1. Field of Invention
The present application relates to a chair chassis and a chair having the chair chassis.
2. Related Art
For the design of the bearing chassis of the current chair, in order to realize leaning back of the chair backrest, the design is more complex, there are more parts and more screws must be used, which is prone to damage or screw loosening, resulting in a failure. Meanwhile, the design of leaning back makes more use of different modes of springs to bear rearward pressure of the backrest, it is difficult to accurately adapt to a user's weight or activity, rearward movement often may produce excessively light or excessively heavy pressure, and thus more parts are required for calibration purposes. In addition, the distance between the backrest and the seat changes when the backrest is rearward, and the backrest rubs the user's back, resulting in discomfort.
An object of the present application is to provide a chair chassis and a chair having the chair chassis to overcome the shortcomings of the prior art, so that the user controls leaning back of the backrest with ease, which may not produce excessively light or excessively heavy pressure, and may reduce or even eliminate discomfort brought about by friction between the backrest and the user's back.
A chair chassis is provided, including a main tray base, a seat bearing plate, a movable support member and a pair of movable supporting plates, where the seat bearing plate is disposed above the main tray base, for bearing a seat, a front end of the movable support member is pivotally connected to the seat bearing plate, a lower end of the movable support member is pivotally connected to the main tray base, a rear end of the movable support member is used for connecting a chair backrest, the front end, the lower end and the rear end of the movable support member are in a triangle relationship and the front end and the rear end are pivotable by taking the lower end as a fulcrum, the pair of movable supporting plates are located in front of the movable support member, upper and lower ends of each movable supporting plate are respectively pivotally connected to the seat bearing plate and the main tray base, so that the seat bearing plate is subject to balanced support when moving with the movable support member, and a pivot where the movable support member and the main tray base are connected is mounted with an elastic member for resisting the movable support member from rotating rearward.
A chair is provided, including a seat and a backrest, and further including the chair chassis, where the chair chassis is connected to the backrest and supports the seat.
According to the present application, when a chair user sits on the chair and leans back against the chair backrest, the movable support member is subject to weight pressure of the user transferred by the seat bearing plate and resistance of the elastic member (equal to an elastic restoring force) on the one hand, and on the other hand, is subject to rearward pressure transferred by the backrest, their torque generates balance by taking a lower end of the movable support member pivotally connected to the main tray base as a fulcrum, if the weight pressure applied by a person is greater, balance is generated when the rearward pressure against the backrest is greater, on the contrary, if the weight pressure applied by a person is smaller, balance can be generated when the rearward pressure against the backrest is smaller. Therefore, in order to adjust rearward angle and position of the backrest, persons with different weights need to apply rearward pressure to the backrest which automatically adapts according to weight pressure applied by the persons and degree of resistance of the elastic member, and this just meets different needs of users with different weights (generally, it is more comfortable for persons with greater weight when the reactive force of the backrest that the back is subject to in the rearward process is greater, while it is more comfortable for persons with less weight when the reactive force is less), so that the user may adjust a rearward angle of the backrest with ease according to his own weight, and control the backrest to stay at an angle most suitable for the pressure produced on the back, so that a condition that the pressure of the backrest on the back is excessively light or excessively oppressive may not occur during rearward adjustment and after the backrest is stabilized at appropriate angle and position. When the user needs to reduce leaning back of the chair backrest, the user only needs to slightly lean forward, at this time, in order to balance a force transferred from the movable support member, the backrest clings to the user's back to move forward, so that the rearward pressure of the user's back and the weight pressure applied by the user plus the current restoring force of the elastic member are kept in a balanced state, while in the forward process, the restoring force of the elastic member decreases, and thus the rearward pressure may also decrease correspondingly, in this way, the user may easily control the backrest for arbitrary adjustment, to reinstate the backrest or adjust the backrest to an angle that satisfies the user.
In addition to the above advantages of adaptation, as during rearward adjustment of the backrest, the seat bearing plate moves toward an upper back direction synchronously with the backrest under the driving of the movable support member, and thus the relative distance between the seat and the backrest may not be widened, which may effectively avoid or significantly reduce friction of the backrest on the back of the user in the rearward process.
