Rocker reclining mechanism for a rocker recliner rocking between the arms
AssigneeL&P Property Management Company
InventorsMichael Andrew Crum, Gregory Mark Lawson, Cheston Brett Crawford
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Abstract
A rocker recliner is disclosed that has a pair of stationary arms; a seat disposed between the arms; an ottoman; a back coupled to the seat. A full-recline linkage mechanism couples the ottoman, the seat and the back and is operable to move the ottoman, the seat and the back between a closed position, a TV position and a fully reclined position. A rocker assembly is coupled between the full-recline linkage mechanism and the stationary arms that allows the seat, back and ottoman to rock between the stationary arms in any of the closed position, the TV position or the fully reclined position.
Claims15
A recliner mechanism for a rocker recliner having a seat, a back, a footrest and a pair of arms, comprising:
- a chassis plate configured to fixedly attach to an arm of the rocker recliner;
- a support plate coupled to and supported by the chassis plate;
- a rocker cam having an arcuate lower surface, positioned on the support plate;
- a base plate coupled to the rocker cam;
- a back mounting bracket having a first end opposite a second end, the back mounting bracket pivotally coupled to the base plate between the first end and the second end, the first end being configured for coupling to the back of the rocker recliner;
- a seat rail being configured for coupling to the seat of the rocker recliner;
- a seat plate having a front region, a center region and a back region, the back region of the seat plate pivotally coupled to the second end of the back mounting bracket and at least one of the front region or the center region coupled to the seat rail;
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- a full recline linkage assembly coupled to the seat plate, the base plate and the back mounting bracket, and operable to position the rocker recliner between a closed position, a TV position, or a fully reclined position;
- wherein the base plate supports a rocking motion of the footrest, seat and back in any position between the closed position and the fully reclined position with the arms in a stationary state.
A rocker recliner, comprising;
- a seat;
- a back,
- a footrest;
- a pair of stationary arms;
- a full-recline linkage mechanism coupling the footrest, the seat and the back;
- an actuator coupled to the full-recline linkage mechanism, and operable to move the full-recline linkage mechanism to position the footrest, the seat and the back between a closed position, a TV position and a fully reclined position;
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- a rocker assembly coupled between the full-recline linkage mechanism and the stationary arms, wherein the rocker assembly allows the seat, the back and the footrest to rock between the stationary arms in any of the closed position, the TV position or the fully reclined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.