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Product catalog summary

Company Contact Information

Teknion Corporation provides contact details for its offices in the USA, Europe, Canada, and other international locations, including addresses, telephone, fax numbers, and email contacts.

Corporate Commitment to Sustainability

Teknion emphasizes sustainability in design, manufacturing, and operations. The company integrates sustainable principles into product development, aiming for total sustainability through continuous evaluation and innovation.

Product Overview: Fitz™ Task Chair

The Fitz chair is a high-performance ergonomic task chair designed to fit a broad international user base. It offers extensive adjustability to meet diverse ergonomic needs and complies with multiple international standards.

Ergonomic and Safety Standards Compliance

  • EN 1335 (European Standards)
  • NPR (Dutch stringent guidelines)
  • JIS S 1032-2004 (Japanese Standards)
  • ANSI/BIFMA G1-2002 and X5.1-2002 (US Standards)
  • CGSB 44.232-2002 (Canadian Standards)

Environmental Certifications

  • Greenguard® Certified for Indoor Air Quality
  • Designed for easy disassembly and 89.1% recyclability

Design Philosophy and Features

Fitz is designed to maximize comfort and productivity by fitting 95% of the international working population. It uses anthropometric data to provide extended ranges of adjustability for seat height, armrests, back height, and more.

Key Features

  • Adjustable headrest promoting healthy head and neck posture
  • Back height adjustment for personalized lumbar support
  • Multiple armrest options: 2D and 4D arms with height, width, depth, and pivot adjustments
  • Seat height options with three adjustment ranges (3, 4, and 5 inches)
  • Synchro-tilt mechanism with a 2:1 tilt ratio for ergonomic recline
  • Seat depth adjustment to accommodate different leg lengths
  • Available frame and base finishes: polished aluminum or black plastic with casters or glides

Adjustability Details

Armrest Adjustments

  • Height adjustment: 4.75 inches
  • Width adjustment: 4D arms up to 4 inches, 2D arms up to 3 inches
  • Depth adjustment: 2.5 inches
  • Pivot rotation: 20 degrees inward/outward
  • Arm cap switch allows additional 2.25 inches width adjustment

Back and Seat Adjustments

  • Headrest tilt and depth adjustments to maintain cervical spine curve
  • Back height adjustment range: 2 inches
  • Seat depth adjustment range: 2.5 inches
  • Tilt tension adjustable to user weight and preference
  • Back tilt lock with multiple positions and free-flow movement

Dimensions and Anthropometric Data

The chair dimensions are designed to accommodate a wide range of body sizes, from 5th percentile female to 95th percentile male, ensuring ergonomic fit and comfort.

  • Overall height: 35.25"–41.25" (896–1048 mm)
  • Seat height (floor to seat): low 14.75"–17.75" (375–453 mm), standard 16.5"–20.5" (414–521 mm), high 17.25"–22.25" (438–565 mm)
  • Seat width: 18.5" (465 mm)
  • Seat depth: 16.5"–19" (419–483 mm)
  • Back width: 18" (417 mm)
  • Arm height from seat: 4D arms 7.25"–12" (184–305 mm), 2D arms 7"–11" (176–279 mm)
  • Width between arms: 4D arms 14"–20.25" (356–514 mm), 2D arms 17"–20" (431–507 mm)

International Ergonomic Guidelines Comparison

The Fitz chair meets or exceeds the requirements of multiple international ergonomic standards, including European Norm (EN 1335), Dutch Workchair Guideline (NPR), ANSI/BIFMA, and Canadian CGSB standards. The brochure provides detailed measurement ranges and adjustment requirements for features such as seat height, seat depth, backrest height, armrest dimensions, tilt angles, and safety parameters.

