Swingable support device

Claim 1

A SUPPORTING DEVICE ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO FURNITURE, COMPRISING A RESTING MEMBER, AT LEAST ONE LEG PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO SAID RESTING MEMBER, A FIRST ARM SECURED AT ONE END TO SAID RESTING MEMBER, A BRACKET ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO SAID FURNITURE, SAID ARM BEING PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ITS OTHER END TO SAID BRACKET, A SECOND ARM PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID LEG, MEANS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTING THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND ARM, SAID DEVICE SUPPORTING THE OTHER END OF SAID SECOND OPERATIVE POSITION WHEREIN SAID RESTING MEMBER IS GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AND SAID LEG IS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL TO SAID RESTING MEMBER, AND A RETRACTED POSITION WHEREIN SAID RESTING MEMBER AND SAID LEG ARE SWUNG OUT OF OPERATIVE POSITION AND SAID LEG IS SWUNG OUT OF ITS SUBSTANTIALLY NORMAL POSITION RELATIVE TO SAID RESTING MEMBER, SPRING MEANS CONNECTED TO ONE OF SAID ARMS BIASING THE DEVICE TOWARD SAID RETRACTED POSITION, AND CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID BRACKET AND ONE OF SAID ARMS ADAPTED TO OPPOSE SAID SPRING MEANS FOR DAMPENING THE MOVEMENT OF SAID RESTING MEMBER AS THE LATTER IS SWUNG TOWARD SAID RETRACTED POSITION AND BEING ADAPTED TO OPPOSE THE GRAVITIONAL FORCES EXERTED ON THE DEVICE AS THE LATTER IS SWUNG TOWARD THE OPERATIVE POSITION.