Tilting chair

Information

  • Patent Grant
  • 6634717
  • Patent Number
    6,634,717
  • Date Filed
    Thursday, November 15, 2001
    23 years ago
  • Date Issued
    Tuesday, October 21, 2003
    21 years ago
  • Inventors
  • Original Assignees
  • Examiners
    • Cuomo; Peter M.
    • Burnham; Sarah C.
    Agents
    • Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP
Abstract
A tilting chair comprising: a support board integrating a seat and back support to be elastically transformable backwards when a user places pressure onto the back support; a frame having a back support part, horizontally coupled at an external surface of the back support, a pair of rear legs extending from both left and right sides of the back supporting part downwards the floor, a pair of feet bent at ends of the rear legs and extending forwardly along the floor surface, a pair of front legs extending upwardly from the front ends of the feet, a front side seat support part bent and extending at both upper ends of the front legs to support the front portion of the seat, and a rear side seat support part connecting a center portion of the rear legs to support the rear portion of the seat; and flanges and coupling units respectively assembled at an external surface of the back support part and the lower surface of the seat to make a user feel comfortable because the back support is smoothly tilted backwards when the chair is tilted to easily control tilting force and range depending upon the user and to maintain it's a tilted angle with even a small degree of effort.
Description




BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION




1. Field of the Invention




The present invention relates to a chair, and more particularly to a tilting, public chair.




2. Brief Description of the Prior Art




In general, an office chair has multiple uses as an individual office chair mostly used at personal business offices or study rooms and a public chair used at a large-scale space like a conference or lecture room.




The individual office chair has a tilting function to reduce a user's fatigue from long hours of work by having the back tilted backwards when a user leans onto the back of the chair. In order to include the tilting function as such, a chair should be made with a particular tilting structure by the addition of a spring or other resilient materials according to a complicated manufacturing process.




On the other hand, the public office chair a firmly coupled back supporting board and seat anchored to the supporting frame. As a result, it has only a function to provide seating at a low price, but fails to offer any comfort to a user.




Therefore, the conventional public chair has a problem of providing long hours of sitting making the user very tired because the back supporting board is not tilted at all.




Besides, even if the user stretches backwards to relieve physical strain, only the neck part is stretched because of the fixed shape of the back supporting board which reduces the stretching effect without relief of the user's exhaustion.




SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION




It is an object of the present invention to solve the aforementioned problems and provide a tilting chair whose frame can be modified and tilted by letting its back supporting board thereof be tilted backwards, to thereby help a user to effectively stretch backwards and to easily relieve fatigue.




It is another object of the present invention to provide a tilting chair that has a function to easily control its tilting force and range depending upon a user and that can maintain a tilting angle with even a small degree of force.




It is still another object of the present invention to provide a tilting chair having a shelf for holding a user's materials and a writing board which can perform its intended function without affecting the tilting function.




In order to accomplish the aforementioned objects of the present invention, there is provided a tilting chair comprising:




a support board integrating a seat and a back support to be elastically transformable backwards when pressure is applied to the back support;




a frame which comprises a back support part tightly, horizontally coupled at an external surface of the back support, a pair of rear legs bent downwards and extending at both left and right sides of the back support part, a pair of feet bending at ends of the rear legs and extending forwards, a pair of front legs extending upwards from front ends of the feet, a seat front side support part bending and extending at both upper ends of the front legs to support a front portion of the seat, and a rear side seat support part connecting a center portion of the rear legs to support the rear portion of the seat;




flanges longitudinally coupled at the bottom surface of the seat;




a first coupling unit mounted at the front side of the flanges which fixes the front side seat support part; and




a second coupling unit mounted at the rear side of the flanges which fixes the seat rear side support part; and wherein




the second coupling unit has a head part, a tail part and a connecting protrusion formed at the end of the tail part to allow the rear side seat support part to slide along the tail part within a range between the head part and the connecting protrusion.




The chair further comprises:




a flange unit mounted on the external surface of the back support and formed with a plurality of flanges spaced with a predetermined spacing therebetween;




a pair of bushes fitting with the flange unit and releasably coupled to each other to insert the back support part therebetween; and




a third coupling unit having a plurality of projections which fit between the flanges of the flange unit.




