Bean bag Shortcomings

There are a variety of seating devices available in the market. But the best known in comfort is a bean bag. It is generally constructed with a bunch of flexible material combined together to form an enclosure which are then filled with foam styrene beads of similar pellets. The size of the bean bag is constructed large enough large to become a seating unit. The pellets posses the property of flowing like a fluid when subjected to the weight of a person sitting on a bean bag. So when a person sits on a partially filled bean bag the pellets flow out of the volume of the space displaced by the person body. Because of this displacement the pellets reshuffles to provide support to the body of sitter. Thus the comfort level is very similar to water and air bags. The main advantage associated with bean bags are

Portability: the bean bags are easy to pack and therefore they can be moved easily from one place to another such as from home to office.

Size: The size of the bean bags is adjustable so they are easy to manage.

Price: Bean bags are very cheap.

But like all other things bean bags has its limitations too. The main disadvantage associated with it is that these are generally placed on ground or floor which requires the sitter to bend down towards it. But the handicapped and people of older age group lacks the strength to get into and out of the bean bag. The other disadvantage includes thinking of people about bean bags. Some people thinks that they will look awkward and ugly getting in and out of bean bag. Another problem is generally associated with women. They find it very hard to sit and get out of beanbags unless they are wearing slacks.

To meet with all of these shortcomings the formation principle of bean bags have been changed. The idea behind the new principle is to construct the bag in such a way that it can be positioned above the floor or ground beyond normal level of sitting. The concept has been framed to give comfort to people of all age groups and broaden the utilities of bean bags.

Now a days a base is provided with bean bags to raise them of the floor beyond the normal sitting level. This base is generally of plastic material.