Patent ID: 8573696
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. An ottoman device for a variable-cushion-length seat, comprising: a cushion-length varying mechanism that has an operating portion operable to adjust a longitudinal position of a front end portion of a seat cushion corresponding to inner sides of knees of a seated person, and is operable to vary a cushion length by adjusting the longitudinal position of the front end portion of the seat cushion by an actuation of the operating portion; an ottoman body that extends from the front end portion of the seat cushion in a direction toward toes of the seated person; and an ottoman operating mechanism including a first link and a second link, the first link having a first end that is operably connected to a first end of the second link, and the second link having a second end that is operably connected to the ottoman body such that the ottoman operating mechanism is operable to lift the ottoman body by reducing a flexion angle of the ottoman body at the front end portion of the seat cushion, so as to bring the ottoman body into a lifted condition, wherein the ottoman body is provided as a unit with the operating portion of the cushion-length varying mechanism, and the cushion-length varying mechanism and the ottoman operating mechanism operate independently of each other.