Patent ID: 7475944

Claim:
An article of seating furniture, comprising: a base; a seat and a back each movably interconnected with the base; wherein the back includes a frame that is pivotably interconnected with the base for movement between an upright position and a reclined position, and wherein the seat is interconnected with the back frame such that rearward pivoting movement of the back toward the reclined position causes forward and upward motion of the seat, wherein the back is movable to a fully reclined upwardly facing position and the seat is movable to a raised position, and wherein, when the back is in the fully reclined position and the seat is in the raised position, an upper surface of the seat and an upper surface of the back are substantially coplanar; wherein the back frame defines a lower end which is pivotably interconnected with the base for movement about a back pivot axis, wherein the lower end of the back frame extends upwardly from the back pivot axis when the back is in the upright position, and wherein the back frame further includes a seat mounting extension in a fixed angular relationship relative to the lower end of the back frame, wherein the seat mounting extension of the back frame extends downwardly below the back pivot axis when the back is in the upright position, wherein a rearward area of the seat is pivotably mounted to the seat mounting extension of the back frame; and a mounting link arrangement interposed between a forward area of the seat and the base; wherein rearward movement of the back from the upright position toward the reclined position causes the seat mounting extension of the back frame to move upwardly to lift the rearward area of the seat, and wherein the mounting link arrangement is configured to provide forward movement of the seat when the back is moved from the upright position toward the reclined position.