Patent · US Expired

Adjustable armrest of an office chair

US5975640A · kind A · utility

26Cited by
4References
8Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 19, 1998
Grant dateNov 2, 1999
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 19, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47C7/541
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

Adjustable armrest including an armrest holder frame, a bottom plate fixedly fastened to the armrest holder frame, a first movable plate having a front end pivoted to one end of the bottom plate and a rear end, a second movable plate having one end pivoted to the rear end of the first movable plate, an elastomer block fixedly mounted on the second movable plate at the top, an armrest pad pivoted to the second movable plate and supported on the elastomer block and forced to oscillate back and forth, first lock means adapted to lock and first movable plate and the bottom plate in a received position where the first movable plate and the bottom plate are vertically arranged in a stack; and second lock means adapted to lock the first movable plate and second movable plate in a received position where the second movable plate and the first movable plate are vertically arranged in a stack.

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