Patent ID: 6155645
Filing Date: 2000-12-05
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A rest chair having a framework supported on a foot member and including a frame for holding a seat and back rest portionlinkage means pivotally connecting the frame to the framework, and a foot rest pivotally linked to the frame and the framework, said linkage means supporting a seat and a back rest portion for movement by body pressure from a sitting position into an inclined reclining position, and at the same time for movement of the foot rest from a stowed position fully folded under the seat and back rest portion into an elevated supporting position, wherein the linkage means forms a composite crank gear having a first gear train which includes the frame, an angle lever linked to the framework, a pivot arm and a first lever centrally and hingedly connected to the pivot arm, one arm of the first lever being connected to the frame, and having a second gear train which includes the frame, the first lever, a first longitudinal connecting rod, and the foot rest hingedly connected to one end of each of the first and a second longitudinal connecting rod, wherein the first longitudinal connecting rod is hingedly connected at one end thereof to a rotary point of a second lever and at another end thereof to another arm of the first lever, and wherein another end of the second of the two longitudinal connecting rods is hingedly connected to another arm of the second lever.