Understanding

and Specifying
Protégé 433 Series
Work Chairs

Product Details
Protégé 433 Series 422
Dimensions 424

Specifying
Work Chairs 426

Work Chairs Adjustability Features

c See page 30 for
Protégé
Adjustable work

Series
Protégé 433

a comparison to 433 Series
chairs offer basic ergo­
other chairs
nomic comfort for peo­­ple
who have varied tasks and Mechanisms
tend to be in and out of the
office during the day. Fea­
tures include adjustable
Advanced swivel-tilt
•
seat height, back tension, Seat Adjustments
and upright back lock. Also
featured is the no front-
Pneumatic height
•
rise seat—in other words, Back Adjustments
when you lean back, the
front edge of the seat Upright back lock
•
doesn’t rise up, lifting your
legs off the floor and cut­
Back tension
•
ting off circulation.

• Protégé 433 Series

• Cachet 487 Series

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Protégé is an economic,
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Product Details
general-use solution with
basic ergonomic features.
Protégé is stylish, comfort­
able, and well suited for a
wide range of tasks, includ­
ing moderate computer use.

Work chairs are available

Outer back is plastic. with or without arms.
Fully upholstered outer
back is an option.
Adjustment
Arms are standard with soft Features
arm caps.
Seat Adjustments

Seat height adjusts with 5"

a 5" range from 15"H to
20"H with a pneumatic
adjustment mechanism.

Seat height adjusts

pneumatically. To lower,
hold handle up while seated.
To raise, hold handle up
Five-arm base is ­standard.
and keep your weight off the
chair.
Casters have hard, dual-
wheels that roll smoothly on
Back Adjustments
carpets. They are 21⁄2" diam­
eter for increased mobility.
Soft, dark grey treaded,
dual-wheel roll-control
casters are for use on hard
floors and mats.
Tip: Do not roll the chair
across asphalt during instal-
Back tension adjusts
lation as this may damage
by turning knob. Turn knob
the casters.
clockwise to increase ten­
sion, counterclockwise
to decrease.

Upright back lock.

Flick switch forward to lock;
flick switch back to tilt.

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For soil-retardant treatment

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Surface Materials Programs & Dimensions
Services on COMs, please select
c See surface materials on "Soil-Retardant Treatment" Page 424
c
page 780 for specific avail­ c See the Surface Materials under "Optional Accessories."
ability or refer to the Surface Reference Manual for further Minimums or additional yard­
Materials Reference Manual detail about programs and age may be required. Please Resources
for further information. services offered for seating. contact the vendor directly for
Printed Materials
specific information.
The Customer’s Own Protégé Brochure
c
Upholstery
Material (COM) Program (08-0000160)
• Fabric Extended lead times may be
• Fabric with soil-retardant offers the opportunity for necessary for this service. Online Resources
treatment (option) customers to select fabrics
Product Environmental
c

• Leather that are not offered through Contact your Steelcase Profiles, which provide
• Elmosoft leather the standard Steelcase sur­ Solutions Fulfillment key environmental attri­
• Select Surfaces leather face materials program for Team Representative butes and product certifi­
• Vinyl use on Steelcase products. at 1.888.STEELCASE cations can be found by
Through the COM program, (1.888.783.3522) searching for Steelcase
Base and arms Steelcase will test your or send an email to lineone@ at Origin.build.
• 6205 Black materials for application on steelcase.com.
• 6249 Platinum Steelcase products. Once
approved, you can place your
Arm caps and order. Steelcase will facilitate
outer back shell the entire ordering process
• 6205 Black and give you a production
schedule. Steelcase will order
Casters the COM fabric directly from
• 6205 Black the textile manufacturer. For
up-to-date information regard­
Tip: Chairs with a platinum ing fabric test results for all
finish will feature a platinum COM fabrics and details
base and arms, and a black regarding yardage require­
outer shell, casters, and arm ments for most Seating lines,
caps (if specified). visit the COM website. To
locate the COM website:
All Steelcase seating • Visit www.steelcase.com
with standard uphol-
stery fabrics complies Soil retardants are treat­
with require­ments of the ments that provide long-term
State of California Technical soil and stain resistance to
Bulletin 117-2013. All stan­ a fabric without affecting
dard seating is labeled to be the shade or the integrity
in compliance with California of the fabric. The following
117-2013. Steelcase Textiles are avail­
able pre-treated with soil
retardant. (You do not need
to select the soil-retardant
option for these fabrics and
incur the upcharge.)
• Jacks
• Link

For information on soil

retardant fabrics on Select

Series
Protégé 433
Surfaces, please refer to the
Surface Materials Reference
Manual.

Soil-retardant treatment is
available on all other seat­
ing fabrics at an additional
upcharge per seating unit.
To order this option, please
select "Soil-Retardant
Treatment" under "Optional
Accessories."

