US3302969A - Reclining platform rocking chair - Google Patents

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US3302969A
US3302969A US424624A US42462465A US3302969A US 3302969 A US3302969 A US 3302969A US 424624 A US424624 A US 424624A US 42462465 A US42462465 A US 42462465A US 3302969 A US3302969 A US 3302969A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
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    • A47C1/02—Reclining or easy chairs
    • A47C1/031—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/034—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest
    • A47C1/035—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest in combination with movably coupled seat and back-rest, i.e. the seat and back-rest being movably coupled in such a way that the extension mechanism of the foot-rest is actuated at least by the relative movements of seat and backrest
    • A47C1/0355—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a leg-rest or foot-rest in combination with movably coupled seat and back-rest, i.e. the seat and back-rest being movably coupled in such a way that the extension mechanism of the foot-rest is actuated at least by the relative movements of seat and backrest actuated by linkages, e.g. lazy-tongs mechanisms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
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  • This invention relates to an improved, reclinable platform rocking chair incorporating rocker lock-out provisions for preventing rocking motion at least in one direction, particularly to the rear, when the chair is in a fully reclined position.
  • The'invention is particularly directed to a three-position, three-way, reclining platform rocker having an extensible leg rest.
  • the term three way refers to a reclining chair in which the back rest, the seat and an extensible leg rest are each individually pivotally supported for movement relative to the chassis of -the chair.
  • the term three-position refers to the three positions in which these three basic components of the chair may be positioned on the chair chassis: (1) an upright, normal position in which the seat and the back of the chair are angularly disposed relative to each other subtending a normal upright seating angle with the seat generally horizontal and the leg rest retracted to aposition below the seat, (2) an intermediate, or semi-reclined, position in which the seat is tilted rearwardly from the horizontalwith the back and seat still subtending the normal seating angle but with the leg rest extended in front of and generally in line with the sea-tin a leg supporting position, and (3) a fully reclined position in which the back is tilted rearwardly relative to' the seat to subtend a larger angle than in a normal seating position with the seat tilted rearwardly at a greater angle than in the intermediate
  • the chair occupant In the fully reclined position, the chair occupant is in a generally supine position.
  • Three-way, three-position TV rocking chairs have become increasingly popular in recent years.
  • the occupant of the chair adjusts the position of the chair components on the chair chassis by pressing rearwardly in the seat through applying pressure on the arm rests, which pressure swings the seat and back rearwardly on the chair chassis and tilts them rearwardly while driving the leg crest upwardly and forwardly from a nesting position below the seat to its extended leg supporting position.
  • the occupants body position on the chair chassis In the intermediate position, the occupants body position on the chair chassis is generally erect, facing forwardly and slightly reclined with his legs extending ahead of and resting on the leg rest.
  • the occupant By applying further pressure on the seat, the occupant causes the back to tilt rearwardly relative to the seat approaching the horizontal position and tilts the seat further to the rear while maintaining the leg rest generally in line with and ahead of the seat to support the legs, thus placing the occupant in a generally supine position with his legssupported on the leg rest in front of him.
  • a more versatile and comfortablechair can be provided if the reclinable chair chassis can be combined with the rocker mechanism of a platform rocker.
  • Such a chair in the normal upright position provides a comfortable rocking chair.
  • the weight of the chair occupant shifts rearwardly and unless rearward rocking motion can be prevented, the chair tilts too far to the rear so as to place the occupants head too low for comfort and the rocking feature becomes a detriment.
  • a platform rocking chair having a platform rocker base rock-ably supporting a chair chassis to which a fixture is affixed for movably supporting the seat, back and an extensible leg rest.
  • the fixture supports the seat, back and leg rest for movement from a normal upright position in which the seat is generally horizontal with the back angularly disposed to it at a normal seating angle and a leg rest retracted below the seat, a fully reclined position in which the seat and back are pivoted relative to each other to subtend a larger angle than in the normal seating position with the seat tilted rearwardly from the horizontal and the leg rest extended ahead of and generally in line with the seat in a leg supporting position, and an intermediate position in which the seat is tilted rearwardly from the horizontal intermediate the normal and reclined positions with the seat and back subtending the normal seating angle and the footrest in the extended leg supporting position.
  • a slotted cam plate is pivotally mounted to the chair 'base and slidably fitting within the slot is a cam follower which is pivotally connected at one point to the chair chassis and at another point to that portion of the fixture which movably supports a front portion of the seat.
