Patent ID: 7543893

Claim:
A furniture member, comprising: a support member; a mechanism rotatably pinned to the support member and adapted for both rocking and reclining motions, including: a first pair of forward link members; a pantograph linkage set connected to the first pair of forward link members and operable to extend and retract a footrest assembly; and a drive rod connected to the pantograph linkage set, rotation of the drive rod operable to each of extend and retract the pantograph linkage set; an escutcheon directly connected to a first end of the drive rod, the escutcheon including a male extending engagement member having a sloped engagement tooth extending outwardly therefrom; and a handle snap-engaged directly on the escutcheon, the handle operable to manually rotate the drive rod, the handle including an engagement aperture adapted to receive the male extending engagement member of the escutcheon to engage the handle with the escutcheon, an engagement tooth receiving aperture opening directly into the engagement aperture; and a pitched engagement slot angled to taper into and directed toward the engagement aperture and aligned with the engagement tooth receiving aperture, the sloped engagement tooth being elastically compressed by contact within the pitched engagement slot when the male extending engagement member is initially slidably received in the engagement aperture and thereafter outwardly elastically extensible to engage within the engagement tooth receiving aperture.