Furthermore, the back support of the support board comprises a plurality of long holes formed to make a user easily lift the chair; a concave part formed at a portion where the seat and back support meet and grooved horizontally face each other to allow the back support to transform when pressure is applied to the back support; and the front end of the seat of the support board is formed with a downwardly curved surface to prevent the front end of the seat from pressing into the user's thigh, and pairs of shoes respectively coupled at both sides of the feet with connecting protrusions formed to face each other for easy connection to another chair.




The chair further comprises;




a front horizontal part extending in parallel to the front side seat support part from the center portion of the front legs ; and




a shelf whose with a front portion connected to the front horizontal part and a rear portion connected to the rear side seat support part; and wherein




the shelf further comprises horizontal racks connected to the front horizontal part and rear connecting racks rotatively coupled with a vertical part at the rear side of the horizontal racks and connected to the rear side seat support part.




Furthermore, a pair of horizontally extending parts extends a length in parallel to the seat at both left and right ends of the back support part; the pair of rear legs are bent toward the floor from an end of the horizontally extended parts; a support rack is coupled at a part where the seat front side support part and the front leg meet and extends upwardly to the height of the horizontally extending part, a board is coupled at the horizontally extending part and the support rack for easy writing; the upper portion of the support rack is coupled with the board by a first fixing bracket; the horizontally extending part is coupled with the board by a second fixing bracket, the first fixing bracket is restricted from relative movement relative to the support rack by a protrusion formed at the support rack when the chair is tilted; and the second fixing bracket is coupled to slide relative to the horizontally extending part when the chair is tilted.











BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS




Objects and aspects of the invention will become apparent from the following description of preferred embodiments with reference to the accompanying drawings in which:





FIG. 1

is a perspective view for illustrating a tilting chair;





FIG. 2

is an exploded, perspective view of the tilting chair shown in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 3

is an elevation of a tilting chair in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 4

is a perspective, exploded view illustrating in detail a coupling part of the seat and frame shown in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 5

is a perspective, exploded view illustrating in detail a coupling part of the back support and frame shown in

FIG. 1

;





FIG. 6

illustrates tilting states of a tilting chair in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 7

is a perspective view illustrating a tilting chair in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 8

is an exploded view of a tilting chair in accordance with the second embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 9

is a sequential view for illustrating assembling steps of a shelf onto the second embodiment of the invention of

FIG. 7

;





FIG. 10

is a perspective view illustrating a tilting chair in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 11

is an exploded perspective view for illustrating a tilting chair in accordance with the third embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 12

illustrates a tilting chair including a writing board positioned in a folded up position in accordance with the third embodiment of the present invention;





FIG. 13

illustrates a coupling state of the support rack shown in

FIG. 11

;





FIG. 14

is a cross-sectional view cut along arrow-marked line A—A shown in

FIG. 13

;





FIG. 15

is a cross-sectional view cut along arrow-marked line B—B show in

FIG. 13

; and





FIG. 16

illustrates a tilting state of a tilting chair with its shelf and writing board coupled altogether.











DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION




Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to accompanying drawings.





FIGS. 1 and 2

are respectively a perspective view and an exploded, perspective view for illustrating a tilting chair in accordance with a first embodiment of the present invention.




As shown in the drawings, the tilting chair of the first embodiment of the present invention is constructed with a back support


32


, and a seat


30


integrated with the back support. A support board


34


is elastically transformable backwards when a user puts pressure onto the back support


32


. A frame


36


is attached to the back support


32


and the support board


34


.




At this time, the frame


36


is made of an elastic metal rod, including: a back support part


38


tightly, horizontally coupled at the external surface of the back support


32


; a pair of horizontally extended parts


40


and


40


′ extending a predetermined length in parallel to the seat


30


at both left and right ends of the back support part


38


; a pair of rear legs


42


and


42


′ bent and extending from the ends of the horizontally extended parts


40


and


40


′ downwards to the floor surface, a pair of feet


44


and


44


′ bent at ends of the rear legs


42


and


42


′ and extending forwards along the floor surface, a pair of front legs


46


and


46


′ extending upwards from the front ends of the feet


44


and


44


′, a front side seat support part


48


bent and extending from both upper ends of the front legs


46


and


46


′ to support the front portion of the seat


30


and a seat rear side support part


50


which connects the center of the rear legs


42


and


42


′ to support the rear portion of the seat


30


.