  • the cam follower is positioned at approximately the mid point of the slot when the chair is in the normal position so that the follower rides up and down in the slot when the chair in the normal position is rocked on the platform base.
  • the cam plate, follower, and linkage between the follower and the seat support fixture further pivot relative to each other during motion of the chair between the intermediate and the fully reclined positions so that the follower remains in engagement with the end of'the cam slot and continues to prevent any rearward rocking motion of the chair.
  • FIGURE 1 is a perspective view of the chair in the normal, upright seating position in which the seat is generally horizontal and subtends a normal seating anglewith the back andthe leg rest in the retracted position below the seat and nesting in the chair chassis.
  • FIGURE 2 is a perspective view of the chair in the fully reclined position in which the seat is tilted rearwardly at the maximum angle with the back pivoted rearwardly subtending a larger angle with the seat than in the normal upright position to place the back in a nearly horizontal position and the leg' rest extended ahead of the seat in a leg supporting position.
  • FIGURE 3 is a partial side elevation of the chair with the left hand chair side member removed to expose the left hand seat, back and leg rest supporting fixture with the chair in the normal upright position of FIGURE 1.
  • FIGURE 4 is the same view as FIGURE 3 with the chair and fixture in the intermediate position, i.e., between the position shown in FIGURES 1 and 2.
  • FIGURE 5 is the same view as FIGURE 3 with the chair and fixture in the fully reclined position, illustrated in FIGURE 2.
  • FIGURE 6 is a front sectional view taken along section line 6-6 of FIGURE 3.
  • FIGURE 7 is a front sectional view taken along section line 77 of FIGURE 3.
  • FIGURE 8 is a partial sectional side elevation approximately midway between the center line and the left side of the chair showing the chair rocker and locking mechanism with the chair in the normal upright position of FIGURE 3.
  • FIGURE 9 is the same view as FIGURE 8 with the chair in the intermediate position of FIGURE 4.
  • FIGURE 10 is the same view as FIGURE 8 with the chair in the fully reclined position of FIGURE 5.
  • the chair is seen in the normal seating position in which the chair portion, or
  • the chassis 11 to which is affixed the fixture supporting seat 13, the back 14 and the leg rest 15, with the chair portion 11 being rockably mounted on a platform rocker base 16.
  • a fixture which supports the seat 13, the back 14 and the extensible leg rest 15, the fixture being described subsequently.
  • the seat 13 In the normal upright seating position of FIGURE 1, the seat 13 is in a generally horizontal position with the back 14 subtending a normal seating angle of the seat 13 and the leg rest 15 retracted into a nesting position below the seat 13 so as to form the lower front portion of the chair.
  • the chair portion 11, including the sides 12, the seat 13, the back 14 and the leg rest 15, may be rocked as a unit on the base 16 in the manner to be described subsequently.
  • FIGURE 2 illustrates the chair in the fully reclined position in which the seat 13 is tilted rearwardly with respect to the side members 12 and the back 14 is pivoted rearwardly relative to the seat 13 to subten-d a substantially larger angle with the seat 13 than in the normal seating position of FIGURE 1.
  • the leg rest 15 has been thrust forwardly from the nesting position of FIGURE 1 into a position ahead of and generally in line with the seat 13 in a leg supporting position for the occupant of the chair. In this position, the chair portion 11 is prevented from rocking rearwardly on the chair base 16 by means of the mechanism to be described subsequently.
  • the chair in the intermediate position is not illustrated by a full drawing of the chair as in FIGURES 1 and 2 but the relative positions of the seat, back and leg rest maybe readily observed in FIGURE 4.
  • the seat 13 is tilted rearwardly from the normal seating position of FIGURE 1 but the back rest 14 is not tilted rearwardly relative to the seat 13 and subtends the same angle with the seat as in the normal upright position.
  • the leg rest 15 is in the same general position ahead of and generally in line with the seat 13 as illustrated in FIGURE 2.
  • the chassis of the chair, or the chair portion 11 is of conventional frame construction with upright members 17 and 18 on both sides at the front and rear which are joined at the top and bottom by the horizontal arm members 19 and the lower side members 20, transverse lower chair support members 21 and 22 extending across the lower front and rear portions of the chair chassis 11.
  • Rockers 23 and 24 having an arcuate lower profile and affixed to the transverse support members 21 and 22, rockably support the chair portion 11 on the base rails 25 and 26 which, along with the transverse base members 27 and 28, form the base 16 on which the chair rests.
