Synchrotilt chair with forwardly movable seat

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly for supporting the chair on a floor surface while a seated user is performing tasks;
• a back frame pivoted to the base assembly at a back pivot for movement between a plurality of working positions including upright and reclined working positions;
• a seat pivoted to the back frame at a seat pivot spaced rearwardly and below the back pivot, the seat being slidably supported at a front portion of the base assembly for horizontal movement, the back pivot and the seat pivot being interconnected and arranged to move the seat generally forwardly and also move a rear portion of the seat downwardly with a synchronous pivoting motion as the back frame is reclined, whereby a seated user is comfortably supported in the upright and reclined working positions, and whereby the seated user is able to continue working while moving between the upright and reclined working positions without constantly having to move and adjust the base assembly back and forth relative to a stationary worksurface;
• the base assembly including a control housing with an energy mechanism positioned therein that operably engages one of the back frame and the seat for biasing the back frame to the upright position;
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• a back-stop mechanism attached to the control housing and configured to selectively engage the seat to limit forward movement of the seat and accordingly selectively limit recline of the back frame.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly for supporting the chair on a floor surface while a seated user is performing tasks;
• a back frame pivoted to the base assembly at a back pivot for movement between a plurality of working positions including upright and reclined working positions;
• a seat pivoted to the back frame at a seat pivot spaced rearwardly and below the back pivot, the seat being slidably supported at a front portion of the base assembly for horizontal movement, the back pivot and the seat pivot being interconnected and arranged to move the seat generally forwardly and also move a rear portion of the seat downwardly with a synchronous pivoting motion as the back frame is reclined, whereby a seated user is comfortably supported in the upright and reclined working positions, and whereby the seated user is able to continue working while moving between the upright and reclined working positions without constantly having to move and adjust the base assembly back and forth relative to a stationary worksurface;
• the base assembly including a control housing with an energy mechanism positioned therein that operably engages one of the back frame and the seat for biasing the back frame to the upright position;
• the base assembly including side arms that extend upwardly generally adjacent the seat for supporting the back frame and a portion of the seat;
• the back frame being pivoted to the side arms;
• the seat being pivoted to the back frame in a location generally proximate the side arms;
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• the energy mechanism including a spring positioned transversely in the control housing, and including a lever operably connecting the spring to the one of the seat and the back frame.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly for supporting the chair on a floor surface while a seated user is performing tasks;
• a back frame pivoted to the base assembly at a back pivot for movement between a plurality of working positions including upright and reclined working positions;
• a seat pivoted to the back frame at a seat pivot spaced rearwardly and below the back pivot, the seat being slidably supported at a front portion of the base assembly for horizontal movement, the back pivot and the seat pivot being interconnected and arranged to move the seat generally forwardly and also move a rear portion of the seat downwardly with a synchronous pivoting motion as the back frame is reclined, whereby a seated user is comfortably supported in the upright and reclined working positions, and whereby the seated user is able to continue working while moving between the upright and reclined working positions without constantly having to move and adjust the base assembly back and forth relative to a stationary worksurface;
• the base assembly including a control housing with an energy mechanism positioned therein that operably engages one of the back frame and the seat for biasing the back frame to the upright position;
• wherein the energy mechanism includes a spring positioned transversely within the control housing;
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• a lever operably connecting the spring to one of the seat and the back frame, the lever being pivotable about a vertical axis with a first end engaging the spring and a second end operably connected to the seat for biasing the seat rearwardly and in turn for biasing the back frame to the upright position.

A chair comprising:

• a mobile base assembly including a control housing;
• a back pivoted to the base assembly for movement between upright and reclined positions;
• a seat operably supported on the base assembly and connected to the back for movement between a substantially rearward working position and a forward working position;
• the seat including a front portion that is slidably connected to the base assembly to move horizontally forwardly upon recline of the back so that a seated user's legs are not undesirably lifted from a floor surface during recline;
• the seat further including a rear portion flexibly connected to the front portion and that is operably connected to the back to move downwardly and forwardly upon recline so that the seated user is comfortably and posturally supported during recline with an angular synchronous movement of the seat and the back, and so that a maximum forward movement of the seat and maximum angular movement of the back are limited to strokes that keep the hands of a seated user relatively constant during recline, whereby the seated user can easily and comfortably continue to work in all seated positions;
• a spring mechanism positioned transversely in the control housing, and further including a lever pivotally engaging the spring mechanism and operably connected to the seat for biasing the seat toward the rearward working position and simultaneously biasing the back toward the upright position;
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• the control housing including side arms, and wherein the seat includes bearings that slidably engage the side arms.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly for supporting the chair on a floor surface while a seated user is performing tasks;
• a unitary back frame pivoted to the base assembly at a back pivot for movement as a unit between a plurality of working positions including upright and reclined working positions;
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• a seat pivoted to the back frame at a seat pivot spaced rearwardly and below the back pivot, the seat being slidably supported at a front portion of the base assembly for horizontal movement, the back pivot and the seat pivot being interconnected and arranged to move the seat generally forwardly and also move a rear portion of the seat downwardly with a synchronous pivoting motion as the back frame is reclined, whereby a seated user is comfortably supported in the upright and reclined working positions, and whereby the seated user is able to continue working while moving between the upright and reclined working positions without constantly having to move and adjust the base assembly back and forth relative to a stationary worksurface.

