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US3175860A Expired / Lapsed US ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Convertible chair

Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1964-01-08
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Granted: 1965-03-30
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Expires: 1984-01-08
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Abstract

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Inventors

  • 👤 Tcherniavsky Victor

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 08:50
CPC Classifications
A; A47; A47C; A47C1/00; A47C1/02; A47C1/022; A47C1/028

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim 220 words
IN A CONVERTIBLE CHAIR ASSEMBLY, A SEAT-BACK UNIT COMPRISING RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED WING SECTIONS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO ONE ANOTHER, OF SAID WING SECTONS BEING LONGER THAN THE OTHER, SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR SAID SEAT-BACK UNIT HAVING SPACED GROUND ENGAGING LEGS CONNECTED BY A STRINGER, THREE BEING A LONGITUDIANLLY EXTENDING CHANNEL IN SAID STRINGER, ONE PAIR OF SAID LEGS MINATING AT THE STRINGER AND THE OTHER PAIR OF SAID LEGS EXTENDING ABOVE THE STRINGER, A CROSS PIECE CONNECTING SAID OTHER PAIR OF LEGS ABOVE THE STRINGER, A LINK MEMBER PIVOTED AT ONE END TO THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND PIVOTED AT ITS OTHER END TO THE LONGER WING SECTION, A BARCKET RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID SEAT-BACK UNIT ADJACENT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID WING SECTIONS, A PIVOT CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL, THE LOCATION OF THE PIVOT WITH RESPECT TO THE SEAT-BACK UNIT BEING SUCH THAT THE PIVOT PASSES BENEATH AND FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE SEAT-BACK UNIT WHEN THE SEAT-BACK UNIT IS MOVED FROM ONE EXTREME POSITION TO THE OTHER, A SPRING MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE PIVOT OF THE LINK MEMBER ON THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, A PAIR OF ARMS ON SAID SPRING MEMBER, ONE ARM REACTING ON THE LINK MEMBER AND THE OTHER ARM REACTING ON THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 220 words
IN A CONVERTIBLE CHAIR ASSEMBLY, A SEAT-BACK UNIT COMPRISING RIGIDLY INTERCONNECTED WING SECTIONS DISPOSED AT AN ANGLE TO ONE ANOTHER, OF SAID WING SECTONS BEING LONGER THAN THE OTHER, SUPPORTING STRUCTURE FOR SAID SEAT-BACK UNIT HAVING SPACED GROUND ENGAGING LEGS CONNECTED BY A STRINGER, THREE BEING A LONGITUDIANLLY EXTENDING CHANNEL IN SAID STRINGER, ONE PAIR OF SAID LEGS MINATING AT THE STRINGER AND THE OTHER PAIR OF SAID LEGS EXTENDING ABOVE THE STRINGER, A CROSS PIECE CONNECTING SAID OTHER PAIR OF LEGS ABOVE THE STRINGER, A LINK MEMBER PIVOTED AT ONE END TO THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE AND PIVOTED AT ITS OTHER END TO THE LONGER WING SECTION, A BARCKET RIGIDLY SECURED TO SAID SEAT-BACK UNIT ADJACENT THE JUNCTURE OF SAID WING SECTIONS, A PIVOT CARRIED BY SAID BRACKET AND SLIDABLY MOUNTED WITHIN SAID CHANNEL, THE LOCATION OF THE PIVOT WITH RESPECT TO THE SEAT-BACK UNIT BEING SUCH THAT THE PIVOT PASSES BENEATH AND FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER OF THE CENTER OF GRAVITY OF THE SEAT-BACK UNIT WHEN THE SEAT-BACK UNIT IS MOVED FROM ONE EXTREME POSITION TO THE OTHER, A SPRING MEMBER MOUNTED ON THE PIVOT OF THE LINK MEMBER ON THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE, A PAIR OF ARMS ON SAID SPRING MEMBER, ONE ARM REACTING ON THE LINK MEMBER AND THE OTHER ARM REACTING ON THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE.

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