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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., Arcadia, WI (US);
Inventors:
John R. Breen, Eleva, WI (US);
Peter J. Fynboh, Saint Charles, MN (US);
Jeffrey Cooper, Independence, WI (US);
Joseph L. Anibas, Alma Center, WI (US);
Nicholas J. Robinson, Ettrick, IA (US);
Richard E. Gorka, Ettrick, WI (US);
Lucas R. Walz, Ettrick, WI (US);
Assignee:
Ashley Furniture Industries, Inc., Arcadia, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/032 (2006.01); A47C 1/02 (2006.01); A47C 1/0355 (2013.01); A47C 1/035 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47C 1/0347 (2013.01); A47C 1/02 (2013.01); A47C 1/0355 (2013.01); A47C 1/0352 (2013.01);
Abstract
A reverse drive assembly for recliner in which a motor is mounted at the end of the horizontal track, proximate to the rear of the recliner. A traveler assembly having a reverse transfer linkage having a greater bend is positioned along the track forward of the motor, wherein the traveler assembly actuates extension of an ottoman assembly and the reclining of a seat back.