Shown here is the charles eames designed dat 1 chair base.
Flo tilt chair mechanism.
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.
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.
Initially i tried to contact past present future which i won t even link to because of a lack of responsiveness.
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.
Chair and i need a source for the flo tilt mechanism that allows chair to recline.
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.
The original la fonda chairs were conceived in both armshell and sideshell versions.
Top end goes into a slot which lands on a pin under.
The flo mb chair has a memory foam layer in the seat and an inbuilt coccyx relief zone as standard.
The mechanism is the same on all bassick flo tilt bases.
They used to have lots of nos flo tilt parts but no more.
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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.
It was used in a lot of chairs.
Antongreens most basic swivel tilt office chairs have the basic mechanism here a thick 1 or more steel post is the swivel.
The chair quickly reached a peak of popularity and was made available to the public by herman miller.
Early herman miller eames aluminum group and dat chairs goodform and others.
I have been all over the place trying to find a source for a flo tilt mechanism.
The backrest locks in 6 positions with an anti backlash safety lock.
I am restoring a plycraft mr.
The bassick flo tilt was widely used on other manufacturers chairs as well.
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.