Chair with dynamic motion features
OwnerTravis J. Crowell, Christopher J. Davis +2inventors
InventorsTravis J. Crowell, Christopher J. Davis, Wolfgang Deisig, Nils Daniel Koehn
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Abstract
A chair control includes a rocker assembly configured to be coupled to a chair back, the rocker assembly including a rocker flex element configured to be coupled to a chair seat, the rocker flex element being resiliently deformable and a ground assembly configured to be coupled to a chair base, the rocker assembly being coupled to the ground assembly (e.g., pivotally coupled), the ground assembly including a ground flex element configured to be coupled to the chair seat to which the rocker flex element is coupled, the ground flex element being resiliently deformable.
Claims22
A chair control comprising:
- a rocker assembly configured to be coupled to a chair back, the rocker assembly including a rocker flex element configured to be coupled to a chair seat, the rocker flex element being resiliently deformable;
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- a ground assembly configured to be coupled to a chair base, the rocker assembly being coupled to the ground assembly, the ground assembly including a ground flex element configured to be coupled to the seat to which the rocker flex element is coupled, the ground flex element being resiliently deformable.
A chair control comprising:
- a rocker assembly configured to be coupled to a chair back, the rocker assembly including a rocker flex element configured to be coupled to a chair seat, the rocker flex element being resiliently deformable;
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- a ground assembly configured to be coupled to a chair base, the rocker assembly being coupled to the ground assembly, the ground assembly configured to be coupled to the chair seat to which the rocker flex element is coupled.
A chair control comprising:
- a rocker assembly configured to be coupled to a chair back, the rocker assembly configured to be coupled to a chair seat;
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- a ground assembly configured to be coupled to a chair base, the rocker assembly being coupled to the ground assembly, the ground assembly including a ground flex element configured to be coupled to the chair seat, the ground flex element being resiliently deformable.
A chair comprising:
- a chair back;
- a chair seat;
- a chair base;
- a chair control including,
- a rocker assembly coupled to the chair back, the rocker assembly including a rocker flex element coupled to the chair seat, the rocker flex element being formed of a resiliently deformable material;
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- a ground assembly coupled to the chair base, the rocker assembly being coupled to the ground assembly such that tiling of the chair back results in actuating of the rocker assembly relative to the ground assembly, the ground assembly including a ground flex element coupled to the chair seat such that upon actuating of the rocker assembly relative to the ground assembly the one or both of the ground flex element and the rocker flex element resiliently deform to facilitate angular deflection of the chair seat.
A method of assembling a chair, the method comprising:
- coupling a chair back to a rocker assembly of a chair control, the rocker assembly including a rocker housing and a rocker flex element that is resiliently deformable;
- coupling a chair base to a ground assembly of the chair control, the ground assembly including a ground housing and a ground flex element that is resiliently deformable;
- coupling the rocker housing to the ground housing;
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- coupling the rocker flex element and the ground flex element to a chair seat such that tiling of the chair back results in actuating of the rocker assembly relative to the ground assembly with one or both of the ground flex element and the rocker flex element resiliently deforming to facilitate angular deflection of the chair seat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.