Chair universally adjustable by occupant reclining therein, and method

摘要

A reclining chair having seatrest, footrest, and backrest which are adjustable to either a sit-up or a lie-down position or any selected intermediate position, with the entire chair being also adjustable to recline rearwardly at a selected angle. All of the adjustments can be made manually by the occupant while reclining in the chair. The mechanism also includes compensating means to avoid or minimize any influence by a selected adjustment upon a non-selected adjustment. None of the adjustments results in any significant raising or lowering relative to the floor surface of the combined center of gravity of the chair and its occupant, and therefore, in reversing any of the adjustments the occupant is spared the physical work that would be involved in raising the center of gravity.