Patent ID: 7344194

Claim:
A device for lumbar support ( 2 ) for an office chair ( 1 ) with a backrest consisting of a backrest frame ( 3 ) with a membrane ( 4 ) stretched over it, wherein the device ( 2 ) is mounted independently of the membrane ( 4 ) in the backrest frame and is adjustable in height as well as horizontally extendable, characterized in that it comprises the following components: a) Two carrier elements ( 5 ), identical in construction, each of which exhibits on the outside a lateral guide web ( 6 ) and a seating fixture ( 7 ) to engage a lumbar slide ( 8 ), wherein a spring element ( 9 ) is attached to the guide web ( 6 ), the spring element ( 9 ) being connected to a rigid central element ( 10 ), and wherein the other end of the central component ( 10 ) lying opposite the spring element ( 9 ) is designed in the shape of a comb and exhibits individual webs ( 11 ), and wherein b) The two carrier elements ( 5 ), identical in construction, are turned 180° toward each other and are arranged in such a way that the webs ( 11 ) of their two central components ( 10 ) interlock, and wherein c) The two carrier elements ( 5 ), identical in construction, are connected to each other by means of a polyurethane foam element ( 13 ) applied on both sides over their central components ( 10 ).