Arm supports


52


and


52


′ cover the pair of horizontally extended parts


40


and


40


′ and shoes


54


and


54


′ fit both sides of the feet


44


and


44


′ for easy alignment of chairs without directly touching the floor.





FIG. 2

illustrates an exploded view of the embodiment of FIG.


1


.




As shown in

FIG. 3

, the seat


30


of the support board


34


has a front end with a downwardly curved surface to make a user feel more comfortable when the thigh touches the front end of the seat


30


. Furthermore, a concave part


56


is formed at a portion where the seat


30


and the back support


32


meet, as seen from the lateral side of the chair. The concave part


56


is bent rearwardly to be easily deform without causing damage when user puts pressure onto the back support


32


. The concave part


56


makes the back support


32


more flexible to transform the shape of the chair.




In addition, the concave part


56


, as shown in

FIG. 2

, has grooves which horizontally face each other, which allows the back support


32


to easily transform when the user puts pressure onto the back support with the users back.




At this time, the seat


30


and the back support


32


are respectively shaped as a curved surface which is suitable for a user's hip and back.




A pair of flanges


58


and


58


′ are mounted longitudinally on the bottom surface of the seat


30


and coupled with the seat front side support part


48


and the seat rear side support part


50


of the frame


36


. The pair of flanges


58


and


58


′are formed at two positions in the horizontal direction of the seat


30


. The pair of flanges


58


and


58


′ are spaced apart by spacing so that first and second coupling units, which are described below, can be put therebetween.




A plurality of horizontally disposed elongated holes


60


are formed in the back support


32


and the concave part


56


at a predetermined spacing along the vertical direction of the back support


32


.




Furthermore, two flange units


64


having a plurality of flanges


62


are mounted on the external surface of the back support


32


, with a predetermined spacing along the width direction of the back support, and are coupled to back support part


38


. The flanges


62


have a spacing along the width so that each projection of a third coupling unit, which is described below, can be fit therebetween.




The back support part


38


of the frame


36


is formed in a shape of a curve, identical to an external shape of the back support


32


. If the horizontally extending part


40


of a chair is long, it is difficult to put many chairs together. Therefore, it is preferable that the length of the horizontally extended part


40


is ⅓ of the length of the seat


30


.




The front side seat support part


48


and the rear side seat support part


50


are roughly at the same height. At this time, the rear seat side support part


50


is slightly protruding at the rear legs


42


and


42


′ in a lower, direction and extends in parallel with the seat front side support part


48


.




The arm supports


52


and


52


′ and shoes


54


and


54


′ are made of a plastic material. Longitudinal groove slots


68


and


66


respectively of the arm supports


52


and


52


′ and shoes


54


and


54


′, have a diameter identical to that of the rod frame


36


to fit to the horizontally extending parts


40


and


40


′ and the feet


44


and


44


′. The cross-section of the groove slots


68


and


66


are formed with an arc, slightly larger than a semicircle. Therefore, if the arm supports


52


and


52


′ and shoes


54


and


54


′ are pushed with their groove slots


68


and


66


onto the rod of the horizontally extending parts


40


and


40


′ and feet


44


and


44


′, the groove slots


68


and


66


of the plastic arm supports


52


and


52


′ and shoes


54


and


54


′ are easily widened for easy insertion, but no detachment of plastic material occurs because of elasticity thereof.




At this time, the shoes


54


and


54


′ are respectively coupled at both sides of the feet


44


and


44


′, and protrusions


69


and


69


′ are formed at the lateral sides of the shoes


54


and


54


′. The protrusions


69


and


69


′ which are coupled at both sides of the feet


44


and


44


′, are formed to face each other, thereby permitting easy attachment of the shoes


54


and


54


′ to other chairs.





FIG. 4

is an exploded, perspective view illustrating a coupling part of the seat and frame as seen from the bottom of the seat.




As shown in

FIG. 4

, a first coupling unit


70


fits between the front sides of flanges


58


and


58


′ at the lower side of the seat


30


for coupling the front side seat support part


48


with fastening members


72


. Furthermore, a second coupling unit


74


fits between the rear sides of flanges


58


and


58


′ for coupling the rear side seat support part


50


with fastening members


76


.




A pair of grooves


78


having a straight inclined rear side and a front side formed as a circular arc, are formed at the front side of the flanges


58


and


58


′ for the front side seat support part


48


to be easily accommodated and connected. A connecting part


80


is formed at the rear portion of the flanges


58


and


58


′ of the rear support seat part


50


to be supported without being pushed forwards. The rear portion of the connecting part


80


has a low part for easy attachment to the rear side seat support part


50


.




The first coupling unit


70


has convex portions at the sides thereof and a concave portion at the center thereof. The front side seat support part


48


is inserted into the concave part. The second coupling unit


74


has a tail part


81


extending from its head to the rear side. A connecting protrusion


83


is formed at the end of the tail part


81


to restrict a range that the second coupling unit


74


may slide, so that the rear side seat support part


50


is connected at a part where the head and tail part


81


meet. Thus, if the second coupling unit


74


is coupled, the external surface of the tail part


81


protrudes slightly higher than the rear portion of the connecting part


80


of the frame.





FIG. 5

is a perspective, exploded view illustrating a coupling part of the back support and frame of the present invention as seen from behind the back support.




As shown in

FIG. 5

, the flange units


64


, having a plurality of flanges


62


formed at the external surface of the back support


32


, are shaped with a ridge at two sides thereof and a valley at the center thereof. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, there are three flanges


62


in each flange unit


64


.




A pair of bushes


82


and


82


′ are detachably inserted at the valley of the flange units


64


, while the back support part


38


of the frame fits between the bushes


82


and


82


′. The third coupling unit


84


is fixed at the flange units


64


with fastening members


86


, while surrounding the bushes


82


and


82


′.




A protruding part


88


is formed at the external surface of the bush


82


to be inserted at spacing C between the flanges


62


. A connecting hole


90


is formed at the one side of the bush


82


to hold a connecting protrusion


94


which will be described below. Furthermore, a protrusion


92


is formed at the external surface of the bush


82


′ to be connected to a groove (not shown here) in the second coupling unit


84


. The connecting protrusion


94


is formed at the one side of the bush


82


′ to be connected into the connecting hole


90


of the bush


82


. In addition, the aforementioned bushes


82


and


82


′ are molded from acetaldehyde injection molds.




The third coupling unit


84


is shaped like a halfmoon as seen from its lateral side, including a plurality of meshing projections


96


formed at both sides thereof to mesh with the ridge of the flange units


64


and a fastening hole


98


to which the fastening members


86


are fastened.




As shown with the tilting chair in accordance with the first embodiment of the present invention, if a user leans onto the back support


32


to put pressure thereon, the shape of the chair changes from a solid line state to the dot line test state, as shown in FIG.


6


.




In other words, as the back support


32


is tilted backwards, the front leg


46


and rear leg


42


are pushed apart in the opposite directions from both ends of the feet


44


of the frame


36


. Elasticity of the frame


36


and of the support board


34


provides tilting strength, and the back support


32


maintains it's a curved shape. As a result, a user feels comfortable without any pressure on the user's back even when the chair is tilted.




When the chair is tilted, the rear side seat support part


50


slides along the external surface of the tail part


81


of the second coupling unit


74


to support the back side of the seat


30


and the user's weight. Also, the frictional force, that is generated when the seat rear side support part


50


slides, controls the tilting strength because it increases or decreases depending upon the user's weight. If the rear side seat support part


50


slides at a predetermined angle, it is connected by the connecting protrusion


83


, thereby restricting the tilting range.




Therefore, the seat rear side support part and the second coupling unit prevent the back support from excessively tilting backwards by restricting the tilting range. At this time, the back support part


38


is pivoted against the back support


32


.




In addition, a constant level of friction remains between the rear side seat support part


55


and the second coupling unit


74


, so that a level of strength is not required to maintain a desired tilting angle. The back support part


38


is pivoted against the back support


32


when the chair is tilted. At this time, the back support part


38


is shaped in a curve. A pair of the acetaldehyde bushes


82


and


82


′ partially provide a linear movement range around the same axle to thereby prevent friction and abrasion of the pivot.