  • the center portion of the rockers 23 and 24 are movably connected to the base rails 25 and 26 by conventional rocker springs 29, as best'seen in FIGURE 8.
  • the back 14, on which padding is applied as well as the back frame 31 which supports the wings of the back, is affixed to a back link 46 of the fixture.
  • the footrest 15, which also may be padded, is aflixed to a leg rest link 48 of the fixture.
  • the fixed portion of the fiixture is the base link 40, which is affixed to the side member 20'of the chair portion by the connections 35, and the base link 40 is connected to the seat link 44, the back link 46 and the leg rest link 48 by a linkage system about to be described so that the seat 13, back 14 and leg rest 15 are movable between the three different positions of the chair previously described by the motion of the respective links to which they are aflixed.
  • Seat link 44 is supported upon the base link 40 by structure which includes a rear support link 50 mounted at its lower end upon a fixed pivot 52 adjacent to the rear end of the base link 40.
  • Rear support link 50 is limited in pivotal movement about fixed pivot 52 by a pair of spaced stop pins 54 and 56 on the base link 40 which project from the base link into the path of movement of the rear support link 50.
  • a pivot 58 connects the upper end of rear support link 50* to the seat link 44 at a location spaced a little forwardly of the rearward end of the seat link 44.
  • a front support link means which includes a link 60' pivoted at its lower end upon fixed pivot 62 on base link 40.
  • a pivot 64 connects link 60 to a bell crank 66 having a pair of arms 68 and 70 projecting from pivot 64.
  • a pivot 72 connects bell crank 66 to the seat link 44 at a location spaced forwardly from the pivot 58.
  • a pivot 74 connects the bell crank to one end of a control link 76 which is connected at its other end by a pivot 78 to the back link 46 at a location above the lower end of the back link.
  • a back pivot 80 pivotally connects the lower end of the back link 46 to the rear end of the seat link 44.
  • the leg rest link 48 is connected to the base link 40 by a structure which includes a pair of cross links 88 and 90 which are pivotally connected to each other intermediate their ends at the pivot 92.
  • One end of the cross link 88 is pivotally mounted upon the forward end of the seat link 44 at a pivot 94, while one end of the other cross link 90 is coupled to the seat link 44 by a first leg rest support link 96 pivoted at one end at pivot 98 on the seat link 44 and pivoted at its other end to the cross link 90 by pivot 100.
  • the top end of cross link 90 is pivoted to the leg rest link 48 by pivot 102.
  • a second leg rest support link 104 is connected to leg rest link 48 by a pivot 106 and to the other end of cross link 88 by the pivot 108 so that the second support link 104 extends in generally parallel relationship to cross link 90.
  • the above leg rest linkage is controlled and guided in movement relative to the base link 40 by a third leg rest support link 110 mounted at one end upon fixed pivot 112 adjacent to the forward end of the base link 40.
  • the opposite end of the third support link 110 is pivotally connected to both cross links 88 and 90 at their connecting pivot 92.
  • a stop is installed on the third leg rest support llnk 110 which consists of the pin 114 on the link 110 which engages with one side of cross link 88 to define the retracted position of the linkage, as seen in FIGURE 3, and also serves as a supporting abutment to cross link 88 during movement of the leg rest linkage between the retracted position of FIGURE 3 and the intermediate p081- tion of FIGURE 4 in which the leg rest is extended.
  • Another stop pin 116 is installed on control link 76 'to en gage the downwardly projecting ear 118 fixedly mounted on seat link 44 to establish the extreme inclined position of the back link 46 relative to the seat link 44 in the fully reclined position illustrated in FIGURE 5.
  • FIGURES 35 To understand operation of the fixture, reference should be made to FIGURES 35.
  • the seat link 44 With the fixture in the normal upright position of the chair, as shown in FIGURE 3, the seat link 44 is supported upon the base link 49 supporting the chair seat 14 in a substantially horizontal position while the back link 46 projects generally perpenclicular to the seat link 44.
  • the rear support link 50 In this position of the fixture, the rear support link 50 is at its forward limited movement about the fixed pivot 52 on the base link 40 and engages the stop pin 54 on the base link.
  • Front seat link pivot 94 to which the cross link 88 is pivoted, is located somewhat above and spaced forwardly of the fixture from the fixed pivot 112 on the base link 40. In this position the fixture is in the normal upright position with the seat substantially horizontal, the back subtending a normal seating position relative to the seat and the leg rest is retracted to extend across the chair immediately below the front of the seat 14.
