Motor assembly for converting reclining furniture to powered mode
OwnerBilly Joe Griggs, Jr.inventor
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Abstract
A motor assembly for reclining furniture includes a motor having one or more first fittings that correspond to one or more second fittings within a reclining furniture actuation mechanism. The first and second fittings are configured to be mutually connectable without tools or fasteners. Linkage members are pivotally connected at one end to a moveable trolley, and at a second end through a bracket to a transverse drive tube in the actuation mechanism, so that movement of the trolley causes the transverse drive tube to rotate.
Claims20
A linkage assembly for actuating reclining furniture actuation mechanisms, said linkage assembly comprising:
- a motor assembly comprising a motor and a trolley driven by said motor in a bidirectional, linear motion;
- a first transverse drive tube with a first end and a second end, the first end attached to a first recliner mechanism and the second end attached to a second recliner mechanism;
- a first swing arm with a first end and a second end, the first end attached to the trolley and the second end attached to the first transverse drive tube by a first bracket;
- wherein the first bracket is removably affixed to the first transverse drive tube.
A clamshell drive tube bracket, comprising:
- a first half with an exterior side, interior side, right end, left end, attachment edge, and hinge edge;
- a second half with a first half with an exterior side, interior side, right end, left end, attachment edge, and hinge edge;
- wherein the first half and second half are hingedly attached along at least a portion of said respective hinge edges, and releasably attach along at least a portion of said respective attachment edges;
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- further wherein the interior of said first half or the interior of said second, or both, comprise a linear channel extending between the respective right end and left end, said linear channel configured to securely hold and encompass a drive tube placed therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.