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Granted Patent B2
US 9,770,107 · App. 14/433,830 · Granted Sep 26, 2017

Seating having an anti-rotation system

Inventor: Josef Glöckl (Kirchheim, DE)
Assignee: aeris GmbH
A47C3/18A47C3/026A47C3/22A47C3/30A47C7/004A47C9/002
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Patent No.
US 9,770,107
App. No.
14/433,830
Granted
Sep 26, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to an active dynamic seating ( 1 ) comprising a foot part ( 2 ) and a pendulum joint ( 10 ) which is rotatably mounted relative to the foot part ( 2 ), a seat ( 3 ) which is rotatably mounted relative to the foot part ( 2 ), and a pendulum column ( 4 ) supporting the seat ( 3 ), said pendulum column ( 4 ) being connected for conjoint rotation with the pendulum joint ( 10 ). The pendulum column ( 4 ) is designed to be resilient in a height direction H and the pendulum column ( 4 ) is provided with anti-rotation means ( 51, 52, 53 ) which rotationally immobilize the pendulum column ( 4 ) relative to the seat ( 3 ) such that the pendulum column ( 4 ) and the seat ( 3 ) can be rotated relative to the foot part ( 2 ) only together with the rotatable pendulum joint ( 10 ).

Claims (25)

1. Seating ( 1 ), in particular actively dynamic seating ( 1 ), comprising the following:

a. a foot part ( 2 ) comprising a pendulum joint ( 10 ) which is mounted rotatably with respect to the foot part ( 2 ),

b. a seat ( 3 ) which is mounted rotatably with respect to the foot part ( 2 ),

c. a pendulum column ( 4 ) which carries the seat ( 3 ), wherein the pendulum column ( 4 ) is rotationally engaged with the pendulum joint ( 10 ),

d. the pendulum column ( 4 ) is formed resiliently in the vertical direction H, and

e. anti-rotation components ( 51 , 52 , 53 ) which are provided on the pendulum column ( 4 ) and fix the pendulum column ( 4 ) in a rotationally engaged manner with respect to the seat ( 3 ), in such a way that the pendulum column ( 4 ) and the seat ( 3 ) can only rotate with respect to the foot part ( 2 ) together with the rotatable pendulum joint ( 10 );

f. wherein the anti-rotation components ( 51 , 52 , 53 ) comprise an anti-rotation web ( 51 ), and two bearing-bush-side anti-rotation rollers ( 52 , 53 ) that are each formed with a bearing roller ( 54 , 55 ) rotatably mounted on a roller cage ( 57 ) and having opposite roller end faces ( 56 ), and lateral guide faces ( 59 ) of the anti-rotation web ( 51 ) are arranged between the roller end faces ( 56 ) of the bearing rollers ( 54 , 55 ).

2. Seating according to claim 1 , characterised in that the pendulum column ( 4 ) further comprises the following:

a. a tubular bearing bush ( 47 ),

b. a spring leg ( 40 ), which can move up and down in the bearing bush ( 47 ) and which comprises a pneumatic spring ( 42 ),

c. a coil spring ( 15 ), which is arranged between an upper and lower spring seat ( 45 , 46 ) of the pendulum column ( 4 ), and the height of the lower spring seat ( 46 ) being adjustable.

3. Seating according to claim 1 , characterised in that at the lower end the pendulum column ( 4 ) comprises a tubular bearing bush ( 47 ), which is connected to the pendulum joint ( 10 ) via a supporting leg ( 14 ).

4. Seating according to claim 3 , characterised in that the spring leg ( 40 ) can move up and down along bearing rollers ( 58 ) arranged inside the bearing bush ( 47 ).

5. Seating according to claim 2 , characterised in that the anti-rotation web ( 51 ) extends in the vertical direction H and is arranged externally on the spring leg ( 40 ), and is mounted with respect to the bearing-bush-side anti-rotation rollers ( 52 , 53 ) in such a way that the spring leg ( 40 ) can carry out an up-and-down movement in the vertical direction H but not a rotational movement in the bearing bush ( 47 ).

