Abstract: Herein disclosed is a reclining chair which comprises a seat cushion portion and a seatback portion which are pivotally connected so as to achieve simultaneous pivoting movements thereof. A generally U-shaped pipe frame is used for holding a seat cushion sheet. The portions of side sections of the U-shaped frame are projected in a direction away from the seat cushion sheet so that upon a person sitting on the seat cushion portion, the thigh portions of the seated person do not touch the side sections of the frame thereby providing him or her with comfortable sitting.

Abstract: A head rest stay retaining device has an engagement face provided on the stay thereof which supports the head rest. The engagement face is formed continuously to a predetermined length along the axis thereof, and it further has a pushing member with an engagement face forced so as to be in contact with the engagement face of the stay, thereby retaining the stay, due to the engagement between these two engagement faces. In one version, the engagement face on the stay may taper inwards in a downwards direction, towards the axis of the stay; this engagement face may be knurled. The pushing member may be spring-loaded and/or with a grooved or corrugated engagement face, which may engage the tapered and/or knurled engagement face of the stay. The pushing member may be eccentrically mounted or pivoted or the like, and in a generally elliptical form or other non-circular shape or configuration.