Patent ID: 8915544

Claim:
A furniture member providing powered occupant lift, comprising: a mechanism, including: a mechanism support base configured to rest on a floor; a mechanism inner portion support frame movably connected to the mechanism support base by a plurality of links; a mechanism inner portion configured for reclination of the furniture member, the mechanism inner portion carried on the mechanism inner portion support frame and therefore movable with respect to the mechanism support base; a first drive assembly connected to the mechanism inner portion; and a second drive assembly connected between the mechanism support base and the mechanism inner portion support frame operating to displace both the mechanism inner portion support frame and the mechanism inner portion with respect to the mechanism support base; a support plate disposed on each side of the mechanism inner portion, the support plate rigidly fixed to the mechanism inner portion support frame and rotatably coupled to the mechanism support base and the second drive assembly, wherein the support plates and the mechanism inner portion support frame cradle and movably support, on both sides and a bottom, the mechanism inner portion relative to the mechanism support base as part of one rotational unit, wherein the plurality of links are rotatably connected to each of the mechanism support base and the mechanism inner portion support frame in a space laterally between the mechanism support base and the mechanism inner portion support frame, and wherein at least one of the plurality of links extends above the mechanism inner portion support frame; and a frame structure connected to the support base and moved to at least a forward fully raised position by operation of the second drive assembly.