Chair

Details Chair Chair

1998-04-15

2000-07-18

Cuomo, Peter M.

Chairs and seats

Plural related seats

Movement of one seat effects storage of either seat

297236, 297338, 182 332, A47G 1500

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active

060896612

DESCRIPTION:

BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a chair which can be used as a child's chair, in accordance with the preamble of claim 1.
Many different designs of children's chairs are known to the art. A very common type of children's chair is the so-called high chair which is placed in direct contact with the floor and which seats a child at a convenient level in relation to a standard table. Another relatively usual type of chair is one which is intended to be fitted onto the seat of a standard chair, preferably a kitchen chair, and therewith raise the child to a convenient height. The drawback with children's chairs of this kind is that they can be used solely for children. There is thus a need for a chair which resembles a traditional chair, preferably a kitchen chair, and which can be readily converted into a children's chair having a raised seating surface so that a child will be seated at a convenient height in relation to a standard table. In view of rising living costs, there is a need of furniture that is able to fulfil several different functions and that can be used for different purposes; c.f. compact living.
Accordingly, the object of the invention is to avoid the drawbacks of hitherto known chairs and to provide a chair which can be used both by children and adults. The chair will also preferably be constructed to enable a child to climb into and descend from the chair more easily. Another advantage afforded by this construction is that the inventive chair can also be used as a step chair.
This object is achieved with an inventive chair having the characteristic features set forth in the following claims.
The inventive chair constructed in accordance with the illustrated embodiment also has the advantage of including a back rest which can be used even when the chair is used as a children's chair. In order to enable the raised seating surface of the inventive chair to be adapted to the natural growth of a child with time, the seating surface is preferably adapted for vertical adjustment. This is achieved by virtue of mutually opposing grooves disposed at different heights in the wall portions of the pivotal part, whereby the seating surface can be inserted into and withdrawn from respective appropriate grooves and locked in its inserted position.
The invention will now be described in more detail with reference to an exemplifying embodiment thereof and also with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an inventive chair in its normal use state; FIG. 2 is a perspective view of an inventive chair when the chair is used as a children's chair; FIG. 3 is a schematic side view of the inventive chair provided with a supporting arch; and FIG. 4 is a part view and partially sectioned view from the front of the chair shown in FIG. 2.
The drawings illustrate a traditional so-called kitchen chair which is preferably assembled by dowelling and gluing together wooden chair components, wherein the illustrated chair includes a bottom part 1 which carries a seat 2 and a back rest 3. According to the invention, the seat 2 is divided into a first fixed part 4 and a second part 5 which is hinged to the fixed part such as to enable said second part 6 to be swung from a standard chair position (FIG. 1) in which the seating surface 6 of said second part is located forwardly and in the plane of the seating surface 7 of the first part 4, to a position (FIG. 2) in which the seating surface 6 rests on the seating surface 7 of the first part 4. As indicated in FIG. 3, this pivotal movement of the second part is effected through the medium of an elongated piano hinge 8 fitted between the rear edge of the seating surface 6 of the second part 5 and the front edge of the seating surface 7 of the first part 4.
As will be evident from FIG. 2, the underside of the second seat-part 5 is provided with a further seating surface 9 in the form of a plate or slab 10 which is supported by two wall-parts 11, 11' on respective sides of the seating surface 6 of said second part 5, such that when the second pa

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