Patent ID: 7083235

Claim:
A convertible piece of upholstered furniture comprising: (a) a plurality of movable upholstered parts comprising a seat, a backrest, a headrest and a footrest; (b) a plurality of respective arrangements of lever constructions and motorized conversion aids for adjusting said seat, said backrest, said headrest, and said footrest to a plurality of positions comprising a chair function position, a chaise lounge function position, and a plurality of intermediate positions, said backrest and said headrest being adjustable without causing said backrest and said headrest to contact a wall adjacent to said piece of upholstered furniture, one of said lever constructions being arranged on a bottom frame of said footrest for adjusting height and angle of said footrest; and (c) a support frame for said footrest; wherein said piece of upholstered furniture is adjustable even when being used by a person and said plurality of arrangements comprises at least one motor drive having a control for adjusting each movable part of said piece of upholstered furniture; wherein said at least one motor drive comprises a motor drive for adjusting said footrest into a slanted position, for subsequently adjusting said footrest in a continuous motion into a horizontal position level with seat height, and for thereafter adjusting said footrest into an upwardly inclined position relative to said seat; wherein said lever construction arranged on said footrest comprises two bracket elements mounted at each outer side of said piece of upholstered furniture, each of said bracket elements comprising a bottom bracket element mounted in the bottom frame of said footrest and a top bracket element mounted in said support frame, two profiles, each profile making a connection between a respective bottom bracket element and a corresponding bottom bracket element on an opposite side of said piece of upholstered furniture, and a motor having a telescoping cylinder arranged between said connections; wherein one of the top bracket elements comprises a stop comprising an extension to the lever construction of said footrest, and the bottom frame of said footrest comprises a counter-stop at a corresponding location for determining a maximum position of movement of said lever construction.