Item of seating furniture, in particular an office chair
AssigneeArmin Sander
InventorsChristopher Schmidt, Mark Grant Jones
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Abstract
An item of seating furniture, in particular an office chair, has a seat carrier for a horizontal seat member, and a backrest carrier for a vertical backrest. The backrest carrier is constructed in a substantially U-shaped manner with two vertically orientated U-shaped members and with a horizontal upper U-shaped member. Wherein, along at least one rotation axis which extends below the seat member, a first rotary joint and a second rotary joint are provided for the lateral tilting movability of the backrest with respect to the seat carrier. The first and second rotary joints are arranged spaced apart from each other along the rotation axis.
Claims13
An item of seating furniture, comprising:
- a horizontal seat member;
- a seat carrier for supporting said horizontal seat member;
- a vertical backrest;
- a backrest carrier for supporting said vertical backrest, said backrest carrier constructed in a substantially U-shaped manner with two vertically orientated members and a horizontal upper member, said vertically oriented members having seat-side free ends;
- horizontally aligned retention arms extending from said seat-side free ends and extending below said horizontal seat member and at least partially laterally engaging around said seat carrier, said backrest carrier and said horizontally aligned retention arms produced as a unitary part from a deformable material which is elastic so as to be bendable;
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- rotary joints including a first rotary joint and a second rotary joint disposed along at least one rotation axis extending below said horizontal seat member, said rotary joints allowing a lateral tilting movability of said vertical backrest with respect to said seat carrier, said first and second rotary joints are disposed spaced apart from each other along the rotation axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.