Service chair and rotatable operators seat

Abstract

A service chair and rotatable operators seat which may be used in such service applications as a barber chair, dentist chair or the like, and includes a seat and backrest mounted on a shaft, with an independently rotatable operators seat mounted on the shaft for accessing a person in the chair. In a preferred embodiment the operators seat is mounted on an air cylinder to facilitate a vertical cushioning adjustment of the operator and the operators seat is attached to the chair mount shaft by a telescoping seat mount and seat mount extension. In another embodiment footrests are provided on the seat mount and the operating seat is removable from the seat mount cylinder or alternative support for application to a conventional set of chair legs. In still another embodiment of the invention the seat mount cylinder or alternative seat support and cooperating telescoping footrest mount is provided with a roller to contact the supporting surface and facilitate ease in rotatably adjusting the operators seat with respect to the chair.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The invention will be better understood by reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of the service chair and rotatable operator's seat of this invention;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the service chair and rotatable operators seat illustrated in FIG. 1, more particularly illustrating a preferred 360-degree rotation of the operators seat with respect to the service chair;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view, partially exploded, of the rotatable operators seat, with the service chair removed for brevity and the operators seat adjusted outwardly from the chair base;

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of the rotatable operators seat illustrated in FIG. 3, more particularly illustrating inward adjustment of the operators seat toward the chair base;

FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the operators seat removed from the service chair assembly and positioned on a chair leg mount having multiple chair rollers, such that the operators seat can be used in conventional fashion as an office chair or the like;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of another preferred embodiment, of the service chair and rotatable operators seat of this invention;

FIG. 7 is a side elevation of the service chair and rotatable operating seat illustrated in FIG. 6, with the service chair removed for brevity and the operators seat adjusted inwardly; and

FIG. 8 is a side view of the rotatable operators seat illustrated in FIG. 7, more particularly illustrating adjustment of the operators seat in a desired extended configuration outwardly of the chair base.

Claims

1. A service chair comprising a chair base for resting on a surface; a mount shaft extending from said chair base; a service chair carried by said mount shaft; an operators seat mount rotatably carried by said mount shaft beneath said service chair; and an operators seat provided on said operators seat mount, wherein said operators seat and said operators seat mount are rotatably adjustable on said mount shaft with respect to said service chair.

2. The service chair of claim 1 wherein said operators seat mount comprises a seat mount element rotatably carried by said mount shaft and a seat mount extension linearly adjustably carried by said seat mount element for receiving said operators seat, wherein said operators seat is adjustable and rotatable around said mount shaft.

3. The service chair of claim 1 wherein said operators seat is removably attached to said mount shaft.

4. The service chair of claim 2 wherein said operators seat is removably attached to said seat mount extension.

5. The service chair of claim 3 comprising a chair leg mount for removably receiving said operators seat and a plurality of wheels provided on said chair leg mount for engaging the surface and providing mobility for said operators seat and said chair leg mount.

6. The service chair of claim 5 wherein said operators seat mount comprises a seat mount element rotatably carried by said mount shaft and a seat mount extension linearly adjustably carried by said seat mount element for receiving said operators seat, wherein said operators seat is adjustable and rotatable around said mount shaft.

7. The service chair of claim 1 comprising an air cylinder provided on said operators seat mount for receiving and cushioning said operators seat and a roller provided on said air cylinder for contacting the surface and enhancing rotation of said operators chair around said service chair.

8. The service chair of claim 7 wherein said operators seat mount comprises a seat mount element rotatably carried by said mount shaft and a seat mount extension linearly adjustably carried by said seat mount element for receiving said operators seat, wherein said operators seat is adjustable and rotatable around said mount shaft.

9. The service chair of claim 8 wherein said operators seat is removably attached to said mount shaft.

10. The service chair of claim 9 comprising a chair leg mount for removably receiving said operators seat and a plurality of wheels provided on said chair leg mount for engaging the surface and providing mobility for rotation of said operating seat and said chair leg mount.

11. The service chair of claim 1 comprising a footrest provided on said operators seat mount for receiving and resting the feet of an operator seated on said operators seat.

12. The service chair of claim 11 wherein said operators seat mount comprises a seat mount element rotatably carried by said mount shaft and a seat mount extension linearly adjustably carried by said seat mount element for receiving said operators seat, wherein said operators seat is adjustable and rotatable around said mount shaft.

13. The service chair of claim 12 comprising an air cylinder provided on said operators seat mount for receiving and cushioning said operators seat and a roller provided on said air cylinder for contacting the surface and enhancing rotation of said operators chair around said mount shaft.

14. A service chair and rotatable operators seat comprising a chair base for placement on a surface; a mount shaft extending upwardly from said chair base; a service chair rotatably carried by said mount shaft; a seat mount rotatably carried by said mount shaft beneath said service chair; a seat mount extension adjustably engaging said seat mount; and an operators seat provided on said seat mount, wherein said operators seat and said seat mount extension are adjustable and rotatable with respect to said seat mount and said service chair.

15. The service chair of claim 14 wherein said operators seat is removably attached to said mount shaft.

16. The service chair of claim 15 comprising a chair leg mount for removably receiving said operators seat and a plurality of wheels provided on said chair leg mount for engaging the surface and providing mobility for said operators seat and said chair leg mount.

17. The service chair of claim 14 comprising an air cylinder provided on said operators seat mount for receiving and cushioning said operators seat and a roller provided on said air cylinder for contacting the surface and enhancing rotation of said operators chair around said mount shaft.

18. The rotatable service chair of claim 14 comprising at least one footrest provided on said operators seat mount for receiving and resting the feet of an operator seated on said operators seat.