摘要:
An ergonomic support including a lumbar supporting portion and a posterior supporting portion, characterized in that at least one of said portions includes a first non-planar member (102 or 104) having a contoured body supporting surface (126, 126' or 141), and a plurality of first support members (110, 110' or 130, 132) forming at least a portion of said non-planar member, said support members (110,110' or 130. 132) being joined together to individually and cooperatively provide flexible support for a supported region of a person so that said support members conform to said supported region for different body positions. The posterior supporting portion and or the lumbar supporting portion may comprise shell portions and may have portions extending outwardly varying distances from a common reference plane.
摘要:
A seat and back construction for an ergonomic office chair. An ergonomically functioning inner shell (41) is mounted on a chair structure in a manner that does not interfere with the flexible characteristics of the inner shell. An outer rigid shell (95) is provided to transfer static and dynamic loads applied to the back portion (45) of the inner shell by an occupant directly to the chair structure without interfering with the flexible characteristics of the inner shell.
摘要:
An ergonomic support including a lumbar supporting portion and a posterior supporting portion, characterized in that at least one of said portions includes a first non-planar member (102 or 104) having a contoured body supporting surface (126, 126' or 141), and a plurality of first support members (110, 110' or 130, 132) forming at least a portion of said non-planar member, said support members (110,110' or 130. 132) being joined together to individually and cooperatively provide flexible support for a supported region of a person so that said support members conform to said supported region for different body positions. The posterior supporting portion and or the lumbar supporting portion may comprise shell portions and may have portions extending outwardly varying distances from a common reference plane.
摘要:
A base assembly (41) for an open office partition panel. The base assembly is formed in sections, namely, end sections (97) and a center section (99). An end section is fastened to and supported on a leg (111). The center section, which fastens to and is supported on the end sections, may be omitted when electrical wiring is not installed in the panel base. Each section is formed of a pair of elongated, channel-shaped housings (101) which are fastened to each other back to back to form a housing section having a center dividing wall and open sides. A snap-in divider (141) separates each channel-shaped housing of the panel base section into upper (143) and lower wire conduits (145).
摘要:
A chair base and post assembly (11) for an office chair in which the base is formed of one piece of injection molded plastic. The base includes a central tubular hub (13) and integral base arms (15) which extend from the hub. A partially tapered socket (17) extends vertically through the hub. A steel post tube (19) is positioned in the socket and is supported to extend above the hub by a ring (31) welded to the outside of the post tube, which ring rests on the top of the hub. A steel sleeve (47) located in the socket near the top thereof and an internal surface (45) formed as an internal surface of the socket at the bottom thereof provide annular surfaces which engage the post tube to stabilize it vertically. A plastic guide bushing (23) fits inside the steel post tube (19) at its top and receives a pneumatic lift cylinder (21) to stabilize and guide it during its extensions and retractions.
摘要:
A base assembly (41) for an open office partition panel. The base assembly is formed in sections, namely, end sections (97) and a center section (99). An end section is fastened to and supported on a leg (111). The center section, which fastens to and is supported on the end sections, may be omitted when electrical wiring is not installed in the panel base. Each section is formed of a pair of elongated, channel-shaped housings (101) which are fastened to each other back to back to form a housing section having a center dividing wall and open sides. A snap-in divider (141) separates each channel-shaped housing of the panel base section into upper (143) and lower wire conduits (145).
摘要:
A chair control for a pedestal chair having a knee-tilt seat. An elastomeric torsion spring (41) is offset rearwardly from the tilting axis (73) of the seat. The seat and torsion spring are operatively connected by a cam surface (61) and a cam follower (81) which effectively reduce the restoring force exerted by the torsion spring against the seat as the rearward tilt of the seat increases. A mechanism (101) to adjust the initial restoring torque of the torsion spring provides a large angular twist of the torsion spring with a minimum linear movement of the mechanism. The chair control provides the chair seat with a less than conventional seat angle relative to the horizontal when the chair is unoccupied. A mechanism (121) is provided to enable the occupant to adjust the chair seat to a more conventional seat angle in its unoccupied condition.
摘要:
An open office system partition panel assembly including a panel (11) having an outwardly opening wire raceway channel (31) on top with a removable cap (37) to permit wires to be laid in the top raceway channel (31). End wire raceway channels (31, 33) open away from the core (15) of the panel (11) and each has a panel connector support rail (43) closing its opening. The wire raceway channels (31, 33) form a steel frame of box section strength for the panel (11) and all metal-enclosed, non-snagging wire raceways (31, 33) from the top to the base of the panel. Legs (111) formed as part of the panel base support the panel connector support rails. Wire passageways extend from the panel base to the end wire raceway channels (33). The panel base has an end section (97) fastened to and supported on each leg (111). Upper panel connectors (57) facilitate the connection of panels (11), improve the rigidity of the connection between panels (11) and provide positive locking for the panel connection, both vertically and horizontally. The middle section, which fastens to and is supported on the end sections, may be omitted when electrical wiring is not installed in the panel base. A snap-in divider (141) separates the raceway of the panel base into upper and lower wire conduits.