US3304107A - Adjustable joint, especially for chairs, beds, cots, and the like - Google Patents

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US3304107A
US3304107A US214959A US21495962A US3304107A US 3304107 A US3304107 A US 3304107A US 214959 A US214959 A US 214959A US 21495962 A US21495962 A US 21495962A US 3304107 A US3304107 A US 3304107A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
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    • A47C1/026—Reclining or easy chairs having independently-adjustable supporting parts the parts, being the back-rest, or the back-rest and seat unit, having adjustable and lockable inclination by means of peg-and-notch or pawl-and-ratchet mechanism
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  • the present invention relates to an adjustable joint, especially for reclining chairs, beds, folding cots, or the like, which comprises two arms which are pivotable relative to each other and one of which is provided with a locking part with a certain locking range, while the other arm carries a locking member which in the operative position acts upon the locking part so as to lock the two arms together and which is also movable to an inactive position in which it is disengaged from the locking part.
  • Joints of the above-mentioned kind are preferably applied for adjustable back or head rests, foot rests, or the like of reclining or folding chairs, folding beds or cots, especially of the kind as used for camping purposes, although they may also be used for adjustable flaps, covers, windows, ladders, and many other purposes.
  • Such joints must permit, for example, the head or back rest of a camping cot to 'be adjusted to different 'angles between a substantially horizontal and a vertical end position. They must be of a simple construction and must especially be adjustable to any desired angle without requiring any separate levers or the like to be operated. While especially in camping cots and the like, such joints must also be capable of withstanding very great forces and loads, they must still be of a small size and simple design and be absolutely reliable in operation even under unfavorable conditions. Finally, even when the cot or chair is folded together, these joints should not have any protruding or unsightly parts which detract from the appearance of the entire article.
  • a device for arresting the foldable head parts of reclining furniture in different inclined positions, a device is known in which one of the two levers which are pivotable relative to each other is provided with a locking part in the form of a toothed segment which is disposed concentrically to the pivot axis of the lever and is operatively associated with another locking member in the form of a pawl.
  • the part of the lever which carries the toothed segment is provided with a deflector which in one end position of the joint presses the pawl aside when the lever is pivoted back from its widest spread position to its closed position. This permits the spring-loaded pawl after being moved to its inactive position to slide laterally along the teeth of the toothed segment without engaging into the same.
  • a further control device is provided for shifting the pawl from its inactive position back to its active position, that is, back toward the ratchet teeth.
  • This device has the very undesirable disadvantage that the pawl is subjected not only to the stresses which are due directly to its operation, but also to bending and torsional stresses. Furthermore, this kind of movement of the pawl exerts a load upon its bearing whereby the joint will be worn out prematurely. Finally, a strong friction occurs when the pawl is shifted laterally off the toothed segment, which 'also results in an excessive wear upon the joint and reduces the length of its working service.
  • the locking part consists of a sector-shaped member which is provided on its inner side with teeth and is secured at one end to one arm of the joint.
  • This toothed member cooperates with a pawl which is pivotably mounted on the other arm and may be held by a spring in either of two positions, in one of which it is in engagement with the teeth of the toothed member, while in the other it is held at a certain distance from these teeth.
  • Both ends of the locking range of the toothed member are provided with shifting means in the form of cams or higher teeth which in one end position of the joint lift the pawl out of engagement with the teeth and thus to the inactive position in which the pawl is then held by the spring, while in the other end position of the joint, they move the pawl from the inactive position back into the operative position and into engagement with the teeth.
  • shifting means in the form of cams or higher teeth
  • the toothed locking part would also protrude to such as extent that it would not only be very unsightly, but might become the cause of injuries.
  • the proper function of this joint depends upon a leaf spring of a very particular shape which has to be very accurately adjusted and does not remain in proper working order as well as safe in operation for a very long time.
  • Both of the aforementioned joints have in common that the locking p'awl can be shifted from the inactive to the active position only at the end of the locking range of the associated locking part.
  • the locking member is acted upon by a control lever which, when the arm carrying the associated locking part is pivoted in either direction will also be pivoted about a certain angle and will then cooperate with the locking member in such a manner that the latter, after being shifted at one end position of the arms to the inactive position, will be maintained by the control lever in the inactive position when the arm carrying the locking part is pivoted in the locking direction, while when this arm is pivoted in the other direction, the locking member will be shifted to the active position.
  • a preferred feature of the invention consists in frictionally connecting the control lever with the arm carry- 1 ing the locking part and it is for this purpose advisable to provide this locking part with a pair of side walls between which the control lever is pivotably mounted on the pivot pin connecting the two arms and in such a frictional engagement with these side walls that, when the arm carrying the locking part is pivoted it will also tend to pivot the control lever.
