US3389936A - Seats - Google Patents
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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
- A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
- A47C7/02—Seat parts
- A47C7/16—Seats made of wooden, plastics, or metal sheet material; Panel seats
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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
- 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
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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
- A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
- A47C7/36—Support for the head or the back
- A47C7/40—Support for the head or the back for the back
- A47C7/46—Support for the head or the back for the back with special, e.g. adjustable, lumbar region support profile; "Ackerblom" profile chairs
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- C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
- C09—DYES; PAINTS; POLISHES; NATURAL RESINS; ADHESIVES; COMPOSITIONS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- C09B—ORGANIC DYES OR CLOSELY-RELATED COMPOUNDS FOR PRODUCING DYES, e.g. PIGMENTS; MORDANTS; LAKES
- C09B45/00—Complex metal compounds of azo dyes
- C09B45/01—Complex metal compounds of azo dyes characterised by the method of metallisation
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- a seat comprising a rear portion with a depression and having a rearmost portion adjacent to the rear of the depression which rises in a smooth curve to the rear edge of the seat. Side portions of the seat are disposed adjacent to and laterally of the depression and each side portion rises in a smooth curve to the respective lateral edge of the seat. The seat further has a flat portion at the front and the side portions each slope upwards towards the front portion, the slope decreasing gradually to nil where the side portions meet the front fiat portion.
- This invention relates to seats.
- Various existing chair bottoms have a shaped seat which forms a wedge-shaped surface, straight or curved, rising towards the rear, to serve as a support for the pelvis of the person using it.
- a rear portion having a depression therein, a rearmost portion adjacent to the rear of the depression and rising in a gentle curve to the rear edge of the seat, side portions adjacent to and laterally of the depression, each said side portion rising in a gentle curve to the re spective lateral edge of the seat, and a front flat portion of the seat, the side portions each having a slope upwards towards the front portion which decreases gradually to nil where the side portions meet the front flat portion.
- That portion of the seat which is right in front, i.e. the frontmost portion and which extends from the absolutely horizontal or fiat portion towards the front edge and the two side edges may have the shape of a double trapezium with a common base line.
- FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a seat in accordance with the invention.
- FIGURE 2 is a longitudinal section along the line I-I in FIGURE 1;
- FIGURES 3 to 7 are cross-sections along the lines IIII, III-III, IVIV, V-V and V'I-VI in FIGURE 2;
- FIGURE 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment, the periphery of which differs somewhat from that shown in FIGURE 1.
- the chair bottom here proposed has a seat which is made, more particularly, of some material which retains its shape, plywood or plastics being prime examples. What is aimed at is the provision of a good posture, resulting from the shape of the seat surface here proposed.
- the rear portion of the seat contains a depression 7, to accommodate the users tuber ischii.
- This feature gives freedom of side movement to the users thighs.
- Region 5 of the front part of the seat is not curved or shaped in any way across the seat.
- frontmost portion 6 of the seat curves downwards, from region 5 towards the front edge and the two side edges 3 of the seat, to avoid the pressure of a hard edge on the thighs.
- This novel seat design is medically acknowledged to offer the best seating characteristics.
- a person sitting for long periods at a time is completely free to alter his posture. He can avoid the wedge effect and sit back, which means that he can avail himself of any desired change in the position of the chairback to shift the surface pressure. He can use the chairback to take his weight and support his body, without needing to dispense with a shaped seat having the advantage of reducing pressure on the muscles round the tuber ischii. Exaggeration of the lumbar curve of the spinal column, which results from excessive strain on the small vertebral joints, due to this wedge effect, is substantially eliminated.
- the seat described has the advantage that the chair seat enables the user to sit back and avoids the wedge effect, in addition to which the users pelvis is not brought into an unnatural shape.
- each said side portion rising in a gentle curve to the respective lateral edge of the seat
- the side portions each having a slope upwards towards the front portion which decreases gradually to nil where the side portions meet the front flat portion.
- a seat according to claim 1 wherein the periphery of the seat, when projected, has the shape of a double trapezium with a common base line.
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June 25, 1968 F. DRABERT 3,339,936
SEATS Filed Nov. 18, 1966 2 Sheets-Sheet l Drenfir' Frlij brd bet-l.
June 25, 1968 F. DRABERT 3,389,936
SEATS Filed Nov. 18, 1966 2 Sheets-$heet 2 FIG. 7.
