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Reclining chair having a movable seat back and a movable seat bottom

US5131717A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 28, 1990
Grant dateJul 21, 1992
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Expiry dateSep 28, 2010

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C1/0352
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A reclining chair has a seat back and a seat bottom which are pivotally attached to opposite ends of a rocking cradle or support frame, which itself is pivotally mounted to a base. The seat back and the seat bottom are interconnected such that an end of the seat bottom proximate to the seat back is raised as the seat back is lowered. Conversely, as the end of the seat bottom proximate to the seat back is lowered, the seat back is raised. The opposite or remote end of the seat bottom is maintained at substantially the same elevation as the end of the seat bottom proximate the seat back, whereby the seat bottom is maintained in a substantially constant orientation relative to the horizontal as it is raised and lowered.

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