Technician's work chair
AssigneeNissan North America, Inc.
InventorMohammed JAMILA
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Abstract
A technician's work chair includes a frame, first, second and third air cushion devices, a seat assembly and an electronic task guiding system. The seal assembly has a cushion portion and a seatback portion. The cushion portion is supported to the seat supporting portion of the frame. The seatback portion has an inclination adjusting mechanism operable to change an angle of inclination of the seatback portion relative to the frame. The electronic task guiding system is supported to the frame, the electronic task guiding system being configured to provide the technician with task related signals.
Claims19
A technician's work chair comprising:
- a frame having a first forward leg portion, a second forward leg portion and a rearward leg portion, the frame further having, a seat supporting portion located proximate the rearward leg portion, a tool supporting portion and a hardware supporting portion installed to the frame proximate one of the first forward leg portion or the second forward leg portion;
- a first air cushion device attached to the first forward leg portion proximate a distal end thereof;
- a second air cushion device attached to the second forward leg portion proximate a distal end thereof;
- a third air cushion device attached to the rearward leg portion proximate a distal end thereof, each of the first air cushion device, the second air cushion device and the third air cushion device being supplied with compressed air;
- a seat assembly having a cushion portion and a seatback portion, the cushion portion being supported to the seat supporting portion of the frame and the seatback portion having an inclination adjusting mechanism operable to change an angle of inclination of the seatback portion relative 10 the frame such that a technician seated in the seat assembly ergonomically operates tools and completes tasks with arms raised over the technician's head, the seat assembly and the frame being positioned such that a forward most portion of the cushion portion is located rearward of the first forward leg portion and the second forward leg portion, the cushion portion being cantilevered in a forward direction from the seat supporting portion of the frame;
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- an electronic task guiding system supported to the frame, the electronic task guiding system being configured to provide the technician with task related signals.
A technician's work chair comprising:
- a frame having a plurality of leg portions, a seat supporting portion, a tool supporting portion and a hardware supporting portion installed to the frame;
- a plurality of air cushion devices, each of the plurality of an cushion devices being attached to a corresponding one of the plurality of leg portions of the frame, each of the plurality of air cushion devices being supplied with compressed air;
- a seat assembly having a cushion portion and a seatback portion the cushion portion being supported to the seat supporting portion of the frame and the seatback portion having an inclination adjusting mechanism operable to change an angle of inclination of the seatback portion relative to the frame such that a technician seated in the seat assembly ergonomically operates tools and completes tasks with arms raised over the technician's head;
- a work light attached to the seat assembly that is configured for flexible movement for aiming the work light;
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- at least one of a hardware bin fixed to the frame such that the technician can retrieve a corresponding one of hardware or a part therefrom for installation to an underside of a vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.