Rocking-reclining chair mechanism

Claim 1

IN A ROCKER-RECLINER CHAIR INCLUSIVE OF A ROCKER BASE AND A CHASSIS MOUNTED THEREUPON AND A BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT INCLUDING A BACK-REST AND A SEAT ROCKABLE RELATIVE TO THE BASE AND SHIFTABLE RELATIVE TO THE CHASSIS BETWEEN A PRIMARY UPRIGHT SITTING POSITION AND A MULTIPLICITY OF SECONDARY RECLINING POSITIONS, THE IMPROVEMENT IN POSITION-ATTAINING MEANS COMPRISING: A LEG-SUPPORTING MEANS A LINKAGE SYSTEM FOR SUPPORTING THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT IN ITS SHIFTING MOVEMENTS AND FOR MOUNTING SAID LEGSUPPORTING MEANS RELATIVE TO THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT AND FOR MOVING SAID LEG-SUPPORTING MEANS BETWEEN RETRACTED POSITION ADJACENT THE SEAT OF THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT AND PROJECTED POSITION FORWARDLY THEREOF AND DISTANTLY THEREFROM COORDINATELY WITH THE SHIFTING MOVEMENTS OF THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT AND INCLUDING A RISER LINK PIVOTALLY INTERCONNECTING SAID LEG-SUPPORTING MEANS AND THE BASE AND THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT, MEANS COOPERANT WITH SAID BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT AND INCLUDING A STOP LINK RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF SAID BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT AND A ROLLER CARRIED BY SAID STOP LINK AND ROLLABLE INTO BEARING CONTACT UPON THE ROCKER BASE AS THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT IS SHIFTED RELATIVE TO THE CHASSIS FOR EFFECTING PRECLUSION OF THE ROCKING OF THE CHASSIS IN ANY SECONDARY POSITION OF THE BODY-SUPPORTING SUB-ASSEMBLY, AND A PLURALITY OF STOP PORTIONS ON SAID RISER LINK SELECTIVELY ENGAGEABLE WITH THE ROCKER BASE AND WITH THE STOP LINK FOR CONTROLLING MOVEMENT OF THE LEG-SUPPORTING MEANS AND FOR LIMITING MOVEMENT OF THE BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT.