Patent ID: 8727433
Filing Date: 2014-05-20
Classification: A47C,A61G,F04C,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A seating unit having a chassis, a seat, a backrest, and at least one foot-support ottoman, the seating unit being adapted to move between a closed, an extended, a reclined, and a seat-lift position, the seating unit comprising: a lift-base assembly; a pair of base plates in substantially parallel-spaced relation; a pair of lift assemblies, wherein each of the lift assemblies is attached to a respective base plate and raises and lowers the respective base plate directly above the lift-base assembly; a pair of seat-mounting plates in substantially parallel-spaced relation, wherein the seat-mounting plates suspend the seat over the lift assemblies; a pair of generally mirror-image linkage mechanisms each moveably interconnecting each of the base plates to a respective seat-mounting plate, wherein each of the linkage mechanisms comprise: