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Date of Patent:
May. 26, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 16, 2012
Applicant:

L & P Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);

Inventors:

Gregory M Lawson, Tupelo, MS (US);

Jason Allan Bryant, Fulton, MS (US);

Assignee:

L&P Property Management Company, South Gate, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/02 (2006.01); A47C 1/035 (2006.01); A61G 5/14 (2006.01); A47C 1/029 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/035 (2013.01); A61G 5/14 (2013.01); A47C 1/029 (2013.01); Y10S 297/10 (2013.01);
Abstract

A seating unit that includes a linkage mechanism adapted to move the seating unit between seat-lift, closed, extended, reclined, and seat-lift positions is provided. The linkage mechanism includes a seat-mounting plate mounted to a footrest assembly, a base plate fixedly mounted to a lift assembly, a back-mounting link rotatably coupled to the seat-mounting plate, a seat-adjustment assembly with a bellcrank, and a linear actuator for automating adjustment of the linkage mechanism. In operation, a stroke in a first phase of the linear actuator generates a force on the bellcrank that translates the seat-mounting plate rearward in a consistent angle of inclination and rotates the back-mounting link from a reclined to an upright orientation. A stroke in a second phase acts to collapse the footrest assembly. A stroke in a third phase causes the lift assembly to raise and tilt the seating unit, thereby accommodating egress and ingress of an occupant.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Lawson, Gregory. (2015). Zero-wall clearance linkage mechanism for a lifting recliner (U.S. Patent No. 9039078). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9039078

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