Patent ID: 6435615
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
Seating furniture, comprising:a) a frame having front and rear frame portions spaced apart along a longitudinal direction, and a pair of side frame portions spaced apart along a transverse direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction; b) a seat mounted on the frame between the side frame portions; and c) a backrest pivotably mounted on the frame at a generally horizontal pivot axis extending along the transverse direction, the backrest including an upper backrest portion and a lower backrest portion inclined relative to each other at an obtuse angle and meeting at a corner through which the pivot axis extends, the pivot axis being elevated relative to the seat along a height direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and transverse directions, the backrest being yieldably mounted on the frame for movement between a rest position in which the lower backrest portion extends from the pivot axis forwardly along the longitudinal direction and also downwardly along the height direction, and a tilted position in which the pivot axis is lowered in elevation along the height direction and in which the lower backrest portion is pivoted about the lowered pivot axis as a back of a seated person leans against the upper backrest portion.