Patent ID: 8500202

Claim:
An item of furniture which comprises: a frame, first and second adjustable sections rotatably attached to said frame, first and second pivot shafts respectively connected to said frame for rotating said first and second adjustable sections relative to said frame, first and second claw-shaped arms respectively mounted on said first and second pivot shafts, each of said first and second claw-shaped arms being cut out and bent from a plate material and defining first and second legs having corresponding semicircular notches positioned against and welded to the respective pivot shaft, an interconnecting portion adjacent the semicircular notches therein connecting said first and second legs, and flaps bent towards each other from respective first and second legs, said respective flaps being welded together to provide stability to said respective first and second legs, a dual linear actuator connected to and suspended from said first and second claw-shaped arms, said dual linear actuator comprising an elongated housing having openings at opposite ends thereof for said respective first and second claw-shaped arms, a cover at said opposite ends for closing a respective opening, dual motors, a respective spindle driven by each motor, and a sliding spindle nut driven by each motor and engageable with the legs of a respective claw-shaped arm for rotating a respective adjustable section relative to said frame, each respective spindle extending through a respective spindle nut and between the first and second legs of the respective claw-shaped arm.