Patent ID: 7334840

Claim:
A glider chair, comprising: a glider frame and a seat, swingably suspended by a plurality of hangers from a base disposable on a support surface, and swingable fore and aft relative to the base; the seat being pivotable with respect to the glider frame between an upper position and a lower position, and biased to the upper position; an automatic locking mechanism, coupled between the seat and at least one of the plurality of hangers, including a linkage coupled to the seat and movable as the seat pivots to engage a toothed bar, coupled to the linkage, with a cross member, coupled to and between two opposite hangers of the plurality of hangers, when the seat is in the upper position, to resist motion of the glider frame relative to the base when the seat is in the upper position, and to disengage the toothed bar from the cross member to allow motion of the glider frame relative to the base when the seat is in the lower position; a biasing device, moveably coupled between the linkage and the glider frame, and configured to raise the linkage to bias the seat into the upper position; and the linkage, the biasing device and the toothed bar being positioned substantially along a lateral centerline of the chair.