US Patent Issued to La-Z-Boy on May 12 for "Rocking and reclining wall proximity furniture member" (Tennessee, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,622,521, issued on May 12, was assigned to La-Z-Boy Inc. (Monroe, Mich.).

"Rocking and reclining wall proximity furniture member" was invented by Larry P. LaPointe (Temperance, Mich.), Chandrasekar Ramasubramanian (Dayton, Tenn.) and Jason D. Rains (Evensville, Tenn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A chair mechanism includes a frame structure with a seat bottom supported by the frame structure and a seat back supported by the frame structure and pivotable to a reclined position relative to the seat bottom. A leg rest assembly is supported by the seat bottom and movable between a stowed position and an extended position. A rocking support s...