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Last Updated: Tuesday, 19 February 2008, 14:53 GMT
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No rocking on new school chairs
A former teacher has
designed a school chair
which he claims is
impossible to tip backwards.
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Tom Wates gave up his
teaching post in Blackheath in
south-east London to design
the "Max Chair".
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It has curved legs that prevent
it rocking and provides more
support for the lower back,
forcing children to sit up
straight.
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His company has already
received orders for 1,500 chairs
from 18 schools having
launched the product three
Mr Wates designed the chair as he
was irritated by pupils leaning back
weeks ago.
Mr Wates, 34, said it is physically impossible to swing the
chair backwards more than a few centimetres.
"The reason I went into it was because of the irritation of
children leaning back," said Mr Wates who gave up teaching
in July 2007.
"You would get into the flow of the lesson, the kid would fall
off the chair, everyone would laugh and you would have to
start again," the former maths and PE teacher said.
About 7,000 British school children need to go to hospital
each year after injuring themselves by tipping backwards on
chairs, according to government figures.
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