Furthermore, connecting protrusions of another chair are inserted into the connecting protrusions


69


and


69


′ of the shoes


54


and


54


′ which fit onto the feet


44


and


44


′ for an easy alignment.





FIGS. 7 and 8

are respectively a perspective view and an exploded, perspective view for illustrating a stackable, tilting chair in accordance with a second embodiment of the present invention.




As shown in the drawings, in the second embodiment of the present invention, a shelf


100


is mounted under the seat


30


of the first embodiment of the present invention to conveniently place a user's belongings.




In other words, a front horizontal part


102


extends in parallel to the seat front side support part


48


from the center of the front legs


46


. The shelf


100


is coupled with its front portion being connected to the front horizontal part


102


and with its rear portion being connected to the seat rear side support part


50


.




The front horizontal part


102


is bent to the rear in a curved shape.




In the shelf


100


, lengthwise rods


105


,


105


′ and


106


are in the shape of a long, thin steel curve and are aligned at a predetermined spacing between horizontal connecting racks


104


and


104


′ which hold onto the horizontal part


102


. The lengthwise rods


105


,


105


′ and


106


are connected together by horizontal rod


108


. Rear connecting racks


114


are constructed with center part


110


in parallel to the horizontal rod


108


at the rear end of the horizontal hitching racks


104


and


104


′, and vertical parts


112


and


112


′ vertically extend and are bent at both ends of the center part


110


.




At this time, the horizontal connecting racks


104


and


104


′ extend at their front side to prevent any horizontal movement of the shelf. Front loops


116


and


116


′ are formed at the ends of the horizontal connecting racks


104


and


104


′ to be connected to both ends of the front horizontal part


102


. The rear loops


118


and


118


′ are formed at the rear ends of the horizontal connecting racks


104


and


104


′, and the bent parts of the rear connecting racks


114


are shaped to be rotated and coupled with the rear loops


118


and


118


′.




The rear end of the lengthwise rods


105


and


105


′ is bent upwards. The front end of the vertical rod


106


is bent downwards to prevent easy detachment, after being assembled, even when the chair is tilted. At this time, the downwardly bent front end of the lengthwise rod


106


is connected to the front horizontal part


102


.




Loops


120


and


120


′ are formed at the end of the rear connecting racks


114


to be connected to both sides of the seat rear side support part


50


.




The shelf


100


, as shown in

FIG. 9

, is completely assembled by holding the front loops


116


and


116


′ of the horizontal hitching racks


104


and


104


′ at both ends of the front horizontal part


102


, pulling the rear connecting racks


114


toward the rear legs


42


and


42


′, turning the vertical parts


112


and


112


′ of the rear connecting rack


114


upwards in the counter-clock direction and connecting the loop


120


and


120


′ to both ends of the seat rear side support part


50


.




As described above, the shelf


100


is useful for conveniently holding a variety of a user's belongings, and, after complete assembly, the shelf is strong enough to avoid any structural problem at its fixed parts when the chair is tilted.





FIGS. 10 through 12

are exploded, perspective views for illustrating a stackable tilting chair in accordance with a third embodiment of the present invention.




As shown in the drawings, in the third embodiment of the present invention, a support rack


122


extends upwards to the height of the horizontally extended part


40


′ at a part where the seat front side support part


48


and the front leg


46


′ meet. A writing board


124


is coupled between the horizontally extended part


40


′ and the support rack


122


. The user can conveniently take notes with the writing board


124


. First and second fixing brackets


126


and


128


are connected to the horizontally extended part


40


′ and the support rack


122


with a fastening member


125


.




At this time, the support rack


122


of a rod is fixed at the upper part of the front leg


46


′, extends upwards and is horizontally bent to form a triangular shape, extends downwards and, finally, is bent and fixed at the front side seat support part


48


. In addition, a protrusion


131


is formed at the straight line part


129


of the triangular shape of the support rack


122


to prevent any relative movement between the writing board


124


and the support rack


122


, and the first fixing bracket


126


is restrained at the corner of the triangle of the support rack


122


.




