TV chair with double pillow case and two-step ottoman

• US 4,078,841 A
• Filed: 03/30/1976
• Issued: 03/14/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1975
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Piao Kiang
• Original Assignee: Piao Kiang
• Inventors: Kiang, Piao
• Primary Examiner(s): McCall, James T.
• Application Number:
  US05/671,946
• Time in Patent Office: 714 Days
• Field of Search: 297/318, 297/320, 297/111, 297/105, 297/391, 297/410, 297/68, 297/88, 297/85, 297/317, 297/340, 297/341, 297/342, 297/343, 297/83
• US Class Current: 297/68
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/032 the parts being movably-coupled seat and back-rest A47C1/035 takes precedence

Abstract

A recliner chair having seat and back portions pivotally connected and supported on a frame structure for movement between an upright position and an inclined position with supporting rollers secured to the rear portion of the frame structure and movable along track means secured to the rear of the back portion of the seat; the track means having limiting stops at both ends with a retaining member on the lower end to maintain the seat in the upright position and a limiting stop on the other end to maintain the seat in the reclined position. Also, an ottoman is provided with an upper portion movable between a first and second position which correspond to the level of the outer end of the bottom portion of the seat when it is in the upright and reclining positions. Also a pillow member is provided, movably secured to the back portion of the seat with a counter weight on the opposite side of the seat and slidably contained within a sheath to permit the pillow to be moved to a desired position where it will remain.

Claims

1. An adjustable recliner chair comprising:

a rigid frame structure;

a seat member having a bottom and a back portion, movable between an upright position and an inclined position;

means mounting the bottom portion to the back portion along adjacent edges thereof for relative pivotal movement therebetween;

first roller and track means adapted to support the bottom portion on the frame structure at a forward portion thereof for substantially horizontal translational movement of the bottom portion relative to the frame structure;

second roller and track means adapted to support the back portion on the frame structure for movement from an upright position to a reclining position;

third roller and track means having a roller mounted on each side of the seat member substantially coincident with the mounting means and a substantially horizontal track mounted on the frame structure upon which the third rollers are supported for movement therealong;

first limiting means secured to the back portion at an upper end of the second track means for stopping the movement of the second roller means when the seat member is in the inclined position;

second limiting means secured to the back portion adjacent a lower end of the second track means for stopping movement of the second roller means when the seat member is in the upright position; and

spring means secured to the lower end of the second track means for releasably retaining the second roller means against the second limiting means, wherein the spring means comprises a leaf spring mounted on the back portion adjacent the lower end of the second track means, the leaf spring having a bent end portion engageable with the roller means so as to releasably retain the roller means against the second limiting means.

2. An adjustable recliner chair comprising:

a rigid frame structure;

a seat member having a bottom and a back portion, movable between an upright position and an inclined position;

means mounting the bottom portion to the back portion along adjacent edges thereof for relative pivotal movement therebetween;

first roller and track means adapted to support the bottom portion on the frame structure at a forward portion thereof for substantially horizontal translational movement of the bottom portion relative to the frame structure;

second roller and track means adapted to support the back position on the frame structure for movement from an upright position to a reclining position;

third roller and track means having a roller mounted on each side of the seat member substantially coincident with the mounting means and a substantially horizontal track mounted on the frame structure upon which the third rollers are supported for movement therealong;

first limiting means secured to the back portion at an upper end of the second track means for stopping the movement of the second roller means when the seat member is in the inclined position;

second limiting means secured to the back portion adjacent a lower end of the second track means for stopping movement of the second roller means when the seat member is in the upright position; and

spring means secured to the lower end of the second track means for releasably retaining the second roller means against the second limiting means and having a pillow means movably associated with an upper portion of the back portion of the seat member and having a pillow;

a counterweight member;

flexible means connecting the pillow to the counterweight member and disposed over the upper portion of the back portion of the seat member so that the pillow is disposed on a front side of the back portion and the counterweight member is disposed on a rear side of the back portion; and

sheath means secured to the rear side of the back portion and containing the counterweight member therein so as to permit movement of the counterweight member in the sheath member in response to up and down movement of the pillow on the front side of the back portion of the seat member.

3. An adjustable recliner chair comprising:

a rigid frame structure;

a seat member having a bottom and a back portion, movable between an upright position and an inclined position;

means mounting the bottom portion to the back portion along adjacent edges thereof for relative pivotal movement therebetween;

first roller and track means adapted to support the bottom portion on the frame structure at a forward portion thereof for substantially horizontal translational movement of the bottom portion relative to the frame structure, said first roller means being attached to said rigid frame structure;

second roller and track means adapted to support the back portion on the frame structure for movement from an upright position to a reclining position, said second roller means being attached to said rigid frame structure;

third roller and track means having a roller mounted on each side of the seat member substantially coincident with the mounting means and a substantially horizontal track mounted on the frame structure upon which the third rollers are supported for movement therealong;

said frame structure including a pair of side frames positioned on each side of said chair, each of said side frames including at least one cross member, said third track means including at least a portion of the upper surface of said cross member in said pair of side frames;

said track means being secured to the back portion of said chair and including first and second limiting means for respectively stopping movement of the seat member at its fully inclined and its full upright positions, said first limiting means being formed from a bent portion within and at the upper end of said second track means so as to come into contact with said second roller means thereby stopping the movement of the seat member when in the fully inclined position;

said second limiting means being formed from a bent portion within and at the lower end of said second track means said second limiting means being shaped so as to receive said second roller means therein thereby stopping movement of the seat member in the upright position; and

spring means secured to the lower end of the second track means for releasably retaining the second roller means in contact with said second limiting means.

4. A recliner chair as defined in claim 3 wherein the means mounting is a hinge member extending substantially across upper adjacent edges of the bottom and back portions.

5. A recliner chair as defined in claim 3 wherein the first roller and track means comprises:

first rollers, one secured to each side of the frame structure adjacent the front portion of the bottom portion of the seat member; and

first tracks, one secured to the under side of each side of the front portion of the bottom portion and associated with and supported by the first rollers for movement thereon when the seat member moves between the upright position and the inclined position.

6. A recliner chair as defined in claim 5 wherein the second roller and track means comprises:

second rollers, one secured to each side of the frame structure adjacent the rear side of the back portion of the seat member; and

second tracks, one secured to each side of the rear side of the back portion of the seat member and associated with and supported by the second rollers for movement thereon when the seat member moves between the upright position and the inclined position.

7. A recliner chair as defined in claim 6 wherein the first limiting means comprises a bent upper portion of each of the second tracks which extends substantially perpendicular to the tracks and contacts the roller and prevents further movement of the second rollers beyond the inclined position of the seat member.

8. A recliner chair as defined in claim 7 wherein the second limiting means comprises a U-shaped portion of the lower end of each of the second tracks which opens in the upward direction to receive the second rollers therein and prevent further movement of the second rollers beyond the upright position of the seat member.

9. A recliner chair as defined in claim 3 in combination with an ottoman having an upper cushion portion moveable between first position which corresponds to the height of the front portion of the bottom portion of the seat member when the seat member is in the upright position and a second position which corresponds to the height of the front portion of the bottom portion of the seat member when the seat member is in the inclined position.