Patent ID: 7396080
Filing Date: 2008-07-08
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A chair comprising a base structure; a seat having a seat surface and a backrest; a seat carrier for carrying the seat on the base structure; and a tilt mechanism which is arranged between the seat carrier and the base structure and which is of such an arrangement and configuration that it permits inclination of the seat surface of the seat with respect to the horizontal both in a forward/rearward direction of the seat surface and also in a right/left direction of the seat surface, characterized in that the tilt mechanism has a pressure plate with a first conicity in the forward/rearward direction of the seat surface, by way of which the seat can be inclined in the forward/rearward direction, and a second conicity in the right/left direction of the seat surface, by way of which the seat can be inclined in the right/left direction, wherein the pressure plate is mounted on elastically deformable first and second spring blocks, wherein at least one first spring block is associated with the pressure plate in the forward/rearward direction of the seat surface and at least one second spring block is associated with the pressure plate in the right/left direction of the seat surface.