«2 United States Patent Lee (10) Patent No. 4s) Date of Patent: US 9,215,934 B2 Dec. 22, 2015 (54) CORRECTIVE CHAIR USING SLIDER MEANS (71) Applicant: Jae Hyun Lee, Jeotlabuklo (KR) Jae Hyun Lee, Jeolabuk-dlo (KR) Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this pleat is extended or adjusted under 35 USC. 154(b) by 0 days. 141382,968. Oct. 17,2012 PCTKR2012008477 (2) Inventor (8) Notice: (21) Appl. No. (22). PCT Filed: (86) PCT No. §371 (ei). (2)Date: "Ape. 18,2014 (87) PCT Pub, Nos WO2013S8538 PCT Pubs Date: Ape 25,2013 3) Prior Publication Data US 2014024689041 Sep. 4, 2014 G0) Forcign Application Priority Data Oct.21,2011 (KR) (1) Ineo. Ag 100 AMIC TAL 10.201 -0107842 (2005.01) (2006.01) (Continved) (2) US.CL CPC ATE 7114 2013.01}, AAC 1023 (2013.01) A47C 92002 (2013.01), AGI 5/00 201301) (58) Field of Classification Search cre ASIC 9/10, ASIC 7/46: ATC 1032: ASIC 7/40; ASIC 7/14: ABTC 1023 USPC ou. 297/299, 300.2, 300.6, 341, 342, 301.1, 2971317, 397 See application ile for complete search history. 66) References Cited USS. PATENT DOCUMENTS 5356120 A * 101994 lke 2973001 SSIDGHO A * ‘91908 Cala TMS (Continued) FOREIGN PATENT DOCUMENTS Wo worn AL* 42002 Primary Examiner — Laurie Cranmer (74) Attornes Agent o Firm — AKC Patents, LLC; AIK. Collins on ABSTRACT Provided is @ comective chair wsing a slider means that includes a supporting leg seat plate that is coupled to the supporting leg and on which a user seas, and» backrest ‘whove lower part is coupled tan upper part of the supporting Jegand tat stpports a back ofthe user wlten the user seats on the seat plate. The cai includes a slider that s interposed between the supporting lez and the seat plate, The slider includes guide rails that are coupled to both sides of 2 op stirface ofthe supporting leg. and are disposed ta he incline toward the backrest in such a manner that portions of the aide rails close to the backrest ure lowered and portions thereof opposite 10 the buckrest are raised; guide blocks whose lower parts are slidably coupled to the guide rails dat are disposed oa the guide rails opposite to the backrest in an inital state and whose upper parts are coupled to botiom surlace of the seat plate; and elastic bodies whose one sides fare coupled toa bottom surface oF font side of the seat plate land the other sides are coupled to atop surface ofthe sup- porting leg. When the user seats on the seat pate, the guide blocks are slid in an inclined direction of the guide mils to compress the elastic bodies, and the seat plate is moved toward the backrest allow a ack ofthe User To come ia contact withthe backrest, and when the user rises from the seat plate the elastic bodies are restored to original sates to restore the guide blocks and the seat plate to origina sates. ‘Accordingly since the guide nls ae disposed tobe inclined ‘whe the user seats onthe seat plate, he seat plates retreated toward the backrest to allow the back ofthe user fo come close fo the backrest. Accordingly, even though the user inconsciously seats on the chat, since the corrective chair sing lider means allows back portions of aa upper body sch as pelvis and waist to be straightened, the corrective chair using a slider means can correcta poste of the use 80 ‘sto allow the wser to seat on the chair ina correct posture, 1 Claim, 1 Drawing Sheet Horizontal groundUS 9,215,934 B2 Tage? sh mc, 692.90 925 e208 so nn BB F QS Sua See wn aaicims aca ollie Ss te set ANC 9/00 (2006.01), 200670244294 AL Dozsa-Farkas 297/300.2 SURGES AIS G8 oN Bhd 69 eterenss ied Eiotiose ats iano a Bes EDGG08 AI SR Gk Braet Us. PATENT DOCUMENTS ageges i ck at (6824219 82 11/2004, Ruckstader aorn327 * cited by examinerU.S. Patent Dec. 22, 2015 US 9,215,934 B2 Fig.US 9,215,934 B2 1 CORRECTIVE CHAIR USING SLIDER MEANS Ros REFERENCE TO RELATED "APPLICATIONS, This application is National phase of PCT patent Appli- ‘ation No. PCT/KR2012/008477 having Intemational filing date of Oct. 17, 2012 which claims the benefit of priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2011-0107842 filed on ‘Oct. 21, 2011. The contents ofthe above applications are al, Incomporated by reference as if fully set forth herein in thie entirety, ‘TECHNICAL FIELD ‘The present invention relates toa corrective chair sing 3 slider means, and more particularly, relates to a corrective ‘char using a slider means capable of effectively preventing musculoskeletal damage caused