Patent ID: 7950734

Claim:
A recliner, comprising: a folding frame which comprises a rear leg frame, a front leg frame pivotally coupled with said rear leg frame, and two arm rests slidably coupled with two upper ends of said rear leg frame respectively; a chair frame, which is movably coupled with said folding frame, comprising a seat supporting frame, a back supporting frame, and a leg supporting frame, wherein an inclination angle of said chair frame is selectively adjusted when said arm rests are slid at said upper ends of said rear leg frame; and a locking mechanism for locking up said inclination angle of said chair frame, wherein said locking mechanism comprises: two locking sliders slidably coupled with said arm rests respectively, wherein each of said locking sliders has a locking slot and two spaced apart pivot walls that extend downwardly and generally parallel to said arm rests; two locking rails affixed at bottom sides of said arm rests such that said locking sliders slide along said locking rails respectively, wherein each of said locking rails has a bottom teething surface; and two operation lockers coupled with said locking sliders respectively, wherein each of said operation lockers comprises an engaging member and a pivot handle, wherein said engaging member is disposed at said locking slot of said respective locking slider, wherein said engaging member has a teething end facing towards said teething surface of said respective locking rail, wherein said pivot handle is pivotally coupled with said locking slider between said two spaced apart pivot walls for rotation in a plane generally parallel to the arm rest to lock up said engaging member with said locking rail, wherein when said pivot handle is pivotally and upwardly moved to drive said teething end of said engaging member engaging with said teething surface of said respective locking rail, said arm rest is locked in position with respect to said respective upper end of said rear leg frame, wherein when said pivot handle is pivotally and downwardly moved to release an engagement between said teething end of said engaging member and said teething surface of said respective locking rail, said arm rest is allowed to slide freely with respect to said respective upper end of said rear leg frame.