US2177309A - Chair - Google Patents

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Patented Oct. 24, 1939 UNITED STATES CHAIR Charles H. Spicer, Lawndale, and Leo Lombardi,. Los Angeles, Calif.

Application April 14, 1937, Serial No. 136,761

3 Claims. (01. 155-1) This invention relates to improvements in chairs; and has for its principal object the provision of a chair having superior restful qualities in affording full support for the lower limbs of the user.

Makers of easy chairs have hitherto relied upon adjustable legor foot-rests of various types to provide the support and comfort for the lower limbs desired in a chair of this class, such chairs usually terminating in straight, horizontal or angularly adjustable supporting extensions or in foot-rests projecting outwardly therefrom. It has been found that the greatest comfort and relaxation for the legs of the sitter is provided by a full cushioned support therefor from the knees down accompanied by means of a curved anterior extension of the seat conforming to the general form of the leg when in flexed condition and supporting the same along its full length.

It is the further object of our present invention to provide a chair-seat adjustable in effective length to the length of limb or desired position of the user having a rounded forward extension directed to the floor and adapted to fully support the lower limbs of the sitter to the exclusion of foot-rests or mechanical accessories.

Other objects and advantages residing in my invention, and. objects relating to details of con struction and arrangements of parts thereof, will be readily apparent in the course of the detailed description to follow.

The accompanying drawing illustrates by way of example a representative form of our invention, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a chair embodying our invention.

Fig. 2 is a view of the same, partly in side elevation and partly in vertical section along the line 2-2 of Fig. 3.

4.0 Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation with the seat-body shown in vertical section.

Referring to said views, it will be understood that the precise construction of body of the chair embodying our invention may be varied in accordance with the form, type and style of chair selected. In the present example our invention is illustrated as of the overstuffed fireside type and includes a base frame-work, indicated by the reference numeral 5, supported upon low legs 6. A rigid back I extends upwardly from said base upon which an upholstered back- 7 rest 8 is formed of the usual or desired style and dimensions. Arm-rests I0 are provided at each side rigidly framed from the base 5 and provided with upholstery or not, as deemed desirable. The inner sides II of said arm-rests are directed vertically to provide a vertically walled seat-space therebetween.

Arranged in parallel with the base 5 or supported thereon is a shelf I2 extending horizontally between the side-walls II and. extending from the back I to a distance spaced inwardly from the forward extremities of the arm-rests I0. Runner-cleats I3 are rigidly secured upon said shelf and upon each side to the side-walls 10 II. The lower extremity of the back-rest 8 and the upper surface of the shelf I2 are spaced apart to provide a recess I5 extending to the back I.

The seat of our improved chair comprises a seat-body I6 and a downwardly directed exten- 5 sion II rigidly constructed as a unit and deeply upholstered over its base-boards I8, I9 and 20. Reentrant angular guide-grooves 2I are framed on each side of the seat-body to receive said runner-cleats and guide the seat in its slidable movements in closely aligned proximity to the sidewalls II of the arms.

The seat-body I B is approximately equal in length to the shelf I2 and is of a depth at its rear extremity 22 to enter the recess I5. The seat-extension I1 extends downwardly in proximity to the room-floor and is supported thereon by a block 23 of ornamental moulding, or the like. The forward portion of the seat-body is desirably padded to protrude upwardly, as at 0 25, in a full rounded curve to support the lower thighand knee-portions of the sitter while his torso rests in a comfortable posture further to the rear of the seat-body in the relatively depressed portion 26 and upon the back of the chair.

From the rounded protrusion 25 the outer surface of the seat-extension I'I extends downwardly and forwardly in an inclined plane, as at 21, which may be slightly curved, to the block 23, thus affording a full support for the lower limbs.

It will be noted that the seat may be slidably moved along the shelf I2 to protrude more or less within the recess I5 to increase or shorten 45 the effective length of the seat-body and adapt the same to the size and length of limb of the sitter. The length of the seat-extension I I is such that the feet of the sitter do not reach the floor. The maximum of comfort and relaxation obtains when the lower limbs are supported in the manner described and illustrated by the figure indicated in broken lines in Fig. 2 where the bend of the legs at the knee occurs at the upper extremity of said inclined supporting surface 21 and the leg-calves and feet are resting along said surface and without the tensing or use of the leg-muscles as when the feet are suphorizontal plane and a forward extension of said seat extending in inclined directions to the floor. Y

2. A chair consisting of an upholstered ba'cli, a

horizontally arranged supporting means for a seat, said back and supporting means being spaced apart to provide a recess for receiving the rear end of a seat, and a seat slidable longitudinally on said supporting means and provided with an integral forward extension supported at its extremity upon the floor.

3. A chair consisting of an upholstered back, side-arms, a seat-support extending horizontally between said arms, and a seat slidably supported at its rear end on said seat-support and'provided at its forward end with an integral extension supported upon the floor. I CHAS. H. SPICER.

LEO LOMBARDI.

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