Piece of furniture

• US 4,637,652 A
• Filed: 09/03/1985
• Issued: 01/20/1987
• Est. Priority Date: 03/12/1984
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Molnlycke Konsumentprodukter AB
• Original Assignee: Molnlycke Konsumentprodukter AB
• Inventors: Bergenwall, Henning
• Primary Examiner(s): Zugel, Francis K.
• Application Number:
  US06/772,138
• Time in Patent Office: 504 Days
• Field of Search: 297/DIG. 10, 297/90, 297/330, 297/75, 297/340
• US Class Current: 297/90
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/035 in combination with movably coupled seat and back-rest, i.e. the seat and back-rest being movably coupled in such a way that the extension mechanism of the foot-rest is actuated at least by the relative movements of seat and backrest
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 297/10 Occupant-arising assist

Abstract

A piece of furniture comprises a stand, a seat and a back support pivotable with respect to the seat as well as an upwardly and downwardly pivotable leg support which is provided with a foot-rest, at least one operating means being arranged to, at pivoting of the back support backwardly from a sitting position, in which the feet of the user are resting on the foot-rest, and a simultaneous pivoting of the leg support upwardly and forwardly, cause such a relative movement between the foot-rest and the seat that the knee-adjacent leg portions of the user remain in supporting contact with the supporting areas of the piece of furniture. The operating means is also adapted to, at the pivoting of the leg support upwardly and forwardly, cause a movement of the seat in the direction backwardly relative to the stand and thereby relative to the pivot axis of the leg support.

Claims

1. A piece of furniture, comprising:

a stand a seat, a back support pivotable with respect to said seat, and an upwardly and downwardly pivotable leg support provided with a foot-rest;

at least one operating means pivotably connected with said seat and said support for movement thereof backwardly from a sitting position, in which the feet of a user are resting on said foot-rest, and for a simultaneous pivoting of said leg support upwardly and forwardly to cause a relative movement between said foot-rest and said seat such that knee-adjacent leg portions of the user remain in supporting contact with the supporting areas of the piece of furniture;

said seat being movably arranged in a direction forwardly and backwardly relative said stand through pivoting of said back support;

said leg support being pivotably connected to said stand about a pivot axis fixed with respect to said stand for all movements relative to said stand, said foot-rest being located at a constant distance from said pivot axis during the pivoting of said leg support upwardly and downwardly;

said operating means upon pivoting of said leg support upwardly and forwardly imparting movement of the seat in a direction backwardly relative to said stand and thereby relative to said pivot axis of said leg support, and said operating means comprising at least one link extending between a point on said seat and a point on said back support;

an intermediate part having a first part pivotally hinged through a front hinge to said seat and a second part pivotally hinged through a second hinge to said back support for pivoting of said back support;

power means associated with said intermediate part through said seat for pivoting said support in response to said seat imparting movement to said intermediate part;

said back support having first and second portions, said first portion being connected to said intermediate part about said second hinge so that said first portion extends outwardly from said second hinge, and when said back support is from said second hinge, and when said back support is pivoted to a normal sitting position said first portion extends upwardly and substantially forms the real back supporting part of the back support, and said second portion extends downwardly;

means associated with at least one of said intermediate part and said back support for limiting the pivoting of said first portion of said back support backwardly relative to said intermediate part; and

said link being to said second portion of said back support, wherein said first portion of said back support is arranged to, at the backward pivoting of said back support, enter into supporting engagement with a portion of said stand in such a way that continued influence by said power means on said intermediate part for pivoting thereof in the direction backwardly gives rise to pivoting of said back support relative to said intermediate part so that said first portion of said back support is pivoted upwardly and so that said second portion of said back support is moved at least one of backwardly and downwardly and thereby via said link actuates the seat in the backward direction.

2. A piece of furniture according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the back support is pivotably attached to a support intended to enter into engagement with the stand.

3. A piece of furniture according to claim 1, wherein the seat is movably carried by a seat frame, which in its turn is pivotable relative to the stand and to which the back support is pivotably connected by means of the intermediate part.

