Patent ID: 7762629
Filing Date: 2010-07-27
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. Furniture ( 1 ) having a seating surface ( 2 ) and at least one support rest ( 3 , 4 ) connected to the former and adjustable with respect to the seating surface such that it can be positioned in various circumferential areas of the seating surface, characterized in that at least one support rest ( 3 , 4 ) is formed from a plurality of elements ( 10 ) that are connected in an articulated fashion and that are flexible in the direction of movement along an adjustment path and control means ( 12 , 16 , 18 ) for causing the elements to bend along the adjustment path such that the support rest adapts itself generally to the circumferential contour of the seating surface ( 2 ) along at least a part of the adjustment path.