US20090108651A1

US20090108651A1 - Health chair capable of freely changing the aromatics

Info

Publication number: US20090108651A1
Application number: US12/295,576
Authority: US
Inventors: ChanIl Jang
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-04-04
Filing date: 2007-04-02
Publication date: 2009-04-30
Also published as: JP2009544337A; WO2007114619A1; CN101410038A; EP2001337A1; KR200423608Y1

Abstract

Disclosed is a health-promoting chair having aromatic compound which can be freely replaced. The health-promoting chair has an insertion and separation space 1 at a center portion of a seat of a chair and an auxiliary cushion 10 having a structure in which an aromatic compound pack 9 can be inserted thereinto and separated therefrom using an opening and closing means 5. Further, aromatic material in the aromatic compound pack can be freely replaced according to user's desire. Still further, if needed, the auxiliary cushion can be separated from the chair and then used alone or in combination with other furniture goods at other locations. The auxiliary cushion can be used in combination with a variety of types of lower fixing means such as air bag type, screw type and rope type in order to adjust height thereof. The installation method is not limited according to form of a chair.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD

The present invention relates to a health-promoting chair having aromatic compound provided in replaceable manner. More particularly, the present invention relates to a health-promoting chair to which an auxiliary part is detachably attached, in which a variety of aromatic compounds can be provided in the auxiliary part in replaceable manner, wherein the auxiliary part has a variety of forms and shapes, so that the health-promoting chair has a variety of functions beyond a simple chair.

BACKGROUND ART

A typical chair has a simple structure consisting of a seat, a back and legs. As people have used chairs for seating for long period, side effects appear. For example, occurrences of piles increase.
Accordingly, in order to solve the above-problem, functional chairs, such as a chair having an air circulation function and a chair being capable of generating heat, have been developed. However, there has been no chair provided with an aromatic compound in a manner such that the aromatic compound can be replaced with other aromatic compounds chosen by a user.
Korean Utility Model No. 20-0410134 discloses a chair having a seat having an oval-shaped buttocks-receiving recess, a tailbone-receiving recess and a thighbone-receiving recess which is disposed at a front portion of the seat. The seat of the chair further has a depressed portion for receiving the pubic region thereon, which is formed to direct toward the tailbone-receiving recess, and a health-promoting pack disposed under the seat. However, the above-described chair has a problem in which it takes high cost to manufacture the seat having a buttocks-receiving recess, a tailbone-receiving recess, a thighbone-receiving recess, a depression for the pubic region and a health-promoting pack. Further, the health-promoting pack centralized on the depressed portion has the limited in the function thereof.
Korean Utility Model No. 20-0162632 discloses a chair having an air pack provided on the back thereof, an assembled member with air ventilation holes, which is installed on a cover of the seat, and herb disposed under the assembled member. As the air pack is pressed, air is pushed toward the herb, so that a user sitting on the seat of the chair can enjoy medical effect of the herb. However, this chair has a problem in that it is hard to replace the initially provided herb with a desired one because the herb is embedded in the assembled member, so that a user cannot carry the herb to other sites and cannot enjoy medical effects of the herb at locations other than a location where the chair is located.
Korean Utility Model No. 79-301 discloses a chair with a fumigator installed at a lower part thereof. The chair is helpful for patients suffering from the piles due to fumes generated by the fumigator when the fumigator is powered on. This chair also has a problem in that electric power must be supplied to the chair and the location for use is limited. Further, a life span of the chair is not that long due to electric components which can easily break.
Japanese Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-238764 discloses a chair in which aromatic compound is provided in a seat and a back thereof in embedding manner. In this chair, the aromatic compound is simply provided to the chair. That is, the chair has a structure in which the aromatic compound cannot be freely inserted into and separated from the parts of the chair.
Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2001-25625 discloses a chair having a seat having a groove and an elastic member which can be inserted into and separated from the groove. This chair has an advantage in which a cushion can be detached and attached but has a disadvantage of responding to a variety of user's demands such as height adjustment.

