Chair Armrests
A chair may or may not have armrests; chairs with armrests are
termed armchairs. In French, a distinction is made between chaise
and fauteuil, the terms for chairs with and without armrests,
respectively. If present, armrests will support part of the body
weight through the arms if the arms are resting on the armrests.
Armrests further have the function of making entry and exit from the
chair easier (but from the side it becomes more difficult). Armrests
should support the forearm and not the sensitive elbow area. Hence
in some chair designs, the armrest is not continuous to the chair
back, but is missing in the elbow area.
A couch, bench, or other arrangement of seats next to each other may
have arm rest at the sides and/or arm rests in between. The latter
may be provided for comfort, but also for privacy e.g. in public
transport and other public places, and to prevent lying on the
bench. Arm rests reduce both desired and undesired proximity. A
loveseat in particular, has no arm rest in between.
See also seats in movie theaters, and pictures of benches with and
without arm rests.
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