US20130207427A1 - Chair with armrest - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to a chair with an armrest, and particularly relates to a chair with an armrest in which a rear part of a seat is lifted in an unused state, the seat guides a sitting by coming into contact with buttocks of a person seated and rotating to a nearly horizontal position with the buttocks when the person seated is sitting, and the rear part of the seat is lifted to assist in standing up when the person seated is standing up.
- a chair which rotatably supports a seat between an unused position which is inclined in a rear upward direction with respect to a lower part member of the chair, and a usage position which is horizontal or inclined in a rear downward direction, includes an impelling unit that impels the seat toward the unused position, and includes a backrest at a rear part of the seat (for example, see Patent Literature 1).
- Patent Literature 1 Japanese Laid-open Patent Publication No. 2010-104463
- Patent Literature 2 Japanese Patent No. 3156115
- the present invention is conceived in view of the above problem, and an object of the invention is to provide a chair with an armrest capable of safely using the armrest when a rear part of a seat rotates.
- (1) It includes: a support base supported by a leg; a seat that is pivotally fixed to the support base using an axle extending in a left and right direction, a rear part of the seat being rotatable upward and downward; an impelling unit that is provided at the support base and impels the seat at the rear of the axle upward; and an armrest in which a lower part is connected to the support base, and an upper part stands upward from an exterior side of the seat.
- a height of the armrest connected to the support base does not change even when the rear part of the seat rotates upward or downward. Accordingly, the armrest does not come into contact with a top plate of a desk and the like when a person seated stands up from the seat and thus, a chair may be safely used.
- the support base has a shape that is spread forward in planar view and is inclined in a front upward in side view, and the armrest is connected to a lateral side in a front part of the support base.
- a horizontal distance between a portion where a person seated puts his elbow in the armrest and a connection portion with respect to the support base of the armrest may be relatively shortened and thus, a bending moment applied to the connection portion with the support base of the armrest may be reduced when a load is applied to the armrest by the person seated. As such, it is possible to prevent the armrest from deviating from the support base.
- the armrest since the armrest is connected to the front part which is above a rear part of the support base, a vertical length of the armrest may be shortened when compared to a case where the armrest is connected to the rear part of the support base.
- the seat is pivotally fixed to a front part positioned above a rear part of the support base, and the armrest is connected to a portion behind the axle in the support base.
- the armrest since the armrest may be connected to a portion separated from the axle of the support base, it is possible to enhance the strength by forming the connection portion using a thick member. In this way, it is possible to prevent the armrest from deviating from the support base.
- the armrest includes an armrest fulcrum that has an inward L shape in planar view, and an elbow pad member fixed to an upper end surface of the armrest fulcrum, and the armrest fulcrum passes from the support base to a lower part of the seat and stands upward from an exterior side of the seat.
- the armrest connected to the support base may be separated from a lower surface and a side surface of the seat, it is possible to prevent the armrest from disturbing a rotation of the seat.
- Fitting convex portions divided into two-pronged ends are provided to one of an attachment target portion of the chair that attaches the armrest positioned at a side of the seat and an attachment portion attached to the attachment target portion of the armrest, fitting concave portions divided into two-pronged ends are provided to the other one, a width between external surfaces in the fitting convex portions gradually decreases toward a tip of the fitting convex portions, a width between internal surfaces in the fitting concave portions gradually decreases toward the inside of the fitting convex portions, the pair of the fitting convex portions and a reentrant portion positioned between the pair of the fitting convex portions are fitted to the pair of the fitting concave portions and a protrusion positioned between the pair of the fitting concave portions, and the attachment portion and the attachment target portion are fastened by a fastening unit from a fitting direction of the fitting convex portions and the fitting concave portions.
- the attachment target portion of the chair is provided at a portion where a width of a component, whose width increases toward a front or a rear in planar view, is increased.
- a screw hole is provided from an apical surface of the protrusion positioned between the pair of the fitting concave portions toward a basal portion of the protrusion, a screw through hole is provided on a bottom surface of the reentrant portion positioned between the pair of the fitting convex portions, and a screw passing through the screw through hole is screwed to the screw hole, thereby fastening the attachment portion of the armrest to the attachment target portion of the chair.
- a guard portion that comes into contact with a neighboring portion of the attachment target portion in the chair is provided around the attachment portion in the armrest.
- a height of an armrest connected to a support base does not change when a rear part of a seat rotates upward or downward, it is possible to safely use the armrest.
- FIG. 1 is a front view of a chair with an armrest in an unused state according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a side view of the chair with an armrest illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 3 is a side view of the chair with an armrest illustrated in FIG. 1 in a usage state.
- FIG. 4 is a side view when a backrest is tilted backward in the usage state of the chair with an armrest illustrated in FIG. 1 .
