Humanscale

Contents 1 Products 2 Sustainability 3 In Film, On TV 4 External Links, References

[edit] Products

Humanscale introduced the Freedom chair in 2000. Available with or without a headrest, the task chair’s counterbalance mechanism adjusts automatically to fit the user’s body. The only manual levers are used to raise or lower the seat and adjust the seat depth and backrest height. Freedom features self-adjusting recline, a dual-pivot backrest to support the changing needs of the spine, synchronized armrests to prevent uneven arm positioning, and contoured cushioning to maximize comfort for long-term use.

Humanscale’s Liberty chair also adjusts automatically to accommodate different users. The design features a tri-panel mesh back that provides body-fitting comfort and lumbar support. Liberty is also outfitted with the balanced recline mechanism that moves and supports all sitters based on weight and body size. Only seat height and depth require manual adjustment.

Humanscale also manufactures keyboard tray systems. The keyboard tray consists of a track attached to the underside of a work surface. A mechanism slides along the track to allow the user to stow the tray completely under the desk. The current model, 5G, allows users to raise or lower tray height, swivel left to right, and angle the keyboard tray at an ergonomically-sound negative slope.

[edit] Sustainability

Humanscale’s founder and CEO, Bob King, serves on the National Council of the World Wide Fund for Nature, formerly known as the World Wildlife Fund. The company demonstrates its commitment to sustainability by manufacturing products that are recyclable and constructed from recycled materials. Humanscale seating and ergonomic tools are designed to require the fewest parts and materials possible. Its “material of choice,” aluminum, boasts a high scrap value and is more is likely to be recycled than alternative materials. Humanscale seating ships blanket-wrapped whenever possible, but if boxes are required the company uses those constructed of at least 40 percent recycled materials.

[edit] In Film, On TV

The Freedom chair has appeared in films including I Think I Love My Wife, Mr. & Mrs. Smith, The Lake House, Stay, Friends With Money, The Weather Man, Miss Congeniality 2, In Good Company, I Robot, Fever Pitch, Catwoman, 13 Going on 30, The Human Stain, Duplex, Legally Blonde 2, X2, About Schmidt, Two Weeks Notice, Brown Sugar, Planet of the Apes and Antitrust. The chair will turn up in The Tourist, now in production.

On TV, Freedom has been featured in Bones, Shark, Sex and the City, Vanished, Ugly Betty, Las Vegas, Medium, CSI: Miami, Standoff, Vanished, Ally McBeal, My Wife and Kids, Real Time with Bill Maher, and Weekend Today.

Liberty has appeared in films including The Bourne Ultimatum, Premonition, and Feast of Love; and on TV in Emily’s Reasons Why Not, Premonition, Boston Legal, Rules of Engagement, Heroes and Weeds. Liberty will also be on-set in Old Dogs, a 2008 release.

Both chairs have been featured in the Bourne Ultimatum, and on 24, House, Eli Stone, Heroes, Private Practice, Life and Pepper Dennis.