Patent ID: 6086157
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
An ergonomic support for maintaining a user in an erect sitting posture, said support comprising:a seat lying in a first horizontal plane having a front edge;knee brace means located on the front edge side of said seat at a level to intercept the knees of a user seated on said seat; and,means for connecting said knee brace means to said seat, including an incremental adjustment means for selectively adjusting the position of said knee brace means relative to the front edge of said seat in said first horizontal plane, a backrest connected to said seat so as to lie in a plane generally perpendicular to said first horizontal plane, whereby adjustment of said knee brace means forces the lower torso of the user seated on the seat into contact with the backrest when the adjustment means is operated to move the knee brace means towards said backrest, such that the user is forced into an erect sitting posture.