4. A piece of furniture according to claim 3, wherein an elbow-rest is attached to a first carrying means, which is pivotably connected to the intermediate part, and wherein the elbow-rest also is pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to the seat.

5. A piece of furniture acoording to claim 3, including an elbow-rest attached to a first carrying means, said first carrying means being pivotably connected to said back support, said elbow-rest being pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to said seat.

6. A piece of furniture according to claim 3, wherein said first portion of said back support is pivotably attached to a support for entering into engagement with said stand.

7. A piece of furniture according to claim 4, wherein said portion of said back support is pivotably attached to a support for entering into engagement with said stand.

8. A piece of furniture according to claim 2, wherein said seat is movably carried by a seat frame, which in its turn is pivotable relative to said stand and to which said back support is pivotably connected by means of said intermediate part.

9. A piece of furniture according to claim 1, including an elbow-rest attached to a first carrying means, said first carrying means being pivotably connected to said intermediate part, and said elbow-rest also being pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to said seat.

10. A piece of furniture according to claim 1, including an elbow-rest attached to a first carrying means, said first carrying means being pivotably connected to said back support, said elbow-rest pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to said seat.

11. A piece of furniture according to claim 2, including an elbow-rest attached to a first carrying means, said first carrying means being pivotably connected to said back support, said elbow-rest being pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to said seat.

12. A piece of furniture according to claim 2, including an elbow-rest attached to a first carrying means, said first carrying means being pivotably connected to said intermediate part, and said elbow-rest also being pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to said seat.

13. A piece of furniture, comprising:

a stand, a seat, a back support pivotable with respect to said seat, and an upwardly and downwardly pivotable leg support provided with a foot-rest;

at least one operating means pivotably connected with said seat and said support for movement thereof backwardly from a sitting position, in which the feet of a user are resting on said foot-rest, and for a simultaneous pivoting of said leg support upwardly and forwardly to cause a relative movement between said foot-rest and said seat such that knee-adjacent leg portions of the user remain in supporting contact with the supporting areas of the piece of furniture;

said seat being movably arranged in a direction forwardly and backwardly relative to said stand through pivoting of said back support;

said leg support being pivotably connected to said stand about a pivot axis fixed with respect to said stand for all movements relative to said stand, said foot-rest being located at a constant distance from said pivot axis during the pivoting of said leg support upwardly and downwardly;

said operating means upon pivoting of said leg support upwardly and forwardly imparting movement of the seat in a direction backwardly relative to said stand and thereby relative to said pivot axis of said leg support, and said operating means comprising at least one link extending between a point on said seat and a point on said back support;

an intermediate part being about a hinge connected to the back support, means for obtaining the pivotability of the back support being connected to the intermediate part;

power means for attending to the pivoting of the back support acting on the intermediate part;

said back support having first and second portions, said first portion being connected to said intermediate part about said hinge so that said first portion extends outwardly from said hinge, and when said back support is pivoted to a normal sitting position said first portion extends upwardly and substantially forms the real back supporting part of the back support, and said second portion extends downwardly; and

means associated with at least one of said intermediate part and said back support for limiting the pivoting of said first portion of said back support backwardly relative to said intermediate part,

said link being pivotably connected to the second portion of the back support, wherein said first portion of said back support is arranged to, at the backward pivoting of said back support, enter into supporting engagement with a portion of said stand in such a way that continued influence by said power means on said intermediate part for pivoting thereof in the direction backwardly gives rise to pivoting of said back support relative to said intermediate part so that said first portion of said back support is pivoted upwardly and so that said second portion of said back support is moved at least one of backwardly and downwardly and thereby via said link actuates the seat in the backward direction.

14. A piece of furniture according to claim 13, wherein the first portion of the back support is pivotably attached to a support intended to enter into engagement with the stand.

15. A piece of furniture according to claim 13, wherein the seat is movably carried by a seat frame, which in its turn is pivotable relative to the stand and to which the back support is pivotably connected by means of the intermediate part.

16. A piece of furniture according to claim 15, wherein an elbow-rest is attached to a first carrying means, which is pivotably connected to the back support of the intermediate part, and wherein the elbow-rest also is pivotably connected to a second carrying means, which in its turn is pivotably connected to the seat.