公开(公告)号：US11730267B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-22

申请号：US17675250

申请日：2022-02-18

Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Inventor： Gregory Mark Lawson ,  Walter Clark Rogers, Jr. ,  Cheston Brett Crawford

IPC: A47C1/0355 ,  A47C1/032

CPC classification number: A47C1/0355 ,  A47C1/03211

Abstract: A linkage for use in reclining furniture may include a back bracket supported by forward and rear back pivot links. The bottom of the rear back pivot link may be pivotably coupled to a rear lift link and the bottom of the forward back pivot link may be pivotably coupled to the rear lift link in a different location. A control link may be pivotably coupled on one end to one of the forward back pivot link and the rear back pivot link. The control link may pull the pivoting linkage of the back bracket and the forward and back pivot links as the overall linkage is moved from a closed to a TV to a full-recline position. The resulting pivot point for the back is projected upwardly and forwardly, to a point where an upholstered back and seat meet on a finished chair.

公开(公告)号：US11213127B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US15931780

申请日：2020-05-14

Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Inventor： Gregory Mark Lawson ,  Cheston Brett Crawford

IPC: A47C1/032 ,  A47C1/12

Abstract: A compact recliner mechanism for use in theater seating units is provided that allows the seat to move linearly as the seating unit moves from the closed position to the reclined position. The mechanism has a back bracket coupled to the seat plate and base plate with a linkage that moves a projected point representing the top of the back of the seating unit downwardly in vertical plane as the seating unit moves from the closed position to the reclined position. In other aspects, the seating unit has an armrest linkage coupled between the seat plate and the back that maintains an armrest lever at a horizontal orientation. Additionally, in some aspects, the base plate of the seating unit may have an adjustment feature that limits recline of the seating unit, to accommodate theater seating with different riser dimensions, and/or legs with an adjustment feature to level the seating unit on existing theater floors.

公开(公告)号：US20200367652A1

公开(公告)日：2020-11-26

申请号：US16524669

申请日：2019-07-29

Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Inventor： Cheston Brett Crawford ,  Michael Andrew Crum

IPC: A47C1/0355

Abstract: A metal-to-the-floor linkage mechanism provides backrest recline and ottoman extension for a seating unit. The linkage mechanism has a base and a pair of seat mounting plates that are used to attach a seat to the mechanism. The linkage mechanism comprises a first and a second plurality of links that are each pivotally coupled between the base and a corresponding one of the pair of seat mounting plates. The first and second plurality of links moveably interconnect the base and the seat mounting plates to control movement of the seating unit between closed, TV, reclined and fully-reclined positions. In the fully-reclined position, the seat mounting plates are moved to a position by the first plurality of links and the second plurality of links to place the seat of the seating unit at an angle relative to horizontal of between eighteen and twenty-six degrees.

公开(公告)号：US20190290004A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-26

申请号：US15928339

申请日：2018-03-22

Applicant: L&P PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY

Inventor： Gregory Mark Lawson ,  Cheston Brett Crawford

IPC: A47C1/0355 ,  A47C1/121 ,  A63J25/00

Abstract: A chair mechanism is provided for a seating unit that has a footrest, a seat, and a back. The mechanism is adapted to move the seating unit from a closed position with the footrest stowed beneath the seat, the seat in a generally horizontal orientation, and the back in an upright position, to an extended position with the footrest extended, the seat inclined from back-to-front, and the back in a reclined position.