  • FIGURES 3 and 4 By comparing FIGURES 3 and 4, it can be seen that the seat link 44 is displaced rearwardly of the chair and its forward portion is tilted upwardly relative to that of FIGURE 3. During this first phase of movement there is no pivotal movement between the seat link 44 and the back link 46 and the seat and back continue to subtend the same angle.
  • This pivotal motion of the back link 46 causes the back link 46'to increase the angle between it and the seat link 44 from the substantially perpendicular relationship of FIGURES 3 and 4 to the obtuse angle of FIGURE 5.
  • This pivoting action of the back link 46 carries the control link 76 rearwardly which in turn drives the bell crank 66 in a counterclockwise motion (as viewed in FIGURES 4 and 5) about the pivot 64, thus rotating the bell crank 66 from the position of FIGURE 4 to thepos'ition of FIGURE 5.
  • This action further increases the effective link length of the front supporting link means and, in so doing, raises the front portion of the seat link 44 and tilts the seat further rearwardly.
  • the lower portions of the lower arms 70 of the bell cranks 66 of the two fixtures are joined by a cross tie 67 and vertical tension springs 69 connect the cross tie 67 to each of the side members of the seat 13.
  • the rear cross piece 71 of the seat 13 has a pair of downwardly projecting ears 73 which are connected to vertical springs 75 attaching to the rear transverse support member 22 of the chair chassis.
  • the tension springs 69 and 75 apply a constraining force to the movement of The above described operation of the fixture, in moving the seat, back and leg rest relative to the chair chassis,
  • a vertically disposed cam plate 120 having longitudinal slot 122 with upper and lower slot ends 123 and 124, is pivotally connected to essentially the mid-point of the front transverse base member 27 of the chair base 16 so that the cam plate' can pivot forwardly and rearwardly of the chair.
  • One end of acam follower actuating link 134 is pivotally connected to the cam follower plate 128 by pivot 136 and the other end is pivotally connected at pivot 138 the ends 123 and 124 of the slot in the cam plate when the chair is positioned in the normal position, as illustrated in FIGURE 8.
  • cam plate and cam follower prevents rearward rocking motion of the chair chassis 11 on the base 16 while the chair is in the intermediate position or anywhere between the intermediate and the fully reclined positions.
  • cam follower pin 130 in moving downwardly in the slot of the cam plate 120 frees the chair 11 for a rearward rocking motion.
  • rocker locking mechanism illustrated utilizes a cam plate which is pivoted to the chair base, obviously a reverse mechanism could be easily utilized in which slotted cam plate is pivotally connected to the chair chassis at the transverse member 21 and to the cross tie 67 and the cam follower pivotally connected to the base portion.
  • a reclining platform rocking chair comprising:
  • a seat and back supported by movable links of a fixture afiixed to said chair portion for movement between a normal, upright seating position in which the seat is generally horizontal and the back angularly disposed thereto at a normal seating angle and a reclined position in which said seat and back are tilted rearwardly from said normal position,
  • cam follower member operatively associated with said cam member and having an established path of travel relative to the cam member between established end limits
  • a reclining platform rocking chair comprising:
  • a seat, back and leg rest supported by the movable links of a fixture aflixed to said chair portion for movement between a normal, upright seating position in which the seat is generally horizontal with the back angularly disposed thereto at a normal seating angle and the leg rest retracted below the seat and a reclined position in which the seat and back are tilted rearwardly from said normal position and said leg rest is extended ahead of and generally in line with said seat,
  • cam follower member operatively associated with said cam member and having an established path of travel relative to the cam member between established end limits
  • cam and follower members being positioned intermediate of said established end limits when said chair is in said normal position to permit rocking of said chair portion on said base in both directions and said path of travel being of a length that said cam and'follower members are positioned by said movable link at one of said end limits when said chair is in said reclined position to permit rocking of said chair portion on said base in one direction.
  • seat support link means pivotally connecting said seat and said base links for swingably moving said seat link relative to said base link between said normal and reclined positions
  • a reclining platform rocking chair comprising:
  • a seat, back and foot rest supported on said chair portion by the movable link of a fixture affixed to said chair portion for movement between: (1) a normal upright seating position in which the seat is gen erally horizontal with the back and seat subtending a normal seating angle and the foot rest retracted below said seat, (2) a fully reclined position in which said seat is tilted rearwardly from said normal position with said back tilted rearwardly even further to subtend a greater angle with said seat than said normal seating angle and foot rest is extended ahead of and generally in line with said seat in a leg supporting position, (3) and an intermediate position in which said seat is tilted rearwardly intermediate said normal and reclined positions with said seat and back subtending said normal seating angle and said foot rest is in said extended leg supporting position,
  • cam follower member operatively associated with said cam member and having an established path of travel relative to the cam member between established end limits
  • cam and follower members being positioned to be intermediate said end limits when said chair is in said normal position to permit rocking said chair portion on said base and said path of travel being of a length that said cam and follower members are moved to one of said end limits when said chair is in or between said intermediate and reclined positions to prevent said chair portion rocking on said base in one direction.