by an office chair BACKGROUND ART In general, an office chair has a base funetion fora wser to sit at Work, and also has @ function as a space for waist protection and relaxation ‘Most people including stents or office workers spend substantial ammount of time in thei daily life in esis. Thus, since a load of an upper body is transfered (© a spine and pelvis, sess is applied tothe spine, the pelvis and muscles ‘round the spine and pelvis, so that people may suffer from 3 ‘ling of fatigue o pain, Purher, when people do not maintain a comect siting posture dic tan incorrect siting posture ora badly designed ‘hair, spinal disk disorder (hemiated lumbar dise) may be ‘eased, For this reason, a corrctve chair capable of correcting the siting posture o prevent the spinal disk disorder has beea suggested, and the corrective che that is often exposed in daily life is ergonomically designod. However, most correc tive chairs according tothe related art do not customize to the user and theuser may need toadjust the corrective chair when the user sts in the chai DISCLOSURE “Technical Problem In onder to solve the problems, an object of the present Jnvention is to provide an improved corrective chair using & slider means eapable of correcting a posture of a user in response toa weight of the user 0 as nt to lose user's posture ‘sed by user's habit when the user sts on the chai Inonderto achieve the above abject an exemplary embodi ment of the present invention provides a corrective chait using aslider means that includes supporting ep, seat plate that is coupled to the supporting leg and on which a user sits ‘and abackrest whose lower partis coupled to an upper part of the supporting log and that supports a back ofthe user when the user sits on the seat plate, The chair includes slider that js interposed between the supporting leg and the seat pte Thesliderineludes guide rails thatarecoupled thoth sidesof top surface ofthe supporting leg, and are declined toward the backrest in such a manner that portions of the puide rails 0 o 2 close fo the backrest ae lowered aad portions thereof oppo- site othe backrest are raised; aude blocks whose lower pats are slidably coupled tothe guide rails that are disposed onthe guide rail opposite t0 the backrest in an initial state, and ‘whose upper parts are coupled to a bottom surface of the seat plate; and elastic bodies whose one sides are coupled to 2 bottom surface of font side of the seat plate and the other Sides are coupled to top surface of the supporting ley. When the user sits onthe seat plat, the ide blocks are configured to slide in a declined diretion of the guide rl, the elastic bodies are compressed, andthe seat plates moved toward the backrest tallow aback of theuser a come in contact withthe backrest, and when the user rises fom the seat plat, the elastic bodies are restored (0 original states t© restore the ‘Bde blocks and the seat plate to original states Effect ofthe Invention According to the corrective chair using a slider means of the present invention, since the guide rails are declined, when the user sits on the seat plate, the elastic bodies are com- pressed, and, thus, the soa plat is retreated toward the bock- rest to allow the back of the user to come in close to the backrest. Accordingly, even though the user unconsciously sits on the ehaie, since the corrective chair using a slider ‘cas allows back portions of an upper body sca as pelvis ‘and waist tobe straightened, the corrective chairusing slider ‘means can correcta posture of he user so a tallow the user tositon the chair ina cortect posture, unter, when the user rises fram the seat plate, the elastic bodies are restored to original states to restore the seat plate t0 its initial state DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 isa schematie side view of a corrective chair using slider means acconding to an embodiment of the present invention FIG. 2 is a schematic front view of the comective chair using a slider means of FIG. 1 BEST MODE Hereinafter, «corrective chair using a slider means ofthe presen invention will he deserihed in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings 'FIG. 1a schematic sie view of a corrective chair using slider means acconting to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 sa schematic font view ofthe eoree- tive chat using a stider means of FIG. 1 Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, the