Patent ID: 8113075

Claim:
A drive mechanism for a piece of reclining furniture, the mechanism comprising: a housing having longitudinally extending upper and lower walls, a pair of side walls extending vertically between the upper and lower walls, and a pair of longitudinally spaced end walls, the side walls being formed adjacent the upper wall with a pair of longitudinally spaced seats defining a pair of generally parallel and transversely extending axes lying in a common first plane; respective furniture shafts rotatable in the seats and connectable to parts of the piece of reclining furniture; respective control arms projecting radially of the axes into the housing from rotation axes of the furniture shafts; respective servomotors in the housing between the upper, lower, and side walls thereof, each servomotor having an output shaft defining a respective output rotation axis, the output rotation axes defining a second plane forming an angle greater than 0° with the first plane; respective transmissions and links between the output shafts and the control arms, whereby rotation of the output shafts is transmitted through the respective transmissions and links to the control arms to rotate the furniture shafts.