- FIG. 5 is an enlarged plan view illustrating a coupled structure of a support base and the armrest when seen from V-V line of FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 6 is a VI-VI line enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 2 .
- FIG. 7 is an enlarged perspective view of an attachment portion of the armrest and an attachment target portion of the support base of FIG. 2 when seen from a slant rear.
- FIG. 8 is an enlarged exploded perspective view of an elbow pad attachment portion and an elbow pad of the armrest when seen from a slant front.
- FIG. 9 is an enlarged perspective view of the elbow pad attachment portion when seen from a slant lower part at a rear.
- FIG. 10 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional side view illustrating the armrest and the elbow pad being disassembled.
- FIG. 11 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional side view illustrating a state in which the elbow pad is placed a little ahead of the elbow pad attachment portion.
- FIG. 12 is an enlarged longitudinal cross-sectional side view illustrating a state in which the elbow pad is attached to the elbow pad attachment portion.
- FIG. 13 is a XIII-XIII line enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 12 .
- FIG. 14 is a XIV-XIV line enlarged cross-sectional view of FIG. 12 .
- a chair with an armrest includes a leg body 3 that includes five leg rods 2 which are provided in a radial form and are provided with casters 1 at tips.
- An extendable post 4 provided with a gas spring (not illustrated) is stood at a center of the leg body 3 , and a rear part of a support base 5 which faces forward is fixed to a top of the post 4 .
- the support base 5 forms a shallow dish of a triangular shape in planar view that is spread forward (see FIG. 5 ), and is inclined in a front upward in side view as illustrated in FIG. 2 .
- the support base 5 has an upward U-shape when viewed from the front, and opens forward and thus, it is easy to insert a member, a tool, and the like from the front as well as a side or a rear during an operation of attaching a member to the support base 5 .
- a seat 6 includes a seat board 7 made of synthetic resins, and a cushion material 8 attached to a top face thereof, and is rotatable about an axle 9 to an unused position which is inclined in a rear upward and a usage position which is horizontal or inclined in a rear downward direction as illustrated in FIG. 3 by pivotally fixing both sides of a front end of the seat board 7 to both sides a front end of the support base 5 , respectively, using the axle 9 extending in a left and right direction. It is preferable that the rotation range be about 15 degrees.
- the seat 6 is normally impelled upward toward the unused position by an impelling unit 10 .
- FIG. 2 front parts of portions formed by bending forward both sides of a lower part of a backrest 11 are pivotally fixed to both sides of a rear part of the seat board 7 , respectively, using a spindle 12 extending in the left and right direction.
- the backrest 11 is rotatable about the spindle 12 to a standing position that is directed nearly upward as illustrated in FIGS. 2 and 3 , and to a backward tilting position illustrated in FIG. 4 .
- a specific structure of the backrest 11 and a pivotally fixed portion thereof are not directly related to the present invention and thus, detailed illustration and description thereof will not be presented.
- the rear part of the support base 5 is connected to a portion lower than the spindle 12 of the backrest 11 through a pushing lever 13 that extends in a front and back direction and may elastically extend and contract.
- an armrest 14 is connected to a portion, which is at a rear of the axle 9 , of both lateral sides 5 a in a front part of the spread support base 5 .
- the armrest 14 includes an armrest fulcrum 15 that has an inward L shape in front view by passing from the support base 5 to a lower part of the seat 6 and standing upward from an exterior side of the seat 6 , and a soft elbow pad (elbow pad member) 16 fixed to a top of the armrest fulcrum 15 .
- a portion of the armrest fulcrum 15 standing from a side of the seat 6 forms a closed loop of a substantially triangular shape in which a width in the front and back direction gradually increases upward in side view.
- a rear face of an upper portion of the armrest fulcrum 15 inclines in a rear upward on a substantially similar curved surface to that of a front face of a lateral portion of the backrest 11 in side view.
- An upper portion of the armrest 14 may have an arbitrary shape such as a downward L shape in side view, not being limited to a closed loop shape in side view.
- an attachment structure of the armrest 14 (armrest fulcrum 15 ) in the chair with an armrest will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 and 7 .
- an attachment portion 17 used to attach the armrest 14 to the support base 5 is provided at a tip of a lower part facing inward of the armrest fulcrum 15 in the armrest 14
- an attachment target portion 18 that attaches the attachment portion 17 of the armrest 14 is provided on the lateral side 5 a of the front part of the spread support base 5 .
- a pair of fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b divided into two-pronged ends in the front and back direction are provided at the attachment portion 17 of the armrest 14 , and a reentrant portion 17 c is provided between the pair of fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b.
- the fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b form a quadrangular prism in which a tip narrows.
- a width between external surfaces of an upper and lower part, and a width between external surfaces of a front and rear part of the fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b gradually decrease toward a tip of the fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b, and the external surfaces of the upper and lower part and the external surfaces of the front and rear part are in tapered shapes.