DISCLOSURE OF INVENTION

Technical Problem

Accordingly, the present invention has been devised in consideration of the aforementioned problems and conditions, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a health-promoting chair, an auxiliary cushion of which can be inserted into and separated from a seat, the health-promoting chair having a variety of uses depending on forms and functions of the auxiliary cushion, which can be variable.
It is a further object of the present invention to provide a health-promoting chair having an auxiliary cushion which can be manufactured to meet a user's demand and then supplied.
It is a still further object of the present invention to provide a health-promoting chair having an auxiliary cushion having a structure which is porous and into and from which aromatic compound which is proper to a user can be inserted and separated, the auxiliary cushion enhancing aromatic characteristic thereof.

Technical Solution

In order to achieve the above described advantageous effects and objects, in accordance with the present invention, there is provided a health-promoting chair having a space at a center portion of a main body thereof, in which an auxiliary cushion, manufactured in a manner such that it is separated from the main body of the chair and it can be filled with aromatic compound, is freely inserted into and separated from the space of the chair.
The auxiliary cushion may have a structure in which height thereof can be freely adjusted because it adopts at least two selected from the group consisting of a screw-coupling type, an air-bag type and a net-structured type.
The auxiliary cushion may have a structure in which aromatic compound can be chosen by a user.

ADVANTAGEOUS EFFECTS

As can be seen through the embodiment of the present invention, the health-promoting chair can promote a user's health as well as being used for seating because the health-promoting chair has a structure in which compound having aromatic and medically beneficial effects can be freely installed and separated thereto and therefrom by using a means of auxiliary cushion.
The health-promoting chair according to the present invention can help promote a user's health by adding an auxiliary cushion to an ordinary structure of a chair in a manner such that the auxiliary cushion can be freely installed and separated. Further, since the auxiliary cushion can be used alone, the auxiliary cushion can be used together with a bed and a mattress.
Further, the health-promoting chair has a structure in which a height thereof can be adjusted, and the auxiliary cushion can be used alone as a separate good.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a sectional-view illustrating a health-promoting chair which is installed, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a perspective view illustrating an auxiliary cushion having a circular shape according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair into and from which a T-shaped auxiliary cushion can be inserted and separated, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair into which and from which a heart-shaped auxiliary cushion can be inserted and separated, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 5 is a partially cut-away perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair whose insertion and separation space is a net-type in order to explain assembly procedures, according to one embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 6 is a sectional view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a third embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 8 is an exploded perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 9 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 10 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 11 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 12 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 13 is a perspective view illustrating a health-promoting chair according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention.

