Patent ID: 6416131
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A swivel chair apparatus comprising:a chair having a back and an armrest and a seat, said seat being supported above a base; a gas cylinder means connected to said chair, said gas cylinder means for controlling an orientation of one of said seat and seat back, said gas cylindrical means having a control valve cooperative with a control rod; a frame positioned in said armrest, said frame having a bar supported resiliently by a spring within said armrest; a wire cable connected to said bar and to said control rod such that a movement of said bar causes a corresponding movement of said control rod so as to actuate said control valve of said gas cylinder means; and a push button rotatably mounted on said frame and above said bar, said push button having multiple spaced apart protrusions extending outwardly from an exterior surface thereof.