United States Patent 3,389,936 SEATS E-itz Drabert, 37 Marienstrasse, Minden, Westphalia, Germany Filed Nov. 18, 1966, Ser. No. 595,508 Claims priority, application Germany, Apr. 30, 1966, D 33,365 5 Claims. (Cl. 297459) ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A seat comprising a rear portion with a depression and having a rearmost portion adjacent to the rear of the depression which rises in a smooth curve to the rear edge of the seat. Side portions of the seat are disposed adjacent to and laterally of the depression and each side portion rises in a smooth curve to the respective lateral edge of the seat. The seat further has a flat portion at the front and the side portions each slope upwards towards the front portion, the slope decreasing gradually to nil where the side portions meet the front fiat portion.
This invention relates to seats.
Various existing chair bottoms have a shaped seat which forms a wedge-shaped surface, straight or curved, rising towards the rear, to serve as a support for the pelvis of the person using it.
Medical investigations and practical experience have shown the limitations of chair bottoms shaped in this way. In the case of the chair bottom having a wedge-shaped seat rising towards the rear, emphasising the sacro-etfect, the disadvantage is a too pronounced centering of the buttocks of whoever uses a seat so shaped. This drawback is the more marked where there is further shaping at the front, to provide the desired leg attitude, so that sitting under constraint is no exaggeration as a description of this; for it is a principle of seating technique that even the most restful support is unbearable in the long run, if no change of posture is possible.
There is, too, no longer any novelty about seats in which this constraining shape is avoided by the absence of any centering, in the form of a prescribed seat moulding or leg shaping, additional to the wedge-like rise of the rear part of the seat. The disadvantage of these proposed seats is that the muscles around the tuber ischii are subjected, on such a plane seat, to increased specific pressure.
It is an object of the invention to provide an improved seat.
According to the present invention there is provided in a seat, a rear portion having a depression therein, a rearmost portion adjacent to the rear of the depression and rising in a gentle curve to the rear edge of the seat, side portions adjacent to and laterally of the depression, each said side portion rising in a gentle curve to the re spective lateral edge of the seat, and a front flat portion of the seat, the side portions each having a slope upwards towards the front portion which decreases gradually to nil where the side portions meet the front flat portion. That portion of the seat which is right in front, i.e. the frontmost portion and which extends from the absolutely horizontal or fiat portion towards the front edge and the two side edges may have the shape of a double trapezium with a common base line.
One example of a chair seat embodying the invention will now be described, by way of example, with reference to the accompanying diagrammatic drawings, in which:
FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of a seat in accordance with the invention;
FIGURE 2 is a longitudinal section along the line I-I in FIGURE 1;
3,389,936 Patented June 25, 1968 "ice FIGURES 3 to 7 are cross-sections along the lines IIII, III-III, IVIV, V-V and V'I-VI in FIGURE 2; and
FIGURE 8 is a perspective view of another embodiment, the periphery of which differs somewhat from that shown in FIGURE 1.
The chair bottom here proposed has a seat which is made, more particularly, of some material which retains its shape, plywood or plastics being prime examples. What is aimed at is the provision of a good posture, resulting from the shape of the seat surface here proposed.
As can be seen from FIGURES 1 to 8, the rear portion of the seat contains a depression 7, to accommodate the users tuber ischii. Running rearwards from this depression, across the entire width of the seat, is part 1 of the seat, which curves gently upwards, with a wedge effect, to the rear edge 2 of the seat. This part 1 of the seat, curving gently upwards towards the rear with a wedge effect, affords particularly effective and suitable support all around to the users pelvis, so that the specific pressure on the muscles has the most favourable possible value.
The very front portion of frontmost portion 6 of the seat curves downwards, from region 5 towards the front edge and the two side edges 3 of the seat, to avoid the pressure of a hard edge on the thighs.
This novel seat design is medically acknowledged to offer the best seating characteristics.
A person sitting for long periods at a time is completely free to alter his posture. He can avoid the wedge effect and sit back, which means that he can avail himself of any desired change in the position of the chairback to shift the surface pressure. He can use the chairback to take his weight and support his body, without needing to dispense with a shaped seat having the advantage of reducing pressure on the muscles round the tuber ischii. Exaggeration of the lumbar curve of the spinal column, which results from excessive strain on the small vertebral joints, due to this wedge effect, is substantially eliminated.
The seat described has the advantage that the chair seat enables the user to sit back and avoids the wedge effect, in addition to which the users pelvis is not brought into an unnatural shape.
I claim:
1. In a seat,
a rear portion having a depression therein,
a rearmost portion adjacent to the rear of the depression and rising in a gentle curve to the rear edge of the seat,
side portions adjacent to and laterally of the depression, each said side portion rising in a gentle curve to the respective lateral edge of the seat, and
a front fiat portion of the seat, the side portions each having a slope upwards towards the front portion which decreases gradually to nil where the side portions meet the front flat portion.
2. In a seat according to claim 1,
a frontmost portion extending between the front fiat portion and the front edge of the seat, said frontmost portion curving downwardly to the front edge.
