Integrated chair back and seat movement

摘要

A chair having an integrally molded chair back and seat that move together upon reclining movement of a user. The seat includes a series of glides that travel along a glide track mounted to a fixed support frame. A bias spring, connects the support frame to the seat and chair back to urge the seat and chair back into an upright position. The chair includes a pair of ganging arms that are movable. between a storage position and an operative position. In the storage position, the ganging arms are concealed within a bottom cover. When in the extended, operative position, the ganging arms allow multiple chairs to be ganged together.

主权项

1. A chair comprising:
a support frame having a plurality of legs; a seat supported by the support frame, the seat having a pair of side edges and a seating surface; a bottom cover mounted to the support frame and having a pair of receiving cavities; a pair of ganging arms mounted to move between a storage position and an operative position, wherein the ganging arms extend past the side edges of the seat in the operative position and are received in one of the receiving cavities beneath the seat in the storage position; and a pair of camming ends formed on each of the ganging arms, each of the camming ends including a cam surface that urge the ganging arms into either the operative or the storage position as the ganging arm moves between the operative and storage positions.