Rocker/recliner chair

Claim 1

A rocker recliner chair comprising: a stationary rocker base, a chassis rockably mounted on said base, a body-supporting unit including a back rest and a seat pivotal relative to the chassis, means mounting the body-supporting unit for movements relative to the chassis successively between an upright sitting position and an intermediate reclined position and a fully reclined position, a leg rest movable between a retracted position beneath the seat and an extended position forwardly of the seat, actuating means connecting the body-supporting unit and chassis and leg rest for automatically moving the leg rest responsively to movement of the body-supporting unit, the actuating means moving the seat forwardly and upwardly as the body-supporting unit is reclined and the leg rest is extended, and arresting means operative when the body-supporting unit is reclined and the leg rest is extended for precluding rocking of the chassis, the arresting means including a guided member moveable relative to a guiding member, a link operatively connected to the actuating means and carrying the guided member, and the guiding member comprising a stationary slotted plate fixed to the chair base.