Patent ID: 7261367

Claim:
A method for providing three seating positions in a wall-avoiding type reclining chair comprising a frame, at least one arm, a transverse front panel, a seat having a seat cushion and a seat back having a “T” shaped back cushion with lateral wings, comprising the steps of: beginning with the chair in the first, closed position; moving the chair toward the second, TV position, by rotating and extending at least a portion of the transverse panel forward relative to the seat, so as to provide a raised leg rest and moving the seat and the seat back in a forward direction relative to the frame; and moving the chair toward the third, reclining position, by rotating the seat back about a transverse axis so that the upper end of the seat back moves in a rearward direction, while further coordinating movement of the seat and seat back, so that the seat back upper end does not move rearward of the most rearward point of the seat back upper end when the chair is in the first, closed position, and wherein lower edges of the lateral wings of the T-cushion are maintained at substantially the same elevation in moving between the first, second and third positions so that deformation of the “T” shaped back cushion is substantially avoided.