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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2000
Giancarlo Piretti, Bologna, IT;
Pro-Cord Srl, Bologna, IT;
Abstract
Chair with a seat and back tilting in a synchronized way, includes a base structure ( ), a seat support structure ( ) provided to the base structure ( ) about a first transverse axis ( ), a back support structure ( ) pivoted to the base structure ( ) about a second axis ( ) parallel to the first, an articulation assembly ( ) capable of synchronizing the tilting movements of the seat and the back with each other, an elastic device ( ) tending to push the seat ( ) and the back ( ) towards a forwardly inclined position and tending to oppose rearward tilting of the seat ( ) and the back ( ), a device to selectively stop the forward tilting travel of the seat and the back in a normal sitting position and in a forwardly inclined position, and a device to immobilize the seat ( ) and the back ( ) in at least one operating position. A pair of tilting stop members ( ) fixed to the seat supporting structure ( ) or the back supporting structure ( ) are provided and act together with corresponding immobilizing members ( ″) which slide independently of each other in a direction parallel to the tilting axis ( ) or the stop members ( ) between a non-operating position and an operating position.