EP2465384B1 - In eine Chaiselongue konvertierbarer Sessel - Google Patents

In eine Chaiselongue konvertierbarer Sessel Download PDF

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EP2465384B1
EP2465384B1 EP11192286.0A EP11192286A EP2465384B1 EP 2465384 B1 EP2465384 B1 EP 2465384B1 EP 11192286 A EP11192286 A EP 11192286A EP 2465384 B1 EP2465384 B1 EP 2465384B1
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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
    • A47C1/022—Reclining or easy chairs having independently-adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/024—Reclining or easy chairs having independently-adjustable supporting parts the parts, being the back-rest, or the back-rest and seat unit, having adjustable inclination
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/50—Supports for the feet or the legs
    • A47C7/506—Supports for the feet or the legs of adjustable type
    • A47C7/5066—Supports for the feet or the legs of adjustable type by rotation
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C7/00—Parts, details, or accessories of chairs or stools
    • A47C7/50—Supports for the feet or the legs
    • A47C7/506—Supports for the feet or the legs of adjustable type
    • A47C7/5062—Supports for the feet or the legs of adjustable type rectilinearly

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  • the present invention refers to an armchair convertible into a chaise longue.
  • the present invention refers to a furniture armchair convertible into a chaise longue.
  • the present invention refers to a furniture armchair, particularly a design one, convertible into a chaise longue.
  • Furniture armchairs generally comprise a seat; a back, preferably high in case of a design armchair; possible arms; a base; and, possibly, a system for tilting the back.
  • the furniture armchairs are sometimes devised for allowing an extended position and, in such case, they are equipped with a leg-rest.
  • the furniture armchairs usually have to meet minimum functional and ergonomic requirements; moreover, they can have nice aesthetic features and, in valuable versions, they can also be equipped with additional means for a better comfort such as, for instance, the movement of the back for maintaining the correct posture and helping muscle decontraction.
  • Armchairs called “chaise longue”, are known, which are specifically intended for the relax and which are usually arranged in a fixed position.
  • a chaise longue looks like an "inclined” armchair: the back is bent backwards and the leg-rest faces upwards whereby, when on the chaise longue, one rests almost lying down, in a position following the lines of the relaxed, but not sleeping, human body.
  • the main quality of the chaise longue is, therefore, its comfort, even if the user is anyhow able to carry out some activities, such as for instance reading.
  • the chaise longue does not usually have arms; some models have a single side arm, joined to the back.
  • the chaise longue can be equipped with accessories such as a head-rest cushion or a foot-rest; it is also possible to provide the adjustment either of the whole tilting of the armchair or of the sole back, or a rocking or wheel base; the chaise longue can also have a folding arrangement.
  • the chaise longue due to its typical arrangement, lacks practicality of use when one should pass from the lying position to an upright position, more suitable for operability (formal position).
  • the inventor has now found a solution allowing to join the practicality of a furniture armchair and the comfort of a chaise longue, thanks to the provision of a leg-rest placed under the seat and sliding outwards.
  • Said leg-rest is, in turn, equipped with an extensible foot-rest that can also act as a point of support on the ground, thus giving front stability to the chaise longue.
  • the back of the chaise longue is equipped with two arm-rests that can take three positions: in the formal position they properly act as arm-rests while in the chaise longue position they can be tilted by rotating backwards and they can act as a point of support on the ground, thus giving rear stability to the chaise longue; said arm-rests can further take a rest position, when they are lined up with the back.
  • the armchair according to the invention allows to take a formal upright position and a position suitable for relax, depending on the user's need. Furthermore, advantageously, maximum stability is assured to the user in the relax position.
  • the armchair according to the invention is of simple manufacturing, so that it can be manufactured in series.
  • the armchair / chaise longue comprises:
  • the armchair / chaise longue according to the invention comprises a leg-rest 40 and two arm-rests 21.
  • the back 20 is equipped with said two tiltable arm-rests 21, and with an adjusting control 22 for tilting the back 20.
  • said leg-rest 40 is equipped with a foot-rest 41 equipped, in turn, with an arch base 42 for resting on the ground.
  • the armchair / chaise longue 1 is equipped with sliding guides 50, placed under the seat 10, on which the leg-rest 40 can slide between a first hidden position (shown in FIG. 1 ), in which said leg-rest 40 is placed under said seat 10, and a second extracted position (shown in FIG. 2 ), in which said leg-rest 40 is placed in front of said seat 10, and vice versa, so to convert the armchair into a chaise longue, and vice versa.
  • FIG. 4A the armchair / chaise longue 1 in the formal position is visible, ready to begin the conversion step from an armchair into a chaise longue; in this formal position the back 20 is inclined of 98° with respect to the seat 10.
