Chairs and seats – Movable back – Tiltable
Patent
1988-07-27
1990-04-03
McCall, James T.
Chairs and seats
Movable back
Tiltable
297355, 297369, B60N 102
Patent
active
049134949
ABSTRACT:
A reclining apparatus comprises a back arm pivotally mounted to a holder plate and having a latch gear portion; a lower teeth section pivotally mounted to the holder plate and engaged with and disengaged from the latch gear portion to lock and unlock the back arm; a cam pivotally mounted to the holder plate and contacting the lower teeth section; a joining portion joined to the cam and an operating lever; and a device for moving the joining portion to locate the joining portion on the rear side of the holder plate when the lower teeth section is completely locked with the latch gear portion, and to locate at least a portion of the joining portion from the rear side of the holder plate to a visible place when the lower teeth section is imcompletely locked with the latch gear portion.
A reclining apparatus may comprise a base plate for fixing a seat cushion thereto; an arm fixing a seat back thereto and pivotally mounted to the base plate; an upper teeth section fixed to the arm; a lower teeth section engagable with the upper teeth section and pivotally mounted to the base plate; an operating lever engagable with the lower teeth section and pivotally mounted to the base plate; a holder plate opposite the base plate and supporting therebetween the arm, the upper teeth section and the lower teeth section, the lower teeth section having a shaft portion projecting outwards from the holder plate; and a pedal-link device pivotally mounted to the shaft portion and the operating lever.
Another reclining apparatuses different in construction from the above reclining apparatuses are also disclosed.
REFERENCES:
patent: 2712345 (1955-07-01), Borisch
patent: 4337978 (1982-07-01), Kazoka et al.
patent: 4767158 (1988-08-01), Satoh
patent: 4770463 (1988-07-01), Nishino
Fujikiko Kabushiki Kaisha
McCall James T.
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