Patent ID: 6102477
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A chair having a control mechanism configured to limit an angle of tilt of a chair back rest assembly relative to a chair seat, said chair comprising:a bracket member configured to be supported on a vertical column of a chair base;a rotational member supported for rotation on an end of said bracket member, said rotational member being attached to the chair back rest;a generally elongate stop member secured to said rotational member at a position extending inwardly of said end of said bracket member; anda slide member slidable along a longitudinal axis of said bracket member and having a first generally U-shaped end provided with two mutually aligned and spaced downward directed inclined edges for engagement with said stop member;said stop member having a free distal end configured to engage said inclined edges of said slide member and limit rotation of said rotational member and the chair back rest;wherein said rotational member is rotatable through one of a plurality of ranges of degrees of rotation as determined by a specific position of said slide member along said longitudinal axis.