Chair unit and furniture assembly with floor-standing armrests

A furniture assembly, comprising a pair of armrests fixedly supported on the ground, a seat cushion movable with respect to the armrests, a backrest movable with respect to the armrests, a footrest extendable with respect to the armrests, and a chair unit, wherein the chair unit comprises:

• a base unit;
• a seat unit pivotally connected to the base unit, the seat unit comprising a seat frame configured to attach a seat cushion;
• a leg unit, comprising a leg frame and a pair of leg sliders movable along the front-to-rear direction of the chair unit, wherein the leg frame at least comprises a pair of leg longitudinal beams extended longitudinally along a front-to-rear direction of the chair unit and a leg crossbeam extended transversely between the leg longitudinal beams, and the leg frame is connected to a bottom side of the seat frame;
• and
• an actuating unit, at least comprising a leg actuator,
• wherein each of the leg longitudinal beams has a guide rail with an opening facing outwards along a lateral side of the chair unit, the respective leg slider is slidably supported in the respective guide rail, so that the leg unit is capable of being switched between a retracted position and a stretched position by means of an adjustment of the leg actuator, the respective leg slider is retracted back into the respective leg longitudinal beam when in the retracted position, and the respective leg slider is stretched forward from the respective leg longitudinal beam when in the stretched position.