Locking assembly for a rocking chair
AssigneeDutailier International Inc.
InventorPierre Bellefleur
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a locking assembly for a rocking chair. The locking assembly includes a pair of jaws mounted to the body-supporting portion of the chair and a set of pins mounted to the chair base portion of the chair. The jaws are operable to engage a selected pin to lock the body-supporting portion of the chair relative the chair base portion in a position that corresponds to the selected pin. The jaws include gripping faces that spread apart to define a recess when the locking assembly is operated. At the same time the gripping faces move toward the pin to cause the pin to enter the recess such that the pin becomes wedged in the recess.
Claims34
A locking assembly for a rocking chair, said locking assembly being suitable for retaining a body supporting portion of the chair in a certain position relative to a chair base portion of the chair, said locking assembly comprising:
- a first locking assembly component for connection to one of the body supporting portion and the chair base portion;
- a second locking assembly component for connection to the other of the body supporting portion and the chair base portion;
- said second locking assembly component including a pin;
- said first locking assembly component including:
- i. a pair of jaws, each jaw including a camming face;
- ii. a linkage coupled to at least one of said jaws, at least one of said jaws being responsive to a first movement of said linkage to undergo displacement with relation to the other jaw such as to;
- a. define a receptacle between said jaws for receiving said pin;
- b. cause said receptacle to engage said pin, wherein when said receptacle and said pin are misaligned, at least one of said camming faces is responsive to movement of the body supporting portion of the chair to cause at least one of said jaws to undergo displacement with relation to the other jaw such as to cause said pin to enter said receptacle.
A rocking chair, comprising:
- a body supporting portion;
- a chair base portion, said body supporting portion capable to rock with respect to said chair base portion;
- a locking assembly including:
- a first locking assembly component for connection to one of said body supporting portion and sold chair base portion;
- a second locking assembly component for connection to the other of said body supporting portion and said chair base portion;
- said second locking assembly component including a pin;
- said first locking assembly component including:
- i. a pair of jaws, each jaw including a camming face;
- ii. a linkage coupled to at least one of said jaws, at least one of said jaws being responsive to a first movement of said linkage to undergo displacement with relation to the other jaw such as to:
- a. define a receptacle between said jaws;
- b. cause said receptacle to engage said pin, wherein when said receptacle and said pin are misaligned, at least one of said camming faces is responsive to movement of the body supporting portion of the chair to cause at least one of said jaws to undergo displacement with relation to the other jaw such as to cause said pin to enter said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.