Chair for an acoustically designed building
AssigneeYamaha Corporation
InventorsRyokichi Yamazaki, Takeshi Sakai, Fukushi Kawakami
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Abstract
A chair includes a main body with a seat, openings formed in the greater part of the lower surface of the seat, a sound absorbing structure contained in the seat while facing the openings, and a louver having a series of openings defined with a number of slats that may be turned for opening and closing. The louver is located in front of the series of openings. When the seat is unoccupied, the slats of the louver are turned for opening. When the seat is occupied, the slats are turned for closing. The chair is adequate for concert halls or theaters.
Claims10
A chair for acoustically designed buildings comprising:
- a seat having an inner space;
- a back located behind the seat;
- primary openings formed on a bottom surface of the seat;
- a sound absorbing member disposed within the inner space of the seat;
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- a louver comprising slats located behind the primary opening and means for adjustably controlling an exposure of the sound absorbing member to sounds in the buildings,
- wherein the louver is in an opened state when the seat is in a first position and the louver is in a closed state when the seat is in a second position.
A chair for acoustically designed buildings comprising:
- a seat having an inner space;
- a back located behind the seat;
- primary openings formed on a bottom surface of the seat;
- a sound absorbing member disposed within the inner space of the seat;
- a louver, including slats, located behind the primary openings for adjustably controlling an exposure of the sound absorbing member to sounds in the buildings;
- a louver open/close mechanism, located behind the sound absorbing member, for opening and closing the slats,
- wherein the louver is in an opened state when the seat is in a first position and the louver is in a closed state when the seat is in a second position,
- the slats can be adjusted by turning to form secondary openings when the louver is in the opened state and to close the secondary openings when the louver is in the closed state, and
- the sound absorbing member is disposed behind the louver such that the louver open/close mechanism moves the sound absorbing member toward the slats to close the louver when the seat is in the second position and moves the sound absorbing member away from the slats to open the louver when the seat is in the first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.