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US 2021/0274938 A1Published application
Recliner with Extending Stabilizer Arms
AssigneeDirect Supply, Inc.
InventorJoshua Jakubowski
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Abstract
A reclining chair or the like provides a set of base-mounted extendable arms that move forward as the chair reclines, and the leg rest extends to brace the chair against forward tipping, for example, if weight is applied to the leg rest without the counterbalance of an occupant. When the leg rest retracts, the arms pull back to reduce tripping hazard.
Claims19
A reclining chair comprising:
- a base frame;
- a seat pan, a seat back, and leg rest mechanism supported by the base frame, wherein the leg rest mechanism includes a leg rest platform movable relative to the base frame between a retracted position and an extended position extending forward from the base frame;
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- a pair of extendable arms each having distal ends movable between a retracted position and an extended position in which the distal ends move forward from the base frame so that the distal ends contact a floor surface on which the base frame rests at left and right positions in front of the base frame to resist forward and sideward tipping of the base frame on the floor.
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A reclining chair comprising:
- a base frame;
- a seat pan, a seat back, and leg rest mechanism supported by the base frame, wherein the leg rest mechanism includes a leg rest platform movable relative to the base frame between a retracted position and an extended position extending forward from the base frame;
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- a panel having a proximal edge attached to the base frame to move a distal edge of the panel between a retracted position and an extended position extending forward from the base frame so that the distal edge of the panel contacts a floor surface on which the base frame rests to resist a forward tipping of the base frame on the floor with a lower panel surface substantially abutting the upper surface of the floor and an upper panel surface substantially parallel to the floor.
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A reclining chair comprising:
- a base frame;
- a seat pan, a seat back, and leg rest mechanism supported by the base frame, wherein the leg rest mechanism provides a leg rest platform and includes a pantograph linkage movable relative to the base frame between a retracted position and an extended position extending forward from the base frame to hold the leg rest platform in horizontal extension spaced away from the base frame in front of the base frame in the extended position and in vertical extension adjacent to the front of the base frame in the retracted position;
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- a stilt attached to the leg rest mechanism to extend downward from an undersurface of the leg rest platform when the pantograph linkage is in the extended position to a point proximate to a floor supporting the base frame, the stilt adapted to resist a forward tipping of the base frame on the floor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.