Seating furniture
OwnerRalf Schuelerinventor
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Abstract
The present seating furniture comprises chairs, especially constructed for multi-purpose group seating arrangements for example, in auditoriums, assembly halls, convention halls, lecture rooms and the like. The foldable seat proper is secured to the side walls of a shell shaped center part which in turn is supported by a base to which the shell shaped center part is removably connected. The shell shaped center part has a rear wall, the upper end of which is permanently connected to head rest means, if such head rest means are employed. Further, the side walls may be provided with telescoping means so that the side walls and the seat along with the corresponding portion of the back rest may be extended or retracted. In a modification one chair may be converted into a desk for the chair behind the converted chair.
Claims32
A seating furniture comprising base means, right and left lateral side wall means including rear edges and lower edges, said lower edges being secured to said base means, two substantially upright column means secured to said base means and respectively to said rear edges and said lateral side wall means, seat means proper, back rest means including a first part and a second part, each of said lateral side wall means comprising a first side wall member secured to its respective column means, a second side wall member, and guide means securing said second side wall member to said first side wall member in telescoping fashion to forwardly extend said second side wall member, said guide means taking up static forces, said second part of the back rest means forming a structural unit with said second said wall member, said column means having upper ends above said second part of said back rest means, said first part of said back rest means interconnecting said columns, journal means securing said seat means proper to said second side wall member, and electrical means in at least one of said substantially upright column means.
A seating furniture comprising base means, right and left lateral side wall means including rear sides and lower sides, said lower sides being secured to said base means, two substantially upright column means secured to said base means and respectively to said rear sides of said lateral side wall means, seat means proper, back rest means including a lower part and an upper part, said lower part of the back rest means forming a structural unit with said lateral side wall means, said column means having upper ends above said lower part of said back rest means, said upper part of said back rest means interconnecting said upper ends of said columns, journal means securing said seat means proper to said side wall means, and electrical means in at least one of said substantially upright column means, and further comprising means connected to said seat means proper at the lower surface thereof for releasably holding a desk or table top.
A seating furniture comprising base means, right and left lateral side wall means including rear sides and lower sides, said lower sides being secured to said base means, two substantially upright column means secured to said base means and respectively to said rear sides of said lateral side wall means, seat means proper, back rest means including a lower part and an upper part, said lower part of the back rest means forming a structural unit with said lateral side wall means, said column means having upper ends above said lower part of said back rest means, said upper part of said back rest means interconnecting said upper ends of said columns, journal means securing said seat means proper to said side wall means, and electrical means in at least one of said substantially upright column means, said seating furniture comprising at least two chairs including a front chair and a rear chair, said front chair comprising desk means including a desk top for converting the front chair into a desk unit for the rear chair, whereby said desk top extends between said substantially upright column means.
A seating furniture comprising base means, right and left lateral side wall means including rear sides and lower sides, said lower sides being secured to said base means, two substantially upright column means secured to said base means and respectively to said rear sides of said lateral side wall means, seat means proper, back rest means including a lower part and an upper part, said lower part of the back rest means forming a structural unit with said lateral side wall means, said column means having upper ends above said lower part of said back rest means, said upper part of said back rest means interconnecting said upper ends of said columns, journal means securing said seat means proper to said side wall means, and electrical means in at least one of said substantially upright column means, said seating furniture comprising means removably securing said seat means proper to said side wall means, and means releasably securing said back rest means to said substantially upright column means, whereby an aisle may be formed between adjacent columns of chairs.
A seating furniture comprising first and second fixed spaced apart side walls and including a fixed back portion, a middle portion suspended for horizontal sliding movement between said side walls and comprising first and second spaced apart arm rests, a back rest and a seat, said seat being pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis in said middle portion, and a rearwardly foldable writing surface pivotally mounted between said side walls.
A seating system comprising a plurality of rows of chairs, at least one of said chairs comprising fixed spaced apart side walls, and a middle portion suspended for horizontal sliding movement between said side walls, said middle portion comprising first and second spaced apart arm rests, a back rest and a seat, said seat being pivotally mounted on a horizontal axis in said middle portion.
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