A chair comprising:

• a mobile base assembly;
• a back including a unitary back frame pivoted to the base assembly for movement as a unit between upright and reclined positions;
• a seat operably supported on the base assembly and connected to the back frame for movement between a substantially rearward working position and a forward working position;
• the seat including a front portion that is slidably connected to the base assembly to move horizontally forwardly upon recline of the back so that a seated user's legs are not undesirably lifted from a floor surface during recline;
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• the seat further including a rear portion flexibly connected to the front portion and that is operably connected to the back to move downwardly and forwardly upon recline so that the seated user is comfortably and posturally supported during recline with an angular synchronous movement of the seat and the back, and so that a maximum forward movement of the seat and maxim angular movement of the back are limited to strokes that keep the hands of a seated user relatively constant during recline, whereby the seated user can easily and comfortably continue to work in all seated positions.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly including a control housing;
• an energy source located within the control housing;
• a seat operably supported on the base assembly for generally horizontal movement between forward and rearward positions, with the seat operably interconnected to said energy source;
• a back support including a back shell and a unitary back frame supporting the back shell, wherein the back frame includes a first pivot wherein the back frame is pivotally coupled to the base assembly for movement as a unit between upright and reclined positions, and a second pivot wherein the back frame is pivotally coupled to the seat;
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• wherein the energy source biases the back support into an upright position by urging the seat rearward, said rearward movement of the seat inducing the back support to rotate to a generally upright position at the first pivot.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly including side arms;
• a unitary back fine pivoted to the base assembly at back pivots for movement as a unit between a plurality of working positions including upright and reclined working positions;
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• a seat pivoted to the back frame at seat pivots and slidably supported at a front portion of the base assembly, the back frame including right and left configured end sections positioned on opposite sides of the seat and between the sides of the seat and associated ones of the side arms, the configured end sections supporting first pivot bearings at the seat pivots and second pivot bearings at the back pivots, whereby the seated user is able to continue working while moving between the upright and reclined working positions.

A chair comprising:

• a mobile spider-legged base assembly including a control housing and upwardly-extending side arms;
• an inverted U-shaped back frame having configured end sections positioned adjacent associated ones of the side arms and pivoted thereto at back pivots, the back pivots each comprising a first stud and a rotatable first bearing engaging the first stud;
• a seat slidably supported on the control housing, the seat including a seat carrier pivoted to the configured end sections at seat pivots, the seat pivots each comprising a second stud and a rotatable second bearing engaging the second stud, the seat pivots and back pivots being spaced apart;
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• an adjustable energy mechanism including a transverse spring, a lever operably engaging the spring and the seat for biasing the seat toward a rearward position and in turn biasing the back frame toward an upright position, and an adjustment pivot member adjustably engaging the lever to define a fulcrum that moves during recline and that is manually adjustably changeable to relocate the fulcrum for adjustably controlling a force of the spring on the seat.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly including a control housing;
• an energy source located within the control housing;
• a seat operably supported on the base assembly for generally horizontal movement between forward and rearward positions, with the seat operably interconnected to said energy source;
• a back support including a back shell and a back frame supporting the back shell, wherein the back frame includes a first pivot wherein the back frame is pivotally coupled to the base assembly for movement of the back support between upright and reclined positions, and a second pivot wherein the back frame is pivotally coupled to the seat;
• wherein the energy source biases the back support into an upright position by urging the seat rearward, said rearward movement of the seat inducing the back support to rotate to a generally upright position at the first pivot;
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• a variable back-stop mechanism supported on the base assembly and operably engaging the seat, the variable backstop mechanism being configured to concurrently stop the seat and stop recline of the back support at a plurality of selectable positions between the upright and reclined position.

A chair comprising:

• a base assembly including a control housing;
• an energy source located within the control housing;
• a seat operably supported on the base assembly for generally horizontal movement between forward and rearward positions, with the seat being operably interconnected to said energy source, the seat including a seat shell having a rear section adapted to support buttocks of a seated adult user and a front section adapted to support thighs of the seated adult user;
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• a back support including a back shell and a unitary back frame supporting the back shell, the back frame including a first pivot wherein the back frame is pivotally coupled to the base assembly for movement as a unit, and a second pivot point wherein the back frame is pivotally coupled to the seat.