US3531156A - Reclining chair with movable headrest - Google Patents

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US3531156A
US3531156A US748040A US3531156DA US3531156A US 3531156 A US3531156 A US 3531156A US 748040 A US748040 A US 748040A US 3531156D A US3531156D A US 3531156DA US 3531156 A US3531156 A US 3531156A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47C—CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
    • A47C1/00—Chairs adapted for special purposes
    • A47C1/02—Reclining or easy chairs
    • A47C1/031—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts
    • A47C1/036—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a head-rest
    • A47C1/037—Reclining or easy chairs having coupled concurrently adjustable supporting parts the parts including a head-rest in combination with a leg-rest or foot-rest

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  • This invention relates to reclining chairs and more particularly to a reclining chair of the concealed headrest type, that is, a chair having a headrest which may be concealed in a nested position when the headrest is out of use and moved to an operative position upon reclining movement of the chair.
  • An object of this invention is the provision of a reclining chair having a headrest which, depending upon the position of the chair, may be extended into head supporting position or nested in the back of the chair.
  • a more specific object of the invention is the provision of a chair having a normally concealed headrest which is moved to its operative position automatically upon reclining movement of the chair and is moved to an unoperative concealed position automatically upon movement of the chair from any reclined position to its normal upright position.
  • FIG. 1 is an elevation view of the reclining chair of the instant invention with the headrest in its concealed position.
  • FIG. 2 is an elevation view of the reclining chair of the instant invention with the headrest in its extended position.
  • FIG. 3 is a side view with parts in section showing the headrest elevating mechanism in its nested position, the chair being in its normal upright sitting position.
  • FIG. 4 is a side view with parts in section showing the headrest elevating mechanism in its elevated position, the chair being in a reclined position.
  • FIGS. 3 and 4 of the instant disclosure there is shown the headrest actuating structure carried on the right-hand side of the chair, it being understood that a similar linkage structure may, as is common in the art, be carried on the left-hand side of the chair.
  • An integral reclining chair linkage mechanism is supported by a framework comprising, in part, support members 21 and 24.
  • a framework comprising, in part, support members 21 and 24.
  • leg carrying side frame members such as the member 130, all as more fully described in the aforementioned copending application Ser. No. 748,039.
  • a headrest actuating link 200 is pivotally connected by a pivot 38 to an upstanding portion 29 of the supporting member 24.
  • the opposite end of the headrest actuating link 200 is connected by a pivot 202 to a toothed gear segment 204 which is pivotally carried by a. back mounting link 54 on a pivot 206.
  • a lower headrest carrier link 210 Pinned to the stud 208, for movement therewith, is a lower headrest carrier link 210.
  • An upper headrest carrier link 212 is pivotally mounted on a pivot 214 at the upper extremity of the back mounting link 54.
  • the lower carrier link 210 and the upper carrier link 212 are pivotally connected to a headrest mounting bracket 218.
  • a headrest support 220 Secured to the headrest mounting bracket 218, by any suitable mode of attachment, is a headrest support 220 which carries at the top thereof an upholstered headrest 222.
  • the headrest and its related linkage mechanism are normally nested in a recess formed in the back structure 122 of the chair.
  • the pin 206 secured to the back mounting link 54 moves rearwardly from the position of FIG. 3 to that of FIG. 4, and pulls the link 200 in a clockwise direction about the pivot 38.
  • Such pulling of the link 200 is due to the interconnection of the pin 206 and the link 200 by the sector 204.
  • Movement of the link 200 in the aforementioned clockwise direction constrains movement of the sector 204 in a clockwise direction about the pin 206, and, since the teeth of the sector 204 are in mesh with the teeth of the gear 207, the gear 207 is caused to rotate in a counterclockwise direction about the pin 208, thereby causing the lower headrest carrier link 210 to be moved in a counterclockwise direction about the pin 208.
  • Such movement of the lower headrest carrier link 210 causes the headrest mounting bracket 218 and the upper headrest carrier link 212 to move from their nested positions of FIG. 3 to their extended positions of FIG. 4.
  • the headrest support bracket 218 moves in a generally rearwardly, thence upwardly, and forwardly direction to ultimately place the upholstered headrest 222 in the head supporting position of FIG. 4, which position of the headrest is attained approximately simultaneously with the arrival of the carrier link 35 in abutting relationship with the stop 32, i.e., the TV stop.
  • the pivots 38 and 59 are in coaxial alignment and, upon any further reclining movement of the chair, for example: movement of the chair from its TV position to a fully reclined position, as described in my copending application Ser. No. 748,039, there is no further substantial relative movement of the back mounting link 54 and the headrest actuating link 200.
  • a reclining chair comprising side frame members, a linkage assembly carried by said side frame members, a seat and primary backrest assembly supported on said linkage assembly for reclining movement relative to said side frame members, an auxiliary back member supported on said backrest assembly for movement relative to said back upon reclining movement of said chair, said auxiliary back member including cushion carrying support means, means for moving said support means from a first position wherein said cushion means is concealed at the rear of the chair and said support means conceals substantially the entire rear surface of said primary backrest to a second position wherein said cushion means is positioned above said back, said moving means including a pair of movable links connected to said support means and to said linkage assembly, first and second intermeshed gear means, said first means coupled to and operable with one of said movable links, said second means coupled to and operable with an actuator link, said actuator link being movable upon reclining movement of said chair to move said support means from its first position to its second position.
  • said actuator link is operable upon collapsing movement of said chair to move said support means from said second position to said first position to lower said cushion means into concealed position.
  • the invention of claim 3 including a movable footrest movable upon reclining movement of said chair from a first position closely adjacent the front of said chair to an extended position upon reclining movement of said chair.
  • the invention of claim 2 including a movable footrest movable upon reclining movement of said chair from a first position closely adjacent the front of said chair to an extended position upon reclining movement of said chair.

