Patent ID: 6183043
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: B62J

Abstract:
A seat including:a seat surface portion for receiving at least part of a user's buttocks, said seat surface portion being of a longitudinal length such that said seat surface portion is capable of seating only a single user and such that said seat surface portion forms the complete seat upon which the single user, in use, sits;an abutment portion within the seat surface portion and forming part of the seat surface portion; andadjustment means for adjusting the abutment portion out of the seat surface portion so that in a first position of the seat, the single user sits with a first, seated body orientation on the seat surface portion including the abutment portion, and by adjustment of the adjusting means, the seat can be placed into a second position where the abutment portion is moved out of the seat surface portion and is inclined at an angle such that the single user sits in a second, at least semi-standing body orientation against the abutment portion whereby the abutment portion acts as a reaction surface for the buttocks of the user.