Safety device for a foldable chair

Details Safety device for a foldable chair Safety device for a foldable chair

1995-03-20

1996-04-02

Cuomo, Peter M.

Chairs and seats

Padded stool

297 161, 108120, A47C 900

Patent

active

055034608

ABSTRACT:
A safety device is provided for a foldable chair which includes a seat, a pair of base members substantially inverted L-shaped in section each including a horizontal section fixedly mounted to an underside of the seat, a pair of first leg portions each having an upper end pivotally engaged with a first end of a vertical section of a corresponding one of the base members, a first pivot member and a second pivot member each having a first end pivotally engaged with a second end of the vertical section of a corresponding one of the base members, an elongated first slot being horizontally defined in a mediate portion of the first pivot member, a pair of second leg portions each having an upper end pivotally engaged with the second end of the first and second pivot members. The safety device includes an operating member slidably mounted between the first pivot member and the vertical section of the associated base member, an elongated second slot defined in a mediate portion of the operating member, a pivot axle including a first end extending through the second slot and attached to the vertical section of the associated base member and including a second end pivotally engaged with the first end of the first pivot member, a movable member including a first end attached to the second end of the operating member and a second end movably extending through the first slot, a spring having a first end attached to the second end of the pivot axle and a second end attached to the second end of the movable member.

REFERENCES:
patent: 633762 (1899-09-01), Kade
patent: 2285597 (1942-06-01), Lutz et al.
patent: 2540875 (1951-02-01), Genge

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