Replacement office chair tilt mechanism with 10 2 long x 6 wide screw mounting hole pattern single lever for gas cylinder height activation accepts standard tapered gas lift cylinders tilt control push lever in to lock tilt pull out to unlock.
Flo tilt chair mechanism.
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Usually the lower part that goes through the conjunction cross that goes out to the leg wheels is threaded with a big threaded disc so you can adjust height there.
The la fonda chair was designed by the eames and alexander girard exclusively for the la fonda del sol restaurant in the time life building in new york city.
The backrest locks in 6 positions with an anti backlash safety lock.
The mechanism is the same on all bassick flo tilt bases.
The flo high back chair with a non synchronous free floating mechanism with side tension adjustment forward tilt 8 degrees and rearward tilt 17 degrees.
The original la fonda chairs were conceived in both armshell and sideshell versions.
The flo tilt mechanism essentially a cylinder of rubber was used in countless office chairs in the 50s and 60s.
Initially i tried to contact past present future which i won t even link to because of a lack of responsiveness.
Chair and i need a source for the flo tilt mechanism that allows chair to recline.
The chair quickly reached a peak of popularity and was made available to the public by herman miller.
The flo mb chair has a memory foam layer in the seat and an inbuilt coccyx relief zone as standard.
Early herman miller eames aluminum group and dat chairs goodform and others.
Top end goes into a slot which lands on a pin under.
Shown here is the charles eames designed dat 1 chair base.
I have been all over the place trying to find a source for a flo tilt mechanism.
I took the whole chair apart today cleaned up the leather replaced some foam and stared at the tilt mechanism stared some more and got nowhere.
It was used in a lot of chairs.
Replacement swivel chair tilt mechanisms.
Usually it is a broken swivel tilt mechanism that causes your chair to rock from side to side but the plastic insert may be broken as well.
The bassick flo tilt was widely used on other manufacturers chairs as well.
Just now i was back on the floor staring at the base and the light hit such a way that i noticed is says flo tilt.