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US3856346A (en) * 1972-12-11 1974-12-24 Herman Kulo & Modell Reclining chair
US3865432A (en) * 1973-05-29 1975-02-11 Royal Dev Co Reclining chair
GB2226237A (en) * 1988-12-23 1990-06-27 J J Le Comber & Son A domestic upholstered seat
EP3167763A1 (de) * 2015-11-10 2017-05-17 Ferdinand Lusch Gmbh & Co. Kg. Sitzmöbel mit einem separaten und schwenkbaren kopfteil
EP4403072A1 (de) * 2023-01-17 2024-07-24 Vel Vega - Design e Tecnologia Ind. Unip. Lda. Sitzmöbelstück und beschlag für eine kopfstütze

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US3024064A (en) * 1959-12-28 1962-03-06 Albert M Spound Reclining chair headrest construction
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US2976915A (en) * 1958-03-11 1961-03-28 Albert M Spound Projecting headrest
US2996332A (en) * 1958-07-14 1961-08-15 Futorian Stratford Furniture C Reclining type lounging chair having a retractable disappearing headrest
US3024064A (en) * 1959-12-28 1962-03-06 Albert M Spound Reclining chair headrest construction
US3179466A (en) * 1962-11-15 1965-04-20 Joseph D Garrett Reclining chair

Cited By (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US3856346A (en) * 1972-12-11 1974-12-24 Herman Kulo & Modell Reclining chair
US3865432A (en) * 1973-05-29 1975-02-11 Royal Dev Co Reclining chair
GB2226237A (en) * 1988-12-23 1990-06-27 J J Le Comber & Son A domestic upholstered seat
EP3167763A1 (de) * 2015-11-10 2017-05-17 Ferdinand Lusch Gmbh & Co. Kg. Sitzmöbel mit einem separaten und schwenkbaren kopfteil
EP4403072A1 (de) * 2023-01-17 2024-07-24 Vel Vega - Design e Tecnologia Ind. Unip. Lda. Sitzmöbelstück und beschlag für eine kopfstütze

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