Patent ID: 8360515
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. An extendable ottoman linkage that provides extendable main and secondary ottomans and that is configured for installation in a piece of high-leg reclining furniture, the extendable ottoman linkage comprising: a main ottoman link having a first end and a second end, the main ottoman link attached at the second end to the main ottoman; a secondary ottoman link having a first end and a second end, the secondary ottoman link attached at the first end to the secondary ottoman and pivotally connected at the second end to the first end of the main ottoman link via a secondary ottoman pivot; a secondary ottoman drive link having a first end and a second end, the secondary ottoman drive link pivotally connected at the first end to the second end of the main ottoman link via a secondary ottoman connector drive pivot; and a connector link having a first end and a second end, the connector link pivotally connected at the first end to the second end of the secondary ottoman link via a secondary ottoman drive pivot and pivotally connected at the second end to the first end of the secondary ottoman drive link via a secondary ottoman connector pivot, wherein the arrangement of the main ottoman link, secondary ottoman link, secondary ottoman drive link, and connector link and the locations of the secondary ottoman pivot, secondary ottoman connector drive pivot, secondary ottoman drive pivot, and secondary ottoman connector pivot is selected to delay extension of the secondary ottoman until the main ottoman is sufficiently extended to provide clearance for the secondary ottoman.