  • the friction between the control lever and these side walls of the locking part may be increased by slightly bending the eye portion of the control lever so as to give it a certain spring action.
  • the joint according to the different embodiments of the invention is of a very simple and compact design, and especially it requires no spring which is liable to break or to lose its tension.
  • the joint is therefore absolutely safe in operation and it also has the advantage that in no position of the respective piece of furniture, will there be any protruding parts of the joint.
  • a further important advantage of this joint is the fact mentioned at the beginning that it permits the so-called in-between shifting which facilitates the operation of the joint, especially in camping cots and the like, and increases its length of working service.
  • the locking member could be shifted only, for example, in the horizontal end position of the back rest and only by the exertion of a considerable force, it has been found that the back rest which usually consists of a thin U-shaped tube will become slightly distorted or bent so that often the locking member of only one joint wasshifted, while the locking I member of the other joint remained in its inactive position.
  • FIGURE 1 shows a sectional side view of a joint according to the invention with a toothed locking member or pawl, said section being taken within the plane of the control lever;
  • FIGURE 2 shows a cross section taken along lines A-B of FIGURE 1;
  • FIGURE 3 shows a view similar to FIGURE 1, but with the same joint'in a different operating position
  • FIGURE 4 shows a view similar to FIGURE 1 of a modification of the joint in which the locking member is shifted to the inactive position by the control lever;
  • FIGURE 5 shows a view similar to FIGURE 1 of a joint according to a modification of the invention, the locking member is shown in the inactive position;
  • FIGURE 6 shows the joint according to FIGURE 5 with the locking member in the active position
  • FIGURE 7 shows a view similar to FIGURE 1, but of an infinitely variable joint according to another modification of the invention.
  • FIGURE 8 shows a view similar to FIGURE 1, but of a further modification of the infinitely variable joint
  • FIGURE 9 shows a cross section taken along line C-D of FIGURE 8; while FIGURE 10 shows a cross section similar to FIGURE 9, but of a modification of the joint as shown in FIG- URE 9.
  • the joint according to the invention consists of a fixed arm 1 which may be connected, for example, to the central part of a. camping cot, reclining chair or the like, and carries a locking member in the form of a pawl 2 which is pivotably mounted on a rivet 3 by means of a bushing 4.
  • the fixed arm 1 is pivotably connected by a rivet 5 to an arm 6 which may serve, for example, for supporting the head portion or back rest of the cot or chair.
  • the adjustable arm 6 is provided with a locking part 7 in the form of a toothed segment which is concentric to the rivet 5 and has a plurality of ratchet teeth within the locking range I.
  • Rivet 3 which forms the pivot of pawl '2 also pivotably supports another arm 8 which forms the leg portion of the cot or chair. In its operative position, this leg 8 is locked in a manner known as such to a locking part 9 which is rigidly secured to the adjustable arm 6.
  • the locking part 7 which is associated with the locking pawl 2 has two lateral walls 7a and 7b between which a control lever 10 is clamped so firmly but resiliently that, when arm 6 carrying the locking part 7 is pivoted about the rivet 3, it will tend to take along the control lever 10 because of the frictional engagement between the latter and the two lateral walls 7a and 7b.
  • Pawl 2 is provided with a locking tooth 13 which has a locking surface 14, and with a projection 15 which is operatively associated with a detent 16 on the control lever 10 and serves as a holding device as will be later described in detail.
  • the length of the bushing 4 of pawl 2 is slightly greater than the thickness of the pawl so that .the latter will be easily movable even after the entire joint is riveted together.
  • Control lever 10 is likewise mounted on a washerlike bushing 17 which has such a thickness that the friction between the control lever ,10 and the lateral arms 7a and 7b of the locking part 7 will occur practically independently of the tension which is produced by the rivet 5. -In order to increase this friction and to compensate for any possible wear, the eye portion of the control lever '10 may be slightly bent so as to make it resilient.
  • the entire joint is substantially enclosed by the shellshaped end portions 1a and 1b of the fixed arm 1, and
  • the leg 8 When the joint is being used, for example, on a camping cot, the leg 8 is at first moved to its operative position as illustrated in FIGURE 1 and the adjustable arm 6 is thenpivoted from the horizontal position, that is, from the collapsed position of the cot, in the direction of the arrow II which is hereafter called the locking direction, until the head or back rest has been moved to the desired angle.
  • This pivoting movement may be carried out freely since by the engagement of the detent projection 15 on pawl 2 with the detent portion 16 on the control lever 10, pawl 2 will then be arrested in its inactive position, in which it is withdrawn from the path of movement of the ratchet teeth on the locking part 7.
