Patent ID: 7543893
Filing Date: 2009-06-09
Classification: A47C,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A furniture member, comprising: a support member; a mechanism rotatably pinned to the support member and adapted for both rocking and reclining motions, including: an escutcheon directly connected to a first end of the drive rod, the escutcheon including a male extending engagement member having a sloped engagement tooth extending outwardly therefrom; and a handle snap-engaged directly on the escutcheon, the handle operable to manually rotate the drive rod, the handle including an engagement aperture adapted to receive the male extending engagement member of the escutcheon to engage the handle with the escutcheon, an engagement tooth receiving aperture opening directly into the engagement aperture; and a pitched engagement slot angled to taper into and directed toward the engagement aperture and aligned with the engagement tooth receiving aperture, the sloped engagement tooth being elastically compressed by contact within the pitched engagement slot when the male extending engagement member is initially slidably received in the engagement aperture and thereafter outwardly elastically extensible to engage within the engagement tooth receiving aperture.