In a process that the movable support member rotates back and forth around its fulcrum, a front end thereof pivotally connected to the seat bearing plate drives the corresponding rear end of the seat bearing plate to move along a sector track, that is, it is lifted upward while moving rearward, or its position is lowered while it moves forward, the movable supporting plates located in front of the movable support member provide the seat bearing plate with a bearing force that balances it, with the design that the upper and lower ends of the moveable supporting plates are pivotally connected to the seat bearing plate and the main tray base respectively, in addition to providing the bearing force, the movable supporting plates may also perform pivotal linkage when the movable support member drives the seat bearing plate to move, to keep synchronous with movement of the movable support member. In a preferred embodiment, the size and the mounting position of the pair of movable supporting plates meet a condition that a front end of the seat bearing plate is at a lifted tilt angle relative to a rear end of the seat bearing plate when the movable supporting plates move rearward along with the seat bearing plate. Such a lifted tilt angle makes the user seated more comfortably when leaning back.
In a preferred embodiment, a lock mechanism including a screw, a nut and a line control assembly specially configured is used, the line control assembly is used to control the nut to rotate to different angles, and the nut may be switched to a state of locking the screw or a state that the screw moves freely in the nut, so that the user can lock the screw or release the screw by means of the line control, thereby locking the movable support member and the seat bearing plate at appropriate positions by using the screw, or release the screw, making the movable support member and the seat bearing plate movable, so as to adjust the rearward angle of the backrest.
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In addition to the advantages of adaptation to the weight of the user, as during rearward adjustment of the backrest 9, the seat bearing plate 2 moves toward an upper back direction synchronously with the backrest 9 under the driving of the front end of the movable support member 3, and thus the relative distance between the seat mounted on the seat bearing plate 2 and the backrest 9 may not be widened due to rearward movement of the backrest 9, which may effectively avoid or significantly reduce friction of the backrest 9 on the back of the user in the rearward process.
In a process that the movable support member 3 rotates forward or rearward around a fulcrum at the lower end thereof, a front end thereof pivotally connected to the seat bearing plate 2 drives the corresponding rear end of the seat bearing plate 2 to move along a sector track, that is, it is lifted upward while moving rearward, or its position is lowered while it moves forward. The movable supporting plates 4 located in front of the movable support member 3 provide the front end of the seat bearing plate 2 with a bearing force that balances the seat bearing plate 2, with the design that the upper and lower ends of the moveable supporting plates 4 are pivotally connected to the seat bearing plate 2 and the main tray base 1 respectively, in addition to providing the bearing force, the movable supporting plates 4 may also perform rearward or forward linkage with the movable support member 3 when the movable support member 3 drives the seat bearing plate 2 to move, to keep synchronous with movement of the movable support member 3.
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More preferably, a limit shaft 15 is fixed between the two sidewalls of the movable support member 3, two sidewalls of the main tray base 1 are opened with a limit slot whose shape is identical with the movement track of the movable support member 3, and the limit shaft 15 passes through the limit slot and only can move along the limit slot, so as to restrict the rotation range of the movable support member 3, thereby restricting the movement angle of the backrest 9.
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In a more preferred embodiment, the lower end of the screw 21 is flat, two flat surfaces thereof are in a vertical position, left and right sides have teeth, in the first rotational position of the nut 25, the teeth of the nut 25 are in a vertical position opposite to the flat surfaces, and the inner diameter of left and right directions of the nut 25 is greater than the width of the screw 21, and in the second rotational position of the nut 25 at an angle of 90 degrees with the first rotational position, the teeth of the nut 25 rotate to a lateral position where the teeth of the nut 25 are engaged with the teeth on left and right sides of the screw 21, to lock the screw 21.
With the lock mechanism, the nut 25 can be controlled to rotate to different angles by a line control 31, and the nut 25 can be switched to a state of locking the screw 21, and can also be switched to a state that the screw 21 moves freely in the nut 25, so that the user can lock the screw 21 or release the screw 21 by means of the line control 31, thereby locking the movable support member 3 and the seat bearing plate 2 at appropriate positions by locking the length of the screw 21 inserted into the nut 25, or release the screw 21, making the movable support member 3 and the seat bearing plate 2 movable, so as to adjust the rearward angle of the backrest 9.
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In addition, the chair chassis may further include a lifting regulation component mounted in the main tray base 1, where the lifting regulation component is used for achieving lifting regulation and positioning of the seat. The lifting regulation component may be achieved with the lifting structure of the conventional chair chassis, which is not described in detail herein.
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The words “front” and “rear” herein are in terms of front and rear directions of the chair, for example, the seat 8 is located in front relative to the backrest 9.
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