Individual springs and plastic pivots let this chair fit any body
Posted 10.14.2008 at 5:24 pm
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Deep Stretch
The chair’s white springs rest on stretchy cables that can depress even farther for a better fit.
Greg Neumaier
To follow up on its famed Aeron office chair, Herman Miller gave its engineers a challenge: Create a seat that offers a custom fit for anyone, no matter how big or small, round-shouldered or straight-backed. The engineers’ solution was to construct the frame from dozens of small, flexible pieces that bend precisely to your contours.
The Embody’s colorful fabric seat hides a system of 94 plastic coils. Each compresses independently, allowing pointy bones or bulky wallets to sink in without causing nearby areas to sag. The designers also tuned the springiness of each coil based on its location. The coils under your thighs and the soft backs of your knees give easily so they don’t chafe; those under the bones in your rear, which bear most of your weight, are the stiffest. Plastic caps on top of the coils tilt in any direction to hug instead of poke your curves.
The backrest gets its support from plastic bars that are attached only at their endpoints. They twist to your shape, even when you move, and balance the load. The segmented structure lets the top of the backrest tilt rearward without shifting the lower area, so it can fit as many different upper-back arches as there are desk jockeys in need of some comfort.
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I know so many people who complain about their backs and spinal problems to the point they wont sit down or rest without a pillow behind them. This seat is a solution solver for all ages! I'd really like to get my hands on this...
This is a great make. The idea and design are just genius.
The problem here is with people's ways. If you are taught or actually aren't thought, how to sit properly, even a chair like that would not be able to help you. I use to work on a desk for hours, then they told me to change my chair with a more "ergonomic" one, and I did. But because I was used to sitting a certain way, I still didn't use the ergo chair's full potential. I am now starting to take advantage of it :)
- DiGGY
Never thought a chair would be like one of that sort. I am reminded of the all too famous Dyson, this is the next biggest chair. I am glad someone had the nice thought of making a chair to fit anyone or any size. Thumbs up!
I work in a 911 dispatch center. I tried to get the powers that be to consider Aeron chairs last time we bought new ones. They wouldn't consider it because I couldn't find anyone to give us a sample to "test drive."
This sounds like it would be even better. But our chairs are in use 24/7 and being a sedentary job some of us have rather hefty seating requirements.
I couldn't find anything on durability. I wonder, with the stretching cables, how durable is that?
my good friend designed the arms of this chair
i designed the assembly equipment that puts all the seat components together. it is as unique as the chair itself.
multi vision systems etc. to ensures all the components are together and functional.