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US 6,712,428 B2Granted
Reclining device for chairs and chair with said reclining device
AssigneeCO.FE.MO.S.p.A.
InventorSergio Moreschi
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Abstract
It is provided for a reclining device for chairs and the chair with said reclining device, comprising an elastic element with linear strain (8) having a first end (8a) abutting against the primary body (2) of a chair, and a half-shell element (12) adapted to house at least a portion of the elastic element (8) starting from a second end (8b) of the latter, said half-shell element (12) having two abutment portions (12b) for a pair of pushing extensions (13) integral with the support element (4) of the reclining back.
Claims12
Reclining device for chairs comprising:
- a primary body (2);
- a backrest support element (4) turnably engaged with the primary body (2) on an oscillation axis (3);
- a mechanism (1);
- said mechanism (1) comprising at least an elastic element (8) having a longitudinal axis (9) of linear strain, a first end (8a) engaged with the primary body (2) and a second end (8b);
- transferring means (11) for transferring to the elastic element (8) a force acting on the backrest support element (4);
- said transferring means (11) being placed in contact with the second end (8b) of the elastic element (8) and with the backrest support element (4) and comprising a half-shell element (12) movable along said axis (9) and at least one pushing extension (13) integral with said backrest support element (4);
- said half-shell element (12) defining a hollow housing (12a) which engages with the second end (8b) and comprising at least one abutment portion (12b) for the pushing extension (13);
- said at least one abutment portion (12b) being placed between the second end (8b) and the first end (8a) of the elastic element (8) and being spaced from the second end (8b).
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