Reclining chair
CA 2048434 C · Owner: La-Z-Boy Chair Company · Inventors: Lapointe, Larry Patrick
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
Open the CIPO recordAbstract From the Canadian patent
A "three-way" recliner mechanism for use in reclinable articles of furniture is disclosed. The recliner mechanism is operative for "tilting" the entire seating unit "reclining", the seat back relative to the seat frame and for selectively extending and retracting a leg rest assembly. The recliner mechanism of the present invention incorporates separate bearing link assemblies for directly supporting the chair frame for translation movement relative to the base.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed August 5, 1991 and granted October 18, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended August 5, 2011.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by August 5, 2013.
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