Reclining device and method of locking the device

Details Reclining device and method of locking the device Reclining device and method of locking the device

2007-05-29

2007-05-29

White, Rodney B. (Department: 3636)

Chairs and seats

Movable back

Tiltable

C297S366000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10523275

ABSTRACT:
A reclining mechanism may have a construction in which a plurality of pawls are received in a pair of housings that are relatively rotatably connected to each other, each of these pawls being prevented from rotating relative to one of the housings and being engageable with a ratchet formed in the other of the housings, each of the pawls being moved by a spring force from a free position in which the relative rotation of the housings is permitted to a locking position in which the relative rotation of the housings is prevented by virtue of engagement of each of the pawls and the ratchet, wherein at least one of the pawls is moved prior to the other of the pawls when each of the pawls moves from the free position to the locking position.

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