Chairs and seats – Legrest or footrest interconnected to move relative to... – With means to move bottom relative to and concurrently with...
Patent
1983-02-08
1986-03-25
Zugel, Francis K.
Chairs and seats
Legrest or footrest interconnected to move relative to...
With means to move bottom relative to and concurrently with...
297259, A47C 102
Patent
active
045779023
ABSTRACT:
A three-position away-from-the-wall recliner and a three-position rocker recliner are disclosed wherein the body support including the seat and backrest of both recliners are movable between upright, intermediate or TV and full recline positions. Both recliners include a mechanism operable upon release of a latch to move the body support of the recliner between upright and TV positions as a consequence of the weight of a person sitting in the recliner propelling the body support to the TV position. Both recliners utilize a common recliner linkage to support the body support from a fixed base. In the away-from-the-wall recliner, the recliner linkage is mounted upon a forward biased four bar linkage mechanism such that upon release of the latch, the four bar linkage swings forwardly, propelling the body support from the upright to the TV position. In the rocker recliner, this same recliner linkage pivots about a front pivot of a rocker base plate and drops the rear of the seat upon release of the latch. Because identical recliner linkages are common to both recliner mechanisms, identical chair frames may be mounted upon either mechanism to create either an away-from-the-wall recliner or a rocker recliner.
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Leggett & Platt Incorporated
Zugel Francis K.
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