Patent ID: 7669921

Claim:
A reclining seating unit, comprising: a base configured to rest on an underlying surface; a seat; a backrest that includes a body and a headrest that is positioned above the body, the headrest having front and rear surfaces; an ottoman; a reclining mechanism that interconnects the base, seat, ottoman and backrest that controls the movement thereof between an upright position, in which the seat is generally horizontally disposed above the base and the backrest is generally vertically disposed at a first angle to the underlying surface above a rear portion of the seat, a TV position, in which the ottoman is generally horizontally disposed and extended in front of the seat and the backrest remains substantially at the first angle relative to the underlying surface, and a fully reclined position, in which the backrest is disposed at a second angle to the underlying surface, the second angle being less than the first angle; and a headrest mechanism coupled to the reclining mechanism and attached to the body and headrest, wherein in the upright position, a lower edge of the headrest is positioned at a first distance from an upper edge of the body, and wherein in the TV position and the fully reclined position, the lower edge of the headrest is positioned a second distance from the upper edge of the body, the second distance being greater than the first distance; wherein the headrest moves generally parallel to the backrest as the chair moves from the upright to the TV position and the fully reclined position and has substantially the same rotative orientation relative to the body whether the seating unit is in the upright, TV or fully reclined position; and wherein in the upright position, the front and rear surfaces of the headrest are fully visible.