Meditation Chair

Abstract

A chair having a chair back with an enlarged and curved seating surface is described. The raised seating surface has a front to back dimension (depth) substantially similar to its left to right dimension (width) approximately 0.80 meters. The seating surface is further curved upwardly on the left and right sides relative to the front to back center of the seating surface. In one variation, the radius of curvature pertaining to the curve is approximately 0.5 meters.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A chair comprising:
 a base assembly including a plurality of chair legs, the base assembly defining a seating surface, the seating surface
 (i) having a minimum right to left width of about 0.75 meters and a front to back depth of about 0.75 meters, 
 (ii) being curved along its width at a radius of about 0.5 meters; and a seatback, the seatback being coupled with the base assembly. 
   
     
     
         2 . The seatback of  claim 1  comprising a backrest and at least one seatback arm coupling the backrest to the base assembly. 
     
     
         3 . The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the base assembly further includes a seat cushion with a top surface, the top surface defining the seating surface. 
     
     
         4 . The chair of  claim 2 , wherein the seatback further includes a backrest cushion, the backrest cushion being secured to the backrest. 
     
     
         5 . The chair of  claim 1 , wherein the radius is approximately 0.5 meters. 
     
     
         6 . The chair of  claim 1 , wherein a front surface of the backrest is canted rearwardly relative of the seating surface at an angle of 95-120 degrees. 
     
     
         7 . The chair of  claim 2 , wherein the base assembly further includes a shaped base panel with a thickness of approximately 1.0″ or less with each chair leg of the plurality of chair legs being individually attached to a bottom surface of the panel. 
     
     
         8 . The chair of  claim 7 , wherein each chair leg of the plurality of chair legs being individually attached to a bottom surface of the panel by a leg mount. 
     
     
         9 . The chair of  claim 7 , wherein each chair leg is tapered from a larger diameter at a top end to a smaller diameter at a bottom end. 
     
     
         10 . The chair of  claim 7 , wherein the at least one seatback arm comprises a pair of seatback arms with each seatback arm being individually attached to a top surface of the base panel proximate a rear edge thereof. 
     
     
         11 . The chair of  claim 10 , wherein each seatback arm is individually attached to the base panel by a seatback mount. 
     
     
         12 . The chair of  claim 11 , wherein the backrest comprises a backrest panel, the backrest panel being attached to the pair of seatback arms through a backrest panel mount that spans between spaced apart seatback arms proximate a top end of each seatback arm. 
     
     
         13 . The chair of  claim 7 , wherein the base panel comprises one of a laminated composite, a laminated wood, metal, and plastic. 
     
     
         14 . A method of using the chair of  claim 1 , the method comprising:
 placing a buttock onto the seating surface;   sliding rearwardly on the seating surface until knees of the user are positioned fully on the seating surface;   crossing legs of the user; and   resting the knees against the seating surface.   
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising resting the back of the user against the seatback while the legs are crossed. 
     
     
         16 . A chair comprising:
 a base assembly, the base assembly including (a) a shaped base panel with a thickness of approximately 1.0″ or less, a minimum right to left width of about 0.75 meters, a front to back depth of about 0.8 meters, and a widthwise radius of curvature of about 0.5 meters, (b) four chair legs with each leg individually attached to a bottom surface of the base panel by a leg mount; and   a seatback assembly, the seatback assembly including (i) a pair of seatback arms, each seatback arm seatback arm of the pair of seatback arms being individually attached to a top surface of the base panel by a seatback mount, and (ii) a backrest panel, the backrest panel being attached to the pair of seatback arms by a backrest panel mount, the backrest panel mount spanning between the seatback arms proximate a top end of each seatback arm.   
     
     
         17 . The chair of  claim 16 , wherein a front surface of the backrest panel is canted rearwardly relative of the seating surface at an angle of 95-120 degrees. 
     
     
         18 . The chair of  claim 16 , wherein the seatback assembly further includes a backrest cushion, the backrest cushion being secured to the backrest panel. 
     
     
         19 . A method of using the chair of  claim 16 , the method comprising:
 placing a buttock onto the seating surface;   sliding rearwardly on the seating surface until knees of the user are positioned fully on the seating surface;   crossing legs of the user; and   resting the knees against the seating surface.   
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19 , further comprising resting the back of the user against the backrest while the legs are crossed.