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Arrangement for beds and other reclining or seating furniture

  • US 6,679,556 B1
  • Filed: 08/16/2001
  • Issued: 01/20/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An adjustable article of furniture, comprising three mutually adjustable, articulated members, constituting a back member, a seat member and a foot member, connected to each other by means of linkages, and which together form an adjustable support frame, where the adjustable frame is mounted in a support member by means for mounting, which constitute fulcrums for the mutually adjustable, articulated members where the back member and one of the two other elements have a fixed, immovable fulcrum in relation to the support member, the fulcrum of the back member being located at a distance from the linkage to the seat member, the seat member'"'"'s fulcrum or the foot member'"'"'s fulcrum is immovable and securely attached to the support member, and the fulcrum which is not immovable is movable forwards and backwards in the furniture'"'"'s longitudinal direction on the support member,an extension member on the furniture between the seat member and the back member which provides an extension for the furniture having a minimum length when the angle between the back and seat members is 180°

  • and a maximum when the said angle is approximately 90°

    while the angle between the seat and foot members thereby will be 180°

    , and approximately 220°

    , and a spring mechanism between an arm on the bottom of the back member and a point on the support member in order to neutralize and/or overcome the forces which at any time influence the adjustable frame'"'"'s various connected levers when the user is seated in the article of furniture, in order thereby to be able to move the adjustable frame from one position to another when the user is seated in the article of furniture.

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