  • FIG. 4B the armchair / chaise longue 1 is represented in an intermediate step of the conversion from an armchair into a chaise longue: the back 20 has increased its inclination with respect to the seat 10, the arm-rests 21 are lined up with the back 20 and the leg-rest 40 has come out linearly from under the seat 10.
  • FIG. 4C shows the armchair / chaise longue 1 converted into the chaise longue position: the back 20 has reached the maximum inclination with respect to the seat 10, preferably of 132°, the arm-rests 21 have been rotated and rest on the ground and the leg-rest 40, from which the foot-rest 41 has been extracted and the arch base 42 tilted, rests on the ground thanks to said arch base 42 connected to said foot-rest 41.
  • each of said sliding guides 50 is equipped with a sliding block/slider 52, sliding inside the corresponding sliding guide 50.
  • Said sliding guides 50 are linear guides, having a low friction coefficient, preferably made of stainless steel, like the corresponding sliding blocks/sliders 52; preferably said sliding blocks/sliders 52 are sliding blocks/sliders commercially available from ROLLON, in particular belonging to the CEX/CES series.
  • Said sliding guides 50 are arranged so as to be visible, like the whole mechanics of the sliding mechanism, since the armchair / chaise longue 1 is inspired to a minimalist concept, and it is just in the very clean and simplified design that the multifunctionality of the armchair / chaise longue 1 resides.
  • the front ends of said guides 50 are equipped with two buttings 59, which are visible in FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C , made of steel for structural/aesthetic reasons.
  • the sliding guides 50 suitable for making the armchair / chaise longue 1 are sliding guides commercially available from ROLLON, in particular the guides of the TEX/TES series.
  • the armchair / chaise longue 1 according to the invention incorporates the mechanism allowing its conversion from an armchair into a chaise longue, and vice versa; for carrying out said conversion, the armchair / chaise longue 1 modifies the form status in three portions thereof.
  • the leg-rest 40 can exit from under the seat thanks to the sliding of the sliding block/slider 52 inside the guide 50; furthermore, the foot-rest 41 can be extracted from the leg-rest 40 and rest on the ground, as shown in FIG. 4C , through the tiltable arch base 42.
  • the back 20, as shown in FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C can take several positions between the upright / formal one and the extended / chaise longue one thanks to the inclination adjusting device 23, which preferably of a spring / gas piston allowing the shift, with a fluid movement, of said back 20 between a position more or less inclined and a totally upright / formal position, and vice versa; preferably said spring / gas piston is a spring / gas piston commercially available from STABILUS and named Bloc-O-Lift.
  • the arm-rests 21 can take three positions thanks to the device 90.
  • FIGS. 4A, 4B and 4C in particular, the conversion of the armchair / chaise longue 1 from an armchair into a chaise longue is shown, which will be described in detail hereinafter.
  • said leg-rest 40 is caused to slide, by the user's hand, from the position hidden under said seat 10 towards outside and in front of said seat 10 ( FIG. 4B ); when the whole leg-rest 40 is extracted, it leans downwards by gravity.
  • the rotation of the leg-rest 40 is limited by the stop lever 53 that comes to rest against the buttings 59, so as to allow the foot-rest 41 to open the arch base 42 to reach flush with floor ( FIG. 4C ): in such way, a point of support in front of the chaise longue is obtained for assuring the optimum stability thereof.
  • said conversion mechanism allowing the conversion from an armchair into a chaise longue in the leg-rest area; said conversion mechanism comprises a stop lever 53 and a bracket 54.
  • Said stop lever 53 is connected to said bracket 54 through a pin 58 and the bracket 54 is fastened by means of four screws 55, in its rear part, to the sliding block/slider 52 sliding, in turn, in the guide 50; in particular, said stop lever 53 can rotate, around its centre 58, with respect to said bracket 54.
  • said stop lever 53 is connected to the leg-rest 40 by means of a screw 57 and the pin 58 (that also acts as a fastening element), while said bracket 54 is connected to the leg-rest 40 always through the pin 58.
  • FIG. 6 the device of front point of support on the ground of the armchair / chaise longue 1 is shown.
  • the arch base 42 can be tilted and made ready for resting on the ground; said arch base 42 is hinged through the pin 43, which allows the rotation thereof. Furthermore, a return spring 44 is interposed in the arch base 42 for assuring the position at rest and the position resting on the ground.
