Furniture member with adjustable seat depth
AssigneeLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
InventorsLarry P. Lapointe, Chad E. Adams, Gerald G. Stotz
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Abstract
A furniture member may include a seat base frame, a seat bottom, and a seatback. The seat bottom may be attached to the seat base frame. The seatback may be attached to the seat base frame and may include a seatback frame and a seat-depth-adjustment mechanism. The seat-depth-adjustment mechanism may include a backrest support member and a seat-depth-adjustment actuator. The seat-depth-adjustment actuator may be mounted to the seatback frame and may be drivingly coupled to the backrest support member to move the backrest support member relative to the seatback frame and the seat bottom between a retracted position and an extended position.
Claims27
A furniture member comprising:
- a seat base frame;
- a seat bottom attached to the seat base frame;
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- a seatback attached to the seat base frame and including a seatback frame and a seat-depth-adjustment mechanism, the seat-depth-adjustment mechanism including a backrest support member and a seat-depth-adjustment actuator, the seat-depth-adjustment actuator mounted to the seatback frame and drivingly coupled to the backrest support member to move the backrest support member relative to the seatback frame and the seat bottom between a retracted position and an extended position,
- wherein the backrest support member is closer to a front frame member of the seat bottom when the backrest support member is in the extended position than when the backrest support member is in the retracted position,
- wherein an upper edge of the backrest support member is a first distance from an upper edge of the seatback frame when the backrest support member is in the retracted position, wherein the upper edge of the backrest support member is a second distance from the upper edge of the seatback frame when the backrest support member is in the extended position, wherein the second distance is less than the first distance.
A furniture member comprising:
- a seat base frame;
- a seat bottom attached to the seat base frame;
- a seatback attached to the seat base frame and including a seatback frame and a seat-depth-adjustment mechanism, the seat-depth-adjustment mechanism including a backrest support member and a seat-depth-adjustment actuator, the seat-depth-adjustment actuator mounted to the seatback frame and drivingly coupled to the backrest support member to move the backrest support member relative to the seatback frame and the seat bottom between a retracted position and an extended position;
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- a recline actuator coupled to the seat bottom, the recline actuator moving the seat bottom relative to the seat base frame and moving the seatback frame relative to the seat bottom and the seat base frame, and wherein the seat-depth-adjustment actuator and the recline actuator are operable independently of each other.
A furniture member comprising:
- a seat base frame including an armrest member;
- a seat bottom attached to the seat base frame;
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- a seatback attached to the seat base frame and including a seatback frame and a seat-depth-adjustment mechanism, the seatback frame is rotatably coupled to the armrest member and rotatably coupled to the seat bottom for movement between a reclined position and a non-reclined position, the seat-depth-adjustment mechanism including a backrest support member and a seat-depth-adjustment actuator, the seat-depth-adjustment actuator mounted to the seatback frame and drivingly coupled to the backrest support member to move the backrest support member relative to the seatback frame, the seat bottom and the armrest member between a retracted position and an extended position,
- wherein a position of the backrest support member does not change relative to the seatback frame in response to rotation of the seatback frame relative to the armrest member and the seat bottom between the reclined and non-reclined position, and
- wherein the backrest support member is closer to a front frame member of the seat bottom when the backrest support member is in the extended position than when the backrest support member is in the retracted position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.