Patent ID: 7429081
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: A47C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A low-profile tilt control mechanism for a chair having a seat assembly and a back assembly interconnected by said tilt control mechanism such that said back assembly and said seat assembly are rearwardly reclinable from a normal tilt position, said tilt control mechanism comprising a control body and a chair frame member which is pivotally connected to said control body so as to pivot about a horizontal pivot axis during reclining of said seat assembly and said back assembly, said control body including a bottom body wall, and said frame member including a control plate which moves in unison with said frame member wherein said control plate includes a plate surface extending in opposing relation with an opposing bottom wall surface of said bottom body wall, said control plate including a stop part which moves with said control plate along said bottom wall surface and said tilt control mechanism further including a stop mechanism which is longitudinally elongate so as to lie along said bottom body wall of said control body and having a low-profile engagement section which cooperates with said stop part to selectively confine movement of said control plate and thereby limit movement of said seat assembly and said back assembly.