Chairs and seats – Legrest or footrest interconnected to move relative to... – With means to move bottom relative to and concurrently with...
Patent
1992-07-29
1994-12-20
Saether, Flemming
Chairs and seats
Legrest or footrest interconnected to move relative to...
With means to move bottom relative to and concurrently with...
297 75, A47C 102
Patent
active
053741013
ABSTRACT:
A three-way reclining chair having a stationary base and a relatively movable seat, backrest, and footrest, with a linkage assembly mounted on each side of the recliner chair, having a seat linkage, a backrest linkage and a footrest linkage. A stop mechanism located within at least one of the backrest linkages prevents the seat from moving directly from a normal seating position to a reclined position while the footrest is in a fully retracted closed position. The stop mechanism also prevents the backrest from moving out of an upright position while the footrest is in the fully retracted closed position and returns the backrest to an upright seating position if the footrest is moved from a fully extended open position to the fully retracted closed position when the backrest is reclined. A tension spring interconnects the footrest linkage and seat linkage to positively bias the footrest to remain in the fully retracted closed position and the fully extended open position. The strength of the spring can be increased until the footrest is positively biased with sufficient force to remain in the fully retracted closed position when the chair is moved by pulling rearwardly on the backrest. The spring can also be oriented to provide a positive bias to assist in the moving of the footrest from a partially extended position to the fully extended open position. Because the stop mechanism is located in the backrest linkage, the seat section of the present three-way reclining chair can be made thinner than previous three-way reclining chairs.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3056629 (1962-10-01), Fletcher
patent: 3100668 (1963-08-01), Rogers et al.
patent: 3279847 (1966-10-01), Re
patent: 3357739 (1967-12-01), Knabusch et al.
patent: 3370884 (1968-02-01), Rogers
patent: 3558185 (1971-01-01), Mizelle
patent: 3572823 (1971-03-01), Hampton
patent: 3637255 (1972-06-01), Re
patent: 3652125 (1972-03-01), Rogers, Jr.
patent: 3865432 (1975-02-01), Rogers, Jr. et al.
patent: 4306746 (1981-12-01), Crum
patent: 4319780 (1982-03-01), Rogers, Jr.
patent: 4337977 (1982-07-01), Rogers, Jr. et al.
patent: 4350387 (1982-09-01), Rogers
patent: 4544201 (1985-10-01), Rogers, Jr.
patent: 4863215 (1989-09-01), Crum
patent: 5013084 (1991-05-01), May
Drawings (FIGS. 1-3) illustrating a prior art linkage assembly for a three-way reclining chair manufactured by the assignee of the present invention, i.e., L&P, Model No. 2E 8338.
L&P Property Management Company, Inc.
Saether Flemming
LandOfFree
Three-way reclining chair does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.
If you have personal experience with Three-way reclining chair, we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Three-way reclining chair will most certainly appreciate the feedback.
Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-2383613