Reclining chair and control arrangement

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED LEG-REST AND SEAT CONTROL ARRANGEMENT FOR A RECLINING CHAIR OF THE TYPE INCLUDING A SUPPORT, BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS INCLUDING A BACK-REST AND SEAT MOVABLY MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT FOR RECLINING AND INCLINING MOVEMENT RESPECTIVELY, A LEG-REST, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO AND MOUNTING SAID LET-REST FOR MOVEMENT INTO VARIOUS ELEVATED LEG-SUPPORTING POSITIONS, SAID ARRANGEMENT COMPRISING LEG-REST WITH SAID ACTUATING MEANS OPERATIVELY COUPLING SAID LEG-REST WITH SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS, SAID ACTUATING MEANS INCLUDING A SUSPENDED CONTROL MEMBER, FIRST AND SECOND SUSPENDING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID SUPPORT AND CARRYING SAID CONTROL MEMBER THEREBETWEEN, SAID SUSPENDING MEANS COOPERATING WITH SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO PROVIDE A FOUR-BAR SUSPENDING LINKAGE INDEPENDENT OF SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS FOR GUIDING SAID CONTROL MEMBER FOR DISPLACEMENT RELATIVE TO SAID SUPPORT, MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING SAID CONTROL MEMBER WITH SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS FOR DISPLACEMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEMBER IN RESPONSE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS, FIRST COUPLING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING A FRIST CONTROL POINT ON AID CONTROL MEMBER TO A FIRST CONTROLLED POINT ON SAID LEG-REST, SAID SUSPENDING MEANS BEING CONNECTED AT SUCH SPACED POINTS ON THE CONTROL MEMBER AND SAID FIRST CONTROL POINT BEING SO SPACED FROM SAID SPACED POINTS AS TO CAUSE SAID FIRST CONTROLLED POINT ON SAID LEG-REST TO INITIALLY MOVE RAPIDLY IN RESPONSE TO A FIRST PHASE OF THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BODYSUPPORTING MEANS, AND THEN TO BE RETARDED IN RESPONSE TO A SECOND PHASE OF MOVEMENT OF SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS, AND SECOND COUPLING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTING A SECOND CONTROL POINT ON SAID CONTROL MEMBER TO A SECOND CONTROLLED POINT ON SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS, AND SERVING AS A CONTROL MEANS SUCH THAT SAID BODY-SUPPORTING MEANS IS INCLINED AT A RELATIVELY FAST RATE MOVEMENT DURING SAID FIRST MOTION PHASE AND AT A RELATIVELY SLOWER RATE OF MOVEMENT DURING SAID SECOND MOTION PHASE.