6. Seating according to claim 5 , characterised in that at least one of the bearing-bush-side anti-rotation rollers ( 52 , 53 ) forms a rotatable bearing roller ( 58 ) which is supported on a roller cage ( 57 ).

7. Seating according to claim 6 , characterised in that the anti-rotation web ( 51 ) on the spring leg ( 40 ) forms at least one guide face ( 59 ), which is guided along the roller end face ( 56 ) of the bearing roller ( 58 ) formed by the anti-rotation roller ( 52 ) when the spring leg ( 40 ) is resiliently actuated in or counter to the vertical direction H.

8. Seating according to claim 2 , characterised in that a plurality of bearing rollers ( 58 ) are arranged on the bearing bush ( 47 ) in such a way that the roller end faces ( 56 ) thereof are positioned against the outer surface ( 41 ) of the spring leg ( 40 ), without play, and the axes of rotation A thereof are each perpendicular to the vertical direction H in such a way that the spring leg ( 40 ) can be actuated along the bearing rollers ( 58 ) in the vertical direction H.

9. Seating according to claim 2 , characterised in that the pneumatic spring ( 42 ) is enclosed at least in part by a tubular adapter ( 60 ) and non-positively connected thereto.

10. Seating according to claim 9 , characterised in that the tubular adapter ( 60 ) comprises an aluminum tube, on the inner wall of which plastically deformable structures are formed by means of which the tubular adapter ( 60 ) is fixed non-positively on the outer surface of the pneumatic spring ( 42 ).

11. Seating according to claim 2 , characterised in that the pneumatic spring ( 42 ) comprises a first portion ( 43 ), on which the pneumatic spring ( 42 ) is enclosed by a tubular adapter ( 60 ), and a second portion ( 43 ), on which the pneumatic spring ( 42 ) is rotationally engaged with a seat carrier ( 6 ) of the seat ( 3 ).

12. Seating according to claim 11 , characterised in that the tubular adapter ( 60 ) which encloses the pneumatic spring ( 42 ) is enclosed by a sliding tube ( 62 ) and is rotationally engaged therewith as limited by the anti-rotation components ( 51 , 52 , 53 ), and a lower opening thereof is connected to a metal disc as a central shaft ( 61 ) and a lower end ( 42 a ) of the pneumatic spring ( 42 ) being fixed to the central shaft ( 61 ).

13. Seating according to claim 2 , characterised in that the lower spring seat ( 46 ) is fixed to a supporting leg ( 14 ) by a first thread ( 17 a ) by means of a second thread ( 17 b ) and is adjustable in height H.

14. Seating ( 1 ) according to claim 1 , characterised in that the seat ( 3 ) has an apparatus ( 16 ) for defining the rearward direction R and it being possible to deflect the pendulum joint ( 10 ) to different extents relative to the orientation of the apparatus ( 16 ), and a safety apparatus further being provided which makes a smaller, limited deflection of the pendulum column possible in the rearward direction R by comparison with other directions.

15. Seating ( 1 ) according to claim 14 , characterised in that the apparatus ( 16 ) forms a backrest ( 7 ).

16. Seating ( 1 ) according to claim 14 , wherein the pendulum column ( 4 ) is connected to the pendulum joint ( 10 ) via a supporting leg ( 14 ), and the safety apparatus comprises an articulation bowl ( 12 ) that receives the supporting leg ( 14 ) in such a way that the supporting leg ( 14 ) can carry out pendulum movements inside the articulation bowl ( 12 ), and the articulation bowl ( 12 ) is provided with a deflection limiting system ( 13 ) configured to limit deflection in the rearward direction R.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 8, 2015
From: GLOECKL, JOSEF
To: AERIS GMBH
Reel/Frame 035802/0744 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2015
From: GLÖCKL, JOSEF
To: AERIS GMBH
Reel/Frame 035367/0111 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 12189319 · Oct 19, 2012 · regional
Continuity (1)
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