Patent ID: 8398165
Filing Date: 2013-03-19
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A seating unit having, a seat, a backrest, and at least one foot-support ottoman, the seating unit being adapted to move between a closed, an extended and a reclined position, the seating unit comprising: a pair of base plates in substantially parallel-spaced relation; a pair of rocker mechanisms, wherein each of the rocker mechanisms is attached to a respective base plate and moveably supports the respective base plate above an underlying surface; a pair of seat-mounting plates in substantially parallel-spaced relation, wherein the seat-mounting plates translatably carry the seat over the rocker mechanisms; and a pair of the 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: a front motor tube that spans the pair of linkage mechanisms, wherein the front motor tube having a pair of ends, wherein one of the ends of the front motor tube is coupled to the front ottoman link; a linear actuator that provides automated adjustment of the seating unit between a closed position, an extended position, and a reclined position, wherein the linear actuator is coupled to the front motor tube, wherein the linear-actuator adjustment is sequenced into a first phase and a second phase that are mutually exclusive in stroke, wherein the first phase moves the footrest assembly between the closed position and the extended position upon the linear actuator exerting lateral thrust onto the front motor tube that, in turn, invokes movement of the front ottoman link, wherein the movement of the first ottoman link controls adjustment of the footrest assembly between the closed position and the extended position, and wherein the second phase moves the seat-adjustment assembly between the extended position and the reclined position.