Device for supporting a seated person and method for adjusting, designing and/or manufacturing such a device
AssigneeRichard van Seenus Nederland B.V.
InventorHenricus Antonius Maria Staarink
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Abstract
A device for supporting a seated person, comprising a seat and a support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region, which is connected to the seat, and characterized by an adjustable lumbar-sacral support, which is mounted at a location of a lower side of the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region. Preferably, an adjustable support is furthermore provided for the thoracic-cervical transition region, which support is mounted at the location of the upper side of the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region.
Claims20
A device for supporting a back of a seated person, comprising a seat and a support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region, which is connected to the seat, the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region being adapted to engage a lumbar-thoracic transition region of the back, an adjustable lumbar-sacral support being adapted to engage a lumbar-sacral region of the back, which is mounted at a location of a lower side of the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region, wherein the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region and seat can be adjusted for height with respect to each other and wherein the lumbar-sacral support is adjustable to a selected fixed position relative to the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region during use.
A method for adjusting, designing and/or manufacturing a device for supporting a seated person, comprising a seat, a support for the lumbar thoracic transition region, and a lumbar-sacral support, wherein said person sits down on the seat and engages the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region, after which the position of the lumbar-sacral support is moved to a selected fixed position relative to the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region during use to engage the lumbar region of said person and wherein the support for the lumbar-thoracic transition region is adjusted prior to adapting the position of the lumbar-sacral support.
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