  • FIGS. 7A, 7B and 7C the triple function of the arm-rest 21 is shown: the first function is in the formal position, shown in FIG. 7A corresponding to FIG. 4A ; the second function is in the position at rest, shown in FIG. 7B corresponding to FIG. 4B ; while the third function is in the chaise longue position, shown in FIG. 7C corresponding to FIG. 4C , in which said arm-rests 21 are completely rotated towards the ground to give an anti-overturning stability point in the rear part of the armchair / chaise longue 1.
  • FIGS. 8A and 8B the device is described in detail that adjusts the three positions of the arm-rests 21 thanks to the sprocket 25 through its three positioning notches, denoted by the letters A, B, C in FIG. 8A .
  • FIG. 8B it can be seen how each arm-rest 21 can axially move along the axis of the pin 26, thus releasing itself from the positioning notches; this occurs by making the arm-rests 21 rotate around the pin 26, generating with the hand a strength suitable for overcoming the return of the spring 27, releasing it from the positioning notches and allowing it to pass from one to another of the three positions that it can take.
  • the structure of the armchair / chaise longue 1 according to the present invention is preferably made of steel, although any other metallic material can be used.
  • the covering of the armchair / chaise longue 1 according to the present invention is preferably made of fabric or saddled skin with stuffing, although any other technical or structural fabric can be used.
  • the armchair / chaise longue 1 according to the present invention has been provided for being mainly used at home but, however, it can be used also in different environments such as recreational and hotel facilities, fitness centres, executive offices or on boats.

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  1. Sessel (1) umfassend:
    - einen Sitz (10);
    - eine Rückenlehne (20);
    - eine Basis (30);
    - eine Beinauflage (40),
    wobei der Sitz (10) einen Umstellmechanismus umfasst, der die Umstellung des Sessels (1) zwischen einer ersten aufrechten Stellung und einer zweiten gestreckten Stellung und umgekehrt ermöglicht, um den Sessel in eine Chaiselongue und umgekehrt zu konvertieren, und wobei die Rückenlehne (20) zwei Armlehnen (21) und eine Stellsteuerung (22) zum Kippen der Rückenlehne (20) umfasst, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Armlehnen (21) durch ein Sperrad (25), das die Verschwenkung der Armlehnen ermöglicht und dadurch die Armlehnen (21) zu einem hinteren Stabilitätspunkt des Sessels (1) bei der Chaiselongue-Konfiguration macht, mit dem Sessel (1) verbunden sind, und wobei die Beinauflage (40) eine Fußstütze (41) umfasst, die ihrerseits ein bogenförmiges Basisteil (42) umfasst, welche Fußstütze zu einem vorderen Stabilitätspunkt des Sessels (1) bei der Chaiselongue-Konfiguration wird, indem sie ausgestreckt wird und ihr bogenförmiges Basisteil (42) gekippt wird.
  2. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 1, wobei der Umstellmechanismus zwei Schiebeführungen (50) umfasst, von denen jede mit einem entsprechenden in ihr gleitenden Schiebeblock (52) versehen ist, sowie eine Vorrichtung, die ihrerseits einen Arretierhebel (53), eine Konsole (54) und einen Anschlag (59) umfasst, wobei der Umstellmechanismus die Verschiebung der Beinauflage (40) auf den Führungen (50) ermöglicht sowie deren Bewegung zwischen einer ersten unter dem Sitz (10) befindlichen versteckten Stellung und einer zweiten vor dem Sitz (10) befindlichen ausgestreckten Stellung und umgekehrt, sodass der Sessel in eine Chaiselongue und umgekehrt konvertiert wird.
  3. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 2, wobei die Konsole (54) an dem Schiebeblock (52) befestigt ist und der Arretierhebel (53) drehbar um sein Drehzentrum mit der Konsole (54) verbunden ist.
  4. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 3, wobei sich der Arretierhebel (53) linear bewegen kann entlang der Achse der Führungen (50), ausgehend von denen er sich nach außen auch erstrecken kann.
  5. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 4, wobei der Arretierhebel (53) durch einen Drehbolzen (58) und eine Schraube (57) mit der Beinauflage (40) verbunden ist.
  6. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 5, wobei die Konsole (54) durch den Drehbolzen (58) mit dem Beinauflage (40) verbunden ist.
  7. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 6, wobei der Anschlag (59) mit dem Arretierhebel (53) zusammewirkt, um die Beinauflage (40) zu blockieren.
  8. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 7, wobei die Rückenlehne (20) mit einer Vorrichtung (23) zum Kippen der Rückenlehne (20) ausgerüstet ist.
  9. Sessel (1) nach Anspruch 8, wobei es sich bei der Vorrichtung (23) zum Kippen der Rückenlehne (20) um einen mechanischen Bügel / Gaskolben handelt.
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