Patent ID: 7416252

Claim:
A wooden backpost unit for use in a wooden dining chair of the type having a stationary frame section within which the backpost unit is secured for providing reclining movement therein, wherein the backpost unit comprises: a hinge type linkage means having an upper leaf and a lower leaf that are pivotally connected with a hinge pin; a top backpost portion having a top aperture formed in a lower surface thereof that is adapted to receive the upper leaf; a bottom backpost portion having a bottom aperture formed in an upper surface thereof that is adapted to receive the lower leaf; an upper lock pin engaging the upper leaf and the top backpost portion to retain the upper leaf and the top backpost portion in a stationary relationship with respect to each other; a lower lock pin engaging the lower leaf and the bottom backpost portion to retain the lower leaf and the bottom backpost portion in a stationary relationship with respect to each other, wherein the top backpost portion and the bottom backpost portion when interconnected with the hinge type linkage means provides a substantially continuous backrest surface on a front surface thereof and a rear facing gap on a back surface thereof; a resilient means installed within the rear facing gap, wherein the hinge type linkage means is located intermediate the resilient means and the backrest surface, wherein the hinge type linkage means and the resilient means allow the top backpost portion to recline according to pressure exerted by a user and to revert to its original position upon removal of said pressure; and a casing attached to at least one of the top backrest portion and the bottom backrest portion to substantially the resilient means and hinge type linkage means.