Chairs and seats – Convertible – Table
Patent
1989-01-18
1990-04-03
Zugel, Francis K.
Chairs and seats
Convertible
Table
297126, A47B 8504
Patent
active
049134884
ABSTRACT:
A locking member for use on a article of furniture, the article of furniture having frame means carrying a fixed seat section and a movable common section, the support member rotatably mounted on the frame and movable from a first non-locked seat back position to a second locked table top position, the support member being maintained in its first non-locked seat back position by gravity, and in its second locked table top position by the locking member. The support member comprises a box-shaped housing member rotatably carried on the frame means, with the locking member loosely contained between the frame member and the housing member for rotational movement with the housing member. The locking member is longitudinally movable from a first non-wedging position to a second wedging position to lock by wedging action the support member in its second or table top position. The locking member is further provided at a forward end thereof with retention means cooperable with surface means on the housing member to retain the locking member in the second position.
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Nelson A. Taylor Co., Inc.
Zugel Francis K.
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