  • control lever 10 Since the control lever 10 is in frictional engagement with the adjustable arm 6, the pivoting movement of the latter exerts a force in the same direction upon the control lever 10, whereby the detent portion 16 of the latter is pressed against the detent projection 15 and pawl 2 is thus securely held in its inoperative position.
  • control lever 10 Since the control lever 10 is frictionally connected to the adjustable arm 6, a considerable force is exerted during this pivoting movement upon the projection 12 of pawl 2, whereby the latter is forced against the teeth of ratchet member 7 so that for adjusting the back rest in the direction opposite to the locking direction, a certain resistance has to be overcome.
  • This feature is very desirable especially in camping cots and the like which are provided with a very elastic covering since, if a person sits down carelessly upon the central part of the cot, the back rest may under the action of the tightened elastic covering flip suddenly upwardly in the direction opposite to the locking direction II and may thus cause considerable annoyance or even an injury to such a person.
  • pawl 2 must first be moved to its inactive position.
  • the back rest that is, the adjustable arm 6, is pivoted in the direction opposite to the locking direction II to a substantially vertical position until the locking surface 14 of tooth 13 of the pawl runs up upon a higher cam portion 19, as shown in FIGURE 1, which is provided at the front end of the locking range I of the locking part, as seen in the locking direction II.
  • This cam portion 19 will pivot the pawl 2 out of its active position, as shown in FIGURE 3, until the detent 16 of the control lever 10 engages with the detent projection on pawl 2 and the latter is thus arrested in the inactive position.
  • the adjustable arm 6 may then again be moved in the locking direction II to any newly desired angular position in which it may then be locked in the manner as described.
  • pawl 2 may be provided with a projection 20, as shown in FIGURE 4 which is merely intended to illustrate the principles of operation of this modification, and in which therefore those parts which are shown in FIGURES 1 to 3 but are not necessary to explain this modification and its function are omitted for the sake of clarity.
  • control lever 10 is again taken along by arm 6 because of its frictional engagement with the'latter so that the hook-shaped end 11 of the control lever will press upon the projection 20 of pawl 2 before the detent portion 16 can engage with the back of the projection 15. Since the projection 20 lies at the right of the center of the rivet 3 in FIGURE 4, pawl 2 will then be acted upon by a force which tends to pivot the pawl in the counterclockwise direction. Pawl 2 will thereby be pivoted'until its detent projection 15 engages with the detent portion 16 of control lever 10 so that the pawl is then looked in the inactive position.
  • the ratchet teeth on the locking part 7 as previously described are to be omitted and, as shown in FIGURES 5 and 6, in place of these teeth the locking area I of this member 7 is provided with a substantially cylindrical surface, while tooth 13 of pawl 2 according to FIGURES 1 to 4 is replaced by an eccentric surface 210 which is adapted to act upon this cylindrical surface of the locking part 7.
  • the eccentric surface 210 and the cylindrical surface of the locking part 7 are clamped together in the manner as shown in FIGURE 6.
  • the eccentric surface 210 is designed and located with respect to the pivot axes of pawl 2 and locking part 7 so that, when these parts are clamped together, a toggle joint effect will be produced between them whereby a very great force will be generated and a very secure clamping action attained. If desired, this clamping action may be further increased by providing the locking range I of the part 7 or the eccentric surface 210 or both with a knurling or the like.
  • the locking part 7 is provided with an end stop 22 which will engage with the eccentric surface 210 of pawl 2 when arm 6 is pivoted, for example, to an angle at which it extends pallallel to the fixed arm 1.
  • the locking part 7 may be designed in the form of a clamping ring 7a, as illustrated in FIGURE 7, which frictionally encloses a journal disk 23 which is rigidly secured to the fixed arm 1 of the joint by rivets 24.
  • the locking part 7 on arm 6 may consist of two conical surfaces 27 which are bent outwardly at a certain angle to 7 each other, while the tooth-shaped parts 28 of pawl 2 are bent to a corresponding wedge shape and are adapted to engage between the conical surfaces 27 and to be firmly wedged thereon, as shown in FIGURE 9.
  • the position of the conical surfaces 27 and 28 may also be reversed so that, as illustrated in FIGURE 10, pawl 2 will have a pair of outwardly tapered walls 29 which may fit over two inwardly inclined wedge surfaces 27a. Since the manner of operation of these last two embodiments of the invention according to FIGURES 8 and 10 is exactly the same as that of the joints according to FIGURES 5 to 7, they require no further explanation.
