Seat configuration
AssigneeAnthro Form, LLC
InventorSteven DuFresne
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Abstract
A seating configuration is described. The seating configuration includes a first support surface configured to support the Ischial Tuberosities of a user. The first support surface includes a feature to urge a user into an optimal position on the seat. The seating configuration includes a second support surface positioned adjacent a pelvic-sacral-lumbar region of the user. The seating configuration includes a third support surface positioned adjacent a thoracic-cervical region of the user. The first, second, and third support surfaces, respectively, together can be configured to create a natural alignment of a spinal column of the user.
Claims20
A seating configuration comprising:
- a first support surface having a feature to urge a user into an optimal position on the first support surface;
- a second support surface positioned adjacent an expected location of a pelvic-sacral-lumbar region of the user;
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- a third support surface positioned adjacent an expected location of a thoracic-cervical region of the user,
- wherein, in an operational setting, the first support surface provides counteracting support to the respective second and third support surfaces such that the first, second, and third support surfaces, respectively, together can be configured to establish a natural alignment of a spinal column of the user.
A seating configuration comprising:
- a first support surface configured to support Ischial Tuberosities of a user, the first support surface having a feature to urge the user into an optimal position on the first support surface;
- a second support surface configured to support a pelvic-sacral-lumbar region of the user, the second support surface positioned adjacent an expected location of the pelvic-sacral-lumbar region;
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- a third support surface configured to support a thoracic-cervical region of the user, the third support surface positioned adjacent to an expected location of the thoracic region,
- wherein, in an operational setting, the first support surface provides counteracting support to the respective second and third support surfaces such that the first, second, and third support surfaces, respectively, together can be configured to establish a natural alignment of a spinal column of the user.
A chair comprising:
- a seat support surface having a feature to urge a user into an optimal position on the seat support surface, the feature defined in part by a cavity extending into a top surface of the seat support surface;
- a pelvic-sacral-lumbar support surface positioned adjacent an expected location of a pelvic-sacral-lumbar region of the user, the pelvic-sacral-lumbar support surface comprising contouring to support the pelvic-sacral-lumbar region, wherein the contouring includes an upward angled bias defined at least in part by a top edge having a first thickness and a bottom edge having a second thickness, the second thickness being greater than the first thickness;
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- a thoracic-cervical support surface positioned adjacent an expected location of a thoracic-cervical region of the user, the thoracic-cervical support surface comprising contouring to support the thoracic-cervical region,
- wherein, in an operational setting, the seat support surface provides counteracting support to the respective pelvic-sacral-lumbar and thoracic-cervical support surfaces such that the seat, pelvic-sacral-lumbar, and thoracic-cervical support surfaces, respectively, together can be configured to establish a natural alignment of a spinal column of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.