corrective chai using a slider means of the present invention includes @ supporting Jeg. 10, a scat plate 20 that is coupled to the supporting leg 10 and on which use sits, a backrest 30 that is Coupled to the supporting leg 10 to support boek of the user sitting on the seat plate 20, anda slider 70 that is interposed between the supporting leg 10 and the seat plate 20, The sider 70 includes guide rails 40, guide blocks 50, and elastic badies 60 A aio guide rails 40 is respectively coupled to both sides ‘of atop surlace of the supporting ley 10, The guide rails are ‘clined town! the backrest 30 in such a manner that por- ‘ions of the guide ral close othe backrest 30 are loweredand portion thereof opposite tothe backrest 30 are raised. The nls ae inclined sich that when a ball is placed on a side oF ‘the seat plate 20 opposite tothe hackrest 30, the ball naturally rolls toward the backrest 30 by gravity.US 9,215,934 B2 3 Lower parts ofthe guide blocks $0 are slidably coupled to the guide rail 40, and top surfaces thereof are coupled to a bottom surface ofthe seat plate 20 A plurality of guide blocks 80 is provided. For example ‘vo guide blocks 80 may be coupled to one guide rail 40, and ‘wo guide blocks 50 may be coupled to the other guide tail 4. The elastic body 60 isa shower ora spring, and lower ends ‘ofa pair of elastic bodies 60 that are spacod apart fom each ‘other are coupled by aconnection bar 61, One endsthereof are ‘coupled to the botlom surface ofthe seat plate 20, and the ‘other ends thereof are coupled to an upper part ofthe support ing leg 1. Here, one elastic body 60 is coupled to a front side ofthe seatplate 20, that is, aside opposite to the backrest 30, und the ‘other elastic body'iseoupled tothe supporting leg 10 closeto the backrest 30, “According to the comective chair using a slider means having the aforementioned structure, the user sis on the seat plate 2010 compress the elastic bodies 60, the guide blocks 50 ‘are slid on the puide rails 40 toward the backrest 30, and the seat plate 20 coupled to the guide blocks $0 jsalso sl toward the backrest 30. Thus, the back of the user comes in close ‘contact with the backrest 30, and when the ser rises from the seat plate 20, theelastc bodies 60, the guide blocks 80 und the seat plate 20 are restored to their original states “According to the comctive chair using a slider means having the aforementioned stricture, since the guide rails 40 ‘are declined, when the user sits on the set plate 20, the seat plate 20 retracts toward the backrest 30 to allow the back of theusertocomeinclose tothe backrest 30, Accordingly, even though the user unconsciously sits on the ehait, since the ‘conectve clair using slider means allows back portions of fn upper body such as peivisand waist to be straightened, the 4 conective chair using a sider means can correct a posture of the user so as to allow the use a it on the chair in a comect lames is: 1. corrective chair using a slider means that includes a supporting leg. 9 set pl i coupled t the supporting Jeg and on which a user sits, and a backrest whose lower part is coupled to am upper part of the supporting leg and that supports back of the user when the usr sits onthe seat plate, the chair comprising: slide that is interposed between the supporting leg and the seat plate, wherein the slider includes: uid rails that are coupled to both sides of atop surface of ‘the supporting leg, and are declined rowand the backrest in such a manner that portions of the guide rails close to thebackrestarelowered and portions thereof opposite the backrest ae raised: tude blocks whose lower parts are slidably coupled tothe ‘guide rails, that are disposed on te guide rails opposite to dae backrest in an inital state, and whose upper parts fare coupled to a bottom surface ofthe seat plate; and clastic hoes whose one sides are coupled to bottom surface of roa side ofthe set plate andthe other sides are coupled to top surface ofthe supporting leg, ‘wherein when the user sits on the seat plate, the guide blocks ae slid ina declined direction oF the guide rails andthe elastic bodies are compressed, and the sat plate is moved oward the backrest to allow a back ofthe user to come in contact with the backrest, and ‘when the user rises from the seat plat, the este bodes fre restored to original states to restore the guide blocks and the seat plate to original states.