Patent ID: 7455360
Filing Date: 2008-11-25
Classification: A47C,A61G

Abstract:
1. An article of seating furniture, comprising: a base having a front panel, wherein said base has spaced apart sides; a seat having a front portion and a rear portion; a linkage coupled between a front portion of the base and the seat; a back coupled to said seat; a mounting yoke mounted to said seat, wherein said mounting yoke has a downwardly depending pair of arms; a first biasing member positioned between the mounting yoke and the base, the first biasing member being rotatably coupled to the base proximate the front panel of the base, and being rotatably coupled to the mounting yoke, wherein said first biasing member is centrally positioned between said spaced apart sides; a lift frame bracket fixedly coupled to said front panel of said base, said lift frame bracket serving as the pivotal mount for said first biasing member proximate the front panel of said base; a back bracket having a first end, a second end and a middle portion, said first end coupled to said back, and said middle portion coupled to said seat, wherein the first biasing member may be actuated to raise the seat from a seating position to an assisted position, with the seat motion controlled by the linkage, thereby allowing a user seated in the article of seating furniture to more easily exit the article of seating furniture; a second biasing member mounted between said arms of the mounting yoke, wherein said second biasing member has a rod rotatably coupled to the second end of the back bracket; and wherein the second biasing member can be actuated to move the rod, thereby exerting a forward motion on the second end of the back bracket, causing the back bracket to rotate about its connection to the seat and exerting a reclining motion on said back.