US 12,232,618 B2
Slim-profile, all-linkage, wall-proximity reclining mechanism allowing a wood-to-floor recliner seating unit
Cheston Brett Crawford, Randolph, MS (US); and Gregory Mark Lawson, Tupelo, MS (US)
Assigned to L&PProperty Management Company, South Gate, CA (US)
Filed by L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY, South Gate, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,939.
Application 18/235,939 is a continuation of application No. 17/726,215, filed on Apr. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,766,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/180,975, filed on Apr. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397727 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A47C 1/02 (2006.01); A47C 1/024 (2006.01); A47C 1/0355 (2013.01); A47C 7/50 (2006.01)
CPC A47C 1/0355 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An all-linkage mechanism for a seating unit, the all-linkage mechanism controlling movement of the seating unit between closed, TV and fully-reclined positions, the mechanism comprising:
a base plate fixedly coupled to the seating unit;
a seat rail movably coupled to the base plate;
a front sub-linkage pivotally coupled to the base plate at least at two locations;
a rear sub-linkage pivotally coupled to the base plate at least at two locations;
a trolley link pivotally coupled to, and extending between, the front sub-linkage and the rear sub-linkage;
a front pivot link pivotally coupled on a first end to the seat rail, and pivotally coupled on a second end to the trolley link;
a rear pivot link pivotally coupled on a first end to the seat rail, and pivotally coupled on a second end to the trolley link;
a motor pivotally coupled on one end to a rear motor tube fixedly coupled to one of the base plate or the seating unit, and pivotally coupled on the other end to a front motor tube coupled to a link on the mechanism; and
wherein the motor, when activated moves the seating unit between closed, TV and fully-reclined positions, and the front pivot link and the rear pivot link move the seat rail forwardly as the motor moves the seating unit from the closed position to the TV position.