BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Technical Field
The invention relates to chairs, particularly to a chair with a footrest.
2. Related Art
Office chairs with a cushion elevation mechanism and/or flexible back have been very popular. Many chairs are provided with a flexible back with tilt flexibility to satisfy various requirements of users. Although existing chairs are very comfortable for users, almost all office chairs do not provide a footrest for supporting a user's feet to relax a user's his or her legs.
Even if some office chairs provide a footrest, but the position of the footrest cannot be adjusted or is hard to be adjusted. Users with different height need different positions of the footrest. A user will feel uncomfortable if the footrest cannot be set a proper position.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
An object of the invention is to provide an adjustable footrest ring for a chair with a central post, which allows position of the footrest on the central post to be easily adjusted to satisfy various users' requirements.
To accomplish the above object, the adjustable footrest ring of the invention includes an inner sleeve, a quick-release handle, a support frame and a ring. The inner sleeve is used for being put around the central post and has an outer threaded surface, a through slot and a pair of passing holes below the outer threaded surface. The quick-release handle is formed with a through hole at an end thereof. The through hole corresponds to the passing holes for being passed through by a bolt. The inner sleeve is shrunken when the bolt is tightened and the quick-release handle is closed. The support frame has an outer sleeve and support rods radially extending therefrom. An inner threaded surface is formed inside the outer sleeve so as to screw the outer sleeve onto the inner sleeve. The ring is connected to outer ends of the support rods.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
FIG. 1 is a schematic view of the invention assembled with a chair;
FIG. 2 is an exploded view of the invention;
FIG. 3 is an assembled view of the invention; and
FIGS. 4-6 are side views showing the movement of the invention in operation.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Please refer to FIGS. 1 and 2. As shown, the footrest ring of the invention is installed onto a central post 101 of a chair 100.
As shown in FIG. 2, the invention includes an inner sleeve 1, a quick-release handle 4, a support frame 2 and a ring 3. The inner sleeve 1 is used for being put around the central post 101. An outer threaded surface 12 is formed on the inner sleeve 1. The inner sleeve 1 has a through slot 11 so as to make the inner sleeve 1 have a C-shape cross-section. A pair of passing holes 13 is provided below the outer threaded surface 12 and beside the through slot 11. The inner sleeve 1 can be normally keep its original shape or forcedly shrunken because of the through slot 11. Preferably, as shown in the FIG. 2, the outer threaded surface 12 can be a frustum of a hollow cone whose bottom diameter is slightly greater than its top diameter.
The quick-release handle 4 is formed with a through hole 41 at an end thereof. The through hole 41 corresponds to the passing holes 13 for being passed through by a bolt 5. The bolt 5 passes through the through hole 41 and the passing holes 13 to screw with an anti-release nut 6. In the shown embodiment, the bolt 5 is of a T-shape for being rotated by a hand. The inner sleeve 1 can be shrunken to clamp the central post 101 when the bolt 5 with the nut 6 is tightened and the quick-release handle 4 is closed.
Referring to FIG. 2 again, the support frame 2 includes an outer sleeve 21 and a plurality of support rods 32 radially extending therefrom. Each support rods 32 has an identical length. An inner threaded surface 22 is formed inside the outer sleeve 21 so as to be able to screw the outer sleeve 21 onto the inner sleeve 1. In the shown embodiment, the support rods 32 are fastened to the outer sleeve 21 by separately inserting the support rods 21 into first fixing holes 23 in the outer sleeve 21. Of course, other fastening manners are also available, for example, welding or screwing. In correspondence to the shape of the outer threaded surface 12, the inner threaded surface 22 is conical in shape. Because of the conic shapes of the threaded surfaces 12, 22, the outer sleeve 21 can be firmly screwed onto the inner sleeve.
Please refer to FIG. 3. The ring 3 includes a ring body 31 which connects to outer ends of the support rods 32 and anti-slip pads 33 on the ring body 31. The ring body 31 is provided with second fixing holes 311 for being inserted by the support rods 21. Alternatively, as abovementioned, the junction between the support rods 21 and the ring body 31 may be welding, screwing or any other fastening manners. As a result, the ring 3 is assembled with the outer sleeve 21 so as to rotate conjunctively.
Please refer to FIG. 4. The footrest ring of the invention is fastened around a central post 101 of a chair 100 by pressing down the quick-handle so that the inner sleeve 1 cannot be moved any longer. The support frame 2 is fastened onto the inner sleeve 1 by screwing the inner and outer threaded surfaces 12, 13. When a user wants to adjust the position of the footrest ring, as shown in FIG. 5, loosen the outer sleeve 21 with respect to the inner sleeve 1 and open the quick-release handle 4, such that the inner sleeve 1 can be slid along the central post 101. As shown in FIG. 6, when the footrest ring has been moved to a desired position, close the quick-release handle 4 and screw up the outer sleeve 21 with the inner sleeve 1 to re-position the footrest ring.
It will be appreciated by persons skilled in the art that the above embodiment has been described by way of example only and not in any limitative sense, and that various alterations and modifications are possible without departure from the scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.