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US 9,185,973 B2Granted
Chair and a method of using the chair
AssigneeKnoll, Inc.
InventorsMasamichi Udagawa, Sigrid Moeslinger, Hendrik R. van Hekken
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Abstract
A chair includes a tablet and a seat. The tablet and seat are configured such that a user may sit forwardly on the seat so that his or her arms may rest on the tablet and a device or paper may be positioned on the tablet such that the person may look at the device or paper. The tablet and seat are also arranged such that the person may sit rearwardly on the seat so that the person's back rests on a bottom portion of the tablet.
Claims20
A chair comprising:
- a base;
- a seat supported by the base;
- and
- a tablet supported by the base, the tablet being above and forward of the seat, the tablet having an upper front edge, a bottom rear edge, and a curved portion between the front edge and the bottom rear edge, the rear bottom edge being lower than the front edge, the curved portion extending upwardly from adjacent the rear bottom edge to a position adjacent to a front portion of the tablet to define a curved upper surface of the tablet that extends upwardly from the bottom rear edge of the tablet to a position adjacent the front portion of the tablet, the front portion of the tablet being forward of the curved upper surface, the front portion of the tablet defining an upper horizontal flat surface extending from adjacent the curved upper surface to the front edge of the tablet.
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A method of using a chair comprising:
- providing a chair, the chair comprising:
- a base,
- a seat supported by the base, and
- a tablet supported by the base, the tablet being above and forward of the seat, the tablet having an upper front edge, a bottom rear edge, and a curved portion between the front edge and the bottom rear edge, the front edge of the tablet being above the bottom rear edge of the tablet, the curved portion extending upwardly from adjacent the rear bottom edge to a position adjacent to a front portion of the tablet, the front portion of the tablet defining a horizontal flat upper surface of the tablet, the horizontal flat upper surface of the front portion of the tablet extending from a forward end of the curved portion to the front edge of the tablet;
- sitting on the seat of the chair in a first sitting position such that a chest of a seated user faces toward the tablet;
- and
- sitting on the seat of the chair in a second sitting position such that a back of the seated user engages the curved portion of the tablet, the curved portion of the tablet being configured to support to the back of the seated user engaging the curved portion of the tablet.
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A chair comprising:
- a base;
- a seat supported by the base, the seat having a front edge and a rear edge, the rear edge of the seat being lower than the front edge of the seat, the seat also having a curved portion between the rear edge of the seat and the front edge of the seat, the curved portion of the seat extending upwards from the rear edge of the seat to define a curved surface of the seat;
- and
- a tablet supported by the base, the tablet being above and forward of the seat, the tablet having an upper front edge, a bottom rear edge, and a curved portion between the front edge of the tablet and the bottom rear edge of the tablet, the bottom rear edge of the tablet being lower than the front edge of the tablet, the curved portion of the tablet extending upwardly from the rear bottom edge of the tablet to a position adjacent to a front portion of the tablet to define a curved surface of the tablet that extends upwardly from the bottom rear edge of the tablet to a position adjacent the front portion of the tablet the front portion of the tablet being forward of the curved upper surface, the front portion of the tablet defining an upper horizontal flat surface extending from adjacent the curved upper surface to the front edge of the tablet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.