting the seating surface at an angle in the region of 5 to 15 relative to the horizontal plane.
24. A method according to any one of claims 20 to 23 in which the method comprises improving the posture of a person seated on the seating surface.
25. A method of improving the posture of a person whilst seated comprising providing seating apparatus in accordance with any one of claims 1 to 19.
26. Seating apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to, and as shown in, any of the accompanying drawings.
27. A method of providing seating apparatus substantially as herein described with reference to, and as shown in, any of the accompanying drawings.
28. A method of improving the posture of a person whilst seated substantially as herein described with reference to, and as shown in, any of the accompanying drawings.
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US6431649B1 (en) * 1993-11-01 2002-08-13 Labofa A/S Working chair with synchronous seat and back adjustment
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DE1115421B (en) * 1958-08-01 1961-10-19 Matthias Zeller Seating furniture with mutually inclined surface parts of the seat
WO1993025121A1 (en) * 1992-06-15 1993-12-23 Herman Miller, Inc. Office chair
US6431649B1 (en) * 1993-11-01 2002-08-13 Labofa A/S Working chair with synchronous seat and back adjustment
WO1998008424A1 (en) * 1996-08-26 1998-03-05 Barry James Dixon Chair
WO2001000062A1 (en) * 1999-06-30 2001-01-04 Kyung Seek Park A chair and a separable seat available on the common chair
US6481795B1 (en) * 2000-06-05 2002-11-19 Burl Pettibon Therapeutic chair

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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GB2474018A (en) * 2009-09-30 2011-04-06 Lorna Taylor Low seat with inclined seating portion

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