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US 9,289,067 B2Granted
Piece of seating furniture
AssigneeStephan Meyer
InventorsStephan Meyer, Peter Wagner
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Abstract
A piece of seating furniture has a seat plate (1) with a lower seat framework (2) arranged on the underside of said seat plate (1). Also provided is a tilting device (4), by means of which the person sitting on the piece of furniture can execute a tilting movement about a point of rotation located in the seat region. The tilting device (4) is formed by a structural unit which is separate from the seat plate (1) and is arranged on the seat plate (1) of the piece of furniture.
Claims14
A piece of seating furniture comprising:
- a seat plate comprising a base and a rim area with an inner circumferential wall surface, the base and the inner circumferential wall surface defining a depression;
- a seat substructure arranged at a bottom side of the base of the seat plate;
- a tilting device with which a person seated on the piece of seating furniture can perform a tilting movement about a pivot point arranged within a seating area of the piece of seating furniture;
- wherein the tilting device is a unit that is embodied separate from the seat plate and is arranged on the seat plate, wherein a person is seated directly on the tilting device;
- wherein the tilting device comprises a support element comprising a first end and an opposed second end;
- wherein the tilting device further comprises a tilting seat disk connected to the first end of the support element;
- wherein the support element is disposed in the depression such that the second end is arranged centrally on the base and the tilting seat disk is facing upwardly;
- wherein an annular free space is defined between the inner circumferential wall surface and an outer circumference of the support element;
- wherein the tilting seat disk has a diameter that is smaller than an inner diameter of the inner circumferential wall surface so that the tilting seat disk can tilt into the annular free space when a person seated on the tilting device carries out a tilting movement.
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A piece of seating furniture comprising:
- a seat plate comprising a base and a rim area with an inner circumferential wall surface, the base and the inner circumferential wall surface delimiting a depression;
- a seat substructure arranged at a bottom side of the base of the seat plate;
- a tilting device with which a person seated on the piece of seating furniture can perform a tilting movement about a pivot point arranged within a seating area of the piece of seating furniture;
- wherein the tilting device is a unit that is embodied separate from the seat plate and is arranged on the seat plate, wherein a person is seated directly on the tilting device;
- wherein the tilting device comprises a support element comprising a first end and an opposed second end;
- wherein the tilting device further comprises a tilting seat disk connected to the first end of the support element;
- wherein the support element is disposed in the depression such that the second end is arranged centrally on the base and the tilting seat disk is facing upwardly;
- wherein an annular free space is defined between the circumferential wall surface and an outer circumference of the support element;
- wherein the tilting seat disk has a diameter that is greater than an inner diameter of the inner circumferential wall surface;
- wherein the rim area is springy and a circumferential rim of the tilting seat disk of the tilting device is resting on the rim area of the seat plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.