- a width between internal surfaces of a front and rear of the reentrant portion 17 c positioned between the fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b gradually decreases toward the inside, and the internal surfaces of the front and rear are in inverse tapered shapes opposite to the external surfaces of the fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b.
- a reentrant of the reentrant portion 17 c is shallower than a maximum protrusion size of the fitting convex portions 17 a and 17 b.
- Widths between internal surfaces of a upper and lower part, and a front and rear of fitting concave portions 18 a and 18 b gradually decrease toward the inside of fitting concave portions 18 a and 18 b, and a width between external surfaces of a front and rear of a protrusion 22 positioned between the fitting concave portions 18 a and 18 b gradually decreases toward a tip of the protrusion 22 .
- An external surface of the protrusion 22 is in an inverse tapered shape opposite to the internal surfaces of the fitting concave portions 18 a and 18 b.
- a protrusion size of the protrusion 22 is less than a maximum reentrant size of the concave portions 18 a and 18 b.
- An apical surface of the protrusion 22 is provided with a screw hole 23 that passes through the support base 5 to reach an internal surface thereof toward a basal portion of the protrusion 22 .
- a lower surface in the attachment portion 17 of the armrest fulcrum 15 is provided with a concave portion 19 , and a bottom surface of the concave portion 19 is provided with a screw through hole 20 that passes through the armrest fulcrum 15 to reach a bottom surface of the reentrant portion 17 c.
- a guard portion 24 that comes into contact with a neighboring portion in the attachment target portion 18 of the support base 5 is provided.
- the rear part of the seat 6 is raised upward by an added force of the impelling unit 10 in the unused state illustrated in FIG. 2 , the seat 6 is positioned at the unused position which is inclined in a rear upward, and the backrest 11 is maintained at the standing position that is directed nearly upward by an extension of the pushing lever 13 .
- a void where a hand is not squeezed when a person who is seated moves the hand backward is provided between the rear face of the upper portion of the armrest fulcrum 15 in the armrest 14 and the front face of the lateral portion of the backrest 11 in planar view.
- voids are provided between the armrest fulcrums 15 and 15 in the right and left armrests 14 and 14 , and a lower surface and side surface of the seat 6 .
- the armrest 14 does not inhibit the seat 6 from rotating.
- the seat 6 rotates to the usage position illustrated in FIG. 3 by resisting an added force of the impelling unit 10 due to a load of the person, and the person may promptly take an appropriate posture of having a seat.
- the backrest 11 attached to the seat 6 moves downward and backward by resisting an added force of the pushing lever 13 .
- the rear face of the armrest 14 is inclined in a rear upward and thus, a gap between the rear face and the backrest 11 increases toward the lower part of the armrest 14 where a hand or clothes of the person seated frequently comes close when the backrest 11 moves downward and backward.
- the backrest 11 When the person seated pulls his back forward, the backrest 11 is rotated forward about the spindle 12 and returns to the original standing position by an extension due to an elastic restoring force of the pushing lever 13 .
- the seat 6 When the person seated is about to stand up from the seated state illustrated in FIG. 3 , the seat 6 is impelled to rotate upward toward the unused position by the impelling unit 10 , and may assist the person seated in standing up.
- the seat 6 and the backrest 11 moves to the unused position as illustrated in FIG. 2 , but the armrest 14 is connected to the support base 5 and thus, a height thereof does not change.
- the armrest 14 may be used safely.
- a fitting convex portion may be provided at the attachment target portion 18 of the chair 5
- a fitting concave portion may be provided at the attachment portion 17 of the armrest 14
- the armrest 14 may be attached to any component such as a seat, a backrest, and a backrest supporting lever of a chair, not being limited to the support base 5 .
- the armrest 14 when the armrest 14 is attached to a member whose width increases toward a front or a rear in planar view, it is preferable that the armrest 14 be attached to a portion where the width is increased.
- flexures 15 a and 15 b are provided between an upper side portion and a front side portion, and between the upper side portion and a rear side portion in an upper portion of the closed loop of the armrest fulcrum 15 , respectively.
- a top of the armrest fulcrum 15 is provided with a concave portion 25 in which an opening area has nearly the same size as that of the elbow pad 16 , and a front end reaches half way of the flexure 15 a, and the concave portion 25 forms an elbow pad attachment portion 26 .
- the elbow pad 16 has a thin plate shape which is slim in the front and back direction, and a front part thereof is provided with a flexure 16 a that is curved obliquely downward.
- the elbow pad 16 is formed as an integral unit of a soft member 16 b and a hard member 16 c.
- a rear end and left and right internal surfaces of a rear part of the concave portion 25 in the armrest fulcrum 15 are provided with hook type engaged pieces 26 a to 26 c (see FIG. 13 ), opening forward and inward, in which an upper side and a rear side are blocked.
