Patent ID: 6019429
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
A movable chair having a base adapted for movement across the surface on which the chair is situated, a seat member, a support member extending between the base and the seat member, the chair having a movable portion and a stationary portion to permit the reconfiguration of the chair, the chair comprising:(a) a mechanical actuator comprising an operating member positioned proximate a surface of the chair and having first and second arms, the second arm having an axis, the second arm receiving a force applied by a user at an angle to the axis of the second arm and transmitting the force to the first arm;(b) a retaining member for retaining said moveable portion of the chair in either of at least two positions providing different configurations of the chair, said retaining member having an element moveable between a first position in which said moveable portion is moveable between said at least two positions and a second position in which the configuration of the chair is fixed;(c) a mechanical coupling member having a first end connected to said first arm of said member and a second end operatively connected to said retaining member; and,(d) a locking member actuated by operation of the mechanical actuator for alternately maintaining said retaining member in said first and second positionswhereby, movement of said second arm causes said first arm to move so that said retaining member is actuated and the moveable portion of said chair may be adjusted relative to the stationary portion.