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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2020
Filed:
May. 16, 2019
La-z-boy Incorporated, Monroe, MI (US);
Larry P. LaPointe, Temperance, MI (US);
Chad E. Adams, Perrysburg, OH (US);
Gerald G. Stotz, Ida, MI (US);
La-Z-Boy Incorporated, Monroe, MI (US);
Abstract
A furniture member includes a base frame and a seat assembly supported by the base frame. The seat assembly includes a seat frame, a seat bottom, a seatback and a legrest. The legrest is movable relative to the base frame and seat frame between a retracted position and an extended position. The furniture member further includes a legrest mechanism attached to the legrest and the seat frame and driven by a drive rod configured to move the legrest between the retracted and extended positions in response to rotation of the drive rod. A wall-proximity mechanism is configured to translate the seat frame forward relative to the base frame. A trigger release mechanism is operable between a locked position in which a trigger limits rotation of the drive rod and a released position in which the trigger permits rotation of the drive rod.