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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2002
Viet Pham, Ville St-Laurent, CA;
Philippe April, St-Eustache, CA;
Patrice Pelletier, Ste-Mélanie, Quebec, CA;
Other;
Abstract
An articulated footrest assembly for a seating unit comprises a footrest member moveable between a retracted position and an extended position, a telescopic linkage for extending and retracting the footrest member between the retracted and extended positions, and an actuating linkage. The footrest member comprises proximal and distal portions while the telescopic linkage comprises a stationary support member mounted to the seating unit, a first telescoping arm, and a second telescoping arm. The first telescoping arm has a distal end connected to the proximal portion of the footrest member through a first pivot. The second telescoping arm has a distal end connected to the footrest member between the proximal and distal portions through a second pivot spaced apart from the first pivot. The actuating linkage comprises a first linkage portion interposed between the stationary support member and the first telescoping arm and a second linkage portion interposed between the first and second telescoping arms. When the actuating linkage is operated, the first linkage portion moves the first telescoping arm in one of forward and rearward directions relative to the stationary support member and the second linkage portion moves the second telescoping arm in the same direction relative to the first telescoping arm thereby simultaneously moving the footrest member in that direction and pivoting the footrest member about the first and second pivots.