Apparatus with weight responsive changeable adjusting characteristics

A reconfigurable apparatus for supporting at least part of a user's weight with the user in an operative position with respect to the reconfigurable apparatus, the reconfigurable apparatus comprising:

• a frame;
• a first component on the frame upon which a force is applied by a user in a first manner as an incident of the user assuming the operative position;
• at least a second component on the frame that is movable relative to the first component and upon which a force can be applied by a user in the operative position in a second manner to reconfigure the apparatus by moving the at least second component relative to the first component;
• and
• an adjusting assembly cooperating between the first component and the at least second component and configured so that as an incident of the force being applied in the first manner changing in magnitude, the force required to be applied in the second manner to reconfigure the apparatus and move the second component relative to the first component changes in magnitude.