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These are little tubular clip on devices that fit over the feet of a folding steel chair and have heavy duty compression springs with a grippy ground contact point and mechanical stops to limit the degree of tilt to prevent falling over backward. They don't quite turn a basic folding chair into a full
fledged executive office sitter, but they do provide the amount of tilt an experienced office worker demands to be able to kick back and put your feet up on the desk.
My full fledged executive office sitter, uh... broke, and this is what I'm reduced to using until I replace it lol
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Ah - the joy of tilting back on a cheap plastic plus metal leg office chair. I always used to do this during staff meetings and on more than a few occasions crossed the critical point causing myself plus chair to nearly tumbled over backwards. This was only prevented by a dramatic arm flailing exercise. My head of dept (who was also a close personal friend) used to go mad. I favour some sort of sound alarm that warns of the critical point of instability being reached, but bravo for attaching your thinking to this important and pernicious issue. |
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//limit the degree of tilt to prevent falling over backward// [-] You are missing the entire point of leaning back and balancing on the rear two legs of a chair. |
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Also isn't that why people sit and work at desks? Application of a toe to the underside of the desk or table makes this entire invention redundant. |
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It would still be possible to tip back further, the stays just limit how far the springs will flop so you'd have to tip the ground contact points. The idea is just to stop the springs from stretching too far and dumping you unpredictably backward or sideways. |
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You do know that Homer did this on the Simpson's right? |
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//The idea is just to stop the springs from stretching too far and dumping you unpredictably backward or sideways.// |
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Again, I have to say you are missing the entire point of leaning back and balancing on the rear two legs of a chair. |
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