Spring mounted seat with height adjustment

Abstract

There is proposed a seat of adjustable height having a seat part coupled by a connecting element to a supporting lever acted upon by supporting spring means, the lever being swingable against the action of the supporting spring means by a load acting on the seat part. In order to enable easy height adjustment with a simple construction in such a seat the connecting element is adjustable relative to the supporting lever to change the height of the seat part and a locking device is provided by means of which the connecting element and the supporting lever can be locked in several different relative positions. To enable height adjustment without use of a special lever the locking device may be constructed to lock the connecting element and the supporting lever in a series of relative positions as the seat part is raised and when the seat part reaches an upper end position to set itself in a disengaged condition which is maintained until the seat part is lowered to a lower end position. A very useful supporting spring means may be obtained if the supporting lever has at its free end a run-up cam which acts upon a sliding element displaceable against the action of the supporting spring means such that when the seat is loaded the swing of the supporting lever is converted into a linear motion of the sliding element and tensions the spring means.

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