3. A seat according to claim 1, wherein the periphery of the seat, when projected, has the shape of a double trapezium with a common base line.
3 4 4. A seat according to claim 1, wherein the seat is made FOREIGN PATENTS of shape-retaining material.
5. A chair incorporating the seat of claim 1. 1,159,038 6/1958 France.
563,897 1/1957 Italy. References Clted 5 372,331 4/1953 Germany.
UNITED STATES PATENTS 3,133404 6/1964 Newton 297 23 CASMIR A. NUNBERG, Primary Examiner.
3,177,036 4/1965 Halter 297454
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US3463547A (en) * | 1967-10-20 | 1969-08-26 | John M Brennan | Flexible chair seat |
US3638997A (en) * | 1970-03-04 | 1972-02-01 | Scott N Shapiro | Temporary seat supported by spaced-apart chairs |
FR2575539A1 (en) * | 1984-12-28 | 1986-07-04 | Duboys Jean Claude | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR SEATS OR SEAT BACKPACKS, AND THEIR MEANS OF MANUFACTURE |
US5887951A (en) * | 1995-09-15 | 1999-03-30 | Willingham; W. Preston | Orthopedic seating orthosis for correcting posture and restricting gluteal spreading |
USD420844S (en) * | 1998-09-02 | 2000-02-22 | Ed Keilhauer | Seat cushion |
US20060103198A1 (en) * | 2004-08-05 | 2006-05-18 | Thomas Dettmann | Music posture chairs |
USD882298S1 (en) * | 2017-08-02 | 2020-04-28 | Nrg Innovations, Llc | Chair cover |
USD884392S1 (en) * | 2017-08-02 | 2020-05-19 | Nrg Innovations, Llc | Chair cover |
USD903392S1 (en) * | 2017-05-12 | 2020-12-01 | Herman Miller, Inc. | Chair |
USD972875S1 (en) * | 2020-10-09 | 2022-12-20 | Mobb Health Care Ltd Corporation | Unitary swivel |
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DE872831C (en) * | 1950-06-11 | 1953-04-09 | Holzwerke Zapfendorf Ges Mit B | Body support, especially seat or back |
FR1159038A (en) * | 1956-10-08 | 1958-06-23 | Improvements to molded material seats | |
US3138404A (en) * | 1963-07-29 | 1964-06-23 | Relaxo Bak Inc | Auxiliary body support for vehicle seats |
US3177036A (en) * | 1959-10-17 | 1965-04-06 | Halter Ludwig | Seat device |
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DE872831C (en) * | 1950-06-11 | 1953-04-09 | Holzwerke Zapfendorf Ges Mit B | Body support, especially seat or back |
FR1159038A (en) * | 1956-10-08 | 1958-06-23 | Improvements to molded material seats | |
US3177036A (en) * | 1959-10-17 | 1965-04-06 | Halter Ludwig | Seat device |
US3138404A (en) * | 1963-07-29 | 1964-06-23 | Relaxo Bak Inc | Auxiliary body support for vehicle seats |
Cited By (12)
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US3463547A (en) * | 1967-10-20 | 1969-08-26 | John M Brennan | Flexible chair seat |
US3638997A (en) * | 1970-03-04 | 1972-02-01 | Scott N Shapiro | Temporary seat supported by spaced-apart chairs |
FR2575539A1 (en) * | 1984-12-28 | 1986-07-04 | Duboys Jean Claude | IMPROVEMENTS IN OR RELATING TO SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR SEATS OR SEAT BACKPACKS, AND THEIR MEANS OF MANUFACTURE |
EP0189719A1 (en) * | 1984-12-28 | 1986-08-06 | Jean-Claude Duboys | Sustaining elements, in particular for seats and seat backs |
US5887951A (en) * | 1995-09-15 | 1999-03-30 | Willingham; W. Preston | Orthopedic seating orthosis for correcting posture and restricting gluteal spreading |
USD420844S (en) * | 1998-09-02 | 2000-02-22 | Ed Keilhauer | Seat cushion |
US20060103198A1 (en) * | 2004-08-05 | 2006-05-18 | Thomas Dettmann | Music posture chairs |
US7275788B2 (en) | 2004-08-05 | 2007-10-02 | Wenger Corporation | Music posture chairs |
USD903392S1 (en) * | 2017-05-12 | 2020-12-01 | Herman Miller, Inc. | Chair |
USD882298S1 (en) * | 2017-08-02 | 2020-04-28 | Nrg Innovations, Llc | Chair cover |
USD884392S1 (en) * | 2017-08-02 | 2020-05-19 | Nrg Innovations, Llc | Chair cover |
USD972875S1 (en) * | 2020-10-09 | 2022-12-20 | Mobb Health Care Ltd Corporation | Unitary swivel |
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