| People who work in offices frequently spend | | | | to whoever is sitting down in it - a self-regulating |
| many hours a day sitting at their desks, those | | | | office chair |
| same people, together with people who do not | | | | Sounds great, does it not? Very futuristic! In fact, |
| work in an office, then sometimes go home after | | | | the technology is already here and one of the |
| work and use a home office or surf the Internet | | | | chairs that has it implemented is the Sum chair |
| for hours. It is the same story with children. This | | | | manufactured by Allsteel. It has won several |
| could add up to a lot of bad posture and a lot of | | | | prestigious awards for its innovative design and |
| bad backs in the near future, especially among | | | | ease of use. The chair boasts an automatically, |
| today's children, whose bones are still developing | | | | self-adjusting system called AutoFit. AutoFit is |
| and growing. | | | | responsible for providing full support for your back |
| The fact is simply that a lot of chairs used for | | | | by responding to your sitting pose and |
| office work are either unsuitable or the people | | | | movements. |
| who make use of them do not know how | | | | You cannot alter the Sum chair incorrectly |
| essential it is to adjust their chair to suit their | | | | because it promises to do the job for you |
| body shape. A good chair, a real, ergonomic chair, | | | | automatically. The arm rests are fully adjustable |
| will practically force you to adopt a good posture, | | | | for width, length, depth and height. This is quickly |
| which will hugely reduce the chances of you | | | | achieved and it is useful if you need to get close |
| receiving an industrial injury. And a bad back | | | | to your desk without the arm rests getting in the |
| caused by an ill-fitting chair would be a work | | | | way. |
| related injury, although it may be deemed | | | | Another attribute is the Avatar 2, |
| self-inflicted. | | | | weight-activated tilting mechanism. It will |
| Most chairs have to be manually adjusted to suit | | | | effortlessly, on your behalf, adjust itself to your |
| one's body, which is all very well if you know | | | | seating position in one smooth movement. The |
| what the perfect settings should be. If you do not | | | | Sum office chair takes the 'need-to-know' out of |
| well, you could ask your supervisor to see the | | | | using an office chair correctly. Since it is |
| health and safety representative. If you work | | | | self-regulating, it is perfect for an office where |
| from home, you are on your own. Well, let us put | | | | several people may sit in one chair during the |
| it this way, it is up to you to get the information | | | | course of the day and it saves having to train |
| and apply it yourself. The information is on the | | | | each new employee in the health and safety |
| Internet. However, you could do away with all | | | | benefits of good posture and sitting correctly. |
| that and get a chair that automatically suits itself | | | | |