EP 0001846 B1 19810429 - RECLINING DEVICE FOR SEATS
Title (en)
RECLINING DEVICE FOR SEATS
Publication
Application
Priority
DE 2748680 A 19771029
Abstract (en)
[origin: US4384741A] A compact, optically inconspicuous tilting device for seating units, to be attached underneath a seat including a casing disposed beneath a seat resting on the understructure of the seating unit, a seat carrier pivotably mounted about a horizontal axis to the front edge area of said seat, mechanical locking means for connecting the seat carrier within the casing including first locking members successively arranged in at least two planes parallel to the swivel axis of the seat carrier and staggered towards each other and second locking members engageable with said first locking members, a rest member connected to said casing including a shank member, a link member interconnecting said seat carrier with the shank member, a bearing member connected to said casing operably engageable with said shank member to the rest member, at least one spring element mounted on said casing which acts at one end of the seat carrier opposite to the load of the user, and bistable activation lever means for activating said mechanical locking means, accessible to the user of the seat unit in such a manner that, in a first operable position, said second locking members are disengaged from said first locking members and, in a second operable position, at least one of said second locking members is engaged with said first locking members.
IPC 1-7
IPC 8 full level
A47C 1/026 (2006.01); A47C 1/032 (2006.01); A47C 3/026 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
A47C 1/026 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 1/03238 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 1/03255 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 1/03266 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 1/03272 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 1/03277 (2013.01 - US); A47C 3/026 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 7/441 (2013.01 - EP US); A47C 7/443 (2013.01 - US); A47C 7/445 (2013.01 - US); A47C 1/03277 (2013.01 - EP); A47C 7/443 (2013.01 - EP); A47C 7/445 (2013.01 - EP)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
CH DE FR NL
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 0001846 A1 19790516; EP 0001846 B1 19810429; AT 374670 B 19840525; AT A600978 A 19831015; DE 2748680 A1 19790510; DE 2860656 D1 19810806; IT 1099937 B 19850928; IT 7828875 A0 19781018; US 4384741 A 19830524
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 78200139 A 19780814; AT 600978 A 19780818; DE 2748680 A 19771029; DE 2860656 T 19780814; IT 2887578 A 19781018; US 18364480 A 19800903