JP2006149954A - Chair - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a chair allowing various postures of sitting including various leg positions such as sitting with both legs crossed, with only one leg crossed or the like. <P>SOLUTION: The chair C allows normal sitting posture and other postures. The chair C comprises a seat body 3, an auxiliary seat 4 provided on a front end of the seat body 3, and a retaining device 5 for retaining the auxiliary seat 4 in an adjacent retention position (P1) by adjoining the auxiliary seat 4 to the seat body 3, or a separated position retention position (P2) by separating the auxiliary seat 4 from the seat body 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention relates to a chair that can be used in various sitting postures.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, chairs configured to be compatible with other sitting postures as well as a normal sitting posture are known.

Specifically, this type of chair includes a support base, a back frame that is pivotally supported by the support base and can tilt in the front-rear direction, and a link plate that is disposed on the support base and pivotally attached to the support base. A seat portion that is pivotally supported at the front end side and is movable in the front-rear direction, a motion converting means that converts the backward tilting motion of the back frame into a forward motion of the seat portion, and the seat portion is elastic rearward with respect to the support base A spring for urging and biasing the back frame forward, and supporting the link plate in a standard position in which the seat is retracted until the back frame is locked forward. An imaginary line that connects the pivot position to the base and the position linked to the seat is set to tilt backward (see, for example, Patent Document 1).
JP-A-8-38294

  However, in the conventional configuration, although it is possible to correspond to the so-called normal sitting posture in which both feet are placed on the floor and the back is leaned against the backrest, the crossed legs are crossed with both feet or only one foot is placed on the seat surface of the chair It does not correspond to the sitting posture.

  The present invention has been made paying attention to such problems, and the main purpose is not limited to the normal sitting posture, but can be applied to various sitting postures such as cross-legged with both legs or cross-legged with only one leg. Is to provide a good chair.

  That is, the chair of the present invention is a chair configured to be compatible with a normal seat posture and other seat postures, and includes a seat body, an auxiliary seat provided on the front end side of the seat body, and the auxiliary seat. And a holding device for holding the holding member at an adjacent holding position adjacent to the seat main body or at a separated holding position spaced apart from each other.

  If this is the case, for example, in the normal sitting posture, if the auxiliary seat is positioned in the adjacent holding position, the auxiliary seat can be used without obstructing, and the sitting posture of crossed legs or one leg crossed In this case, if the auxiliary seat is positioned at the separation holding position, the auxiliary seat supports the ankle and the sole of the foot, so that the user can sit comfortably and feel good.

  That is, it is possible to provide a chair that can be comfortably seated corresponding to various sitting postures.

  In order to position the holding device at the adjacent holding position or the separated holding position with a simple configuration, a slide support portion is provided on the seat body side to support the holding device so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction. It is preferable that the sliding support part is positioned at the adjacent holding position or the separated holding position.

  In order to stably hold the foot placed on the auxiliary seat, the holding device includes a rotation support portion that rotatably supports the auxiliary seat, and rotates the auxiliary seat to the rotation support portion. It is desirable that the auxiliary seat be in a flush state where the seating surface and the seating surface of the seat body are substantially flush with each other or a front rising state where the tip side of the auxiliary seat is raised.

  At that time, in order to prevent a problem that the foot falls off from the front end side of the auxiliary seat, the rotation support portion rotates the auxiliary seat in the flush state in a direction to take the forwardly raised state. However, it is preferable not to allow rotation in the opposite direction.

  The auxiliary seat includes two types of cushion materials having different hardnesses and a base body supporting these cushion materials, and the harder cushion material of the two types of cushion materials is arranged on the base body, If the cushion material is placed on the harder cushion material, for example, the softer cushion material holds the ankle that has fallen into the softer cushion material, and the harder cushion material is an ankle. Therefore, it is possible to prevent a feeling of bottoming such as feeling that it is in contact with the base body.

  At this time, if the auxiliary seat has a substantially semi-cylindrical shape in cross-sectional view with the lower end side curved in a partial arc shape, these can be suitably supported in correspondence with the shape of an ankle or a heel. .

