Chair

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10486571-B2
Application number	US-201615561914-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 25, 2016
Priority date	Mar 27, 2015
Publication date	Nov 26, 2019
Grant date	Nov 26, 2019

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a chair in which attachment strength of a holding member and the chair is enhanced and an attachment state can be stably maintained. A legged chair includes a leg member, a support post connected to the leg member, a metal frame integrated with the support post, the metal frame forming a seated portion, an awakening device configured to awaken a seated person, a battery configured to supply electric power to the awakening device, an ECU that controls the awakening device, and a holding cover configured to hold the battery and the ECU. The holding cover is attached to the highly rigid metal frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A chair comprising:
a leg member;
a support post connected to the leg member;
a frame integrated with the support post, the frame forming a seated portion;
a stimulation device configured to provide a stimulation to a seated person, and a control device that controls the stimulation device;
a holding member configured to hold the control device; and
a sensor configured to detect a biological signal of the seated person; wherein
the holding member is attached to the frame,
the seated portion includes a pad that is supported by the frame and a cover that covers the pad,
the sensor is disposed between the pad and the cover of the seated portion, and
the holding member is disposed in front of the support post and the sensor in a front and rear direction of the seated portion.

2. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein
the holding member has a projecting portion attached to the frame, wherein the projecting portion projects on an upper side of the control device held by the holding member, and
in a state where the holding member is attached to the frame, a space is formed between the frame and the control device.

3. The chair according to claim 1 , further comprising a harness that connects the sensor and the control device, wherein
the pad is provided with a guide hole that extends obliquely forward and downward, and
the harness passes through the guide hole in a front and rear direction of the seated portion.

4. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein a portion of the pad to which the sensor is attached is thicker in an up and down direction than a portion of the pad which the control device overlaps in the up and down direction.

5. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein
a hanging groove is formed in the pad, and
the hanging groove is disposed between the sensor and the control device in the front and rear direction of the seated portion.

6. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein
a hanging groove is formed in the pad,
a part of the sensor comes into the hanging groove,
other parts of the sensor are disposed at both a front side and a rear side of the hanging groove, and
the hanging groove is disposed between the sensor and the control device in the front and rear direction of the seated portion.

7. The chair according to claim 1 , wherein a cutout is formed on a front surface of the holding member for connecting the control device and the sensor.

8. The chair according to claim 7 , wherein
a plurality of slits for heat radiation are formed in the holding member, and
each of the plurality of slits is disposed on a different surface of the holding member from the surface of the holding member on which the cutout is formed.

9. The chair according to claim 1 , further comprising a power receiving unit that is arranged below the leg member, wherein
the holding member is disposed at a front side of the power receiving unit in a front and rear direction of the chair.

10. The chair according to claim 1 , further comprising a vibration device that is accommodated in the holding member.

11. The chair according to claim 10 , wherein the vibration device and the control device are disposed to overlap each other in the front and rear direction of the seated portion.

12. The chair according to claim 11 , wherein a vertical wall is provided between the vibration device and the control device.

13. The chair according to claim 11 , wherein the holding member holds a battery on a lower side of the control device.

14. The chair according to claim 1 , further comprising a vibration device in the seated portion, wherein
the vibration device is disposed between the sensor and the holding member in the front and rear direction of the seated portion.

15. The chair according to claim 14 , wherein the vibration device is disposed between the support post and the holding member.

Assignees

• Ts Tech Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sugiyama Shinji
• Tadachi Yukitaka

Classifications

• A47C1/12

  Theatre, auditorium or similar chairs (detachable seats for mounting on stadium benches A47C1/16) · CPC title

• A47C7/14

  of adjustable shape; elastically mounted {; adaptable to a user contour or ergonomic seating positions (movably-coupled seat and backrests with elastic adjustment means A47C1/03261)} · CPC title

• A47C7/72

  Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like · CPC title

• A47C9/02

  Office stools; Workshop stools · CPC title

• B60N2/90 Primary

  Details or parts not otherwise provided for · CPC title