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said looking part, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, one of said first arm and locking member having means thereon for moving said locking member to said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted to one end position relative to the second arm, means on said control lever and locking member for maintaining said locking member in said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted in the locking direction, and means on said control lever and locking member for moving said locking member to the active position when said first arm is pivoted in the direction opposite to said locking
  • said locking part on said first .arm and said locking member form two elements, one of said elements having two outwardly tapered walls extending at a certain angle to each other, and the other element having a part of a corresponding conical shape adapted to enter between and to be wedged against said tapered walls of said first element to lock said two arms in the adjusted position to each other.
  • folding cots, and the like having two arms, pivot means for pivotably securing said arms to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in looking engagement with said locking part, a bushing on said pivot means, a control lever pivotably mounted on said bushing, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, said bushing having a length substantially determining the strength of the friction provided by said friction means substantially independently of the tension at which said pivot means are applied to secure said arms to each other, means on said first -arm for moving said locking member to said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted to one end position relative to the second arm, means on said control lever and locking member for maintaining said locking member in said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted in the locking direction, and means on said control lever and locking member
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first of said arms having a lock-. ing part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said locking part, means secured to said locking part at the front end of said locking range thereof, as seen in the locking direction, for shifting said locking member to said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted to one end position relative to the second arm, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, means on said control lever and locking member for maintaining said locking member in said inactive position when said first arm ispivoted in the locking direction, and means on said control lever and locking member for moving said locking member to the
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said locking part, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relativeto said second arm, means on said lever for moving said locking member to the inactive position within an area adjacent to the front end of the locking area of said locking part when said first arm is pivoted in the locking direction to one end position relative to the second arm, means on said control lever and locking member for maintaining said locking member in said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted in the locking direction, and means on said control lever and locking member for moving said locking member to the active position when said
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like. having two arms, pivot means for pivotably securing said arms'to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, said locking part having two parallel walls spaced from each other, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said locking part, a control lever pivotably mounted on said pivot means between said walls of said locking part and in continuous frictional engagement therewith so that, when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, it tends to take along said lever, means on said first arm for moving said locking member to said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted to one end position relative to the second arm, means on said control lever and locking member for maintaining said locking member in said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted in the locking direction, and means on said control lever and locking member for moving said locking member to the active position when said first arm is pi
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said locking part, means secured to said locking part at the front end of said locking range thereof, as seen in the locking direction, for shifting said locking member to said inactive position when said first arm is pivoted to one end position relative to said second arm, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm and having a hook-shaped part extending partly around said locking member, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, said hook-shaped part of said control lever being adapted to engage with said locking member when said first arm with said locking part is pivoted in the direction opposite to said locking
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said locking part, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm and having a hook-shaped part extending partly around said locking member, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, said hook-shaped part of said lever being adapted to engage with said locking member in one position when said arm with said locking part is pivoted in the locking direction so as to press upon said locking member toward its inactive position, said hookshaped part beng adapted to engage with said locking member in another position when said arm with said locking part is pivoted in the direction opposite to said lockng direction so as to
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said locking part, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm and having a hook-shaped part extending partly around said locking member, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, said hook-shaped part of said lever being adapted to engage with said locking member in one position when said arm with said locking part is pivoted in the locking direction so as to press upon said locking member toward its inactive position, said hook-shaped part being adapted to engage with said locking member in another position when said arm with said locking part is pivoted in the direction opposite to said locking direction so as to
  • said holding means comprises an abutment on said control lever which, when said first arm is pivoted in the locking direction after being previously pivoted in the opposite direction whereby said holding means were released from each other, is adapted to exert a pressure upon said locking member in the direction toward its active position before said hook-shaped part of said lever acts upon said locking member to move the same in the direction toward its inactive position.
  • An adjustable joint especially for reclining chairs, folding cots, and the like, having two arms pivotably connected to each other, the first of said arms having a locking part with a certain locking range thereon, a locking member pivotably connected to the second arm and adapted to be moved to an active position in locking engagement with said locking part and to an inactive position in which it is substantially disengaged from said Looking part, a control lever pivotably mounted on said first arm and having a hook-shaped part extending partly around said locking member, continuously engaged friction means operatively connecting said lever to said first arm to exert a force on said lever tending to take along said lever with said first arm when said first arm is pivoted relative to said second arm, said hook-shaped part of said lever being adapted to engage with said locking member in one position when said arm with said locking part is pivoted in the locking direction so as to press upon said locking member toward its inactive position, said hookshaped part being adapted to engage with said locking member in another position when said arm with said locking part is pivoted in the direction opposite to said locking direction so as to press

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