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION

Provided is a health-promoting chair comprising a back, legs and a seat for seating, which further comprises an insertion and separation space provided at a center portion of the seat and an auxiliary cushion 10 which can be inserted into and separated from the insertion and separation space 1 and has a structure in which an aromatic compound pack 9 can be inserted thereinto and separated therefrom through an opening and closing means 5.
Here, the chair is not limited to particular forms but can be any form as long as a user can seat thereon. The insertion and separation space 1 is made by overlapping synthetic foamed layers or unwoven cloth layers in a manner such that a space provided is between the layers.
FIG. 2 illustrates an exemplary insertion and separation space 1, which is circular, but the insertion and separation space 1 is not limited to any particular form. The auxiliary cushion to be inserted into or separated from the insertion and separation space 1 must have a structure corresponding to the shape of the insertion and separation space 1.
The auxiliary cushion 10 is made of an elastic material and has a porous structure, so that molecules of aromatic compound installed in the insertion and separation space 1 can leak out. The porous structure is a structure in which effective substances from the aromatic compound pack installed therein can leak out, so that pore size of the porous structure can be determined according to substances and characteristic of the aromatic compound to be installed. The opening and closing means 5 used to put and pull the aromatic compound pack 9 into and from the auxiliary cushion 10 may be generally zipper-type, but also can be Velcro-type or button-type. That is, the opening an closing means 5 is a fixing device which can fix the aromatic compound pack to stay inside the auxiliary cushion but not to leak out from the auxiliary cushion.
FIG. 3 illustrates a T-shaped auxiliary cushion. The T-shaped auxiliary cushion can be substituted with a reverse-T-shaped auxiliary cushion according to user's desire. The auxiliary cushion and the insertion and separation space can have a variety of forms such as star shape, oval shape, and cross shape. The shape may be selected according to user's demand or market trends.
FIG. 5 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a second embodiment of the present invention, in which an insertion and separation space 1 is configured as a net-type body 2 so that air ventilation is good and a plurality of auxiliary cushions 10 can be inserted into the insertion and separation space 1 in stacking manner.
This configuration is provided in order to enhance effect of the aromatic compound by enabling a plurality of aromatic compound packs to be inserted in the insertion and separation space 1 according to user's desire. As shown in FIG. 5, the insertion and separation space 1 is not limited to any particular form as long as the auxiliary cushion can be inserted thereinto and separated therefrom. That is, the insertion and separation space 1 can be rectangular shape, pentagonal shape, oval shape or heart shape as well as cylindrical shape according to user's desire.
The insertion and separation space 1 shown in FIG. 1 also can be implemented as a net-type body. In even such case, the health-promoting chair according to the first embodiment of the present invention can have the same effect.
FIG. 6 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a third embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 6, an auxiliary air ventilation part 1 a is provided under the insertion and separation space 1 and an air ventilation-promoting device 10 a which can be received in the auxiliary air ventilation part 1 a is arranged under the auxiliary cushion part. The insertion and separation space 1 and the auxiliary air ventilation part 1 a can be coupled to and separated from each other by a coupling means 1 c such as bolts and nuts provided at side edges of the insertion and separation space 1.
The auxiliary air ventilation part 1 a has ventilation holes 1 b at outer edges thereof so that natural air circulation can occur. The air ventilation-promoting device 10 a is a net-type body so that air circulated due to the auxiliary air ventilation part can smoothly flow to the auxiliary cushion.
FIG. 7 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. The chair includes an auxiliary fixing means 20 having an insertion and separation space into which an auxiliary cushion can be inserted at a center portion of. A lower coupling means 21 is coupled to an air ventilation-promoting device 22 which is a net-type body in a screwing manner, so that height of the auxiliary fixing means can be freely adjusted. The auxiliary fixing means can be used by being inserted into the insertion and separation space of the chair. However, if needed, the auxiliary fixing means can be separated from the insertion and separation space of the chair and used together with general living supplies such as a bed or a sofa.
FIG. 8 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention. This chair includes a screw-type auxiliary fixing means 30 having an insertion and separation space into which the auxiliary cushion can be inserted at a center portion thereof. The screw-type auxiliary fixing means is installed in a manner such that a lower coupling part 31 is fixed by inserting a fixing pin 34 into a net-type air ventilation-promoting fixing means 32 and a pin-fixing part 33 provided at sides of the net-type air ventilation-promoting fixing means 32 in pin-inserting manner at a desired level so that height thereof can be adjusted. The fixing is accomplished in a manner such that a portion of a fixing pin which passes out the pin-fixing part 33 is hooked on a net-type body of the lower fixing means 31 and thus the fixing pin 34 prevents the air ventilation-promoting fixing means 32 from moving up and down. Further, the air ventilation-promoting means 32 is structured in a manner such that a side wall thereof, which is net-type is opened and closed because it is coupled a bottom thereof using a hinge unit 32 a, so that a user can easily replace aromatic compound provided in the air ventilation-promoting means 32.
FIG. 9 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a sixth embodiment of the present invention. This health-promoting chair has a height adjustment means which is similar to those of the health-promoting chair according to the fourth and fifth embodiments of the present invention. This health-promoting chair includes a rope-type auxiliary fixing means 40 having an insertion and separation space into which an auxiliary cushion can be inserted at a center portion thereof. The rope-type auxiliary fixing means 40 and an air ventilation device 42 provided under the rope-type auxiliary fixing means are coupled by an extension rope 43. That is, height adjustment is accomplished by adjusting locations (levels) of knots of the rope 43.
FIG. 10 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a seventh embodiment of the present invention. Height adjustment mechanism of this chair is similar to those of the health-promoting chairs according to the fourth through the sixth embodiments of the present invention. In this chair, fixing is implemented using a Velcro-type coupling means 51 provided on the side surface thereof.
FIG. 11 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to an eighth embodiment of the present invention. This chair has an air bag 61 attached to a lower surface of an auxiliary cushion embedding an aromatic compound pack therein. Height of the air bag 61 is adjusted according to expansion degree thereof, which is adjusted in a manner such that air is introduced into the air bag 61 through an air supply hole provided on the side surface of the air bag 61. The air bag 61 can be supplied with air alone or can be supplied with liquid extracted from herb or solid herb itself as well as air, according to user's desire.
FIG. 12 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a ninth embodiment of the present invention. This chair includes a solid body 71 under an auxiliary cushion. This solid body 71 is a body to which health-promoting substance such as elvan, sintered loess and ceramics radiating far-infrared rays is attached. Material of the solid body is not limited to a particular one, but a material which irradiates a large amount of far-infrared rays is preferable.
FIG. 13 illustrates a health-promoting chair according to a tenth embodiment of the present invention. This chair includes an auxiliary cushion having an inner vessel therein. The inner vessel 81 has aromatic compound emission adjustment holes 82 at an upper part thereof and is filled with volatile aromatic material 83. The volatile aromatic material means a material whose aromatic characteristic is imposed by adding a highly volatile liquid such as alcohol to a volatile solid. Unexplained reference symbol 80 denotes a knob used for carrying and moving the auxiliary cushion in a state in which the auxiliary cushion is separated from the chair.

