Patent ID: 7806477

Claim:
A lumbar support system for a furniture member, comprising: a furniture member having a back seat member including first and second opposed wings connected to an occupant support base member; and a lumbar support system connected to the furniture member, the lumbar support system including: first and second pivot tubes individually rotatably connected to both the first and second opposed wings of the back seat member; at least one flexible occupant lumbar support member connected to each of the first and second pivot tubes; a lumbar support adjustment device operating to rotate one of the first and second pivot tubes to selectively deflect the at least one lumbar support member to any one of a plurality of support positions; and the at least one lumbar support member displaceable by rotation of the one of the first and second pivot tubes to any of the plurality of support positions, the first and second pivot tubes being further axially rotatable by displacement of the at least one lumbar support member from the weight of an occupant acting independently of operation of the lumbar support adjustment device.