Patent ID: 7497512
Filing Date: 2009-03-03
Classification: A47C

Abstract:
1. A drive mechanism for a rocker recliner chair having a base, a recliner mechanism mounted on the base and including a rocker base plate, a seat mount plate, a rear lift link and a sequence link, the drive mechanism comprising: a bell crank being rotatably coupled to the rocker base plate at a first pivot and to the rear lift link at a second pivot consistently rearward of the first pivot, wherein the rocker base plate is slidably coupled with the sequence link, the sequence link is rotatably coupled to the seat mount plate, and the rear lift link is movably coupled with the seat mount plate, as well as a footrest mechanism; and a drive link having first and second ends, the first end being rotatably coupled to the footrest mechanism and the second end being rotatably coupled to the bell crank at a third pivot such that the bell crank rotates about the recliner mechanism to move the chair between a first position and a second position.