Summary of Critical Specifications and Best Practices

  • Extensive adjustability ensures fit for 95% of users internationally
  • Compliance with stringent ergonomic and safety standards guarantees performance and user health
  • Modular design facilitates disassembly and recycling, supporting sustainability goals
  • Multiple armrest options and fine-tuning adjustments enhance user comfort and productivity
  • Anthropometric data-driven design maximizes ergonomic benefits
  • Environmental certifications affirm indoor air quality and eco-friendly manufacturing

Overall, the Fitz task chair represents a comprehensive ergonomic seating solution combining adjustability, compliance, sustainability, and design flexibility for diverse office environments.

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Catalog excerpts

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Teknion embraces change and its innate possibilities. Our culture is one of innovation. In that spirit, we have stepped forward to integrate sustainable principles and practices into the design, manufacturing and marketing of our products. Teknion products perform independently and in concert, combining in virtually unlimited congurations. Our philosophy embraces design as one of the best tools we have for realizing the benets of business , while also striving to reach sustainable goals. We have learned from design that changing a single detail alters the whole. Every inch makes a difference....

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• Greenguard® Certied for Indoor Air Quality • Designed for the environment: – Modular design offers ease of disassembly – 89.1 percent recyclable Fitz overview EN 1335 (European Standards) NPR (Dutch guidelines — the most stringent) JIS S 1032 -2004 (Japanese Standards) ANSI/BIFMA G1-2002 CGSB 44.232-2002 Fitz™ is a high-performance task chair based on a simple, essential idea — the principle of t. While most task chairs fall short of meeting the needs of an international working population, Fitz has translated the most demanding dimensional requirements of ergonomic guidelines into a broader...

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Simulated front view with 5-percentile female body dimensions (pertinent dimensions) Simulated side view with 5-percentile female body dimensions (pertinent dimensions) >> • Extended ranges of adjustability for the seat, arms and back address a greater variety of personal preferences • Emphasizes proper t to enhance comfort and productivity • Suitable for 95 percent of the diverse international work population 32.75" (833mm) 32.75" (833mm) 14.5" (370mm) Based on ergonomics and anthropometrics, design can maximize comfort and efciency. What is anthropometrics? Simply, it’s the measurement of the...

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Fitz features Promotes comfortable and healthy head and neck positions – see following pages for adjustment features. The depth range benets users of different sizes – see following pages for adjustment features. BACK HEIGHT Provides maximum personalized lumbar and back support – see following pages for adjustment features. Features a 2:1 tilt ratio – for every two degrees that the back tilts, the seat tilts one degree for a total back tilt of 22 degrees. Options include 4D Arms (shown) and 2D Arms – see following pages for adjustment features. The back tilt can be set in upright, free-ow movement...

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Designed for facility-wide application, Fitz offers three armrest options with different levels of adjustability. The chair’s greater range of adjustment positions the arms to accommodate personal preference, the dimensions of the body and the work being performed. 2D ARM The 2D Arm offers a moderate level of adjustability by adjusting in height and width. ARM HEIGHT Arms move up or down 4.75 inches to allow users to nd a natural position and alleviate discomfort in the arms, shoulders and neck. ARM DEPTH Arms adjust 2.5 inches in depth to more precisely align with the body, allowing users to...

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Fitz adjustments Discreetly integrated into the clean lines of the chair, Fitz enhances back, seat and head comfort with adjustments that support the body through a full range of motion. S E AT D E P T H Two-and-a-half-inch depth range corresponds with different leg lengths, ensuring proper contact with the chair back which helps reduce pressure behind the knees. BACK HEIGHT Two-inch adjustment range helps to provide optimal lumbar and back support. H E A D R E S T T I LT Adjustments in depth and angle support a healthy head and neck position by maintaining the natural curve in the cervical spine....

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International ergonomic measurement guidelines OFFICE CHAIR DUTCH WORKCHAIR SIZE REQUIREMENT shall include Seat height minimum adjustment range shall include minimum adjustment range Seat depth (front to back) minimum depth Seat width (side to side) minimum width Seat angle shall include minimum adjustment range shall include minimum adjustment range minimum height Seat depth Lumbar apex relative to point A Backrest height Top of back relative to point A minimum height Backrest width (side to side) minimum width Horizontal back curvature relative to point S minimum radius Back angle movement...

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