The writing board


124


has a straight external portion and an inner portion shaped like a table tennis racket. The first and second fixing brackets


126


and


128


are coupled at the straight external portion. Furthermore, a protrusion


130


is formed at the front, upper surface of the writing board. A single line groove


132


is formed widthwise at the protrusion


130


along the writing board for accommodating a writing instrument such as a ball point pen.




A journal part


134


is formed in the middle of the first fixing bracket


126


for a contact with the straight line part


129


of the support rack, and a pair of flanges


136


and


136


′ are also included with through holes at both sides of the first fixing bracket


126


.




The second fixing bracket


128


is formed to be foldable because it's a cover


138


and body


140


thereof are connected by a connecting part


142


. Therefore, the horizontally extended part


40


′ is accommodated at the journal part


143


of the body


140


and the cover


138


is rotated to cover the horizontal part


40


′. Then, the second fixing bracket


128


is fixed at the bottom surface of the writing board


124


with a fixing member


125


. At this time, the arm support is not present at the horizontally extended part


40


′ where the second fixing bracket


128


is coupled.




At this time, a convex part


144


is formed at the journal part


143


for relatively convenient sliding relative to the horizontally extended part


40


′, and reinforcing ribs can be mounted at the external surface of the body


140


. The convex part


146


is formed to touch the horizontally extended part


40


′ when the cover is placed.




As described above, the first and second fixing brackets


126


and


128


are a loosely coupled to the support rack


122


and the horizontally extended part


40


′. As shown in

FIG. 12

, the writing board


124


can be folded outwards. The structure as such makes a user stand up and sit down comfortably.




Besides, as shown in

FIGS. 13 through 15

, U- or G-shaped clamps


152


and


152


′ are welded at the lower part of the support rack


122


, and convex protrusions


150


and


150


′ are formed by punching to firmly fix the support rack at the front leg and the seat front side support part.




In accordance with the third embodiment of the present invention, a user can take notes with a pen on the writing board


124


while attending a lecture or a seminar without any influence of a tilted chair because the writing board is firmly fastened, even if there may be a slight movement of the back support and arm holders when the chair is tilted by the user. At this time, a writing instrument is conveniently accommodated in the groove


132


formed at the front portion of the writing board


124


, so that the groove is useful for storing the writing instrument while the user stops taking notes and for using it again later.





FIG. 16

illustrates an elevation view of a tilting chair with its shelf and writing board coupled altogether when the chair is tilted.




As shown in the drawing, if a user exerts pressure onto the back support


32


of the support board


34


, the chair changes from the shape indicated by a solid line to the shape indicated by a dotted line, while maintaining a tilted state.




At this time, the first fixing bracket


126


prevents movement relative to the straight part


129


of the support rack


122


with the protrusion


131


, but the second fixing bracket


128


moves relatively to the horizontally extended part


40


′ to provide an easy tilting function of the chair.




Furthermore, the rear connecting rack


114


of the shelf is freely rotated at the rear loop


118


of the horizontal rack


104


, so that the shelf may change shape depending on the tilting of the chair, which makes the tilting of the chair easier. The front part of the vertical rod


106


is restrained by the middle part of the front horizontal part


102


, thereby effectively preventing detachment of the shelf.




As described above, there are advantages in the tilting chair of the present invention in that a user feels comfortable without any pressure being placed onto the user's back when stretching the body backwards because the chair is tilted. The chair has a function of being easy to control it's the tilting force and range depending upon a user and in that the chair can maintain its tilted angle with even a small degree of effort.




Moreover, the tilting chair of the present invention has another advantage in performing the tilting function without any influence from the shelf, on which a user may place materials, and a writing board, on which the user may take notes.



