US3541313A - Furniture for sitting - Google Patents

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US3541313A
US3541313A US754849A US3541313DA US3541313A US 3541313 A US3541313 A US 3541313A US 754849 A US754849 A US 754849A US 3541313D A US3541313D A US 3541313DA US 3541313 A US3541313 A US 3541313A
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Angelo Buzzi
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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
    • A47C16/00—Stand-alone rests or supports for feet, legs, arms, back or head
    • A47C16/04—Prayer-stools; Kneeling stools; Kneeling supports
    • 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
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/50—Supports for the feet or the legs coupled to fixed parts of the chair
    • A47C7/503—Supports for the feet or the legs coupled to fixed parts of the chair with double foot-rests or leg-rests
    • 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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  • a piece of furniture to sit on has a saddle-shaped seat which is inclined in one direction and a pair of knee supports located on both sides of the seat which are inclined in the opposite direction.
  • This invention relates to furniture and specifically to furniture to sit on, like a stool or bench, having a seat mounted on a support; said support may include a plurality of legs or a supporting column with suitable legs.
  • the stool is constructed in such a way that the spine of the person sitting thereon is supported by the pelvis and that the stomach region of said person is not compressed.
  • the stool is provided with a saddle shaped seat and two support platforms located at a lower level on each side of the seat and arranged to support the knees of the seated person.
  • the ridge of the saddle shaped seat inclined downward in the direction in which the seated person is facing, whereas the two knee supports are inclined downward in the opposite direction and are extended to provide also a support for the shins of the user.
  • the line extending along the ridge of the seat and the line extending along the knee supports may form an angle of about 45. Both the seat and specifically the knee and shin supports are padded in a manner generally known.
  • the body weight of a person using the stool is distributed to a number of surfaces.
  • the way of seating made possible by the stool, according to the present invention is a synthesis between the kneeling rest position used, for instance, in many oriental countries and the sitting rest position generally used by western man. It is also possible to change from the combined sitting-kneeling position to a purely kneeling position and thus to relieve the respective muscles and to avoid fatigue.
  • FIG. 1 is a perspective side view of a stool, in accord ance with the invention, showing also the construction of the back of the stool.
  • FIG. 2 is a plan of the stool in accordance with FIG. 1.
  • FIGS. 12 show a stool with a supporting structure 1 having substantially a reversed U-shaped cross section.
  • the supporting structure may include four'legs 2.
  • the saddle shaped seat 3, disposed on the supporting structure, is padded and is wider in back than in front, as can be seen best in FIG. 2.
  • Each of the platforms 4 is equipped with a padding 5 and serves as knee and shin support for the user of the stool.
  • the top of the saddle shaped seat 3 is inclined downward in the direction in which a person sitting thereon would face, whereas the padded platforms 4 are sloping upward in the same direction.
  • the most comfortable angle of the inclination 0f the seat in relation to the platforms may vary, it has been found that an angle of about 45 is usually very comfortable to the user.
  • the seat 3 is widest in back and narrowest in front so that the highest part of the seat is at the same time the wider part thereof.
  • the supporting structure 1 may be of channel-like shape to facilitate the nesting of a number of stools.
  • Reinforcing strips 6 may be located on the inside of the supporting structure to improve the stability of the stool.
  • a piece of furniture for sitting thereon comprising a support structure, a seat disposed on said structure at a first level and a pair of knee support platforms disposed on said support structure at a second level on both sides of said seat, said second level being lower than said first level, said support platforms being inclined upwardly in the direction in which a person using said seat is facing.

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US3669493A (en) * 1970-11-03 1972-06-13 J Harding Vowles Chair
US3863978A (en) * 1973-04-17 1975-02-04 Jr Peter Richard Gillings Knee-chair
US4328991A (en) * 1979-03-30 1982-05-11 Mengshoel Hans Chr Sitting device
US4377309A (en) * 1978-06-19 1983-03-22 Mengshoel Hans Chr Supporting device for use in a kneeling-like sitting posture
US4564237A (en) * 1981-07-28 1986-01-14 Steifensand Friedrich Martin Seat arrangement
US4832407A (en) * 1987-11-27 1989-05-23 Hector Serber Variable posture chair and method
US20080022628A1 (en) * 2006-07-25 2008-01-31 Bronkhorst Craig S Portable temporary support for workers
US20110012397A1 (en) * 2009-07-20 2011-01-20 Jay Stuart Wallace Ergonomic Saddle Chair
US20110285188A1 (en) * 2010-05-18 2011-11-24 Ayikwei Addy Stephan George Seating device
US20120074753A1 (en) * 2010-09-29 2012-03-29 Robert Kalayjian Ergonomic kneeling bench or stool
US20150102642A1 (en) * 2011-10-31 2015-04-16 Claudia Plikat Piece of seating furniture having a saddle-form seat surface
US9894991B2 (en) 2014-12-19 2018-02-20 Dee Volin Unique portable foldable five-device-in-one kneeler-bench-caddy-table-umbrella system, having kneeler system, bench system, caddy system, table system, and kneeler-bench-caddy-table-locking umbrella system
US10165862B2 (en) 2011-10-31 2019-01-01 Johann Burkhard Schmitz Support structure for saddle-form seat surface
USD837544S1 (en) * 2017-06-12 2019-01-08 Stoolie Stool Inc. Toilet stool
USD929755S1 (en) 2019-08-06 2021-09-07 Stoolie Stool Inc. Toilet stool

