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Details

Inventors: Harrison, Neil;
Assignee: I.H.W. Engineering Ltd. (Warwick, GB2)
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Attorney, Agent or Firm:

The seat has a cushion portion and a back portion connected thereto by a pivot. The back portion is rotated relative to the cushion portion about the pivot by a flexible threaded tube rotatably attached to the frame of the cushion portion and passing through a threaded member on the back portion. Rotation of the tube by means of a hand wheel, or an electric motor, drives the threaded member. The thread is selected to be self-locking.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION I claim: 1.
A seat comprising: a cushion portion and a back portion pivotally connected thereto; a flexible externally screw-threaded tubular drive member arranged to rotate around a rigid supporting core attached to one of said portions; drive means for imparting rotational movement to said drive member and operatively associated with said drive member; the drive member being rotatably attached to said one portion, and said rigid supporting core having a part which forms a segment of a circle around the pivot point for the back portion relative to the cushion portion; and an internally threaded member secured to the other of said portions and operatively engaging said part, whereby rotation of the drive member causes the internally threaded member to move around said segment, thereby causing relative pivoting motion of the two portions.
2.
A seat according to claim 1, wherein said drive means comprise a hand wheel.
3.
A seat according to claim 2, wherein the hand wheel is positioned at a free end of the drive member.
4.
A seat according to claim 2, wherein the hand wheel is positioned intermediate the ends of the drive member.
5.
A seat according to claim 1, wherein said drive means comprise an electric motor.
6.
A seat comprising: a cushion portion and a back portion pivotally connected thereto, and a drive member mounted for rotation on a rigid support attached to one of the portions; said drive member being provided with drive means for imparting rotational movement to said drive member; said drive member being rotatably attached to said one portion and having a flexible externally screw-threaded part engaged by said rigid support to a segment of a circle around the pivot point for the back portion relative to the cushion portion; and an internally threaded member secured to the other of the portions and operatively engaging said flexible screw-threaded part, whereby rotation of the drive member causes the threaded member to move around said circular segment, thereby causing relative pivoting motion of the two portions

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