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BEAN BAG CHAIR USE INSTRUCTIONS

When you receive a Curved Space bean bag chair we overfill it slightly for two reasons:  The fresh beads will settle after several weeks of use and the material will stretch.  An overfilled chair is best used in the lying down position.

THE LYING DOWN POSITION

a) To lie down in the chair, sit down near the front of the chair and roll slowly back into it.  When in the process of sitting into the chair do not touch the chair with your hand first, for this will throw the balance of the chair off.

b) To sit up in the lying down position, make an indentation into and closer to the back of the chair and sit straight down,

There is an in-between position (a+b) where you will recline at a 45 degree angle in the chair.  In this position placing a (feather) cushion behind your head will give you extra support.  Roll the chair at least 90 degrees before each new sitting:  this will loosen up the beads, add a little air, and give you a totally new moulding.

 

THE SITTING UP POSITION

After you have used the chair for a month or two you may wish to use it in the “Sitting Up” position.

a) Lay the chair down and push the beads forward thus filling the narrower cone-shaped end.

b) Stand the chair up with the cone pointing straight up.

c) Resting one hand and forearm on the front of the upper middle portion of the chair and the other hand and forearm parallel on the back, gently

massage 1/3 of the beads from the cone and create a nest to sit in by applying backward-downward force with your front hand.

d) Fit your seat into the nest (again without touching the chair with your hands) and sit back.  By shifting in the chair you will control the shape of your seating.

e) Bean bag Chairs can be used much as a recliner:  when seated simply push yourself back.  To return to the forward seating style just apply a rowing-type of movement with your hips.

f) NOTE: the sitting up position is most effective with with urethane  and larger chairs.

 

THE BUCKET SEAT POSITION

For this style of seating bean bag chairs do improve with age.  One great feature of the urethane material is that it stretches well.  As the urethane fabric stretches and the beads settle and compress with use, the chair in fact become bigger

a) Push the emptied cone into the middle of the chair and fit yourself into the nest.

b) While adopting the philosophy of “don’t take no for an answer” carve your way around in the chair until your perfect bucket seat is achieved.

Since a bean bag chair is a very personal item there will be other positions you may enjoy.  New ones you may have never heard of before.

                                                                                                                                                                ã Curved Space: January 1, 2006