  If the holding device is provided with an intermediate seat disposed between the auxiliary seat and the seat body when the auxiliary seat and the seat main body, which are positioned at the spaced holding position, are viewed from above, the holding device is separated and held. Even if you take a sitting posture where the foot enters between the auxiliary seat positioned in the position and the seat body, the intermediate seat supports the foot, so for example, preventing problems such as the foot getting on the floor Can do.

  As described above, according to the chair of the present invention, for example, in the normal sitting posture, if the auxiliary seat is positioned in the adjacent holding position, the auxiliary seat can be used without getting in the way. In the sitting position of one leg crossed, if the auxiliary seat is positioned at the separation holding position, the auxiliary seat supports the ankle and the sole of the foot, so that the user can sit comfortably and feel good.

  That is, it is possible to provide a chair that can be comfortably seated corresponding to various sitting postures.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  As shown in FIGS. 1, 2, 3, and 4, the chair C according to the present embodiment includes a pair of left and right first frames 1, and a second frame 2 disposed on the outside of each first frame 1. The seat main body 3 supported between the first frames 1, the auxiliary seat 4 provided on the front end side of the seat main body 3, and the adjacent holding position (P 1) in which the auxiliary seat 4 is adjacent to the seat main body 3 or spaced apart A holding device 5 that holds the separated holding position (P2), an operation unit 6 for selectively allowing movement of the holding device 5, and a backrest 7 supported between the first frames 1. ing. Hereinafter, each part will be described in detail.

  The first frame 1 is formed by grounding a floor surface (not shown) to form a leg and extending upward on the side opposite to the use end, and the upper end of the front leg 11 is bent horizontally. A seat support portion 12 for supporting the seat portion; and a back support portion 13 for bending the base end of the seat support portion 12 in a substantially vertical direction and supporting the backrest 7; It is formed by plastic deformation processing.

  The second frame 2 is formed by grounding a floor (not shown) to form a leg and extending upward toward the use end side, and bending the upper end of the rear leg 21 in the horizontal direction. The armrest part 22 which functions as an armrest is comprised, and these each part is formed by the plastic deformation process of a round pipe similarly to the said 1st flame | frame 1. FIG.

  As shown in FIG. 4 and the like, the seat body 3 includes a lower seat body 31 and an upper seat body 32, and a slide support portion 33 that is provided on the lower seat body 31 and supports the holding device 5 so as to be slidable. It is.

  The lower seat body 31 is formed of a relatively rigid material such as synthetic resin or wood, and the front end side and the rear end side are gently formed so that the front end side is thicker than the rear end side. It is made to continue.

  The upper seat body 32 has a shape that substantially overlaps with the lower seat body 31 and is formed of a relatively elastic material such as urethane foam, and the rear end side is thicker than the front end side. For this purpose, the front end side and the rear end side are smoothly continued. In the present embodiment, the rear end portion of the upper seat body 32 is formed in a partial arc shape when viewed from the side so as to correspond to the instep of the leg at the time of normal sitting and no excessive force is applied. The edge protrudes backward from the backrest point T of the backrest 7 (see FIG. 2). Here, the backrest point T is a point at which the pressure distribution due to the back load of the seated user at the backrest 7 is maximized.

  As shown in FIG. 4 and the like, the slide support portion 33 includes a horizontal plate 331 having a width dimension substantially equal to the width of the lower seat body 31 and a pair of uprights in which both side edges of the horizontal plate 331 are raised at a substantially right angle. A plate 332 and a flange portion 333 whose upper end edge of the upright plate 332 is bent inward at a substantially right angle are provided, and these portions are integrally formed by plastic deformation of a sheet metal material or the like. In the present embodiment, the holding device 5 is configured to be positioned in a space surrounded by the horizontal plate 331 and the pair of upright plates 332. That is, the width dimension of the horizontal plate 331 is configured to be substantially larger than the width dimension of the holding device 5, and the height dimension of the upright plate 332 is approximately equal to the height dimension of a standing wall body 511 described later of the holding device 5. It is composed largely. In addition, a long hole 331a is formed in the approximate center of the horizontal plate 331 so as to extend from the front side to the rear side and to insert a screw portion 61 of the operation unit 6 described later. In the present embodiment, the longitudinal dimension of the long hole 331a (in other words, the sliding amount of the auxiliary seat 4) is set to 180 mm.

