EP0393232B1 - Chaise longue - Google Patents

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EP0393232B1
EP0393232B1 EP89109055A EP89109055A EP0393232B1 EP 0393232 B1 EP0393232 B1 EP 0393232B1 EP 89109055 A EP89109055 A EP 89109055A EP 89109055 A EP89109055 A EP 89109055A EP 0393232 B1 EP0393232 B1 EP 0393232B1
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Franz Horenkamp
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C1/00—Chairs adapted for special purposes
    • A47C1/02—Reclining or easy chairs
    • A47C1/031—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/034—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest
    • A47C1/035—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest in combination with movably coupled seat and back-rest, i.e. the seat and back-rest being movably coupled in such a way that the extension mechanism of the foot-rest is actuated at least by the relative movements of seat and backrest
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C1/00—Chairs adapted for special purposes
    • A47C1/02—Reclining or easy chairs
    • A47C1/031—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/036—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a head-rest
    • A47C1/037—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a head-rest in combination with a leg-rest or foot-rest

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  • the present innovation relates to a recliner with a backrest pivotably connected to the seat and a foot part connected to the front end of the seat, which can be pivoted from a non-use position below the seat into a use position at approximately the height of the seat, the backrest, seat and foot part being designed as tubular frame parts and overall are connected to struts fixed in place on frame side walls and two articulated brackets are provided for pivoting the foot part, one of which is pivotally connected to a strut.
  • the backrest is directly pivotally connected to the fixed struts.
  • the result of this is that pivoting the backrest inevitably leads to a change in the seat angle, ie that the seat angle is increased even with slight pivoting of the backrest. For taking rest This is less desirable in intermediate positions.
  • the present innovation is based on the task of creating a reclining chair of the generic type in which a variety of pivoting or adjusting positions are possible, a change in the seat angle being excluded over a certain range of the adjustment.
  • a recliner of the generic type in which the backrest is connected to the struts and the seat by means of multi-part swivel fittings, the swivel fittings each consisting of a swivel bracket connected to the lower end of the backrest, an articulated and connected to it on the other hand, pivotally connected to the seat bracket and on the one hand to the fixed strut and on the other hand to the bracket articulated pivoting lever, the pivoting range between the pivoting bracket and the bracket on the one hand and between the bracket and the pivoting lever on the other hand is limited by stop bolts and that the pivoting angle of the to Struts articulated link plates for foot section adjustment is limited by end stops attached to the struts.
  • a recliner designed in this way enables the seat and backrest to be swiveled out of the normal sitting position by swiveling the foot section upwards without first changing the seat angle. Another swiveling of the backrest towards a lying position then causes an increase or widening of the angle between the seat and backrest into the lying position, so that a user finds a variety of ways to take intermediate positions which are particularly pleasant.
  • the foot part 13 can be designed as a closed tubular frame.
  • the foot part 13 can be pivoted via two articulated brackets 14 and 15, which are arranged on the two long sides of the reclining chair, from its non-use position below the seat 11 (see FIG. 1) into a position of use, in which said foot part 13 is then approximately in height the seat 11 is located (see FIGS. 3 and 4).
  • the seat 11 and the backrest 12 are also advantageously designed as tubular frame parts and overall fastened to struts 17, which in turn are fixedly mounted on frame side walls 16 of the recliner chair 10, which are not shown.
  • the struts 17 can be side parts of a U-shaped, preferably open to the rear, tubular frame.
  • the articulated link provided with the reference numeral 14 for pivoting out the foot part 13 is pivotably articulated on the strut 17 and articulated at one end to the seat 11.
  • this hinge bracket 14 is pivotally connected to the second hinge bracket 15, which in turn is hingedly connected to the foot part 13.
  • An end stop 18 is provided on the respective strut 17, by means of which the maximum pivoting angle of the joint plate 14 is limited.
  • the backrest 12 is connected to the struts 17 and the seat 11 via multi-part swivel fittings 19, which are provided on each longitudinal side of the recliner in the illustrated embodiments.
  • multi-part swivel fitting 19 is shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5.
  • Each of these swivel fittings 19 consists of a swivel bracket 20 connected to the lower end of the backrest 12, a swivel bracket 21 connected to it in an articulated manner and, on the other hand, swivel-connected to the seat, and a swivel lever 22 arranged on the one hand on the fixed strut 17 and on the other hand on the bracket 21.
  • the swivel angle between the swivel bracket 20 on the one hand and the bracket 21 on the other hand is limited by a stop pin 23.
  • the swivel angle between the bracket 21 and the swivel lever 22 is limited by a stop bolt 23 fastened to the bracket 21.
  • the seat 11 becomes at the same time without changing the seat angle between the backrest 12 and Seat 11 taken away.
  • the foot part 13 is pivoted up out of its non-use position via the actuation of the joint plate 14 and the joint plate 15.
  • the seat 11 is lowered in its rear area.
  • the multi-part swivel fitting 19 is effective in this first adjustment phase in such a way that the swivel lever 22 is swiveled without impairing the basic position between swivel bracket 20 and bracket 21.
  • FIG. 2 it is shown that the possible pivot range between the tab 21 and the pivot lever 22 is exhausted, since the pivot lever 22 abuts the stop pin 23.
  • a further pivoting of the backrest 12 in the direction of arrow A in FIG. 2 now leads to an increase in the seat angle between the backrest 12 and the seat 11, since the pivoting bracket 20 is now pivoted relative to the bracket 21.
  • the hinge plate 14 has reached the end stop 18 for pivoting the foot part and can now no longer be pivoted. If a further pivoting of the backrest in the direction of arrow A is carried out from the position according to FIG. 3, the seat angle between the backrest 12 and the seat 11 is now continuously increasing up to the lying position, which is shown in FIG. 4. Here, the seat 11 is raised again in its rear end region.
  • the recliner 10 is by body pressure of its user to bring into the different pivot positions.
  • a spring 24 is provided which is connected on the one hand to the swivel bracket 20 and on the other hand to the seat 11.
  • the pivoting of the seat 11 and the backrest 12 and also the foot part 13 is effected in a known manner via a motor 25.
  • This motor 25 is connected, on the one hand, to a fixed cross strut 26 and, on the other hand, to the backrest 12, namely there, adjacent to the joint 27 between the backrest 12 and the seat 11.
  • a spring 28 is also provided here in order to position the functional parts of the multi-part pivot fittings 19 in predetermined positions to keep.
  • This spring 28 in turn engages the swivel bracket 20, but on the other hand is connected to a bracket 29 fixed to the frame in the bottom region.
  • the overall tubular frame construction of the seat 11, backrest 12 and foot part 13 fixed to the fixed struts 17 can be upholstered as desired, so that a manufacturer of a recliner chair with the same basic elements can come to different embodiments of recliner chairs.

