Westinghouse Electric Corporation

Knoll Gmbh

Donald A Wimmer

Arkady Golynsky

Robert A Melhuish

Bryan B Bray, Jr

A chair tilt control mechanism for a pedestal base chair having a chair control housing mounted on the pedestal chair base and pivotally supporting a chair seat support member. A laterally movable front stop member retained within the chair control housing is movable and contacts the front flange of the chair seat support member and limits the pivotal movement of the chair seat support member to predetermined angular positions with respect to the chair control housing and the floor supporting the chair. Also disclosed is a lever member adapted to lock the chair seat support member in one or more predetermined angular positions. Also disclosed is a hollow plastic pivot pin for pivotally connecting a chair control housing to a chair seat support member.

Chair seat tilt adjustment and locking mechanism

An adjustable arm for a chair and the like whereby the arm may be adjusted vertically within a plurality of incrementally spaced positions. The adjustable arm includes an actuator, a locking lever and a second lever located and mounted between the actuator and the locking lever. The second lever interacts with the actuator and the locking lever and has a pivot point for translating travel of the actuator to travel of the locking lever with ease and a minimum of effort on the part the user. The first lever includes a latch that coacts with predeterminately spaced grooves of a rack, thereby enabling the user to lock the arm into one of various vertical positions, easily and effortlessly.

Adjustable arm for a chair

A tilt control mechanism that is mounted to the underside of a chair bottom, and permits the user or sitter to selectively control the chair height, as well as the degree of chair tilt. A tension adjustment mechanism is provided to permit the user to change the amount of spring tension exerted against the chair bottom when the chair is tilted back. Finally, a structural support is provided which interconnects the seat bottom with the tilt mechanism, and transmits downwardly-exerted weight to the mechanism. Each of these four mechanisms comprises a number of parts seated within a die cast enclosure or housing.

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Upper Hanover, PA, United States of America

Donald A Wimmer