- Left and right internal surfaces in a front part of the concave portion 25 are provided with concave portions (engaging holes) 26 d and 26 e (see FIG. 14 ) which are blocked forward and in the front and back direction and are opened inward.
- a front end portion of the concave portion 25 is provided with a concave portion 26 f that opens upward.
- the concave portion 26 f is provided at the flexure 15 a in the front part of the armrest fulcrum 15 and thus, is positioned below the engaged pieces 26 a to 26 c.
- a rear end and both sides of a rear part of an outer periphery 27 of the elbow pad 16 are provided with hook type engaging pieces 27 a to 27 c (see FIG. 13 ) that protrudes backward.
- both left and right sides of a front part are provided with elastic engaging pieces 27 d and 27 e (see FIG. 14 ) which protrudes toward external sides in a horizontal direction and may be elastically deformed.
- a front end portion is provided with a convex portion 27 f which protrudes downward.
- the convex portion 27 f is provided at the flexure 16 a of the elbow pad 16 and thus, is positioned below the engaging pieces 27 a to 27 c.
- the elbow pad 16 when the elbow pad 16 is attached to the armrest fulcrum 15 , the elbow pad 16 is positioned slightly in front of a position confronted with the elbow pad attachment portion 26 , and is placed on top of the armrest fulcrum 15 . Then, as illustrated in FIGS. 12 and 13 , when the elbow pad 16 is slid backward, the engaging pieces 27 a to 27 c of the elbow pad 16 are engaged with the engaged pieces 26 a to 26 c of the armrest fulcrum 15 from the front side.
- the attachment structure of the elbow pad merely by engaging the engaging pieces 27 a to 27 c of the rear part and the convex portion 27 f of the front part in the elbow pad 16 with the engaged pieces 26 a to 26 c and the concave portion 26 f in the elbow pad attachment portion 26 of the armrest fulcrum 15 , it is possible to easily attach the elbow pad 16 to the armrest fulcrum 15 .
- the attachment structure may be embodied by reversing the front and rear directions of the armrest fulcrum 15 and the elbow pad 16 .
- a lower surface of the elbow pad 16 may be provided with elements, similar to the concave portion 25 , the engaged pieces 26 a to 26 c, the concave portions 26 d to 26 f, and the like in the armrest fulcrum 15 , which are flipped from top to bottom, and the elbow pad attachment portion 26 of the armrest fulcrum 15 may be provided with elements, similar to the engaging pieces 27 a to 27 c, the elastic engaging pieces 27 d and 27 e , the convex portion 27 f, and the like in the lower surface of the elbow pad 16 , which are flipped from top to bottom.
- a rear part or a front part of one of the elbow pad attachment portion 26 on a top of the armrest 14 and the elbow pad 16 is provided with the hook type engaged piece 26 a opening forward or backward; the front part or the rear part is provided with the concave portion 26 f opening in the upward and downward direction; the hook type engaging piece 27 a opening backward or forward is provided at a position facing the engaged piece 26 a of the other one of the elbow pad attachment portion 26 and the elbow pad 16 ; a position facing the concave portion 26 f is provided with the convex portion 27 f which protrudes in the upward and downward direction; the engaging piece 27 a is engaged with the engaged piece 26 a; and the convex portion 27 f is fitted to the concave portion 26 f, thereby attaching the elbow pad 16 to the top of the armrest 14 .
- the concave portion 26 f and the convex portion 27 f below the engaged piece 26 a and the engaging piece 27 a, it is possible to fit the convex portion 27 f to the concave portion 26 f after engaging the engaging piece 27 a with the engaged piece 26 a and thus, it is possible to further facilitate an attachment operation of the elbow pad 16 .
- the front part of the elbow pad 16 may not be greatly lifted when the elbow pad 16 is slid backward to engage the rear part of the elbow pad 16 with the elbow pad attachment portion 26 of the armrest fulcrum 15 . That is, merely by sliding the elbow pad 16 backward while the elbow pad 16 is placed above the elbow pad attachment portion 26 so as to be deviated, and engaging the rear part of the elbow pad 16 with the elbow pad attachment portion 26 , and then pressing the front part of the elbow pad 16 downward, it is possible to easily engage the front part of the elbow pad 16 with the elbow pad attachment portion 26 . Accordingly, an attachment operation of the elbow pad 16 is facilitated.
- the elastic engaging pieces 27 d and 27 e of the elbow pad 16 are engaged with the concave portions 26 d and 26 e of the armrest fulcrum 15 by an elastic restoring force and thus, a width thereof in the upward and downward direction may be decreased. As such, the elbow pad 16 may be made thin as a whole. Further, it is possible to reliably attach the elbow pad 16 to the armrest 14 .
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