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Claims (4)

  1. Chaise longue comportant un dossier (12) inclinable autour d'une articulation fixée à une assise (11), un repose-pied (13) articulé à l'extrémité avant de l'assise et pouvant basculer entre une position hors service sous l'assise et une position d'utilisation sensiblement de niveau avec l'assise, le dossier (12), l'assise (11) et le repose-pied (13) étant des éléments de cadres tubulaires constituant un ensemble articulé à des jambes de force fixées aux parois latérales de la carcasse, le basculement du repose-pied étant produit de chaque côté par deux barrettes articulées (14), dont chacune d'elles est elle-même articulée à une jambe de force, chaise longue caractérisée en ce que le dossier (12) est relié aux jambes de force (17) et à l'assise (11) par des armatures à plusieurs éléments articulés (19), qui comportent chacune une barrette de basculement (20) articulée à l'extrémité inférieure du dossier (12), une barrette (21) articulée avec la précédente et également reliée pour pivotement à l'assise (21) par une articulation, un levier d'inclinaison (22) articulé d'un côté à la jambe de force fixe (17) et de l'autre côté à la barrette (21), les angles que font les barrettes (20) et (21) d'une part, et la barrette (21) et le levier d'inclinaison (22) étant limités par des tétons de butée (23) tandis que l'angle de basculement des barrettes (14) articulées aux jambes de force (17) produisant le mouvement du repose-pied est limité par des butées de fin de course (18) fixées aux jambes de force (17).
  2. Chaise longue selon la revendication 1, caractérisée en ce que pour assurer le déplacement ou le basculement de l'assise (11) et du dossier (12) et également du repose-pied (13), il est prévu un moteur (25) relié d'une part à une traverse (26) fixée à la carcasse du siège et d'autre part au dossier (12).
  3. Chaise longue selon la revendication 2, caractérisée en ce que le moteur (25) est relié au dossier à l'intérieur de la zone d'articulation entre le dossier (12) et l'assise (11).
  4. Chaise longue selon une ou plusieurs des revendications 1 à 3, caractérisée en ce que pour assurer la position des barrettes de basculement (20), il est prévu des ressorts (24-28) raccordés aux barrettes qui d'autre part sont reliés à l'assise ou, dans le cas où un moteur (25) actionne les éléments basculants, à des attaches (29) fixées à la carcasse, près du sol.
EP89109055A 1989-04-20 1989-05-19 Chaise longue Expired - Lifetime EP0393232B1 (fr)

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ES2039749T3 (es) 1993-10-01
EP0393232A1 (fr) 1990-10-24
US5015031A (en) 1991-05-14
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JP2760879B2 (ja) 1998-06-04
DE8904979U1 (de) 1989-06-01

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