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Kokuyo Co., Ltd.

Takano Co., Ltd.

Kazuyuki Itoh

Yojiro Kinoshita

Nobuyuki Ueda

Toshiyuki Horiki

Hiroyuki Nishimura

A chair includes a seat portion(B), a seat support(B) supporting the seat portion, a rear seat support(B) extending rearwardly upwardly relative to the seat support(B), and a slide mechanism X(moving mechanism XB) for causing the seat portion(B) to slide back and forth relative to the seat support(B). The chair is provided with a locking mechanismC for locking the seat portionC at a desired position in the fore-and-aft direction selectively, and a leverC for operating the locking mechanismC, the leverC being located at a position allowing the leverC to move together with the seat portionC in the fore-and-aft direction.

Chair having a slide mechanism for the seat

A chair allowing a person sitting thereon to move a part of the person's body above the waist which corresponds to the backrest of the chair is provided having a backrest portion located behind a seat portion, the backrest portion being divided into backrest upper frames and backrest lower frames , wherein a first state which allows the whole backrest frame to incline rearwardly and a second state which allows the backrest upper frames to incline rearwardly relative to the backrest lower frames are assumed, the first state and the second state being switchable to each other.

Chair

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Nagano, Japan

Kazuyuki Itoh