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Dimensions
Protégé 433 Series

DFeatures DOverall DSeat DFunctional DSeat DSeat DBack DBack

d dDepth Width Height dDepth dSeat dWidth dHeight dWidth dHeight
d d d dDepth d dfrom d dfrom
d d d d d dFloor d dSeat
Protégé 433 Series
Work Chairs

Pneumatic 211⁄ 4" 241⁄ 4" 323⁄ 4"–373⁄ 4" 171⁄ 2" 16" 191⁄ 2" 15"–20" 19" 191⁄ 4"
d d d d d d d d

Overall width
241/4"W
Overall depth
211/4"D
Width between arms
191/4"W

Back width
19"W
Seat-to-back angle
101° to 127°: Work chair

Seat pan angle

Back lumbar height 2°
93/4"H
323/4 "H to 373/4"H: Work chair

15"H to 20"H: Work chair

23"H to 28"H: Work chair

Overall height
Arm to floor

Seat height

Seat width
191/2"W

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DBack DWidth DArm DArm DSeat DAngle

dLumbar dBetween dto dHeight dPan dBetween
dHeight dArms dFloor dfrom dAngle dSeat and
d d d dSeat d dBack

93⁄ 4" 191⁄ 4" 23"–28" 73⁄ 4" 2° 101°–127°

d d d d d d

Series
Protégé 433

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Protégé 433 Series Work Chairs S

Standard Includes Required to Specify

c Need help? • Advanced swivel-tilt mechanism 1 Style number
Product details, • Arms with soft plastic arm caps, if selected: 2 Plastic color number for base and arms­
page 422 color to match base 3 Fabric color number for upholstery
• Back tension adjustment 4 Options, if selected (see below)
• Upholstery: fabric price group 1 c See Surface Materials, page 780.
• Five-arm base: plastic color
• 21⁄2"-diameter, hard composition, dual-wheel
casters: black plastic

Options U.S. Price Required to Specify

Surface Upholstery
Materials • Fabric price group 1 No cost Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 2 +$ 37 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 3 +$ 72 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 4 +$ 100 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 5 +$ 125 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 6 +$ 179 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 7 +$ 250 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 8 +$ 332 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 9 +$ 392 Specify fabric color number.
• Fabric price group 10 +$ 456 Specify fabric color number.
Tip: Leather and vinyl • Steelcase leather +$ 942 Add suffix S to style number and specify
upcharges are in addition to upholstery leather color number.
sewn upholstery upcharge. • Select Surfaces leather price group 1 +$ 942 Add suffix S to the style number and
specify Select Surfaces leather price
group 1.
See Surface Materials Reference Manual.
c
• Elmosoft leather upholstery +$1105 Add suffix S to the style number and
specify Elmosoft leather color number.
• Select Surfaces leather price group 2 +$1105 Add suffix S to the style number and
specify Select Surfaces leather price
group 2.
See Surface Materials Reference Manual.
c
• Sewn upholstery +$ 111 Add suffix S to style number.
• Steelcase vinyl +$ 37 Add suffix S to style number and specify
vinyl color number.
• Customer’s Own Material +$ 55 See Surface Materials Reference Manual
c
(COM) to specify.
• Customer’s Own Leather +$ 534 Add suffix S to style number.
(COL) See Surface Materials Reference Manual
c
to specify.

Soil-retardant treatment +$ 36 Specify with soil-retardant treatment.

Fully upholstered
• Fully upholstered with fabric +$ 197 Add suffix U to the style number.
• Fully upholstered with leather +$1077 Add suffix SU to the style number.
Tip: To get leather on a fully • Steelcase leather fully upholstered +$ 821 Add suffix SU to the style number and
upholstered chair, you will outer back and outer seat specify leather color number.
need to add both the fully • Select Surfaces leather price group 1 +$ 821 Add suffix SU to the style number and
upholstered with leather fully upholstered outer back and specify Select Surfaces leather price
upcharge and the upcharge outer seat group 1.
for the leather itself. See Surface Materials Reference Manual
c
• Elmosoft leather fully upholstered +$1102 Add suffix SU to the style number and
outer back and outer seat specify Elmosoft leather color number.
• Select Surfaces leather price group 2 +$1102 Add suffix SU to the style number and
fully upholstered outer back and specify Select Surfaces leather price
outer seat group 2.
c Detailed dimensions, See Surface Materials Reference Manual
c
page 424 • Customer’s Own Leather (COL) No cost Add suffix SU to the style number.
fully upholstered outer back and See Surface Materials Reference Manual
c
outer seat to specify.
cOptions, continued on next page
For Canadian Pricing
Multiply U.S. Price by the
Canadian price factor.
See page 1 for details.
S = Transitional products

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Work Chairs

cOptions, continued from previous page

Options U.S. Price Required to Specify

Tip: Chairs with a platinum Surface Platinum
finish will feature a platinum Materials, • On base and arms +$126 Specify with 6249 Platinum.
base and arms, and a black continued
outer shell, casters, and arm
caps (if specified). Casters • Soft, dark grey treaded, +$ 36 Specify with soft roll-control casters.
dual-wheel roll-control
casters for use on hard
floors

Specification Information
Arms with
Soft Arm Caps Without Arms

DStyle DU.S. DStyle DU.S.
dNumber dBase dNumber dBase
d dPrice d dPrice
d d d d

Pneumatic

4331223 S $1359 4331203 S $1227

Pneumatic with Upright Back Lock

4331423 S $1452 4331403 S $1320

d d d d

Series
Protégé 433

For Canadian Pricing

Multiply U.S. Price by the
Canadian price factor.
See page 1 for details.
S = Transitional products

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