US 2019/0159595 A1Published application

Fitting for seating furniture and seating furniture comprising such a fitting

AssigneesVel Vega - Design E Tecnologia Ind. Unip. Lda., Beheermaatschappij Vermeulen Beesd B.V.

InventorMatthias FISCHER

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Abstract

A furniture fitting for an item of seating furniture. The furniture fitting has a base portion attaching to a furniture base that stands on a floor, a seat face portion attaching a seat face unit having a seat face, and a leg rest portion attaching a leg rest unit having a leg rest face. The seat face portion is attached to the base portion for movement between upper and lower terminal positions, and the leg rest portion is attached to the seat face portion for movement between a stowage terminal position and a use terminal position. The leg rest portion via a rear and a front pivot lever is attached to the seat face portion. A gear device kinematically couples the movement of the seat face portion in relation to the base portion to the movement of the leg rest portion in relation to the seat face portion.

A furniture fitting for an item of seating furniture, having the following features:

a. the furniture fitting has a base portion for attaching to a base unit that stands on a floor;
and
b. the furniture fitting has a seat face portion for attaching a seat face unit having a seat face;
and
c. the furniture fitting has a leg rest portion for attaching a leg rest unit having a leg rest face;
and
d. the seat face portion is attached to the base portion so as to be movable between an upper and a lower terminal position;
and
e. the leg rest portion is attached to the seat face portion so as to be movable between a stowage terminal position in which the leg rest portion is disposed below the seat face portion, and a use terminal position in which the leg rest portion is disposed in front of the seat face portion;
and
f. the leg rest portion is attached to the seat face portion by means of a rear and a front pivot lever, wherein
one of the pivot levers in relation to the seat face portion is movable in a pivotable manner about a first pivot axis that is locationally fixed in relation to the seat face portion and said pivot lever, and in relation to the leg rest portion is movable in a pivotable manner about a second pivot axis that is locationally fixed in relation to the leg rest portion and said pivot lever;
and
the other pivot lever in relation to the seat face portion is movable in a pivotable manner about third pivot axis that is locationally fixed in relation to the seat face portion and said pivot lever, and in relation to the leg rest portion is movable in a pivotable manner about a fourth pivot axis that is locationally fixed in relation to the leg rest portion and said pivot lever;
and
g. a gear device is provided for at least in phases kinematically coupling the movement of the seat face portion in relation to the base portion to the movement of the leg rest portion in relation to the seat face portion.

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Application

16/323,918Filed 13 Jan 2017

Priority

EP 16184390.916 Aug 2016

Published

30 May 2019

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Classification14 codes

A47C 1/0355
In combination with movably-coupled seat and back-rest: actuated by linkages, e.g. lazy-tongs mechanisms
A47C 1/031
Reclining or easy chairs: having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts
A47C 1/034
Having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts: the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest
A61F 13/00
Bandages or dressings

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