Reclining chair with suspended seating

• US 4,819,986 A
• Filed: 07/12/1988
• Issued: 04/11/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: GF Health Products, Inc. (Armor Holdco, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Isidoro N. Markus
• Inventors: Markus, Isidoro N.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rendos, Thomas A.
• Application Number:
  US07/217,823
• Time in Patent Office: 273 Days
• Field of Search: 297/276, 297/277, 297/280, 297/281, 297/282, 297/325
• US Class Current: 297/325
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 1/0248 by chains, ropes or belts
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 3/32 with flexible height-adjusting means, e.g. rope, chain

Abstract

A reclining chair is provided comprising a frame and a seating secured to said frame by a flexible member. The flexible member passes over and is captured by rolls whereby the seating is suspended from the frame. The flexible member may be affixed at its ends to the frame or the seating and the rolls are affixed to the other of the frame and seating. The frame may be hollow and the flexible members and/or rolls may be positioned within the frame.

Claims

1. A reclining chair comprising:

a tubular frame having on opposite sides thereof substantially horizontal and vertical members;

a seating disposed within said frame movably supported by said members, said seating comprising a seat board and a back board; and

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supporting means on each of said opposite sides for supporting said seating to said frame;

said supporting means including;

a flexible strap member connected at its ends to said seating and a plurality of guide rolls located inside said tubular frame, said flexible strap being disposed along a path passing over said rolls;

a first pin connected to said seat board;

a second pin connected to said back board;

a first slot in one of said frame members capturing said first pin; and

, a second slot in another of said frame members capturing said second pin.

2. The chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein said slots are in said vertical frame members.

3. The chair in accordance with claim 2 wherein said flexible strap is affixed at its ends to said pins.

4. The chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein said flexible strap is affixed at its ends to said pins.