IP Library Granted Patent US 10,206,508
Granted Patent B2
US 10,206,508 · App. 15/518,964 · Granted Feb 19, 2019

Chair, in particular office chair

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Patent No.
US 10,206,508
App. No.
15/518,964
Granted
Feb 19, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention relates to a chair, in particular a conference or visitor chair, which allows a coupled movement of a seat ( 3 ) and a backrest. The seat in this case is mounted in sliding bearings ( 4 ) comprising oblique guide surfaces ( 6 ) and is displaced and raised in the sliding bearings through a mounting end ( 5 ) of the backrest. According to the invention, two separate backrest bars ( 11 ) are provided, which are connected to the mounting ends ( 5 ), wherein the backrest bars can be moved independently of each other. In this way, different seat positions can be realized. Besides an upright standard position, an inclined high position, and an asymmetrical position, in which a one-sided load of a backrest bar ( 11 ) can be realized with a corresponding displacement and rotation of the seat ( 3 ).

Claims (12)

1. An office chair comprising,

a base frame ( 1 , 2 );

a seat ( 3 ); and

a backrest, wherein the backrest includes two side supports that are articulated on the seat ( 3 ) and on the base frame ( 1 , 2 ) swivably independently of each other, wherein the seat ( 3 ) is mounted displacably on the base frame such that a pivoting of the side supports brings about a displacement of the seat ( 3 ),

wherein the seat ( 3 ) includes at least one sliding bearing ( 4 ), and wherein the at least one sliding bearing ( 4 ) comprises an oblique guide surface ( 6 ).

2. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein each side support includes an angled mounting end ( 5 ), each angled mounting end having at least two arms, the seat having a rear end, wherein one arm of each angled mounting end is connected to the rear end of the seat ( 3 ) and the other arm forms a backrest bar ( 7 ).

3. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein the seat ( 3 ) has a front edge, and wherein at least a region of the front edge is mounted in the at least one sliding bearing ( 4 ).

4. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one sliding bearing is designed such that it allows a rotation in addition to a displacement of the seat.

5. The chair according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one sliding bearing comprises a sliding piece ( 41 ) having a ball bearing ( 44 ) and a ball head ( 42 ).

6. The chair according to claim 5 having a spring element ( 10 ) mounted between the seat ( 3 ) and the base frame.

7. The chair according to claim 6 , wherein the spring element is loaded during a displacement of the seat.

8. The chair according to claim 7 having a rod that connects the backrest bars to each other, wherein the rod is articulated on the backrest bars and has inherent elasticity.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 9, 2026
From: HAWORTH, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 074279/0827 →
COLLATERAL ASSIGNMENT OF PATENTS Recorded Dec 1, 2022
From: HAWORTH, INC.; AFFORDABLE INTERIOR SYSTEMS, INC.
To: PNC BANK
Reel/Frame 062078/0770 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 5, 2017
From: DESANTA, SIMON; SCHULZ, WILHELM
To: HAWORTH, INC.
Reel/Frame 042895/0128 →