Claims
  • 1. A tilting chair comprising:a support board including an integrated seat and a back support which may be elastically transformed backwards when pressure is applied to the back support; a frame comprising a back support part, horizontally coupled to an external surface of the back support, a pair of rear legs bent downwards and extending from left and right sides of the back support, a pair of feet bent at ends of the rear legs and extending forwardly, a pair of front legs extending upwardly from front ends of the feet, a bent front side seat support part which extends to upper ends of the front legs to support a front portion of the seat, and a rear side seat support part connected to a center portion of the rear legs to support a rear portion of the seat; flanges longitudinally coupled at a bottom surface of the seat; a first coupling unit, mounted at a front side of the flanges, which fixes the front side seat support part; and a second coupling unit, mounted at a rear side of the flanges, which fixes the rear side seat support part; and wherein the second coupling unit comprises a head part, a tail part and a connecting protrusion formed at an end of the tail part which allows the rear side seat support part to slide along the tail part within a range between the head part and the connecting protrusion.
  • 2. A chair, as defined in claim 1, comprising:a flange unit mounted on an external surface of the back support and formed with a plurality of spaced apart flanges positioned with a predetermined spacing from each other; a pair of bushes fitting with the flange unit and releasably coupled to each other to permit insertion of the back support part therebetween; and a third coupling unit comprising a plurality of extensions which fit between the flanges of the flange unit.
  • 3. A chair, as defined in claim 1, wherein:the back support comprises a plurality of elongated holes permitting a user to lift the chair; a concave part is formed at a portion where the seat and back support meet and are grooved to horizontally face each other to allow the back support to transform when pressure is applied to the back support; and a front end of the seat of the support board is formed with a downwardly curved surface to prevent a front end of the seat from pressing onto a user's thigh.
  • 4. A chair, as defined in claim 2, wherein:the back support comprises a plurality of elongated holes permitting a user to lift the chair; a concave part is formed at a portion where the seat and back support meet and are grooved to horizontally face each other to allow the back support to transform when pressure is applied to the back support; and a front end of the seat of the support board is formed with a downwardly curved surface to prevent a front end of the seat from pressing onto a user's thigh.
  • 5. A chair, as defined in claim 1, wherein:pairs of shoes are respectively coupled to the feet with connecting protrusions formed to face each other for connection to another chair.
  • 6. A chair, as defined in claim 2, wherein:pairs of shoes are respectively coupled to the feet with connecting protrusions formed to face each other for connection to another chair.
  • 7. A chair, as defined in claim 1, comprising:a front horizontal part extending from a center portion of the front legs in parallel to the front side seat support part; and a shelf, with a front portion connected to a front horizontal part of the frame and a rear portion connected to the rear side seat support; and wherein the shelf comprises a horizontal rack connected to the front horizontal part and a vertical part rotatively coupled to the horizontal rack at the rear portion and connected to the rear side seat support part.
  • 8. A chair, as defined in claim 2, comprising:a front horizontal part extending from a center portion of the front legs in parallel to the front side seat support part; and a shelf, with a front portion connected to a front horizontal part of the frame and a rear portion connected to the rear side seat support; and wherein the shelf comprises a horizontal rack connected to the front horizontal part and a vertical part rotatively coupled to the horizontal rack at the rear portion and connected to the rear side seat support part.
  • 9. A chair, as defined in claim 1, wherein:a pair of horizontally extending parts extend in parallel to the seat at both left and right ends of the back support; the pair of rear legs are bent toward the floor from an end of the horizontally extending parts; a support rack is coupled at a part where the front side seat support and the front leg meet and extends upwardly to a height of the horizontally extending part; a board is coupled at the horizontally extending parts and at the support rack for providing a writing surface; an upper portion of the support rack is coupled with the board by a first fixing bracket; the horizontally extended parts are coupled with the board by a second fixing bracket; the first fixing bracket is restricted to a relative movement with the support rack by a protrusion formed at the support rack when the chair is tilted; and the second fixing bracket is coupled to slide relative to the horizontally extended part when the chair is tilted.
  • 10. A chair, as defined in claim 2, wherein:a pair of horizontally extending parts extend in parallel to the seat at both left and right ends of the back support; the pair of rear legs are bent toward the floor from an end of the horizontally extending parts; a support rack is coupled at a part where the front side seat support and the front leg meet and extends upwardly to a height of the horizontally extending part; a board is coupled at the horizontally extending parts and at the support rack for providing a writing surface; an upper portion of the support rack is coupled with the board by a first fixing bracket; the horizontally extended parts are coupled with the board by a second fixing bracket; the first fixing bracket is restricted to a relative movement with the support rack by a protrusion formed at the support rack when the chair is tilted; and the second fixing bracket is coupled to slide relative to the horizontally extended part when the chair is tilted.
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