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY

The present invention furnishes a health-promoting function to a chair, so that the chair is a health-promoting functional product. The auxiliary cushion can be used together with a bed, a sofa or a seat of an automobile because it is provided in a manner such that the auxiliary cushion can be separated from the chair. Further, the auxiliary fixing means 20, 30, and 40, which are provided in the fourth, the fifth and the sixth embodiments and whose heights can be adjusted, enrich the function of the chair.

Claims

1. A health-promoting chair with aromatic compound which can be replaced, comprising a back, a seat for seating and legs, and further comprising:

an insertion and separation space (1) provided at a center portion of the seat; and

an auxiliary cushion (10) structured in a manner such that an aromatic compound pact (9) can be inserted therein using an opening and closing means (5), the auxiliary cushion (10) being installed in a manner such that it can be freely inserted into and separated from the insertion and separation space.

2. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein the insertion and separation space (1) is a polygonal shape and the auxiliary cushion which is inserted into and separated from the insertion and separation space is a polygonal shape which corresponds to the polygonal shape of the insertion and separation space.

3. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein the auxiliary cushion is an elastic member and has a porous structure so that aromatic substances from the aromatic compound pack (9) installed therein can leak out.

4. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein the insertion and separation space (1) is implemented as a netted body (2) so that a plurality of auxiliary cushions (10) can be inserted therein in stacking manner.

5. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, further comprising: an auxiliary air ventilation part (1 a) provided at a lower part of the insertion and separation space (1) and an air ventilation-promoting device (10 a) which can be inserted into and separated from the auxiliary air ventilation part and is arranged under the auxiliary cushion, and wherein the insertion and separation space and the auxiliary air ventilation part can be coupled and freely decoupled using a coupling means (1 c) provided at side walls of the auxiliary air ventilation part.

6. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein a lower coupling part (21) of an auxiliary fixing means (20) having the insertion and separation space at a center portion thereof is coupled to an air ventilation-promoting fixing means (22) which is a net-type body in screwing manner.

7. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein a lower coupling part (31) of an auxiliary fixing means (30) having the insertion and separation space at a center portion thereof is installed in a manner such that height thereof can be adjusted by inserting a fixing pin (34) into a net-type body of air ventilation-promoting means (32) and a pin-fixing part (33) provided at a side of the net-type body of air ventilation-promoting means.

8. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein a rope-type auxiliary fixing means (40) having the insertion and separation space at a center portion thereof is coupled to an air ventilation means (42) using an extension rope (43).

9. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein a Velcro-type fixing means (51) is provided on a side surface of the auxiliary cushion.

10. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, further comprising: an air bag (61) coupled on a lower surface of the auxiliary cushion.

11. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein a solid body (71) is attached to a lower surface of the auxiliary cushion.

12. The health-promoting chair according to claim 1, wherein an inner vessel (81) is provided inside the auxiliary cushion, the inner vessel having aromatic fume emission adjustment holes (82) at an upper part thereof and being filled with volatile aromatic material (83) inside thereof.