Reclining chair having suspended seating

• US 4,880,273 A
• Filed: 01/23/1989
• Issued: 11/14/1989
• Est. Priority Date: 07/12/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Isidoro N. Markus
• Original Assignee: Isidoro N. Markus
• Inventors: Markus, Isidoro N.
• Primary Examiner(s): NOT, DEFINED
• Application Number:
  US07/300,576
• Time in Patent Office: 295 Days
• Field of Search: 297/68, 297/88, 297/325, 297/276, 297/273, 297/277, 297/280, 297/281, 297/282
• 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 tubular frame and a seating secured to said frame by a flexible member. The flexible member slides over a raceway positioned lengthwise inside said tubular frame, whereby the seating is suspended from the frame. Means are provided to guide the motions of the flexible member and those of the seating.

Claims

1. A reclining chair comprising:

a frame having on opposite sides substantially vertical members connected to each other;

a seating disposed within said frame and comprising a seat board and a back board; and

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means for supporting said seating including (1) a flexible strap member connected at its ends to said seating and (2) a fixed raceway disposed between said vertical members, said flexible strap sliding over said raceway.

2. The chair in accordance with claim 1 further comprising means to limit the motion of said seating relative to said frame.

3. The chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein said flexible strap member is secured at one of its ends to said seat board and at the opposite end to said back board.

4. The chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein means are provided to keep said flexible strap member guided while sliding over said raceway.

5. The chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein said frame are hollow and said strap flexible member and said raceway are entirely disposed within said hollow members.

6. The chair in accordance with claim 2 wherein said frame members are hollow and said limiting means includes a slot in a vertical frame member and a pin affixed to said seating and extending into said slot, whereby the ends of said slot limit the movement of said pin.

7. The chair in accordance with claim 1 wherein said flexible strap and raceway are coated with a friction reducing compound.