Actuator Rigid With Rack Patents (Class 297/371)
  • Patent number: 11812853
    Abstract: A tilt locking device for a chair, comprising a housing configured for connection to one of a seat and a frame; a first rotatable locking member, rotatable about a first axis and biased in a first direction about the first axis, the first rotatable locking member is configured for interlocking with a notch member; a rotatable activation member, rotatable about a second axis, the rotatable activation member is configured to abut and rotate the first rotatable locking member in a second direction opposite the first direction into interlocking with the notch member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: Flokk AB
    Inventors: Marius Sollie, Torstein Mørch Knutzen
  • Patent number: 10890235
    Abstract: A furniture system includes a base, a first linkage and a second linkage. The base is configured to be disposed on a flat surface and to be connected to an article of furniture. The first linkage is connected to the base and configured to be connected to the article of furniture. The first linkage is configured to be actuated to cause the article of furniture to translate relative to the base. The second linkage is connected to the first linkage. The second linkage is biased into a locked state in which the second linkage prevents movement of the first linkage. The second linkage is configured to be actuated by an applied force into an unlocked state in which the second linkage allows movement of the first linkage (and the article of furniture to which the first linkage is configured to be connected).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY
    Inventor: Jennie Bucove
  • Patent number: 9414679
    Abstract: An article of furniture may include a seat link and a seatback link. The seat link may include first, second and third apertures. The seatback link may be rotatably coupled to the seat link and may include fourth, fifth and sixth apertures. The seatback link and a seatback frame may be rotatable relative to the seat link and a seat-bottom frame among a first position in which only the first and fourth apertures are coaxially aligned, a second position in which only the second and fifth apertures are coaxially aligned, and a third position in which only the third and sixth apertures are coaxially aligned. The seatback link may be rotationally locked relative to the seat link by inserting a fastener in the first and fourth apertures in the first position, the second and fifth apertures in the second position, and the third and sixth apertures in the third position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: La-Z-Boy Incorporated
    Inventors: Larry P. Lapointe, Eric B. Harwood, Richard D. Hartford
  • Patent number: 4955517
    Abstract: The main chaise frame has left and right side rails to which legs are attached. A backrest is pivotally mounted on the side rails of the frame to be raised to a selected rest position. A leg rest is telescopically positioned from the main frame and thereupon a cover is attached over the main frame, the leg rest and the backrest. A back angular adjustment, arm rest and foot rest may also be provided. A backpack is secured to the frame by attachable straps, and has shoulder and waist straps for carrying the combination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Inventor: Carlo P. Maresca
  • Patent number: 4861100
    Abstract: A folding chair, having a seat and a backrest hinged together and supported by two pairs of crossed legs pivotably associated one with another, is adjusted by way of a device making use of a pivot, associated with the top end of one leg and rotatable about its own axis, which features an oval head with a double cam profile and a pin extending issuing from the head; the pin and the head occupy first and second tracks of substantially zig-zag profile, integral with or fitted to the chair seat, and adjustment of the reclining angle of the chair is effected by moving the pivot along the tracks from end to end through a sequence of mandatory steps that coincide with a plurality of stable positions of the pivot, each corresponding to a given angle of the backrest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 29, 1989
    Assignee: O.M.S.I. s.a.s. di Baccaro Vincenzo & C.
    Inventor: Mario Baccaro
  • Patent number: 4372611
    Abstract: A seat having a back frame pivotally mounted on a seat frame for tilting the back frame relative to the seat frame and latching structure for locking the back frame in any one of several tilted positions. The latching structure comprises a notched plate pivotally mounted below the seat frame and notch-engaging means connected to and pivotable with the back frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 8, 1983
    Assignee: Coach and Car Equipment Corporation
    Inventor: Lester H. Feddeler
  • Patent number: T103201
    Abstract: An adjustable recline-control mechanism for furniture of the type comprising a carrier for an occupant, e.g. a seat-pan and a support e.g. a back-rest, reclinable relative to the carrier wherein the angle of recline is controlled by the mechanism which comprises a link one end of which is pivotally connected to the support while the other end is latchable by at least two co-operating latching portions which respectively prevent travel of the link in opposite directions, the respective latching portions being spaced apart relative to the pivot axis of the link such that a jolt to the front or back of the support exerts on the link a moment which biasses the link towards latching irrespective of the direction of the jolt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 5, 1983
    Inventor: James D. Robinson