Two-position collapsible reclining chair

A collapsible reclining chair, comprising:

• a frame assembly including a plurality of frame members, where said plurality of frame members are grouped into a plurality of scissor pairs which are joined near their midpoints by pivots;
• ends of said frame members of said scissor pairs are joined at pivot assemblies to form an extended scissors-frame assembly, such that the frame assembly moves towards a central area from all sides as a unit when the frame is to be collapsed, and moves away from this central area when expanding;
• said frame members include angled members and upright members, each of said upright members having a lower end;
• a support surface having a back portion, said back portion being held in position by said upright members;
• and
• each of said upright members being attached to one of said angled members by a reversible joint, so that said reclining chair is movable from an upright position when said reversible joints are in a first position, to a reclining position when said reversible joints have been reversed to a second position.

A frame for a collapsible reclining chair, comprising:

• a plurality of angled frame members, the upper ends of said angled frame members being pivotally attached to upper connectors, and the lower ends being pivotally attached to feet, such that said frame assembly as a whole expands outwardly from a central area;
• upright members, each of said upright members having a lower end;
• a support surface, having a back portion, said back portion being held in position by said upright members;
• and
• each of said upright members being attached to one of said angled members by a reversible joint, so that said reclining chair is movable from an upright position when said reversible joints are in a first position, to a reclining position when said reversible joints have been reversed to a second position.

A frame for a collapsible reclining chair, comprising:

• a plurality of frame members, where said plurality of frame members are grouped into a plurality of scissor pairs which are joined near their midpoints by pivots;
• ends of said frame members of said scissor pairs are joined at pivot assemblies to form an extended scissors-frame assembly, such that the frame assembly moves towards a central area from all sides as a unit when the frame is to be collapsed, and moves away from this central area when expanding;
• said frame members including angled members and upright members, each of said upright members having a lower end;
• a support surface, having a back portion, said back portion being held in position by said upright members;
• and
• said lower ends of each of said upright members being attached to one of said angled members by a reversible joint, so that said reclining chair is movable from an upright position when said reversible joints are in a first position, to a reclining position when said reversible joints have been reversed to a second position.

A collapsible reclining chair, comprising:

• a frame assembly including a plurality of frame members, where said plurality of frame members are grouped into a plurality of scissor pairs which are joined near their midpoints by pivots;
• ends of said frame members of said scissor pairs are joined at pivot assemblies to form an extended scissors-frame assembly, such that the frame assembly moves towards a central area from all sides as a unit when the chair is to be collapsed, and moves away from this central area when expanding;
• said frame assembly further including upright members, each of said upright members having a lower end;
• a support surface, having a back portion, said back portion being held in position by said upright members;
• said collapsible reclining chair has an upper portion center of gravity;
• said lower ends of each of said upright members being attached to one of said angled members by a reversible joint, said reversible joint including a pivot housing having first and second pivots, said lower end of one of said upright members being pivotally attached to said first pivot of said pivot housing, said second pivot of said pivot housing being pivotally attached to one of said angled frame member so that said reclining chair is movable from an upright position when said reversible joints are in a first position, to a reclining position when said reversible joints have been reversed to a second position, and in moving from said first position to said second position, said pivot housings move from a first vertical minimum at said first position through a vertical maximum to a second relative vertical minimum at said second position, such that once rotation of said reversible joints has moved said upper portion center of gravity so that it is on either side of said vertical maximum, the weight of the chair maintains the chair in one of the relative vertical minimums at first and second positions.