Reclining chair fixture

Claim 1

IN A RECLINING CHAIR HAVING A SEAT, A BACK AND A LEG REST SUPPORTED BY A FIXTURE ON A STATIONARY BASE FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN A NORMAL UPRIGHT POSITION IN WHICH SAID SEAT AND BACK ARE ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO SUBTEND AN UPRIGHT SEATING ANGLE WITH SAID SEAT GENERALLY HORIZONTAL AND SAID LEG REST RETRACTED ONTO SAID BASE, A FULLY RECLINED POSITION IN WHICH SAID BACK IS RECLINED REARWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT TO SUBTEND A SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER ANGLE THAN SAID UPRIGHT SEATING ANGLE WITH SAID SEAT TILTED REARWARDLY RELATIVE TO SAID BASE AND SAID LEG REST EXTENDED AHEAD OF AND GENERALLY IN LINE WITH SAID SEAT IN A LEG SUPPORTING POSITION, AND AN INTERMEDIATE POSITION IN WHICH SAID SEAT AND BACK ARE ANGULARLY DISPOSED TO SUBTEND SAID NORMAL UPRIGHT SEATING ANGLE WITH SAID SEAT REARWARDLY RECLINED RELATIVE TO SAID BASE AT AN ANGLE LESS THAN IN SAID FULLY RECLINED POSITION AND SAID LEG REST EXTENDED IN SAID LEG SUPPORTING RELATIONSHIP, SAID FIXTURE COMPRISING: A BASE MEMBER AFFIXABLE TO THE BASE, A SEAT LINK MEMBER AFFIXABLE TO THE SEAT, A FIRST FRONT SUPPORT LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO THE FORWARD END PORTION OF SAID SEAT LINK, A SECOND FRONT SUPPORT LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE FRONT PORTION OF SAID BASE AND TO THE OTHER END PORTION OF SAID FIRST SUPPORT LINK, A CONSTRAINING LINK PIVOTALLY MOUNTED INTERMEDIATE ITS ENDS ON SAID BASE MEMBER, A FRONT CONTROL LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN ONE END OF SAID CONSTRAINING LINK AND ONE OF SAID FRONT SUPPORT LINKS, A REAR CONTROL LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED BETWEEN THE OTHER END OF SAID CONSTRAINING LINK AND THE REAR PORTION OF SAID SEAT LINK MEMBER, A REAR SUPPORT LINK PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END TO SAID BASE MEMBER AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID REAR CONTROL LINK, SAID CONSTRAINING LINK AND CONTROL LINKS ESTABLISHING A FULLY CONSTRAINED, PIVOTAL, SWINGING MOTION OF SAID SEAT LINK MEMBER AND CONTINUOUS PIVOTAL MOTION OF SAID SUPPORT LINKS WHILE MOVING BETWEEN SAID NORMAL AND FULLY RECLINED POSITIONS, A LEG REST SUPPORTING LINK MEANS AFFIXED TO THE LEG REST AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID LEG REST TO ONE OF SAID FRONT SUPPORT LINKS AND ONE OF SAID MEMBERS FOR MOVEMENT OF SAID LEG REST BETWEEN SAID RETRACTED AND FORWARD LEG SUPPORTING POSITIONS ON RELATIVE MOTION BETWEEN SAID FRONT SUPPORT LINKS AND SAID ONE MEMBER, A BACK LINK AFFIXABLE TO THE BACK AND PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE REAR END PORTION OF SAID SEAT LINK MEMBER, A LEVER HAVING A FULCRUM, MEANS PIVOTALLY CONNECTING SAID FULCRUM WITH SAID BASE MEMBER FOR ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT OF SAID LEVER AND SAID BASE MEMBER, AND MEANS CONNECTING TWO OTHER POINTS, RESPECTIVELY, ON SAID LEVER SPACED FROM SAID FULCRUM WITH SAID SEAT LINK MEMBER AND WITH SAID BACK LINK AT A POINT SPACED FROM THE PIVOTAL CONNECTION BETWEEN SAID BACK LINK AND SAID SEAT LINK MEMBER, WHEREBY THE MOVEMENT OF SAID BACK LINK RELATIVE TO SAID SEAT LINK MEMBER TRANSMITTED THROUGH SAID LEVER AND CONNECTING MEANS PIVOTALLY MOVES SAID SEAT LINK ANGULARLY RELATIVE TO SAID BASE MEMBER CONCURRENTLY WITH THE PIVOTING MOTION OF SAID BACK LINK.