  The auxiliary seat 4 includes two types of cushion materials 41a and 41b having different hardnesses, a base body 42 that supports the cushion materials 41a and 41b, and a pair of side plates 43 in which both end sides of the base body 42 are bent upright. It is a thing, Comprising: The cross-sectional view substantially kamaboko shape which curved the lower end side in the partial arc shape. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 5, the harder cushion material 41a of the two types of cushion materials 41a and 41b is arranged on the base 42, and the softer cushion material 41b is placed on the harder cushion. It is arranged on the material 41a. Each side plate 43 is provided with a pivot shaft 431 that is pivotally supported by a support hole 512a of the holding device 5 described later, and a projecting pin 432 that is guided by a guide hole 512b of the holding device 5 described later. Yes. The support hole 512a and the rotation shaft 431, the guide hole 512b, and the projecting pin 432 function as the rotation support portion X.

  The holding device 5 includes a pair of upright walls 51, a front horizontal member 52, an intermediate horizontal member 53, and a rear horizontal member 54 that are horizontally placed between the front, middle, and rear end portions of the rising wall 51, respectively. An intermediate seat 55 supported by the front horizontal member 52 and the intermediate horizontal member 53 is provided.

  The standing wall 51 includes a standing wall main body 511 that is substantially rectangular in a side view when viewed from the side, and a protruding piece 512 that has a substantially trapezoidal shape when viewed from the side and projects continuously from the upper front end of the standing wall main body 511. In addition, the upper end edge of the protruding piece 512 is configured such that the projecting dimension from the standing wall main body 511 gradually decreases from the front end side toward the rear end side. A circular support hole 512a and a partially arcuate guide hole 512b drilled in the thickness direction are provided at the upper end on the front side of the protruding piece 512.

  The front horizontal member 52 has a bottom wall 521 and a front wall 522 in which a front end of the bottom wall 521 is bent upright at a substantially right angle, and is substantially L-shaped in sectional view. 55 is supported.

  The intermediate horizontal member 53 is substantially L-shaped in cross-section and includes a bottom plate 531 and a rear plate 532 in which the rear end of the bottom plate 531 is bent and raised at a substantially right angle. I try to support it. Moreover, in this embodiment, the nut part 531n screwed together by the screw part 61 of the operation part 6 mentioned later is provided.

  The operation part 6 is inserted into the long hole 331a of the slide support part 33 and screwed into the nut part 531n of the holding device 5, and can be gripped and operated on one end side of the screw part 61. The operation grip 62 is provided.

  The backrest 7 plays a role as a structural member that uniformly supports the load applied to the backrest 7 and is supported by the backrest support portion 13 of the first frame 1 and a backshell (not shown) provided in front of the backshell. A back cushion material and a back cover material 71 covering the back cushion material are provided.

  Hereinafter, the usage method of the chair C is demonstrated concretely.

  First, in order to move the holding device 5 holding the auxiliary seat 4 in the adjacent holding position (P1) to the separated holding position (P2), the operation grip 62 of the operation unit 6 is operated to operate the nut of the holding device 5. The screw part 61 fastened to the part 531n is loosened. Then, the holding device 5 is pulled to the use end side while sliding on the slide support portion 33, and the auxiliary seat 4 is positioned at the adjacent holding position (P1). Then, since the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat main body 3 are arranged at positions that are separated from each other, the operation grip 62 of the operation unit 6 is operated, and the screw portion 61 is tightened so as to be tightened to the nut portion 531n of the holding device 5. .

  As described above, if the auxiliary seat 4 is positioned at the separation holding position (P2) and the seat surface of the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat surface of the seat body 3 are in a flush state (S1), for example, one leg standing knee It is comfortable if the user's sitting posture is supported if the extended leg that is not standing on the knee is supported by the auxiliary seat 4, or if both feet are supported on the auxiliary seat 4 by both standing knees. If the user has a sitting posture other than the normal sitting posture, such as the user's sitting posture, or the user's sitting posture that both feet and legs are comfortable if the ankles of both feet are supported by the auxiliary seat 4 Even when it is taken, the seating posture can be made comfortable.

  At this time, if the auxiliary seat 4 in the flush state (S1) is set to the front-up state (S2), the problem that the foot falls off from the front end side of the auxiliary seat 4 is prevented, and the foot placed on the auxiliary seat 4 is prevented. Can be kept stable.

  Further, when the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat main body 3 at the separation holding position (P2) are viewed in plan, the intermediate seat 55 is exposed between the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat main body 3, for example, Even if the leg of the standing leg of one leg is fitted between the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat body 3, the intermediate seat 55 supports the leg, so that the leg will reach the floor. Problems can be prevented.

  On the other hand, if the auxiliary seat 4 is positioned at the adjacent holding position (P1) and used in a flush state (S1), it can be used in the same manner as a general chair in which the seat body and the auxiliary seat are not separated. The auxiliary seat 4 can be used comfortably corresponding to a normal seat posture without being in the way. Even in this case, it is possible to cope with a seating posture other than a normal seating posture, for example, by holding the auxiliary seat 4 in the forward ascending state and holding the knee seated on the auxiliary seat 4.

  As described above, according to the chair C according to the present embodiment, for example, when the auxiliary seat 4 is positioned at the adjacent holding position (P1) in the normal sitting posture, the auxiliary seat 4 does not get in the way. It can be used, and when sitting in a cross-legged or one-legged cross-legged position, if the auxiliary seat 4 is positioned in the separated holding position (P2), the auxiliary seat 4 supports the ankle and the sole of the foot so that it can be comfortably seated. A feeling of use is good.

  That is, it is possible to provide a chair C that can be seated comfortably in accordance with various sitting postures.

  A slide support portion 33 that supports the holding device 5 so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction is provided on the seat body 3 side, and the holding device 5 is slid on the slide support portion 33 so that the adjacent holding position (P1 ) Or the separation holding position (P2), the holding device 5 can be smoothly positioned at the adjacent holding position (P1) or the separation holding position (P2) with a simple configuration.

  The holding device 5 includes a rotation support portion X that rotatably supports the auxiliary seat 4, and the auxiliary seat 4 is rotated by rotating the auxiliary seat 4 to the rotation support portion X. Since the surface and the seat surface of the seat body 3 are substantially flush with each other (S1) or the front side of the auxiliary seat 4 is raised up (S2), the seat is placed on the auxiliary seat 4. Keep your feet stable.

  In addition, the rotation support portion X allows the auxiliary seat 4 in the flush state (S1) to rotate in a direction to take the forwardly raised state (S2), while rotating in the opposite direction. Since it is not allowed to move, it is possible to prevent a problem that the foot falls off from the front end side of the auxiliary seat 4.

  The auxiliary seat 4 includes two types of cushion materials 41a and 41b having different hardnesses, and a base body 42 that supports the cushion materials 41a and 41b, and the harder cushion material of the two types of cushion materials 41a and 41b. Since 41a is arranged on the base body 42 and the softer cushion material 41b is arranged on the harder cushion material 41a, for example, the softer cushion materials 41a and 41b are used as the softer cushion material 41a. , 41b, and the hard cushion material 41a is prevented from being felt against the base 42 by the ankle, so that a suitable seating feeling can be obtained.

  In addition, since the auxiliary seat 4 has a substantially semi-cylindrical shape in sectional view with the lower end side curved in a partial arc shape, it can be suitably supported in correspondence with the shape of an ankle or a heel.

