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US 3,941,417 AGranted
Reclining chair
AssigneeDual Manufacturing and Engineering Incorporated
InventorFrank M. Re
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AssigneeDual Manufacturing and Engineering Incorporated
InventorFrank M. Re
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A reclining chair positionable in close adjacency to a room wall in an upright sitting position and allowing ready assumption of any of a variety of reclining positions without physical contact of any chair component with that room wall. The chair envisions a fixed base, a chassis movable linearly relative to the base, and a body-support movable between the sitting/retracted and reclining/extended positions relative to the chassis, a first system of links operatively connecting between the base and chassis and body-support for effecting linear movement of the chassis relative to the base, and a second system of links connecting between the first system of links and the base and chassis and body-support unit for effecting reclining movement of the body-supporting unit relative to the chassis, said base, chassis, body-support and systems of links constituting kinematically speaking, but a single mechanism. The movements of the link systems are so coordinated that the chassis moves progressively forwardly away from the room wall as transition is made from upright sitting position to progressive reclining positions to the end that the body supporting unit is concurrently moved forwardly away from the room wall. Reversely, with the chassis moving rearwardly and progressively toward the room wall as transition is made from progressive reclining positions to upright sitting position, the body-supporting unit is concurrently moved rearwardly and toward the room wall.
A reclining chair adapted to be positioned in close adjacency to and forwardly of a room wall when in the upright sitting position and yet so structured as to allow ready assumption of a reclined position without physical contact with the same room wall, the reclining chair comprising:
An occupant-operated living room type reclining chair positionable anywhere on a floor of a room free of attachment to the floor and in close adjacency to and forwardly of an object when in upright sitting position and yet so constructed as to allow ready assumption of any reclined position free of physical contact with the same object and comprising:
A reclining chair movable by the occupant between upright sitting and intermediate-television and fully-reclined positions and positionable anywhere on a floor of a room and free of attachment to the floor and in close adjacency to a wall or object when in upright sitting position and yet so structured as to allow ready assumption of intermediate-television and fully-reclined positions free of contact with the wall or object comprising:
A reclining chair adapted to be movable on a floor of a room and into close adjacency to and forwardly of an object when in upright sitting position and yet so structured as to allow ready assumption of a reclining position free of physical contact with the same object, the reclining chair comprising:
A reclining chair adapted to be positioned on a floor more particularly in close adjacency to and forwardly of an object when in upright sitting position and yet so structured as to allow ready assumption of a reclining position without physical contact with the same object, the reclining chair comprising:
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