In 1989 the mother/daughter team of Jaye Congleton and Rebecca Congleton Boenigk recognized an opportunity to manufacture and distribute Dr. Jerome Congleton's concept for the Neutral Posture chair. Congleton's ground-breaking research on a seating system that would support the neutral body posture, discovered by NASA, was the cumulative result of both a distinguished U.S. Air Force career (213 Combat Missions) and a subsequent career in Industrial Engineering and Safety. With his daughter, Rebecca, serving as his research assistant, Congleton developed the seating system of pressure-reducing contours and custom-fitting adjustments that would serve as the basis for the Neutral Posture seating design concept.

Years later, working from their garage, Rebecca and Jaye were able to raise enough working capital to start Neutral Posture, Inc. Surviving by hard work and word-of-mouth advertising, they instituted a generous policy of providing demonstration models to any customer - a philosophy that still exists today. Neutral Posture is now an international company with numerous award-winning patented products and the personnel to match. With facilities in both Texas and Ontario, Canada, Neutral Posture has become a highly imitated and respected leader in adjustable office and industrial seating products of all kinds. As the only certified Women's Business Enterprise in seating, Neutral Posture has rewritten the rules of quality, customer service and value with the most exceptional product offering in the furniture industry. From ergonomic niche products to state-of-the-art mid-market products, Neutral Posture is the new corporate seating standard for ergonomic-conscious employers and organizations throughout North America.

Office Ergonomic Principles

Chair

• Set the height of your chair to allow support of your feet with either a footrest, Fring™ Footrest or if your workstation height will allow, place them flat on the floor supporting your feet and lower legs only.
• Make sure the angle between your torso and legs is greater than 90°.
• Allow 2" – 4" of space between the waterfall front of the seat cushion and the back of your knee.
• Relax your shoulders.
• Support your forearms while keeping your elbows and wrists in a neutral position with your wrists at or below elbow height.
• Position the backrest nearly upright, or slightly reclined if you have head support.
• Fine tune the backrest to provide full support of your lumbar curve.

Keyboard

• Adjust the keyboard to keep your arms, wrists and hands in a straight line. Your hands should be slightly lower than your elbows.
• Place the mouse and keyboard at the same height with the mouse close to the keyboard.
• Allow sufficient clearance below the keyboard for your knees and legs to move (at least 1" – 2").

Monitor

• Place directly in front of the keyboard (centered on "g/h" split of the keyboard) with the top of the screen at or below eye level (at least 24" from eyes).
• Adjust the screen angle to eliminate glare.
• Use a document holder to place documents as close to the monitor as possible, preferably at the same height and viewing distance from your eyes.
• Illuminate your documents properly with direct task lighting.
• To reduce eye strain avert your eyes from the monitor periodically and focus on distant objects.