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Granted Patent B2
US 9,700,138 · App. 15/042,336 · Granted Jul 11, 2017

Seating furniture product

Inventors: Andreas Rechtien (Porta Westfalica, DE); Detlef Trutwig (Lauenau, DE); Carsten Gehner (Hannover, DE)
Assignee: Wilkhahn Wilkening + Hahne GmbH + Co.
A47C1/024A47C1/032A47C1/03255
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Patent No.
US 9,700,138
App. No.
15/042,336
Granted
Jul 11, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A seating furniture product, with a support surface unit which forms a seat part and a backrest connected directly to the seat part, and with a frame, wherein the seat part is connected to the frame by means of a swivel joint allowing a rotation about a swivel axis aligned transversely to the seating furniture product and the backrest is connected to the frame by a fastening point, is characterized in that the distance between the fastening point and the swivel joint can be changed in terms of the vertical direction of the seating furniture product, such that changing this distance is accompanied by a change in the inclination alignment of the seat part.

Claims (21)

1. Seating furniture product comprising:

a frame; and

a support surface unit including a seat part and a backrest connected directly to the seat part, wherein the seat part is connected to the frame by means of a swivel joint allowing a rotation about a swivel axis aligned transversely to the seating furniture product and the backrest is connected to the frame by a fastening point movable to a plurality of fixed positions, each of said plurality of fixed positions being at a different distance from the swivel joint in terms of the vertical direction of the seating furniture product, such that moving the fastening point from one of said plurality of fixed positions to another of said plurality of fixed positions is accompanied by a change in the inclination alignment of the seat part.

2. Seating furniture product comprising:

a frame including a backrest base support and a slide; and

a support surface unit including a seat part and a backrest connected directly to the seat part, wherein the seat part is connected to the frame by means of a swivel joint allowing a rotation about a swivel axis aligned transversely to the seating furniture product, and the backrest is connected to the frame by a fastening point provided by said slide, wherein the distance between the fastening point and the swivel joint can be changed in terms of the vertical direction of the seating furniture product by moving the slide along the backrest base support portion, and changing the distance between the fastening point and the swivel joint is accompanied by a change in the inclination alignment of the seat part.

3. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the fastening point can be fixed in position at different distances from the swivel joint.

4. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , including a locking mechanism to lock the movement of the slide in at least one locking position.

5. Seating furniture product according to claim 4 , wherein moving the slide to a release position and positioning the fastening point at a maximum distance from the swivel joint locks the movement of the slide.

6. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the fastening point comprises a swivel joint allowing rotation about a swivel axis aligned transversely to the seating furniture product.

7. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the seat part has a saddle part which can swivel in relation to a base element of the seat part about a pivot axis aligned transversely to the seating furniture product.

8. Seating furniture product of claim 7 wherein the saddle part is arranged essentially flush inside a corresponding recess in the base element of the seat part.

9. Seating furniture product according to claim 7 , including a mechanism, by means of which a pivot angle (β) between the base element of the seat part and the saddle part is increased as the distance between the fastening point and the swivel joint increases.

10. Seating furniture product of claim 9 , wherein the mechanism retains the saddle part in substantial horizontal alignment, when the inclination alignment of the base element of the seat part is changed.

11. Seating furniture product according to claim 9 , including a transmission element coupled with the fastening point and supporting the saddle part at a position at a distance from the pivot axis.

12. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the support surface unit is designed to be deformable and the fastening point comprises a swivel joint allowing rotation about a swivel axis aligned in a longitudinal direction of the seating furniture product.

13. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the fastening point is arranged centrally in relation to the transverse direction of the backrest.

14. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the frame has a seat base connected to the seat part by the swivel joint and a backrest support connected to the backrest by the fastening point, wherein the seat base and the backrest support are connected by a swivel joint allowing rotation about a swivel axis aligned transversely to the seating furniture product.

15. Seating furniture product according to claim 14 , wherein the backrest support is adjustable in relation to the seat base between a first, upright attitude and a second, backward leaning attitude, wherein an angle (a) between the seat part and the backrest in the second attitude is greater than in the first attitude.

16. Seating furniture product according to claim 14 , wherein the backrest support is adjustable in relation to the seat base between a first, upright attitude and a second, backward leaning attitude, wherein a re-adjustment between the two attitudes causes a front edge of the seat part to move in the vertical direction of the seating furniture product.

17. Seating furniture product according to claim 2 , wherein the swivel joint allows rotation about a vertical swivel axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2016
From: RECHTIEN, ANDREAS; TRUTWIG, DETLEF; GEHNER, CARSTEN
To: WILKHAHN WILKENING+ HAHNE GMBH+ CO.
Reel/Frame 038010/0563 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 102 007 · Feb 12, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160235203A1 · Aug 18, 2016