Patent ID: 6070935
Filing Date: 2000-06-06
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
An actuating assembly for a piece of furniture having a generally stationary main part, an actuator in the main part, and a movable part that is pivotal on the main part generally about an axis, the actuating assembly comprising:an elongated one-piece operating bar formed of a single piece of tubing having a central portion extending along the axis and a pair of U-shaped end portions each having an inner arm forming a continuation of a respective outer end of the central portion and an outer arm extending across the axis, projecting radially therefrom, and provided with mounting formations, the portions and arms all being generally coplanar;pivot pins fixable on the main part and engaging through the outer arms at the axis for pivoting of the operating bar on the main part about the axis;respective fittings secured to the mounting formations of the outer arms and connectable to the movable part; anda crank arm fixed on the central portion, extending radially therefrom, and operatively connectable to the actuator in the main part.