Easy chairs

Claim 1

In an easy chair having two pairs of legs, the two legs in a pair being hingedly connected at their upper ends to form an inverted V - like structure, a seat being positioned between the two pairs of legs, a back support being connected to the seat to be angularly adjustable in relation to the seat, a support for the legs of a person occupying the chair being provided, such support being swingable relative to the seat, the improvement wherein said leg support comprises a main U-shaped frame part which is swingably connected to the seat frame of the chair, the ends of said U-shaped frame part being bent through approximately 90° at the connection to the seat frame, and a pair of extensible struts which are hingedly connected to the front legs of the chair and to the said frame part of the leg support, each of said extensible struts comprising a sleeve pivotally connected to the front leg of the chair, a strut telescopically slidable within said sleeve, said strut being pivotably connected to said U-shaped frame part, a series of spaced locking slots formed in said strut, a crosswise extending slot in said sleeve, and a locking bar pivotally connected to said sleeve, said locking bar entering said crosswise extending slot in said sleeve and engaging one of said locking slots in said strut, whereby said strut is locked relative to said sleeve, whereby in position of use of the leg support, the main-horizontal-portion of said frame part is locked in position at a higher level than the seat.