Chair

Claim 1

A CHAIR COMPRISING A BODY INCLUDING A FRAME, A SEAT HAVING A RECESS IN THE UNDERSIDE THEREOF MOUNTED TO SAID FRAME, A BACK, AND A FOOTREST HAVING ONE EDGE THEREOF PIVOTED TO SAID SEAT ALONG THE FRONT EDGE THEREOF, RELEASABLE SPRING MEANS ON THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FOOTREST ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH SPRING-ENGAGING MEANS ON THE UNDERSIDE PORTION OF SAID SEAT FOR RETAINING THE FOOTREST IN RETRACTED POSITION WITHIN SAID RECESS AND IN ABUTTING PARALLEL RELATION WITH THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID SEAT, A ROTATABLE SHAFT EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF SAID CHAIR AND MOUNTED IN SAID SEAT, AN OPERATING HANDLE SECURED TO ONE END OF SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT AND PROJECTING THEREFROM WITH THE FREE END THEREOF ACCESSIBLE FROM SAID SEAT, AND A TOGGLE ASSEMBLY OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT WITH SAID FOOTREST, SAID TOGGLE ASSEMBLY COMPRISING A FIRST LINK HAVING ONE END PIVOTALLY SECURED TO THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID FOOTREST, A SECOND LINK PIVOTALLY SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID FIRST LINK AND HAVING ITS OTHER END FIXEDLY SECURED TO SAID ROTATABLE SHAFT, AND MEANS FOR LOCKING SAID LINKS AGAINST PIVOTAL MOVEMENT WHEN POSITIONED IN THE OPERATIVE ELEVATED POSITION OF SAID FOOTREST COMPRISING A TRANSVERSELY EXTENDING ABUTMENT ON ONE OF SAID LINKS EXTENDABLE UNDER AND ENGAGEABLE WITH THE OTHER LINK AT A POINT ADJACENT THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION OF SAID LINKS, WHEREBY SAID FOOTREST MAY BE RELEASED FROM ITS EXTENDED POSITION AND RETRACTED BY ROTATION OF SAID ROCK SHAFT, THEREBY CAUSING SAID LINKS TO PIVOT DOWNWARD AND REARWARD SO AS TO DRAW SAID FOOTREST INTO SAID RECESS TO ABUT IN PARALLEL RELATION AGAINST THE UNDERSIDE OF SAID SEAT.