Dutailier International Inc.

Dutailier Inc.

Dutailier Group Inc.

Charles Desnoyers

Pierre Bellefleur

&Eacute;ric Fontaine

Rocking chair base

Rocking chair

A locking mechanism for chairs such as gliding and rocking chairs comprises a toothed rack for connection to the chair seat with the rack oriented generally in the direction of movement of the chair seat relative to the base and the teeth extending along the rack and facing towards a pin that is carried in the base. The rear end of the rack is pivoted to the chair seat and the front end of the rack is connected to a pivoting linkage arrangement operated by a lever at the side of the chair seat. Operation of the lever is effective to swing the toothed rack from a retracted position to a lowered position wherein the locking pin is engaged by a registering tooth in the rack. The attitude of the chair in the locked position will depend upon the position of the locking interengagement between the pin and the toothed rack.

Chair locking mechanism

A rocking mechanism for mounting a piece of furniture, such as a chair, sofa or cradle, on a support arrangement, the rocking mechanism allowing the piece of furniture to rock relative to the support arrangement. The mechanism comprises a unitary front link, a unitary rear link and first and second lower links. The unitary front link has an upper end adapted to be pivotally mounted to the support and a lower end that defines an elongated bottom front bearing member. The unitary rear link has an upper end adapted to be pivotally mounted to the support arrangement and a lower end that defines an elongated bottom rear bearing member. Each of the lower links has a front end and a rear end. The front ends of the first and second lower links are pivotally mounted to the bottom front bearing member about a pivot axis that extends along the bottom front bearing member, where the bottom front bearing member extends substantially continuously from the front end of the first lower link to the front end of the second lower link. Any type of furniture, for instance a seat, a chair, a sofa or the like may be mounted on top of the rocking mechanism. Variants with a sofa, a baby bed, a cradle or a footrest may also be provided.

Rocking and gliding mechanism for furniture

Rocking chair trim

Chair

Base

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St-Pie, Canada

Charles Desnoyers