Information
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Patent Grant
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6634717
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Patent Number
6,634,717
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Date Filed
Thursday, November 15, 200123 years ago
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Date Issued
Tuesday, October 21, 200321 years ago
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Inventors
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Original Assignees
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Examiners
- Cuomo; Peter M.
- Burnham; Sarah C.
Agents
- Antonelli, Terry, Stout & Kraus, LLP
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CPC
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US Classifications
Field of Search
US
- 297 4472
- 297 4462
- 297 4474
- 297 4482
- 297 160
- 297 170
- 297 171
- 297 45214
- 297 45215
- 297 288
- 297 286
- 297 294
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International Classifications
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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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