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Chair for an enhanced learning environment

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-04-20
TRAVIS TANYA
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"The invention is a chair designed for teachers and schools to provide movement and dynamic activity for students while learning. The chair is based on the theory of sensory processing, which explains how we learn and store cognitive information. The chair has a unique design that stimulates the anti-gravity muscles, which helps focus the eyes on what is important. The chair allows for good sleep, nutrition, and emotional supports, which are important for children with learning problems. The chair also allows for hips and spine activity, which helps feed the systems that tell us where we are and what is up / down. The chair is designed to provide a reliable foundation for learners and to help them reach their potential."

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This results in bounce of the seat member which causes strong sensation to two large sensory systems, viz., the vestibular and proprioception.

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[0031] The chair of this invention provides movement and dynamic activity and is designed to activate specific musculature, while locking students into an upright, kneeling-like position. This allows and provides dynamic rocking and movement activity, which helps a student to be alert and orient to pertinent learning information while remaining in his / her respective learning place. The chair affects attention to learning opportunity, fine motor legibility (handwriting or motor planning), and written production along with educational retention. Movement is relevant to memory. Occupational therapists continue to develop the tools for classrooms in order to address sensory processing issues. This chair is a seating option for learning.

[0032] The chair, as shown in FIGS. 1 through 8, has three basic components. Namely, a seat member 40, a knee-shin rest member 50, and foot rest members 60 and 61, which are interconnected and supported by base or base unit 70. Seat 40 is attached to bas...

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Abstract

A chair with a vertically moveable seat member and a knee-shin rest member mounted on a base unit with foot rest members in a relationship to provide a kneeling-like sitting position.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 619,445, filed Oct. 15, 2005, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated herein by this reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] This invention relates to seating and more particularly to a chair providing movement and dynamic activity and is especially useful in the learning environment for students. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Some students are very sluggish and tend to lay their heads on their desks or prop themselves up on their elbows. Other students tend to be so full of the wiggles that they can't stop bothering their neighbors or focus on the directions from the teacher. Both groups of students need help with getting “ready” to learn. With the expectation that no child will be left behind, schools and teachers need help with providing the student with learning options. Diversity within a classroom is becoming more of a requirement, simply ...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A47C1/034A47C7/50
CPCA47C9/002A47C9/005
Inventor TRAVIS, TANYA
Owner TRAVIS TANYA
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