Patent ID: 6874853

Claim:
A chair, in particular an office chair, comprising a pedestal ( 1 ), a seat support ( 4 ) supported thereon via chair column ( 3 ), said seat support ( 4 ) comprising a front and a rear seat support element ( 12 , 13 ) being connected with one another via a pivot axis ( 20 ) extending substantially horizontally, a seat ( 5 ) supported on said seat support elements ( 12 , 13 ), a backrest ( 7 ) secured on said rear seat support element ( 13 ), a longitudinally adjustable energy storing means ( 27 ) for mutually adjusting said backrest ( 7 ) and said seat ( 5 ), said energy storing means ( 27 ) beingjoined with said seat support elements ( 12 , 13 ) at a distance from their pivot axis ( 20 ), a spring abutment ( 34 ) being arranged pivotably around said pivot axis ( 20 ) for adjustably dampening a pivoting movement of said seat support elements ( 12 , 13 ) relative to one another, an adjusting element ( 36 ) extending substantially tangentially relative to said pivot axis ( 20 ) and being pivotable around an adjusting element pivot axis ( 52 ) for modifying the bias between said spring abutment ( 34 ) and one seat support element ( 12 ), and an actuating twist handle ( 25 ) connected with said adjusting element ( 36 ) and pivotable around a twist handle pivot axis ( 53 ) for manually turning said adjusting element, wherein said actuating twist handle ( 25 ) is connected via a coupling element ( 54 ) with said adjusting element for transmitting a turning, movement, and wherein said adjusting element pivot axis ( 52 ) and said twist handle pivot axis ( 53 ) are not coaxial with one another.