Patent ID: 6952976

Claim:
An article of seating or reclining furniture comprising: a seating or reclining furniture frame; a moveable component; a furniture drive system adapted to drivingly interconnect said moveable component and said seating or reclining furniture frame, said furniture drive system comprising: a drive motor; and a drivetrain having a first worm fixed to an output shaft of said motor, a first worm gear drivingly engaged with said first worm, a second worm fixed to said first worm gear, and a second worm gear drivingly engaged with said second worm, said second worm gear being positioned on a side of said second worm opposite said motor, said second worm gear being rotatable about an axis that is not parallel to said output shaft; wherein said second worm gear includes an axis of rotation and is rotatable about its axis of rotation for more than one revolution; and wherein a housing includes a first part separable from a second part, said drive motor and said drivetrain being mounted within a cavity defined by said housing.