Item of seating furniture and fitting therefor

Fitting system for an item of seating furniture, comprising a base, a seat unit and a leg unit, which fitting system is designed for displacing the leg unit between a storage position, in which the leg unit is arranged under the seat unit, and a use position, in which the leg unit is arranged in front of the seat unit, wherein the fitting system for this purpose has a movement mechanism which is designed for attaching to the base and/or the seat unit, on the one hand, and the leg unit, on the other hand, wherein

• the movement mechanism is designed for transferring the leg unit from the storage position, in which the leg unit is oriented substantially horizontally, into the use position, in which the leg unit is likewise oriented substantially horizontally,
• the movement mechanism has an intermediate support which is displaceable in relation to a seat-unit-side fastening section or a base-side fastening section by means of a pivoting guide, wherein the pivoting guide has at least one first pivot lever between the intermediate support and the seat-unit-side fastening section or the base-side fastening section of the base, and
• the movement mechanism has a sliding guide with a sliding member, wherein the sliding member is guided in a translatory manner on the intermediate support, and wherein a leg-unit-side fastening section is attached to the sliding member.