Furniture member with center support leg rest
AssigneeLa-Z-Boy Incorporated
InventorLarry P. LaPointe
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Abstract
A furniture member leg rest assembly includes a leg rest mechanism connected to a furniture member base frame. A leg rest mount board is connected to the leg rest mechanism and is extensible by actuation of the leg rest mechanism away from a stowed position by movement in a direction coincident with a lateral centerline of the furniture member to a fully extended and a center position of the leg rest mount board. A pin rotatably connects the leg rest mechanism to the base frame such that the leg rest mount board when positioned in the fully extended and the center position is further manually rotatable with respect to a leg rest axis of rotation defined by the pin in at least one of a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction of rotation creating a furniture member occupant egress space.
Claims24
A furniture member leg rest assembly, comprising:
- a leg rest assembly connected to a base frame of a furniture member and extensible away from a stowed position by movement in a direction coincident with a lateral centerline of the furniture member to a fully extended and a center position of the leg rest assembly;
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- a pin rotatably connecting the leg rest assembly to the base frame such that the leg rest assembly when positioned in the fully extended and the center position is further manually rotatable with respect to a leg rest axis of rotation defined by the pin in at least one of a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction of rotation thereby creating a furniture member occupant egress space while the leg rest assembly is positioned in the fully extended position.
A furniture member leg rest assembly, comprising:
- a leg rest mechanism connected to a furniture member base frame;
- a leg rest mount board connected to the leg rest mechanism and extensible by actuation of the leg rest mechanism away from a stowed position by movement in a direction coincident with a lateral centerline of the furniture member to a fully extended and a center position of the leg rest mount board;
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- a pin rotatably connecting the leg rest mechanism to the base frame such that the leg rest mount board when positioned in the fully extended and the center position is further manually rotatable with respect to a leg rest axis of rotation defined by the pin in at least one of a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction of rotation creating a furniture member occupant egress space.
A furniture member leg rest assembly, comprising:
- a leg rest assembly connected to a base frame of a furniture member and extensible away from a stowed position by movement in a direction coincident with a lateral centerline of the furniture member to a fully extended and a center position of the leg rest assembly;
- a leg rest mechanism connecting the leg rest assembly to the base frame, the leg rest mechanism including:
- an electric motor acting when energized in a first mode to extend the leg rest assembly away from the stowed position toward the fully extended position, and when energized in a second mode acting to return the leg rest assembly from the fully extended to the stowed position;
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- a detent assembly having a central detent position releasably retaining the leg rest assembly at the fully extended and the center position;
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- a pin rotatably connecting the leg rest assembly to the leg rest mechanism such that the leg rest assembly when positioned in the fully extended and the center position is further manually rotatable with respect to a leg rest axis of rotation defined by the pin in at least one of a clockwise or a counterclockwise direction of rotation thereby creating a furniture member occupant egress space while the leg rest assembly is positioned in the fully extended position.
A furniture member leg rest assembly, comprising:
- a leg rest assembly connected to a base frame of a furniture member and extensible away from a stowed position by operation of an electric motor to a fully extended position of the leg rest assembly;
- a pin rotatably connecting the leg rest assembly to the base frame such that the leg rest assembly when positioned in the fully extended position is further manually rotatable with respect to a leg rest axis of rotation defined by the pin in a clockwise and a counterclockwise direction of rotation;
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- a seat back member rotatably connected to the base frame and rotatable between a fully upright and a fully reclined position independent of the operation of the electric motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.