Adjustable chair
AssigneeRubbermaid Incorporated
InventorJerrold G. Brown
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AssigneeRubbermaid Incorporated
InventorJerrold G. Brown
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An article of furniture such as a chair (10) includes a seat member (13), a back member (11) pivotally attached to the seat member (13), leg members (14,16) attached to the seat member (13), and arm members (20) attached to the back member (11). The arm members (20) are associated with the leg members (14,16) such that the angular relationship between the seat member (13) and the back member (11) may be adjusted to a plurality of positions. A track system (26) defines a plurality of adjacent stop positions (29) with a pin member (46) interacting with the track system(26) to engage a stop position (29) therealong. The track system (26) is configured so that upon relative movement of the track system (26) and the pin member (46), the pin member (46) engages the next adjacent stop position (29) thereby moving the back member (11) with respect to the seat member (13 ) only to the next adjacent plurality of relative angular positions.
In an article of furniture, a seat member, a back member pivotally attached to said seat member, leg members attached to said seat member, arm members attached to said back member, and means to position said back member at a plurality of angular positions with respect to said seat member, said means comprising a continuous loop extending longitudinally along at least one of said arm members and including an upper stop track defining a plurality of adjacent stop positions at which said seat member and said back member are at said plurality of angular positions relative to each other, said continuous loop also including a lower guide track having a plurality of upwardly extending guide peaks, each said stop position being defined by a portion of said upper track extending downwardly toward said lower guide track, the uppermost point of each said guide peak being higher than the lowermost point of each said portion of said upper track, and pin means carried by at least one of said leg members and being position within said continuous loop so as to be engageable with one of said plurality of adjacent stop positions such that upon relative movement of said continuous loop and said pin means by movement of said back member away from said seat member the next of said adjacent stop positions is engaged by said pin means, said back member and said seat member thereby being prevented from moving to other than the next adjacent relative angular position.
In an article of furniture according to claim 13, said leg member having a hook slot for receiving said pin means such that said pin means extend outwardly from said leg member.
An article of furniture comprising a seat member, a back member pivotally attached to said seat member, front and rear leg members attached to said seat member and pivotally attached to each other, arm members attached to said back member, interacting means on at least one of said arm members including an upper stop track defining a plurality of stop positions at which to locate said back member at a plurality of angular positions with respect to said seat member and a lower guide track, said interacting means also including pin means on at least one of said leg members being positioned between said upper stop track and said lower guide track, and means to avoid the action of said interacting means when said seat member is being folded against said back member including a wave-like rib on said one of said arm members, and lug follower means on said one of said members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.