IP Library Granted Patent US 8,328,285
Granted Patent B2
US 8,328,285 · App. 13/004,996 · Granted Dec 11, 2012

Adjustment structure for chair armrest

Assignee: Fuh Shyan Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,328,285
App. No.
13/004,996
Granted
Dec 11, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An adjustment structure of a chair armrest is provided. The armrest is attached to a chair back through a fastening seat. A releasable fastener provided between the armrest and the fastening seat allows the armrest to be slide vertically and get positioned with respect to the fastening seat. The fastening seat has a guiding groove facing the armrest and the guiding groove is formed with toothed portions. The releasable fastener includes an engaging member for bilaterally engaging with the toothed portions, mutually engageable slanting tooth portions formed on a lever and a driven member assembled to the armrest, respectively, and a screw passing through the engaging member and the guiding groove to be screwingly fixed to the driven member. By pulling the lever upward or downward, the armrest is released to be repositioned or is positioned so that the armrest attached to the chair back can be adjusted in altitude.

Claims (8)

1. An adjustment structure for a chair armrest comprising a fastening seat, the chair armrest being attached to the fastening seat through a releasable fastener so that the armrest is allowed to slide vertically and get positioned, and the adjustment structure being characterized in:

the fastening seat formed with a guiding groove wherein the armrest is configured to slide along the guiding groove;

the armrest formed with a recess for accommodating the releasable fastener and provided with a combining end facing the fastening seat; and

the releasable fastener composed of a lever and a driven member each having a continuous slanting tooth portion for engaging with the continuous slanting tooth portion of the other, an engaging member deposited in the guiding groove of the fastening seat, and a screw passing through the engaging member, the guiding groove, the combining end of the armrest and the lever to be screwingly coupled with the driven member.

2. The adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein the combining end of the armrest contacts and closely meets the fastening seat.

3. The adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein a sliding member is attached to the combining end of the armrest, the sliding member contacting and closely meeting the fastening seat, allowing the screw to pass therethrough, and having a raised guiding portion for slidably engaging with the guiding groove.

4. The adjustment structure of claim 3 , wherein the sliding member has two sides thereof closely meeting the fastening seat formed with resilient wings.

5. The adjustment structure of claim 1 , wherein each of the guiding groove of the fastening seat and the engaging member is provided with a toothed portion and the toothed portions are configured to engage with each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 12, 2011
From: TSAI, HSUAN-CHIN
To: FUH SHYAN CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120175933A1 · Jul 12, 2012