Chairs and seats – Movable bottom – Tiltable
Patent
1991-11-25
1994-06-14
Dorner, Kenneth J.
Chairs and seats
Movable bottom
Tiltable
297331, A47C 1121
Patent
active
053204115
ABSTRACT:
A flip-up seat construction includes a frame unit having a seat-back assembly, supporting a seat-back portion of a seat pan, and a bottom assembly, supporting a bottom portion of the seat pan and swingably attached to the seat-back assembly to move the bottom portion between a horizontal seat position and a stand-up position. The seat-back assembly includes, first and second horizontal members, horizontally extending at positions corresponding to the upper and lower ends of the seat-back portion of the seat pan, first and second side members, respectively connected to the ends of each of the first and second horizontal members, and a swingably supporting member, integrally constructed with the first and second side members of the seat-back assembly and swingably supporting the bottom assembly. The bottom assembly includes, first and second horizontal members, horizontally extending at positions corresponding to the back and front ends of the bottom portion of the seat pan, and first and second side members respectively connected to the both ends of each of the first and second horizontal members. The back ends of the bottom portion/first and second side members are swingably supported by the swingably supporting member of the seat-back assembly.
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Dorner Kenneth J.
Jr. Milton Nelson
Kotobuki Seating Co. Ltd.
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