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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
May. 14, 2018
Tournadre SA Standard Gum, Bourges, FR;
TOURNADRE SA STANDARD GUM, Bourges, FR;
Abstract
The invention relates to the field of beds or seats. In particular, the invention relates to a flexible element () stiffness that is adjustable stiffness along a compression axis (Z), the element including a compression spring (). In order to enable the stiffness of the stiffness element () to be adjusted, it further comprises both a mechanism () coupled to the compression spring () so as to be actuated by compression of the compression spring () along the compression axis (Z) to move in a direction other than the direction of the compression axis (Z), and also an adjustment device for selectively restricting or releasing the movement of the mechanism (). The invention also provides a unit () comprising a plurality of such flexible elements (), and a method of adjusting the stiffness of the flexible element ().