Patent ID: 6860558
Filing Date: 2005-03-01
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A glider chair in a recreational vehicle, the glider chair comprising a frame suspended from a base by a gliding mechanism for movement of the frame in a horizontal back-and-forth gliding motion relative to the base and a locking mechanism comprising: a rotatable arm pivotally attached to a portion of the base; a latch plate integral to the arm for engagement of a portion of the frame when the arm is rotated to a locked position for disabling the horizontal back-and-forth motion of the chair relative to the base, and for disengagement from the portion of the frame when the arm is rotated to an unlocked position to allow the horizontal back-and-forth motion of the chair relative to the base; and a cutout in the latch plate for insertion of the portion of the frame engaged by the latch plate when the arm is in the locked position.