I have been all over the place trying to find a source for a flo tilt mechanism.
Flo tilt chair mechanism.
The original la fonda chairs were conceived in both armshell and sideshell versions.
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 backrest locks in 6 positions with an anti backlash safety lock.
Replacement swivel chair tilt mechanisms.
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.
It was used in a lot of chairs.
They used to have lots of nos flo tilt parts but no more.
Shown here is the charles eames designed dat 1 chair base.
The bassick flo tilt was widely used on other manufacturers chairs as well.
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 chair quickly reached a peak of popularity and was made available to the public by herman miller.
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.
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.
I am restoring a plycraft mr.
The mechanism is the same on all bassick flo tilt bases.
Chair and i need a source for the flo tilt mechanism that allows chair to recline.
Early herman miller eames aluminum group and dat chairs goodform and others.
Antongreens most basic swivel tilt office chairs have the basic mechanism here a thick 1 or more steel post is the swivel.
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.
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.