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NO158403C (no) * 1984-05-08 1988-09-07 Peter Opsvik Anordning ved stol.
USD403517S (en) * 1998-03-05 1999-01-05 Haworth, Inc. Rocking stool
GB2343111A (en) * 1998-10-27 2000-05-03 Julian Romanczuk Kneeling chair
USD411055S (en) * 1998-10-30 1999-06-15 Haworth, Inc. Rocking stool
GB2501246A (en) * 2012-04-07 2013-10-23 Richard May A kneeling support for when working on a floor
EP4056072B1 (fr) * 2021-03-12 2023-03-29 Thomas Schmidt Siège

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US48638A (en) * 1865-07-11 Improved foot-rest
US1065022A (en) * 1912-03-14 1913-06-17 Helen M Bell Supporting device.
US1213329A (en) * 1916-05-25 1917-01-23 Frederick C Beal Saddle.
US1620448A (en) * 1925-04-10 1927-03-08 Dourdoufis Alexandros Saddle seat
US1976170A (en) * 1933-10-28 1934-10-09 George W Hoover Knee rest
US2069476A (en) * 1934-04-28 1937-02-02 Keil John Knee support roller
US2872966A (en) * 1956-10-22 1959-02-10 Chamness Abe Mechanics stool
US3284988A (en) * 1965-02-01 1966-11-15 Rodeo Shop Of Fort Worth Inc Method of manufacture of saddletrees

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US48638A (en) * 1865-07-11 Improved foot-rest
US1065022A (en) * 1912-03-14 1913-06-17 Helen M Bell Supporting device.
US1213329A (en) * 1916-05-25 1917-01-23 Frederick C Beal Saddle.
US1620448A (en) * 1925-04-10 1927-03-08 Dourdoufis Alexandros Saddle seat
US1976170A (en) * 1933-10-28 1934-10-09 George W Hoover Knee rest
US2069476A (en) * 1934-04-28 1937-02-02 Keil John Knee support roller
US2872966A (en) * 1956-10-22 1959-02-10 Chamness Abe Mechanics stool
US3284988A (en) * 1965-02-01 1966-11-15 Rodeo Shop Of Fort Worth Inc Method of manufacture of saddletrees

Cited By (21)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3669493A (en) * 1970-11-03 1972-06-13 J Harding Vowles Chair
US3863978A (en) * 1973-04-17 1975-02-04 Jr Peter Richard Gillings Knee-chair
US4377309A (en) * 1978-06-19 1983-03-22 Mengshoel Hans Chr Supporting device for use in a kneeling-like sitting posture
US4328991A (en) * 1979-03-30 1982-05-11 Mengshoel Hans Chr Sitting device
US4564237A (en) * 1981-07-28 1986-01-14 Steifensand Friedrich Martin Seat arrangement
US4832407A (en) * 1987-11-27 1989-05-23 Hector Serber Variable posture chair and method
US20080022628A1 (en) * 2006-07-25 2008-01-31 Bronkhorst Craig S Portable temporary support for workers
US7896131B2 (en) * 2006-07-25 2011-03-01 Bronkhorst Craig S Portable temporary support for workers
US20110203220A1 (en) * 2006-07-25 2011-08-25 Bronkhorst Craig S Portable temporary support for workers
US8317267B2 (en) * 2009-07-20 2012-11-27 Jay Stuart Wallace Ergonomic saddle chair
US20110012397A1 (en) * 2009-07-20 2011-01-20 Jay Stuart Wallace Ergonomic Saddle Chair
US20110285188A1 (en) * 2010-05-18 2011-11-24 Ayikwei Addy Stephan George Seating device
US8465099B2 (en) * 2010-05-18 2013-06-18 Stephan George Ayikwei Addy Seating device
US20120074753A1 (en) * 2010-09-29 2012-03-29 Robert Kalayjian Ergonomic kneeling bench or stool
US8590974B2 (en) * 2010-09-29 2013-11-26 Robert Kalayjian Ergonomic kneeling bench or stool
US20150102642A1 (en) * 2011-10-31 2015-04-16 Claudia Plikat Piece of seating furniture having a saddle-form seat surface
US9538848B2 (en) * 2011-10-31 2017-01-10 Johann Burkhard Schmitz Piece of seating furniture having a saddle-form seat surface
US10165862B2 (en) 2011-10-31 2019-01-01 Johann Burkhard Schmitz Support structure for saddle-form seat surface
US9894991B2 (en) 2014-12-19 2018-02-20 Dee Volin Unique portable foldable five-device-in-one kneeler-bench-caddy-table-umbrella system, having kneeler system, bench system, caddy system, table system, and kneeler-bench-caddy-table-locking umbrella system
USD837544S1 (en) * 2017-06-12 2019-01-08 Stoolie Stool Inc. Toilet stool
USD929755S1 (en) 2019-08-06 2021-09-07 Stoolie Stool Inc. Toilet stool

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BR6801773D0 (pt) 1973-01-30
FR1577796A (fr) 1969-08-08
GB1180530A (en) 1970-02-04
FI46909B (fr) 1973-05-02
IL30575A0 (en) 1968-10-24
DK122427B (da) 1972-03-06
SE352233B (fr) 1972-12-27
NO122609B (fr) 1971-07-19
USRE28038E (en) 1974-06-11

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