Adjustable chair
AssigneeEevolv Ltd
InventorsDale Robertson, Paul Brown
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Abstract
An adjustable reclining chair having zero wall clearance has a frame and an adjustable support platform with a plurality of articulated support sections pivotally mounted with respect to one another for relative angular adjustment. An actuator means for effecting co-ordinated movement of said support sections to reconfigure the chair between a seated position and a sleeping position in which the articulated supporting sections lie in a substantially horizontal plane (H). One of the articulated support sections is a seat support inclined relative to the horizontal plane when the chair is in the seated position and substantially in the horizontal plane when the chair is in the sleeping position.
Claims19
An adjustable reclining chair (10), having a zero wall clearance, comprising:
- a frame (12) and an adjustable support platform having a plurality of articulated support sections (20,18,22) pivotally mounted with respect to one another for relative angular adjustment, and actuator means (62) for effecting co-ordinated movement of said support sections to reconfigure the adjustable reclining chair (10) between a seated position and a sleeping position in which the articulated supporting sections lie in a substantially horizontal plane (H);
- wherein one of the plurality of articulated support sections is a seat support (18) which is inclined relative to the horizontal plane when the adjustable reclining chair is in the seated position and substantially in the horizontal plane when the adjustable reclining chair is in the sleeping position;
- another of the plurality of articulated support sections is a back support (20) pivotally mounted with respect to the seat support (18);
- wherein the back support (20) is substantially upright when the adjustable reclining chair (10) is in the seated position and substantially horizontal when the adjustable reclining chair is in the sleeping position;
- a back support cam (42) on one of the back (20) or the seat supports (18);
- a back support cam follower (40) on the other of the back (20) or the seat supports (18);
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- the back support cam (42) arranged such that the back support (20) moves forwards and downwards relative to the frame as the actuator means (62) moves the adjustable reclining chair (10) from the seated position towards the sleeping position.
The adjustable reclining chair, according 7, further comprising:
- a seat support cam (46) is associated with one of the seat support (18) or the frame and a seat support cam follower (48) is associated with the other of the seat support (18) or the frame;
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- the seat support cam (46) is arranged such that the seat support (18) moves forwards and rotates upwards relative to the frame as the actuator means (62) moves the adjustable reclining chair (10) from the seated position towards the sleeping position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.