Grammer Sitzsysteme Gmbh

Sirona Dental Systems Gmbh

Wolfram Jahn

Hermann Meiller

A seat such as an office chair has at least two gas spring units for performing different functions such as adjusting the angles of inclination of the backrest portion and the seat portion of the chair. The gas spring units are operated by a common operating lever having an operating handle at one end while at its second end it is carried in a vertical slot so as to be pivotable in a horizontal direction about the vertical axis of the slot and slidable lengthwise of the slot. At a location spaced from its second end the lever is mounted in a horizontal slot so as to be pivotable in a vertical direction about the axis of the horizontal slot as well as being slidable lengthwise of the horizontal slot, whereby different spring units can be actuated by different combinations of movements of the lever.

Seat adjustment apparatus

A seat such as an office chair comprises a seat carrier assembly carrying an adjustable seat portion and also an adjustable backrest portion. The inclination of the backrest portion can be adjusted by means of a first gas spring unit while inclination of the seat portion is adjusted by means of at least one and preferably two second gas spring units. An actuating lever is operatively connected to the valve actuating members of the respective gas spring units and is pivotable about a pivot point in first and second directions, the second direction being at least substantially perpendicular to the first direction. The actuating lever is pivotable in the first direction for adjusting backrest inclination only and is pivotable in the second direction for adjusting seat portion inclination only, and it can be pivoted in the first direction when it is selectively at first and second spaced-apart positions as considered in the second direction of its movement, to permit combined movement of the seat and backrest portions.

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Amberg, Germany

Wolfram Jahn