  • leg vrest support means affixed to said leg rest and pivotally connected between said seat and base links for coordinated movement between said retracted and extended positions on relative motion of said length
  • stop means on said base link engageable with a rear one of said seat support links to establish said inter mediate position
  • a reclining platform rocking chair as described in claim 6 wherein one of said seat support links forward of said rear one has a pivotal connection to said other one of said members, whereby said cam and follower members are moved to the upper limit of said end limits by the motion of said seat support links in moving from said normal to said intermediate positions.
  • said seat support links includes a rear support link pivotally connected between rear portions of said seat and base links and a compounded link pivotally connected between front portions of said seat and base links.
  • a reclining platform rocking chair having a chair portion rockable on a base and an angularly disposed seat and back supported in conjunction with a leg rest on said chair portion by a fixture for movement between a normal position in which the seat is generally horizontal with the leg rest retracted thereunder and a reclined position in which the seat and back are tilted rearwardly from said normal position with said leg rest extended ahead of and generally in line with said seat,
  • said slot being of a length thatv said follower member is moved by the motion of said fixture portion into engagement with one end when said chair is in said reclined position, thereby preventing rocking motion in on direction of said chair portion on said base.
  • a reclining platform rocking chair having a base rockably supporting a chair portion on which a fixture supports a seat, back and foot rest for movement between a normal upright position in which the seat is generally horizontal with the back angularly disposed at a normal seating angle and the foot rest retracted below said seat, a fully reclined position in which said seat and back subtend a larger angle than in said normal position with said seat tilted rearwardly and said foot rest extended ahead of and generally in line with said seat in a leg supporting position, and an intermediate position in which said seat is tilted rearwardly intermediate said normal and reclined positions with said seat and back subtending said normal and reclined positions with said seat and back subtending said normal seating angle and said foot rest in said extended leg supporting position,
  • cam member having a generally vertically extending slot
  • said link means pivoting about its end while said follower and slot end remain engaged to prevent rocking motion during motion of said chair fixture between said intermediate and reclined positions.
  • a reclining platform rocking chair comprising:
  • a seat and back unit movably supported on said chair portion for movement between a normal, upright seating position in which the seat is generally horizontal with the back angularly disposed thereto at a normal seating angle and a reclined position in which said seat and back are tilted rearwardly from said normal position on said chair portion,
  • stop limiting means having two end limits connected to the other of said portions and operatively associated with said follower limiting means for establishing relative motion of said follower and stop limiting means along a path defined between said two end limits,
  • said follower limiting means lockingly engaging said stop limiting means when positioned at the end of said path at a said end limt to prevent further relative movement of said limiting means beyond said end limit
  • said follower and stop limiting means being positioned intermediate said end limits when the chair is in said normal position to permit said chair portion to rock on said base portion in both directions and said path being of a length that said follower limiting means is positioned against one of said stop end limits when the chair is in said reclined position to prevent said chair portion from rocking on said base portion in one direction.
  • a reclining platform rocking chair comprising:
  • a seat, back and leg rest movably supported on said chair portion for movement between a normal, up- 5 right seating position in which the seat is generally horizontal with a back angularly disposed thereto at a normal seating angle and a leg rest retracted below the seat and a reclined position in which the seat and back are tilted rearwardly from said normal position and said leg rest is extended ahead of and generally in line with said seat,
  • stop limiting means having two end limits connected to the other of said portions and operatively associated with said follower limiting means for establishing relative motion of said follower and stop limiting means to a path defined between said two end limits
  • said follower limiting means lockingly engaging said stop limiting means when positioned at the end of said path at a said end limit to prevent further relative movement of said limiting means beyond said end limit
  • said follower and stop limiting means being positioned intermediate said end limits when the chair is in said normal position to permit said chair portion to rock on said base portion in both directions and said path being of a length that said follower limiting means is positioned against one of said stop end limits when the chair is in said reclined position to prevent said chair portion from rocking on said base portion in one direction.

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