Reclining chairs provided with foot rest or ottoman, and hardware therefor

Claim 1

IN A CHAIR HAVING A SUPPORT, THE COMBINATION COMPRISING A BRACKET FIXED TO THE SUPPORT, A STOP PLATE FIXED TO SAID BRACKET, A MEMBER PIVOTED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID BRACKET, MEANS TO LIMIT THE MOTION OF SAID PIVOTED MEMBER BETWEEN A LOWERED POSITION AND A RAISED POSITION, A LINK PIVOTED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID POVITED MEMBER MEDIATELY THE ENDS OF SAID PIVOTED MEMBER, MEANS TO LIMIT THE MOTION OF SAID LINK BETWEEN A FORWARD POSITION AND A REARWARD POSITION, A BELL CRANK MEDIATELY THE ENDS THEREOF TO THE OTHER END OF SAID PIVOTED MEMBER, A SEAT BAR MOUNTED ON THE OTHER END OF SAID LINK AND ONE END OF SAID BELL CRANK, FIRST PREVENTING MEANS ON SAID LINK AND STOP PLATE TO PREVENT MOTION OF SAID PIVOTED MEMBER FROM SAID LOWERED POSITION TOWARD SAID RAISED POSITION UNTIL SAID LINK IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID REARWARD POSITION, SECOND PREVENTING MEANS ON SAID LINK AND STOP PLATE TO PREVENT MOTION OF SAID LINK FROM SAID REARWARD POSITION TOWARD SAID FORWARD POSITION UNTIL SAID PIVOTED MEMBER IS SUBSTANTIALLY IN SAID LOWERED POSITION, A FOOT REST, AND MEANS CONTROLLED BY SAID SEAT, BAR, PIVOTED MEMBER AND CELL CRANK TO PROJECT AND RETRACT SAID FOOT REST, SAID STOP PLATE HAVING AN ARCUATE UNDER EDGE, AN EXTENDING PIN FIXED TO SAID LINK INTERMEDIATE THE ENDS OF SAID LINK AND ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID UNDER EDGE, SAID FIRST PREVENTING MEANS COMPRISNG SAID EXTENDING PIN AND SAID ARCUATE UNDER EDGE.