Reclining platform rocking chair

摘要

1,012,635. Seats. LA-Z-BAY CHAIR CO. Aug. 31, 1962, No. 33614/62. Heading A4J. A reclining and platform rocking chair has a base portion 171 on which a supporting frame 131 is rockably borne and arrestable, a seat 141 and backrest 101 being mounted on the frame 131 in such a manner that for the formation of a reclining chair they are swingable relatively to one another on the supporting frame 131 which is then blocked against forward rocking in any selected backwardly tilted position. A one-way blocking device arranged between frame 131 and base 171 consists of a bracket 711 connected to frame 131 and having ratchet teeth 721, Fig. 14, engaged by a latching bar 741 pivoted at 751 to a bracket 761 in base 171. An operating arm 511 is provided with a wire element 781 to pivot latching bar 741 and withdraw it from a tooth 721. The arm 511 also actuates a footrest 451. As shown in Fig. 9 the footrest is retracted and the latch is released to allow forward rocking of the frame 131 by means of rockers 151 on the base 171. As shown in Fig. 14 the frame 131 cannot be rocked forwardly on base 171 but ratchet teeth 721 permit rearward rocking. The backrest 101 is pivotably connected at 169 to the seat 141 by links 152 and links 170 connect the front of the seat 141 to the frame 131. Links 146 connect the backrest to the base 171. As the back 101 is reclined the seat 141 moves forwardly of the frame 131 and the frame 131 rocks backwardly into the position shown in Fig. 14.