Patent ID: 8459746
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. An adjustable armrest structure for a chair comprising an adjusting assembly fixed to bottom ends of two armrests on two sides of the chair and including a body, two side rails to be fitted to and engaged with the body, a movable member configured to be attached to the bottom ends of the two armrests, the movable member fitted between the side rails for movement in a first plane, a guide member and an actuating member, with the body including a guiding slot in a second plane parallel to the first plane, the guiding slot formed on a bottom end of the body and having a screwing element received therethrough, with the screwing element engaging with the movable member; wherein the guiding slot of the body includes a plurality of arcuate recesses arranged along two sides thereof, wherein two projections are fixed on two sides of the guide member respectively, wherein the actuating member includes a bore disposed thereon and is fixed to the guide member, wherein the screwing element is inserted through the bore of the actuating member and an orifice of the guide member, with the screwing element passing through the bore of the guide member intermediate the two projections, with the guide member located within and moveable in the second plane along the guiding slot, with the two projections moveable generally perpendicular toward and away from the screwing element, and wherein a screw segment of the screwing element is screwed with an aperture of the movable member, wherein the two projections move along the plurality of arcuate recesses resiliently when the actuating member is moved parallel to the guiding slot.