Patent ID: 7594694

Claim:
A sleep over recliner chair having a footrest, a seat, back, and a pair of spaced apart armrests, the chair comprising: a base; a linkage mechanism coupled with the base, the linkage mechanism comprising: (a) a footrest mechanism being adapted to move between a first position and a second position; (b) a footrest extension linkage that connects that footrest mechanism to a recliner mechanism, wherein the footrest extension linkage serves to unlock the footrest mechanism, thereby allowing the movement between the first position and the second position; and (c) the recliner mechanism being adapted to move between a first and second position, wherein the recliner mechanism comprises: (i) a base plate that is coupled to the base; (ii) a seat mount plate that supports the seat; (iii) a full recline link that couples the seat mount plate to the base plate; (iv) a back linkage that is connected to the back; and (v) a carrier link that couples the base plate to the back linkage, wherein the recliner mechanism and the footrest mechanism operate independently of one another; wherein the recliner mechanism is configured to adjust between the first position and the second position while the footrest mechanism resides in either the first position or the second position; wherein the footrest mechanism is configured to adjust between the first position and the second position while the recliner mechanism resides in either the first position or the second position.