Patent ID: 8766115

Claim:
A controller for operating an electric drive motor of a reclining chair or couch, the controller comprising: a housing mountable on the chair or couch; a pair of control switches on the housing and connectable to the drive motor to operate same; a cutoff switch on the housing movable between an off position and an on position; a supply cable extending from the housing and connectable to a electricity source capable of powering and forming with the electric drive, the control switches, and cutoff switch a circuit interruptible by the cutoff switch, whereby in the off position of the cutoff switch the control switches are unable to operate the drive and in the on position of the cutoff switch the control switches can operate the drive; a cover shiftable on the housing between a first position setting the cutoff switch in the on position and a second position setting the cutoff switch in the off position; an installation plate between the cover and the housing and mounted on the housing, the control switches being between the installation plate and the cover and the cutoff switch being between the installation plate and the housing; a base offset axially inward from the plate and having bayonet formations securing the base to the housing with the installation plate s sandwiched between the base and housing; and respective push buttons axially independently shiftable in the cover and operatively engaging the control switches.