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Office, work and leisure chair and retrofit kit for a chair or a seat surface for causing subliminal movements of the person sitting thereon
10213024 · 2019-02-26 · ·

Office, work and leisure chair and retrofit kit for causing subliminal movements of the person sitting thereon. The chair has a cruciform base (1), freely articulated rollers (4), a gas-spring support (2) and an interface panel (5) resting thereon as a support panel. Mounted on the support panel is a base panel (28) bearing a seat cover (19) with a seat surface and back rest (22). The seat cover is provided and allowed to wobble, resting via a cover panel (27) on a plurality of spring elements (7), which are displaceable radially, or obliquely in relation to the radial direction, or helically from the center of the base panel to the periphery of the base panel. The spring elements are mechanically, hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically displaceable, so that the wobble distance of the seat cover and the attenuation of the wobble movement are variable.

Office, work and leisure chair and retrofit kit for a chair or a seat surface for causing subliminal movements of the person sitting thereon
10213024 · 2019-02-26 · ·

Office, work and leisure chair and retrofit kit for causing subliminal movements of the person sitting thereon. The chair has a cruciform base (1), freely articulated rollers (4), a gas-spring support (2) and an interface panel (5) resting thereon as a support panel. Mounted on the support panel is a base panel (28) bearing a seat cover (19) with a seat surface and back rest (22). The seat cover is provided and allowed to wobble, resting via a cover panel (27) on a plurality of spring elements (7), which are displaceable radially, or obliquely in relation to the radial direction, or helically from the center of the base panel to the periphery of the base panel. The spring elements are mechanically, hydraulically, pneumatically or electrically displaceable, so that the wobble distance of the seat cover and the attenuation of the wobble movement are variable.

SEATING DEVICE
20190045929 · 2019-02-14 ·

A seating device includes a base and a seat post extending from the base. The seat post has a first end adjacent the base, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The seating device further includes a seat supported by the seat post above the base and a first rocking assembly coupled to the base and the first end of the seat post. The first rocking assembly is operable to angularly displace the seat post relative to the base. The seating device further includes a second rocking assembly coupled to the seat and the second end of the seat post. The second rocking assembly is operable to angularly displace the seat relative to the seat post.

OFFICE SEAT
20190029428 · 2019-01-31 ·

An office seat is disclosed. The office seat includes a seat body; an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a sitting posture of a user by adjusting a state of the seat body, and the adjustment mechanism being provided on the seat body; an image capture device for detecting the contour of the user's body; a controller, the controller being connected to the adjustment mechanism and the image capture device, respectively, and controlling the adjustment mechanism to adjust the seat body according to the detection result of the image capture device. In certain embodiments the office seat may be able to adjust the user's sitting posture, protect the user's physical health, be comfortable in use.

OFFICE SEAT
20190029428 · 2019-01-31 ·

An office seat is disclosed. The office seat includes a seat body; an adjustment mechanism for adjusting a sitting posture of a user by adjusting a state of the seat body, and the adjustment mechanism being provided on the seat body; an image capture device for detecting the contour of the user's body; a controller, the controller being connected to the adjustment mechanism and the image capture device, respectively, and controlling the adjustment mechanism to adjust the seat body according to the detection result of the image capture device. In certain embodiments the office seat may be able to adjust the user's sitting posture, protect the user's physical health, be comfortable in use.

TORSO SUPPORT DEVICE
20190021505 · 2019-01-24 ·

A torso support device for use in performing under-sink tasks includes a pair of panels that is rigid. The panels are mutually hingedly coupled. The panels are configured to selectively position in an extended configuration and a folded configuration. A first coupler is coupled to a bottom face proximate to a first end of the pair of panels. The first coupler is configured to selectively couple to a lower support of a sink cabinet. The panels extend angularly and substantially coplanarly from the sink cabinet. The panels are configured to support a user who is positioned supinely upon the panels. The user is positioned to perform tasks within the sink cabinet. A handle is coupled to the first end of the pair of panels. The handle is configured to be grasped in a hand of the user to lift and position the panels.

CHAIR
20190014908 · 2019-01-17 ·

A chair is provided having at least one leg with an upper end on which a seat component is supported and a backrest interconnected to and projecting from the seat component. The backrest comprises a lower backrest section, an upper backrest section, and a backrest hinge interconnecting the upper backrest section to an upper end of the lower backrest section. The lower backrest section is interconnected to and extends from a rear portion of the seat component and the backrest hinge is configured to permit the upper backrest section to be located in an upright position in which the upper backrest section projects above the lower backrest section and is configured to permit the upper backrest section to be pivoted to a forward position in which the upper backrest section extends laterally over and spaced above the seat component.

Support structure for saddle-form seat surface

A seating structure includes a frame, a carrier, and a suspension material. The frame includes front, rear, and side portions that define a continuous outer periphery of the frame. The frame further includes a cross portion extending between the side portions. The frame also includes openings in the front and rear portions, with the cross portion between the openings. The cross portion includes stiffening ribs. The carrier includes a suspension material connected to the outer periphery of the frame. The frame and carrier have respective first and second attachment features that engage to lock the carrier onto the frame.

Support structure for saddle-form seat surface

A seating structure includes a frame, a carrier, and a suspension material. The frame includes front, rear, and side portions that define a continuous outer periphery of the frame. The frame further includes a cross portion extending between the side portions. The frame also includes openings in the front and rear portions, with the cross portion between the openings. The cross portion includes stiffening ribs. The carrier includes a suspension material connected to the outer periphery of the frame. The frame and carrier have respective first and second attachment features that engage to lock the carrier onto the frame.

Seating device
10143308 · 2018-12-04 · ·

A seating device includes a base and a seat post extending from the base. The seat post has a first end adjacent the base, a second end opposite the first end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first end and the second end. The seating device further includes a seat supported by the seat post above the base and a first rocking assembly coupled to the base and the first end of the seat post. The first rocking assembly is operable to angularly displace the seat post relative to the base. The seating device further includes a second rocking assembly coupled to the seat and the second end of the seat post. The second rocking assembly is operable to angularly displace the seat relative to the seat post.