  When the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat main body 3 positioned at the separated holding position (P2) are viewed in plan, an intermediate seat 55 disposed between the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat main body 3 is attached to the holding device 5. Since the intermediate seat 55 supports the foot even if the seat posture is such that the foot enters between the auxiliary seat 4 and the seat body 3 positioned at the separation holding position (P2), for example, It is possible to prevent problems such as the feet getting on the floor.

  Further, the upper seat body 32 formed of a relatively elastic material is configured to be thin at the front end side of the seat body 3 and thick at the rear end side. On the side, it corresponds to the weight distribution when sitting, for example, the buttocks sink suitably, and it is very comfortable to sit on.

  The present invention is not limited to the embodiment described in detail above.

  For example, the holding device 5 is supported by the slide support 33 provided on the lower seat body 31 for sliding movement, but may be supported by the slide support 33 provided on the leg side. Further, the holding device 5 is not limited to slide between the separated holding position (P2) and the adjacent holding position (P1), and may be moved to rotate.

  Further, the shape of the holding device 5 and the shape and configuration of the slide support portion 33 are not limited to those of the present embodiment.

  Further, the shape and configuration of the auxiliary seat 4 are not limited to those of the present embodiment.

  Moreover, although the leg part, the backrest support part 13, and the armrest part 22 are configured using a part of the first frame 1 and the second frame 2, these parts are configured by independent members. The structure of each part can be suitably changed according to an embodiment.

  Furthermore, the shapes and configurations of the backrest 7 and the seat body 3 are not limited to this embodiment. For example, the seat body 3 is composed of the lower seat body 31 and the upper seat body 32, but these may be integrated.

  In addition, the specific configuration of each part is not limited to the above embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the spirit of the present invention.

The whole perspective view showing the chair concerning one embodiment of the present invention. The front view and side view of the chair in the embodiment. The perspective view which shows the holding | maintenance apparatus in the embodiment. The principal part enlarged view in the embodiment. Sectional drawing of the structure of the auxiliary seat in the embodiment.

Explanation of symbols

C ··· Chair 3 ··· Seat body 3a · · · Seat surface 4 · · · Auxiliary seat 4a · · · Seat of the auxiliary seat 4 5... Holding device 33... Slide support portion 41 a... Harder cushion material 41 b... Softer cushion material 42. · Intermediate seat (S1) ··· flush state (S2) · · · Front-up state (P1) · · · Adjacent holding position (P2) · · · Separated holding position X · · ·

Claims (7)

A chair configured to accommodate a normal sitting posture and other sitting postures,
A seat main body, an auxiliary seat provided on the front end side of the seat main body, and a holding device that holds the auxiliary seat in an adjacent holding position adjacent to the seat main body or a separated holding position separated from each other. And a chair. Provided on the seat body side is a slide support portion that supports the holding device so as to be slidable in the front-rear direction,
The chair according to claim 1, wherein the holding device can be positioned at the adjacent holding position or the separated holding position by sliding the holding device onto the slide support portion.   The holding device includes a rotation support portion that rotatably supports the auxiliary seat, and the auxiliary seat rotates between the seat surface and the seat body by rotating the auxiliary seat to the rotation support portion. 3. The chair according to claim 1, wherein the chair is in a flush state where the seat surface is substantially flush or a front-up state where the tip side of the auxiliary seat is raised.   The rotation support portion allows the auxiliary seat in the flush state to rotate in the direction of taking the forwardly raised state, but does not allow rotation in the opposite direction. The chair according to claim 3.   The auxiliary seat includes two types of cushion materials having different hardnesses and a base body supporting these cushion materials, and the harder cushion material of the two types of cushion materials is arranged on the base body, The chair according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the cushion material is disposed on a harder cushion material.   The chair according to claim 5, wherein the auxiliary seat has an approximately semi-cylindrical shape in cross-section with a lower end side curved in a partial arc shape.   The holding device is provided with an intermediate seat disposed between the auxiliary seat and the seat main body when the auxiliary seat and the seat main body positioned at the separated holding position are viewed in plan. Item 7. The chair according to any one of Items 1 to 6.

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