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US 4,066,294 AGranted
Adjustable carrier apparatus to define furniture or the like
AssigneeLandes Manufacturing Company
InventorHeinz Meier
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Abstract
An adjustable carrier comprises: A. a carrier frame, and B. a rotary support including two integrally interconnected rotors adjustably supporting the frame in a first frame position relative to the support, C. the frame including a stabilizing portion projecting in spaced relation from the rotary support in each of said positions. The frame and rotary support may, for example, define a chaise longue or a chair.
Claims2
In adjustable carrier apparatus
- a. a carrier frame, and
- b. a rotary support including two integrally interconnected upright wheels supporting the frame in a first frame position relative to the support, the frame having a second and alternate position relative to the rotary support, in which the rotary support supports the frame
- c. the frame including a stabilizing portion having a seat and a ground engaging portion projecting in forwardly spaced relation from the rotary support in each of said positions, and
- d. the frame having a backrest portion which is substantially entirely supported on the rotary support in each of said first and second positions, the support of the frame by the rotary support blocking rotation of the support in each of the two frame positions,
- e. the rotary support including multiple tie members connected only to peripheral portions of the wheels and extending laterally therebetween, the wheels being centrally open, said members angularly and sequentially spaced about a common axis of rotation defined by said wheels,
- f. the frame and said rotary support having hinged interconnection, adjacent the backrest, by means of shaft elements and bearing elements one of which is on the peripheral portions of the wheels and the other of which is on the frame,
- g. said backrest portion directly overlying and supported by said hinged interconnection and said one of said tie members in each of said frame positions,
- h. the frame and said rotary support having hinged interconnection, adjacent the backrest.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.