Patent ID: 9635943
Date: 2017-05-02
CPC Classifications: A47C

Claim:
1. A reclining chair mechanism for use on a chair having a frame, a seat, and a backrest, comprising: a base plate adapted to be coupled to a frame of a chair, the base plate including one or more roller tracks; a seat mounting plate adapted to be coupled to a seat of the chair; an elongated roller link coupled to the seat mounting plate and to front and rear rollers, the front and rear rollers adapted to roll within the one or more roller tracks of the base plate; and a backrest linkage coupled to the base plate and to the seat mounting plate, wherein the base plate, the seat mounting plate, the elongated roller link, and the backrest linkage are adapted to cooperatively shift a backrest of the chair from an upright position to a reclined position while the seat of the chair maintains a substantially consistent height relative to the base plate, and wherein the seat mounting plate is adapted to translate with respect to the base plate when the front and rear rollers roll within the one or more roller tracks of the base plate.