Sitting means having sensing device

Abstract

Device and method for encouraging and urging an occupant in a sitting means to have optimum sitting posture, in which one or a plurality of sensors are provided to the seat member and / or the back member of the sitting means to which the thighs, hip, spine, shoulder blades and / or ribs, and / or the head of an occupant are contacting when the occupant sits in the sitting means in right sitting posture, said sensors generate / send signals to the microcomputer when an occupant on the sitting means contacts or activates said sensors, upon receiving the signals, the microcomputer orders the responding means either to produce responding signal or not, according to predetermined program, and when the responding means responds, the occupant, upon recognizing the responding signal, tries to contact or activate all the sensors in order to stop the response by correcting his / her sitting posture.

Description

[0001] The present invention relates to a sitting means, and particularly relates to a sitting means having sensing device for sensing the sitting posture of an occupant on a sitting means and thereby for encouraging and urging the occupant to have optimum sitting posture.[0002] Generally, a "sitting means" has a substantially horizontal seat member which supports the thighs and pelvis of an occupant and a substantially vertical back member which is vertically positioned above the seat member and is adapted to provide support to the back of the occupant.[0003] Thus, the sitting means, in this specification, indicates any one of the chairs, vehicle seats, airplane seats, benches, sofas, folding chairs, beach chairs, wheel chairs, school seat-desks, church pews, auditorium and stadium seats, sitting parts of exercise apparatuses, and the like.[0004] For convenience, the term "chair" or "seat" is sometimes used to representatively denote all these types of sitting means.[0005] There ha...

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Benefits of technology

[0028] Accordingly, it is the ultimate object of the present invention to provide a device and method which encourages a person to sit in optimum sitting posture such that one can concentrate on his work without feeling any fatigue or lower back pains.

[0029] Still a further ultimate object of the present invention is to provide a device and method which leads a person to habitually sit in optimum sitting posture from his / her early days such that; first, he / she can have well built straight body, second, he / she can prevent chronic lumbar myalgia, and third, he / she can have physiologically erect posture even in his / her old age.

Problems solved by technology

In the prior arts, there have never been any devices or methods that encourage, lead, or urge an occupant in a sitting means to have optimum sitting posture by providing a sensing device to a sitting means.

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