Reclining chair

Claim 1

A RECLINING ARTICLE OF FURNITURE COMPRISING, A STATIONARY FRAME, A BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT INCLUDING A SEAT PORTION AND A BACK-REST PORTION PIVOTAL RELATIVE THERETO AND PIVOTAL EACH RELATIVE TO THE OTHER, MEANS COMPRISING A TRIO OF SUPPORT LINKS MOUNTING SAID BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME FOR MOVEMENT SUCCESSIVELY BETWEEN A SITTING POSITION AND AN INTERMEDIATE RESTING POSITION AND A FULLY RECLINED POSITION AND POSITIONS THEREBETWEEN, A MULTI-PART FOLD-AWAY LEG-REST UNIT INCLUDING A MAIN LEG-REST PORTION AND AN AUXILIARY LEG-REST PORTION PIVOTED THERETO, A SYSTEM OF LINKAGE FOR MOVING SAID LEGREST UNIT BETWEEN A STORED POSITION BENEATH THE SEAT PORTION AND A POSITION FORWARDLY OF THE SEAT PORTION AND INCLUDING: A PRIMARY ELEVATOR LINK PIVOTED TO ONE OF SAID SUPPORT LINKS, A SECONDARY PROPELLER LINK PIVOTED TO SAID SEAT PORTION AND TO SAID PRIMARY ELEVATOR LINK, A SECONDARY ELEVATOR LINK PIVOTED TO SAID SECONDARY PROPELLER LINK AND TO SAID MAIN LEG-REST PORTION, A FIRST CONNECTING LINK PIVOTED TO SAID PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ELEVATOR LINKS, A SECOND CONNECTING LINK PIVOTED TO SAID FIRST CONNECTING LINK AND TO SAID AUXILIARY LEG-REST PORTION, A CONTROL LINK PIVOTED TO SAID MAIN LEG-REST PORTION AND TO SAID SECOND CONNECTING LINK WHEREBY SAID AUXILIARY LEG-REST PORTION DESCRIBES AN ARCUATE PATH RELATIVE TO SAID MAIN LEG-REST PORTION WHILE THE LATTER DESCRIBES A RECTILINEAR PATH WHEN WHEN SAID BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT IS MOVED, A BASE LINK PIVOTED TO SAID ONE OF SAID SUPPORT LINKS AND TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME, A PIVOT LINK PIVOTED TO SAID STATIONARY FRAME AND TO ANOTHER OF SAID SUPPORT LINKS, AND A TERTIARY CONNECTING LINK PIVOTED TO SAID BASE LINK AND TO SAID PIVOT LINK WHEREBY GENERALLY RECTILINEAR MOVEMENT OF SAID SEAT PORTION IMPARTS A GENERALLY SWINGING MOVEMENT TO SAID BACK-REST PORTION ASSURING THE MAINTENANCE OF THE DESIRED ANGULAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SAID SEAT PORTION AND SAID BACK-REST PORTION IN ALL POSITIONS OF SAID BODY-SUPPORTING UNIT.