Recliner lounger T-cushion chair with projectible headrest and legrest, and hardware therefor
AssigneeMohasco Corporation
InventorKenneth S. Harrison
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Abstract
In this chair, the hardware has means to hold the seat against backward movement, while allowing movement of the seat up and down and forwardly. The headrest and legrest are projected when going from upright to T.V. position and the headrest and legrest remain in projected position when going from T.V. position to fully reclined position and from fully reclined position back to T.V. position; and they are retracted when going from T.V. position back to upright position.
Claims16
Hardware for a T-cushion chair comprising a seat link, an arm mounting link, a back mounting link pivoted to the arm mounting link and movable from upright position to T.V. and fully reclined positions, a toggle bar, a toggle bar connector link pivotally connected to said back mounting link and also pivoted to said toggle bar near the rear end of said toggle bar, a rear pivot link pivotally connected to said toggle bar, and to said seat link adjacent the rear end of said seat link, a front pivot link pivoted adjacent the front end of the toggle bar, a link pivoted to said front pivot link above the pivotal connection of said front pivot link to said toggle bar, to said seat link closer to the front end of the seat link than to the rear end of said seat link, said back mounting link having an arm projecting downwardly from its pivotal connection to said arm mounting link to its pivotal connection to said toggle bar connector link, said arm of said back mounting link swinging forwardly upon swinging the upper end of said back mounting link forward from upright to T.V. position, to move the toggle bar forwardly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.