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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998

Filed:

Mar. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:

Teddy J May, Tupelo, MS (US);

Assignee:

The Lane Company, Inc., Altavista, VA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
297 85 ; 297 84 ;
Abstract

A mechanism for a reclining chair is caused to be more appropriate for use by a person who is significantly taller and heavier than average, not only by being made larger and of thicker or stronger parts, but also by having supports extending obliquely forwardly and downwardly from pivotal connections to the operating handle torque tube, at the left and right sides, to pivotal connections at the left and right front corners of the fixed base. By preference, the mechanism has a rectangular support for the seat portion of the seat and arm frame unit, and links particularly subject to buckling are embossed with ribs for reinforcement.


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