Covered leg rest linkage for furniture member

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 position of the leg rest assembly;
• a leg rest mechanism connected to the base frame and the leg rest assembly;
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• a linkage assembly, including:
• a first clamshell housing rotatably connected to the leg rest mechanism having a first extension link also rotatably connected to the leg rest mechanism positioned within the first clamshell housing;
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• a second clamshell housing rotatably connected to the first clamshell housing and to a leg rest mount board of the leg rest assembly having a first mount board link positioned within the second clamshell housing also rotatably connected to the first clamshell housing and to the leg rest mount board.

A furniture member, comprising:

• a leg rest mechanism connected to a base frame of a furniture member;
• a leg rest assembly connected to the leg rest mechanism and extensible away from a stowed position to a fully extended position of the leg rest assembly by operation of an electric motor, the leg rest assembly including:
• a linkage assembly, including:
• first and third clamshell housings individually rotatably connected to the leg rest mechanism;
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• second and fourth clamshell housings each rotatably connected to one of the first or third clamshell housings and both further rotatably connected to a leg rest mount board;
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• a pin rotatably connecting the leg rest mechanism to the base frame defining a leg rest axis of rotation permitting the leg rest assembly to be manually rotated by an occupant of the furniture member about the leg rest axis of rotation to each of a fully extended clockwise rotated position and a fully extended counterclockwise rotated position following operation of the electric motor extending the leg rest assembly to the fully extended position.

A furniture member leg rest assembly, comprising:

• a leg rest assembly;
• a leg rest mechanism connected to the leg rest assembly;
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• a linkage assembly, including:
• a first clamshell housing rotatably connected to the leg rest mechanism having a first support link substantially enclosed within the first clamshell housing;
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• a second clamshell housing rotatably connected to the first clamshell housing and to a leg rest mount board of the leg rest assembly, the second clamshell housing having a first mount board link substantially enclosed within the second clamshell housing, the first and second clamshell housings together with the first support link and the first mount board link defining structural support members for the leg rest mount board.