Chairs and seats – Bottom or back with means to alter contour – Providing support for lower back region
Patent
1999-05-13
2000-10-31
Nelson, Jr., Milton
Chairs and seats
Bottom or back with means to alter contour
Providing support for lower back region
2972841, A47C 3025
Patent
active
061391026
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
TECHNICAL FIELD
The invention concerns a lumbar support for seat backs, in particular of motor vehicle seats.
STATE OF THE ART
In known lumbar supports of this nature, the laterally spaced guide elements are guide wires attached to the seat back, tensioned parallel to one another. The installation of such lumbar supports is resource-intensive.
THE INVENTION
The object of the invention is to design a lumbar support of the type specified as known in such a way that the entire lumbar support can simply be placed in the back rest as a finished component.
This object is accomplished with the features of the novelty portion of claim 1.
Preferred embodiments of the invention are described in the dependent claims.
The lumbar support in accordance with the invention is simple and economical to produce. It permits assembly and also installation in the back rest with comparatively little expense.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING
A preferred embodiment of the invention is described in detail below with the aid of the drawing.
FIG. 1 shows a front view of the lumbar support with a cutaway view of an operating mechanism;
FIG. 2 shows a rear view of the lumbar support from FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 shows a simplified cross-section as per III--III in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 shows a perspective view of a detail from IV in FIG. 2.
BEST WAY TO IMPLEMENT THE INVENTION
In the embodiment shown, a support plate 1 is adjustable in its curvature or arch, and also movable with regard to height. The height adjustment path is represented as a in drawing FIGS. 1 and 3. The adjustment depth is given as b in FIG. 3.
The principle upon which the invention is based can also be used in lumbar supports whose support plates are not height-adjustable, but are instead only adjustable with regard to curvature.
The support plate 1 is carried on vertically extending ribs 2 of a one-piece guide plate 3. Between the ribs 2 are provided openings 4, which have vertical guide edges 4a on their margins. Through the openings 4 pass end-mounted brackets 1b of the support late 1 (se FIG. 4). the rackets 1b have necks 1c, which correspond to the spacing of the guide edges of adjacent ribs 2. On the back of guide plate 3, the brackets 1b have shoulders 1d.
The guide edges 4a have, outside of the guide regions, notches 4b, which are deeper tan the shoulders 1d of the brackets 1b that grip behind the guide edges. As a result of this design, when the support plate is strongly bowed it is possible to insert the brackets in the openings in such a way that the shoulders grip behind the guide edges, and the support plate 1 is thereby carried properly on the guide plate.
The curvature adjustment of the support plate is done by means of a Bowden cable, which consists of a core 5a and a sleeve 5b. One end of the core is attached to the center bracket 1b. One end of the sleeve is attached to a bracket 1e, which in turn is connected to the opposite bracket 1b. The other end of the core 5a is attached to the center of a lead screw 9, which can be moved in the direction of the axis 10 by means of a handwheel 8, which has in its center a female thread region matched to the lead screw 9. By this means, the horizontal upper and lower end regions 1a and 1b of the support plate (se FIG. 3) move closer together or further apart with the result that the curvature can be adjusted hereby, and the depth of the arch changes accordingly.
In the depicted embodiment, it is not just the arch of the support plate 1 that is adjustable, but also the vertical position. Adjustment of the vertical position is achieved with the aid of a pivoting lever 11, mounted coaxially to the lead screw 9, which turns two opposing regions to which are attached the ends of two Bowden cable cores 6a and 7a run in sleeves 6b and 7b. The ends of sleeves 6b and 7b of both Bowden cables that face away form the adjusting mechanism are fixed to the guide plate 3. The ends of sleeves 6a and 7a facing away from the operating mechanism are attached to the support plate 1. In this context, these ends engage with the vertica
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Jr. Milton Nelson
Megaplast S.A.
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